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HF4679 • 2026

Escort requirements for oversized loads modified.

Escort requirements for oversized loads modified.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Fogelman, Kozlowski
Last action
2026-03-25
Official status
Introduction and first reading, referred to Transportation Finance and Policy
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Escort requirements for oversized loads modified.

Escort requirements for oversized loads modified.

What This Bill Does

  • Escort requirements for oversized loads modified.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-25 House

    Introduction and first reading, referred to Transportation Finance and Policy

Official Summary Text

Escort requirements for oversized loads modified.

Current Bill Text

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A bill for an act

relating to transportation; modifying escort requirements for certain oversized

loads; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 169.812, by adding a subdivision.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 169.812, is amended by adding a subdivision

to read:

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Subd. 4.

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Manufactured or modular homes.

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(a) This subdivision applies to an

overdimensional load that is a manufactured home or modular home, as defined in section

327.31, subdivisions 6 and 23.

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(b) Where no licensed peace officer escort is required under subdivision 2 but a licensed

peace officer requires that an overdimensional load retain a licensed peace officer escort:

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(1) the licensed peace officer that imposes the requirement in excess of subdivision 2

must not serve as the licensed peace officer escort or receive compensation for the service

of a licensed peace officer escort; and

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(2) the commissioner of public safety must pay the cost of the licensed peace officer

escort from existing department funds and must establish a procedure for this purpose.

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(c) An overdimensional load that briefly crosses the centerline as permitted by section

169.18 does not extend beyond the left of the centerline for the purposes of subdivision 2,

paragraph (d).

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