Minnesota SF 4569: Access to property owners upon vacating local roads requirement modifications

Bill Text

1.1 A bill for an act​
1.2 relating to transportation; modifying requirements for providing access to property​
1.3 owners upon vacating local roads; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section​
1.4 160.09, subdivision 3.​
1.5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:​
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 160.09, subdivision 3, is amended to read:​
1.7 Subd. 3.Local road not vacated in certain cases.When a county highway or town​
1.8 road is the only means of access to any property or properties containing an area or combined​
1.9 area of five acres or more, the highway or road shall not be vacated without the consent of​
1.10 the property owner unless other means of access are provided. A road authority may satisfy​
1.11 this subdivision by altering the road into a cartway through the proceedings specified in​
1.12 section 164.07. When altering a road into a cartway, no town funds may be expended on​
1.13 maintenance unless the town board determines by resolution that an expenditure is in the​
1.14 public interest. If the town board does not determine that an expenditure is in the public​
1.15 interest, the costs of maintaining the cartway are subject to the provisions of section 164.08,​
1.16 subdivision 3.​
1​Section 1.​
24-06980 as introduced​02/15/24 REVISOR KRB/HL​
SENATE​
STATE OF MINNESOTA​
S.F. No. 4569​NINETY-THIRD SESSION​
(SENATE AUTHORS: BOLDON and Dibble)​
OFFICIAL STATUS​D-PG​DATE​
Introduction and first reading​11912​03/04/2024​
Referred to Transportation​