{"data":{"id":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-174.17","jurisdiction":"us-mn","citation":"Minn. Stat. § 174.17","heading":"EVALUATION OF VALUE ENGINEERING PROPOSALS.","body":"Subdivision 1. Investigate, analyze, and estimate savings.\nAfter receipt of a value engineering proposal and supporting documents, the commissioner of transportation shall investigate and analyze the value engineering proposal, estimate the amount of the direct and immediate net savings in terms of construction project contract costs which would result upon adoption of the value engineering proposal.\nSubd. 2. Approval.\nSubject to the provisions of sections 174.15 to 174.17 and the provisions of any other applicable law, if the commissioner of transportation determines, based upon the reports and recommendations of the department, that adoption of a value engineering proposal will result in direct and immediate savings in the construction project contract costs, the commissioner shall approve and authorize the adoption of the implementing supplemental agreement and the supplemental agreement shall be processed and adopted as otherwise provided by law.","path":["TRANSPORTATION","CHAPTER 174. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","VALUE ENGINEERING PROPOSALS"],"source_url":"https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/174.17","current_through":"2025 Minnesota Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T22:10:35Z","sha256":"b6335c7386f8cf835baae8e515052b5f10bc68e7ad7ee89f49e18d671ca969cd","source_id":"us-mn","stale":false,"prev":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-174.16","next":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-174.18"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}