2nd Engrossment - 82nd Legislature (2001 - 2002) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
1.1 A bill for an act 1.2 relating to appropriations; appropriating money for 1.3 the department of transportation and other government 1.4 agencies with certain conditions; establishing, 1.5 funding, or regulating certain policies, programs, 1.6 duties, activities, or practices; funding and 1.7 regulating criminal justice and prevention programs; 1.8 modifying public safety and law enforcement 1.9 provisions; providing funding for economic, energy, 1.10 transportation, infrastructure, and recreational 1.11 development, with certain conditions; proposing an 1.12 amendment to the Minnesota Constitution by adding a 1.13 section to article XIV to dedicate proceeds of the tax 1.14 on the sale of motor vehicles to highway and transit 1.15 purposes; requiring studies and reports; making 1.16 technical, conforming, and clarifying changes; 1.17 imposing penalties; setting fees; amending Minnesota 1.18 Statutes 2000, sections 13.87, by adding a 1.19 subdivision; 16A.641, subdivision 8; 16C.05, 1.20 subdivision 2; 16C.06, subdivisions 1, 2; 16C.08, 1.21 subdivision 2; 138.664, by adding a subdivision; 1.22 161.082, subdivision 2a; 161.14, by adding a 1.23 subdivision; 161.23, subdivision 3; 161.32, 1.24 subdivisions 1, 1b, 1e; 167.51, subdivision 2; 1.25 168.013, subdivision 1d; 168.33, subdivision 7; 1.26 168.381; 169.06, by adding a subdivision; 169.09, 1.27 subdivision 13; 169.18, subdivision 1, by adding a 1.28 subdivision; 169.825, subdivision 11; 169.87, 1.29 subdivision 4; 170.23; 171.06, subdivision 2a; 171.07, 1.30 subdivision 11; 171.12, subdivision 6; 171.13, 1.31 subdivision 6; 171.185; 171.26; 171.29, subdivision 2; 1.32 171.36; 174.03, by adding a subdivision; 174.24, 1.33 subdivision 3b; 174.32, subdivision 5; 174.70, 1.34 subdivisions 2, 3; 184.29; 184.30, subdivision 1; 1.35 184.38, subdivisions 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 17, 18, 20; 1.36 184.41; 216C.41; 297B.09, subdivision 1; 299C.10, 1.37 subdivision 1; 299C.11; 299C.147, subdivision 2; 1.38 299D.03, subdivisions 5, 6, by adding a subdivision; 1.39 299M.10; 299M.11, subdivision 5; 446A.085; 473.859, 1.40 subdivision 2; Laws 1999, chapter 238, article 1, 1.41 section 2, subdivision 7; proposing coding for new law 1.42 in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 161; 167; 169; 174; 1.43 240A; 299A; 299C; 473; 609; repealing Minnesota 1.44 Statutes 2000, sections 174.22, subdivision 9; 174.32, 1.45 subdivisions 2, 4; 184.22, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, 5; 1.46 184.37, subdivision 2. 2.1 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 2.2 ARTICLE 1 2.3 TRANSPORTATION AND OTHER AGENCIES 2.4 APPROPRIATIONS 2.5 Section 1. [TRANSPORTATION AND OTHER AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS.] 2.6 The sums shown in the columns marked "APPROPRIATIONS" are 2.7 appropriated from the general fund, or another named fund, to 2.8 the agencies and for the purposes specified in this article, to 2.9 be available for the fiscal years indicated for each purpose. 2.10 The figures "2001," "2002," and "2003," where used in this 2.11 article, mean that the appropriations listed under them are 2.12 available for the year ending June 30, 2001, June 30, 2002, or 2.13 June 30, 2003, respectively. If the figures are not used, the 2.14 appropriations are available for the year ending June 30, 2002, 2.15 or June 30, 2003, respectively. The term "first year" means the 2.16 year ending June 30, 2002, and the term "second year" means the 2.17 year ending June 30, 2003. Appropriations for the year ending 2.18 June 30, 2001, are in addition to appropriations made in 2.19 previous years. 2.20 SUMMARY BY FUND 2.21 2002 2003 TOTAL 2.22 General $ 104,865,000 $104,397,000 $209,262,000 2.23 For 2001 - $283,700,000 2.24 Airports 20,807,000 20,548,000 41,355,000 2.25 C.S.A.H. 405,330,000 418,113,000 823,443,000 2.26 Highway User 11,553,000 11,186,000 22,739,000 2.27 For 2001 - $875,000 2.28 M.S.A.S. 106,469,000 109,827,000 216,296,000 2.29 Workers' 2.30 Compensation 100,000 100,000 200,000 2.31 Special Revenue 23,250,000 22,009,000 45,259,000 2.32 Trunk 2.33 Highway 1,105,115,000 1,116,374,000 2,221,489,000 2.35 For 2001 - $445,000 2.36 TOTAL $1,777,489,000 $1,802,554,000 $3,580,043,000 2.37 For 2001 - $285,020,000 2.38 APPROPRIATIONS 3.1 Available for the Year 3.2 Ending June 30 3.3 2002 2003 3.4 Sec. 2. TRANSPORTATION 3.5 Subdivision 1. Total 3.6 Appropriation $1,592,880,000 $1,615,328,000 3.8 For 2001 - $212,000,000 3.9 The appropriations in this section are 3.10 from the trunk highway fund, except 3.11 when another fund is named. 3.12 Summary by Fund 3.13 General 19,307,000 19,083,000 3.14 For 2001 - $212,000,000 3.15 Airports 20,757,000 20,498,000 3.16 C.S.A.H. 405,330,000 418,113,000 3.17 M.S.A.S. 106,469,000 109,827,000 3.18 Trunk Highway 1,040,117,000 1,047,807,000 3.19 Special Revenue 900,000 -0- 3.20 The amounts that may be spent from this 3.21 appropriation for each program are 3.22 specified in the following subdivisions. 3.23 Subd. 2. Aeronautics 20,748,000 20,489,000 3.24 For 2001 - $10,000,000 3.25 Summary by Fund 3.26 Airports 20,687,000 20,428,000 3.27 General 50,000 50,000 3.28 For 2001 - $10,000,000 3.29 Trunk Highway 11,000 11,000 3.30 Except as otherwise provided, the 3.31 appropriations in this subdivision are 3.32 from the state airports fund. 3.33 The amounts that may be spent from this 3.34 appropriation for each activity are as 3.35 follows: 3.36 (a) Airport Development and Assistance 3.37 14,298,000 14,298,000 3.38 These appropriations must be spent 3.39 according to Minnesota Statutes, 3.40 section 360.305, subdivision 4. 3.41 (b) Aviation Support 3.42 6,315,000 6,053,000 3.43 $65,000 the first year and $65,000 the 3.44 second year are for the civil air 4.1 patrol. 4.2 $600,000 each year is for GPS 4.3 navigation systems. Of this amount, 4.4 $250,000 adds to the agency's budget 4.5 base. 4.6 $400,000 the first year and $50,000 the 4.7 second year are for the development of 4.8 on-line aircraft registration 4.9 capabilities. 4.10 (c) Air Transportation Services 4.11 135,000 138,000 4.12 Summary by Fund 4.13 Airports 74,000 77,000 4.14 General 50,000 50,000 4.15 Trunk Highway 11,000 11,000 4.16 (d) Site Acquisition Grant 4.17 For 2001 - $10,000,000 4.18 This appropriation is onetime only from 4.19 the general fund and is available until 4.20 spent. This appropriation is for a 4.21 development grant to the city of 4.22 Richfield for acquisition and site 4.23 preparation of residential property 4.24 impacted by airport operations. The 4.25 property must be located within the 4.26 87dB low-frequency sound level contour 4.27 as determined by the metropolitan 4.28 airports commission and the city of 4.29 Richfield low frequency noise policy 4.30 committee. The city of Richfield must 4.31 by December 15, 2003, submit a report 4.32 to the house of representatives and 4.33 senate committees with jurisdiction 4.34 over transportation on the use of the 4.35 grant money. The report must include 4.36 details on the number of residential 4.37 units purchased and cost of the 4.38 acquisition, cost of demolition or 4.39 relocation of buildings, cost of 4.40 utility relocation, cost of site 4.41 preparation for development, and plans 4.42 for the ultimate use of the property. 4.43 Subd. 3. Transit 18,389,000 18,410,000 4.44 For 2001 - $10,000,000 4.45 Summary by Fund 4.46 General 18,049,000 18,062,000 4.47 For 2001 - $10,000,000 4.48 Trunk Highway 340,000 348,000 4.49 The amounts that may be spent from this 4.50 appropriation for each activity are as 4.51 follows: 4.52 (a) Greater Minnesota Transit 5.1 Assistance 5.2 17,551,000 17,551,000 5.3 This appropriation is from the general 5.4 fund. Any unencumbered balance the 5.5 first year does not cancel but is 5.6 available for the second year. 5.7 (b) Transit Administration 5.8 838,000 859,000 5.9 Summary by Fund 5.10 General 498,000 511,000 5.11 Trunk Highway 340,000 348,000 5.12 (c) Capital Assistance 5.13 For 2001 - $10,000,000 5.14 This appropriation is from the general 5.15 fund for grants to public transit 5.16 systems under Minnesota Statutes, 5.17 section 174.24, to acquire rolling 5.18 stock and other bus-related capital. 5.19 This appropriation is onetime only and 5.20 is available until spent. 5.21 Subd. 4. Railroads and Waterways 1,758,000 1,804,000 5.22 For 2001 - $6,000,000 5.23 Summary by Fund 5.24 General 273,000 280,000 5.25 For 2001 - $6,000,000 5.26 Trunk Highway 1,485,000 1,524,000 5.27 $6,000,000 in fiscal year 2001 from the 5.28 general fund is onetime only and is 5.29 available until spent. Of this amount: 5.30 (1) $3,000,000 is for the purposes 5.31 defined under the rail service 5.32 improvement program under Minnesota 5.33 Statutes, sections 222.46 to 222.63; 5.34 and 5.35 (2) $3,000,000 is for port development 5.36 assistance grants under Minnesota 5.37 Statutes, chapter 457A. Any 5.38 improvement made with the proceeds of 5.39 these grants must be owned by a public 5.40 body. 5.41 Subd. 5. Passenger Rail Transit 500,000 500,000 5.42 For 2001 - $23,000,000 5.43 This appropriation is from the general 5.44 fund. The amounts that may be spent 5.45 from this appropriation for each 5.46 activity are as follows: 5.47 (a) Passenger Rail Administration 6.1 500,000 500,000 6.2 For administration and oversight of 6.3 rail corridor studies and 6.4 implementation. This amount adds to 6.5 the agency's budget base. 6.6 The office of passenger rail transit 6.7 must establish a working group 6.8 consisting of local elected officials 6.9 and residents living near a proposed 6.10 community rail station in each city in 6.11 which a commuter rail station is 6.12 proposed to be located to discuss and 6.13 address local concerns regarding public 6.14 safety and security in and around 6.15 commuter rail stations. 6.16 The commissioner shall pay, from this 6.17 appropriation, the fees and costs 6.18 attributable to the state's membership 6.19 in the Midwest interstate passenger 6.20 rail compact under Minnesota Statutes, 6.21 section 218.75. 6.22 (b) Corridor Studies and Facility 6.23 For 2001 - $23,000,000 6.24 This amount is onetime only and is 6.25 available until spent. 6.26 $10,000,000 is for preliminary 6.27 engineering and environmental analysis 6.28 activities for the 130-mile section of 6.29 the midwest regional rail corridor in 6.30 Minnesota. The work tasks must 6.31 include, but are not limited to: a 6.32 corridor condition assessment; station 6.33 development and location; 6.34 communications and signal systems 6.35 evaluation; safety and traffic 6.36 analysis; drainage and hydraulics 6.37 analysis; analysis of land use and 6.38 development issues; noise, water, and 6.39 air quality analysis; impacts on 6.40 historic and archaeological sites; and 6.41 other potential impacts. 6.42 A portion of this appropriation may be 6.43 used for engineering and environmental 6.44 analysis activities for the Red Rock 6.45 corridor from Hastings to Minneapolis. 6.46 $10,000,000 is to match federal funds 6.47 for right-of-way acquisition and final 6.48 design for the Northstar commuter rail 6.49 corridor. This is intended to be the 6.50 first phase of the state's portion of 6.51 the construction and equipping of the 6.52 Northstar commuter rail project. Any 6.53 design adopted by the commissioner for 6.54 a commuter rail corridor must mitigate 6.55 noise near station locations to the 6.56 maximum extent feasible. The 6.57 commissioner shall consult with elected 6.58 officials and residents in the affected 6.59 community prior to finalizing the 6.60 design. 6.61 $3,000,000 is for a grant to the city 7.1 of St. Paul to purchase the Union Depot. 7.2 Subd. 6. Motor Carrier Regulation 4,024,000 4,123,000 7.3 Summary by Fund 7.4 General 122,000 126,000 7.5 Trunk Highway 3,902,000 3,997,000 7.6 $500,000 each year is for commercial 7.7 vehicle information systems. Of this 7.8 amount, $325,000 adds to the agency's 7.9 budget base. 7.10 Subd. 7. Local Roads 512,049,000 527,940,000 7.11 Summary by Fund 7.12 General 7.13 For 2001 - $63,000,000 7.14 C.S.A.H. 405,330,000 418,113,000 7.15 M.S.A.S. 106,469,000 109,827,000 7.16 The amounts that may be spent from this 7.17 appropriation for each activity are as 7.18 follows: 7.19 (a) County State Aids 7.20 405,330,000 418,113,000 7.21 This appropriation is from the county 7.22 state-aid highway fund and is available 7.23 until spent. 7.24 (b) Municipal State Aids 7.25 106,469,000 109,827,000 7.26 This appropriation is from the 7.27 municipal state-aid street fund and is 7.28 available until spent. 7.29 If an appropriation for either county 7.30 state aids or municipal state aids does 7.31 not exhaust the balance in the fund 7.32 from which it is made in the year for 7.33 which it is made, the commissioner of 7.34 finance, upon request of the 7.35 commissioner of transportation, shall 7.36 notify the chair of the transportation 7.37 finance committee of the house of 7.38 representatives and the chair of the 7.39 transportation budget division of the 7.40 senate of the amount of the remainder 7.41 and shall then add that amount to the 7.42 appropriation. The amount added is 7.43 appropriated for the purposes of county 7.44 state aids or municipal state aids, as 7.45 appropriate. 7.46 (c) Local Bridge Replacement 7.47 and Rehabilitation 7.48 250,000 -0- 7.49 For 2001 - $10,000,000 8.1 This appropriation is onetime only from 8.2 the general fund and is available until 8.3 spent. 8.4 To match federal money and to replace 8.5 or rehabilitate local deficient 8.6 bridges. Political subdivisions may 8.7 use grants made under this subdivision 8.8 to construct or reconstruct bridges, 8.9 including: 8.10 (1) matching federal aid grants to 8.11 construct or reconstruct key bridges; 8.12 (2) paying the costs of preliminary 8.13 engineering and environmental studies 8.14 authorized under Minnesota Statutes, 8.15 section 174.50, subdivision 6a; 8.16 (3) paying the costs to abandon an 8.17 existing bridge that is deficient and 8.18 in need of replacement, but where no 8.19 replacement will be made; and 8.20 (4) paying the cost to construct a road 8.21 or street to facilitate the abandonment 8.22 of an existing bridge determined by the 8.23 commissioner to be deficient, if the 8.24 commissioner determines that 8.25 construction of the road or street is 8.26 more economical than replacing the 8.27 existing bridge. 8.28 Of this amount, $250,000 is for a grant 8.29 to the city of Akeley to match the 8.30 local share of the costs of 8.31 reconstructing a bridge on marked trunk 8.32 highway No. 64 where the bridge bisects 8.33 the Crow Wing lakes. 8.34 (d) Turnbacks 8.35 For 2001 - $3,000,000 8.36 This appropriation is onetime only from 8.37 the general fund and is available until 8.38 spent. 8.39 Of this appropriation, $2,000,000 is 8.40 for transfer to the county turnback 8.41 account and $1,000,000 is for transfer 8.42 to the municipal turnback account. 8.43 (e) Local Road Improvement Fund 8.44 For 2001 - $50,000,000 8.45 This appropriation is onetime only from 8.46 the general fund and is available until 8.47 spent. This appropriation is for 8.48 transfer to the local road improvement 8.49 fund under Minnesota Statutes, section 8.50 174.52. Of this appropriation, 8.51 $18,000,000 is for transfer to the 8.52 trunk highway corridor account, 8.53 $18,000,000 is for transfer to the 8.54 local road development account, 8.55 $10,000,000 is for transfer to the 8.56 small cities account, and $4,000,000 is 8.57 for transfer to the noise wall account. 9.1 Of the amount in the noise wall 9.2 account, $750,000 must be used for a 9.3 demonstration project for constructing 9.4 masonry sound walls. After 9.5 construction of masonry sound walls 9.6 with this appropriation, the 9.7 commissioner shall evaluate the masonry 9.8 sound walls for the house of 9.9 representatives and senate 9.10 transportation committees. 9.11 Subd. 8. State Roads 974,735,000 988,138,000 9.12 Summary by Fund 9.13 General 9,000 9,000 9.14 For 2001 - $100,000,000 9.15 Trunk Highway 974,726,000 988,129,000 9.16 The amounts that may be spent from this 9.17 appropriation for each activity are as 9.18 follows: 9.19 (a) State Road Construction 9.20 562,567,000 562,567,000 9.21 It is estimated that these 9.22 appropriations will be funded as 9.23 follows: 9.24 Federal Highway Aid 9.25 275,000,000 300,000,000 9.26 Highway User Taxes 9.27 287,567,000 262,567,000 9.28 The commissioner of transportation 9.29 shall notify the chair of the 9.30 transportation budget division of the 9.31 senate and chair of the transportation 9.32 finance committee of the house of 9.33 representatives quarterly of any events 9.34 that should cause these estimates to 9.35 change. 9.36 This appropriation is for the actual 9.37 construction, reconstruction, and 9.38 improvement of trunk highways. This 9.39 includes the cost of actual payment to 9.40 landowners for lands acquired for 9.41 highway rights-of-way, payment to 9.42 lessees, interest subsidies, and 9.43 relocation expenses. 9.44 The commissioner may transfer up to 9.45 $15,000,000 each year to the trunk 9.46 highway revolving loan account. 9.47 The commissioner may receive money 9.48 covering other shares of the cost of 9.49 partnership projects. These receipts 9.50 are appropriated to the commissioner 9.51 for these projects. 9.52 (b) General Fund State Road 9.53 Construction 10.1 For 2001 - $100,000,000 10.2 (1) This appropriation is onetime only 10.3 from the general fund for the 10.4 construction, reconstruction, and 10.5 improvement of trunk highways. The 10.6 commissioner shall allocate this 10.7 appropriation to the eight state 10.8 construction districts using the target 10.9 allocation formula commonly used to 10.10 distribute biennial appropriations for 10.11 road construction purposes. The 10.12 districts shall give priority to 10.13 projects that preserve and repair 10.14 existing trunk highways or make 10.15 safety-related improvements and that 10.16 can be accomplished during the 10.17 2002-2003 fiscal biennium. 10.18 Of the appropriations under this 10.19 paragraph, the commissioner may not 10.20 spend more than $10,000,000 for program 10.21 delivery. 10.22 (2) The appropriations under this 10.23 paragraph are available through June 10.24 30, 2003. On July 1, 2003, any part of 10.25 this appropriation not spent cancels to 10.26 the trunk highway fund. The 10.27 commissioner shall report by February 10.28 1, 2003, to the chairs of the senate 10.29 and house of representatives committees 10.30 having jurisdiction over transportation 10.31 policy and transportation finance on 10.32 any projects that the department of 10.33 transportation has scheduled to be 10.34 constructed with this appropriation 10.35 that the commissioner determines will 10.36 be canceled or delayed as a result of 10.37 any part of this appropriation 10.38 canceling to the trunk highway fund. 10.39 For purposes of this paragraph, money 10.40 encumbered by the commissioner for a 10.41 trunk highway project is considered to 10.42 be spent. 10.43 (c) Report on General Fund 10.44 Road Construction 10.45 By August 1 of 2001, 2002, and 2003, 10.46 the commissioner shall report to the 10.47 chairs of the senate and house of 10.48 representatives committees with 10.49 jurisdiction over transportation policy 10.50 and finance on the status of each 10.51 project that is financed in whole or in 10.52 part from the money appropriated under 10.53 paragraph (b). For each such project 10.54 the report must identify: 10.55 (1) the estimated full cost; 10.56 (2) an estimate of the original and new 10.57 schedule for completion; and 10.58 (3) an estimate of the schedule for 10.59 completion and description of projects 10.60 that will be moved forward in the 10.61 district's ten-year plan due to the 10.62 availability of the appropriation in 10.63 paragraph (b). 11.1 (d) Highway Debt Service 11.2 19,235,000 24,228,000 11.3 $9,235,000 the first year and 11.4 $14,228,000 the second year are for 11.5 transfer to the state bond fund. 11.6 If this appropriation is insufficient 11.7 to make all transfers required in the 11.8 year for which it is made, the 11.9 commissioner of finance shall notify 11.10 the committee on state government 11.11 finance of the senate and the committee 11.12 on ways and means of the house of 11.13 representatives of the amount of the 11.14 deficiency and shall then transfer that 11.15 amount under the statutory open 11.16 appropriation. 11.17 Any excess appropriation must be 11.18 canceled to the trunk highway fund. 11.19 (e) Research and Investment Management 11.20 12,337,000 12,361,000 11.21 $600,000 the first year and $600,000 11.22 the second year are available for 11.23 grants for transportation studies 11.24 outside the metropolitan area to 11.25 identify critical concerns, problems, 11.26 and issues. These grants are available 11.27 to (1) regional development 11.28 commissions, and (2) in regions where 11.29 no regional development commission is 11.30 functioning, joint powers boards 11.31 established under agreement of two or 11.32 more political subdivisions in the 11.33 region to exercise the planning 11.34 functions of a regional development 11.35 commission, and (3) in regions where no 11.36 regional development commission or 11.37 joint powers board is functioning, the 11.38 department's district office for that 11.39 region. 11.40 $266,000 the first year and $266,000 11.41 the second year are available for 11.42 grants to metropolitan planning 11.43 organizations outside the seven-county 11.44 metropolitan area, including the 11.45 Mankato area. 11.46 $200,000 the first year is for an 11.47 update of the statewide transportation 11.48 plan. 11.49 (f) Central Engineering Services 11.50 65,031,000 66,338,000 11.51 (g) Design and Construction Engineering 11.52 88,835,000 91,046,000 11.53 (h) State Road Operations 11.54 221,113,000 225,852,000 11.55 $2,750,000 the first year and 12.1 $2,750,000 the second year are for 12.2 facilities' maintenance. 12.3 $3,000,000 the first year and 12.4 $3,000,000 the second year are for 12.5 improved highway striping. 12.6 $3,250,000 the first year and 12.7 $3,250,000 the second year are for road 12.8 equipment and fabrication of auxiliary 12.9 equipment for snowplow trucks. 12.10 $875,000 the first year and $875,000 12.11 the second year are to support highway 12.12 signal and lighting maintenance 12.13 activities. 12.14 (i) Electronic Communications 12.15 5,617,000 5,746,000 12.16 Summary by Fund 12.17 General 9,000 9,000 12.18 Trunk Highway 5,608,000 5,737,000 12.19 Subd. 9. General Support 52,961,000 53,924,000 12.20 Summary by Fund 12.21 General 54,000 56,000 12.22 Airports 70,000 70,000 12.23 Trunk Highway 52,837,000 53,798,000 12.24 The amounts that may be spent from this 12.25 appropriation for each activity are as 12.26 follows: 12.27 (a) General Management 12.28 39,273,000 39,990,000 12.29 $125,000 each year is for a Native 12.30 American liaison to establish 12.31 relationships with tribal communities. 12.32 $6,600,000 each year is for 12.33 preservation and improvement of the 12.34 agency's information technology 12.35 infrastructure. 12.36 (b) General Services 12.37 13,688,000 13,934,000 12.38 Summary by Fund 12.39 General 54,000 56,000 12.40 Airports 70,000 70,000 12.41 Trunk Highway 13,564,000 13,808,000 12.42 If the appropriation for either year is 12.43 insufficient, the appropriation for the 12.44 other year is available for it. 12.45 $2,000,000 each year is for information 13.1 technology development activities. Of 13.2 this amount, $1,050,000 each year adds 13.3 to the agency budget base. 13.4 Subd. 10. Buildings 7,716,000 -0- 13.5 Summary by Fund 13.6 Trunk Highway 6,816,000 -0- 13.7 Special Revenue 900,000 -0- 13.8 $900,000 the first year is from the 13.9 driver license account in the special 13.10 revenue fund for an addition to the 13.11 driver's exam building in Eagan. 13.12 Subd. 11. Transfers 13.13 (a) The commissioner of transportation 13.14 with the approval of the commissioner 13.15 of finance may transfer unencumbered 13.16 balances among the appropriations from 13.17 the trunk highway fund and the state 13.18 airports fund made in this section. No 13.19 transfer may be made from the 13.20 appropriation for state road 13.21 construction. No transfer may be made 13.22 from the appropriations for debt 13.23 service to any other appropriation. 13.24 Transfers under this paragraph may not 13.25 be made between funds. Transfers must 13.26 be reported immediately to the chair of 13.27 the transportation budget division of 13.28 the senate and the chair of the 13.29 transportation finance committee of the 13.30 house of representatives. 13.31 (b) The commissioner of finance shall 13.32 transfer from the flexible account in 13.33 the county state-aid highway fund 13.34 $6,400,000 the first year and 13.35 $2,400,000 the second year to the 13.36 municipal turnback account in the 13.37 municipal state-aid street fund, and 13.38 the remainder in each year to the 13.39 county turnback account in the county 13.40 state-aid highway fund. 13.41 Subd. 12. Use of State Road 13.42 Construction Appropriations 13.43 Any money appropriated to the 13.44 commissioner of transportation for 13.45 state road construction for any fiscal 13.46 year before fiscal year 2001 is 13.47 available to the commissioner during 13.48 fiscal years 2002 and 2003 to the 13.49 extent that the commissioner spends the 13.50 money on the state road construction 13.51 project for which the money was 13.52 originally encumbered during the fiscal 13.53 year for which it was appropriated. 13.54 The commissioner of transportation 13.55 shall report to the commissioner of 13.56 finance by August 1, 2001, and August 13.57 1, 2002, on a form the commissioner of 13.58 finance provides, on expenditures made 13.59 during the previous fiscal year that 13.60 are authorized by this subdivision. 14.1 Subd. 13. Contingent Appropriation 14.2 The commissioner of transportation, 14.3 with the approval of the governor after 14.4 consultation with the legislative 14.5 advisory commission under Minnesota 14.6 Statutes, section 3.30, may transfer 14.7 all or part of the unappropriated 14.8 balance in the trunk highway fund to an 14.9 appropriation (1) for trunk highway 14.10 design, construction, or inspection in 14.11 order to take advantage of an 14.12 unanticipated receipt of income to the 14.13 trunk highway fund, (2) for trunk 14.14 highway maintenance in order to meet an 14.15 emergency, or (3) to pay tort or 14.16 environmental claims. The amount 14.17 transferred is appropriated for the 14.18 purpose of the account to which it is 14.19 transferred. 14.20 Sec. 3. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL 14.21 TRANSIT 68,101,000 68,101,000 14.23 For 2001 - $60,000,000 14.24 Subdivision 1. Transit Operations 68,101,000 68,101,000 14.25 The council may not spend more than 14.26 $42,200,000 for metro mobility in the 14.27 2002-2003 fiscal biennium except for 14.28 proceeds from bond sales when use of 14.29 those proceeds for metro mobility 14.30 capital expenditures is authorized by 14.31 law. 14.32 Subd. 2. Bus Garages 14.33 For 2001 - $12,000,000 14.34 To construct bus garages. 14.35 This appropriation is onetime only and 14.36 is available until spent. 14.37 Subd. 3. Bus Purchases and 14.38 Capital Facilities 14.40 For 2001 - $20,000,000 14.41 This appropriation is for bus 14.42 purchases, bus shelters, park and ride 14.43 facilities, and other capital 14.44 facilities related to bus operations. 14.45 The council must use a portion of this 14.46 appropriation as capital grants to the 14.47 transit systems commonly known as 14.48 opt-outs. 14.49 Of this amount, $2,000,000 is for 14.50 construction of a bus transit hub in 14.51 the city of Brooklyn Center. 14.52 This appropriation is onetime only and 14.53 is available until spent. 14.54 Subd. 4. Fare Increase 14.55 Replacement 14.57 For 2001 - $18,000,000 15.1 This appropriation is a onetime 15.2 appropriation for transit operating 15.3 purposes to avoid a planned fare 15.4 increase. The metropolitan council may 15.5 not increase base fares during the 15.6 2002-2003 fiscal biennium without 15.7 specific legislative authorization. 15.8 The metropolitan council must use a 15.9 portion of this appropriation as grants 15.10 to the transit systems commonly known 15.11 as opt-outs to replace revenue expected 15.12 from the fare increase. 15.13 Subd. 5. Transit Ways 15.14 For 2001 - $10,000,000 15.15 For engineering, design, and 15.16 construction of transit ways, 15.17 including, but not limited to, 15.18 acquisition of land and right-of-way. 15.19 This appropriation is onetime only and 15.20 is available until spent. 15.21 Of this appropriation, $4,000,000 is 15.22 for a grant to the Dakota county 15.23 regional rail authority to be used as 15.24 follows: 15.25 (1) $2,000,000 is for a feasibility 15.26 study, environmental studies, and 15.27 preliminary engineering in the Cedar 15.28 Avenue corridor to link the Hiawatha, 15.29 Riverview, and Northstar transit 15.30 corridors in Dakota county and to 15.31 provide connection with marked 15.32 interstate highways I-35E and I-35; and 15.33 (2) $2,000,000 is for a transit 15.34 feasibility study, environmental 15.35 studies, and preliminary engineering in 15.36 the corridor that includes trunk 15.37 highway Nos. 52 and 3/Robert Street. 15.38 The study must include an evaluation of 15.39 transit alternatives in the corridor, 15.40 including improved bus services and 15.41 related facilities, or providing a 15.42 dedicated bus transit way, or light 15.43 rail transit. The study must include 15.44 an evaluation of connections to 15.45 downtown St. Paul and the Riverview and 15.46 Red Rock transit corridors. 15.47 Of this appropriation, $5,000,000 is 15.48 for a grant to the Ramsey county 15.49 regional rail authority for 15.50 environmental studies, preliminary 15.51 engineering, and implementation of 15.52 major transit improvements in the 15.53 central corridor linking downtown 15.54 Minneapolis and downtown St. Paul. 15.55 $1,000,000 is for a grant to the Rush 15.56 Line joint power board to implement 15.57 potential transit improvements, 15.58 including park and ride facilities and 15.59 bus lanes. 15.60 Sec. 4. PUBLIC SAFETY 16.1 Subdivision 1. Total 16.2 Appropriation 110,466,000 113,083,000 16.4 For 2001 - $3,020,000 16.5 Summary by Fund 16.6 General 12,290,000 12,046,000 16.7 For 2001 - $1,700,000 16.8 Trunk 16.9 Highway 64,798,000 68,367,000 16.10 For 2001 - $445,000 16.11 Highway User 11,428,000 11,061,000 16.12 For 2001 - $875,000 16.13 Special 16.14 Revenue 21,950,000 21,609,000 16.15 Subd. 2. Administration 16.16 and Related Services 13,169,000 13,365,000 16.17 Summary by Fund 16.18 General 4,578,000 4,603,000 16.19 Trunk Highway 7,206,000 7,377,000 16.20 Highway User 1,385,000 1,385,000 16.21 (a) Office of Communications 16.22 390,000 398,000 16.23 Summary by Fund 16.24 General 20,000 20,000 16.25 Trunk Highway 370,000 378,000 16.26 (b) Public Safety Support 16.27 7,903,000 7,995,000 16.28 Summary by Fund 16.29 General 3,086,000 3,087,000 16.30 Trunk Highway 3,451,000 3,542,000 16.31 Highway User 1,366,000 1,366,000 16.32 $326,000 the first year and $326,000 16.33 the second year are for payment of 16.34 public safety officer survivor benefits 16.35 under Minnesota Statutes, section 16.36 299A.44. If the appropriation for 16.37 either year is insufficient, the 16.38 appropriation for the other year is 16.39 available for it. 16.40 $314,000 the first year and $314,000 16.41 the second year are to be deposited in 16.42 the public safety officer's benefit 16.43 account. This money is available for 16.44 reimbursements under Minnesota 16.45 Statutes, section 299A.465. 17.1 $508,000 the first year and $508,000 17.2 the second year are for soft body armor 17.3 reimbursements under Minnesota 17.4 Statutes, section 299A.38. 17.5 (c) Technical Support Services 17.6 4,876,000 4,972,000 17.7 Summary by Fund 17.8 General 1,472,000 1,496,000 17.9 Trunk Highway 3,385,000 3,457,000 17.10 Highway User 19,000 19,000 17.11 Subd. 3. State Patrol 62,846,000 64,205,000 17.12 Summary by Fund 17.13 General 5,479,000 3,447,000 17.14 Trunk Highway 57,275,000 60,666,000 17.15 Highway User 92,000 92,000 17.16 (a) Patrolling Highways 17.17 50,905,000 54,111,000 17.18 Summary by Fund 17.19 General 37,000 37,000 17.20 For 2001 - $1,625,000 17.21 Trunk Highway 50,776,000 53,982,000 17.22 Highway Users 92,000 92,000 17.23 $1,625,000 in fiscal year 2001 from the 17.24 general fund is onetime only and is for 17.25 the purchase of video cameras for 17.26 installation in state patrol vehicles 17.27 and is available until June 30, 2003. 17.28 Of this appropriation, $1,212,000 the 17.29 first year and $3,082,000 the second 17.30 year from the trunk highway fund are 17.31 for 65 new patrol positions and the 17.32 recruit training academy. 17.33 (b) Commercial Vehicle Enforcement 17.34 6,295,000 6,474,000 17.35 This appropriation is from the trunk 17.36 highway fund. 17.37 (c) Capitol Security 17.38 4,021,000 3,620,000 17.39 Summary by Fund 17.40 General 3,817,000 3,410,000 17.41 Trunk Highway 204,000 210,000 17.42 $500,000 the first year from the 18.1 general fund is to be used by the 18.2 capitol complex security oversight 18.3 committee described in Minnesota 18.4 Statutes, section 299E.03. The 18.5 committee's chair shall use the money 18.6 at the direction of the committee and 18.7 with the advice of the commissioner to 18.8 purchase and install security 18.9 technology in the capitol complex. 18.10 Legislative members of the committee 18.11 may not vote on how the money is to be 18.12 used. The technology must include, but 18.13 is not limited to, video cameras, and 18.14 must be designed to enhance the safety 18.15 of legislators, constitutional 18.16 officers, members of the judiciary, 18.17 commissioners of state agencies, 18.18 visiting dignitaries, and members of 18.19 the public. 18.20 By January 15, 2002, the committee's 18.21 chair shall report on how the money was 18.22 spent to the chairs of the senate and 18.23 house of representatives committees or 18.24 divisions having jurisdiction over 18.25 capitol complex security. The 18.26 commissioner may, upon request of the 18.27 committee, transfer this appropriation 18.28 to the department of administration. 18.29 Subd. 4. Driver and 18.30 Vehicle Services 34,780,000 34,195,000 18.31 For 2001 - $75,000 18.32 Summary by Fund 18.33 General 3,858,000 3,996,000 18.34 For 2001 - $75,000 18.35 Trunk Highway -0- -0- 18.36 For 2001 - $445,000 18.37 Highway User 9,951,000 9,584,000 18.38 For 2001 - $875,000 18.39 Special Revenue 20,971,000 20,615,000 18.40 (a) Vehicle Registration 18.41 and Title 18.42 13,754,000 13,524,000 18.43 Summary by Fund 18.44 General 3,803,000 3,940,000 18.45 Highway User 9,951,000 9,584,000 18.46 For 2001 - $875,000 18.47 $875,000 from the highway user fund is 18.48 added to the appropriation for fiscal 18.49 year 2001 in Laws 1999, chapter 238, 18.50 article 1, section 4, subdivision 4a, 18.51 for increased license plate costs. 18.52 (b) Licensing Drivers 19.1 21,026,000 20,671,000 19.2 Summary by Fund 19.3 General 55,000 56,000 19.4 For 2001 - $75,000 19.5 Special Revenue 20,971,000 20,615,000 19.6 Trunk Highway -0- -0- 19.7 For 2001 - $445,000 19.8 $445,000 from the trunk highway fund is 19.9 added to the appropriation for fiscal 19.10 year 2001 in Laws 1999, chapter 238, 19.11 article 1, section 4, subdivision 4c, 19.12 for increased driver's license card 19.13 production costs. 19.14 $75,000 in fiscal year 2001 from the 19.15 general fund is for translating the 19.16 driver's manual. 19.17 Subd. 5. Traffic Safety 317,000 324,000 19.18 This appropriation is from the trunk 19.19 highway fund. 19.20 Subd. 6. Pipeline Safety 979,000 994,000 19.21 This appropriation is from the pipeline 19.22 safety account in the special revenue 19.23 fund. 19.24 Sec. 5. MINNESOTA SAFETY 19.25 COUNCIL 67,000 67,000 19.26 This is an ongoing appropriation. 19.27 Sec. 6. FINANCE 19.28 For 2001 - $10,000,000 19.29 For transfer to the transportation 19.30 revolving fund. 19.31 This appropriation is onetime only from 19.32 the general fund. 19.33 Sec. 7. GENERAL CONTINGENT 19.34 ACCOUNTS 5,975,000 5,975,000 19.35 The appropriations in this section may 19.36 only be spent with the approval of the 19.37 governor after consultation with the 19.38 legislative advisory commission 19.39 pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 19.40 3.30. 19.41 If an appropriation in this section for 19.42 either year is insufficient, the 19.43 appropriation for the other year is 19.44 available for it. 19.45 Summary by Fund 19.46 General Fund 5,100,000 5,100,000 19.47 Special Revenue 400,000 400,000 20.1 Trunk Highway 200,000 200,000 20.2 Highway User 125,000 125,000 20.3 Airports 50,000 50,000 20.4 Workers' Compensation 100,000 100,000 20.5 $4,400,000 the first year from the 20.6 general fund is for the fiscal year 20.7 2001 required match of federal disaster 20.8 assistance for all currently open 20.9 presidential declared disasters and is 20.10 added to the appropriation in Laws 20.11 1999, chapter 216, article 1, section 20.12 7, subdivision 2, for the state match 20.13 of federal disaster assistance money 20.14 under Minnesota Statutes, section 20.15 12.221. This appropriation is 20.16 available to fund state obligations 20.17 incurred through the receipt of federal 20.18 disaster assistance grants and is 20.19 available the day following final 20.20 enactment. 20.21 Sec. 8. TORT CLAIMS 600,000 600,000 20.22 To be spent by the commissioner of 20.23 finance. 20.24 This appropriation is from the trunk 20.25 highway fund. 20.26 If the appropriation for either year is 20.27 insufficient, the appropriation for the 20.28 other year is available for it. 20.29 ARTICLE 2 20.30 CRIMINAL JUSTICE APPROPRIATIONS 20.31 Section 1. [APPROPRIATIONS.] 20.32 The sums shown in the columns marked "APPROPRIATIONS" are 20.33 appropriated from the general fund, or another named fund, to 20.34 the agencies and for the purposes specified in this article, to 20.35 be available for the fiscal years indicated for each purpose. 20.36 The figures "2001," "2002," and "2003," where used in this 20.37 article, mean that the appropriations listed under them are 20.38 available for the year ending June 30, 2001, June 30, 2002, or 20.39 June 30, 2003, respectively. The term "first year" means the 20.40 year ending June 30, 2002, and the term "second year" means the 20.41 year ending June 30, 2003. Appropriations for the year ending 20.42 June 30, 2001, are in addition to appropriations made in 20.43 previous years. 20.44 SUMMARY BY FUND 20.45 2002 2003 TOTAL 21.1 General $ 85,426,000 $ 83,660,000 $ 169,086,000 21.2 For 2001 - $16,300,000 21.3 Special Revenue 5,983,000 5,421,000 11,404,000 21.4 Environmental 47,000 49,000 96,000 21.5 State Government 21.6 Special Revenue 7,000 7,000 14,000 21.7 Trunk Highway 354,000 361,000 715,000 21.8 TOTAL $ 91,817,000 $ 89,498,000 $ 181,315,000 21.9 For 2001 - $16,300,000 21.10 APPROPRIATIONS 21.11 Available for the Year 21.12 Ending June 30 21.13 2002 2003 21.14 Sec. 2. CRIME VICTIM 21.15 OMBUDSMAN 408,000 419,000 21.16 Sec. 3. PUBLIC SAFETY 21.17 Subdivision 1. Total 21.18 Appropriation 96,928,000 88,882,000 21.19 For 2001 - $16,300,000 21.20 Summary by Fund 21.21 2002 2003 21.22 General 84,874,000 83,093,000 21.23 For 2001 - $16,300,000 21.24 Special Revenue 1,291,000 697,000 21.25 State Government 21.26 Special Revenue 7,000 7,000 21.27 Environmental 47,000 49,000 21.28 Trunk Highway 354,000 361,000 21.29 The amounts that may be spent from this 21.30 appropriation for each program are 21.31 specified in the following subdivisions. 21.32 Subd. 2. Emergency Management 21.33 Summary by Fund 21.34 General 7,591,000 7,633,000 21.35 For 2001 - $6,000,000 21.36 Environmental 47,000 49,000 21.37 (a) The department may carry $82,000 21.38 from the biennium ending June 30, 2001, 21.39 to the biennium ending June 30, 2003. 21.40 (b) $5,000,000 the first year and 21.41 $5,000,000 the second year from the 21.42 general fund are for the state match of 21.43 federal disaster assistance money under 22.1 Minnesota Statutes, section 12.221. 22.2 The unused balance each year must be 22.3 transferred to the state's general 22.4 contingent account. 22.5 (c) $6,000,000 in fiscal year 2001 from 22.6 the general fund is for a grant to the 22.7 city of Granite Falls to assist with 22.8 tornado-related costs that are not 22.9 eligible for reimbursement under the 22.10 Federal Emergency Management Agency 22.11 disaster relief programs, including 22.12 acquisition and cleanup costs of 22.13 ineligible properties; costs of lost 22.14 interest earnings; and costs of damage 22.15 assessment, repair, replacement, 22.16 extension, or improvement of publicly 22.17 owned wastewater and municipal utility 22.18 services and drinking water systems, 22.19 and is available until June 30, 2003. 22.20 (d) $1,121,000 the first year and 22.21 $1,128,000 the second year from the 22.22 general fund are for hazardous 22.23 materials emergency response/chemical 22.24 assessment teams. 22.25 Subd. 3. Criminal Apprehension 22.26 Summary by Fund 22.27 General 31,500,000 31,786,000 22.28 For 2001 - $8,000,000 22.29 Special Revenue 1,291,000 697,000 22.30 State Government 22.31 Special Revenue 7,000 7,000 22.32 Trunk Highway 354,000 361,000 22.33 (a) $99,000 the first year and $99,000 22.34 the second year from the bureau of 22.35 criminal apprehension account in the 22.36 special revenue fund are for grants to 22.37 local officials for the cooperative 22.38 investigation of cross-jurisdictional 22.39 criminal activity. Any unencumbered 22.40 balance remaining in the first year 22.41 does not cancel but is available for 22.42 the second year. 22.43 (b) $1,332,000 the first year and 22.44 $1,357,000 the second year from the 22.45 general fund are for laboratory 22.46 analysis related to driving while 22.47 impaired cases. 22.48 (c) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 22.49 section 161.20, subdivision 3, $354,000 22.50 the first year and $361,000 the second 22.51 year from the trunk highway fund are 22.52 for laboratory analysis related to 22.53 driving while impaired cases. 22.54 (d) $750,000 the first year and 22.55 $750,000 the second year are for the 22.56 CriMNet project components to maintain 22.57 the CriMNet enterprise model for use in 22.58 all criminal justice information 23.1 systems implementation efforts, and to 23.2 staff other CriMNet activities. 23.3 (e) $8,000,000 in fiscal year 2001, 23.4 $1,000,000 the first year and 23.5 $1,000,000 the second year are onetime 23.6 appropriations for grants under 23.7 Minnesota Statutes, section 299C.65, 23.8 subdivision 7, to implement criminal 23.9 justice information integration plans 23.10 for entities that have completed 23.11 integration plans under Minnesota 23.12 Statutes, section 299C.65, subdivision 23.13 6, and are available until June 30, 23.14 2003. 23.15 (f) $500,000 the first year and 23.16 $500,000 the second year are onetime 23.17 appropriations for grants to develop 23.18 criminal justice information 23.19 integration plans under Minnesota 23.20 Statutes, section 299C.65, subdivision 23.21 6. 23.22 (g) $1,000,000 the first year and 23.23 $1,000,000 the second year are for the 23.24 CriMNet project component to work on 23.25 eliminating records currently in the 23.26 criminal history suspense file, and to 23.27 assist local agencies in changing their 23.28 business practices to prevent 23.29 inaccurate and incomplete data from 23.30 being submitted. 23.31 Subd. 4. Fire Marshal 23.32 3,280,000 3,363,000 23.33 Subd. 5. Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement 23.34 1,822,000 1,864,000 23.35 Subd. 6. Crime Victim Services Center 23.36 32,682,000 32,536,000 23.37 For 2001 - $300,000 23.38 (a) $300,000 in fiscal year 2001 and 23.39 $100,000 the second year are for the 23.40 statewide automated victim notification 23.41 system described in Minnesota Statutes, 23.42 section 299A.76. Of this amount, 23.43 $100,000 the second year adds to the 23.44 agency's base budget. 23.45 (b) $280,000 the first year is a 23.46 onetime appropriation for the pilot 23.47 project grant program to provide 23.48 neighborhood-based services to crime 23.49 victims and witnesses described in 23.50 section 14. The grant recipient or 23.51 recipients shall use the grant money to 23.52 offer services in a minimum of five 23.53 locations, at least three of which must 23.54 be locations where these types of 23.55 services are not currently offered. 23.56 (c) $250,000 the first year and 23.57 $250,000 the second year are onetime 23.58 appropriations for a sexual assault 24.1 multidisciplinary action response teams 24.2 grant program. Of this appropriation, 24.3 $75,000 each year is for technical 24.4 assistance and training services 24.5 provided by the sexual assault justice 24.6 institute of the Minnesota coalition 24.7 against sexual assault. To receive 24.8 state funds, grantees must provide a 25 24.9 percent match. The match may include 24.10 in-kind services. 24.11 The executive director, in consultation 24.12 with the sexual assault advisory 24.13 council, shall make grants to counties 24.14 or groups of counties to establish 24.15 response teams. The response teams are 24.16 responsible for developing interagency 24.17 protocols following the eight-step 24.18 process developed as the Minnesota 24.19 model sexual assault response 24.20 protocol. Response teams shall work in 24.21 collaboration with the sexual violence 24.22 justice institute of the Minnesota 24.23 coalition against sexual assault. 24.24 Response teams shall include: 24.25 (1) a chief law enforcement officer or 24.26 designee; 24.27 (2) a county attorney or designee; 24.28 (3) a victims' advocate; and 24.29 (4) a medical evidentiary exam provider. 24.30 Additional representation may include, 24.31 but is not limited to: mental health 24.32 professionals, representatives from 24.33 institutions of higher learning, 24.34 representatives from district court 24.35 administration, representatives from 24.36 corrections agencies, clergy, and 24.37 community-based agencies providing 24.38 services to victims of sexual assault. 24.39 The executive director shall award up 24.40 to ten grants in a manner that attempts 24.41 to ensure statewide distribution of 24.42 response teams. 24.43 (d) $1,000,000 the first year and 24.44 $1,000,000 the second year are onetime 24.45 appropriations for per diem funding for 24.46 battered women shelters under Minnesota 24.47 Statutes, section 611A.32, and for safe 24.48 homes. 24.49 Subd. 7. Law Enforcement and Community Grants 24.50 7,999,000 5,911,000 24.51 For 2001 - $2,000,000 24.52 (a) $250,000 the first year is a 24.53 onetime appropriation for a grant to 24.54 the Pennington county sheriff for 24.55 implementation of an 800 MHz trunked 24.56 public safety radio system. 24.57 (b) $1,000,000 the first year is a 25.1 onetime appropriation for grants under 25.2 Minnesota Statutes, section 299C.065, 25.3 subdivision 1, clause (1), for 25.4 increased law enforcement costs 25.5 relating to methamphetamine trafficking 25.6 and production. Grant recipients must 25.7 be chosen by the office of drug policy 25.8 and violence prevention after 25.9 consulting with the narcotics 25.10 enforcement coordinating committee. 25.11 Grants must be allocated in a balanced 25.12 manner among rural, suburban, and urban 25.13 drug task force agencies. Grants may 25.14 be awarded and used for the following 25.15 items relating to clandestine 25.16 methamphetamine labs: 25.17 (1) increased general law enforcement 25.18 costs; 25.19 (2) training materials and public 25.20 awareness publications; 25.21 (3) peace officer training courses, 25.22 certification, and equipment; and 25.23 (4) reimbursements to law enforcement 25.24 agencies for extraordinary or unusual 25.25 overtime and investigative expenses. 25.26 Grants must not be used for 25.27 methamphetamine lab site cleanup or 25.28 disposal of seized equipment or 25.29 chemicals. Additionally, grants must 25.30 not supplant current local spending or 25.31 other state or federal grants allocated 25.32 by the commissioner of public safety 25.33 for similar purposes. 25.34 (c) $550,000 the first year and 25.35 $550,000 the second year are to 25.36 continue to operate the youth 25.37 experience alternatives program, which 25.38 includes weekend camp programs for 25.39 at-risk youth described as the Camp 25.40 Ripley weekend camp program in Laws 25.41 1997, chapter 239, article 1, section 25.42 12, subdivision 3, as amended by Laws 25.43 1998, chapter 367, article 10, section 25.44 13. The commissioner shall attempt to 25.45 serve at least 500 juveniles per year 25.46 within this appropriation. This 25.47 appropriation adds to the agency's base 25.48 budget. 25.49 (d) $2,000,000 in fiscal year 2001 is a 25.50 onetime appropriation for grants 25.51 authorized under Minnesota Statutes, 25.52 section 299A.66, subdivisions 1 and 2, 25.53 and is available until June 30, 2003. 25.54 (e) $250,000 the first year and 25.55 $250,000 the second year are onetime 25.56 appropriations for distribution as 25.57 matching funds to counties 25.58 participating in multijurisdictional 25.59 narcotics task forces that receive 25.60 federal Byrne grant funds. These 25.61 matching funds are available statewide 25.62 to any county currently participating 25.63 in a task force, any county seeking to 26.1 join an existing task force, and any 26.2 county starting its own task force. 26.3 (f) $600,000 the first year is a 26.4 onetime appropriation for a grant to 26.5 the Ramsey county attorney's office to 26.6 continue funding the joint domestic 26.7 abuse prosecution unit. Of this 26.8 appropriation, $100,000 is for a grant 26.9 to the Ramsey county public defender's 26.10 office to continue work related to the 26.11 joint domestic abuse prosecution unit. 26.12 This appropriation is available until 26.13 June 30, 2003. 26.14 The Ramsey county attorney's office and 26.15 the St. Paul city attorney's office 26.16 shall continue the joint domestic abuse 26.17 prosecution unit pilot project 26.18 established by the legislature under 26.19 Laws 2000, chapters 471, section 3; and 26.20 488, article 6, section 10. The 26.21 appropriation must be used to continue 26.22 the pilot project beyond its first year 26.23 of operation and allow a meaningful 26.24 evaluation that will benefit other 26.25 jurisdictions in Minnesota. The unit 26.26 has authority to prosecute 26.27 misdemeanors, gross misdemeanors, and 26.28 felonies. The unit shall also 26.29 coordinate efforts with child 26.30 protection attorneys. The unit may 26.31 include four cross-deputized assistant 26.32 city attorneys and assistant county 26.33 attorneys and a police investigator. A 26.34 victim/witness advocate, a law clerk, a 26.35 paralegal, and a secretary may provide 26.36 support. 26.37 The goals of this pilot project are to: 26.38 (1) recognize children as both victims 26.39 and witnesses in domestic abuse 26.40 situations; 26.41 (2) recognize and respect the interests 26.42 of children in the prosecution of 26.43 domestic abuse; and 26.44 (3) reduce the exposure to domestic 26.45 violence for both adult and child 26.46 victims. 26.47 By January 15, 2002, the Ramsey county 26.48 attorney's office and the St. Paul city 26.49 attorney's office shall report to the 26.50 chairs and ranking minority members of 26.51 the senate and house of representatives 26.52 committees and divisions having 26.53 jurisdiction over criminal justice 26.54 policy and funding on the pilot 26.55 project. The report may include the 26.56 number and types of cases referred, the 26.57 number of cases charged, the outcome of 26.58 cases, and other relevant outcome 26.59 measures. 26.60 (g) $300,000 the first year and 26.61 $300,000 the second year are for grants 26.62 to the center for reducing rural 26.63 violence to be used by the center to 27.1 continue the violence prevention 27.2 services and related technical 27.3 assistance it currently offers to rural 27.4 communities. This appropriation adds 27.5 to the agency's base budget. 27.6 (h) $250,000 the first year is for 27.7 grants under Minnesota Statutes, 27.8 section 299A.62, the community-oriented 27.9 policing program, to fund overtime for 27.10 peace officers. Fifty percent is to be 27.11 used for grants to St. Paul and 27.12 Minneapolis police departments and 50 27.13 percent is to be used for grants to 27.14 other police departments statewide. 27.15 This appropriation is available until 27.16 June 30, 2003. 27.17 Sec. 4. BOARD OF PEACE OFFICER 27.18 STANDARDS AND TRAINING 4,692,000 4,724,000 27.19 This appropriation is from the peace 27.20 officer training account in the special 27.21 revenue fund. Any receipts credited to 27.22 the peace officer training account in 27.23 the special revenue fund in the first 27.24 year in excess of $4,692,000 must be 27.25 transferred and credited to the general 27.26 fund. Any receipts credited to the 27.27 peace officer training account in the 27.28 special revenue fund in the second year 27.29 in excess of $4,724,000 must be 27.30 transferred and credited to the general 27.31 fund. 27.32 Sec. 5. BOARD OF PRIVATE DETECTIVE 27.33 AND PROTECTIVE AGENT SERVICES 144,000 148,000 27.34 The board may increase the amounts 27.35 charged for initial licenses, 27.36 application fees, reissuance fees, 27.37 designation fees, status fees, and 27.38 business fees as specified on page 27.39 H-331 of the governor's 2002-2003 27.40 proposed criminal justice budget. 27.41 Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 13.87, is amended 27.42 by adding a subdivision to read: 27.43 Subd. 3. [INTERNET ACCESS.] (a) Notwithstanding section 27.44 13.03, subdivision 3, paragraph (a), the bureau of criminal 27.45 apprehension may charge a fee for Internet access to public 27.46 criminal history data provided through August 1, 2005. The fee 27.47 may not exceed $5 per inquiry or the amount needed to recoup the 27.48 actual cost of implementing and providing Internet access, 27.49 whichever is less. 27.50 (b) The Web site must include a notice to the subject of 27.51 data of the right to contest the accuracy or completeness of 27.52 data, as provided under section 13.04, subdivision 4, and 27.53 provide a telephone number and address that the subject may 28.1 contact for further information on this process. 28.2 (c) The Web site must include the effective date of data 28.3 that is posted. 28.4 (d) The Web site must include a description of the types of 28.5 criminal history data not available on the site, including 28.6 arrest data, juvenile data, criminal history data from other 28.7 states, federal data, data on convictions where 15 years have 28.8 elapsed since discharge of the sentence, and other data that are 28.9 not accessible to the public. 28.10 (e) The Web site must include a notice that a person 28.11 obtaining access to the site has a duty to disclose criminal 28.12 history data obtained from the site to the subject of the data 28.13 if any adverse decision regarding employment, housing, or credit 28.14 is based in whole or in part on the data. This paragraph does 28.15 not create a civil cause of action on behalf of the data subject. 28.16 Sec. 7. [299A.76] [AUTOMATED VICTIM NOTIFICATION SYSTEM.] 28.17 The center for crime victim services shall oversee the 28.18 design and implementation of a statewide automated victim 28.19 notification system serving state and local correctional 28.20 facilities and courts. 28.21 Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 299C.10, 28.22 subdivision 1, is amended to read: 28.23 Subdivision 1. [LAW ENFORCEMENT DUTYREQUIRED 28.24 FINGERPRINTING.] (a)It is hereby made the duty of theSheriffs 28.25of the respective counties, of the police, peace officersin28.26cities of the first, second, and third classes, under the28.27direction of the chiefs of police in such cities, andof28.28 community corrections agencies operating secure juvenile 28.29 detention facilitiestoshall take or cause to be taken 28.30 immediately finger and thumb prints, photographs, distinctive 28.31 physical mark identification data, information on any known 28.32 aliases or street names, and other identification data requested 28.33 or required by the superintendent of the bureau, of the 28.34 following: 28.35 (1) persons arrested for, appearing in court on a charge 28.36 of, or convicted of a felonyor, gross misdemeanor, or targeted 29.1 misdemeanor; 29.2 (2) juveniles arrested for, appearing in court on a charge 29.3 of, adjudicated delinquent for, or alleged to have committed 29.4 felonies or gross misdemeanors as distinguished from those 29.5 committed by adult offenders; 29.6 (3) persons reasonably believed by the arresting officer to 29.7 be fugitives from justice; 29.8 (4) persons in whose possession, when arrested, are found 29.9 concealed firearms or other dangerous weapons, burglar tools or 29.10 outfits, high-power explosives, or articles, machines, or 29.11 appliances usable for an unlawful purpose and reasonably 29.12 believed by the arresting officer to be intended for such 29.13 purposes; and 29.14 (5) juveniles referred by a law enforcement agency to a 29.15 diversion program for a felony or gross misdemeanor offense. 29.16 Unless the superintendent of the bureau requires a shorter 29.17 period, within 24 hours the fingerprint records and other 29.18 identification data specified under this paragraph must be 29.19 forwarded to the bureauof criminal apprehensionon such forms 29.20 and in such manner as may be prescribed by the superintendentof29.21the bureau of criminal apprehension. 29.22 (b)Effective August 1, 1997, the identification reporting29.23requirements shall also apply to persons arrested for or alleged29.24to have committed targeted misdemeanor offenses and juveniles29.25arrested for or alleged to have committed gross misdemeanors.29.26In addition, the reporting requirements shall include any known29.27aliases or street names of the offendersProsecutors, courts, 29.28 and probation officers shall attempt to ensure that the required 29.29 identification data is taken on a person described in paragraph 29.30 (a). 29.31 (c) For purposes of this section, a targeted misdemeanor is 29.32 a misdemeanor violation of section 169A.20 (driving while 29.33 impaired), 518B.01 (order for protection violation), 609.224 29.34 (fifth degree assault), 609.2242 (domestic assault), 609.746 29.35 (interference with privacy), 609.748 (harassment or restraining 29.36 order violation), or 617.23 (indecent exposure). 30.1 Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 299C.11, is 30.2 amended to read: 30.3 299C.11 [IDENTIFICATION DATA FURNISHED TO BUREAU.] 30.4 (a)TheEach sheriffof each countyandthechief of police 30.5of each city of the first, second, and third classesshall 30.6 furnish the bureau, upon such form as the superintendent shall 30.7 prescribe, with such finger and thumb prints, photographs, 30.8 distinctive physical mark identification data, information on 30.9 known aliases and street names, and other identification data as 30.10 may be requested or required by the superintendent of the 30.11 bureau, whichmaymust be taken under the provisions of section 30.12 299C.10, of persons who shall be convicted of a felony, gross30.13misdemeanor, or who shall be. In addition, sheriffs and chiefs 30.14 of police shall furnish this identification data to the bureau 30.15 for individuals found to have been convicted of a felonyor, 30.16 gross misdemeanor, or targeted misdemeanor, within the ten years 30.17nextimmediately preceding their arrest. 30.18 (b) No petition under chapter 609A is required if the 30.19 person has not been convicted of any felony or gross 30.20 misdemeanor, either within or without the state, within the 30.21 period of ten years immediately preceding the determination of 30.22 all pending criminal actions or proceedings in favor of the 30.23 arrested person, and either of the following occurred: 30.24 (1) all charges were dismissed prior to a determination of 30.25 probable cause; or 30.26 (2) the prosecuting authority declined to file any charges 30.27 and a grand jury did not return an indictment. 30.28 Where these conditions are met, the bureau or agency shall, upon 30.29 demand, return to the arrested person finger and thumb prints, 30.30 photographs, distinctive physical mark identification data, 30.31 information on known aliases and street names, and other 30.32 identification data, and all copies and duplicates of them. 30.33 (c) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b), upon the 30.34 determination of all pending criminal actions or proceedings in 30.35 favor of the arrested person, and the granting of the petition 30.36 of the arrested person under chapter 609A, the bureau shall seal 31.1 finger and thumb prints, photographs, distinctive physical mark 31.2 identification data, information on known aliases and street 31.3 names, and other identification data, and all copies and 31.4 duplicates of them if the arrested person has not been convicted 31.5 of any felony or gross misdemeanor, either within or without the 31.6 state, within the period of ten years immediately preceding such 31.7 determination. 31.8 (d) DNA samples and DNA records of the arrested person 31.9 shall not be returned, sealed, or destroyed as to a charge 31.10 supported by probable cause. 31.11 (e) For purposes of this section,: 31.12 (1) "determination of all pending criminal actions or 31.13 proceedings in favor of the arrested person" does not include: 31.14(1)(i) the sealing of a criminal record pursuant to 31.15 section 152.18, subdivision 1, 242.31, or chapter 609A; 31.16(2)(ii) the arrested person's successful completion of a 31.17 diversion program; 31.18(3)(iii) an order of discharge under section 609.165; or 31.19(4)(iv) a pardon granted under section 638.02; and 31.20 (2) "targeted misdemeanor" has the meaning given in section 31.21 299C.10, subdivision 1. 31.22 Sec. 10. [299C.111] [SUSPENSE FILE REPORTING.] 31.23 (a) By June 1 and December 1 of each year, the 31.24 superintendent shall provide an entity or individual having 31.25 responsibility regarding identification data under section 31.26 299C.10 and the criminal and juvenile justice information policy 31.27 group with summary data on the number of disposition records 31.28 pertaining to the entity or individual that have not been linked 31.29 to an arrest record. 31.30 (b) The superintendent shall immediately notify the 31.31 appropriate entity or individual when a disposition record is 31.32 received that cannot be linked to an arrest record. 31.33 (c) By June 1 and December 1 of each year, the 31.34 superintendent shall provide the criminal and juvenile justice 31.35 information policy group with the number of identification 31.36 records not entered on the automated fingerprint identification 32.1 system and the criminal history files. 32.2 Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 299C.147, 32.3 subdivision 2, is amended to read: 32.4 Subd. 2. [ESTABLISHMENT.] The bureau shall administer and 32.5 maintain a computerized data system for the purpose of assisting 32.6 criminal justice agencies in monitoring and enforcing the 32.7 conditions of conditional release imposed on criminal offenders 32.8 by a sentencing court or the commissioner of corrections. The 32.9 data in the system are private data as defined in section 13.02, 32.10 subdivision 12, but are accessible to criminal justice agencies 32.11 as defined in section 13.02, subdivision 3a, to public defenders 32.12 as provided in section 611.272, to the district court, and to 32.13 criminal justice agencies in other states in the conduct of 32.14 their official duties. 32.15 Sec. 12. [609.118] [FINGERPRINTING REQUIRED.] 32.16 (a) When a person is convicted of a felony, gross 32.17 misdemeanor, or targeted misdemeanor, as defined in section 32.18 299C.10, subdivision 1, or is adjudicated delinquent for a 32.19 felony or gross misdemeanor, the court shall order the offender 32.20 to immediately report to the law enforcement agency responsible 32.21 for the charge resulting in conviction or adjudication for the 32.22 collection of fingerprint and other identification data required 32.23 under section 299C.10, regardless of the sentence imposed or 32.24 executed. 32.25 (b) Paragraph (a) does not apply if the person is remanded 32.26 to the custody of a law enforcement agency or if the 32.27 identification data was collected prior to the conviction or 32.28 adjudication for the offense. 32.29 (c) A person who fails to obey a court order under 32.30 paragraph (a) is subject to probation revocation, contempt of 32.31 court, or any other appropriate remedy. 32.32 (d) This section does not limit or restrict any other 32.33 statutory requirements or more stringent local policies 32.34 regarding the collection of identification data. 32.35 Sec. 13. [AUTOMATED VICTIM NOTIFICATION SYSTEM PLAN AND 32.36 REPORT.] 33.1 The commissioner of public safety, in consultation with the 33.2 state court administrator and local law enforcement and 33.3 correctional agencies, shall develop an equitable ongoing 33.4 funding plan to cover the automated victim notification system's 33.5 operating costs. The plan must take into account the ability of 33.6 each entity to pay these costs. By January 15, 2003, the 33.7 commissioner shall report on the plan to the chairs of the 33.8 senate and house of representatives committees or divisions 33.9 having jurisdiction over criminal justice policy and funding. 33.10 Sec. 14. [PILOT PROJECT GRANT PROGRAM TO PROVIDE SERVICES 33.11 TO CRIME VICTIMS AND WITNESSES.] 33.12 Subdivision 1. [PROGRAM DESCRIBED.] The commissioner of 33.13 public safety, in consultation with the executive director of 33.14 the center for crime victim services, shall administer a pilot 33.15 project grant program and make grants to nonprofit organizations 33.16 to provide neighborhood-based services to victims and witnesses 33.17 of crime during the period between the occurrence of the crime 33.18 and the filing of charges against the alleged perpetrator. 33.19 Grant recipients must target victims and witnesses of crime from 33.20 groups that currently underreport crime, including recent 33.21 immigrants or refugees, communities of color, and victims of 33.22 bias-motivated crime. Services must be provided in locations 33.23 and at times typically convenient to prospective clients. The 33.24 types of services that may be offered by grant recipients are 33.25 those that attempt to address the lack of trust and 33.26 understanding that prospective clients have of the criminal 33.27 justice system and include legal advice and advocacy services. 33.28 The executive director shall ensure that grants under this 33.29 section fund pilot projects offering the described services in a 33.30 minimum of five locations, at least three of which must be ones 33.31 where these types of services are not currently offered. 33.32 Subd. 2. [REQUIRED REPORT.] By January 15, 2004, the 33.33 executive director shall report to the chairs and ranking 33.34 minority members of the senate and house of representatives 33.35 committees and divisions having jurisdiction over criminal 33.36 justice funding on the grants made and pilot projects funded 34.1 under this section. 34.2 ARTICLE 3 34.3 OTHER AGENCY APPROPRIATIONS 34.4 Section 1. [ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; APPROPRIATIONS.] 34.5 The sums shown in the columns marked "APPROPRIATIONS" are 34.6 appropriated from the general fund, or another named fund, to 34.7 the agencies and for the purposes specified in this article, to 34.8 be available for the fiscal years indicated for each purpose. 34.9 The figures "2002" and "2003," where used in this article, mean 34.10 that the appropriations listed under them are available for the 34.11 year ending June 30, 2002, or June 30, 2003, respectively. The 34.12 term "first year" means the fiscal year ending June 30, 2002, 34.13 and "second year" means the fiscal year ending June 30, 2003. 34.14 SUMMARY BY FUND 34.15 2002 2003 TOTAL 34.16 General $ 71,529,000 $ 68,085,000 $139,614,000 34.17 Petroleum Tank 34.18 Cleanup 1,064,000 1,084,000 2,146,000 34.19 Health Care Access 15,000,000 15,000,000 30,000,000 34.20 Workers' 34.21 Compensation 23,216,000 23,765,000 46,981,000 34.22 Workforce 34.23 Development Fund 793,000 808,000 1,601,000 34.24 TOTAL $111,602,000 $108,742,000 $220,344,000 34.25 APPROPRIATIONS 34.26 Available for the Year 34.27 Ending June 30 34.28 2002 2003 34.29 Sec. 2. COMMERCE 34.30 Subdivision 1. Total 34.31 Appropriation 41,897,000 42,557,000 34.32 Summary by Fund 34.33 General 25,234,000 25,858,000 34.34 Petroleum Tank 34.35 Cleanup 1,064,000 1,084,000 34.36 Workers' 34.37 Compensation 599,000 615,000 34.38 Health Care 34.39 Access 15,000,000 15,000,000 34.40 The amounts that may be spent from this 34.41 appropriation for each program are 34.42 specified in the following subdivisions. 35.1 Subd. 2. Financial Examinations 35.2 6,379,000 6,555,000 35.3 Subd. 3. Enforcement and Compliance 35.4 20,526,000 20,670,000 35.5 Summary by Fund 35.6 General 4,927,000 5,055,000 35.7 Workers' 35.8 Compensation 599,000 615,000 35.9 Health Care 35.10 Access 15,000,000 15,000,000 35.11 Subd. 4. Energy 35.12 3,809,000 3,884,000 35.13 $588,000 each year is for transfer to 35.14 the energy and conservation account 35.15 established in Minnesota Statutes, 35.16 section 216B.241, subdivision 2a, for 35.17 programs administered by the 35.18 commissioner of children, families, and 35.19 learning to improve the energy 35.20 efficiency of residential oil-fired 35.21 heating plants in low-income households 35.22 and, when necessary, to provide 35.23 weatherization services to the homes. 35.24 Subd. 5. Petroleum Tank Release 35.25 Cleanup 35.26 1,064,000 1,084,000 35.27 This appropriation is from the 35.28 petroleum tank release cleanup fund. 35.29 Subd. 6. Administrative Services 35.30 5,852,000 6,003,000 35.31 Subd. 7. Telecommunications 35.32 986,000 1,008,000 35.33 Subd. 8. Weights and Measures 35.34 3,281,000 3,353,000 35.35 Sec. 3. BOARD OF ACCOUNTANCY 683,000 721,000 35.36 Sec. 4. BOARD OF ARCHITECTURE, 35.37 ENGINEERING, LAND SURVEYING, 35.38 LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE, AND 35.39 INTERIOR DESIGN 951,000 981,000 35.41 Sec. 5. BOARD OF BARBER 35.42 EXAMINERS 153,000 159,000 35.43 Sec. 6. LABOR AND INDUSTRY 35.44 Subdivision 1. Total 35.45 Appropriation 25,408,000 26,001,000 35.46 Summary by Fund 36.1 General 3,567,000 3,661,000 36.2 Workers' 36.3 Compensation 21,048,000 21,532,000 36.4 Workforce 36.5 Development Fund 793,000 808,000 36.6 The amounts that may be spent from this 36.7 appropriation for each program are 36.8 specified in the following subdivisions. 36.9 Subd. 2. Workers' Compensation 36.10 10,912,000 11,178,000 36.11 This appropriation is from the workers' 36.12 compensation fund. 36.13 $125,000 the first year and $125,000 36.14 the second year are for grants to the 36.15 Vinland Center for rehabilitation 36.16 service. 36.17 Subd. 3. Workplace Services 36.18 7,468,000 7,643,000 36.19 Summary by Fund 36.20 General 2,493,000 2,555,000 36.21 Workers' 36.22 Compensation 4,182,000 4,280,000 36.23 Workforce 36.24 Development Fund 793,000 808,000 36.25 $204,000 the first year and $204,000 36.26 the second year are for labor education 36.27 and advancement program grants. The 36.28 commissioner must report to the 36.29 legislature by February 15, 2003, on 36.30 the success of the program in placing 36.31 and retaining participants. This 36.32 appropriation is from the workforce 36.33 development fund. 36.34 Subd. 4. General Support 36.35 7,028,000 7,180,000 36.36 Summary by Fund 36.37 General 1,074,000 1,106,000 36.38 Workers' 36.39 Compensation 5,954,000 6,074,000 36.40 Sec. 7. BUREAU OF MEDIATION SERVICES 36.41 Subdivision 1. Total 36.42 Appropriation 2,259,000 2,307,000 36.43 The amounts that may be spent from this 36.44 appropriation for each program are 36.45 specified in the following subdivisions. 36.46 Subd. 2. Mediation Services 36.47 1,807,000 1,851,000 37.1 Subd. 3. Labor Management Cooperation Grants 37.2 331,000 331,000 37.3 $331,000 each year is for grants to 37.4 area labor-management committees. Any 37.5 unencumbered balance remaining at the 37.6 end of the first year does not cancel 37.7 but is available for the second year. 37.8 Subd. 4. Office of Dispute Resolution 37.9 121,000 125,000 37.10 Sec. 8. PUBLIC UTILITIES 37.11 COMMISSION 3,994,000 4,163,000 37.12 Sec. 9. MINNESOTA HISTORICAL 37.13 SOCIETY 37.14 Subdivision 1. Total 37.15 Appropriation 27,229,000 27,959,000 37.16 The amounts that may be spent from this 37.17 appropriation for each program are 37.18 specified in the following subdivisions. 37.19 Subd. 2. Education and 37.20 Outreach 15,135,000 15,762,000 37.21 $200,000 the first year and $300,000 37.22 the second year are for operating 37.23 expenses at the Northwest Fur Company 37.24 Post. 37.25 $300,000 the first year and $500,000 37.26 the second year are for operating 37.27 expenses at the Mill City Museum, St. 37.28 Anthony Falls. 37.29 Subd. 3. Preservation and Access 37.30 11,568,000 11,819,000 37.31 Subd. 4. Fiscal Agent 37.32 General 526,000 378,000 37.33 (a) Sibley House Association 37.34 88,000 88,000 37.35 This appropriation is available for 37.36 operation and maintenance of the Sibley 37.37 House and related buildings on the Old 37.38 Mendota state historic site operated by 37.39 the Sibley House Association. 37.40 (b) Minnesota International Center 37.41 50,000 50,000 37.42 (c) Minnesota Air National 37.43 Guard Museum 37.44 19,000 -0- 37.45 (d) Institute for Learning and 37.46 Teaching - Project 120 37.47 110,000 110,000 38.1 (e) Minnesota Military Museum 38.2 59,000 30,000 38.3 (f) Farmamerica 38.4 100,000 100,000 38.5 Notwithstanding any other law, this 38.6 appropriation may be used for 38.7 operations. 38.8 (g) Little Elk Heritage Preserve 38.9 100,000 -0- 38.10 This appropriation is to assist the 38.11 Institute for Minnesota Archaeology in 38.12 site research and preservation, 38.13 economic and infrastructure 38.14 development, public outreach, and 38.15 education programming. The 38.16 appropriated funds may be matched by 38.17 nonstate sources. 38.18 (h) Balances Forward 38.19 Any unencumbered balance remaining in 38.20 this subdivision the first year does 38.21 not cancel but is available for the 38.22 second year of the biennium. 38.23 Sec. 10. COUNCIL ON BLACK 38.24 MINNESOTANS 339,000 349,000 38.25 $25,000 each year is for expenses 38.26 associated with the Dr. Martin Luther 38.27 King day activities. 38.28 Sec. 11. COUNCIL ON 38.29 CHICANO-LATINO AFFAIRS 334,000 344,000 38.30 Sec. 12. COUNCIL ON 38.31 ASIAN-PACIFIC MINNESOTANS 295,000 304,000 38.32 Sec. 13. INDIAN AFFAIRS 38.33 COUNCIL 584,000 602,000 38.34 Sec. 14. WORKERS' COMPENSATION 38.35 COURT OF APPEALS 1,569,000 1,618,000 38.36 This appropriation is from the workers' 38.37 compensation fund. 38.38 Sec. 15. AMATEUR SPORTS 38.39 COMMISSION 5,907,000 677,000 38.40 Of this appropriation, $2,750,000 the 38.41 first year is for matching grants for 38.42 soccer field development under 38.43 Minnesota Statutes, section 240A.13. 38.44 Of this appropriation, $2,500,000 the 38.45 first year is for matching grants for 38.46 ice arena development under Minnesota 38.47 Statutes, section 240A.13. 38.48 Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 184.29, is 38.49 amended to read: 39.1 184.29 [FEES.] 39.2 Before a license is granted to an applicant, the applicant 39.3 shall pay the following fee: 39.4 (a) An employment agent shall pay an annual license fee of 39.5 $250 for each license. 39.6 (b)A search firm exempt under section 184.22, subdivision39.72, shall pay an annual registration fee of $250, accompanying39.8the annual statement to the commissioner.39.9(c)An applicant for a counselor's license shall pay a 39.10 license fee of $20 and a renewal fee of $10. 39.11(d)(c) An applicant for an employment agency manager's 39.12 license shall pay a license fee of $20 and a renewal fee of $10. 39.13 Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 184.30, 39.14 subdivision 1, is amended to read: 39.15 Subdivision 1. Every application for an employment 39.16 agency's license, and every annual report required to be filed39.17under section 184.22, subdivision 2,must be accompanied by a 39.18 surety bond approved by the department in the amount of $10,000 39.19 for each location; except, that for a search firm, the bond is39.20required only for the first five years of registration. For a39.21search firm that was previously licensed as an employment39.22agency, the bond is required only until the firm has met the39.23bond requirement as an agency or as a search firm for a total of39.24at least five years. The bond must be filed in the office of 39.25 the secretary of state and conditioned that the employment 39.26 agency and each member, shareholder, director, or officer of a 39.27 firm, partnership, corporation, or association operating as an 39.28 employment agency will comply with the provisions of sections 39.29 184.21 to 184.40 and any contract made by the employment agent 39.30 in the conduct of the business. A person damaged by a breach of 39.31 any condition of the bond may bring an action on the bond, and 39.32 successive actions may be maintained on it. 39.33 Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 184.38, 39.34 subdivision 6, is amended to read: 39.35 Subd. 6. (a) No employment agentor search firmshall send 39.36 out any applicant for employment without having obtained a job 40.1 order, and if no employment of the kind applied for existed at 40.2 the place to which the applicant was directed, the employment 40.3 agentor search firmshall refund to the applicant, within 48 40.4 hours of demand, any sums paid by the applicant for 40.5 transportation in going to and returning from the place. 40.6 (b) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent 40.7 an employment agentor search firmfrom directing an applicant 40.8 to an employer where the employer has previously requested 40.9 interviews with applicants of certain types and qualifications, 40.10 even though no actual vacancy existed in the employer's 40.11 organization at the time the applicant was so directed; nor 40.12 shall it prevent the employment agentor search firmfrom 40.13 attempting to sell the services of an applicant to the employer 40.14 even though no order has been placed with the employment agent 40.15or search firm; provided, that prior to scheduling an interview 40.16 with an employer, when no opening currently exists with that 40.17 employer, the applicant is clearly informed that no opening 40.18 exists at that time. 40.19 Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 184.38, 40.20 subdivision 8, is amended to read: 40.21 Subd. 8. No employment agentor search firmshall 40.22 knowingly cause to be printed or published a false or fraudulent 40.23 notice or advertisement for help or for obtaining work or 40.24 employment. For purposes of this subdivision the phrase "false 40.25 or fraudulent notice or advertisement" shall include the 40.26 following: 40.27 (a) The advertisement of any job for which there is no bona 40.28 fide oral or written job order and completed job order form in 40.29 existence at the time the advertisement is placed; 40.30 (b) The inclusion in any advertisement of any information 40.31 concerning the identity, availability, features, or requirements 40.32 of any advertised job when such information is not substantiated 40.33 by, and included in, the supporting job order form; 40.34 (c) The advertisement of any job opening of the type 40.35 described in subdivision 6, clause (b); 40.36 (d) The advertisement of any job without the inclusion in 41.1 the advertisement of the "job order number" required in 41.2 subdivision 18; 41.3 (e) If an applicant appears at any agencyor search firmin 41.4 response to the advertisement of a particular job, the failure 41.5 to attempt placement of the applicant in the advertised job; 41.6 provided however, that the agencyor search firmmay refuse to 41.7 attempt such placement if the reason(s) for the refusal are 41.8 clearly and truthfully disclosed to the applicant either orally 41.9 or in writing. 41.10 Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 184.38, 41.11 subdivision 9, is amended to read: 41.12 Subd. 9. No employment agentor search firmshall place or 41.13 assist in placing any person in unlawful employment. 41.14 Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 184.38, 41.15 subdivision 10, is amended to read: 41.16 Subd. 10. No employment agentor search firmshall fail to 41.17 state in any advertisement, proposal, or contract for 41.18 employment, that there is a strike or lockout at the place of 41.19 proposed employment, if the agentor firmhas knowledge that 41.20 such condition exists. 41.21 Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 184.38, 41.22 subdivision 11, is amended to read: 41.23 Subd. 11. No employment agency or its employee may split, 41.24 divide, or share, directly or indirectly, any fee, charge, or 41.25 compensation received from any employer or applicant with any 41.26 employer, or person in any way connected with the employer's 41.27 business.No search firm or its employee may split, divide, or41.28share, directly or indirectly, any fee, charge, or compensation41.29received from any employer with any person connected in any way41.30with the employer's business.A violation of this subdivision 41.31 shall be punished by a fine of not less than $100, and not more 41.32 than $3,000, or on failure to pay the fine by imprisonment for a 41.33 period not to exceed one year, or both, at the discretion of the 41.34 court. 41.35 Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 184.38, 41.36 subdivision 17, is amended to read: 42.1 Subd. 17. Except for applicant information given in the 42.2 course of normal agencyor firmoperations, no employment agent 42.3or search firmshall voluntarily sell, give, or otherwise 42.4 transfer any files, records, or other information relating to 42.5 its employment agencyor search firmapplicants and employers to 42.6 any person other than a licensed employment agentor registered42.7search firmor a person who agrees to obtain an employment 42.8 agency licenseor register as a search firm. Every employment 42.9 agentor search firmwho ceases to engage in the business of or 42.10 act as an employment agentor search firmshall notify the 42.11 department of such fact within 30 days thereof, and shall advise 42.12 the department as to the disposition of all files and other 42.13 records relating to its employment agencyor search firm42.14 business. 42.15 Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 184.38, 42.16 subdivision 18, is amended to read: 42.17 Subd. 18. Every job order communicated to an agencyor42.18search firmshall be recorded by the agencyor search firmon a 42.19 job order form which form shall contain specific information as 42.20 prescribed by the department. A job order form shall be filled 42.21 out for each job order prior to any attempt to advertise the job 42.22 opening or to place persons in said job. Such forms shall each 42.23 be assigned a separate number and shall be maintained by the 42.24 agencyor search firmfor a period of one year. 42.25 Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 184.38, 42.26 subdivision 20, is amended to read: 42.27 Subd. 20. No employment agentor search firmshall 42.28 knowingly misrepresent to any employer the educational 42.29 background, skills, or qualifications of any job candidate; or 42.30 knowingly misrepresent to a job candidate the responsibilities, 42.31 salary, or other features of any position of employment. 42.32 Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 184.41, is 42.33 amended to read: 42.34 184.41 [VIOLATIONS.] 42.35 Any person who engages in the business of or acts as an 42.36 employment agent or counselor without first procuring a license 43.1 as required by section 184.22, and any employment agent, 43.2 manager, or counselor who violates the provisions of this 43.3 chapter, and any exempt firm which violates any of the43.4applicable provisions of this chapter,is guilty of a 43.5 misdemeanor. 43.6 In addition to the penalties for commission of a 43.7 misdemeanor, the department may bring an action for an 43.8 injunction against any person who engages in the business of or 43.9 acts as an employment agent or counselor without first procuring 43.10 the license required under section 184.22,or who engages in the43.11business of or acts as a search firm without first filing the43.12registration required under section 184.22, subdivision 3,and 43.13 against any employment agent, manager, or counselor, or search43.14firmwho violates the applicable provisions of this chapter. If 43.15 an agency, manager, or counselor, or search firmis found guilty 43.16 of a misdemeanor in any action relevant to the operation of an 43.17 agency,or search firmthe department may suspend or revoke the 43.18 licenseor registrationof the agency, manager, or counselor, or43.19search firm. 43.20 Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 216C.41, is 43.21 amended to read: 43.22 216C.41 [RENEWABLE ENERGY PRODUCTION INCENTIVE.] 43.23 Subdivision 1. [DEFINITIONS.] (a) The definitions in this 43.24 subdivision apply to this section. 43.25 (b) "Qualified hydroelectric facility" means a 43.26 hydroelectric generating facility in this state that: 43.27 (1) is located at the site of a dam, if the dam was in 43.28 existence as of March 31, 1994; and 43.29 (2) begins generating electricity after July 1, 1994. 43.30 (c) "Qualified wind energy conversion facility" means a 43.31 wind energy conversion system that: 43.32 (1) produces two megawatts or less of electricity as 43.33 measured by nameplate rating and begins generating electricity 43.34 after June 30, 1997, and before July 1, 1999; 43.35 (2) begins generating electricity after June 30, 1999, 43.36 produces two megawatts or less of electricity as measured by 44.1 nameplate rating, and is: 44.2 (i) located within one county and owned by a natural person 44.3 who owns the land where the facility is sited; 44.4 (ii) owned by a Minnesota small business as defined in 44.5 section 645.445; 44.6 (iii) owned by a nonprofit organization; or 44.7 (iv) owned by a tribal council if the facility is located 44.8 within the boundaries of the reservation; or 44.9 (3) begins generating electricity after June 30, 1999, 44.10 produces seven megawatts or less of electricity as measured by 44.11 nameplate rating, and: 44.12 (i) is owned by a cooperative organized under chapter 308A; 44.13 and 44.14 (ii) all shares and membership in the cooperative are held 44.15 by natural persons or estates, at least 51 percent of whom 44.16 reside in a county or contiguous to a county where the wind 44.17 energy production facilities of the cooperative are located. 44.18 (d) "Qualified on-farm biogas recovery facility" means an 44.19 anaerobic digester system that: 44.20 (1) is located at the site of an agricultural operation; 44.21 (2) is owned by a natural person who, or an entity that, is 44.22 qualified to own or operate a farm under section 500.24, that 44.23 owns or rents the land where the facility is located; and 44.24 (3) begins generating electricity after July 1, 2001. 44.25 (e) "Anaerobic digester system" means a system of 44.26 components that processes animal waste based on the absence of 44.27 oxygen and produces gas used to generate electricity. 44.28 Subd. 2. [INCENTIVE PAYMENT; APPROPRIATION.] (a) Incentive 44.29 paymentsshallmust be made according to this section to (1) the 44.30 owner of a qualified on-farm biogas recovery facility, (2) the 44.31 owner or operator of a qualified hydropower facility or 44.32 qualified wind energy conversion facility for electric energy 44.33 generated and sold by the facility, or, for(3) a publicly owned 44.34 hydropower facility,for electric energy that is generated by 44.35 the facility and used by the owner of the facility outside the 44.36 facility. 45.1 (b) Payment may only be made upon receipt by the 45.2 commissioner of finance of an incentive payment application that 45.3 establishes that the applicant is eligible to receive an 45.4 incentive payment and that satisfies other requirements the 45.5 commissioner deems necessary. The applicationshallmust be in 45.6 a form and submitted at a time the commissioner establishes. 45.7 (c) There is annually appropriated from the general fund 45.8 sums sufficient to make the payments required under this section. 45.9 Subd. 3. [ELIGIBILITY WINDOW.] Payments may be made under 45.10 this section only for electricity generated: 45.11 (1) from a qualified hydroelectric facility that is 45.12 operational and generating electricity before December 31, 2001; 45.13or45.14 (2) from a qualified wind energy conversion facility that 45.15 is operational and generating electricity before January 1, 45.16 2005; or 45.17 (3) from a qualified on-farm biogas recovery facility from 45.18 July 1, 2001, through December 31, 2015. 45.19 Subd. 4. [PAYMENT PERIOD.] A facility may receive payments 45.20 under this section for a ten-year period. No payment under this 45.21 section may be made for electricity generated: 45.22 (1) by a qualified hydroelectric facility after December 45.23 31, 2010;or45.24 (2) by a qualified wind energy conversion facility after 45.25 December 31, 2015; or 45.26 (3) by a qualified on-farm biogas recovery facility after 45.27 December 31, 2015. 45.28 The payment period begins and runs consecutively from the 45.29 first year in which electricity generated from the facility is 45.30 eligible for incentive payment. 45.31 Subd. 5. [AMOUNT OF PAYMENT.] An incentive payment is 45.32 based on the number of kilowatt hours of electricity generated. 45.33 The amount of the payment is 1.5 cents per kilowatt hour. For 45.34 electricity generated by qualified wind energy conversion 45.35 facilities, the incentive payment under this section is limited 45.36 to no more than 100 megawatts of nameplate capacity. During any 46.1 period in which qualifying claims for incentive payments exceed 46.2 100 megawatts of nameplate capacity, the payments must be made 46.3 to producers in the order in which the production capacity was 46.4 brought into production. 46.5 Sec. 28. [240A.13] [MIGHTY DUCKS ICE ARENA AND SOCCER 46.6 FIELD DEVELOPMENT.] 46.7 Subdivision 1. [GRANTS.] The commission may make matching 46.8 grants to political subdivisions of the state to develop new ice 46.9 arenas and soccer fields for amateur athletics. In awarding 46.10 grants, the commission shall give priority to proposals from 46.11 multiple applicants. To the extent possible, over time, the 46.12 commission shall disburse grants equally among the state's 46.13 congressional districts. 46.14 Subd. 2. [MATCHING CRITERIA.] Each grant for ice arena or 46.15 soccer field development under this section must be matched by 46.16 recipient communities or institutions in accordance with this 46.17 subdivision. A matching contribution may include an in-kind 46.18 contribution of land; access roadways and access roadway 46.19 improvements; and necessary utility services, landscaping, and 46.20 parking. The first $20,000 of a grant must be matched equally 46.21 by the recipient. The portion of a grant that is more than 46.22 $20,000 but not more than $75,000 must be matched by the 46.23 recipient at a rate double the amount of that portion of the 46.24 grant. The portion of a grant that is more than $75,000 must be 46.25 matched by the recipient at a rate of three times the amount of 46.26 that portion of the grant. 46.27 Sec. 29. [EQUAL PAY COMMISSION.] 46.28 (a) Within 90 days after the effective date of this 46.29 section, the commissioner of labor and industry shall appoint a 46.30 commission of 11 members, to be known as the "equal pay 46.31 commission." Membership on the commission shall be as follows: 46.32 (1) two representatives of business in the state, who are 46.33 appointed from among individuals nominated by business 46.34 organizations and business trade associations; 46.35 (2) two representatives of labor organizations, who have 46.36 been nominated by state labor federations. For purposes of this 47.1 clause, a state labor federation is an organization that: (i) 47.2 is chartered by a federation of national or international 47.3 unions; (ii) admits to membership local unions; and (iii) exists 47.4 primarily to carry on educational, legislative, and coordinating 47.5 activities; 47.6 (3) two representatives of organizations whose objectives 47.7 include the elimination of pay disparities between men and women 47.8 or minorities and nonminorities, and who have undertaken 47.9 advocacy, educational, or legislative initiatives in pursuit of 47.10 that objective; 47.11 (4) three individuals drawn from higher education or 47.12 research institutions who have experience and expertise in the 47.13 collection and analysis of data concerning such pay disparities 47.14 and whose research has already been used in efforts to promote 47.15 the elimination of those disparities; and 47.16 (5) two members who are members of a racial or ethnic 47.17 minority, one of whom shall be an immigrant to this country who 47.18 immigrated to this country within three years prior to the 47.19 appointment. 47.20 (b) The commission shall make a full and complete study of: 47.21 (1) the extent of wage disparities, both in the public and 47.22 private sector, between men and women, and between minorities 47.23 and nonminorities; 47.24 (2) those factors that cause, or tend to cause, such 47.25 disparities, including segregation between women and men, and 47.26 between minorities and nonminorities across and within 47.27 occupations; payment of lower wages for work in female-dominated 47.28 occupations; child-rearing responsibilities; and education and 47.29 training; 47.30 (3) the consequences of such disparities on the economy and 47.31 families affected; and 47.32 (4) actions, including proposed legislation, that are 47.33 likely to lead to the elimination and prevention of such 47.34 disparities. 47.35 (c) The commission shall, no later than 12 months after its 47.36 members are appointed, make its report to the commissioner of 48.1 labor and industry, who shall transmit the report to the 48.2 governor. 48.3 (d) The commission's report shall include the results of 48.4 its study as well as recommendations, legislative and otherwise, 48.5 for the elimination and prevention of disparities in wages 48.6 between men and women, and between minorities and nonminorities. 48.7 (e) Compensation and removal of members shall be governed 48.8 by Minnesota Statutes, section 15.059. 48.9 Sec. 30. [REPEALER.] 48.10 Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 184.22, subdivisions 2, 48.11 3, 4, and 5; and 184.37, subdivision 2, are repealed. 48.12 ARTICLE 4 48.13 TRANSPORTATION POLICY 48.14 Section 1. [CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PROPOSED.] 48.15 An amendment is proposed to the Minnesota Constitution, 48.16 article XIV. If the amendment is adopted, article XIV will be 48.17 amended by adding a section to read: 48.18 Sec. 12. Of the net proceeds from any tax imposed by the 48.19 state on the sale of new and used motor vehicles, not less than 48.20 32 percent must be deposited in the highway user tax 48.21 distribution fund exclusively for highway purposes, and not less 48.22 than 18 percent must be deposited in a fund for operating 48.23 assistance to public transit systems in the state. 48.24 Sec. 2. [SUBMISSION TO VOTERS.] 48.25 The constitutional amendment proposed in section 1 must be 48.26 submitted to the people at the 2002 general election. The 48.27 question submitted must be: 48.28 "Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to require 48.29 that at least 32 percent of the net proceeds from the state tax 48.30 on the sale of new and used motor vehicles must be deposited in 48.31 the highway user tax distribution fund exclusively for highway 48.32 purposes, and at least 18 percent be deposited in a fund for 48.33 operating assistance to public transit systems in the state? 48.34 Yes ....... 48.35 No ........" 48.36 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 16A.641, 49.1 subdivision 8, is amended to read: 49.2 Subd. 8. [APPROPRIATION OF PROCEEDS.] (a) The proceeds of 49.3 bonds issued under each law are appropriated for the purposes 49.4 described in the law and in this subdivision. This 49.5 appropriation may never be canceled. 49.6 (b) Before the proceeds are received in the proper special 49.7 fund, the commissioner may transfer to that fund from the 49.8 general fund amounts not exceeding the expected proceeds from 49.9 the next bond sale. The commissioner shall return these amounts 49.10 to the general fund by transferring proceeds when received. The 49.11 amounts of these transfers are appropriated from the general 49.12 fund and from the bond proceeds. 49.13 (c) Actual and necessary travel and subsistence expenses of 49.14 employees and all other nonsalary expenses incidental to the 49.15 sale, printing, execution, and delivery of bonds must be paid 49.16 from the proceeds. The proceeds are appropriated for this 49.17 purpose. Bond proceeds must not be used to pay any part of the 49.18 salary of a state employee involved in the sale, printing, 49.19 execution, or delivery of the bonds. 49.20 (d) Bond proceeds remaining in a special fund after the 49.21 purposes for which the bonds were issued are accomplished or 49.22 abandoned, as certified by the head of the agency administering 49.23 the special fund, or as determined by the commissioner, unless 49.24 devoted under the appropriation act to another purpose 49.25 designated in the act, shall be transferred to the state bond 49.26 fund. 49.27 (e) Before the proceeds of state highway bonds are received 49.28 in the trunk highway fund, the commissioner may either: 49.29 (1) transfer funds to the trunk highway fund from the 49.30 general fund; or 49.31 (2) authorize the use of funds in the trunk highway fund, 49.32 in an amount not exceeding the expected proceeds from the next 49.33 state highway bond sale. 49.34 These funds shall be used in accordance with the legislative 49.35 authorization to sell state highway bonds. The commissioner 49.36 shall return these funds to the general fund or replace the 50.1 funds used from the trunk highway fund by transferring proceeds 50.2 when received. The amounts of these transfers are appropriated 50.3 from the general fund and from the state highway bond proceeds. 50.4 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 16C.05, 50.5 subdivision 2, is amended to read: 50.6 Subd. 2. [CREATION AND VALIDITY OF CONTRACTS.] (a) A 50.7 contract is not valid and the state is not bound by it unless: 50.8 (1) it has first been executed by the head of the agency or 50.9 a delegate who is a party to the contract; 50.10 (2) it has been approved by the commissioner; 50.11 (3) it has been approved by the attorney general or a 50.12 delegate as to form and execution; 50.13 (4) the accounting system shows an obligation in an expense 50.14 budget or encumbrance for the amount of the contract liability; 50.15 and 50.16 (5) the combined contract and amendments shall not exceed 50.17 five years without specific, written approval by the 50.18 commissioner according to established policy, procedures, and 50.19 standards, or unless otherwise provided for by law. The term of 50.20 the original contract must not exceed two years unless the 50.21 commissioner determines that a longer duration is in the best 50.22 interest of the state. 50.23 (b) Grants, interagency agreements, purchase orders, and 50.24 annual plans need not, in the discretion of the commissioner and 50.25 attorney general, require the signature of the commissioner 50.26 and/or the attorney general. A signature is not required for 50.27 work orders and amendments to work orders related to department 50.28 of transportation contracts. Bond purchase agreements by the 50.29 Minnesota public facilities authority do not require the 50.30 approval of the commissioner. 50.31 (c) A fully executed copy of every contract must be kept on 50.32 file at the contracting agency. 50.33 Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 16C.06, 50.34 subdivision 1, is amended to read: 50.35 Subdivision 1. [PUBLICATION REQUIREMENTS.] Notices of 50.36 solicitations for acquisitions estimated to be more than 51.1 $25,000, or $100,000 in the case of a department of 51.2 transportation acquisition, must be publicized in a manner 51.3 designated by the commissioner. 51.4 Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 16C.06, 51.5 subdivision 2, is amended to read: 51.6 Subd. 2. [SOLICITATION PROCESS.] (a) A formal solicitation 51.7 must be used to acquire all goods, service contracts, and 51.8 utilities estimated at or more than $25,000, or in the case of a 51.9 department of transportation solicitation, at or more than 51.10 $100,000, unless otherwise provided for. All formal responses 51.11 must be sealed when they are received and must be opened in 51.12 public at the hour stated in the solicitation. Formal responses 51.13 must be authenticated by the responder in a manner specified by 51.14 the commissioner. 51.15 (b) An informal solicitation may be used to acquire all 51.16 goods, service contracts, and utilities that are estimated at 51.17 less than $25,000, or in the case of a department of 51.18 transportation solicitation, at or less than $100,000. The 51.19 number of vendors required to receive solicitations may be 51.20 determined by the commissioner. Informal responses must be 51.21 authenticated by the responder in a manner specified by the 51.22 commissioner. 51.23 Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 16C.08, 51.24 subdivision 2, is amended to read: 51.25 Subd. 2. [DUTIES OF CONTRACTING AGENCY.] Before an agency 51.26 may seek approval of a professional or technical services 51.27 contract valued in excess of $5,000, or $50,000 in the case of a 51.28 department of transportation professional or technical services 51.29 contract, it must certify to the commissioner that: 51.30 (1) no current state employee is able and available to 51.31 perform the services called for by the contract; 51.32 (2) the normal competitive bidding mechanisms will not 51.33 provide for adequate performance of the services; 51.34 (3) the contractor has certified that the product of the 51.35 services will be original in character; 51.36 (4) reasonable efforts were made to publicize the 52.1 availability of the contract to the public; 52.2 (5) the agency has received, reviewed, and accepted a 52.3 detailed work plan from the contractor for performance under the 52.4 contract, if applicable; 52.5 (6) the agency has developed, and fully intends to 52.6 implement, a written plan providing for the assignment of 52.7 specific agency personnel to a monitoring and liaison function, 52.8 the periodic review of interim reports or other indications of 52.9 past performance, and the ultimate utilization of the final 52.10 product of the services; and 52.11 (7) the agency will not allow the contractor to begin work 52.12 before funds are fully encumbered. 52.13 Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 138.664, is 52.14 amended by adding a subdivision to read: 52.15 Subd. 116. Little Elk Heritage Preserve, Morrison county. 52.16 Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 161.082, 52.17 subdivision 2a, is amended to read: 52.18 Subd. 2a. [TOWN BRIDGES AND CULVERTS; TOWN ROAD ACCOUNT.] 52.19 (a) Money in the town bridge account must be expended on town 52.20 road bridge structures that are ten feet or more in length and 52.21 on town road culverts that replace existing town road bridges. 52.22 In addition, if the present bridge structure is less than ten 52.23 feet in length but a hydrological survey indicates that the 52.24 replacement bridge structure or culvert must be ten feet or more 52.25 in length, then the bridge or culvert is eligible for 52.26 replacement funds. 52.27 (b) In addition, if a culvert that replaces a deficient 52.28 bridge is in a county comprehensive water plan approved by the 52.29 board of water and soil resources and the department of natural 52.30 resources, the costs of the culvert and roadway grading other 52.31 than surfacing are eligible for replacement funds up to the cost 52.32 of constructing a replacement bridge. 52.33 (c) The expenditures on a bridge structure or culvert may 52.34 be paid from the county turnback account and may be for 100 52.35 percent of the cost of the replacement structure or culvert or 52.36 for 100 percent of the cost of rehabilitating the existing 53.1 structure. 53.2 (d) The town bridge account may be used to pay the costs to 53.3 abandon an existing bridge that is deficient and in need of 53.4 replacement, but where no replacement will be made. It may also 53.5 be used to pay the costs to construct a road or street to 53.6 facilitate the abandonment of an existing bridge determined by 53.7 the commissioner to be deficient, if the commissioner determines 53.8 that construction of the road or street is more cost efficient 53.9 than replacing the existing bridge. 53.10 (e) When bridge approach construction work exceeds $10,000 53.11 in costs, or when the county engineer determines that the cost 53.12 of the replacement culverts alone will not exceed $20,000, or 53.13 engineering costs exceed $10,000, the town shall be eligible for 53.14 financial assistance from the town bridge account. Financial 53.15 assistance shall be requested by resolution of the county board 53.16 and shall be limited to: 53.17 (1) 100 percent of the cost of the bridge approach work 53.18 that is in excess of $10,000;or53.19 (2) 100 percent of the cost of the replacement culverts 53.20 when the cost does not exceed $20,000 and the town board agrees 53.21 to be responsible for all the other costs, which may include 53.22 costs for structural removal, installation, and permitting. The 53.23 replacement structure design and costs shall be approved and 53.24 certified by the county engineer, but need not be subsequently 53.25 approved by the department of transportation; or 53.26 (3) 100 percent of all related engineering costs that 53.27 exceed $10,000, or in the case of towns with a net tax capacity 53.28 of less than $200,000, 100 percent of the engineering costs. 53.29 (f) Money in the town road account must be distributed as 53.30 provided in section 162.081. 53.31 Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 161.14, is 53.32 amended by adding a subdivision to read: 53.33 Subd. 48. [KING OF TRAILS.] (a) The following described 53.34 route, signed as trunk highway No. 75 on the effective date of 53.35 this subdivision, is designated the "King of Trails": 53.36 Constitutional Route No. 6 from its intersection with the 54.1 Minnesota-Canada border southerly to its intersection with 54.2 Legislative Route No. 175 at or near the city of Crookston, then 54.3 Legislative Route No. 175 southwesterly and southerly to its 54.4 intersection with Constitutional Route No. 6 between the cities 54.5 of Halstad and Hendrum, then Constitutional Route No. 6 54.6 southerly to its intersection with the Minnesota-Iowa border. 54.7 (b) After complying with section 161.139, the commissioner 54.8 shall adopt a suitable marking design to mark the highway and 54.9 erect appropriate signs. 54.10 Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 161.23, 54.11 subdivision 3, is amended to read: 54.12 Subd. 3. [LEASING.] The commissioner may lease for the 54.13 term between the acquisition and sale thereof and for a fair 54.14 rental rate and upon such terms and conditions as the 54.15 commissioner deems proper, any excess real estate acquired under 54.16 the provisions of this section, and any real estate acquired in 54.17 fee for trunk highway purposes and not presently needed 54.18 therefor. All rents received from the leases shall be paid into 54.19 the state treasury. Seventy percent of the rents shall be 54.20 credited to the trunk highway fund. The remaining 30 percent 54.21 shall be paid to the county treasurer where the real estate is 54.22 located, and shall be distributed in the same manner as real 54.23 estate taxes. This subdivision does not apply to real estate 54.24 leased for the purpose of providing commercial and public 54.25 service advertising pursuant to franchise agreements as provided 54.26 in sections 160.276 to 160.278 or to fees collected under 54.27 section 174.70, subdivision 2. 54.28 [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective the day 54.29 following final enactment. 54.30 Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 161.32, 54.31 subdivision 1, is amended to read: 54.32 Subdivision 1. [ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS.] The commissioner 54.33 may conduct the work or any partthereofof the work incidental 54.34 to the construction and maintenance of the trunk highways by 54.35 labor employedthereforto do the work or by contract. In cases 54.36 of construction work, the commissioner shall first advertise for 55.1 bids for contracts, and if no satisfactory bids are received, 55.2 may either reject all bids and readvertise, or do the work by 55.3 labor employedthereforto do the work. Except ashereinafter55.4 provided in subdivision 3 or 4, when work is to be done under 55.5 contract, the commissioner shall advertise for bids once each 55.6 week for three successive weeks prior to the datesuchthe bids 55.7 are to be received. The advertisement for bidsshallmust be 55.8 published in a newspaper or other periodical of general 55.9 circulation in the state and may be placed on the Internet. The 55.10 plans and specifications for the proposed workshallmust be on 55.11 file in the commissioner's office prior to the first call for 55.12 bids. 55.13 Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 161.32, 55.14 subdivision 1b, is amended to read: 55.15 Subd. 1b. [LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER.] Bidders may submit 55.16 bids electronically in a form and manner required by the 55.17 commissioner. Trunk highway construction contracts, including 55.18 design-build contracts, must be awarded to the lowest 55.19 responsible bidder, taking into consideration conformity with 55.20 the specifications, the purpose for which the contract or 55.21 purchase is intended, the status and capability of the vendor, 55.22 and other considerations imposed in the call for bids. The 55.23 commissioner may decide which is the lowest responsible bidder 55.24 for all contracts and may use the principles of life-cycle 55.25 costing,wherewhen appropriate, in determining the lowest 55.26 overall bid. Any or all bids may be rejected.In a case55.27whereWhen competitive bids are required andwhereall bids are 55.28 rejected, new bids, if solicited, must be called for as in the 55.29 first instance, unless otherwise provided by law. 55.30 Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 161.32, 55.31 subdivision 1e, is amended to read: 55.32 Subd. 1e. [RECORD.] A record must be kept of all bids, 55.33 including names of bidders, amounts of bids, and each successful 55.34 bid. After the contract is awarded, this record is open to 55.35 public inspection and may be posted on the Internet. 55.36 Sec. 15. [161.3205] [PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL SERVICES 56.1 CONTRACTS.] 56.2 Subdivision 1. [SCOPE; AUTHORITY GENERALLY.] (a) 56.3 Notwithstanding other law to the contrary, this section applies 56.4 to professional and technical services contracts entered into by 56.5 the commissioner of transportation. 56.6 (b) The commissioner has the authority and duty to: 56.7 (1) approve state transportation project plans and 56.8 specifications; 56.9 (2) award transportation construction and maintenance 56.10 contracts; 56.11 (3) approve, select, and award professional and technical 56.12 consultant contracts for state transportation projects; and 56.13 (4) approve utility and municipal agreements affecting 56.14 state transportation projects. 56.15 Subd. 2. [DEFINITION OF PROFESSIONAL OR TECHNICAL 56.16 SERVICES.] For purposes of this section, "professional or 56.17 technical services" means services that are intellectual in 56.18 character, including consultative, analytical, evaluative, 56.19 predictive, planning, programming, or recommendatory, and that 56.20 result in the production of a report or the completion of a 56.21 task. Professional or technical contracts do not include the 56.22 provision of supplies or materials, except (1) by the approval 56.23 of the commissioner, (2) as incidental to providing supplies or 56.24 materials, or (3) as incidental to providing professional or 56.25 technical services. 56.26 Subd. 3. [DUTIES OF COMMISSIONER.] Before entering into a 56.27 professional or technical services contract with a value 56.28 exceeding $150,000, the commissioner shall certify that: 56.29 (1) no current state employee is able and available to 56.30 perform the services called for by the contract; 56.31 (2) the normal competitive bidding mechanisms do not 56.32 provide for adequate performance of the services; 56.33 (3) the contractor has certified that the product of the 56.34 services will be original in character; 56.35 (4) reasonable efforts were made to publicize the 56.36 availability of the contract to the public; 57.1 (5) the agency has received, reviewed, and accepted a 57.2 detailed work plan from the contractor for performance under the 57.3 contract, if applicable; and 57.4 (6) the commissioner has developed and will implement a 57.5 written plan providing for the assignment of specific agency 57.6 personnel to a monitoring and liaison function, the periodic 57.7 review of interim reports or other indications of past 57.8 performance, and the ultimate utilization of the final product 57.9 of the services. 57.10 Subd. 4. [CONTRACT PROCEDURES.] Before approving a 57.11 proposed contract for professional or technical services, the 57.12 commissioner shall determine, at least, that: 57.13 (1) the work to be performed under the contract is 57.14 necessary to the agency's achievement of its statutory 57.15 responsibilities and there is statutory authority to enter into 57.16 the contract; 57.17 (2) the contract does not establish an employment 57.18 relationship between the state or the agency and any persons 57.19 performing under the contract; 57.20 (3) the contractor and agents are not employees of the 57.21 state; 57.22 (4) no agency has previously performed or contracted for 57.23 the performance of tasks that would be substantially duplicated 57.24 under the proposed contract; 57.25 (5) the commissioner has specified a satisfactory method of 57.26 evaluating and using the results of the work to be performed; 57.27 and 57.28 (6) the combined contract and amendments will not exceed 57.29 five years, unless otherwise provided for by law. The term of 57.30 the original contract must not exceed two years, unless the 57.31 commissioner determines that a longer duration is in the best 57.32 interest of the state. 57.33 Subd. 5. [CONTRACT TERMINATION AND PAYMENT TERMS.] (a) A 57.34 professional or technical services contract must by its terms 57.35 permit the commissioner to unilaterally terminate the contract 57.36 prior to completion, upon payment of just compensation, if the 58.1 commissioner determines that further performance under the 58.2 contract would not serve agency purposes. 58.3 (b) The commissioner shall approve and make final payment 58.4 on all professional and technical services contracts within 30 58.5 days of submittal. Overdue payments are subject to the 58.6 applicable prompt payment provisions of section 16A.124. 58.7 Subd. 6. [REPORTS.] (a) The commissioner shall submit to 58.8 the governor, the chair of the ways and means committee of the 58.9 house of representatives, the chair of the senate state 58.10 government finance committee, and the legislative reference 58.11 library a yearly listing of all contracts for professional or 58.12 technical services executed. The report must identify the 58.13 contractor, contract amount, duration, and services to be 58.14 provided. The commissioner shall also issue yearly reports 58.15 summarizing the contract review activities of the department by 58.16 fiscal year. 58.17 (b) The fiscal year report must be submitted by September 1 58.18 of each year and must: 58.19 (1) be sorted by contractor; 58.20 (2) show the aggregate value of contracts issued to each 58.21 contractor; 58.22 (3) distinguish between contracts that are being issued for 58.23 the first time and contracts that are being extended; 58.24 (4) state the termination date of each contact; and 58.25 (5) identify services by commodity code, including topics 58.26 such as contracts for training and contracts for research. 58.27 (c) Within 30 days of final completion of a contract over 58.28 $150,000 covered by this subdivision, the commissioner must 58.29 submit a one-page report to the legislative reference library. 58.30 The report must: 58.31 (1) summarize the purpose of the contract, including why it 58.32 was necessary to enter into a contract; 58.33 (2) state the amount spent on the contract; and 58.34 (3) explain why this amount was a cost-effective way to 58.35 enable the agency to provide its services or products better or 58.36 more efficiently. 59.1 Sec. 16. [161.362] [ADVANCE FUNDING FOR INTERREGIONAL 59.2 CORRIDOR DEVELOPMENT.] 59.3 Subdivision 1. [CORRIDOR DEVELOPMENT.] By agreement with 59.4 the commissioner, a road authority other than the commissioner 59.5 or two or more road authorities that have entered into a joint 59.6 powers agreement under section 471.59 may make advances from any 59.7 available funds to the commissioner to expedite development of 59.8 an interregional transportation corridor, including funds for 59.9 design consultants, for right-of-way purchases, for 59.10 construction, or for other related expenditures. 59.11 Subd. 2. [REPAYMENT.] Subject to the availability of state 59.12 money, the commissioner shall repay the amount advanced under 59.13 this section, up to the state's share of costs, under terms of 59.14 the agreement. The agreement may provide for payment of 59.15 interest on the amount of advanced funds. The maximum interest 59.16 rate that may be paid is the rate earned by the state on 59.17 invested treasurer's cash for the month before the date the 59.18 agreement is executed or the actual interest paid by the road 59.19 authority in borrowing for the amount advanced, whichever rate 59.20 is less. The total amount of annual repayment to road 59.21 authorities under this section and section 161.361 must never 59.22 exceed the amount stated in the department's debt management 59.23 policy or $10,000,000, whichever is less. 59.24 [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective the day 59.25 following final enactment. 59.26 Sec. 17. [167.46] [PROPERTY PURCHASED WITH HIGHWAY BOND 59.27 PROCEEDS.] 59.28 Subdivision 1. [DEFINITIONS.] (a) The definitions in this 59.29 subdivision apply to this section. 59.30 (b) "State trunk highway bond-financed property" means 59.31 property acquired, improved, or maintained in whole or in part 59.32 with the proceeds of state trunk highway bonds authorized to be 59.33 issued under the Minnesota Constitution, article XIV, section 11. 59.34 (c) "Outstanding state trunk highway bonds" means the 59.35 dollar amount of state trunk highway bonds, including any 59.36 refunding state trunk highway bonds, issued with respect to 60.1 state trunk highway bond-financed property, less the principal 60.2 amount of state trunk highway bonds paid or defeased. 60.3 Subd. 2. [LEASES.] State trunk highway bond-financed 60.4 property may only be leased for those purposes authorized by law 60.5 and must be leased in accordance with the requirements of all 60.6 other laws and duly adopted rules applicable thereto, orders, if 60.7 any, of the commissioner of finance intended to ensure the 60.8 legality and tax-exempt status of outstanding state trunk 60.9 highway bonds and with the approval of the commissioner of 60.10 finance. A lease of state trunk highway bond-financed property, 60.11 including any renewals that are solely at the option of the 60.12 lessee, must be for a term substantially less than the useful 60.13 life of the state trunk highway bond-financed property, but may 60.14 allow renewal beyond that term upon a determination by the 60.15 commissioner of transportation that the use continues to be 60.16 authorized by law and that the additional term is authorized by 60.17 law. A lease of state trunk highway bond-financed property must 60.18 be terminable by the commissioner of transportation if the other 60.19 contracting party defaults under the contract and must provide 60.20 for oversight by the commissioner of transportation. 60.21 Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, money received 60.22 by the state under a lease of state trunk highway bond-financed 60.23 property must be paid to the commissioner of transportation, 60.24 deposited in the state trunk highway fund, and used to pay or 60.25 redeem or defease any outstanding state trunk highway bonds in 60.26 accordance with the commissioner of finance's order authorizing 60.27 their issuance. The money paid to the commissioner of 60.28 transportation is appropriated for this purpose. Money in 60.29 excess of the foregoing requirement must be applied as otherwise 60.30 required by law. 60.31 Subd. 3. [SALES.] State trunk highway bond-financed 60.32 property must not be sold unless the sale is for a purpose 60.33 authorized by law, the sale is conducted in accordance with 60.34 applicable law and duly adopted rules, the sale is made in 60.35 accordance with orders, if any, of the commissioner of finance 60.36 intended to ensure the legality and tax-exempt status of 61.1 outstanding state trunk highway bonds, and the sale is approved 61.2 by the commissioner of finance. Notwithstanding the provisions 61.3 of any other law, the net proceeds of a sale of any state trunk 61.4 highway bond-financed property must be paid to the commissioner 61.5 of transportation, deposited in the state trunk highway fund, 61.6 and used to pay or redeem or defease any outstanding trunk 61.7 highway bonds in accordance with the commissioner of finance's 61.8 order authorizing their issuance. The net proceeds of sale paid 61.9 to the commissioner of transportation are appropriated for these 61.10 purposes. Any net proceeds of sale in excess of the foregoing 61.11 requirement must be applied as otherwise required by law. When 61.12 all of the new proceeds of sale have been applied as provided in 61.13 this subdivision, the sold property is no longer considered 61.14 state trunk highway bond-financed property. 61.15 Subd. 4. [RELATION TO OTHER LAWS.] This section applies to 61.16 all state trunk highway bond-financed property unless otherwise 61.17 provided by law. 61.18 Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 167.51, 61.19 subdivision 2, is amended to read: 61.20 Subd. 2. [TRANSFERS.] All money transferred from the trunk 61.21 highway fund or from any other source to the Minnesota trunk 61.22 highway bond account and all income from the investment thereof 61.23 shall be available for the payment of outstanding state trunk 61.24 highway bonds and interest thereon, whether or not issued 61.25 pursuant to section 167.50, in the same manner as the proceeds 61.26 of taxes paid into the trunk highway fund, and so much thereof 61.27 as may be necessary is appropriated for such payments. The 61.28 legislature may appropriate and transfer to the Minnesota trunk 61.29 highway bond account, for the payment of such trunk highway 61.30 bonds and interest thereon, any other moneys in the state 61.31 treasury not otherwise appropriated. The commissioner of 61.32 finance and the state treasurer are directed to make the 61.33 appropriate entries in the accounts of the respective funds. 61.34 Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 168.013, 61.35 subdivision 1d, is amended to read: 61.36 Subd. 1d. [TRAILER.] (a) On trailers registered at a gross 62.1 vehicle weight of greater than 3,000 pounds, the annual tax is 62.2 based on total gross weight and is 30 percent of the Minnesota 62.3 base rate prescribed in subdivision 1e, when the gross weight is 62.4 15,000 pounds or less, and when the gross weight of a trailer is 62.5 more than 15,000 pounds, the tax for the first eight years of 62.6 vehicle life is 100 percent of the tax imposed in the Minnesota 62.7 base rate schedule, and during the ninth and succeeding years of 62.8 vehicle life the tax is 75 percent of the Minnesota base rate 62.9 prescribed by subdivision 1e, but in no event less than $5,62.10provided, that the tax on trailers with a total gross weight of62.113,000 pounds or less is payable biennially. 62.12 (b) Farm trailers with a gross weight in excess of 10,000 62.13 pounds and as described in section 168.011, subdivision 17, are 62.14 taxed as farm trucks as prescribed in subdivision 1c. 62.15 (c) Effective on and after July 1, 2001, trailers 62.16 registered at a gross vehicle weight of 3,000 pounds or less 62.17 must display a distinctive plate. The registration on the 62.18 license plate is valid for the life of the trailer only if it 62.19 remains registered at the same gross vehicle weight. The 62.20 one-time registration tax for trailers registered for the first 62.21 time in Minnesota is $55. For trailers registered in Minnesota 62.22 before July 1, 2001, and for which: 62.23 (1) registration is desired for the remaining life of the 62.24 trailer, the registration tax is $25; or 62.25 (2) permanent registration is not desired, the biennial 62.26 registration tax is $10 for the first renewal if registration is 62.27 renewed between and including July 1, 2001, and June 30, 2003. 62.28 These trailers must be issued permanent registration at the 62.29 first renewal on or after July 1, 2003, and the registration tax 62.30 is $20. 62.31 For trailers registered at a gross weight of 3,000 pounds or 62.32 less before July 1, 2001, but not renewed until on or after July 62.33 1, 2003, the registration tax is $20 and permanent registration 62.34 must be issued. 62.35 Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 168.33, 62.36 subdivision 7, is amended to read: 63.1 Subd. 7. [FILING FEE.] (a) In addition to all other 63.2 statutory fees and taxes, a filing fee of$3.50$4.50 is imposed 63.3 on everyapplicationmotor vehicle registration renewal, 63.4 excluding prorate, and a filing fee of $7 is imposed on every 63.5 other type of vehicle transaction; except that a filing fee may 63.6 not be charged for a document returned for a refund or for a 63.7 correction of an error made by the department of public safety 63.8 or a deputy registrar. The filing feeshallmust be shown as a 63.9 separate item on all registration renewal notices sent out by 63.10 the departmentof public safety. No filing fee or other fee may 63.11 be charged for the permanent surrender of a certificate of title 63.12 and license plates for a motor vehicle. 63.13 (b) Filing fees collected under this subdivision by the 63.14registrardepartment must be paid into the state treasury and 63.15 credited to the highway user tax distribution fund, except fees 63.16 for registrations of motor vehicles. Filing fees collected for 63.17 registrations of motor vehicles in conjunction with a title 63.18 transfer or first application in this state must be paid into 63.19 the state treasury with 50 percent of the money credited to the 63.20 general fund and 50 percent credited to the highway user tax 63.21 distribution fund. 63.22 Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 168.381, is 63.23 amended to read: 63.24 168.381 [MANUFACTURE OF VEHICLE LICENSENUMBERPLATES; 63.25 APPROPRIATIONS.] 63.26 Subdivision 1. [CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES; OTHER 63.27 MANUFACTURERS.] (a) License number plates required by law may be 63.28 manufactured by the Minnesota correctional facility-St. Cloud, 63.29 the Minnesota correctional facility-Stillwater, or other 63.30 facility established by law for the confinement of persons 63.31 convicted of felony, upon order from the registrar of motor 63.32 vehicles, such. The ordertomust state the quality of material 63.33 desired insuchthe plates, the plate specificationsthereof, 63.34 and the amount or number desired. 63.35 (b) Should the commissioner of corrections decide not to 63.36 supply the required quantity of license plates, or discontinue 64.1 the manufacture of plates, the commissioner of public safety is 64.2 authorized to seek other suppliers on a competitive basis. 64.3 Subd. 2. [LABORATORY TESTING; COSTS.] (a) Materials 64.4 purchased to be used in the manufacture ofsuchmotor vehicle 64.5 number platesshallmust be tested as to conformance with 64.6 specifications established by the commissioner of public safety 64.7 in a privately operated laboratory service to be designated by 64.8 the commissioner. The cost ofsuchthe laboratoryshallmust be 64.9 included in the cost of materials purchased. 64.10 (b) The cost of delivery ofsuchnumber plates to the 64.11 commissioner of public safety at placeswhichdesignated by the 64.12 commissionermay designate shallmust be included in the 64.13 expenses incurred in their manufacture. 64.14 Subd. 3. [SPECIFICATIONS.] The commissioner of public 64.15 safety shall establish new or revised specifications for the 64.16 material and equipment used in the manufacture of number plates 64.17 ordered for manufacture after August 1, 1975, and may from time 64.18 to time revisesuchthe specifications,; provided thatsuch64.19 the specifications conform to the requirements of section 168.12. 64.20 In establishing new or revised specifications, the commissioner 64.21 shall consult with and give consideration to the advice and 64.22 recommendations of representatives of the Minnesota state 64.23 patrol, local police officers' associations, and the county 64.24 sheriffs' association. 64.25(c)Subd. 4. [APPROPRIATIONS.] (a) Money appropriated to 64.26 the department of public safety to procure the plates for any 64.27 fiscal year or yearsshall beare available for allotment, 64.28 encumbrance, and expenditure from and after the date of the 64.29 enactment ofsuchthe appropriation. Materials and equipment 64.30 used in the manufacture ofsuchnumber plates are subject only 64.31 to the approval of the commissioner of public safety. 64.32(d)(b) This section contemplates that money to be 64.33 appropriated to the department of public safety in order to 64.34 carry out the terms and provisions of this section will be 64.35 appropriated by the legislature from the highway user tax 64.36 distribution fund. 65.1 (c) A sum sufficient is appropriated annually from the 65.2 highway user tax distribution fund to the commissioner of public 65.3 safety to pay the costs of purchasing, delivering, and mailing 65.4 motor vehicle license number plates, license plate registration 65.5 tabs or stickers, and license plate registration notices. 65.6 Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 169.06, is 65.7 amended by adding a subdivision to read: 65.8 Subd. 5b. [SIGNAL VIOLATION CITED USING PHOTOGRAPHIC 65.9 EVIDENCE.] (a) Notwithstanding section 169.89, subdivision 1, if 65.10 a motor vehicle is operated in violation of subdivision 4 and 65.11 the violation is detected through use of photographic evidence, 65.12 the owner of the vehicle or, for a leased motor vehicle, the 65.13 lessee of the vehicle, is guilty of a petty misdemeanor and may 65.14 be fined up to $100. Notwithstanding any other law, a peace 65.15 officer may issue a citation to the owner or lessee of the 65.16 vehicle through United States mail. 65.17 (b) This subdivision does not apply to (1) an owner who 65.18 presents written evidence that the motor vehicle had been 65.19 reported to a law enforcement agency as stolen at the time of 65.20 the violation, or (2) a lessor of a motor vehicle if the lessor 65.21 keeps a record of the name and address of the lessee. 65.22 (c) This subdivision does not prohibit or limit the 65.23 prosecution of a motor vehicle operator for violating 65.24 subdivision 4. 65.25 (d) It is an affirmative defense to a violation of this 65.26 subdivision if the owner or lessee proves by a preponderance of 65.27 the evidence that the owner or lessee was not the driver of the 65.28 vehicle at the time of the violation. 65.29 [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective August 1, 2001. 65.30 Sec. 23. [169.062] [SIGNAL VIOLATION DETECTED WITH 65.31 PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE.] 65.32 Subdivision 1. [LOCAL GOVERNMENT AUTHORITY.] (a) A 65.33 statutory or home rule charter city or urban town, as defined in 65.34 chapter 368, may by ordinance develop and implement a program to 65.35 allow peace officers to detect violations of section 169.06, 65.36 subdivision 4, through photographic evidence, as provided in 66.1 section 169.06, subdivision 5b. A program established under 66.2 this section must: 66.3 (1) be limited to enforcement of traffic signals only; 66.4 (2) issue citations for traffic signal violations only 66.5 through United States mail within seven working days of the 66.6 offense; 66.7 (3) provide that any fine revenues in excess of the costs 66.8 of the program be transferred to the commissioner of 66.9 transportation to be used for the crosswalk safety awareness 66.10 campaign; 66.11 (4) operate photographic systems in such a manner that the 66.12 violating vehicle is identified by the photograph but the 66.13 occupants of the vehicle are not; 66.14 (5) provide that all records of convictions resulting from 66.15 violations detected through the use of photographic systems 66.16 contain a notation to that effect; and 66.17 (6) require signage notifying drivers that photographic 66.18 systems are in place to detect traffic signal violations. 66.19 (b) The city or town shall consult with the department of 66.20 public safety in establishing the program. 66.21 Any contract with a private person for operation of a 66.22 program under this section must not include a provision that 66.23 provides for a payment to the private person based on the number 66.24 of citations issued. 66.25 Subd. 2. [FINES.] A city or town participating in the 66.26 program may by ordinance establish a schedule of fines for 66.27 violations detected by photographic equipment. 66.28 Subd. 3. [DATA.] Photographic evidence and records of 66.29 convictions obtained under this section are private data on 66.30 individuals or nonpublic data as defined in section 13.02 but 66.31 are accessible to the owner or lessee of the vehicle. Section 66.32 13.05, subdivision 11, applies to a contract with a private 66.33 person for operation of a program under this section. The 66.34 private person may use the data only for purposes of this 66.35 program. 66.36 [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective August 1, 2001. 67.1 Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 169.09, 67.2 subdivision 13, is amended to read: 67.3 Subd. 13. [REPORTS CONFIDENTIAL; EVIDENCE, FEE, PENALTY, 67.4 APPROPRIATION.] (a) All written reports and supplemental reports 67.5 required under this section shall be for the use of the 67.6 commissioner of public safety and other appropriate state, 67.7 federal, county, and municipal governmental agencies for 67.8 accident analysis purposes, except: 67.9 (1) the commissioner of public safety or any law 67.10 enforcement agency shall, upon written request of any person 67.11 involved in an accident or upon written request of the 67.12 representative of the person's estate, surviving spouse, or one 67.13 or more surviving next of kin, or a trustee appointed pursuant 67.14 to section 573.02, disclose to the requester, the requester's 67.15 legal counsel, or a representative of the requester's insurer 67.16 the report required under subdivision 8; 67.17 (2) the commissioner of public safety shall, upon written 67.18 request, provide the driver filing a report under subdivision 7 67.19 with a copy of the report filed by the driver; 67.20 (3) the commissioner of public safety may verify with 67.21 insurance companies vehicle insurance information to enforce 67.22 sections 65B.48, 169.792, 169.793, 169.796, and 169.797; 67.23 (4) the commissioner of public safety shall provide the 67.24 commissioner of transportation the information obtained for each 67.25 traffic accident involving a commercial motor vehicle, for 67.26 purposes of administering commercial vehicle safety regulations; 67.27 and 67.28 (5) the commissioner of public safety may give to the 67.29 United States Department of Transportation commercial vehicle 67.30 accident information in connection with federal grant programs 67.31 relating to safety. 67.32 (b) Accident reports and data contained in the reports 67.33 shall not be discoverable under any provision of law or rule of 67.34 court. No report shall be used as evidence in any trial, civil 67.35 or criminal, arising out of an accident, except that the 67.36 commissioner of public safety shall furnish upon the demand of 68.1 any person who has, or claims to have, made a report, or, upon 68.2 demand of any court, a certificate showing that a specified 68.3 accident report has or has not been made to the commissioner 68.4 solely to prove compliance or failure to comply with the 68.5 requirements that the report be made to the commissioner. 68.6 (c) Nothing in this subdivision prevents any person who has 68.7 made a report pursuant to this section from providing 68.8 information to any persons involved in an accident or their 68.9 representatives or from testifying in any trial, civil or 68.10 criminal, arising out of an accident, as to facts within the 68.11 person's knowledge. It is intended by this subdivision to 68.12 render privileged the reports required, but it is not intended 68.13 to prohibit proof of the facts to which the reports relate. 68.14 (d) Disclosing any information contained in any accident 68.15 report, except as provided in this subdivision, section 13.82, 68.16 subdivision 3 or 4, or other statutes, is a misdemeanor. 68.17 (e) The commissioner of public safety may charge authorized 68.18 persons a $5 fee for a copy of an accident report. The fees 68.19 collected must be credited to the driver's license account in 68.20 the special revenue fund. 68.21 (f) The commissioner and law enforcement agencies may 68.22 charge commercial users who request access to response or 68.23 incident data relating to accidents a fee not to exceed 50 cents 68.24 per report. "Commercial user" is a user who in one location 68.25 requests access to data in more than five accident reports per 68.26 month, unless the user establishes that access is not for a 68.27 commercial purpose. Money collected by the commissioner under 68.28 this paragraph is appropriated to the commissioner. 68.29 Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 169.18, 68.30 subdivision 1, is amended to read: 68.31 Subdivision 1. [KEEP TO THE RIGHT.] Upon all roadways of 68.32 sufficient width a vehicle shall be driven upon the right half 68.33 of the roadway, except as follows: 68.34 (1) when overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding 68.35 in the same direction under the rules governing such movement; 68.36 (2) when the right half of a roadway is closed to traffic 69.1 while under construction or repair; 69.2 (3) upon a roadway divided into three marked lanes for 69.3 traffic under the rules applicable thereon;or69.4 (4) upon a roadway designated and signposted for one-way 69.5 traffic as a one-way roadway; or 69.6 (5) as necessary to comply with subdivision 11 when 69.7 approaching an authorized emergency vehicle parked or stopped on 69.8 the roadway. 69.9 [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective June 1, 2001. 69.10 Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 169.18, is 69.11 amended by adding a subdivision to read: 69.12 Subd. 11. [PASSING PARKED EMERGENCY VEHICLE.] When 69.13 approaching and before passing an authorized emergency vehicle 69.14 that is parked or otherwise stopped on or next to a street or 69.15 highway having two or more lanes in the same direction, the 69.16 driver of a vehicle shall safely move the vehicle to a lane away 69.17 from the emergency vehicle. 69.18 [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective June 1, 2001. 69.19 Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 169.825, 69.20 subdivision 11, is amended to read: 69.21 Subd. 11. [GROSS WEIGHT SEASONAL INCREASES.] (a) The 69.22 limitations provided in this section are increased: 69.23 (1) by ten percentfrom January 1 to March 7between the 69.24 dates set by the commissioner based on frost depth, each winter, 69.25 statewide; 69.26 (2) by ten percentfrom December 1 through December 3169.27 between the dates set by the commissioner based on frost depth, 69.28 each winter in the zone bounded as follows: beginning at Pigeon 69.29 River in the northeast corner of Minnesota; thence in a 69.30 southwesterly direction along the north shore of Lake Superior 69.31 along trunk highway No. 61 to the junction with trunk highway 69.32 No. 210; thence westerly along trunk highway No. 210 to the 69.33 junction with trunk highway No. 10; thence northwesterly along 69.34 trunk highway No. 10 to the Minnesota-North Dakota border; 69.35 thence northerly along that border to the Minnesota-Canadian 69.36 Border; thence easterly along said Border to Lake Superior; and 70.1 (3) by ten percent from the beginning of harvest to 70.2 November 30 each year for the movement of sugar beets, sweet 70.3 corn, and potatoes within an area having a 75-mile radius from 70.4 the field of harvest to the point of the first unloading. The 70.5 commissioner shall not issue permits under this clause if to do 70.6 so will result in a loss of federal highway funding to the state. 70.7 (b) The duration of a ten percent increase in load limits 70.8 is subject to limitation by order of the commissioner, subject 70.9 to implementation of springtime load restrictions, or March 7. 70.10 (c) When the ten percent increase is in effect, a permit is 70.11 required for a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer 70.12 combination that has a gross weight in excess of 80,000 pounds, 70.13 an axle group weight in excess of that prescribed in subdivision 70.14 10, or a single axle weight in excess of 20,000 pounds and which 70.15 travels on interstate routes. 70.16 (d) In cases where gross weights in an amount less than 70.17 that set forth in this section are fixed, limited, or restricted 70.18 on a highway or bridge by or under another section of this 70.19 chapter, the lesser gross weight as fixed, limited, or 70.20 restricted may not be exceeded and must control instead of the 70.21 gross weights set forth in this section. 70.22 (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this 70.23 subdivision, no vehicle may exceed a total gross vehicle weight 70.24 of 80,000 pounds on routes which have not been designated by the 70.25 commissioner under section 169.832, subdivision 11. 70.26 (f) The commissioner may, after determining the ability of 70.27 the highway structure and frost condition to support additional 70.28 loads, grant a permit extending seasonal increases for vehicles 70.29 using portions of routes falling within two miles of the 70.30 southern boundary of the zone described under paragraph (a), 70.31 clause (2). 70.32 Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 169.87, 70.33 subdivision 4, is amended to read: 70.34 Subd. 4. [VEHICLE TRANSPORTING MILK, LIVESTOCK, OR 70.35 FEED.] (a) Until June 1, 2003, a weight restriction imposed 70.36 under subdivision 1 by the commissioner of transportation or a 71.1 local road authority, or imposed by subdivision 2, does not 71.2 apply to: 71.3 (1) a vehicle transporting milk from the point of 71.4 production to the point of first processing if, at the time the 71.5 weight restriction is exceeded, the vehicle is carrying milk 71.6 loaded at only one point of production; 71.7 (2) a vehicle delivering animal feed to a farm or other 71.8 livestock production facility, whether or not the feed is in a 71.9 raw or manufactured state; 71.10 (3) a vehicle transporting livestock to a farm or other 71.11 livestock production facility for care and rearing; or 71.12 (4) a vehicle transporting livestock from a farm or other 71.13 livestock production facility to point of slaughter. 71.14 (b) This subdivision does not authorize a vehicle described 71.15 in this subdivision to exceed a weight restriction of five tons 71.16 per axle by more than two tons per axle. 71.17 Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 170.23, is 71.18 amended to read: 71.19 170.23 [ABSTRACT; FEE; ADMISSIBLE IN EVIDENCE.] 71.20 The commissioner shall upon request furnish any person a 71.21 certified abstract of the operating record of any person subject 71.22 to the provisions of this chapter, and, if there shall be no 71.23 record of any conviction of such person of violating any law 71.24 relating to the operation of a motor vehicle or of any injury or 71.25 damage caused by such person, the commissioner shall so 71.26 certify. Such abstracts shall not be admissible as evidence in 71.27 any action for damages or criminal proceedings arising out of a 71.28 motor vehicle accident. A fee of $5 shall be paid for each such 71.29 abstract. The commissioner shall permit a person to inquire 71.30 into the operating record of any person by means of the 71.31 inquiring person's own computer facilities for a fee to be 71.32 determined by the commissioner of at least $2 for each inquiry. 71.33 The commissioner shall furnish an abstract that is not certified 71.34 for a fee to be determined by the commissioner in an amount less 71.35 than the fee for a certified abstract but more than the fee for 71.36 an inquiry by computer. Fees collected under this section must 72.1 be paid into the state treasury with 90 percent of the money 72.2 credited to thetrunk highwaydriver's license account in the 72.3 special revenue fund and ten percent credited to the general 72.4 fund. 72.5 Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 171.06, 72.6 subdivision 2a, is amended to read: 72.7 Subd. 2a. [TWO-WHEELED VEHICLE ENDORSEMENT FEE INCREASED.] 72.8 (a) The fee for any duplicate driver's license which is obtained 72.9 for the purpose of adding a two-wheeled vehicle endorsement is 72.10 increased by $18.50 for each first such duplicate license and 72.11 $13 for each renewal thereof. The additional fee shall be paid 72.12 into the state treasury and credited as follows: 72.13 (1) $11 of the additional fee for each first duplicate 72.14 license, and $7 of the additional fee for each renewal, must be 72.15 credited to the motorcycle safety fund which is hereby created; 72.16 provided that any fee receipts in excess of $750,000 in a fiscal 72.17 year shall be credited 90 percent to thetrunk highwaydriver's 72.18 license account in the special revenue fund and ten percent to 72.19 the general fund, as provided in section 171.26. 72.20 (2) The remainder of the additional fee must be credited to 72.21 the general fund. 72.22 (b) All application forms prepared by the commissioner for 72.23 two-wheeled vehicle endorsements shall clearly state the amount 72.24 of the total fee that is dedicated to the motorcycle safety fund. 72.25 Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 171.07, 72.26 subdivision 11, is amended to read: 72.27 Subd. 11. [STANDBY OR TEMPORARY CUSTODIAN.] (a) Upon the 72.28 written request of the applicant and upon payment of an 72.29 additional fee of $3.50, the department shall issue a driver's 72.30 license or Minnesota identification card bearing a symbol or 72.31 other appropriate identifier indicating that the license holder 72.32 has appointed an individual to serve as a standby or temporary 72.33 custodian under chapter 257B. 72.34 (b) The request must be accompanied by a copy of the 72.35 designation executed under section 257B.04. 72.36 (c) The department shall maintain a computerized records 73.1 system of all persons listed as standby or temporary custodians 73.2 by driver's license and identification card applicants. This 73.3 data shall be released to appropriate law enforcement agencies 73.4 under section 13.69. Upon a parent's request and payment of a 73.5 fee of $3.50, the department shall revise its list of standby or 73.6 temporary custodians to reflect a change in the appointment. 73.7 (d) At the request of the license or card holder, the 73.8 department shall cancel the standby or temporary custodian 73.9 indication without additional charge. However, this paragraph 73.10 does not prohibit a fee that may be applicable for a duplicate 73.11 or replacement license or card, renewal of a license, or other 73.12 service applicable to a driver's license or identification card. 73.13 (e) Notwithstanding sections 13.08, subdivision 1, and 73.14 13.69, the department and department employees are conclusively 73.15 presumed to be acting in good faith when employees rely on 73.16 statements made, in person or by telephone, by persons 73.17 purporting to be law enforcement and subsequently release 73.18 information described in paragraph (b). When acting in good 73.19 faith, the department and department personnel are immune from 73.20 civil liability and not subject to suit for damages resulting 73.21 from the release of this information. 73.22 (f) The department and its employees: 73.23 (1) have no duty to inquire or otherwise determine whether 73.24 a designation submitted under this subdivision is legally valid 73.25 and enforceable; and 73.26 (2) are immune from all civil liability and not subject to 73.27 suit for damages resulting from a claim that the designation was 73.28 not legally valid and enforceable. 73.29 (g) Of the fees received by the department under this 73.30 subdivision: 73.31 (1) Up to $111,000 received in fiscal year 1997 and up to 73.32 $61,000 received in subsequent fiscal years must be deposited in 73.33 the general fund. 73.34 (2) All other fees must be deposited in thetrunk highway73.35 driver's license account in the special revenue fund. 73.36 Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 171.12, 74.1 subdivision 6, is amended to read: 74.2 Subd. 6. [CERTAIN CONVICTIONS NOT RECORDED.] (a) The 74.3 department shall not keep on the record of a driver any 74.4 conviction for a violation of section 169.14, subdivision 2, 74.5 paragraph (a), clause (3), unless the violation consisted of a 74.6 speed greater than ten miles per hour in excess of the lawful 74.7 speed. 74.8 (b) The department shall not keep on the record of a driver 74.9 a conviction for failure to obey traffic signals if the record 74.10 of conviction indicates that the conviction was obtained through 74.11 the use of photographic evidence. 74.12 [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective August 1, 2001. 74.13 Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 171.13, 74.14 subdivision 6, is amended to read: 74.15 Subd. 6. [INITIAL MOTORCYCLE ENDORSEMENT FEE.] A person 74.16 applying for an initial motorcycle endorsement on a driver's 74.17 license shall pay at the place of examination a total fee of 74.18 $21, which includes the examination fee and endorsement fee, but 74.19 does not include the fee for a duplicate driver's license 74.20 prescribed in section 171.06, subdivision 2. Of this amount, 74.21 $11 must be credited as provided in section 171.06, subdivision 74.22 2a, paragraph (a), clause (1), $2.50 must be credited to 74.23 thetrunk highwaydriver's license account in the special 74.24 revenue fund, and the remainder must be credited to the general 74.25 fund. 74.26 Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 171.185, is 74.27 amended to read: 74.28 171.185 [COSTS PAID FROMTRUNK HIGHWAY FUNDDRIVER'S 74.29 LICENSE ACCOUNT.] 74.30 All costs incurred by the commissioner in carrying out the 74.31 provisions of sections 171.182 to 171.184 shall be paid from the 74.32trunk highwaydriver's license account in the special revenue 74.33 fund. 74.34 Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 171.26, is 74.35 amended to read: 74.36 171.26 [DRIVER'S LICENSE ACCOUNT; MONEY CREDITEDTO FUNDS75.1 AND APPROPRIATED.] 75.2 (a) The driver's license account is created in the special 75.3 revenue fund. Money credited to this account may be 75.4 appropriated to the commissioner of public safety for the 75.5 purpose of providing driver's license and other related services 75.6 as authorized under this chapter. 75.7 (b) All money received under this chapter must be paid into 75.8 the state treasury and credited to thetrunk highwaydriver's 75.9 license account in the special revenue fund, except as provided 75.10 in sections 171.06, subdivision 2a; 171.07, subdivision 11, 75.11 paragraph (g); 171.12, subdivision 8; and 171.29, subdivision 2, 75.12 paragraph (b). 75.13 (c) A sum sufficient is appropriated annually from the 75.14 driver's license account to pay the costs of mailing driver's 75.15 license renewal notices and producing and mailing driver's 75.16 licenses, permits, and identification cards. Beginning in 2002, 75.17 the commissioner shall submit to the commissioner of finance, 75.18 with copies to the chairs of the senate and house of 75.19 representatives committees having jurisdiction over 75.20 transportation finance, by October 15, an audited report 75.21 summarizing expenditures under this paragraph for the previous 75.22 fiscal year and projections for the current fiscal year. 75.23 Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 171.29, 75.24 subdivision 2, is amended to read: 75.25 Subd. 2. [FEES, ALLOCATION.] (a) A person whose driver's 75.26 license has been revoked as provided in subdivision 1, except 75.27 under section 169A.52 or 169A.54, shall pay a $30 fee before the 75.28 driver's license is reinstated. 75.29 (b) A person whose driver's license has been revoked as 75.30 provided in subdivision 1 under section 169A.52 or 169A.54 shall 75.31 pay a $250 fee plus a $40 surcharge before the driver's license 75.32 is reinstated. The $250 fee is to be credited as follows: 75.33 (1) Twenty percent must be credited to thetrunk highway75.34 driver's license account in the special revenue fund. 75.35 (2) Fifty-five percent must be credited to the general fund. 75.36 (3) Eight percent must be credited to a separate account to 76.1 be known as the bureau of criminal apprehension account. Money 76.2 in this account may be appropriated to the commissioner of 76.3 public safety and the appropriated amount must be apportioned 80 76.4 percent for laboratory costs and 20 percent for carrying out the 76.5 provisions of section 299C.065. 76.6 (4) Twelve percent must be credited to a separate account 76.7 to be known as the alcohol-impaired driver education account. 76.8 Money in the account is appropriated as follows: 76.9 (i) the first $200,000 in a fiscal year to the commissioner 76.10 of children, families, and learning for programs for elementary 76.11 and secondary school students; and 76.12 (ii) the remainder credited in a fiscal year to the 76.13 commissioner of transportation to be spent as grants to the 76.14 Minnesota highway safety center at St. Cloud State University 76.15 for programs relating to alcohol and highway safety education in 76.16 elementary and secondary schools. 76.17 (5) Five percent must be credited to a separate account to 76.18 be known as the traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury 76.19 account. The money in the account is annually appropriated to 76.20 the commissioner of health to be used as follows: 35 percent 76.21 for a contract with a qualified community-based organization to 76.22 provide information, resources, and support to assist persons 76.23 with traumatic brain injury and their families to access 76.24 services, and 65 percent to maintain the traumatic brain injury 76.25 and spinal cord injury registry created in section 144.662. For 76.26 the purposes of this clause, a "qualified community-based 76.27 organization" is a private, not-for-profit organization of 76.28 consumers of traumatic brain injury services and their family 76.29 members. The organization must be registered with the United 76.30 States Internal Revenue Service under section 501(c)(3) as a 76.31 tax-exempt organization and must have as its purposes: 76.32 (i) the promotion of public, family, survivor, and 76.33 professional awareness of the incidence and consequences of 76.34 traumatic brain injury; 76.35 (ii) the provision of a network of support for persons with 76.36 traumatic brain injury, their families, and friends; 77.1 (iii) the development and support of programs and services 77.2 to prevent traumatic brain injury; 77.3 (iv) the establishment of education programs for persons 77.4 with traumatic brain injury; and 77.5 (v) the empowerment of persons with traumatic brain injury 77.6 through participation in its governance. 77.7 No patient's name, identifying information or identifiable 77.8 medical data will be disclosed to the organization without the 77.9 informed voluntary written consent of the patient or patient's 77.10 guardian, or if the patient is a minor, of the parent or 77.11 guardian of the patient. 77.12 (c) The $40 surcharge must be credited to a separate 77.13 account to be known as the remote electronic alcohol monitoring 77.14 program account. The commissioner shall transfer the balance of 77.15 this account to the commissioner of finance on a monthly basis 77.16 for deposit in the general fund. 77.17 (d) When these fees are collected by a licensing agent, 77.18 appointed under section 171.061, a handling charge is imposed in 77.19 the amount specified under section 171.061, subdivision 4. The 77.20 reinstatement fees and surcharge must be deposited in an 77.21 approved state depository as directed under section 171.061, 77.22 subdivision 4. 77.23 Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 171.36, is 77.24 amended to read: 77.25 171.36 [LICENSE RENEWAL; FEES; PROCEEDS TOTRUNK HIGHWAY77.26 SPECIAL REVENUE FUND.] 77.27 All licenses shall expire one year from date of issuance 77.28 and may be renewed upon application to the commissioner. Each 77.29 application for an original or renewal school license shall be 77.30 accompanied by a fee of $150 and each application for an 77.31 original or renewal instructor's license shall be accompanied by 77.32 a fee of $50. The license fees collected under sections 171.33 77.33 to 171.41 shall be paid into thetrunk highwaydriver's license 77.34 account in the special revenue fund. No license fee shall be 77.35 refunded in the event that the license is rejected or revoked. 77.36 Sec. 38. [174.026] [PAVEMENT STRIPING.] 78.1 The commissioner of transportation may bill highway 78.2 maintenance operating units of the department and local road 78.3 authorities for the costs of a centrally managed pavement 78.4 marking program. Such costs may include equipment acquisition 78.5 and rental, labor, materials, and other costs as determined by 78.6 the commissioner. Receipts must be credited to a special 78.7 account which is established in the trunk highway fund and are 78.8 appropriated to the commissioner to pay the costs for which the 78.9 billings are made. Amounts credited to the account are exempt 78.10 from statewide and agency indirect costs payments. 78.11 Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 174.03, is 78.12 amended by adding a subdivision to read: 78.13 Subd. 2a. [HIGHWAY SPENDING IN METROPOLITAN DISTRICT.] In 78.14 any year during the period of imposition of the taxes authorized 78.15 in section 473.922, subdivisions 4 and 5, and exclusive of the 78.16 expenditure of these revenues, (1) the percentage of total trunk 78.17 highway fund expenditures attributable to projects in the 78.18 metropolitan district may not vary more than two percentage 78.19 points from the average of the previous five years of trunk 78.20 highway fund metropolitan district expenditures and (2) of the 78.21 additional trunk highway funds made available by the tax 78.22 revenues collected under section 473.922, subdivisions 4 and 5, 78.23 no less than $100,000,000 must be spent in each of the counties 78.24 of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Scott, and Washington during the 78.25 period of imposition of these taxes. The commissioner must let 78.26 each project funded as described in this clause no later than 78.27 June 30, 2011. 78.28 Sec. 40. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 174.24, 78.29 subdivision 3b, is amended to read: 78.30 Subd. 3b. [OPERATING ASSISTANCE.] (a) The commissioner 78.31 shall determine the total operating cost of any public transit 78.32 system receiving or applying for assistance in accordance with 78.33 generally accepted accounting principles. To be eligible for 78.34 financial assistance, an applicant or recipient shall provide to 78.35 the commissioner all financial records and other information and 78.36 shall permit any inspection reasonably necessary to determine 79.1 total operating cost and correspondingly the amount of 79.2 assistance which may be paid to the applicant or recipient. 79.3 Where more than one county or municipality contributes 79.4 assistance to the operation of a public transit system, the 79.5 commissioner shall identify one as lead agency for the purpose 79.6 of receivingmoneysmoney under this section. 79.7 (b) Prior to distributing operating assistance to eligible 79.8 recipients for any contract period, the commissioner shall place 79.9 all recipients into one of the following classifications:large79.10urbanized area service,urbanized area service, small urban area 79.11 service, rural area service, and elderly and handicapped 79.12 service. The commissioner shall distribute funds under this 79.13 section so that the percentage of total operating cost paid by 79.14 any recipient from local sources will not exceed the percentage 79.15 for that recipient's classification, except as provided in an 79.16 undue hardship case. The percentagesshallmust be:for large79.17urbanized area service, 50 percent;for urbanized area service 79.18 and small urban area service, 40 percent; for rural area 79.19 service, 35 percent; and for elderly and handicapped service, 35 79.20 percent. The remainder of the total operating cost will be paid 79.21 from state funds less any assistance received by the recipient 79.22 from any federal source. For purposes of this subdivision 79.23 "local sources" means all local sources of funds and includes 79.24 all operating revenue, tax levies, and contributions from public 79.25 funds, except that the commissioner may exclude from the total 79.26 assistance contract revenues derived from operations the cost of 79.27 which is excluded from the computation of total operating cost. 79.28 Total operating costs of the Duluth transit authority shall not 79.29 include costs related to the Superior, Wisconsin service 79.30 contract and the school bus service contract. 79.31 (c) If a recipient informs the commissioner in writing 79.32 after the establishment of these percentages but prior to the 79.33 distribution of financial assistance for any year that paying 79.34 its designated percentage of total operating cost from local 79.35 sources will cause undue hardship, the commissioner may reduce 79.36 the percentage to be paid from local sources by the recipient 80.1 and increase the percentage to be paid from local sources by one 80.2 or more other recipients inside or outside the classification, 80.3 provided that no recipient shall have its percentage thus 80.4 reduced or increased for more than two years successively. If 80.5 for any year the funds appropriated to the commissioner to carry 80.6 out the purposes of this section are insufficient to allow the 80.7 commissioner to pay the state share of total operating cost as 80.8 provided in this paragraph, the commissioner shall reduce the 80.9 state share in each classification to the extent necessary. 80.10 Sec. 41. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 174.32, 80.11 subdivision 5, is amended to read: 80.12 Subd. 5. [ELIGIBLE ACTIVITYEXPENDITURES FROM 80.13 FUND.]Activities eligible for assistance under the program80.14include but are not limited to:80.15(1) planning and engineering design for transit services;80.16(2) capital assistance to purchase or refurbish transit80.17vehicles, purchase rail lines and associated facilities for80.18light rail transit, purchase rights-of-way, and other capital80.19expenditures necessary to provide a transit service; and80.20(3) other assistance for public transit services.Money in 80.21 the transit assistance fund may be spent by law only for 80.22 operating assistance. 80.23 [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective July 1, 2003. 80.24 Sec. 42. [174.52] [LOCAL ROAD IMPROVEMENT FUND.] 80.25 Subdivision 1. [FUND CREATED.] A local road improvement 80.26 fund is created in the state treasury. The fund consists of 80.27 money transferred to the fund through appropriation, gift, or 80.28 grant. Money in the fund is annually appropriated to the 80.29 commissioner for expenditure as specified in this section. 80.30 Subd. 2. [ADVISORY COMMITTEE.] The commissioner of 80.31 transportation shall annually consult with a local road 80.32 improvement advisory committee concerning criteria for 80.33 expenditure and allocations from the fund. The advisory 80.34 committee consists of 11 members appointed as follows: 80.35 (1) three representatives appointed by the commissioner, 80.36 one of whom shall be designated as the chair of the advisory 81.1 committee; 81.2 (2) two representatives appointed by the association of 81.3 Minnesota counties, of which one must represent a county in the 81.4 metropolitan area; 81.5 (3) two representatives of cities with a population under 81.6 5,000 appointed by the league of Minnesota cities, of which one 81.7 must represent a city in the metropolitan area; 81.8 (4) two representatives of cities with a population of 81.9 5,000 and over, appointed by the league of Minnesota cities, of 81.10 which one must represent a city in the metropolitan area; and 81.11 (5) two representatives appointed by the Minnesota township 81.12 association. 81.13 The committee shall by September 1, 2001, establish criteria for 81.14 making grants from the fund and a process for cities, counties, 81.15 and townships to apply for grants. The committee must award at 81.16 least 50 percent of the funds to local projects by December 15, 81.17 2001. 81.18 Subd. 3. [TRUNK HIGHWAY CORRIDOR ACCOUNT.] (a) A trunk 81.19 highway corridor account is established in the local road 81.20 improvement fund. Money in the account must be used as grants 81.21 to cities, towns, and counties to assist in paying the local 81.22 share of projects that: 81.23 (1) involve the reconstruction or improvement of a trunk 81.24 highway; 81.25 (2) have local costs that are not funded, or are only 81.26 partially funded with other state and federal funds; and 81.27 (3) where the local share of the costs are directly or 81.28 partially related to the trunk highway improvement. 81.29 (b) A city, county, or town is eligible to receive a grant 81.30 from the trunk highway corridor account for the amount of the 81.31 project costs that exceed: 81.32 (1) three percent of the city, county, or town's adjusted 81.33 net tax capacity in the previous calendar year; plus 81.34 (2) ten percent of any county or municipal state-aid 81.35 allocation received in the previous fiscal year. 81.36 In making allocations from the trunk highway corridor account, 82.1 the advisory committee must give priority to projects that 82.2 involve the relocation of municipally owned utilities that have 82.3 a remaining useful life of at least five years. 82.4 Subd. 4. [LOCAL ROAD DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT.] A local road 82.5 development account is established in the local road improvement 82.6 fund. Money in the account must be used as grants to cities, 82.7 towns, and counties to assist in paying the costs of 82.8 constructing or reconstructing local roads. To be eligible for 82.9 allocation from the local road development account, projects 82.10 must meet at least one of the following criteria: 82.11 (1) the local road is of regional significance and connects 82.12 to the regional roadway system; 82.13 (2) the project is designated to receive federal funds; 82.14 (3) the project is part of a larger economic development or 82.15 redevelopment effort; 82.16 (4) the local road serves as a farm-to-market corridor; or 82.17 (5) the local road serves as a tourism route through a 82.18 national forest. 82.19 Subd. 5. [SMALL CITIES ACCOUNT.] A small cities account is 82.20 established in the local road development fund. Money in the 82.21 account must be used as grants to cities with a population under 82.22 5,000 to assist in paying costs related to maintenance and 82.23 construction of the local road system. In making allocations 82.24 from the small cities account, the advisory committee must 82.25 establish criteria that at a minimum considers the population 82.26 and street mileage within the city. 82.27 Subd. 6. [NOISE WALL ACCOUNT.] A noise wall account is 82.28 established in the local road development fund. Money in the 82.29 account must be used as grants to cities, towns, and counties to 82.30 assist in paying the cost of constructing a noise wall along a 82.31 trunk highway. In making allocations from the noise wall 82.32 account, the advisory committee must give priority to projects 82.33 that provide local matching funds for at least one-third of the 82.34 project costs. 82.35 Sec. 43. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 174.70, 82.36 subdivision 2, is amended to read: 83.1 Subd. 2. [IMPLEMENTATION.] In order to facilitate 83.2 construction ofthe initial backbone of thea statewide 83.3 communications systemdescribed in subdivision 1and to reduce 83.4 the proliferation of communications towers, the 83.5 commissionershallmay, by purchase, lease, gift, exchange, or 83.6 other means, obtain sites for the erection of towers and the 83.7 location of equipment andshallmay construct buildings and 83.8 structures needed for developing the communications system. The 83.9 commissioner may negotiate with commercial wireless service 83.10 providers and other tower owners to obtain sites, towers, and 83.11 equipment. Notwithstanding sections 161.433, 161.434, 161.45, 83.12 and 161.46, the commissioner may by agreement lease, allow, or 83.13 permit commercial wireless service providers or other tower 83.14 owners to install privately owned equipment on state-owned 83.15 lands, buildings, and other structures under the jurisdiction of 83.16 the commissioner when it is practical and feasible to do 83.17 so. The commissioner shall annually publish a list of 83.18 state-owned tower sites that are available to commercial 83.19 wireless service providers and other tower owners for 83.20 installation of their equipment. The commissioner shall charge 83.21 a site use fee for the value of the real property or structure 83.22 made available. In lieu of a site use fee, the commissioner may 83.23 make agreements with commercial wireless service providers or 83.24 other tower owners to place state equipment on privately owned 83.25 towers and may accept (1) improvements to state-owned 83.26 publicsafetycommunications system facilities or real or 83.27 personal property, or (2) services provided by a commercial 83.28 wireless service provider or other tower owner. 83.29 [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective the day 83.30 following final enactment. 83.31 Sec. 44. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 174.70, 83.32 subdivision 3, is amended to read: 83.33 Subd. 3. [DEPOSIT OF FEES; APPROPRIATION.] Fees collected 83.34 under subdivision 2 must be deposited in the trunk highway 83.35 fund. The feessocollected are appropriated to the 83.36 commissioner to pay forthe commissioner's share and state84.1patrol's share of the costs of constructingdeveloping and 84.2 maintaining thecommunicationcommunications systemsites. 84.3 [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective the day 84.4 following final enactment. 84.5 Sec. 45. [174.92] [WHISTLE-BLOWING.] 84.6 Subject to applicable federal law and regulations, a city, 84.7 town, or county may prohibit whistle-blowing within one-half 84.8 mile of a commuter rail station. 84.9 Sec. 46. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 297B.09, 84.10 subdivision 1, is amended to read: 84.11 Subdivision 1. [GENERAL FUND SHAREDEPOSIT OF REVENUES.] 84.12 Money collected and received under this chapter must be 84.13 deposited as provided in this subdivision. 84.14 Thirty-two percent of the money collected and received must 84.15 be deposited in the highway user tax distribution fund, 18 84.16 percent of the money collected and received must be deposited in 84.17 the transit assistance fund, and the remaining6850 percent of 84.18 the money must be deposited in the general fund. 84.19 [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective July 1, 2003. 84.20 Sec. 47. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 299D.03, 84.21 subdivision 5, is amended to read: 84.22 Subd. 5. [FINES AND FORFEITED BAIL MONEY.] (a) All fines 84.23 and forfeited bail money, from traffic and motor vehicle law 84.24 violations, collected from persons apprehended or arrested by 84.25 officers of the state patrol, shall be paid by the person or 84.26 officer collecting the fines, forfeited bail money or 84.27 installments thereof, on or before the tenth day after the last 84.28 day of the month in which these moneys were collected, to the 84.29 county treasurer of the county where the violation occurred. 84.30 Three-eighths of these receipts shall be credited to the general 84.31 revenue fund of the county, except that in a county in a 84.32 judicial district under section 480.181, subdivision 1, 84.33 paragraph (b), as added in Laws 1999, chapter 216, article 7, 84.34 section 26, this three-eighths share must be transmitted to the 84.35 state treasurer for deposit in the state treasury and credited 84.36 to the general fund. The other five-eighths of these receipts 85.1 shall be transmitted by that officer to the state treasurer and 85.2 shall be creditedas follows:85.3(1) In the fiscal year ending June 30, 1991, the first85.4$275,000 in money received by the state treasurer after June 4,85.51991, must be credited to the transportation services fund, and85.6the remainder in the fiscal year credited to the trunk highway85.7fund.85.8(2) In fiscal year 1992, the first $215,000 in money85.9received by the state treasurer in the fiscal year must be85.10credited to the transportation services fund, and the remainder85.11credited to the trunk highway fund.85.12(3) In fiscal year 1993 and subsequent years, the entire85.13amount received by the state treasurer must be credited9/16 to 85.14 the trunk highway fund and 1/16 to the trooper training account 85.15 created in subdivision 6a. If, however, the violation occurs 85.16 within a municipality and the city attorney prosecutes the 85.17 offense, and a plea of not guilty is entered, one-third of the 85.18 receipts shall be credited to the general revenue fund of the 85.19 county, one-third of the receipts shall be paid to the 85.20 municipality prosecuting the offense, and one-third shall be 85.21 transmitted to the state treasureras provided in this85.22subdivisionand credited to the trunk highway fund. All costs 85.23 of participation in a nationwide police communication system 85.24 chargeable to the state of Minnesota shall be paid from 85.25 appropriations for that purpose. 85.26 (b) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, all fines 85.27 and forfeited bail money from violations of statutes governing 85.28 the maximum weight of motor vehicles, collected from persons 85.29 apprehended or arrested by employees of the state of Minnesota, 85.30 by means of stationary or portable scales operated by these 85.31 employees, shall be paid by the person or officer collecting the 85.32 fines or forfeited bail money, on or before the tenth day after 85.33 the last day of the month in which the collections were made, to 85.34 the county treasurer of the county where the violation 85.35 occurred. Five-eighths of these receipts shall be transmitted 85.36 by that officer to the state treasurer and shall be credited to 86.1 the highway user tax distribution fund. Three-eighths of these 86.2 receipts shall be credited to the general revenue fund of the 86.3 county, except that in a county in a judicial district under 86.4 section 480.181, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), as added in Laws 86.5 1999, chapter 216, article 7, section 26, this three-eighths 86.6 share must be transmitted to the state treasurer for deposit in 86.7 the state treasury and credited to the general fund. 86.8 Sec. 48. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 299D.03, 86.9 subdivision 6, is amended to read: 86.10 Subd. 6. [TRAINING PROGRAM.] The commissioner of public 86.11 safety may provide training programs for the purpose of 86.12 obtaining qualified personnel for the state patrol. Persons 86.13 accepted by the commissioner of public safety for training under 86.14 this training program shall be designated state patrol trainees 86.15 and shall receive a salary not to exceed 70 percent of the basic 86.16 salary for patrol officers as prescribed in subdivision 2, 86.17 during the period of the training. Nothing contained in this 86.18 subdivision shall be construed to prevent the commissioner of 86.19 public safety from providing in-service training programs for 86.20 state patrol officers. The commissioner of transportation shall 86.21 furnish the commissioner of public safety with lands and 86.22 buildings necessary in providing in-service training programs 86.23 and the department of public safety shall reimburse the 86.24 department of transportation for all reasonable costs incurred 86.25 due to the provision of these training facilities. All costs 86.26 related to in-service training programs for existing state 86.27 patrol troopers shall first be paid by the commissioner from 86.28 money in the trooper training account created in subdivision 6a 86.29 to the extent that funds are available in the account. 86.30 Sec. 49. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 299D.03, is 86.31 amended by adding a subdivision to read: 86.32 Subd. 6a. [TROOPER TRAINING ACCOUNT.] A trooper training 86.33 account is created in the special revenue fund. The account 86.34 receives fines credited under subdivision 5 and other money as 86.35 specified by law. All funds in the account are annually 86.36 appropriated to the commissioner of public safety to be used for 87.1 in-service training programs for existing state patrol 87.2 troopers. The commissioner, as part of the department's 87.3 biennial budget, shall provide information on revenues deposited 87.4 in the account, past and proposed uses of the account, and the 87.5 available account balance. 87.6 Sec. 50. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 299M.10, is 87.7 amended to read: 87.8 299M.10 [MONEY CREDITED TOGENERALSPECIAL REVENUE FUND; 87.9 APPROPRIATION.] 87.10 (a) The fees and penalties collected under this chapter, 87.11 except as provided in section 299M.07, must be deposited in the 87.12 state treasury and credited tothe generala state fire marshal 87.13 account in the special revenue fund. 87.14 (b) Money received by the state fire marshal division in 87.15 the form of gifts, grants, reimbursements, or appropriation from 87.16 any source for the administration of this chapter must also be 87.17 deposited in the state treasury and credited tothe generala 87.18 state fire marshal account in the special revenue fund. 87.19 (c) All money in the state fire marshal account is annually 87.20 appropriated to the commissioner for purposes of administering 87.21 this chapter. 87.22 [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective July 1, 2003. 87.23 Sec. 51. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 299M.11, 87.24 subdivision 5, is amended to read: 87.25 Subd. 5. [DEPOSIT OF FEES; APPROPRIATION.] Fees collected 87.26 under this section must be deposited in the state treasury and 87.27 credited tothe generala state fire marshal account in the 87.28 special revenue fund. All money in the state fire marshal 87.29 account is annually appropriated to the commissioner for 87.30 purposes of administering this chapter. 87.31 [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective July 1, 2003. 87.32 Sec. 52. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 446A.085, is 87.33 amended to read: 87.34 446A.085 [TRANSPORTATION REVOLVING LOAN FUND.] 87.35 Subdivision 1. [DEFINITIONS.] (a) For the purposes of this 87.36 section, the terms defined in this subdivision have the meanings 88.1 given them. 88.2(a) [ACT.](b) "Act" means the National Highway System 88.3 Designation Act of 1995, Public Law Number 104-59, as amended. 88.4(b) [BORROWER.](c) "Borrower" means the state, counties, 88.5 cities, and other governmental entities eligible under the act 88.6 and state law to apply for and receive loans from the 88.7 transportation revolving loan fund, the trunk highway revolving88.8loan account, the county state-aid highway revolving loan88.9account, and the municipal state-aid street revolving loan88.10account. 88.11(c) [DEPARTMENT.] "Department" means the department of88.12transportation.88.13 (d)[LOAN.]"Loan" means financial assistance provided for 88.14 all or part of the cost of a project including money disbursed 88.15 in anticipation of reimbursement or repayment, loan guarantees, 88.16 lines of credit, credit enhancements, equipment financing 88.17 leases, bond insurance, or other forms of financial assistance. 88.18 (e)[TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE.]"Transportation committee" 88.19 means a committee of the Minnesota public facilities authority, 88.20 acting on behalf of the Minnesota public facilities authority, 88.21 consisting of the commissioner of the department of trade and 88.22 economic development, the commissioner of finance, and the 88.23 commissioner of transportation. 88.24 Subd. 2. [PURPOSE.] The purpose of the transportation 88.25 revolving loan fund, the trunk highway revolving loan account,88.26the county state-aid highway revolving loan account, and the88.27municipal state-aid street revolving loan accountis to provide 88.28 loansand matching moneyfor public transportation projects 88.29 eligible for financing or aid under any federal act or program 88.30 or state law, including, without limitation, the study of the 88.31 feasibility of construction, reconstruction, resurfacing, 88.32 restoring, rehabilitation, or replacement of transportation 88.33 facilities; acquisition of right-of-way; and maintenance, 88.34 repair, improvement, or construction of city, town, county, or 88.35 state highways, roads, streets, rights-of-way, bridges, tunnels, 88.36 railroad-highway crossings, drainage structures, signs, 89.1 maintenance and operation facilities, guardrails, and protective 89.2 structures used in connection with highways or transit projects. 89.3 Enhancement items, including without limitation bicycle paths, 89.4 ornamental lighting, and landscaping, are eligible for financing 89.5 provided they are an integral part of overall project design and 89.6 construction of a federal-aid highway. Money in the fund may 89.7 not be used for any toll facilities project or 89.8 congestion-pricing project. 89.9 Subd. 3. [ESTABLISHMENT OF FUND.] A transportation 89.10 revolving loan fund is established to make loans for the 89.11 purposes described in subdivision 2. A highway account is 89.12 established in the fund for highway projects eligible under 89.13 United States Code, title 23. A transit account is established 89.14 in the fund for transit capital projects eligible under United 89.15 States Code, title 49. A state funds general loan account is 89.16 established in the fund for transportation projects eligible 89.17 under state law. Other accounts may be established in the fund 89.18 as necessary for its management and administration. The 89.19 transportation revolving loan fundshall receivereceives 89.20 federal money under the act and money from any source. Money 89.21 received under this section must be paid to the state treasurer 89.22 and credited to the transportation revolving loan fund. Money 89.23 in the fund is annually appropriated to thecommissioner89.24 authority and does not lapse. The fund must be credited with 89.25 investment income, and with repayments of principal and 89.26 interest, except for servicing fees assessed under sections 89.27 446A.04, subdivision 5, and 446A.11, subdivision 8. 89.28 Subd. 4. [MANAGEMENT OF FUND AND ACCOUNTS.] The authority 89.29 shall manage and administer the transportation revolving loan 89.30 fund, the trunk highway revolving loan account, the county89.31state-aid highway revolving loan account, and the municipal89.32state-aid street revolving loan accountand individual accounts 89.33 in the fund. For those purposes, the authority may exercise all 89.34 powers provided in this chapter. 89.35Subd. 5. [TRANSFER OF MONEY.] With the consent of the89.36transportation committee, the commissioner of transportation may90.1transfer money from the trunk highway revolving loan account to90.2the trunk highway fund, from the county state-aid highway90.3revolving loan account to the county state-aid highway fund, and90.4from the municipal state-aid street revolving loan account to90.5the municipal state-aid street fund.90.6 Subd. 6. [TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE.] The transportation 90.7 committee may authorize the making of loans to borrowers by the 90.8 authority for transportation purposes authorized by the act or 90.9 this section, without further action by the authority. The 90.10 authority may not make loans for transportation purposes without 90.11 the approval of the transportation committee. Each project must 90.12 be certified by the commissioner of transportation before its 90.13 consideration by the transportation committee. 90.14 Subd. 7. [APPLICATIONS.] Applicants for loans must submit 90.15 an application to the transportation committee on forms 90.16 prescribed by the transportation committee. The applicant must 90.17 provide the following information: 90.18 (1) the estimated cost of the project and the amount of the 90.19 loan sought; 90.20 (2) other possible sources of funding in addition to loans 90.21 sought from the transportation revolving loan fund, the trunk90.22highway revolving loan account, the county state-aid highway90.23revolving loan account, or the municipal state-aid street90.24revolving loan account; 90.25 (3) the proposed methods and sources of funds to be used 90.26 for repayment of loans received; and 90.27 (4) information showing the financial status and ability of 90.28 the borrower to repay loans. 90.29 Subd. 8. [CERTIFICATION OF PROJECTS.] The commissioner of 90.30 transportation shall consider the following information when 90.31 evaluating projects to certify for funding to the transportation 90.32 committee: 90.33 (1) a description of the nature and purpose of the proposed 90.34 transportation project including an explanation of the need for 90.35 the project and the reasons why it is in the public interest; 90.36 (2) the relationship of the project to the area 91.1 transportation improvement program, the approved statewide 91.2 transportation improvement program, and to anyother91.3 transportation plans required under state or federal law; 91.4 (3) the estimated cost of the project and the amount of 91.5 loans sought; 91.6 (4) proposed sources of funding in addition to loans sought 91.7 from the transportation revolving loan fund, the trunk highway91.8revolving loan account, the county state-aid highway revolving91.9loan account, or municipal state-aid street revolving loan91.10account; 91.11 (5) the need for the project as part of the overall 91.12 transportation system; 91.13 (6) the overall economic impact of the project; and 91.14 (7) the extent to which completion of the project will 91.15 improve the movement of people and freight. 91.16 Subd. 9. [LOAN CONDITIONS.] When making loans from the 91.17 transportation revolving loan fund,the trunk highway revolving91.18loan account, the county state-aid highway revolving loan91.19account, or the municipal state-aid street revolving loan91.20account,the transportation committee shall comply with the 91.21conditionsapplicable provisions of the act and state law. In 91.22 addition, a loan made under this section must: 91.23 (1) bear interest at or below market rates or as otherwise 91.24 specified in federal law; 91.25 (2) have a repayment term not longer than 30 years; 91.26 (3) be fully amortized no later than 30 years after project 91.27 completion; 91.28 (4) be subject to repayment of principal and interest 91.29 beginning not later than five years after the facility financed 91.30 with a loan has been completed, or in the case of a highway 91.31 project, five years after the facility has opened to traffic; 91.32 and 91.33 (5) bemadedisbursed for specific project elements only 91.34 after allfederalapplicable environmental requirements 91.35applicable to the projecthave beencomplied with and all91.36federal environmental requirements have beenmet. 92.1 Subd. 10. [LOANS IN ANTICIPATION OF FUTURE 92.2 APPORTIONMENTS.] A loan may be made to a county, or to a 92.3 statutory or home rule charter city having a population of 5,000 92.4 or more, in anticipation of repayment of the loan from sums that 92.5 will be apportioned to a county from the county state-aid 92.6 highway fund under section 162.07 or to a city from the 92.7 municipal state-aid street fund under section 162.14. 92.8 Subd. 11. [PAYMENT BY COUNTY OR CITY.] Notwithstanding the 92.9 allocation provisions of section 162.08 for counties, and the 92.10 apportionment provisions of section 162.14 for cities, sums 92.11 apportioned under section 162.13 to a statutory or home rule 92.12 charter city, or under section 162.07 to a county, that has loan 92.13 repayments due to the transportation revolving loan fund,the92.14trunk highway revolving loan account, the county state-aid92.15highway revolving loan account, or the municipal state-aid92.16street revolving loan accountshall be paid by the commissioner 92.17 of transportation to the appropriate loan fundor accountto 92.18 offset the loan repayments that are due. 92.19 Subd. 12. [RULES OF TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE AND 92.20 AUTHORITY.] The commissioner of the department of trade and 92.21 economic development shall adopt administrative rules specifying 92.22 the procedures that will be used for the administration of the 92.23 duties of the transportation committee and authority. The rules 92.24 must include criteria, standards, and procedures that will be 92.25 used for making loans, determining interest rates to be charged 92.26 on loans, the amount of project financing to be provided, the 92.27 collateral that will be required, the requirements for dedicated 92.28 sources of revenue or income streams to ensure repayment of 92.29 loans, and the length of repayment terms. 92.30 Subd. 13. [AUTHORITY AND RULES OF DEPARTMENT.] The 92.31 commissioner of transportation shall establish, adopt rules for, 92.32 and implement a program to identify, assist with the development 92.33 of, and certify projects eligible for loans under the act to the 92.34 transportation committee. Until rules are adopted by the 92.35 commissioner of transportation, the commissioner of 92.36 transportation may certify to the transportation committee any 93.1 project that has been reviewed through an approved planning 93.2 process that qualifies the project to be included in the 93.3 statewide transportation program or amended into the statewide 93.4 transportation improvement program. 93.5 Subd. 14. [JOINT RULES.] The commissioner of the 93.6 department of trade and economic development and the 93.7 commissioner of transportation may adopt a single set of rules. 93.8 [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective the day 93.9 following final enactment. 93.10 Sec. 53. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 473.859, 93.11 subdivision 2, is amended to read: 93.12 Subd. 2. [LAND USE PLAN.] A land use plan shall include 93.13 the water management plan required by section 103B.235, and 93.14 shall designate the existing and proposed location, intensity 93.15 and extent of use of land and water, including lakes, wetlands, 93.16 rivers, streams, natural drainage courses, and adjoining land 93.17 areas that affect water natural resources, for agricultural, 93.18 residential, commercial, industrial and other public and private 93.19 purposes, or any combination of such purposes. A land use plan 93.20 shall contain a protection element, as appropriate, for historic 93.21 sites, the matters listed in the water management plan required 93.22 by section 103B.235, and an element for protection and 93.23 development of access to direct sunlight for solar energy 93.24 systems. A land use plan shall also include a housing element 93.25 containing standards, plans and programs for providing adequate 93.26 housing opportunities to meet existing and projected local and 93.27 regional housing needs, including but not limited to the use of 93.28 official controls and land use planning to promote the 93.29 availability of land for the development of low and moderate 93.30 income housing. A land use plan shall also include 93.31 consideration of the protection and development of aggregate 93.32 resources. 93.33 [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective July 1, 2001, 93.34 and applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, 93.35 Ramsey, Scott, and Washington. 93.36 Sec. 54. [473.920] [METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION 94.1 IMPROVEMENT BOARD.] 94.2 Subdivision 1. [GENERAL.] The metropolitan transportation 94.3 improvement board is established and shall be organized, 94.4 structured, and administered as provided in this section. 94.5 Subd. 2. [MEMBERSHIP; QUALIFICATIONS.] The board shall 94.6 consist of seven members appointed one each by the county boards 94.7 of the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, 94.8 Scott, and Washington. 94.9 Subd. 3. [CHAIR.] The chair shall annually be elected by 94.10 and from among the seven board members. The chair shall preside 94.11 at all meetings of the board, if present, and shall perform all 94.12 other duties and functions assigned by the board or by law. The 94.13 board may appoint from among its members a vice-chair to act for 94.14 the chair during temporary absence or disability. 94.15 Subd. 4. [TERMS.] The term of each member shall be two 94.16 years. The terms shall continue until a successor is appointed 94.17 and qualified. 94.18 Subd. 5. [VACANCIES.] A vacancy shall be filled by the 94.19 appointing authority in the same manner in which the original 94.20 appointment was made. 94.21 Subd. 6. [COMPENSATION.] Members serve without 94.22 compensation but shall be reimbursed for all actual and 94.23 necessary expenses incurred in the performance of duties. The 94.24 annual budget of the board shall provide a separate account for 94.25 anticipated expenditures and associated expenses for the chair 94.26 and members. Reimbursement shall be made only when budgeted. 94.27 Subd. 7. [MEETINGS.] The board shall meet at least once 94.28 per year at such time and place as the board shall by resolution 94.29 designate. Special meetings may be held at any time upon the 94.30 call of the chair or a majority of the members upon written 94.31 notice to each member at least three days before the meeting or 94.32 upon other notice the board may by resolution provide. Unless 94.33 otherwise provided, any action within the authority of the board 94.34 may be taken by affirmative vote of a majority of the members. 94.35 A majority of all of the members of the board shall constitute a 94.36 quorum. 95.1 [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section does not take effect if the 95.2 question in the special election in section 57 does not receive 95.3 an affirmative vote. If the question does receive an 95.4 affirmative vote, this section is repealed when all projects 95.5 referenced in section 473.922, subdivision 6, clause (2), are 95.6 completed. 95.7 Sec. 55. [473.922] [POWERS OF THE METROPOLITAN 95.8 TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT BOARD.] 95.9 Subdivision 1. [METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AREA.] 95.10 "Metropolitan transportation area" means the counties of: 95.11 Anoka; Carver; Dakota, excluding the city of Northfield; 95.12 Hennepin, excluding the city of Hanover; Ramsey; Scott, 95.13 excluding the city of New Prague; and Washington. 95.14 Subd. 2. [GENERAL.] The board shall have all powers 95.15 necessary to discharge the duties imposed by law, including, but 95.16 not limited to, those specified in this section. 95.17 Subd. 3. [ACTIONS.] The board may sue and be sued and 95.18 shall be a public body within the meaning of chapter 562. 95.19 Subd. 4. [SALES AND USE TAX AUTHORIZED.] Notwithstanding 95.20 section 477A.016 or any other provision of law, ordinance, or 95.21 city charter, if approved by a majority of the voters in the 95.22 metropolitan transportation area at an election described in 95.23 section 57, the board may impose by resolution a sales and use 95.24 tax of up to one-half of one percent on sales in the 95.25 metropolitan transportation area for the purposes specified in 95.26 subdivision 6. Except as otherwise provided in this section, 95.27 the provisions of section 297A.99 govern the imposition, 95.28 administration, collection, and enforcement of the tax 95.29 authorized under this subdivision. 95.30 Subd. 5. [EXCISE TAX AUTHORIZED.] Notwithstanding section 95.31 477A.016 or any other provision of law, ordinance, or city 95.32 charter, if approved by a majority of the voters in the 95.33 metropolitan transportation area at an election described in 95.34 section 57, the board may impose by resolution, for the purposes 95.35 specified in subdivision 6, an excise tax of up to $20 per motor 95.36 vehicle, as defined by resolution, purchased or acquired from 96.1 any person engaged within the metropolitan transportation area 96.2 in the business of selling motor vehicles at retail. 96.3 Subd. 6. [USE OF REVENUES.] Revenues received from taxes 96.4 authorized by subdivisions 4 and 5 must be used by the 96.5 metropolitan transportation improvement board to pay the cost of 96.6 collecting the taxes, expenses of the board, cost of the audit 96.7 under subdivision 8, and for transfer as follows: 96.8 (1) at least $30,000,000 each year to the metropolitan 96.9 council, upon its request, to pay for acquisition of buses, 96.10 highway shoulder improvements for buses, and other capital 96.11 expenses related to the metropolitan area bus system; and 96.12 (2) the remaining amount to the trunk highway fund for 96.13 expenditure by the commissioner of transportation, at the times 96.14 and in the amounts requested by the commissioner, to pay to 96.15 complete those metropolitan highway system improvement, 96.16 replacement, and bottleneck removal projects and those 96.17 metropolitan system highway expansion projects identified in the 96.18 transportation policy plan, tables 8 and 10, adopted January 24, 96.19 2001, by the metropolitan council. The commissioner must 96.20 complete letting all the projects referenced in this clause no 96.21 later than June 30, 2011. 96.22 Subd. 7. [TERMINATION OF TAXES.] Notwithstanding section 96.23 297A.99, the taxes imposed under subdivisions 4 and 5 expire 96.24 when the commissioner of transportation has completed 96.25 construction of all projects referenced in subdivision 6, clause 96.26 (2). 96.27 Subd. 8. [AUDIT.] The legislative auditor shall make an 96.28 independent audit of the board's books and accounts once each 96.29 year or as often as the legislative auditor's funds and 96.30 personnel permit. The costs of the audits shall be paid by the 96.31 board under section 3.9741. 96.32 [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective upon an 96.33 affirmative vote by a majority of the electors in the special 96.34 election held under section 57, except that subdivisions 5 and 96.35 6, following an affirmative vote, are effective as to sales made 96.36 on and after July 1, 2002. This section is repealed when all 97.1 projects referenced in subdivision 6, clause (2), are completed. 97.2 Sec. 56. Laws 1999, chapter 238, article 1, section 2, 97.3 subdivision 7, is amended to read: 97.4 Subd. 7. State Roads 912,625,000 923,769,000 97.5 Summary by Fund 97.6 General 59,000 9,000 97.7 Trunk Highway 912,566,000 923,760,000 97.8 The amounts that may be spent from this 97.9 appropriation for each activity are as 97.10 follows: 97.11 (a) State Road Construction 97.12 516,684,000 521,707,000 97.13 It is estimated that these 97.14 appropriations will be funded as 97.15 follows: 97.16 Federal Highway Aid 97.17 275,000,000 275,000,000 97.18 Highway User Taxes 97.19 241,684,000 246,707,000 97.20 The commissioner of transportation 97.21 shall notify the chair of the 97.22 transportation budget division of the 97.23 senate and chair of the transportation 97.24 finance committee of the house of 97.25 representatives quarterly of any events 97.26 that should cause these estimates to 97.27 change. 97.28 This appropriation is for the actual 97.29 construction, reconstruction, and 97.30 improvement of trunk highways. This 97.31 includes the cost of actual payment to 97.32 landowners for lands acquired for 97.33 highway rights-of-way, payment to 97.34 lessees, interest subsidies, and 97.35 relocation expenses. 97.36 The commissioner may transfer up to 97.37 $15,000,000 each year to the trunk 97.38 highway revolving loan account. 97.39 The commissioner may receive money 97.40 covering other shares of the cost of 97.41 partnership projects. These receipts 97.42 are appropriated to the commissioner 97.43 for these projects. 97.44 (b) Highway Debt Service 97.45 13,949,000 13,175,000 97.46 $3,949,000 the first year and 97.47 $3,175,000 the second year are for 97.48 transfer to the state bond fund. 97.49 If this appropriation is insufficient 98.1 to make all transfers required in the 98.2 year for which it is made, the 98.3 commissioner of finance shall notify 98.4 the committee on state government 98.5 finance of the senate and the committee 98.6 on ways and means of the house of 98.7 representatives of the amount of the 98.8 deficiency and shall then transfer that 98.9 amount under the statutory open 98.10 appropriation. 98.11 Any excess appropriation must be 98.12 canceled to the trunk highway fund. 98.13 (c) Research and Investment Management 98.14 12,450,000 12,597,000 98.15 $600,000 the first year and $600,000 98.16 the second year are available for 98.17 grants for transportation studies 98.18 outside the metropolitan area to 98.19 identify critical concerns, problems, 98.20 and issues. These grants are available 98.21 to (1) regional development 98.22 commissions, and (2) in regions where 98.23 no regional development commission is 98.24 functioning, joint powers boards 98.25 established under agreement of two or 98.26 more political subdivisions in the 98.27 region to exercise the planning 98.28 functions of a regional development 98.29 commission, and (3) in regions where no 98.30 regional development commission or 98.31 joint powers board is functioning, the 98.32 department's district office for that 98.33 region. 98.34 $216,000 the first year and $216,000 98.35 the second year are available for 98.36 grants to metropolitan planning 98.37 organizations outside the seven-county 98.38 metropolitan area. 98.39 $75,000 the first year and $25,000 the 98.40 second year are for transportation 98.41 planning relating to the 2000 census. 98.42 This appropriation may not be added to 98.43 the agency's budget base. 98.44 $75,000 the first year and $75,000 the 98.45 second year are for a transportation 98.46 research contingent account to finance 98.47 research projects that are reimbursable 98.48 from the federal government or from 98.49 other sources. If the appropriation 98.50 for either year is insufficient, the 98.51 appropriation for the other year is 98.52 available for it. 98.53 (d) Central Engineering Services 98.54 68,563,000 70,940,000 98.55 (e) Design and Construction Engineering 98.56 80,592,000 83,246,000 98.57 $1,000,000 the first year and $500,000 98.58 the second year are for transportation 98.59 planning relating to the 2000 census. 99.1 This appropriation may not be added to 99.2 the agency's budget base. 99.3 (f) State Road Operations 99.4 214,703,000 216,561,000 99.5 $1,000,000 each year are for 99.6 enhancements to the freeway operations 99.7 program in the metropolitan area. 99.8 $1,000,000 the first year and 99.9 $1,000,000 the second year are for 99.10 maintenance services including rest 99.11 area maintenance, vehicle insurance, 99.12 ditch assessments, and tort claims. 99.13 $3,000,000 the first year and 99.14 $1,000,000 the second year are for 99.15 improved highway striping. 99.16 $500,000 the first year and $500,000 99.17 the second year are for safety 99.18 technology applications. 99.19 $150,000 the first year and $150,000 99.20 the second year are for statewide asset 99.21 preservation and repair. 99.22 $750,000 the first year and $750,000 99.23 the second year are for the 99.24 implementation of the transportation 99.25 worker concept. 99.26 The commissioner shall establish a task 99.27 force to study seasonal road 99.28 restrictions and report to the 99.29 legislature its findings and any 99.30 recommendations for legislative 99.31 action. The commissioner shall appoint 99.32 members representing: 99.33 (1) aggregate and ready-mix producers; 99.34 (2) solid waste haulers; 99.35 (3) liquid waste haulers; 99.36 (4) the logging industry; 99.37 (5) the construction industry; and 99.38 (6) agricultural interests. 99.39 The task force shall report to the 99.40 legislature by February 1, 2000, on its 99.41 findings and recommendations. 99.42 (g) Electronic Communications 99.43 5,684,000 5,543,000 99.44 Summary by Fund 99.45 General 59,000 9,000 99.46 Trunk Highway 5,625,000 5,534,000 99.47 $9,000 the first year and $9,000 the 99.48 second year are from the general fund 99.49 for equipment and operation of the 100.1 Roosevelt signal tower for Lake of the 100.2 Woods weather broadcasting. 100.3 $50,000 the first year from the general 100.4 fund is for purchase of equipment for 100.5 the 800 MHz public safety radio system. 100.6 $200,000 the first year is from the 100.7 trunk highway fund for costs resulting 100.8 from the termination of agreements made 100.9 under article 2, sections 31 and 89, 100.10 and Minnesota Statutes, section 174.70, 100.11 subdivision 2. This appropriation does 100.12 not cancel but is available until spent. 100.13 In each year of the biennium the 100.14 commissioner shall request the 100.15 commissioner of administration to 100.16 request bids for the purchase of 100.17 digital mobile and portable radios to 100.18 be used on the metropolitan regional 100.19 public safety radio communications 100.20 system. 100.21 [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective the day 100.22 following final enactment. 100.23 Sec. 57. [ELECTION.] 100.24 The secretary of state, in cooperation with the county 100.25 auditors of the metropolitan transportation area, shall conduct 100.26 a special election in the metropolitan transportation area at 100.27 the time of the general election the Tuesday after the first 100.28 Monday in November 2001. The following question shall appear on 100.29 the ballot: 100.30 "Shall an additional tax of one-half of one percent be 100.31 temporarily imposed on sales in the metropolitan area and an 100.32 excise tax of $20 on each motor vehicle retail sale by a dealer 100.33 in the metropolitan area to pay for transportation improvements 100.34 to relieve traffic congestion in the metropolitan area?" 100.35 If a majority of the electors voting on the question answer 100.36 the question in the affirmative, the metropolitan transportation 100.37 improvement board is authorized to impose the taxes described in 100.38 Minnesota Statutes, section 473.922, subdivisions 4 and 5. 100.39 Sec. 58. [REPORT.] 100.40 In each year during the period of imposition of the taxes 100.41 authorized in Minnesota Statutes, section 473.922, subdivisions 100.42 4 and 5, the commissioner of transportation and the metropolitan 100.43 council shall report by February 1 to the house and senate 100.44 committees having jurisdiction over transportation policy and 101.1 finance, concerning the revenues received from the metropolitan 101.2 transportation improvement board and the expenditures of that 101.3 money. 101.4 Sec. 59. [IMPORTANCE.] 101.5 The Little Elk Heritage Preserve, a 92.25-acre 101.6 archaeological park and nature preserve on the Mississippi river 101.7 near Little Falls, contains a unique cluster of cultural and 101.8 natural resources that together document diverse human 101.9 activities and connections to natural environments in central 101.10 Minnesota over thousands of years. The resources at Little Elk 101.11 Heritage Preserve include archaeological remains identified with 101.12 ancient native America, the colonial fur trade, early Dakota and 101.13 Ojibwe life, Black and women's history, Mississippi valley 101.14 exploration, a mission farm and school, United States Indian 101.15 treaties, territorial period homesteading and townsite 101.16 development, the conflict of 1862, hunting, gathering, 101.17 portaging, quarrying, logging, farming, dam-building, grist 101.18 milling, saw milling, and wood products manufacturing. Ongoing 101.19 research programs explore and interpret these important 101.20 resources. 101.21 Sec. 60. [OWNERSHIP.] 101.22 The site described in section 59 is owned and administered 101.23 by the Institute for Minnesota Archaeology. The state register 101.24 of historic places listing includes those portions of the 101.25 preserve that contain significant archaeological or historic 101.26 resources. The Institute for Minnesota Archaeology is a private 101.27 nonprofit organization dedicated to historical and 101.28 archaeological research, education, and stewardship. 101.29 Sec. 61. [TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF I-35W/TRUNK HIGHWAY NO. 101.30 62 CLOSURE AND TRANSPORTATION CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.] 101.31 Subdivision 1. [SUSPENSION OF WORK.] The commissioner of 101.32 transportation, for 12 months after enactment of this section, 101.33 shall suspend work on the marked interstate highway I-35W/trunk 101.34 highway marked No. 62 closure and improvement project, involving 101.35 separation of the two roadways in the commons area, replacement 101.36 of ramps, construction of a high-occupancy vehicle lane, and 102.1 changes in access. 102.2 Subd. 2. [REPORT.] On or before February 15, 2002, the 102.3 commissioner of transportation shall submit a report and 102.4 recommendations to the house of representatives and senate 102.5 committees with jurisdiction over transportation policy and 102.6 finance. The report and recommendations must include: 102.7 (1) a plan, developed in consultation with the metropolitan 102.8 council, to provide adequate public transit during the period of 102.9 highway closure among and within the affected communities, and 102.10 specific plans for detours; 102.11 (2) alternative, feasible designs for the construction 102.12 project described in subdivision 1 that will: 102.13 (i) increase capacity; 102.14 (ii) maintain the current right-of-way; 102.15 (iii) not close the Lyndale access; and 102.16 (iv) include a transit component, which may require buses, 102.17 busways, rail, or high occupancy vehicle lanes; 102.18 (3) a 20-year study/projection of traffic demand in the 102.19 corridors affected by the construction project; and 102.20 (4) methods for completing the project in the most timely 102.21 manner and costs associated with accelerating completion of the 102.22 project. 102.23 Sec. 62. [STUDY OF BRIDGE JURISDICTION.] 102.24 (a) The commissioner of transportation shall study the 102.25 advantages, disadvantages, concerns, desirability, and 102.26 feasibility of assuming, sharing, or not assuming jurisdiction 102.27 and responsibility for all or a portion of bridges comprising 102.28 the major, navigable river crossings in Minnesota that are now, 102.29 or are scheduled to be, under the jurisdiction of local road 102.30 authorities. The commissioner shall evaluate jurisdiction and 102.31 responsibility for the bridges in terms of: 102.32 (1) present and future needs for financing and conducting 102.33 emergency or scheduled construction, replacement, 102.34 reconstruction, rehabilitation, expansion, repair, maintenance, 102.35 and inspection; and 102.36 (2) expectations of complete, partial, or matching federal 103.1 or state funding. 103.2 (b) The commissioner shall make findings and 103.3 recommendations and submit a written report to the chairs of the 103.4 transportation policy and budget committees of the senate and 103.5 house of representatives, as well as the required number of 103.6 copies to the legislative reference library, by January 2, 2002. 103.7 Sec. 63. [STATE TROOPER TRAINING REPORT.] 103.8 On or before February 15, 2002, the commissioner of public 103.9 safety shall present to the committees having jurisdiction over 103.10 transportation policy and finance in the house of 103.11 representatives and the senate an evaluation of the efficiency 103.12 and cost-effectiveness of the present recruit training program, 103.13 and a comparison of the effectiveness and potential cost-savings 103.14 of alternative training formats with the current academy format. 103.15 Sec. 64. [REPEALER.] 103.16 Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 174.22, subdivision 9; 103.17 and 174.32, subdivisions 2 and 4, are repealed.