1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 1416, the third engrossment, as follows:
1.2Page 17, after line 23, insert:
1.3 "Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 169.14, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.4 Subd. 2.
Speed limits. (a) Where no special hazard exists the following speeds
1.5shall be lawful, but any speeds in excess of such limits shall be prima facie evidence
1.6that the speed is not reasonable or prudent and that it is unlawful; except that the speed
1.7limit within any municipality shall be a maximum limit and any speed in excess thereof
1.8shall be unlawful:
1.9 (1) 30 miles per hour in an urban district;
1.10 (2) 65 miles per hour on noninterstate expressways, as defined in section
160.02,
1.11subdivision 18b, and noninterstate freeways, as defined in section
160.02, subdivision 19;
1.12 (3)
55 60 miles per hour in locations other than those specified in this section;
1.13 (4) 70 miles per hour on interstate highways outside the limits of any urbanized area
1.14with a population of greater than 50,000 as defined by order of the commissioner of
1.15transportation;
1.16 (5) 65 miles per hour on interstate highways inside the limits of any urbanized area
1.17with a population of greater than 50,000 as defined by order of the commissioner of
1.18transportation;
1.19 (6) ten miles per hour in alleys;
1.20 (7) 25 miles per hour in residential roadways if adopted by the road authority having
1.21jurisdiction over the residential roadway; and
1.22(8) 35 miles per hour in a rural residential district if adopted by the road authority
1.23having jurisdiction over the rural residential district.
1.24 (b) A speed limit adopted under paragraph (a), clause (7), is not effective unless the
1.25road authority has erected signs designating the speed limit and indicating the beginning
1.26and end of the residential roadway on which the speed limit applies.
2.1 (c) A speed limit adopted under paragraph (a), clause (8), is not effective unless the
2.2road authority has erected signs designating the speed limit and indicating the beginning
2.3and end of the rural residential district for the roadway on which the speed limit applies.
2.4 (d) Notwithstanding section
609.0331 or
609.101 or other law to the contrary,
2.5a person who violates a speed limit established in this subdivision, or a speed limit
2.6designated on an appropriate sign under subdivision 4, 5, 5b, 5c, or 5e, by driving 20 miles
2.7per hour or more in excess of the applicable speed limit, is assessed an additional surcharge
2.8equal to the amount of the fine imposed for the speed violation, but not less than $25.
2.9EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective upon the placement of conforming
2.10signs designating the speed specified in this section by the commissioner of transportation
2.11on affected trunk highways and by local authorities on affected streets and highways under
2.12their jurisdictions. The placement of conforming signs must occur during the ordinary
2.13course of placement and replacement of signs, but must be completed before January
2.141, 2025.
2.15 Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 169.14, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
2.16 Subd. 4.
Establishment of zones by commissioner. (a) Upon presentation to the
2.17commissioner of a petition signed by: (1) ..... residents or owners of property located
2.18within ..... miles of the identified trunk highway segment in an urban district under section
2.19169.011, subdivision 90; or (2) ..... residents or owners of property located within ..... miles
2.20of the identified trunk highway segment that is not in an urban district, the commissioner
2.21shall undertake an engineering and traffic investigation of an appropriate segment of trunk
2.22highway that includes the segment specified in the petition. An engineering and traffic
2.23investigation of the trunk highway segment specified in the petition must not take place
2.24until a minimum of five years has elapsed since the previous investigation.
2.25(b) On determining upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that
2.26any speed set forth in this section is greater or less than is reasonable or safe under the
2.27conditions found to exist on any trunk highway or upon any part thereof, the commissioner
2.28may erect appropriate signs designating a reasonable and safe speed limit thereat, which
2.29speed limit shall be effective when such signs are erected. Any speeds in excess of such
2.30limits shall be prima facie evidence that the speed is not reasonable or prudent and that
2.31it is unlawful; except that any speed limit within any municipality shall be a maximum
2.32limit and any speed in excess thereof shall be unlawful. On determining upon that basis
2.33that a part of the trunk highway system outside a municipality should be a zone of
2.34maximum speed limit, the commissioner may establish that part as such a zone by erecting
2.35appropriate signs showing the beginning and end of the zone, designating a reasonable
3.1and safe speed therefor, which may be different than the speed set forth in this section, and
3.2that it is a zone of maximum speed limit. The speed so designated by the commissioner
3.3within any such zone shall be a maximum speed limit, and speed in excess of such limit
3.4shall be unlawful. The commissioner may in the same manner from time to time alter the
3.5boundary of such a zone and the speed limit therein or eliminate such zone.
3.6EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment."
3.7Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
3.8Amend the title accordingly