HF 1728

as introduced - 82nd Legislature (2001 - 2002) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to transportation; providing for expenditures 
  1.3             from the transit assistance fund; proposing an 
  1.4             amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article XIV, 
  1.5             to dedicate revenue from the motor vehicle sales tax 
  1.6             to the highway user tax distribution fund and transit 
  1.7             assistance fund; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, 
  1.8             sections 174.32, subdivision 5; 297B.09, subdivision 
  1.9             1; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 174.32, 
  1.10            subdivisions 2, 4. 
  1.11  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.12     Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 174.32, 
  1.13  subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
  1.14     Subd. 5.  [ELIGIBLE ACTIVITY EXPENDITURES FROM 
  1.15  FUND.] Activities eligible for assistance under the program 
  1.16  include but are not limited to: 
  1.17     (1) planning and engineering design for transit services; 
  1.18     (2) capital assistance to purchase or refurbish transit 
  1.19  vehicles, purchase rail lines and associated facilities for 
  1.20  light rail transit, purchase rights-of-way, and other capital 
  1.21  expenditures necessary to provide a transit service; and 
  1.22     (3) other assistance for public transit services.  Money in 
  1.23  the transit assistance fund may be spent by law only for 
  1.24  operating assistance and, until July 1, 2010, capital assistance 
  1.25  to public transit systems in the state.  
  1.26     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 297B.09, 
  1.27  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  1.28     Subdivision 1.  [GENERAL FUND SHARE.] Money collected and 
  2.1   received under this chapter must be deposited as provided in 
  2.2   this subdivision.  
  2.3      Thirty-two On and after July 1, 2003, 35 percent of the 
  2.4   money collected and received must be deposited in the highway 
  2.5   user tax distribution fund, 25 percent of the money collected 
  2.6   and received must be deposited in the transit assistance fund, 
  2.7   and the remaining 68 43 percent of the money must be deposited 
  2.8   in the general fund.  
  2.9      Sec. 3.  [CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PROPOSED.] 
  2.10     An amendment is proposed to the Minnesota Constitution, 
  2.11  article XIV.  If the amendment is adopted, article XIV will be 
  2.12  amended by adding a section to read: 
  2.13     Sec. 12.  Of the net proceeds from any tax imposed by the 
  2.14  state on the sale of new and used motor vehicles, not less than 
  2.15  35 percent must be deposited in the highway user tax 
  2.16  distribution fund exclusively for highway purposes, and not less 
  2.17  than 25 percent must be deposited in a fund for operating 
  2.18  assistance and, until July 1, 2013, capital assistance to public 
  2.19  transit systems in the state. 
  2.20     Sec. 4.  [SUBMISSION TO VOTERS.] 
  2.21     The constitutional amendment proposed in section 3 must be 
  2.22  submitted to the people at the 2002 general election.  The 
  2.23  question submitted must be: 
  2.24     "Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to require 
  2.25  that at least 35 percent of the net proceeds from the state 
  2.26  sales tax on new and used motor vehicles must be deposited in 
  2.27  the highway user tax distribution fund exclusively for highway 
  2.28  purposes, and at least 25 percent be deposited in a fund for 
  2.29  operating assistance and, until July 1, 2013, capital assistance 
  2.30  to public transit systems in the state? 
  2.31                                     Yes .......
  2.32                                     No ........"
  2.33     Sec. 5.  [REPEALER] 
  2.34     Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 174.32, subdivisions 2 and 
  2.35  4, are repealed. 
  2.36     Sec. 6.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  3.1      Sections 1 to 5 are effective July 1, 2003, except that if 
  3.2   the constitutional amendment proposed in section 3 is not 
  3.3   adopted at the 2002 general election, sections 1 to 5 shall not 
  3.4   take effect.