Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

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1	1	1.1 A bill for an act
2	2	1.2 relating to transportation; authorizing haulers of well driller equipment to apply
3	3	1.3 for an oversized vehicle annual permit; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections
4	4	1.4 169.011, by adding a subdivision; 169.86, subdivision 5.
5	5	1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
6	6	1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 169.011, is amended by adding a subdivision
7	7	1.7to read:
8	8	1.8 Subd. 23a.Drilling machine."Drilling machine" means a motorized machine or
9	9	1.9mechanical device mounted on a truck, trailer, crawler, or skid used for boring or to excavate,
10	10	1.10drill, or bore a well. A drilling machine includes a cable tool, hollow rod, auger, or rotary
11	11	1.11tool.
12	12	1.12 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
13	13	1.13 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 169.86, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
14	14	1.14 Subd. 5.Fees; proceeds deposited; appropriation.The commissioner, with respect to
15	15	1.15highways under the commissioner's jurisdiction, may charge a fee for each permit issued.
16	16	1.16The fee for an annual permit that expires by law on the date of the vehicle registration
17	17	1.17expiration must be based on the proportion of the year that remains until the expiration date.
18	18	1.18All fees for permits issued by the commissioner of transportation must be deposited as
19	19	1.19provided in paragraph (i) and in section 174.525. Except for those annual permits for which
20	20	1.20the permit fees are specified elsewhere in this chapter, the fees are:
21	21	1.21 (a) $15 for each single trip permit.
22	22	1Sec. 2.
23	23	25-03726 as introduced02/13/25 REVISOR KRB/LJ
24	24	SENATE
25	25	STATE OF MINNESOTA
26	26	S.F. No. 1845NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
27	27	(SENATE AUTHORS: HAUSCHILD and Howe)
28	28	OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
29	29	Introduction and first reading02/24/2025
30	30	Referred to Transportation 2.1 (b) $36 for each job permit. A job permit may be issued for like loads carried on a specific
31	31	2.2route for a period not to exceed two months. "Like loads" means loads of the same product,
32	32	2.3weight, and dimension.
33	33	2.4 (c) $60 for an annual permit to be issued for a period not to exceed 12 consecutive
34	34	2.5months. Annual permits may be issued for:
35	35	2.6 (1) motor vehicles used to alleviate a temporary crisis adversely affecting the safety or
36	36	2.7well-being of the public;
37	37	2.8 (2) motor vehicles that travel on interstate highways and carry loads authorized under
38	38	2.9subdivision 1a;
39	39	2.10 (3) motor vehicles operating with gross weights authorized under section 169.826,
40	40	2.11subdivision 1a;
41	41	2.12 (4) special pulpwood vehicles described in section 169.863;
42	42	2.13 (5) motor vehicles bearing snowplow blades not exceeding ten feet in width;
43	43	2.14 (6) noncommercial transportation of a boat by the owner or user of the boat; and
44	44	2.15 (7) motor vehicles carrying bales of agricultural products authorized under section
45	45	2.16169.862.
46	46	2.17 (d) $120 for an oversize annual permit to be issued for a period not to exceed 12
47	47	2.18consecutive months. Annual permits may be issued for:
48	48	2.19 (1) mobile cranes;
49	49	2.20 (2) construction equipment, machinery, and supplies;
50	50	2.21 (3) manufactured homes and manufactured storage buildings;
51	51	2.22 (4) implements of husbandry;
52	52	2.23 (5) double-deck buses;
53	53	2.24 (6) commercial boat hauling and transporting waterfront structures, including, but not
54	54	2.25limited to, portable boat docks and boat lifts; and
55	55	2.26 (7) three-vehicle combinations consisting of two empty, newly manufactured trailers
56	56	2.27for cargo, horses, or livestock, not to exceed 28-1/2 feet per trailer; provided, however, the
57	57	2.28permit allows the vehicles to be moved from a trailer manufacturer to a trailer dealer only
58	58	2.29while operating on twin-trailer routes designated under section 169.81, subdivision 3,
59	59	2.30paragraph (c); and
60	60	2Sec. 2.
61	61	25-03726 as introduced02/13/25 REVISOR KRB/LJ 3.1 (8) drilling machines.
62	62	3.2 (e) For vehicles that have axle weights exceeding the weight limitations of sections
63	63	3.3169.823 to 169.829, an additional cost added to the fees listed above. However, this paragraph
64	64	3.4applies to any vehicle described in section 168.013, subdivision 3, paragraph (b), but only
65	65	3.5when the vehicle exceeds its gross weight allowance set forth in that paragraph, and then
66	66	3.6the additional cost is for all weight, including the allowance weight, in excess of the permitted
67	67	3.7maximum axle weight. The additional cost is equal to the product of the distance traveled
68	68	3.8times the sum of the overweight axle group cost factors shown in the following chart:
69	69	3.9 Overweight Axle Group Cost Factors
70	70	Cost Per Mile For Each Group Of:3.10Weight (pounds)
71	71	Four consecutive
72	72	axles spaced within
73	73	14 feet or less
74	74	Three
75	75	consecutive
76	76	axles spaced
77	77	Two
78	78	consecutive
79	79	3.13 axles spaced
80	80	3.11exceeding weight
81	81	3.12limitations on axles
82	82	within 9 feet
83	83	or less
84	84	3.14 within 8 feet
85	85	3.15 or less
86	86	.04.05.123.16 0-2,000
87	87	.05.06.143.17 2,001-4,000
88	88	.06.07.183.18 4,001-6,000
89	89	.07.09.213.19 6,001-8,000
90	90	.08.10.263.20 8,001-10,000
91	91	.09.12.303.21 10,001-12,000
92	92	.11.14
93	93	3.22 Not
94	94	permitted3.23 12,001-14,000
95	95	.12.17
96	96	3.24 Not
97	97	permitted3.25 14,001-16,000
98	98	.15.19
99	99	3.26 Not
100	100	permitted3.27 16,001-18,000
101	101	.16
102	102	Not
103	103	permitted
104	104	3.28 Not
105	105	permitted3.29 18,001-20,000
106	106	.20
107	107	Not
108	108	permitted
109	109	3.30 Not
110	110	permitted3.31 20,001-22,000
111	111	3.32The amounts added are rounded to the nearest cent for each axle or axle group. The additional
112	112	3.33cost does not apply to paragraph (c), clauses (1) and (3).
113	113	3.34For a vehicle found to exceed the appropriate maximum permitted weight, a cost-per-mile
114	114	3.35fee of 22 cents per ton, or fraction of a ton, over the permitted maximum weight is imposed
115	115	3.36in addition to the normal permit fee. Miles must be calculated based on the distance already
116	116	3.37traveled in the state plus the distance from the point of detection to a transportation loading
117	117	3.38site or unloading site within the state or to the point of exit from the state.
118	118	3Sec. 2.
119	119	25-03726 as introduced02/13/25 REVISOR KRB/LJ 4.1 (f) As an alternative to paragraph (e), an annual permit may be issued for overweight,
120	120	4.2or oversize and overweight, mobile cranes; construction equipment, machinery, and supplies;
121	121	4.3implements of husbandry; drilling machines; and commercial boat hauling. The fees for the
122	122	4.4permit are as follows:
123	123	Annual Permit Fee4.5 Gross Weight (pounds) of Vehicle
124	124	$200or less4.6 90,000
125	125	$300- 100,0004.7 90,001
126	126	$400- 110,0004.8 100,001
127	127	$500- 120,0004.9 110,001
128	128	$600- 130,0004.10 120,001
129	129	$700- 140,0004.11 130,001
130	130	$800- 145,0004.12 140,001
131	131	$900- 155,0004.13 145,001
132	132	4.14If the gross weight of the vehicle is more than 155,000 pounds the permit fee is determined
133	133	4.15under paragraph (e).
134	134	4.16 (g) For vehicles which exceed the width limitations set forth in section 169.80 by more
135	135	4.17than 72 inches, an additional cost equal to $120 added to the amount in paragraph (a) when
136	136	4.18the permit is issued while seasonal load restrictions pursuant to section 169.87 are in effect.
137	137	4.19 (h) $85 for an annual permit to be issued for a period not to exceed 12 months, for
138	138	4.20refuse-compactor vehicles that carry a gross weight of not more than: 22,000 pounds on a
139	139	4.21single rear axle; 38,000 pounds on a tandem rear axle; or, subject to section 169.828,
140	140	4.22subdivision 2, 46,000 pounds on a tridem rear axle. A permit issued for up to 46,000 pounds
141	141	4.23on a tridem rear axle must limit the gross vehicle weight to not more than 62,000 pounds.
142	142	4.24 (i) $300 for a motor vehicle described in section 169.8261. The fee under this paragraph
143	143	4.25must be deposited as follows:
144	144	4.26 (1) the first $50,000 in each fiscal year must be deposited in the trunk highway fund for
145	145	4.27costs related to administering the permit program and inspecting and posting bridges; and
146	146	4.28 (2) all remaining money in each fiscal year must be deposited in the bridge inspection
147	147	4.29and signing account as provided under subdivision 5b.
148	148	4.30 (j) $200 for an annual permit for a vehicle operating under authority of section 169.824,
149	149	4.31subdivision 2, clause (2).
150	150	4.32 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
151	151	4Sec. 2.
152	152	25-03726 as introduced02/13/25 REVISOR KRB/LJ