1.1.................... moves to amend the delete-everything amendment (H1796DE3) to
1.2H.F. No. 1796 as follows:
1.3Page 3, after line 26, insert:
1.4 "Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 169.14, is amended by adding a subdivision
1.5to read:
1.6 Subd. 2b. Reduced speed limit in work zone. (a) Notwithstanding subdivision 2
1.7and subject to subdivision 3, the speed limits under subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clauses
1.8(2) to (5), are adjusted to 45 miles per hour in a work zone, when workers are present.
1.9A speed greater than the adjusted speed limit is unlawful.
1.10(b) A road authority shall erect signs identifying the limit and indicating the
1.11beginning and end of the adjusted speed limit zone.
1.12(c) This subdivision does not apply to a segment of road in which:
1.13(1) positive barriers are placed between workers and the traveled portion of the
1.14highway;
1.15(2) a workers present speed limit is established under subdivision 5d; or
1.16(3) a speed limit of less than 45 miles per hour is established under this section
1.17following an engineering and traffic investigation.
1.18EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2014, and applies to
1.19violations committed on or after that date."
1.20Page 4, line 6, strike "55" and insert "
45"
1.21Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
1.22Amend the title accordingly