Bill Text: MN HF2667 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Safe routes to school program grant eligibility requirements amended.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-03 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Transportation Policy [HF2667 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-HF2667-Introduced.html
1.2relating to transportation; amending eligibility requirements for grants under
1.3the safe routes to school program;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section
1.4174.40, subdivision 6.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 174.40, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
1.7 Subd. 6. Evaluation criteria; eligibility requirements. (a) The commissioner shall
1.8establish criteria for evaluation of applications and selection of projects. The criteria
1.9must include:
1.10(1) establishment or capital improvement of transportation infrastructure that
1.11improves safety and encourages nonmotorized transportation to and from a school;
1.12(2) compliance with all applicable requirements for capital infrastructure projects
1.13established by the Federal Highway Administration, United States Department of
1.14Transportation, for the federal program; and
1.15(3) other components as determined by the commissioner.
1.16(b) The commissioner may not award a grant to a local unit of government if the
1.17proposed project is:
1.18(1) for land acquisition, development, design, engineering, or construction of (i) a
1.19sidewalk, or (ii) a bikeway, as defined in section 169.011, subdivision 9; and
1.20(2) at the time of initial implementation of the safe routes to school program under
1.21this section, located adjacent to or through one or more unimproved parcels, whether
1.22partially or completely along the project route.
1.23(c) For purposes of this subdivision, "unimproved parcel" means a parcel of land
1.24that abuts:
2.1(1) an unimproved municipal street and that is not served by municipal sewer or
2.2water utilities; or
2.3(2) an improved municipal street and served by municipal sewer or water utilities
2.4and that:
2.5(i) is not improved by construction of an authorized structure; or
2.6(ii) contains a structure that has not previously been occupied.
2.7EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
1.3the safe routes to school program;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section
1.4174.40, subdivision 6.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 174.40, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
1.7 Subd. 6. Evaluation criteria; eligibility requirements. (a) The commissioner shall
1.8establish criteria for evaluation of applications and selection of projects. The criteria
1.9must include:
1.10(1) establishment or capital improvement of transportation infrastructure that
1.11improves safety and encourages nonmotorized transportation to and from a school;
1.12(2) compliance with all applicable requirements for capital infrastructure projects
1.13established by the Federal Highway Administration, United States Department of
1.14Transportation, for the federal program; and
1.15(3) other components as determined by the commissioner.
1.16(b) The commissioner may not award a grant to a local unit of government if the
1.17proposed project is:
1.18(1) for land acquisition, development, design, engineering, or construction of (i) a
1.19sidewalk, or (ii) a bikeway, as defined in section 169.011, subdivision 9; and
1.20(2) at the time of initial implementation of the safe routes to school program under
1.21this section, located adjacent to or through one or more unimproved parcels, whether
1.22partially or completely along the project route.
1.23(c) For purposes of this subdivision, "unimproved parcel" means a parcel of land
1.24that abuts:
2.1(1) an unimproved municipal street and that is not served by municipal sewer or
2.2water utilities; or
2.3(2) an improved municipal street and served by municipal sewer or water utilities
2.4and that:
2.5(i) is not improved by construction of an authorized structure; or
2.6(ii) contains a structure that has not previously been occupied.
2.7EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
