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21 LOCAL STATE-AID ROUTE STANDARDS,FINANCING 8820.2900 Subp. 8. Certified acceptance. The commissioner may establish a certified accep- tance program and establish qualifications for counties and urban municipalities to be el- igible for participation in the program. Judgment of qualifications must be based upon factors such as the existence of a peer review program, the volume of state-aid contracts, availability of staff, and completion of appropriate training or demonstration of sufficient competency, or other similar factors. Certification may be granted in any or all of the following functional areas: road design, bridge design, traffic signal design, storm sewer design,right-of-way acquisition, or construction inspection and contract administration. Counties and urban municipalities who request and are qualified may enter into an agreement with the state-aid engineer certifying that they will comply with all laws and state-aid rules and administrative policies in those functional areas for which they are qual- ified. Projects certified in accordance with the terms of the agreement are considered ap- proved for purposes of subpart 2 and,when applicable,parts 8820.1500, subparts 2 (final inspection) and 12 (construction plans); 8820.3000, subpart 3 (bridges); and 8820.3100, subpart 8 (hydraulics). The certified acceptance agreement must authorize the state-aid engineer to audit the work performed under the agreement and must contain provisions for cancellation of the agreement by the commissioner and for reimbursement of state-aid funds for cases of re- peated noncompliance by the county or urban municipality. Statutory Authority: MS s 161.082; 161.083; 162.02; 162.09; 162.155;L 1983 c 17 History: 8 SR 2146; 15 SR 2596; 20 SR 1041; 23 SR 1455; 29 SR 449 8820.2900 TURNBACK AND TOWN BRIDGE ACCOUNT EXPENDITURES. Subpart 1. Eligibility; former trunk highways. The funds in the county and munic- ipal turnback accounts must be spent only as payments to a county or urban municipality for the approved repair and restoration or reconstruction and improvement of those former trunk highways that have reverted to county or urban municipal jurisdiction after July 1, 1965, and that are a part of the county state-aid highway or municipal state-aid street sys- tem, except when the commissioner makes a lump sum payment under part 8820.2300, subpart 6a. For trunk highways released after December 31, 1992, approval of plans for the con- struction of a turnback project is limited to a period of 15 years from the date of reversion. Each approved project must be advanced to construction status within one year after notifi- cation to the county or urban municipality that sufficient funds are available for constructing the project. Payment for repair and restoration or reconstruction and improvement of a sec- tion terminates eligibility for repair and restoration or reconstruction and improvement of that section with turnback funds. Subp. la. [Repealed, 20 SR 1041] Subp. 2. [Repealed, 20 SR 1041] Subp. 2a. Eligibility;town bridges. The town bridge account may be used to pay the cost to replace or reconstruct a town bridge, or to abandon an existing bridge that is defi- cient and in need of replacement but where no replacement will be made. It may also be used to pay the costs to construct a road or street to facilitate the abandonment of an existing bridge determined by the commissioner to be deficient if the commissioner determines that construction of the road or street is more cost efficient than replacing the existing bridge. A town bridge is eligible for replacement,reconstruction,or abandonment after the county board reviews the pertinent data supplied by local citizenry,local units of government,the regional development commission, or the metropolitan council, and adopts a formal res- olution identifying the town bridge or bridges to be replaced or reconstructed. Except as otherwise provided by law,payment to the counties is limited to the cost of the bridge and must be made in accordance with part 8820.2300, subpart 7.