as introduced - 87th Legislature (2011 - 2012) Posted on 02/17/2011 09:56am
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Introduction | Posted on 02/17/2011 |
A bill for an act
relating to transportation; appropriating money for county highway-rail grade
crossing warning devices; authorizing sale and issuance of state bonds.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
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(a) $9,000,000 is appropriated from the bond
proceeds fund to the commissioner of transportation for grants to counties for design,
engineering, and construction of highway-railroad grade crossing warning devices.
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(b) The commissioner shall establish a process to allocate grant funds. Grants
distributed under this section may only establish warning devices:
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(1) at crossings that do not already have active warning or signaling features such as
an audible bell, lights, automatic signal, or crossing gates; and
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(2) on paved county highways or paved county state-aid highways.
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To provide the money appropriated in subdivision 1 from the
bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue
bonds of the state in an amount up to $9,000,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with
the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the
Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.
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This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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