1.1    .................... moves to amend H. F. No. 1529 as follows:
1.2Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:

1.3    "Section 1. [160.2721] COMMERCIAL VEHICLE DRIVERS AT REST AREAS.
1.4    (a) The commissioner shall allow a commercial motor vehicle operator who is
1.5subject to hours of service regulations under Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, part
1.6395, to stop and park continuously, for a period of up to ten hours as necessary to comply
1.7with the hours of service regulations, at any Department of Transportation safety rest area
1.8or travel information center that has parking stalls designed to accommodate a commercial
1.9motor vehicle, as defined in section 169.01, subdivision 75.
1.10    (b) Any clause or provision in a lease or other agreement for the operation of a
1.11Department of Transportation safety rest area or travel information center that purports to
1.12limit the requirements under paragraph (a) is void and without effect.
1.13EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.

1.14    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.824, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.15    Subd. 2. Gross vehicle weight of all axles. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions
1.16of section 169.85, the gross vehicle weight of all axles of a vehicle or combination of
1.17vehicles shall must not exceed:
1.18    (1) 80,000 pounds for any vehicle or combination of vehicles on all state (i) trunk
1.19highways as defined in section 160.02, subdivision 29, and for all (ii) routes designated
1.20under section 169.832, subdivision 11, and (iii) paved county highways, including paved
1.21county state-aid highways;
1.22    (2) 88,000 pounds for any vehicle or combination of vehicles with six or more
1.23axles while exclusively engaged in hauling livestock on all state trunk highways other
1.24than interstate highways, if the vehicle has a permit under section 169.86, subdivision 5,
1.25paragraph (k); and
2.1    (3) 73,280 pounds for any vehicle or combination of vehicles with five axles or less
2.2on all routes, other than state trunk highways and routes that are designated under section
2.3169.832, subdivision 11, except that a vehicle needing reasonable access to a terminal or
2.4facilities for food, fuel, repairs, and rest, located within three miles of a ten-ton route, may
2.5not exceed 80,000 pounds. "Terminal" means any location where freight either originates,
2.6terminates, or is handled in the transportation process, or where commercial motor carriers
2.7maintain operating facilities; and routes identified in clause (1).
2.8    (4) 80,000 pounds for any vehicle or combination of vehicles with six or more
2.9axles on all routes, other than state trunk highways and routes that are designated under
2.10section 169.832, subdivision 11.
2.11    (b) The maximum weights specified in this section for five consecutive axles shall
2.12not apply to a four-axle ready-mix concrete truck which was equipped with a fifth axle
2.13prior to June 1, 1981. The maximum gross weight on four or fewer consecutive axles of
2.14vehicles excepted by this clause shall not exceed any maximum weight specified for four
2.15or fewer consecutive axles in this section.
2.16    (b) Notwithstanding the maximum weight provisions of this section and section
2.17169.85, and in order to promote the reduction of fuel use and emissions because of engine
2.18idling, the maximum gross vehicle weight limits and the axle weight limits for any motor
2.19vehicle subject to sections 169.80 to 169.88 and equipped with idle reduction technology
2.20must be increased by the amount of weight necessary to compensate for the weight of the
2.21idle reduction technology, not to exceed 400 pounds. At the request of an authorized
2.22representative of the Department of Transportation or Department of Public Safety the
2.23vehicle operator shall provide proof that the vehicle is equipped with this technology
2.24through documentation or demonstration.

2.25    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 221.0314, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
2.26    Subd. 9. Hours of service of driver. Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, part
2.27395, is incorporated by reference, except that paragraphs (a), (c), (d), (f), (h), (i), (k), (l),
2.28(m), and (n) of section 395.1 and section 395.13 of that part are not incorporated. In
2.29addition, cross-references to sections or paragraphs not incorporated in this subdivision
2.30are not incorporated by reference. The requirements of Code of Federal Regulations, title
2.3149, part 395, do not apply to drivers of lightweight vehicles. "
2.32Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
2.33Amend the title accordingly