Bill Text: MN HF2 | 2011 | 87th Legislature 1st Special | Introduced
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Bill Title: Special Session Transportation bill.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2011-07-20 - Governor's action Approval [HF2 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-HF2-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Special Session Transportation bill.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2011-07-20 - Governor's action Approval [HF2 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-HF2-Introduced.html
1.2relating to government finance; appropriating money for transportation,
1.3Metropolitan Council, and public safety activities and programs; providing for
1.4fund transfers, tort claims, and certain contingent appropriations; providing
1.5for use of revenues from metropolitan transportation area sales tax; reducing
1.6funding for 2011 state road construction; modifying various provisions related
1.7to transportation finance and policy; providing for surcharge; mandating and
1.8amending legislative reports; making technical and clarifying changes; amending
1.9Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 16A.11, subdivision 3a; 16A.86, subdivision
1.103a; 161.04, by adding a subdivision; 162.06, subdivision 1; 162.12, subdivision
1.111; 168.013, subdivision 21; 168A.29, subdivision 1; 171.06, subdivision 2, as
1.12amended; 174.93; 297A.992, subdivision 5, by adding a subdivision; 473.39, by
1.13adding a subdivision; Laws 2008, chapter 363, article 11, section 6; Laws 2009,
1.14chapter 36, article 1, section 3, subdivision 3, as amended.
1.15BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.19The amounts shown in this section summarize direct appropriations, by fund, made
1.20in this article.
2.2The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to
2.3the agencies and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from
2.4the trunk highway fund, or another named fund, and are available for the fiscal years
2.5indicated for each purpose. The figures "2012" and "2013" used in this article mean that
2.6the appropriations listed under them are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012,
2.7or June 30, 2013, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2012. "The second year" is
2.8fiscal year 2013. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2012 and 2013. Appropriations for the
2.9fiscal year ending June 30, 2011, are effective the day following final enactment.
2.24The amounts that may be spent for each
2.25purpose are specified in the following
2.26subdivisions.
2.28(a) Aeronautics
2.30This appropriation is from the state
2.31airports fund and must be spent according
2.32to Minnesota Statutes, section 360.305,
2.33subdivision 4.
2.34The base appropriation for fiscal years 2014
2.35and 2015 is $14,298,000 for each year.
3.1Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section
3.216A.28, subdivision 6, this appropriation is
3.3available for five years after appropriation.
3.4If the appropriation for either year is
3.5insufficient, the appropriation for the other
3.6year is available for it.
3.7If the commissioner of transportation
3.8determines that a balance remains in
3.9the state airports fund following the
3.10appropriations made in this article, and that
3.11the appropriations made are insufficient
3.12for advancing airport development and
3.13assistance projects, an amount necessary
3.14to advance the projects, not to exceed
3.15the balance in the state airports fund, is
3.16appropriated in each year to the commissioner
3.17and must be spent according to Minnesota
3.18Statutes, section 360.305, subdivision
3.194. Within two weeks of a determination
3.20under this contingent appropriation, the
3.21commissioner of transportation shall notify
3.22the commissioner of management and budget
3.23and the chairs and ranking minority members
3.24of the legislative committees with jurisdiction
3.25over transportation finance concerning funds
3.26appropriated. Funds appropriated under this
3.27contingent appropriation do not adjust the
3.28base appropriation for fiscal years 2014 and
3.292015.
3.34$65,000 in each year is from the state airports
3.35fund for the Civil Air Patrol.
4.5The base appropriation from the general
4.6fund is $16,373,000 for fiscal year 2014 and
4.7$16,292,000 for fiscal year 2015.
4.8$100,000 in each year is from the general
4.9fund for the administrative expenses of the
4.10Minnesota Council on Transportation Access
4.11under Minnesota Statutes, section 174.285.
4.13This appropriation is from the general
4.14fund for passenger rail system planning,
4.15alternatives analysis, environmental analysis,
4.16design, and preliminary engineering under
4.17Minnesota Statutes, sections 174.632 to
4.18174.636.
4.26Of these appropriations, $130,000 in each
4.27year is for administrative costs of the
4.28targeted group business program, if a law
4.29is enacted and effective in 2012 and 2013
4.30that establishes a targeted group business
4.31program for state highway construction
4.32contracts.
5.1$266,000 in each year is available for grants
5.2to metropolitan planning organizations
5.3outside the seven-county metropolitan area.
5.4$75,000 in each year is available for a
5.5transportation research contingent account
5.6to finance research projects that are
5.7reimbursable from the federal government or
5.8from other sources. If the appropriation for
5.9either year is insufficient, the appropriation
5.10for the other year is available for it.
5.11$600,000 in each year is available for
5.12grants for transportation studies outside
5.13the metropolitan area to identify critical
5.14concerns, problems, and issues. These
5.15grants are available: (1) to regional
5.16development commissions; (2) in regions
5.17where no regional development commission
5.18is functioning, to joint powers boards
5.19established under agreement of two or
5.20more political subdivisions in the region to
5.21exercise the planning functions of a regional
5.22development commission; and (3) in regions
5.23where no regional development commission
5.24or joint powers board is functioning, to the
5.25department's district office for that region.
5.27It is estimated that these appropriations will
5.28be funded as follows:
5.33The commissioner of transportation shall
5.34notify the chairs and ranking minority
5.35members of the legislative committees with
6.1jurisdiction over transportation finance of
6.2any significant events that should cause these
6.3estimates to change.
6.4This appropriation is for the actual
6.5construction, reconstruction, and
6.6improvement of trunk highways, including
6.7design-build contracts and consultant usage
6.8to support these activities. This includes the
6.9cost of actual payment to landowners for
6.10lands acquired for highway rights-of-way,
6.11payment to lessees, interest subsidies, and
6.12relocation expenses.
6.13The base appropriation is $679,000,000 in
6.14fiscal year 2014 and $668,000,000 in fiscal
6.15year 2015.
6.16Of this appropriation, $87,000,000 in the
6.17first year and $40,000,000 in the second year
6.18are for highway pavement improvements
6.19and related mobility, safety, and technology
6.20improvements, and is available for
6.21functions that include program management,
6.22project development, project management,
6.23actual construction, reconstruction, and
6.24improvement of trunk highways, and
6.25design-build contracts and consultant usage
6.26to support these activities.
6.27The commissioner may transfer up to
6.28$20,000,000 in the first year from the
6.29trunk highway fund to the trunk highway
6.30economic development account established
6.31under Minnesota Statutes, section 161.04,
6.32subdivision 6.
6.33The commissioner may expend up to one-half
6.34of one percent of the federal appropriations
6.35under this paragraph as grants to opportunity
7.1industrialization centers and other nonprofit
7.2job training centers for job training programs
7.3related to highway construction.
7.4The commissioner may transfer up to
7.5$15,000,000 each year to the transportation
7.6revolving loan fund.
7.7The commissioner may receive money
7.8covering other shares of the cost of
7.9partnership projects. These receipts are
7.10appropriated to the commissioner for these
7.11projects.
7.13$128,764,000 the first year and $153,486,000
7.14the second year are for transfer to the state
7.15bond fund. If an appropriation is insufficient
7.16to make all transfers required in the year
7.17for which it is made, the commissioner of
7.18management and budget shall notify the
7.19Committee on Finance of the senate and
7.20the Committee on Ways and Means of the
7.21house of representatives of the amount of the
7.22deficiency and shall then transfer that amount
7.23under the statutory open appropriation. Any
7.24excess appropriation cancels to the trunk
7.25highway fund.
7.30The general fund appropriation is to equip
7.31and operate the Roosevelt signal tower for
7.32Lake of the Woods weather broadcasting.
8.1This appropriation is from the county
8.2state-aid highway fund under Minnesota
8.3Statutes, sections 161.082 to 161.085; and
8.4Minnesota Statutes, chapter 162. This
8.5appropriation is available until spent.
8.6If the commissioner of transportation
8.7determines that a balance remains in the
8.8county state-aid highway fund following
8.9the appropriations and transfers made in
8.10this subdivision, and that the appropriations
8.11made are insufficient for advancing county
8.12state-aid highway projects, an amount
8.13necessary to advance the projects, not to
8.14exceed the balance in the county state-aid
8.15highway fund, is appropriated in each year
8.16to the commissioner. Within two weeks
8.17of a determination under this contingent
8.18appropriation, the commissioner of
8.19transportation shall notify the commissioner
8.20of management and budget and the chairs
8.21and ranking minority members of the
8.22legislative committees with jurisdiction over
8.23transportation finance concerning funds
8.24appropriated.
8.26This appropriation is from the municipal
8.27state-aid street fund for municipal state-aid
8.28streets under Minnesota Statutes, chapter
8.29162. This appropriation is available until
8.30spent.
8.31If the commissioner of transportation
8.32determines that a balance remains in the
8.33municipal state-aid street fund following
8.34the appropriations made in this subdivision,
8.35and that the appropriations made are
9.1insufficient for advancing municipal state-aid
9.2street projects, an amount necessary to
9.3advance the projects, not to exceed the
9.4balance in the municipal state-aid street
9.5fund, is appropriated in each year to
9.6the commissioner. Within two weeks
9.7of a determination under this contingent
9.8appropriation, the commissioner of
9.9transportation shall notify the commissioner
9.10of management and budget and the chairs
9.11and ranking minority members of the
9.12legislative committees with jurisdiction over
9.13transportation finance concerning funds
9.14appropriated.
9.24If the appropriation for either year is
9.25insufficient, the appropriation for the other
9.26year is available for it.
9.28(a) With the approval of the commissioner of
9.29management and budget, the commissioner
9.30of transportation may transfer unencumbered
9.31balances among the appropriations from the
9.32trunk highway fund and the state airports
9.33fund made in this section. No transfer
9.34may be made from the appropriations for
10.1state road construction or for debt service.
10.2Transfers under this paragraph may not be
10.3made between funds. Transfers under this
10.4paragraph must be reported immediately to
10.5the chairs and ranking minority members of
10.6the legislative committees with jurisdiction
10.7over transportation finance.
10.8(b) The commissioner shall transfer from
10.9the flexible highway account in the county
10.10state-aid highway fund: (1) $1,000,000
10.11in the first year to the municipal turnback
10.12account in the municipal state-aid street
10.13fund; (2) $1,900,000 in the first year to the
10.14trunk highway fund; and (3) the remainder
10.15in each year to the county turnback account
10.16in the county state-aid highway fund. The
10.17funds transferred are for highway turnback
10.18purposes as provided under Minnesota
10.19Statutes, section 161.081, subdivision 3.
10.22Any money appropriated to the commissioner
10.23of transportation for state road construction
10.24for any fiscal year before the first year is
10.25available to the commissioner during the
10.26biennium to the extent that the commissioner
10.27spends the money on the state road
10.28construction project for which the money
10.29was originally encumbered during the fiscal
10.30year for which it was appropriated. The
10.31commissioner of transportation shall report to
10.32the commissioner of management and budget
10.33by August 1, 2011, and August 1, 2012, on
10.34a form the commissioner of management
10.35and budget provides, on expenditures made
11.1during the previous fiscal year that are
11.2authorized by this subdivision.
11.4The commissioner of transportation, with
11.5the approval of the governor and the
11.6written approval of at least five members
11.7of a group consisting of the members of
11.8the Legislative Advisory Commission
11.9under Minnesota Statutes, section 3.30,
11.10and the ranking minority members of the
11.11legislative committees with jurisdiction over
11.12transportation finance, may transfer all or
11.13part of the unappropriated balance in the
11.14trunk highway fund to an appropriation:
11.15(1) for trunk highway design, construction,
11.16or inspection in order to take advantage of
11.17an unanticipated receipt of income to the
11.18trunk highway fund or to take advantage
11.19of federal advanced construction funding;
11.20(2) for trunk highway maintenance in order
11.21to meet an emergency; or (3) to pay tort
11.22or environmental claims. Nothing in this
11.23subdivision authorizes the commissioner
11.24to increase the use of federal advanced
11.25construction funding beyond amounts
11.26specifically authorized. Any transfer as
11.27a result of the use of federal advanced
11.28construction funding must include an
11.29analysis of the effects on the long-term
11.30trunk highway fund balance. The amount
11.31transferred is appropriated for the purpose of
11.32the account to which it is transferred.
11.34This appropriation is from the general
11.35fund for transit system operations under
12.1Minnesota Statutes, sections 473.371 to
12.2473.449.
12.3Of this appropriation, $140,000 in each
12.4fiscal year is for transit service for disabled
12.5veterans under Minnesota Statutes, section
12.6473.408, subdivision 10.
12.7The base appropriation is $64,889,000 for
12.8fiscal year 2014 and $64,970,000 for fiscal
12.9year 2015.
12.10Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section
12.11473.388, subdivision 4, in each year of
12.12the biennium, the Metropolitan Council
12.13shall provide financial assistance to transit
12.14providers under Minnesota Statutes, section
12.15473.388, in an amount that is $1,650,000
12.16less than the amount of assistance that
12.17was provided to transit providers by the
12.18Metropolitan Council in fiscal year 2011.
12.19Funds not transferred as a result of this
12.20rider are available for use by the council for
12.21metropolitan transit operations.
12.30The amounts that may be spent for each
12.31purpose are specified in the following
12.32subdivisions.
13.9$380,000 in each year is from the general
13.10fund for payment of public safety officer
13.11survivor benefits under Minnesota Statutes,
13.12section 299A.44. If the appropriation for
13.13either year is insufficient, the appropriation
13.14for the other year is available for it.
13.15$1,367,000 in each year is from the general
13.16fund to be deposited in the public safety
13.17officer's benefit account. This money
13.18is available for reimbursements under
13.19Minnesota Statutes, section299A.465 .
13.20$508,000 in each year is from the general
13.21fund for soft body armor reimbursements
13.22under Minnesota Statutes, section299A.38 .
13.23$792,000 in each year is from the general
13.24fund for transfer by the commissioner of
13.25management and budget to the trunk highway
13.26fund on December 31, 2011, and December
13.2731, 2012, respectively, in order to reimburse
13.28the trunk highway fund for expenses not
13.29related to the fund. These represent amounts
13.30appropriated out of the trunk highway
13.31fund for general fund purposes in the
13.32administration and related services program.
13.33$610,000 in each year is from the highway
13.34user tax distribution fund for transfer by the
13.35commissioner of management and budget
14.1to the trunk highway fund on December 31,
14.22011, and December 31, 2012, respectively,
14.3in order to reimburse the trunk highway
14.4fund for expenses not related to the fund.
14.5These represent amounts appropriated out
14.6of the trunk highway fund for highway
14.7user tax distribution fund purposes in the
14.8administration and related services program.
14.9$716,000 in each year is from the highway
14.10user tax distribution fund for transfer by the
14.11commissioner of management and budget to
14.12the general fund on December 31, 2011, and
14.13December 31, 2012, respectively, in order to
14.14reimburse the general fund for expenses not
14.15related to the fund. These represent amounts
14.16appropriated out of the general fund for
14.17operation of the criminal justice data network
14.18related to driver and motor vehicle licensing.
14.31$600,000 in each year is for the Office of
14.32Pupil Transportation Safety under Minnesota
14.33Statutes, section 169.435.
15.1This appropriation is from the general fund.
15.2The commissioner may not: (1) spend
15.3any money from the trunk highway fund
15.4for capitol security; or (2) permanently
15.5transfer any state trooper from the patrolling
15.6highways activity to capitol security.
15.7The commissioner may not transfer any
15.8money appropriated to the commissioner
15.9under this section: (1) to capitol security; or
15.10(2) from capitol security.
15.12This appropriation is from the highway user
15.13tax distribution fund.
15.14This appropriation is to investigate: (1)
15.15registration tax and motor vehicle sales tax
15.16liabilities from individuals and businesses
15.17that currently do not pay all taxes owed;
15.18and (2) illegal or improper activity related
15.19to sale, transfer, titling, and registration of
15.20motor vehicles.
15.26The special revenue fund appropriation is
15.27from the vehicle services operating account.
15.32The special revenue fund appropriation is
15.33from the driver services operating account.
16.2The commissioner of public safety shall
16.3spend 50 percent of the money available to
16.4the state under United States Code, title 23,
16.5section 164, and the remaining 50 percent
16.6must be transferred to the commissioner
16.7of transportation for hazard elimination
16.8activities under United States Code, title 23,
16.9section 152.
16.11This appropriation is from the pipeline safety
16.12account in the special revenue fund.
16.14On or after July 1, 2012, the commissioner
16.15of public safety shall transfer to the driver
16.16and vehicle services technology account a
16.17total of $7,100,000 from the driver services
16.18operating account and the vehicle services
16.19operating account.
16.21This appropriation is to the commissioner of
16.22management and budget.
16.23If the appropriation for either year is
16.24insufficient, the appropriation for the other
16.25year is available for it.
16.26 Sec. 7. Laws 2009, chapter 36, article 1, section 3, subdivision 3, as amended by Laws
16.272010, chapter 351, section 66, is amended to read:
16.30The base appropriation for fiscal years 2012
16.31and 2013 is $257,395,000 for each year.
17.3The base appropriation for fiscal years 2012
17.4and 2013 is $205,988,000 for each year.
17.5$266,000 the first year and $266,000 the
17.6second year are available for grants to
17.7metropolitan planning organizations outside
17.8the seven-county metropolitan area.
17.9$75,000 the first year and $75,000 the
17.10second year are for a transportation research
17.11contingent account to finance research
17.12projects that are reimbursable from the
17.13federal government or from other sources.
17.14If the appropriation for either year is
17.15insufficient, the appropriation for the other
17.16year is available for it.
17.17$600,000 the first year and $600,000
17.18the second year are available for grants
17.19for transportation studies outside the
17.20metropolitan area to identify critical
17.21concerns, problems, and issues. These
17.22grants are available (1) to regional
17.23development commissions; (2) in regions
17.24where no regional development commission
17.25is functioning, to joint powers boards
17.26established under agreement of two or
17.27more political subdivisions in the region to
17.28exercise the planning functions of a regional
17.29development commission; and (3) in regions
17.30where no regional development commission
17.31or joint powers board is functioning, to the
17.32department's district office for that region.
17.33$200,000 the second year is for grants
17.34to nonprofit job training centers for: (1)
18.1job training programs related to highway
18.2construction; and (2) business training for
18.3companies that are certified disadvantaged
18.4business enterprises.
18.7The base appropriation for fiscal years 2012
18.8and 2013 is $635,000,000 for each year.
18.9It is estimated that these appropriations will
18.10be funded as follows:
18.15The commissioner of transportation shall
18.16notify the chairs and ranking minority
18.17members of the senate and house of
18.18representatives committees with jurisdiction
18.19over transportation finance of any significant
18.20events that should cause these estimates to
18.21change.
18.22This appropriation is for the actual
18.23construction, reconstruction, and
18.24improvement of trunk highways, including
18.25design-build contracts and consultant usage
18.26to support these activities. This includes the
18.27cost of actual payment to landowners for
18.28lands acquired for highway rights-of-way,
18.29payment to lessees, interest subsidies, and
18.30relocation expenses.
18.31The commissioner may spend up to $250,000
18.32of trunk highway funds in fiscal year 2011
18.33to pay the operating costs of bus service
18.34between Hastings and Minneapolis-St. Paul
18.35to mitigate the traffic impacts of the project
19.1involving construction of a bridge crossing
19.2the Mississippi River in the city of Hastings
19.3on marked Trunk Highway 61.
19.4The commissioner shall expend up to
19.5one-half of one percent of the federal
19.6appropriations under this paragraph as grants
19.7to opportunity industrialization centers and
19.8other nonprofit job training centers for
19.9job training programs related to highway
19.10construction.
19.11The commissioner may transfer up to
19.12$15,000,000 each year to the transportation
19.13revolving loan fund.
19.14The commissioner may receive money
19.15covering other shares of the cost of
19.16partnership projects. These receipts are
19.17appropriated to the commissioner for these
19.18projects.
19.20$86,517,000 the first year and $157,304,000
19.21the second year are for transfer to the state
19.22bond fund. If this appropriation is insufficient
19.23to make all transfers required in the year for
19.24which it is made, the commissioner of finance
19.25shall notify the Committee on Finance of
19.26the senate and the Committee on Ways and
19.27Means of the house of representatives of
19.28the amount of the deficiency and shall then
19.29transfer that amount under the statutory open
19.30appropriation. Any excess appropriation
19.31cancels to the trunk highway fund.
20.1The general fund appropriation is to equip
20.2and operate the Roosevelt signal tower for
20.3Lake of the Woods weather broadcasting.
20.4EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
20.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 297A.992, subdivision 5, is amended to
20.8read:
20.9 Subd. 5. Grant application and awards; Grant Evaluation and Ranking System
20.10(GEARS) Committee. (a) The joint powers board shall establish a grant application
20.11process and identify the amount of available funding for grant awards. Grant applications
20.12must be submitted in a form prescribed by the joint powers board. An applicant must
20.13provide, in addition to all other information required by the joint powers board, the
20.14estimated cost of the project, the amount of the grant sought, possible sources of funding
20.15in addition to the grant sought, and identification of any federal funds that will be utilized
20.16if the grant is awarded. A grant application seeking transit capital funding must identify
20.17the source of money necessary to operate the transit improvement.
20.18 (b) The joint powers board shall establish a timeline and procedures for the award of
20.19grants, and may award grants only to the state and political subdivisions. The board shall
20.20define objective criteria for the award of grants, which must include, but not be limited to,
20.21consistency with the most recent version of the transportation policy plan adopted by the
20.22Metropolitan Council under section473.146 . The joint powers board shall maximize the
20.23availability and use of federal funds in projects funded under this section.
20.24 (c) The joint powers board shall establish a GEARS Committee, which must consist
20.25of:
20.26 (1) one county commissioner from each county that is in the metropolitan
20.27transportation area, appointed by its county board;
20.28 (2) one elected city representative from each county that is in the metropolitan
20.29transportation area;
20.30 (3) one additional elected city representative from each county for every additional
20.31400,000 in population, or fraction of 400,000, in the county that is above 400,000 in
20.32population; and
20.33 (4) the chair of the Metropolitan Council Transportation Committee.
21.1 (d) Each city representative must be elected at a meeting of cities in the metropolitan
21.2transportation area, which must be convened for that purpose by the Association of
21.3Metropolitan Municipalities.
21.4 (e) The committee shall evaluate grant applications following objective criteria
21.5established by the joint powers board, and must provide to the joint powers board a
21.6selection list of transportation projects that includes a priority ranking.
21.7 (f) A grant award for a transit project located within the metropolitan area, as defined
21.8in section473.121, subdivision 2 , may be funded only after the Metropolitan Council
21.9reviews the project for consistency with the transit portion of the Metropolitan Council
21.10policy plan and one of the following occurs:
21.11 (1) the Metropolitan Council finds the project to be consistent;
21.12 (2) the Metropolitan Council initially finds the project to be inconsistent, but after a
21.13good faith effort to resolve the inconsistency through negotiations with the joint powers
21.14board, agrees that the grant award may be funded; or
21.15 (3) the Metropolitan Council finds the project to be inconsistent, and submits the
21.16consistency issue for final determination to a panel, which determines the project to be
21.17consistent. The panel is composed of a member appointed by the chair of the Metropolitan
21.18Council, a member appointed by the joint powers board, and a member agreed upon by
21.19both the chair and the joint powers board.
21.20 (g) Grants must be funded by the proceeds of the taxes imposed under this section,
21.21bonds, notes, or other obligations issued by the joint powers board under subdivision 7.
21.22 (h)Notwithstanding the provisions of this subdivision, in fiscal year 2009, of
21.23the initial revenue collected under this section, the joint powers board shall allocate
21.24at least $30,783,000 to the Metropolitan Council for operating assistance for transit.
21.25Notwithstanding the provisions of this section except subdivision 6a, of the revenue
21.26collected under this section, the joint powers board shall allocate to the Metropolitan
21.27Council, in fiscal years 2012 and 2013, an amount not less than 75 percent of the net
21.28cost of operations for those transit ways that were receiving metropolitan sales tax funds
21.29through an operating grant agreement on June 30, 2011.
21.30(i) The Metropolitan Council shall expend any funds allocated under paragraph (h)
21.31for the operations of the specified transit ways solely within those counties that are in the
21.32metropolitan transportation area.
21.33 (j) Nothing in paragraph (h) or (i) prevents grant awards to the Metropolitan Council
21.34for capital and operating assistance for transit ways and park-and-ride facilities.
22.1 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 297A.992, is amended by adding a
22.2subdivision to read:
22.3 Subd. 6a. Priority of fund uses. The joint powers board shall allocate all revenues
22.4from the taxes imposed under this section in conformance with the following priority order:
22.5(1) payment of debt service necessary for the fiscal year on bonds or other
22.6obligations issued prior to January 1, 2011, under subdivision 7; and
22.7(2) as otherwise authorized under this section.
22.8 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 473.39, is amended by adding a subdivision
22.9to read:
22.10 Subd. 1q. Obligations. After July 1, 2011, in addition to other authority in this
22.11section, the council may issue certificates of indebtedness, bonds, or other obligations
22.12under this section in an amount not exceeding $35,000,000 for capital expenditures as
22.13prescribed in the council's transit capital improvement program and for related costs,
22.14including the costs of issuance and sale of the obligations.
22.15EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment
22.16and applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and
22.17Washington.
22.20 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 16A.11, subdivision 3a, is amended to read:
22.21 Subd. 3a. Part three: detailed capital budget. The detailed capital budget must
22.22include recommendations for capital projects to be funded during the next six fiscal years
22.23and, if applicable, must meet the requirements under section 174.93, subdivision 1a. It
22.24must be submitted with projects recommended by the governor and in order of importance
22.25among that agency's requests as determined by the agency originating the request.
22.26 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 16A.86, subdivision 3a, is amended to read:
22.27 Subd. 3a. Information provided. All requests for state assistance under this section
22.28must include the following information:
22.29(1) the name of the political subdivision that will own the capital project for which
22.30state assistance is being requested;
22.31(2) the public purpose of the project;
23.1(3) the extent to which the political subdivision has or expects to provide local,
23.2private, user financing, or other nonstate funding for the project;
23.3(4) a list of the bondable activities that the project encompasses; examples of
23.4bondable activities are public improvements of a capital nature for land acquisition,
23.5predesign, design, construction, and furnishing and equipping for occupancy;
23.6(5) whether the project will require new or additional state operating subsidies;
23.7(6) whether the governing body of the political subdivision requesting the project
23.8has passed a resolution in support of the project and has established priorities for all
23.9projects within its jurisdiction for which bonding appropriations are requested when
23.10submitting multiple requests;and
23.11(7) if the project requires a predesign under section16B.335 , whether the predesign
23.12has been completed at the time the capital project request is submitted, and whether
23.13the political subdivision has submitted the project predesign to the commissioner of
23.14administration for review and approval; and
23.15(8) if applicable, the information required under section 174.93, subdivision 1a.
23.16 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 161.04, is amended by adding a subdivision
23.17to read:
23.18 Subd. 6. Trunk highway economic development account. (a) The trunk highway
23.19economic development account is created in the trunk highway fund. Money in the
23.20account is annually appropriated to the commissioner and does not lapse. Interest earned
23.21from investment of money in this account must be deposited in the trunk highway
23.22economic development account.
23.23(b) Money in the account must be used to fund construction, reconstruction, and
23.24improvement of trunk highways that will promote economic development, increase
23.25employment, and relieve growing traffic congestion.
23.26(c) The commissioner shall design a project application and selection process to
23.27distribute money in the account. The process must include specified eligibility and
23.28prioritizing criteria.
23.29(d) Money in the account must be allocated 50 percent to the department's
23.30metropolitan district, and 50 percent to districts in greater Minnesota except as provided
23.31in this paragraph. If there are not sufficient project applications that meet eligibility and
23.32prioritizing criteria in either the metropolitan district or greater Minnesota districts to
23.33permit an equal division of available money, the commissioner shall fund projects that
23.34meet the selection criteria without regard to location in the state.
24.1 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 162.06, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
24.2 Subdivision 1. Estimate. (a) By December 15 of each year the commissioner shall
24.3estimate the amount of money that will be available to the county state-aid highway fund
24.4during that fiscal year. The amount available must be based on actual receipts from July
24.51 throughNovember 30 October 31, the unallocated fund balance, and the projected
24.6receipts for the remainder of the fiscal year. The amount available, except for deductions
24.7as provided in this section, shall be apportioned by the commissioner to the counties as
24.8provided in section162.07 .
24.9 (b) For purposes of this section, "amount available" means the amount estimated in
24.10paragraph (a).
24.11 Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 162.12, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
24.12 Subdivision 1. Estimate of accruals. By December 15 of each year the
24.13commissioner shall estimate the amount of money that will be available to the municipal
24.14state-aid street fund during that fiscal year. The amount available is based on actual
24.15receipts from July 1 throughNovember 30 October 31, the unallocated fund balance, and
24.16the projected receipts for the remainder of the fiscal year. The total available, except for
24.17deductions as provided herein, shall be apportioned by the commissioner to the cities
24.18having a population of 5,000 or more as hereinafter provided.
24.19 Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 168.013, subdivision 21, is amended to read:
24.20 Subd. 21. Technology surcharge. For every vehicle registration renewal required
24.21under this chapter, the commissioner shall collect a surcharge of: (1) $1.75 until June 30,
24.222012; and (2) $1.00 from July 1, 2012, to June 30, 2016. Surcharges collected under this
24.23subdivision must be credited to the driver and vehicle services technology account in the
24.24special revenue fund under section299A.705 .
24.25 Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 168A.29, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
24.26 Subdivision 1. Amounts. (a) The department must be paid the following fees:
24.27 (1) for filing an application for and the issuance of an original certificate of title,
24.28the sum of $6.25 of which $3.25 must be paid into the vehicle services operating account
24.29of the special revenue fund under section299A.705 ; until June 30, 2012, a surcharge of
24.30$1.75 must be added to the fee and credited to the driver and vehicle services technology
24.31account; from July 1, 2012, to June 30, 2016, a surcharge of $1.00 must be added to the
24.32fee and credited to the driver and vehicle services technology account;
25.1 (2) for each security interest when first noted upon a certificate of title, including the
25.2concurrent notation of any assignment thereof and its subsequent release or satisfaction,
25.3the sum of $2, except that no fee is due for a security interest filed by a public authority
25.4under section168A.05, subdivision 8 ;
25.5 (3) for the transfer of the interest of an owner and the issuance of a new certificate of
25.6title, the sum of $5.50 of which $2.50 must be paid into the vehicle services operating
25.7account of the special revenue fund under section299A.705 ; until June 30, 2012, a
25.8surcharge of $1.75 must be added to the fee and credited to the driver and vehicle services
25.9technology account; from July 1, 2012, to June 30, 2016, a surcharge of $1.00 must be
25.10added to the fee and credited to the driver and vehicle services technology account;
25.11 (4) for each assignment of a security interest when first noted on a certificate of title,
25.12unless noted concurrently with the security interest, the sum of $1;
25.13 (5) for issuing a duplicate certificate of title, the sum of $7.25 of which $3.25 must
25.14be paid into the vehicle services operating account of the special revenue fund under
25.15section299A.705 ; until June 30, 2012, a surcharge of $1.75 must be added to the fee and
25.16credited to the driver and vehicle services technology account; from July 1, 2012, to
25.17June 30, 2016, a surcharge of $1.00 must be added to the fee and credited to the driver
25.18and vehicle services technology account.
25.19 (b) After June 30, 1994, in addition to each of the fees required under paragraph (a),
25.20clauses (1) and (3), the department must be paid $3.50. The additional $3.50 fee collected
25.21under this paragraph must be deposited in the special revenue fund and credited to the
25.22public safety motor vehicle account established in section299A.70 .
25.23 Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 171.06, subdivision 2, as amended by Laws
25.242011, chapter 80, section 2, is amended to read:
25.25 Subd. 2. Fees. (a) The fees for a license and Minnesota identification card are
25.26as follows:
26.14 In addition to each fee required in this paragraph, the commissioner shall collect a
26.15surcharge of: (1) $1.75 until June 30, 2012; and (2) $1.00 from July 1, 2012, to June 30,
26.162016. Surcharges collected under this paragraph must be credited to the driver and vehicle
26.17services technology account in the special revenue fund under section299A.705 .
26.18 (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), an individual who holds a provisional license and
26.19has a driving record free of (1) convictions for a violation of section169A.20 ,
169A.33 ,
26.20169A.35
, or sections
169A.50 to
169A.53 , (2) convictions for crash-related moving
26.21violations, and (3) convictions for moving violations that are not crash related, shall have a
26.22$3.50 credit toward the fee for any classified under-21 driver's license. "Moving violation"
26.23has the meaning given it in section171.04, subdivision 1 .
26.24 (c) In addition to the driver's license fee required under paragraph (a), the
26.25commissioner shall collect an additional $4 processing fee from each new applicant
26.26or individual renewing a license with a school bus endorsement to cover the costs for
26.27processing an applicant's initial and biennial physical examination certificate. The
26.28department shall not charge these applicants any other fee to receive or renew the
26.29endorsement.
26.30(d) An application for a Minnesota identification card, instruction permit, provisional
26.31license, or driver's license, including an application for renewal, must contain a provision
26.32that allows the applicant to add to the fee under paragraph (a), a $2 donation for the
26.33purposes of public information and education on anatomical gifts under section171.07 .
26.34 Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 174.93, is amended to read:
26.35174.93 GUIDEWAY INVESTMENT.
26.36 Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms
26.37have the meanings given:
26.38(1) "commissioner" means the commissioner of transportation;and
27.1(2) "guideway" means a form of transportation service provided to the public on a
27.2regular and ongoing basis, that operates on exclusive or controlled rights-of-way or rails
27.3in whole or in part, and includes each line for intercity passenger rail, commuter rail, light
27.4rail transit, streetcars, and bus rapid transit; and
27.5(3) "local unit of government" means a county, statutory or home rule charter city,
27.6town, or other political subdivision including, but not limited to, a regional railroad
27.7authority or joint powers board.
27.8(b) For purposes of this section, "sources of funds" includes, but is not limited to,
27.9money from federal aid, state appropriations, the Metropolitan Council, special taxing
27.10districts, local units of government, fare box recovery, and nonpublic sources.
27.11(c) For purposes of this section, "budget activity" includes, but is not limited
27.12to, environmental analysis, land acquisition, easements, design, preliminary and
27.13final engineering, acquisition of vehicles and rolling stock, track improvement and
27.14rehabilitation, and construction.
27.15 Subd. 1a. Capital project requests to legislature. A state agency or local unit of
27.16government that submits a request to the legislature to obtain state funds for a guideway
27.17project shall, as part of the request, provide a summary financial plan for the project that
27.18presents the following information as reflected by the data and level of detail available in
27.19the latest phase of project development:
27.20(1) capital expenditures and funding sources for the project, including expenditures
27.21to date and total projected or estimated expenditures, with a breakdown by committed and
27.22proposed sources of funds; and
27.23(2) estimated annual operations and maintenance expenditures for the project, with a
27.24breakdown by committed and proposed sources of funds.
27.25 Subd. 2. Legislative report. (a) By January 15, 2012, and by November 15 in every
27.26odd-numbered year thereafter, the commissioner shall prepare, in collaboration with
27.27the Metropolitan Council, and submit a report electronically to the chairs and ranking
27.28minority members of thehouse of representatives and senate legislative committees with
27.29jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance concerning the status of guideway
27.30projects (1) currently in study, planning, development, or construction; (2) identified in the
27.31transportation policy plan under section473.146 ; or (3) identified in the comprehensive
27.32statewide freight and passenger rail plan under section174.03, subdivision 1b .
27.33(b) At a minimum, the report must include, for each guideway project:
27.34(1) a brief description of the project, including projected ridership;
27.35(2) a summary of the overall status and current phase of the project;
28.1(3) a timeline that includes (i) project phases or milestones; (ii) expected and known
28.2dates of commencement of each phase or milestone; and (iii) expected and known dates
28.3of completion of each phase or milestone;
28.4(4) a brief progress update on specific project phases or milestones completed since
28.5the last previous submission of a report under this subdivision; and
28.6(5) a summary financial plan that identifies, as reflected by the data and level of
28.7detail available in the latest phase of project development and to the extent available:
28.8(i) capital expenditures, including expenditures to date and total projected
28.9expenditures, with a breakdown by committed and proposed sources of funds for the
28.10project;and
28.11(ii) estimated annual operations and maintenance expenditures reflecting the level
28.12of detail available in the current phase of the project development, with a breakdown by
28.13committed and proposed sources of funds for theprojects in the Metropolitan Council's
28.14transportation policy plan. project; and
28.15(iii) if feasible, project expenditures by budget activity.
28.16(c) The report must also include a systemwide capacity analysis for investment in
28.17guideway expansion and maintenance that:
28.18(1) provides a funding projection, annually over the ensuing ten years, and with a
28.19breakdown by committed and proposed sources of funds, of:
28.20(i) total capital expenditures for guideways;
28.21(ii) total operations and maintenance expenditures for guideways;
28.22(iii) total funding available for guideways, including from projected or estimated
28.23farebox recovery; and
28.24(iv) total funding available for transit service in the metropolitan area; and
28.25(2) evaluates the availability of funds and distribution of sources of funds for
28.26guideway investments.
28.27(d) The projection under paragraph (c), clause (1), must be for all guideway lines
28.28for which state funds are reasonably expected to be expended in planning, development,
28.29construction, or revenue operation during the ensuing ten years.
28.30(e) Local units of government shall provide assistance and information in a timely
28.31manner as requested by the commissioner or council for completion of the report.
28.32 Sec. 10. Laws 2008, chapter 363, article 11, section 6, the effective date, is amended to
28.33read:
28.34EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2008, and expires June 30,
28.352012 2016.
29.3 Section 1. EFFECTIVE DATE; RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER
29.4APPROPRIATIONS.
29.5Unless otherwise specified, this act is effective retroactively from July 1, 2011,
29.6and supersedes and replaces funding authorized by order of the Second Judicial District
29.7Court in Case No. 62-CV-11-5203.
1.3Metropolitan Council, and public safety activities and programs; providing for
1.4fund transfers, tort claims, and certain contingent appropriations; providing
1.5for use of revenues from metropolitan transportation area sales tax; reducing
1.6funding for 2011 state road construction; modifying various provisions related
1.7to transportation finance and policy; providing for surcharge; mandating and
1.8amending legislative reports; making technical and clarifying changes; amending
1.9Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 16A.11, subdivision 3a; 16A.86, subdivision
1.103a; 161.04, by adding a subdivision; 162.06, subdivision 1; 162.12, subdivision
1.111; 168.013, subdivision 21; 168A.29, subdivision 1; 171.06, subdivision 2, as
1.12amended; 174.93; 297A.992, subdivision 5, by adding a subdivision; 473.39, by
1.13adding a subdivision; Laws 2008, chapter 363, article 11, section 6; Laws 2009,
1.14chapter 36, article 1, section 3, subdivision 3, as amended.
1.15BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
| 1.18 |
Section 1. SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS. |
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1.20in this article.
| 2.1 |
Sec. 2. TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS. |
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2.3the agencies and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from
2.4the trunk highway fund, or another named fund, and are available for the fiscal years
2.5indicated for each purpose. The figures "2012" and "2013" used in this article mean that
2.6the appropriations listed under them are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012,
2.7or June 30, 2013, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2012. "The second year" is
2.8fiscal year 2013. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2012 and 2013. Appropriations for the
2.9fiscal year ending June 30, 2011, are effective the day following final enactment.
| 2.10 |
APPROPRIATIONS |
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| 2.11 |
Available for the Year |
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| 2.12 |
Ending June 30 |
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| 2.13 |
2012 |
2013 |
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| 2.14 2.15 |
Sec. 3. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION |
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| 2.16 |
Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation |
$ |
2,292,520,000 |
$ |
2,061,525,000 |
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2.25purpose are specified in the following
2.26subdivisions.
| 2.27 |
Subd. 2.Multimodal Systems |
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| 2.29 |
(1) Airport Development and Assistance |
14,298,000 |
16,073,000 |
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2.31airports fund and must be spent according
2.32to Minnesota Statutes, section 360.305,
2.33subdivision 4.
2.34The base appropriation for fiscal years 2014
2.35and 2015 is $14,298,000 for each year.
3.1Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section
3.216A.28, subdivision 6, this appropriation is
3.3available for five years after appropriation.
3.4If the appropriation for either year is
3.5insufficient, the appropriation for the other
3.6year is available for it.
3.7If the commissioner of transportation
3.8determines that a balance remains in
3.9the state airports fund following the
3.10appropriations made in this article, and that
3.11the appropriations made are insufficient
3.12for advancing airport development and
3.13assistance projects, an amount necessary
3.14to advance the projects, not to exceed
3.15the balance in the state airports fund, is
3.16appropriated in each year to the commissioner
3.17and must be spent according to Minnesota
3.18Statutes, section 360.305, subdivision
3.194. Within two weeks of a determination
3.20under this contingent appropriation, the
3.21commissioner of transportation shall notify
3.22the commissioner of management and budget
3.23and the chairs and ranking minority members
3.24of the legislative committees with jurisdiction
3.25over transportation finance concerning funds
3.26appropriated. Funds appropriated under this
3.27contingent appropriation do not adjust the
3.28base appropriation for fiscal years 2014 and
3.292015.
| 3.30 |
(2) Aviation Support and Services |
6,123,000 |
6,123,000 |
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| 3.31 |
Appropriations by Fund |
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| 3.32 |
Airports |
5,286,000 |
5,286,000 |
| 3.33 |
Trunk Highway |
837,000 |
837,000 |
3.35fund for the Civil Air Patrol.
| 4.1 |
(b) Transit |
15,798,000 |
15,798,000 |
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| 4.2 |
Appropriations by Fund |
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| 4.3 |
General |
15,023,000 |
15,023,000 |
| 4.4 |
Trunk Highway |
775,000 |
775,000 |
4.6fund is $16,373,000 for fiscal year 2014 and
4.7$16,292,000 for fiscal year 2015.
4.8$100,000 in each year is from the general
4.9fund for the administrative expenses of the
4.10Minnesota Council on Transportation Access
4.11under Minnesota Statutes, section 174.285.
| 4.12 |
(c) Passenger Rail |
500,000 |
500,000 |
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4.14fund for passenger rail system planning,
4.15alternatives analysis, environmental analysis,
4.16design, and preliminary engineering under
4.17Minnesota Statutes, sections 174.632 to
4.18174.636.
| 4.19 |
(d) Freight |
5,154,000 |
5,154,000 |
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| 4.20 |
Appropriations by Fund |
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| 4.21 |
General |
257,000 |
257,000 |
| 4.22 |
Trunk Highway |
4,897,000 |
4,897,000 |
| 4.23 |
Subd. 3.State Roads |
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| 4.24 |
(a) Operations and Maintenance |
257,395,000 |
257,395,000 |
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| 4.25 |
(b) Program Planning and Delivery |
206,918,000 |
206,733,000 |
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4.27year is for administrative costs of the
4.28targeted group business program, if a law
4.29is enacted and effective in 2012 and 2013
4.30that establishes a targeted group business
4.31program for state highway construction
4.32contracts.
5.1$266,000 in each year is available for grants
5.2to metropolitan planning organizations
5.3outside the seven-county metropolitan area.
5.4$75,000 in each year is available for a
5.5transportation research contingent account
5.6to finance research projects that are
5.7reimbursable from the federal government or
5.8from other sources. If the appropriation for
5.9either year is insufficient, the appropriation
5.10for the other year is available for it.
5.11$600,000 in each year is available for
5.12grants for transportation studies outside
5.13the metropolitan area to identify critical
5.14concerns, problems, and issues. These
5.15grants are available: (1) to regional
5.16development commissions; (2) in regions
5.17where no regional development commission
5.18is functioning, to joint powers boards
5.19established under agreement of two or
5.20more political subdivisions in the region to
5.21exercise the planning functions of a regional
5.22development commission; and (3) in regions
5.23where no regional development commission
5.24or joint powers board is functioning, to the
5.25department's district office for that region.
| 5.26 |
(c) State Road Construction |
888,000,000 |
595,000,000 |
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5.28be funded as follows:
| 5.29 |
Appropriations by Fund |
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| 5.30 5.31 |
Federal Highway Aid |
521,800,000 |
276,800,000 |
| 5.32 |
Highway User Taxes |
366,200,000 |
318,200,000 |
5.34notify the chairs and ranking minority
5.35members of the legislative committees with
6.1jurisdiction over transportation finance of
6.2any significant events that should cause these
6.3estimates to change.
6.4This appropriation is for the actual
6.5construction, reconstruction, and
6.6improvement of trunk highways, including
6.7design-build contracts and consultant usage
6.8to support these activities. This includes the
6.9cost of actual payment to landowners for
6.10lands acquired for highway rights-of-way,
6.11payment to lessees, interest subsidies, and
6.12relocation expenses.
6.13The base appropriation is $679,000,000 in
6.14fiscal year 2014 and $668,000,000 in fiscal
6.15year 2015.
6.16Of this appropriation, $87,000,000 in the
6.17first year and $40,000,000 in the second year
6.18are for highway pavement improvements
6.19and related mobility, safety, and technology
6.20improvements, and is available for
6.21functions that include program management,
6.22project development, project management,
6.23actual construction, reconstruction, and
6.24improvement of trunk highways, and
6.25design-build contracts and consultant usage
6.26to support these activities.
6.27The commissioner may transfer up to
6.28$20,000,000 in the first year from the
6.29trunk highway fund to the trunk highway
6.30economic development account established
6.31under Minnesota Statutes, section 161.04,
6.32subdivision 6.
6.33The commissioner may expend up to one-half
6.34of one percent of the federal appropriations
6.35under this paragraph as grants to opportunity
7.1industrialization centers and other nonprofit
7.2job training centers for job training programs
7.3related to highway construction.
7.4The commissioner may transfer up to
7.5$15,000,000 each year to the transportation
7.6revolving loan fund.
7.7The commissioner may receive money
7.8covering other shares of the cost of
7.9partnership projects. These receipts are
7.10appropriated to the commissioner for these
7.11projects.
| 7.12 |
(d) Highway Debt Service |
142,764,000 |
167,486,000 |
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7.14the second year are for transfer to the state
7.15bond fund. If an appropriation is insufficient
7.16to make all transfers required in the year
7.17for which it is made, the commissioner of
7.18management and budget shall notify the
7.19Committee on Finance of the senate and
7.20the Committee on Ways and Means of the
7.21house of representatives of the amount of the
7.22deficiency and shall then transfer that amount
7.23under the statutory open appropriation. Any
7.24excess appropriation cancels to the trunk
7.25highway fund.
| 7.26 |
(e) Electronic Communications |
5,171,000 |
5,171,000 |
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| 7.27 |
Appropriations by Fund |
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| 7.28 |
General |
3,000 |
3,000 |
| 7.29 |
Trunk Highway |
5,168,000 |
5,168,000 |
7.31and operate the Roosevelt signal tower for
7.32Lake of the Woods weather broadcasting.
| 7.33 |
Subd. 4.Local Roads |
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| 7.34 |
(a) County State Aids |
545,109,000 |
572,773,000 |
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8.2state-aid highway fund under Minnesota
8.3Statutes, sections 161.082 to 161.085; and
8.4Minnesota Statutes, chapter 162. This
8.5appropriation is available until spent.
8.6If the commissioner of transportation
8.7determines that a balance remains in the
8.8county state-aid highway fund following
8.9the appropriations and transfers made in
8.10this subdivision, and that the appropriations
8.11made are insufficient for advancing county
8.12state-aid highway projects, an amount
8.13necessary to advance the projects, not to
8.14exceed the balance in the county state-aid
8.15highway fund, is appropriated in each year
8.16to the commissioner. Within two weeks
8.17of a determination under this contingent
8.18appropriation, the commissioner of
8.19transportation shall notify the commissioner
8.20of management and budget and the chairs
8.21and ranking minority members of the
8.22legislative committees with jurisdiction over
8.23transportation finance concerning funds
8.24appropriated.
| 8.25 |
(b) Municipal State Aids |
145,455,000 |
153,484,000 |
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8.27state-aid street fund for municipal state-aid
8.28streets under Minnesota Statutes, chapter
8.29162. This appropriation is available until
8.30spent.
8.31If the commissioner of transportation
8.32determines that a balance remains in the
8.33municipal state-aid street fund following
8.34the appropriations made in this subdivision,
8.35and that the appropriations made are
9.1insufficient for advancing municipal state-aid
9.2street projects, an amount necessary to
9.3advance the projects, not to exceed the
9.4balance in the municipal state-aid street
9.5fund, is appropriated in each year to
9.6the commissioner. Within two weeks
9.7of a determination under this contingent
9.8appropriation, the commissioner of
9.9transportation shall notify the commissioner
9.10of management and budget and the chairs
9.11and ranking minority members of the
9.12legislative committees with jurisdiction over
9.13transportation finance concerning funds
9.14appropriated.
| 9.15 |
Subd. 5.Agency Management |
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| 9.16 |
(a) Agency Services |
41,997,000 |
41,997,000 |
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| 9.17 |
Appropriations by Fund |
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| 9.18 |
Airports |
25,000 |
25,000 |
| 9.19 |
Trunk Highway |
41,972,000 |
41,972,000 |
| 9.20 |
(b) Buildings |
17,838,000 |
17,838,000 |
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| 9.21 |
Appropriations by Fund |
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| 9.22 |
General |
54,000 |
54,000 |
| 9.23 |
Trunk Highway |
17,784,000 |
17,784,000 |
9.25insufficient, the appropriation for the other
9.26year is available for it.
| 9.27 |
Subd. 6.Transfers |
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9.29management and budget, the commissioner
9.30of transportation may transfer unencumbered
9.31balances among the appropriations from the
9.32trunk highway fund and the state airports
9.33fund made in this section. No transfer
9.34may be made from the appropriations for
10.1state road construction or for debt service.
10.2Transfers under this paragraph may not be
10.3made between funds. Transfers under this
10.4paragraph must be reported immediately to
10.5the chairs and ranking minority members of
10.6the legislative committees with jurisdiction
10.7over transportation finance.
10.8(b) The commissioner shall transfer from
10.9the flexible highway account in the county
10.10state-aid highway fund: (1) $1,000,000
10.11in the first year to the municipal turnback
10.12account in the municipal state-aid street
10.13fund; (2) $1,900,000 in the first year to the
10.14trunk highway fund; and (3) the remainder
10.15in each year to the county turnback account
10.16in the county state-aid highway fund. The
10.17funds transferred are for highway turnback
10.18purposes as provided under Minnesota
10.19Statutes, section 161.081, subdivision 3.
| 10.20 10.21 |
Subd. 7.Use of State Road Construction Appropriations |
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10.23of transportation for state road construction
10.24for any fiscal year before the first year is
10.25available to the commissioner during the
10.26biennium to the extent that the commissioner
10.27spends the money on the state road
10.28construction project for which the money
10.29was originally encumbered during the fiscal
10.30year for which it was appropriated. The
10.31commissioner of transportation shall report to
10.32the commissioner of management and budget
10.33by August 1, 2011, and August 1, 2012, on
10.34a form the commissioner of management
10.35and budget provides, on expenditures made
11.1during the previous fiscal year that are
11.2authorized by this subdivision.
| 11.3 |
Subd. 8.Contingent Appropriation |
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11.5the approval of the governor and the
11.6written approval of at least five members
11.7of a group consisting of the members of
11.8the Legislative Advisory Commission
11.9under Minnesota Statutes, section 3.30,
11.10and the ranking minority members of the
11.11legislative committees with jurisdiction over
11.12transportation finance, may transfer all or
11.13part of the unappropriated balance in the
11.14trunk highway fund to an appropriation:
11.15(1) for trunk highway design, construction,
11.16or inspection in order to take advantage of
11.17an unanticipated receipt of income to the
11.18trunk highway fund or to take advantage
11.19of federal advanced construction funding;
11.20(2) for trunk highway maintenance in order
11.21to meet an emergency; or (3) to pay tort
11.22or environmental claims. Nothing in this
11.23subdivision authorizes the commissioner
11.24to increase the use of federal advanced
11.25construction funding beyond amounts
11.26specifically authorized. Any transfer as
11.27a result of the use of federal advanced
11.28construction funding must include an
11.29analysis of the effects on the long-term
11.30trunk highway fund balance. The amount
11.31transferred is appropriated for the purpose of
11.32the account to which it is transferred.
| 11.33 |
Sec. 4. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL |
$ |
39,038,000 |
$ |
39,038,000 |
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11.35fund for transit system operations under
12.1Minnesota Statutes, sections 473.371 to
12.2473.449.
12.3Of this appropriation, $140,000 in each
12.4fiscal year is for transit service for disabled
12.5veterans under Minnesota Statutes, section
12.6473.408, subdivision 10.
12.7The base appropriation is $64,889,000 for
12.8fiscal year 2014 and $64,970,000 for fiscal
12.9year 2015.
12.10Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section
12.11473.388, subdivision 4, in each year of
12.12the biennium, the Metropolitan Council
12.13shall provide financial assistance to transit
12.14providers under Minnesota Statutes, section
12.15473.388, in an amount that is $1,650,000
12.16less than the amount of assistance that
12.17was provided to transit providers by the
12.18Metropolitan Council in fiscal year 2011.
12.19Funds not transferred as a result of this
12.20rider are available for use by the council for
12.21metropolitan transit operations.
| 12.22 |
Sec. 5. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY |
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| 12.23 |
Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation |
$ |
153,316,000 |
$ |
153,316,000 |
||
12.31purpose are specified in the following
12.32subdivisions.
| 12.33 |
Subd. 2.Administration and Related Services |
||||||
| 12.34 |
(a) Office of Communications |
434,000 |
434,000 |
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| 13.1 |
Appropriations by Fund |
||
| 13.2 |
General |
41,000 |
41,000 |
| 13.3 |
Trunk Highway |
393,000 |
393,000 |
| 13.4 |
(b) Public Safety Support |
8,168,000 |
8,168,000 |
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| 13.5 |
Appropriations by Fund |
||
| 13.6 |
General |
3,296,000 |
3,296,000 |
| 13.7 |
H.U.T.D. |
1,366,000 |
1,366,000 |
| 13.8 |
Trunk Highway |
3,506,000 |
3,506,000 |
13.10fund for payment of public safety officer
13.11survivor benefits under Minnesota Statutes,
13.12section 299A.44. If the appropriation for
13.13either year is insufficient, the appropriation
13.14for the other year is available for it.
13.15$1,367,000 in each year is from the general
13.16fund to be deposited in the public safety
13.17officer's benefit account. This money
13.18is available for reimbursements under
13.19Minnesota Statutes, section
13.20$508,000 in each year is from the general
13.21fund for soft body armor reimbursements
13.22under Minnesota Statutes, section
13.23$792,000 in each year is from the general
13.24fund for transfer by the commissioner of
13.25management and budget to the trunk highway
13.26fund on December 31, 2011, and December
13.2731, 2012, respectively, in order to reimburse
13.28the trunk highway fund for expenses not
13.29related to the fund. These represent amounts
13.30appropriated out of the trunk highway
13.31fund for general fund purposes in the
13.32administration and related services program.
13.33$610,000 in each year is from the highway
13.34user tax distribution fund for transfer by the
13.35commissioner of management and budget
14.1to the trunk highway fund on December 31,
14.22011, and December 31, 2012, respectively,
14.3in order to reimburse the trunk highway
14.4fund for expenses not related to the fund.
14.5These represent amounts appropriated out
14.6of the trunk highway fund for highway
14.7user tax distribution fund purposes in the
14.8administration and related services program.
14.9$716,000 in each year is from the highway
14.10user tax distribution fund for transfer by the
14.11commissioner of management and budget to
14.12the general fund on December 31, 2011, and
14.13December 31, 2012, respectively, in order to
14.14reimburse the general fund for expenses not
14.15related to the fund. These represent amounts
14.16appropriated out of the general fund for
14.17operation of the criminal justice data network
14.18related to driver and motor vehicle licensing.
| 14.19 |
(c) Technology and Support Service |
3,835,000 |
3,835,000 |
||||
| 14.20 |
Appropriations by Fund |
||
| 14.21 |
General |
1,472,000 |
1,472,000 |
| 14.22 |
H.U.T.D. |
19,000 |
19,000 |
| 14.23 |
Trunk Highway |
2,344,000 |
2,344,000 |
| 14.24 |
Subd. 3.State Patrol |
||||||
| 14.25 |
(a) Patrolling Highways |
71,522,000 |
71,522,000 |
||||
| 14.26 |
Appropriations by Fund |
||
| 14.27 |
General |
37,000 |
37,000 |
| 14.28 |
H.U.T.D. |
92,000 |
92,000 |
| 14.29 |
Trunk Highway |
71,393,000 |
71,393,000 |
| 14.30 |
(b) Commercial Vehicle Enforcement |
7,796,000 |
7,796,000 |
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14.32Pupil Transportation Safety under Minnesota
14.33Statutes, section 169.435.
| 14.34 |
(c) Capitol Security |
3,108,000 |
3,108,000 |
||||
15.2The commissioner may not: (1) spend
15.3any money from the trunk highway fund
15.4for capitol security; or (2) permanently
15.5transfer any state trooper from the patrolling
15.6highways activity to capitol security.
15.7The commissioner may not transfer any
15.8money appropriated to the commissioner
15.9under this section: (1) to capitol security; or
15.10(2) from capitol security.
| 15.11 |
(d) Vehicle Crimes Unit |
693,000 |
693,000 |
||||
15.13tax distribution fund.
15.14This appropriation is to investigate: (1)
15.15registration tax and motor vehicle sales tax
15.16liabilities from individuals and businesses
15.17that currently do not pay all taxes owed;
15.18and (2) illegal or improper activity related
15.19to sale, transfer, titling, and registration of
15.20motor vehicles.
| 15.21 |
Subd. 4.Driver and Vehicle Services |
||||||
| 15.22 |
(a) Vehicle Services |
27,259,000 |
27,259,000 |
||||
| 15.23 |
Appropriations by Fund |
||
| 15.24 |
Special Revenue |
19,023,000 |
19,023,000 |
| 15.25 |
H.U.T.D. |
8,236,000 |
8,236,000 |
15.27from the vehicle services operating account.
| 15.28 |
(b) Driver Services |
28,712,000 |
28,712,000 |
||||
| 15.29 |
Appropriations by Fund |
||
| 15.30 |
Special Revenue |
28,711,000 |
28,711,000 |
| 15.31 |
Trunk Highway |
1,000 |
1,000 |
15.33from the driver services operating account.
| 16.1 |
Subd. 5.Traffic Safety |
435,000 |
435,000 |
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16.3spend 50 percent of the money available to
16.4the state under United States Code, title 23,
16.5section 164, and the remaining 50 percent
16.6must be transferred to the commissioner
16.7of transportation for hazard elimination
16.8activities under United States Code, title 23,
16.9section 152.
| 16.10 |
Subd. 6.Pipeline Safety |
1,354,000 |
1,354,000 |
||||
16.12account in the special revenue fund.
| 16.13 |
Subd. 7.Transfer |
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16.15of public safety shall transfer to the driver
16.16and vehicle services technology account a
16.17total of $7,100,000 from the driver services
16.18operating account and the vehicle services
16.19operating account.
| 16.20 |
Sec. 6. TORT CLAIMS |
$ |
600,000 |
$ |
600,000 |
||
16.22management and budget.
16.23If the appropriation for either year is
16.24insufficient, the appropriation for the other
16.25year is available for it.
16.26 Sec. 7. Laws 2009, chapter 36, article 1, section 3, subdivision 3, as amended by Laws
16.272010, chapter 351, section 66, is amended to read:
| 16.28 |
Subd. 3.State Roads |
||||||
| 16.29 |
(a) Infrastructure Operations and Maintenance |
251,643,000 |
245,892,000 |
||||
16.31and 2013 is $257,395,000 for each year.
| 17.1 |
(b) Infrastructure Investment and Planning |
||||||
| 17.2 |
(1) Infrastructure Investment Support |
201,461,000 |
196,935,000 |
||||
17.4and 2013 is $205,988,000 for each year.
17.5$266,000 the first year and $266,000 the
17.6second year are available for grants to
17.7metropolitan planning organizations outside
17.8the seven-county metropolitan area.
17.9$75,000 the first year and $75,000 the
17.10second year are for a transportation research
17.11contingent account to finance research
17.12projects that are reimbursable from the
17.13federal government or from other sources.
17.14If the appropriation for either year is
17.15insufficient, the appropriation for the other
17.16year is available for it.
17.17$600,000 the first year and $600,000
17.18the second year are available for grants
17.19for transportation studies outside the
17.20metropolitan area to identify critical
17.21concerns, problems, and issues. These
17.22grants are available (1) to regional
17.23development commissions; (2) in regions
17.24where no regional development commission
17.25is functioning, to joint powers boards
17.26established under agreement of two or
17.27more political subdivisions in the region to
17.28exercise the planning functions of a regional
17.29development commission; and (3) in regions
17.30where no regional development commission
17.31or joint powers board is functioning, to the
17.32department's district office for that region.
17.33$200,000 the second year is for grants
17.34to nonprofit job training centers for: (1)
18.1job training programs related to highway
18.2construction; and (2) business training for
18.3companies that are certified disadvantaged
18.4business enterprises.
| 18.5 18.6 |
(2) State Road Construction |
551,300,000 |
555,700,000 |
||||
18.8and 2013 is $635,000,000 for each year.
18.9It is estimated that these appropriations will
18.10be funded as follows:
| 18.11 |
Appropriations by Fund |
||
| 18.12 18.13 |
Federal Highway Aid |
301,100,000 |
345,500,000 |
| 18.14 |
Highway User Taxes |
250,200,000 |
210,200,000 |
18.16notify the chairs and ranking minority
18.17members of the senate and house of
18.18representatives committees with jurisdiction
18.19over transportation finance of any significant
18.20events that should cause these estimates to
18.21change.
18.22This appropriation is for the actual
18.23construction, reconstruction, and
18.24improvement of trunk highways, including
18.25design-build contracts and consultant usage
18.26to support these activities. This includes the
18.27cost of actual payment to landowners for
18.28lands acquired for highway rights-of-way,
18.29payment to lessees, interest subsidies, and
18.30relocation expenses.
18.31The commissioner may spend up to $250,000
18.32of trunk highway funds in fiscal year 2011
18.33to pay the operating costs of bus service
18.34between Hastings and Minneapolis-St. Paul
18.35to mitigate the traffic impacts of the project
19.1involving construction of a bridge crossing
19.2the Mississippi River in the city of Hastings
19.3on marked Trunk Highway 61.
19.4The commissioner shall expend up to
19.5one-half of one percent of the federal
19.6appropriations under this paragraph as grants
19.7to opportunity industrialization centers and
19.8other nonprofit job training centers for
19.9job training programs related to highway
19.10construction.
19.11The commissioner may transfer up to
19.12$15,000,000 each year to the transportation
19.13revolving loan fund.
19.14The commissioner may receive money
19.15covering other shares of the cost of
19.16partnership projects. These receipts are
19.17appropriated to the commissioner for these
19.18projects.
| 19.19 |
(3) Highway Debt Service |
101,170,000 |
173,400,000 |
||||
19.21the second year are for transfer to the state
19.22bond fund. If this appropriation is insufficient
19.23to make all transfers required in the year for
19.24which it is made, the commissioner of finance
19.25shall notify the Committee on Finance of
19.26the senate and the Committee on Ways and
19.27Means of the house of representatives of
19.28the amount of the deficiency and shall then
19.29transfer that amount under the statutory open
19.30appropriation. Any excess appropriation
19.31cancels to the trunk highway fund.
| 19.32 |
(c) Electronic Communications |
5,177,000 |
5,177,000 |
||||
| 19.33 |
Appropriations by Fund |
||
| 19.34 |
General |
9,000 |
9,000 |
| 19.35 |
Trunk Highway |
5,168,000 |
5,168,000 |
20.2and operate the Roosevelt signal tower for
20.3Lake of the Woods weather broadcasting.
20.4EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
20.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 297A.992, subdivision 5, is amended to
20.8read:
20.9 Subd. 5. Grant application and awards; Grant Evaluation and Ranking System
20.10(GEARS) Committee. (a) The joint powers board shall establish a grant application
20.11process and identify the amount of available funding for grant awards. Grant applications
20.12must be submitted in a form prescribed by the joint powers board. An applicant must
20.13provide, in addition to all other information required by the joint powers board, the
20.14estimated cost of the project, the amount of the grant sought, possible sources of funding
20.15in addition to the grant sought, and identification of any federal funds that will be utilized
20.16if the grant is awarded. A grant application seeking transit capital funding must identify
20.17the source of money necessary to operate the transit improvement.
20.18 (b) The joint powers board shall establish a timeline and procedures for the award of
20.19grants, and may award grants only to the state and political subdivisions. The board shall
20.20define objective criteria for the award of grants, which must include, but not be limited to,
20.21consistency with the most recent version of the transportation policy plan adopted by the
20.22Metropolitan Council under section
20.23availability and use of federal funds in projects funded under this section.
20.24 (c) The joint powers board shall establish a GEARS Committee, which must consist
20.25of:
20.26 (1) one county commissioner from each county that is in the metropolitan
20.27transportation area, appointed by its county board;
20.28 (2) one elected city representative from each county that is in the metropolitan
20.29transportation area;
20.30 (3) one additional elected city representative from each county for every additional
20.31400,000 in population, or fraction of 400,000, in the county that is above 400,000 in
20.32population; and
20.33 (4) the chair of the Metropolitan Council Transportation Committee.
21.1 (d) Each city representative must be elected at a meeting of cities in the metropolitan
21.2transportation area, which must be convened for that purpose by the Association of
21.3Metropolitan Municipalities.
21.4 (e) The committee shall evaluate grant applications following objective criteria
21.5established by the joint powers board, and must provide to the joint powers board a
21.6selection list of transportation projects that includes a priority ranking.
21.7 (f) A grant award for a transit project located within the metropolitan area, as defined
21.8in section
21.9reviews the project for consistency with the transit portion of the Metropolitan Council
21.10policy plan and one of the following occurs:
21.11 (1) the Metropolitan Council finds the project to be consistent;
21.12 (2) the Metropolitan Council initially finds the project to be inconsistent, but after a
21.13good faith effort to resolve the inconsistency through negotiations with the joint powers
21.14board, agrees that the grant award may be funded; or
21.15 (3) the Metropolitan Council finds the project to be inconsistent, and submits the
21.16consistency issue for final determination to a panel, which determines the project to be
21.17consistent. The panel is composed of a member appointed by the chair of the Metropolitan
21.18Council, a member appointed by the joint powers board, and a member agreed upon by
21.19both the chair and the joint powers board.
21.20 (g) Grants must be funded by the proceeds of the taxes imposed under this section,
21.21bonds, notes, or other obligations issued by the joint powers board under subdivision 7.
21.22 (h)
21.23
21.24
21.25Notwithstanding the provisions of this section except subdivision 6a, of the revenue
21.26collected under this section, the joint powers board shall allocate to the Metropolitan
21.27Council, in fiscal years 2012 and 2013, an amount not less than 75 percent of the net
21.28cost of operations for those transit ways that were receiving metropolitan sales tax funds
21.29through an operating grant agreement on June 30, 2011.
21.30(i) The Metropolitan Council shall expend any funds allocated under paragraph (h)
21.31for the operations of the specified transit ways solely within those counties that are in the
21.32metropolitan transportation area.
21.33 (j) Nothing in paragraph (h) or (i) prevents grant awards to the Metropolitan Council
21.34for capital and operating assistance for transit ways and park-and-ride facilities.
22.1 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 297A.992, is amended by adding a
22.2subdivision to read:
22.3 Subd. 6a. Priority of fund uses. The joint powers board shall allocate all revenues
22.4from the taxes imposed under this section in conformance with the following priority order:
22.5(1) payment of debt service necessary for the fiscal year on bonds or other
22.6obligations issued prior to January 1, 2011, under subdivision 7; and
22.7(2) as otherwise authorized under this section.
22.8 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 473.39, is amended by adding a subdivision
22.9to read:
22.10 Subd. 1q. Obligations. After July 1, 2011, in addition to other authority in this
22.11section, the council may issue certificates of indebtedness, bonds, or other obligations
22.12under this section in an amount not exceeding $35,000,000 for capital expenditures as
22.13prescribed in the council's transit capital improvement program and for related costs,
22.14including the costs of issuance and sale of the obligations.
22.15EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment
22.16and applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and
22.17Washington.
22.20 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 16A.11, subdivision 3a, is amended to read:
22.21 Subd. 3a. Part three: detailed capital budget. The detailed capital budget must
22.22include recommendations for capital projects to be funded during the next six fiscal years
22.23and, if applicable, must meet the requirements under section 174.93, subdivision 1a. It
22.24must be submitted with projects recommended by the governor and in order of importance
22.25among that agency's requests as determined by the agency originating the request.
22.26 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 16A.86, subdivision 3a, is amended to read:
22.27 Subd. 3a. Information provided. All requests for state assistance under this section
22.28must include the following information:
22.29(1) the name of the political subdivision that will own the capital project for which
22.30state assistance is being requested;
22.31(2) the public purpose of the project;
23.1(3) the extent to which the political subdivision has or expects to provide local,
23.2private, user financing, or other nonstate funding for the project;
23.3(4) a list of the bondable activities that the project encompasses; examples of
23.4bondable activities are public improvements of a capital nature for land acquisition,
23.5predesign, design, construction, and furnishing and equipping for occupancy;
23.6(5) whether the project will require new or additional state operating subsidies;
23.7(6) whether the governing body of the political subdivision requesting the project
23.8has passed a resolution in support of the project and has established priorities for all
23.9projects within its jurisdiction for which bonding appropriations are requested when
23.10submitting multiple requests;
23.11(7) if the project requires a predesign under section
23.12has been completed at the time the capital project request is submitted, and whether
23.13the political subdivision has submitted the project predesign to the commissioner of
23.14administration for review and approval; and
23.15(8) if applicable, the information required under section 174.93, subdivision 1a.
23.16 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 161.04, is amended by adding a subdivision
23.17to read:
23.18 Subd. 6. Trunk highway economic development account. (a) The trunk highway
23.19economic development account is created in the trunk highway fund. Money in the
23.20account is annually appropriated to the commissioner and does not lapse. Interest earned
23.21from investment of money in this account must be deposited in the trunk highway
23.22economic development account.
23.23(b) Money in the account must be used to fund construction, reconstruction, and
23.24improvement of trunk highways that will promote economic development, increase
23.25employment, and relieve growing traffic congestion.
23.26(c) The commissioner shall design a project application and selection process to
23.27distribute money in the account. The process must include specified eligibility and
23.28prioritizing criteria.
23.29(d) Money in the account must be allocated 50 percent to the department's
23.30metropolitan district, and 50 percent to districts in greater Minnesota except as provided
23.31in this paragraph. If there are not sufficient project applications that meet eligibility and
23.32prioritizing criteria in either the metropolitan district or greater Minnesota districts to
23.33permit an equal division of available money, the commissioner shall fund projects that
23.34meet the selection criteria without regard to location in the state.
24.1 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 162.06, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
24.2 Subdivision 1. Estimate. (a) By December 15 of each year the commissioner shall
24.3estimate the amount of money that will be available to the county state-aid highway fund
24.4during that fiscal year. The amount available must be based on actual receipts from July
24.51 through
24.6receipts for the remainder of the fiscal year. The amount available, except for deductions
24.7as provided in this section, shall be apportioned by the commissioner to the counties as
24.8provided in section
24.9 (b) For purposes of this section, "amount available" means the amount estimated in
24.10paragraph (a).
24.11 Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 162.12, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
24.12 Subdivision 1. Estimate of accruals. By December 15 of each year the
24.13commissioner shall estimate the amount of money that will be available to the municipal
24.14state-aid street fund during that fiscal year. The amount available is based on actual
24.15receipts from July 1 through
24.16the projected receipts for the remainder of the fiscal year. The total available, except for
24.17deductions as provided herein, shall be apportioned by the commissioner to the cities
24.18having a population of 5,000 or more as hereinafter provided.
24.19 Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 168.013, subdivision 21, is amended to read:
24.20 Subd. 21. Technology surcharge. For every vehicle registration renewal required
24.21under this chapter, the commissioner shall collect a surcharge of: (1) $1.75 until June 30,
24.222012; and (2) $1.00 from July 1, 2012, to June 30, 2016. Surcharges collected under this
24.23subdivision must be credited to the driver and vehicle services technology account in the
24.24special revenue fund under section
24.25 Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 168A.29, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
24.26 Subdivision 1. Amounts. (a) The department must be paid the following fees:
24.27 (1) for filing an application for and the issuance of an original certificate of title,
24.28the sum of $6.25 of which $3.25 must be paid into the vehicle services operating account
24.29of the special revenue fund under section
24.30$1.75 must be added to the fee and credited to the driver and vehicle services technology
24.31account; from July 1, 2012, to June 30, 2016, a surcharge of $1.00 must be added to the
24.32fee and credited to the driver and vehicle services technology account;
25.1 (2) for each security interest when first noted upon a certificate of title, including the
25.2concurrent notation of any assignment thereof and its subsequent release or satisfaction,
25.3the sum of $2, except that no fee is due for a security interest filed by a public authority
25.4under section
25.5 (3) for the transfer of the interest of an owner and the issuance of a new certificate of
25.6title, the sum of $5.50 of which $2.50 must be paid into the vehicle services operating
25.7account of the special revenue fund under section
25.8surcharge of $1.75 must be added to the fee and credited to the driver and vehicle services
25.9technology account; from July 1, 2012, to June 30, 2016, a surcharge of $1.00 must be
25.10added to the fee and credited to the driver and vehicle services technology account;
25.11 (4) for each assignment of a security interest when first noted on a certificate of title,
25.12unless noted concurrently with the security interest, the sum of $1;
25.13 (5) for issuing a duplicate certificate of title, the sum of $7.25 of which $3.25 must
25.14be paid into the vehicle services operating account of the special revenue fund under
25.15section
25.16credited to the driver and vehicle services technology account; from July 1, 2012, to
25.17June 30, 2016, a surcharge of $1.00 must be added to the fee and credited to the driver
25.18and vehicle services technology account.
25.19 (b) After June 30, 1994, in addition to each of the fees required under paragraph (a),
25.20clauses (1) and (3), the department must be paid $3.50. The additional $3.50 fee collected
25.21under this paragraph must be deposited in the special revenue fund and credited to the
25.22public safety motor vehicle account established in section
25.23 Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 171.06, subdivision 2, as amended by Laws
25.242011, chapter 80, section 2, is amended to read:
25.25 Subd. 2. Fees. (a) The fees for a license and Minnesota identification card are
25.26as follows:
26.14 In addition to each fee required in this paragraph, the commissioner shall collect a
26.15surcharge of: (1) $1.75 until June 30, 2012; and (2) $1.00 from July 1, 2012, to June 30,
26.162016. Surcharges collected under this paragraph must be credited to the driver and vehicle
26.17services technology account in the special revenue fund under section
26.18 (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), an individual who holds a provisional license and
26.19has a driving record free of (1) convictions for a violation of section
26.21violations, and (3) convictions for moving violations that are not crash related, shall have a
26.22$3.50 credit toward the fee for any classified under-21 driver's license. "Moving violation"
26.23has the meaning given it in section
26.24 (c) In addition to the driver's license fee required under paragraph (a), the
26.25commissioner shall collect an additional $4 processing fee from each new applicant
26.26or individual renewing a license with a school bus endorsement to cover the costs for
26.27processing an applicant's initial and biennial physical examination certificate. The
26.28department shall not charge these applicants any other fee to receive or renew the
26.29endorsement.
26.30(d) An application for a Minnesota identification card, instruction permit, provisional
26.31license, or driver's license, including an application for renewal, must contain a provision
26.32that allows the applicant to add to the fee under paragraph (a), a $2 donation for the
26.33purposes of public information and education on anatomical gifts under section
26.34 Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 174.93, is amended to read:
26.35174.93 GUIDEWAY INVESTMENT.
26.36 Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms
26.37have the meanings given:
26.38(1) "commissioner" means the commissioner of transportation;
27.1(2) "guideway" means a form of transportation service provided to the public on a
27.2regular and ongoing basis, that operates on exclusive or controlled rights-of-way or rails
27.3in whole or in part, and includes each line for intercity passenger rail, commuter rail, light
27.4rail transit, streetcars, and bus rapid transit; and
27.5(3) "local unit of government" means a county, statutory or home rule charter city,
27.6town, or other political subdivision including, but not limited to, a regional railroad
27.7authority or joint powers board.
27.8(b) For purposes of this section, "sources of funds" includes, but is not limited to,
27.9money from federal aid, state appropriations, the Metropolitan Council, special taxing
27.10districts, local units of government, fare box recovery, and nonpublic sources.
27.11(c) For purposes of this section, "budget activity" includes, but is not limited
27.12to, environmental analysis, land acquisition, easements, design, preliminary and
27.13final engineering, acquisition of vehicles and rolling stock, track improvement and
27.14rehabilitation, and construction.
27.15 Subd. 1a. Capital project requests to legislature. A state agency or local unit of
27.16government that submits a request to the legislature to obtain state funds for a guideway
27.17project shall, as part of the request, provide a summary financial plan for the project that
27.18presents the following information as reflected by the data and level of detail available in
27.19the latest phase of project development:
27.20(1) capital expenditures and funding sources for the project, including expenditures
27.21to date and total projected or estimated expenditures, with a breakdown by committed and
27.22proposed sources of funds; and
27.23(2) estimated annual operations and maintenance expenditures for the project, with a
27.24breakdown by committed and proposed sources of funds.
27.25 Subd. 2. Legislative report. (a) By January 15, 2012, and by November 15 in every
27.26odd-numbered year thereafter, the commissioner shall prepare, in collaboration with
27.27the Metropolitan Council, and submit a report electronically to the chairs and ranking
27.28minority members of the
27.29jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance concerning the status of guideway
27.30projects (1) currently in study, planning, development, or construction; (2) identified in the
27.31transportation policy plan under section
27.32statewide freight and passenger rail plan under section
27.33(b) At a minimum, the report must include, for each guideway project:
27.34(1) a brief description of the project, including projected ridership;
27.35(2) a summary of the overall status and current phase of the project;
28.1(3) a timeline that includes (i) project phases or milestones; (ii) expected and known
28.2dates of commencement of each phase or milestone; and (iii) expected and known dates
28.3of completion of each phase or milestone;
28.4(4) a brief progress update on specific project phases or milestones completed since
28.5the last previous submission of a report under this subdivision; and
28.6(5) a summary financial plan that identifies, as reflected by the data and level of
28.7detail available in the latest phase of project development and to the extent available:
28.8(i) capital expenditures, including expenditures to date and total projected
28.9expenditures, with a breakdown by committed and proposed sources of funds for the
28.10project;
28.11(ii) estimated annual operations and maintenance expenditures reflecting the level
28.12of detail available in the current phase of the project development, with a breakdown by
28.13committed and proposed sources of funds for the
28.14
28.15(iii) if feasible, project expenditures by budget activity.
28.16(c) The report must also include a systemwide capacity analysis for investment in
28.17guideway expansion and maintenance that:
28.18(1) provides a funding projection, annually over the ensuing ten years, and with a
28.19breakdown by committed and proposed sources of funds, of:
28.20(i) total capital expenditures for guideways;
28.21(ii) total operations and maintenance expenditures for guideways;
28.22(iii) total funding available for guideways, including from projected or estimated
28.23farebox recovery; and
28.24(iv) total funding available for transit service in the metropolitan area; and
28.25(2) evaluates the availability of funds and distribution of sources of funds for
28.26guideway investments.
28.27(d) The projection under paragraph (c), clause (1), must be for all guideway lines
28.28for which state funds are reasonably expected to be expended in planning, development,
28.29construction, or revenue operation during the ensuing ten years.
28.30(e) Local units of government shall provide assistance and information in a timely
28.31manner as requested by the commissioner or council for completion of the report.
28.32 Sec. 10. Laws 2008, chapter 363, article 11, section 6, the effective date, is amended to
28.33read:
28.34EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2008, and expires June 30,
28.35
29.3 Section 1. EFFECTIVE DATE; RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER
29.4APPROPRIATIONS.
29.5Unless otherwise specified, this act is effective retroactively from July 1, 2011,
29.6and supersedes and replaces funding authorized by order of the Second Judicial District
29.7Court in Case No. 62-CV-11-5203.
