HF 246

as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 02/20/2023 04:33pm

A bill for an act
relating to transit; repealing certain moratoriums related to commuter rail and
intercity passenger rail; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 473.1467;
Laws 2002, chapter 393, section 85.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1. new text begin REPEALER.
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new text begin (a) new text end new text begin Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 473.1467, new text end new text begin is repealed.
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new text begin (b) new text end new text begin Laws 2002, chapter 393, section 85, new text end new text begin is repealed.
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APPENDIX

Repealed Minnesota Statutes: 23-00695

473.1467 NO SPENDING FOR CERTAIN RAIL PROJECTS.

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), the council must not spend or use any money for any costs related to studying the feasibility of, planning for, designing, engineering, acquiring property or constructing facilities for or related to, or development or operation of intercity or interregional passenger rail facilities or operations between the city of Rochester or locations in its metropolitan area and any location in the metropolitan area, as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 2.

(b) The restrictions under this section do not apply to:

(1) funds the council obtains from contributions, grants, or other voluntary payments made by nongovernmental entities from private sources; or

(2) expenditures made after enactment of a law that explicitly adds the intercity or interregional passenger rail project for which the expenditures are made to the statewide freight and passenger rail plan under section 174.03, subdivision 1b.

Repealed Minnesota Session Laws: 23-00695

Laws 2002, chapter 393, section 85

Sec. 85. new text begin DAN PATCH COMMUTER RAIL LINE; PROHIBITIONS. new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Definition. new text end

new text begin For purposes of this section, "Dan Patch commuter rail line" means the commuter rail line between Northfield and Minneapolis identified in the metropolitan council's transit 2020 master plan as the Dan Patch line. new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Metropolitan council; prohibitions. new text end

new text begin The metropolitan council must not take any action or spend any money for study, planning, preliminary engineering, final design, or construction for the Dan Patch commuter rail line. The council must remove all references, other than references for historical purposes, to the Dan Patch commuter rail line from any future revisions to the council's transportation development guide and the council's regional transit master plan. new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Commissioner of transportation. new text end

new text begin The commissioner of transportation must not expend any money for study, planning, preliminary engineering, final design, or construction for the Dan Patch commuter rail line. The commissioner must remove all references, other than references for historical purposes, to the Dan Patch commuter rail line from any future revisions to the state transportation plan and the commissioner's commuter rail system plan. new text end

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Regional rail authorities. new text end

new text begin No regional rail authority may expend any money for study, planning, preliminary engineering, final design, or construction for the Dan Patch commuter rail line. new text end