Escort requirements modification for certain oversized loads

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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