Subdivision 1. Scope. The terms used in sections 160.84 to 160.98 have the meanings given them in this section and section 160.02.
Subd. 2. BOT facility. "BOT facility" means a build-operate-transfer toll facility developed, financed, designed, constructed, improved, rehabilitated, and operated by a private operator who holds title to the facility subject to a development agreement providing that title will be transferred to the road authority on expiration of an agreed term.
Subd. 3. BTO facility. "BTO facility" means a build-transfer-operate toll facility developed, financed, designed, constructed, improved, or rehabilitated by a private operator who: (1) transfers any interest it may have in the toll facility to the road authority before operation begins; and (2) operates the toll facility for an agreed term under a lease, management, or toll concession agreement.
Subd. 4. Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Transportation.
Subd. 5. Development agreement. "Development agreement" means a written agreement between a road authority and a private operator that provides for the development, financing, design, construction, improvement, rehabilitation, ownership, and operation of a toll facility.
Subd. 6. Metropolitan area. "Metropolitan area" has the meaning given it in section 473.121, subdivision 2.
Subd. 7. Private operator. "Private operator" means an individual, corporation, partnership, cooperative or unincorporated association, joint venture, or consortium that develops, finances, designs, constructs, improves, rehabilitates, owns, or operates a toll facility subject to sections 160.84 to 160.92.
Subd. 8. Road authority. "Road authority" has the meaning given it in section 160.02, subdivision 25, and also refers to a joint powers authority formed under section 160.91.
Subd. 9. Toll facility. "Toll facility" means a bridge, causeway, or tunnel, and its approaches; a road, street, or highway; an appurtenant building, structure, or other improvement; land lying within applicable rights-of-way; and other appurtenant rights or hereditaments that together comprise a project for which a road authority or private operator is authorized to develop, finance, design, operate, and impose tolls under sections 160.84 to 160.92.
1993 c 211 s 1; 2008 c 152 art 6 s 1
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation
Chapter 160 — Roads, General Provisions
Section 160.01 — Scope Of Chapters 160 To 165.
Section 160.03 — Compensation For Public Property.
Section 160.04 — Width Of Roads.
Section 160.05 — Dedication Of Roads.
Section 160.06 — Trail Or Portage Dedication.
Section 160.07 — Improvements Within Or Without Boundaries.
Section 160.08 — Controlled Access.
Section 160.085 — Recording Proposed Acquisition For Road.
Section 160.09 — Change Or Vacation Of Local Road.
Section 160.095 — Designation Of Minimum-maintenance Roads.
Section 160.10 — Roads On Mineral Lands.
Section 160.11 — Materials For Building Roads.
Section 160.12 — Temporary Roads Around Construction.
Section 160.13 — Lighting And Marking Highways.
Section 160.14 — Marking Boundaries Of Highways.
Section 160.15 — Preserving Section Or Quarter-section Corners.
Section 160.16 — Warning Signs And Detour Signs.
Section 160.165 — Mitigating Transportation Project Impacts On Business.
Section 160.17 — Road Construction Contracts; Counties And Towns.
Section 160.18 — Access To Roads; Approaches.
Section 160.19 — Drainage Ditch Crossing Railroad Right-of-way.
Section 160.201 — Public Road Ditches.
Section 160.21 — Snow Removal.
Section 160.215 — Snow Removal; Salt And Chemicals Restricted.
Section 160.23 — Destruction Of Noxious Weeds.
Section 160.232 — Mowing Ditches Outside Cities.
Section 160.235 — Traffic Signal Timing Optimization.
Section 160.24 — Logging Railroads Across Highways.
Section 160.25 — Tunnels Under Highways.
Section 160.26 — Moving Buildings Over Highways.
Section 160.263 — Bicycle Lanes, Routes, And Paths.
Section 160.264 — Replacing Bikeways And Pedestrian Ways.
Section 160.266 — State Bicycle Routes.
Section 160.27 — Particular Uses Of Right-of-way; Misdemeanors.
Section 160.2715 — Right-of-way Use; Misdemeanors.
Section 160.272 — Safety Rest Area And Travel Information Center Leases.
Section 160.2721 — Commercial Vehicle Drivers At Rest Areas.
Section 160.2725 — Sales At Safety Rest Areas.
Section 160.273 — Vending Machines.
Section 160.2735 — Sponsorship Of Safety Rest Areas.
Section 160.274 — Sale Of Surplus Rest Area Property.
Section 160.2745 — Safety Rest Area Account.
Section 160.2755 — Prohibited Activities At Rest Areas.
Section 160.276 — Travel Information Advertising Program.
Section 160.28 — Plans For Public Travel Facilities.
Section 160.281 — Tourist Information Center In South Dakota.
Section 160.282 — Public Travel Facilities.
Section 160.283 — Resort Information Signs; Purpose.
Section 160.284 — Resort Signs; Design And Manufacture.
Section 160.285 — Resort Signs; County Participation.
Section 160.29 — Vacation Of Public Ways By Municipality.
Section 160.292 — Information Signs For Specific Services; Definitions.
Section 160.293 — Specific Service Signs; Intended Use.
Section 160.294 — Specific Service Sign Details.
Section 160.295 — Criteria For Specific Service Signs.
Section 160.296 — Specific Service Signs; Administration; Rules.
Section 160.297 — Other Sign Laws.
Section 160.298 — Highway Sign Program; Billing, Account, Appropriation.
Section 160.80 — Sign Franchise Program.
Section 160.801 — Highway Sponsorship Program.
Section 160.81 — Highways In Scenic Areas.
Section 160.83 — Rustic Roads Program.
Section 160.845 — Restrictions On Toll Facility.
Section 160.85 — Authority For Toll Facility.
Section 160.86 — Toll Facility Development Agreement; Requirements.
Section 160.87 — Toll Facility Cost Recovery.
Section 160.88 — Public Toll Facilities.
Section 160.89 — Toll Facility Revenue Bonds.
Section 160.90 — Law Enforcement On Toll Facilities.
Section 160.91 — Joint Authority Over Toll Facility.
Section 160.92 — Toll Facility Replacement Projects.
Section 160.93 — User Fees; High-occupancy Vehicle And Dynamic Shoulder Lanes.
Section 160.98 — Prohibition On Road And Bridge Privatization.