Bill Text: MN SF320 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Highway-railroad grade crossing warning devices bond issue and appropriation
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-14 - Referred to Capital Investment [SF320 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-SF320-Introduced.html
1.2relating to transportation; appropriating money for county highway-rail grade
1.3crossing warning devices; authorizing sale and issuance of state bonds.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. HIGHWAY-RAILROAD GRADE CROSSING WARNING DEVICES.
1.6 Subdivision 1. Appropriation. (a) $9,000,000 is appropriated from the bond
1.7proceeds fund to the commissioner of transportation for grants to counties for design,
1.8engineering, and construction of highway-railroad grade crossing warning devices.
1.9(b) The commissioner shall establish a process to allocate grant funds. Grants
1.10distributed under this section may only establish warning devices:
1.11(1) at crossings that do not already have active warning or signaling features such as
1.12an audible bell, lights, automatic signal, or crossing gates; and
1.13(2) on paved county highways or paved county state-aid highways.
1.14 Subd. 2. Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in subdivision 1 from the
1.15bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue
1.16bonds of the state in an amount up to $9,000,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with
1.17the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the
1.18Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.
1.19EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
1.3crossing warning devices; authorizing sale and issuance of state bonds.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. HIGHWAY-RAILROAD GRADE CROSSING WARNING DEVICES.
1.6 Subdivision 1. Appropriation. (a) $9,000,000 is appropriated from the bond
1.7proceeds fund to the commissioner of transportation for grants to counties for design,
1.8engineering, and construction of highway-railroad grade crossing warning devices.
1.9(b) The commissioner shall establish a process to allocate grant funds. Grants
1.10distributed under this section may only establish warning devices:
1.11(1) at crossings that do not already have active warning or signaling features such as
1.12an audible bell, lights, automatic signal, or crossing gates; and
1.13(2) on paved county highways or paved county state-aid highways.
1.14 Subd. 2. Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in subdivision 1 from the
1.15bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue
1.16bonds of the state in an amount up to $9,000,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with
1.17the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the
1.18Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.
1.19EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
