Bill Text: MN HF3065 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Legislative auditor required to examine results of efficiencies adopted by the Department of Transportation and Metropolitan Council, and report required.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-13 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Transportation Policy [HF3065 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-HF3065-Introduced.html
1.2relating to transportation; requiring the legislative auditor to examine results
1.3of efficiencies adopted by the Department of Transportation and Metropolitan
1.4Council; requiring a report;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections
1.53.972, by adding subdivisions; 174.56, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision;
1.6proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 473.
1.7BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.8 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 3.972, is amended by adding a subdivision
1.9to read:
1.10 Subd. 2a. Audit of Department of Transportation efficiencies. The legislative
1.11auditor shall, in every even-numbered fiscal year in connection with its audit of the
1.12Department of Transportation under subdivision 2: (1) examine the department's efforts to
1.13achieve the level of construction expenditure reduction due to implemented efficiencies
1.14required under section 174.56, subdivision 2b; and (2) determine whether the savings have
1.15been appropriately and transparently applied to advance priority projects of statewide or
1.16regional significance through the corridors of commerce program.
1.17 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 3.972, is amended by adding a subdivision to
1.18read:
1.19 Subd. 2b. Audit of Metropolitan Council efficiencies. The legislative auditor shall,
1.20in every even-numbered fiscal year: (1) examine the efforts of the Metropolitan Council
1.21to achieve the level of metropolitan transit expenditure reduction due to implemented
1.22efficiencies required under section 473.4485; and (2) determine whether the savings have
1.23been appropriately and transparently applied to expand the metropolitan area transit system.
2.1 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 174.56, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
2.2 Subdivision 1. Report required. (a) The commissioner of transportation shall
2.3submit a report by December 15 of each year on (1) the status of major highway projects
2.4completed during the previous two years or under construction or planned during the year
2.5of the report and for the ensuing 15 years,and (2) trunk highway fund expenditures, and
2.6(3) efficiencies achieved in the previous fiscal year.
2.7(b) For purposes of this section, a "major highway project" is a highway project that
2.8has a total cost for all segments that the commissioner estimates at the time of the report
2.9to be at least (1) $15,000,000 in the metropolitan highway construction district, or (2)
2.10$5,000,000 in any nonmetropolitan highway construction district.
2.11 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 174.56, is amended by adding a subdivision
2.12to read:
2.13 Subd. 2b. Efficiencies. The commissioner shall include in the report information
2.14on efficiencies implemented in the previous year in operations, planning, and project
2.15management and delivery, along with an explanation of the efficiency measures utilized
2.16to calculate efficiency-related savings. The level of savings achieved must equal, in
2.17comparison with the previous three-year average of construction expenditures, a minimum
2.18of five percent in fiscal year 2015, ten percent in fiscal year 2016, and 15 percent each
2.19fiscal year thereafter. The savings must be utilized to advance priority projects of statewide
2.20or regional significance through the corridors of commerce program under section
2.21161.088. The report must identify the projects that have been advanced or completed due
2.22to the implementation of efficiency measures.
2.23 Sec. 5. [473.4485] METROPOLITAN COUNCIL TRANSIT EFFICIENCIES.
2.24 Subdivision 1. Reduction of expenditures and expansion of system. The council
2.25shall adopt innovations in financial management, planning, operations, procurement, and
2.26use of technology in order to reduce expenditures related to metropolitan area transit. The
2.27level of savings achieved in the annual transit operating budget must equal or exceed five
2.28percent in calendar year 2015, ten percent in calendar year 2016, and 15 percent each
2.29calendar year thereafter. Savings achieved must be reinvested in a transparent manner to
2.30expand the metropolitan area transit system.
2.31 Subd. 2. Report. Beginning in 2015 and annually thereafter, by February 15, the
2.32Metropolitan Council shall submit a report to the chairs and ranking minority members of
2.33the house of representatives and senate committees and divisions with jurisdiction over
2.34transportation policy and budget, describing the efficiencies implemented and the resulting
3.1savings realized under this section. The report must also include details concerning the
3.2application of the savings to the expansion of the metropolitan area transit system.
1.3of efficiencies adopted by the Department of Transportation and Metropolitan
1.4Council; requiring a report;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections
1.53.972, by adding subdivisions; 174.56, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision;
1.6proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 473.
1.7BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.8 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 3.972, is amended by adding a subdivision
1.9to read:
1.10 Subd. 2a. Audit of Department of Transportation efficiencies. The legislative
1.11auditor shall, in every even-numbered fiscal year in connection with its audit of the
1.12Department of Transportation under subdivision 2: (1) examine the department's efforts to
1.13achieve the level of construction expenditure reduction due to implemented efficiencies
1.14required under section 174.56, subdivision 2b; and (2) determine whether the savings have
1.15been appropriately and transparently applied to advance priority projects of statewide or
1.16regional significance through the corridors of commerce program.
1.17 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 3.972, is amended by adding a subdivision to
1.18read:
1.19 Subd. 2b. Audit of Metropolitan Council efficiencies. The legislative auditor shall,
1.20in every even-numbered fiscal year: (1) examine the efforts of the Metropolitan Council
1.21to achieve the level of metropolitan transit expenditure reduction due to implemented
1.22efficiencies required under section 473.4485; and (2) determine whether the savings have
1.23been appropriately and transparently applied to expand the metropolitan area transit system.
2.1 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 174.56, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
2.2 Subdivision 1. Report required. (a) The commissioner of transportation shall
2.3submit a report by December 15 of each year on (1) the status of major highway projects
2.4completed during the previous two years or under construction or planned during the year
2.5of the report and for the ensuing 15 years,
2.6(3) efficiencies achieved in the previous fiscal year.
2.7(b) For purposes of this section, a "major highway project" is a highway project that
2.8has a total cost for all segments that the commissioner estimates at the time of the report
2.9to be at least (1) $15,000,000 in the metropolitan highway construction district, or (2)
2.10$5,000,000 in any nonmetropolitan highway construction district.
2.11 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 174.56, is amended by adding a subdivision
2.12to read:
2.13 Subd. 2b. Efficiencies. The commissioner shall include in the report information
2.14on efficiencies implemented in the previous year in operations, planning, and project
2.15management and delivery, along with an explanation of the efficiency measures utilized
2.16to calculate efficiency-related savings. The level of savings achieved must equal, in
2.17comparison with the previous three-year average of construction expenditures, a minimum
2.18of five percent in fiscal year 2015, ten percent in fiscal year 2016, and 15 percent each
2.19fiscal year thereafter. The savings must be utilized to advance priority projects of statewide
2.20or regional significance through the corridors of commerce program under section
2.21161.088. The report must identify the projects that have been advanced or completed due
2.22to the implementation of efficiency measures.
2.23 Sec. 5. [473.4485] METROPOLITAN COUNCIL TRANSIT EFFICIENCIES.
2.24 Subdivision 1. Reduction of expenditures and expansion of system. The council
2.25shall adopt innovations in financial management, planning, operations, procurement, and
2.26use of technology in order to reduce expenditures related to metropolitan area transit. The
2.27level of savings achieved in the annual transit operating budget must equal or exceed five
2.28percent in calendar year 2015, ten percent in calendar year 2016, and 15 percent each
2.29calendar year thereafter. Savings achieved must be reinvested in a transparent manner to
2.30expand the metropolitan area transit system.
2.31 Subd. 2. Report. Beginning in 2015 and annually thereafter, by February 15, the
2.32Metropolitan Council shall submit a report to the chairs and ranking minority members of
2.33the house of representatives and senate committees and divisions with jurisdiction over
2.34transportation policy and budget, describing the efficiencies implemented and the resulting
3.1savings realized under this section. The report must also include details concerning the
3.2application of the savings to the expansion of the metropolitan area transit system.
