HF 1659

1st Engrossment - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018) Posted on 02/22/2018 05:46pm

A bill for an act
relating to transportation; appropriating money for transportation management
organizations in the Twin Cities metropolitan area.

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

Section 1. new text begin APPROPRIATION; TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
ORGANIZATIONS.
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new text begin (a) $150,000 in fiscal year 2018 and $150,000 in fiscal year 2019 are appropriated from
the general fund to the commissioner of transportation for grants to transportation
management organizations that provide services exclusively or primarily in the city located
along the marked Interstate Highway 494 corridor having the highest population as of the
effective date of this section. The commissioner must not retain any portion of the funds
appropriated under this section. From the appropriation in each fiscal year, the commissioner
must make grant payments in full by July 31.
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new text begin (b) Permissible uses of funds under this section include administrative expenses and
programming and service expansion, including but not limited to staffing, communications,
outreach and education program development, and operations management.
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new text begin (c) If an appropriation in this act is enacted in more than one act in the 2017 legislative
session, the appropriation must be given effect only once.
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