1.1    .................... moves to amend H. F. No. 1351, the first committee engrossment,
1.2as follows:
1.3Page 75, after line 27, insert:

1.4    "Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.864, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.5    Subdivision 1. Special three-unit vehicle permit. The commissioner may issue a
1.6permit for a vehicle that meets the following requirements:
1.7    (1) is a combination of vehicles, including a truck-tractor and a semitrailer drawing
1.8one additional semitrailer, which may be equipped with an auxiliary dolly, and no
1.9semitrailer used in the three-vehicle combination has an overall length in excess of 28-1/2
1.10feet;
1.11    (2) has a maximum gross vehicle weight of 108,000 pounds;
1.12    (3) complies with the axle weight limits in section 169.824 or with the federal bridge
1.13formula for axle groups not described in that section;
1.14    (4) complies with the tire weight limits in section 169.823 or the tire manufacturers'
1.15recommended load, whichever is less;
1.16    (5) is operated only in this state on Trunk Highway marked 2 between Grand Rapids
1.17and the port of Duluth; on Trunk Highway marked 169 between Grand Rapids and its
1.18junction with Trunk Highway marked 53; on Trunk Highway marked 194 between Trunk
1.19Highway marked 2 and Trunk Highway marked 53; and on Trunk Highway marked 53
1.20between Virginia and the port of Duluth; and
1.21    (6) the seasonal weight increases authorized under section 169.826, subdivision 1,
1.22do not apply.

1.23    Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.864, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.24    Subd. 2. Special two-unit vehicle permit. The commissioner may issue a permit
1.25for a vehicle that meets the following requirements:
2.1    (1) is a combination of vehicles consisting of a truck-tractor and a single semitrailer
2.2that may exceed 48 feet, but not 53 feet, if the distance from the kingpin to the centerline
2.3of the rear axle group of the semitrailer does not exceed 43 feet;
2.4    (2) has a maximum gross vehicle weight of 90,000 pounds or 97,000 pounds if
2.5the truck has seven axles;
2.6    (3) has a maximum gross vehicle weight of 98,000 pounds during the time when
2.7seasonal weight increases authorized under section 169.826, subdivision 1, are in effect;
2.8    (4) complies with the axle weight limits in section 169.824 or with the federal bridge
2.9formula for axle groups not described in that section;
2.10    (5) complies with the tire weight limits in section 169.823 or the tire manufacturers'
2.11recommended load, whichever is less; and
2.12    (6) is operated only on the highways specified in subdivision 1, clause (5)."
2.13Page 77, after line 25, insert:

2.14    "Sec. 18. Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 1, article 4, section 39, the effective
2.15date, is amended to read:
2.16EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the latter of August 1, 2006, or the
2.17date on which the commissioner determines that building permits have been issued for the
2.18construction of a new pulp and paper manufacturing facility at Grand Rapids 2007."
2.19Renumber the sections in sequence
2.20Correct the title numbers accordingly
2.21Amend the title as follows:
2.22Page 1, line 11, after the second comma, insert "paper product vehicle routes and
2.23permits,"