Minnesota HF3926: Transportation; various provisions modified, silencing of railroad crossing bells prohibited, rail service improvement program accounts modified, town roads and private roads provisions modified, authorization for maintenance of Piney-Pinecreek Border Airport in Roseau County removed, highway designations repealed for the Hiawatha Pioneer Trail, and technical corrections made.

What the bill says

A bill for an act relating to transportation; modifying various transportation-related provisions; prohibiting silencing of railroad crossing bells; modifying rail service improvement program accounts; modifying provisions related to town roads and private roads; removing authorization for maintenance of Piney-Pinecreek Border Airport in Roseau County; repealing highway designations for the Hiawatha Pioneer Trail; making technical corrections; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 160.05; 160.09, by adding a subdivision; 164.07, subdivision 7; 219.14, by adding a subdivision; 222.50…

From the engrossed text, March 26, 2026:

A bill for an act relating to transportation; modifying various transportation-related provisions; prohibiting silencing of railroad crossing bells; modifying rail service improvement program accounts; modifying provisions related to town roads and private roads; removing authorization for maintenance of Piney-Pinecreek Border Airport in Roseau County; repealing highway designations for the Hiawatha Pioneer Trail; making technical corrections; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 160.05; 160.09, by adding a subdivision; 164.07, subdivision 7; 219.14, by adding a subdivision; 222.50; 360.021, subdivision 1; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 161.14, subdivisions 12, 12a. Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 160.05, is amended to read: 160.05 DEDICATION OF ROADS. Subdivision 1. Six years. deleted text begin (a)deleted text end When any road or portion of a road has been used and kept in repair and worked for at least six years continuously as a public highway by a road authority, it shall be deemed dedicated to the public to the width of the actual use and be and remain, until lawfully vacated, a public highway whether it has ever been established as a public highway or not. Nothing contained in this subdivision shall impair the right, title, or interest of the water department of any city of the first class secured under Special Laws 1885, chapter 110. This subdivision shall apply to roads and streets except platted …