1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 928 as follows:
1.2Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:

1.3    "Section 1. [160.2755] PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES AT REST AREAS.
1.4    Subdivision 1. Prohibited activities. It is unlawful at rest areas to:
1.5(1) dispose of travel-related trash and rubbish, except if depositing it in a designated
1.6receptacle;
1.7(2) dump household or commercial trash and rubbish into containers or anywhere
1.8else on site;
1.9(3) drain or dump refuse or waste from any trailer, recreational vehicle, or other
1.10vehicle except where receptacles are provided and designated to receive the refuse or
1.11waste;
1.12(4) consume alcoholic beverages or possess open containers of alcoholic beverages,
1.13except in accordance with section 169A.35, subdivision 6;
1.14(5) remain for a period of over six hours, except (i) as provided under section
1.15160.2721, and (ii) for an employee who is working at the rest area;
1.16(6) make arrangements for camping; or
1.17(7) allow a motor vehicle or trailer to remain unattended, when no member of a
1.18party or group travelling in association with the motor vehicle or trailer is also present
1.19at the rest area.
1.20    Subd. 2. Penalty. Violation of this section is a petty misdemeanor, except that
1.21violation of subdivision 1, clause (4), is a misdemeanor.

1.22    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 169.15, is amended to read:
1.23169.15 IMPEDING TRAFFIC; INTERSECTION GRIDLOCK.
1.24    Subdivision 1. Impeding traffic; drive at slow speed. No person shall drive a
1.25motor vehicle at such a slow speed as to impede or block the normal and reasonable
1.26movement of traffic except when reduced speed is necessary for safe operation or in
2.1compliance with law or except when the vehicle is temporarily unable to maintain a greater
2.2speed due to a combination of the weight of the vehicle and the grade of the highway.
2.3    Subd. 2. Intersection gridlock; stop or block traffic. No driver of a motor
2.4vehicle shall enter an intersection until the vehicle is able to move completely through
2.5the intersection without impeding or blocking the subsequent movement of cross traffic,
2.6unless such movement is at the direction of a city-authorized traffic-control agent or a
2.7police officer or to facilitate passage of an authorized emergency vehicle. A violation of
2.8this subdivision does not constitute grounds for suspension or revocation of the violator's
2.9driver's license.

2.10    Sec. 3. [171.163] COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE RECORD KEEPING.
2.11An agency, court, or public official in Minnesota shall not mask, defer imposition of
2.12judgment, or allow an individual to enter into a diversion program that would prevent a
2.13conviction for a violation of a state or local traffic control law, except a parking violation,
2.14from appearing on the driving record of a holder of a commercial driver's license, when
2.15the violation is committed in any type of motor vehicle, or on the driving record of an
2.16individual who committed the violation in a commercial motor vehicle.

2.17    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 174.86, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
2.18    Subd. 5. Commuter Rail Corridor Coordinating Committee. (a) A Commuter
2.19Rail Corridor Coordinating Committee shall be is established to advise the commissioner
2.20on issues relating to the alternatives analysis, environmental review, advanced corridor
2.21planning, preliminary engineering, final design, implementation method, construction of
2.22commuter rail, public involvement, land use, service, and safety. The Commuter Rail
2.23Corridor Coordinating Committee shall consist of:
2.24(1) one member representing each significant funding partner in whose jurisdiction
2.25the line or lines are located;
2.26(2) one member appointed by each county in which the corridors are located;
2.27(3) one member appointed by each city in which advanced corridor plans indicate
2.28that a station may be located;
2.29(4) two members appointed by the commissioner, one of whom shall be designated
2.30by the commissioner as the chair of the committee;
2.31(5) one member appointed by each metropolitan planning organization through
2.32which the commuter rail line may pass; and
2.33(6) one member appointed by the president of the University of Minnesota, if a
2.34designated corridor provides direct service to the university.; and
3.1(7) two members of labor organizations operating in, and with authority for, trains or
3.2rail yards or stations junctioning with freight and commuter rail lines on corridors, with
3.3one member appointed by the speaker of the house and the other member appointed by the
3.4senate Rules and Administration Subcommittee on Committees.
3.5(b) A joint powers board existing on April 1, 1999, consisting of local governments
3.6along a commuter rail corridor, shall perform the functions set forth in paragraph (a) in
3.7place of the committee.
3.8(c) Notwithstanding section 15.059, subdivision 5, the committee does not expire.

3.9    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 473.167, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
3.10    Subd. 2a. Hardship Loans for acquisition and relocation. (a) The council may
3.11make hardship loans to acquiring authorities within the metropolitan area to purchase
3.12homestead property located in a proposed state trunk highway right-of-way or project,
3.13and to provide relocation assistance. Acquiring authorities are authorized to accept the
3.14loans and to acquire the property. Except as provided in this subdivision, the loans shall
3.15be made as provided in subdivision 2. Loans shall be in the amount of the fair market
3.16value of the homestead property plus relocation costs and less salvage value. Before
3.17construction of the highway begins, the acquiring authority shall convey the property to
3.18the commissioner of transportation at the same price it paid, plus relocation costs and less
3.19its salvage value. Acquisition and assistance under this subdivision must conform to
3.20sections 117.50 to 117.56.
3.21(b) The council may make hardship loans only when:
3.22(1) the owner of affected homestead property requests acquisition and relocation
3.23assistance from an acquiring authority;
3.24(2) federal or state financial participation is not available;
3.25(3) the owner is unable to sell the homestead property at its appraised market
3.26value because the property is located in a proposed state trunk highway right-of-way or
3.27project as indicated on an official map or plat adopted under section 160.085, 394.361, or
3.28462.359 ; and
3.29(4) the council agrees to and approves the fair market value of the homestead
3.30property, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld; and.
3.31(5) the owner of the homestead property is burdened by circumstances that constitute
3.32a hardship, such as catastrophic medical expenses; a transfer of the homestead owner by
3.33the owner's employer to a distant site of employment; or inability of the owner to maintain
3.34the property due to physical or mental disability or the permanent departure of children
3.35from the homestead.
4.1(c) For purposes of this subdivision, the following terms have the meanings given
4.2them.
4.3(1) "Acquiring authority" means counties, towns, and statutory and home rule
4.4charter cities in the metropolitan area.
4.5(2) "Homestead property" means a single-family dwelling occupied by the owner,
4.6and the surrounding land, not exceeding a total of ten acres.
4.7(3) "Salvage value" means the probable sale price of the dwelling and other property
4.8that is severable from the land if offered for sale on the condition that it be removed from
4.9the land at the buyer's expense, allowing a reasonable time to find a buyer with knowledge
4.10of the possible uses of the property, including separate use of serviceable components and
4.11scrap when there is no other reasonable prospect of sale."
4.12Delete the title and insert:
4.13"A bill for an act
4.14relating to transportation; modifying various provisions related to transportation;
4.15prohibiting certain acts;amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 169.15;
4.16174.86, subdivision 5; 473.167, subdivision 2a; proposing coding for new law in
4.17Minnesota Statutes, chapters 160; 171."