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160.095, 2008 Minnesota Statutes <br />2008 Minnesota Statutes <br />160.095 DESIGNATION OF MINIMUM - MAINTENANCE ROADS. <br />Page 1 of 1 <br />Subdivision 1. Resolution. A road authority, other than the commissioner, may by <br />resolution designate a road under its jurisdiction as a minimum- maintenance road if it <br />determines that the road or road segment is used only occasionally or intermittently for <br />passenger and commercial travel. The resolution must identify the beginning and end <br />points of the road being designated. After adopting the resolution, the road authority must <br />post signs on the road to notify the motoring public that it is a minimum - maintenance <br />road and that the public travels on the road at its own risk. A road authority must notify <br />the road authorities of adjoining jurisdictions of designations under this section. <br />If an affected road or road segment runs along a county or town line, the designation <br />applies only to that part of the road that is under the jurisdiction of the road authority <br />adopting the resolution. <br />Subd. 2. Signs. Designation of a minimum - maintenance road is effective on the <br />erection of the signs required under this section. The signs shall be posted at entry points <br />to and at regular intervals along a minimum- maintenance road. Signs posted must <br />conform to the commissioner's Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. Properly <br />posted signs are prima facie evidence that adequate notice of a minimum - maintenance <br />road has been given to the motoring public. <br />Subd. 3. Limitations. A trunk highway may not be designated as a minimum- <br />maintenance road. A road may not be designated a minimum - maintenance road if federal - <br />state aid to Minnesota will be reduced as a result. A road authority may not acquire <br />additional right -of -way or easement by eminent domain or otherwise without the consent <br />of the landowner, for the purpose of constructing or designating a minimum- maintenance <br />road, except where necessary for drainage or public safety. <br />Subd. 4. Liability. A minimum- maintenance road may be maintained at a level less <br />than the minimum- maintenance standards required for state -aid highways, roads, and <br />streets, but must be maintained at the level required to serve the occasional or intermittent <br />traffic. Where a road has been designated by resolution as a minimum - maintenance road <br />and signs have been posted under subdivision 2, the road authority with jurisdiction over <br />the road, and its officers and employees, are exempt from liability for any tort claim for <br />injury to person or property arising from travel on the minimum- maintenance road and <br />related to its maintenance or condition. Nothing in this section-shall exempt a road <br />authority from its duty to maintain bridges under chapter 165 or other applicable law. <br />History: 1985 c 215 s 3 <br />https : / /www.revisor.leg.state -nm.us /statutes / ?id= 160.095 6/17/2009 <br />