HF 2309

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

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to highways; prohibiting the commissioner of 
  1.3             transportation from using certain considerations in 
  1.4             programming or constructing trunk highway projects.  
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6      Section 1.  [COMMISSIONER OF TRANSPORTATION; RESTRICTIONS.] 
  1.7      The commissioner of transportation may not refuse to 
  1.8   program or construct a trunk highway improvement project, or 
  1.9   make any other decision concerning the location, design, or 
  1.10  timing of a trunk highway improvement project, on the grounds 
  1.11  that a statutory or home rule charter city or county in which 
  1.12  the project is wholly or partly located (1) has enacted a zoning 
  1.13  ordinance or determination not approved by the commissioner, or 
  1.14  failed to enact a zoning ordinance or determination requested by 
  1.15  the commissioner, or (2) has failed to impose housing density 
  1.16  requirements requested by the commissioner.  This section does 
  1.17  not apply to local zoning ordinances or determinations that 
  1.18  relate to access to a trunk highway. 
  1.19     [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective the day 
  1.20  following final enactment.