HF 3452

as introduced - 86th Legislature (2009 - 2010) Posted on 03/08/2010 09:32am

A bill for an act
relating to transportation; providing for date of authorization of certain trunk
highway bonds; amending Laws 2008, chapter 152, article 2, section 3,
subdivision 2.

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

Section 1.

Laws 2008, chapter 152, article 2, section 3, subdivision 2, is amended to
read:

Subd. 2. State Road Construction

1,717,694,000

(a) For the actual construction,
reconstruction, and improvement of
trunk highways, including design-build
contracts and consultant usage to support
these activities. This includes the cost
of actual payments to landowners for
lands acquired for highway rights-of-way,
payments to lessees, interest subsidies, and
relocation expenses. This appropriation is in
the following amounts:

(1) $417,694,000 in fiscal year 2009, and the
commissioner may use up to $71,008,000 of
this amount for program delivery;

(2) $500,000,000 in fiscal year 2010, and the
commissioner may use up to $85,000,000 of
this amount for program delivery; and

(3) $100,000,000 in each fiscal year for
fiscal years 2011 through 2018, and the
commissioner may use up to $17,000,000 of
the amount in each fiscal year for program
delivery.

(b) Of the amount in fiscal year 2009,
$40,000,000 is for construction of
interchanges involving a trunk highway,
where the interchange will promote economic
development, increase employment, relieve
growing traffic congestion, and promote
traffic safety. The amount under this
paragraph must be allocated 50 percent to
the department's metropolitan district, and 50
percent to districts in greater Minnesota.

(c) Of the amount in fiscal years 2009
and 2010, the commissioner shall use
$300,000,000 each year for predesign,
design, preliminary engineering,
right-of-way acquisition, construction,
reconstruction, and maintenance of bridges
in the trunk highway bridge improvement
program under Minnesota Statutes, section
165.14.

(d) Of the total appropriation under this
subdivision, the commissioner shall use at
least $50,000,000 for accelerating transit
facility improvements on or adjacent to trunk
highways.

(e) Of the total appropriation under this
subdivision provided to the Department of
Transportation's district 7, the commissioner
shall first expend funds as necessary to
accelerate all projects that (1) are on a trunk
highway classified as a medium priority
interregional corridor, (2) are included in the
district's long-range transportation plan, but
are not included in the state transportation
improvement program or the ten-year
highway work plan, and (3) expand capacity
from a two-lane highway to a freeway
or expressway, as defined in Minnesota
Statutes, section 160.02, subdivision 19. The
commissioner shall establish as the highest
priority under this paragraph any project that
currently has a final environmental impact
statement completed. The requirement
under this paragraph does not change the
department's funding allocation process
or the amount otherwise allocated to each
transportation district.

new text begin (f) The appropriation in this subdivision
cancels as specified under Minnesota
Statutes, section 16A.642, except that the
commissioner of management and budget
shall count the start of authorization for
issuance of state bonds as the first day of
the fiscal year during which the bonds are to
be issued, as specified under paragraph (a),
clause (1), (2), or (3), respectively, and not as
the date of enactment of this subdivision.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

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