HF 843

as introduced - 87th Legislature (2011 - 2012) Posted on 03/03/2011 11:28am

A bill for an act
relating to metropolitan government; suspending construction of the Central
Corridor Light Rail; requiring supplemental environmental impact statement;
providing a deadline for federal funding; proposing coding for new law in
Minnesota Statutes, chapter 473.

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

Section 1.

new text begin [473.4041] CENTRAL CORRIDOR LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT
PROJECT; SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Suspension of construction. new text end

new text begin Notwithstanding section 473.3999,
or any other law to the contrary, the Metropolitan Council shall suspend all construction
and equipping of the Central Corridor Light Rail new text end new text begin until the following conditions have
been satisfied: (1) The Metropolitan Council has supplemented the final environmental
impact statement to address the loss of business revenues as an adverse impact to the
construction of the Central Corridor Light Rail Transit project; and (2) the supplemental
environmental impact statement has met the requirements set by the United States District
Court, District of Minnesota, in Saint Paul Branch of the NAACP, et al. v. United States
Department of Transportation, et al., Civil No. 10-147, as determined by the approval
in writing by a majority of the plaintiffs to that action, or as determined by the United
States District Court.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Supplemental environmental impact statement; funding. new text end

new text begin No funds of
the Metropolitan Council appropriated, allocated, or encumbered, or otherwise authorized
for use for the Central Corridor Light Rail Transit project for any of the purposes
authorized in section 473.3999 may be used by the Metropolitan Council to meet the
requirements of this section. Funds received from the Federal Transit Authority, or other
federal funds, must be used to complete the supplemental environmental impact statement.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Deadline for federal approval. new text end

new text begin Notwithstanding the provisions of this
section, if the Federal Transit Authority has not agreed to partner with the Metropolitan
Council in constructing the Central Corridor Light Rail Transit project by April 1, 2011,
all construction of the project must be halted.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 2. new text begin APPLICABILITY.
new text end

new text begin Section 1 applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey,
Scott, and Washington.
new text end