1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; requiring feasibility study of transit service in 
1.3 	Little Crow transit way;amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 174.03, 
1.4 	subdivision 1a.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 174.03, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 1a.Revision of ~~state~~ statewide transportation plan. (a) The commissioner 
1.8 	shall revise the ~~state~~ statewide transportation plan by January 1, ~~1996, January 1, 2000~~
1.9 	2010, and, if the requirements of clauses (1) and (2) have been met in the previous 
1.10 	revision, by January 1 of every third even-numbered year thereafter. Before final adoption 
1.11 	of a revised plan, the commissioner shall hold a hearing to receive public comment on the 
1.12 	preliminary draft of the revised plan. The revised ~~state~~ statewide transportation plan must:
1.13 	(1) incorporate the goals of the state transportation system in section 174.01; and  
1.14 	(2) establish objectives, policies, and strategies for achieving those goals.
1.15 	(b) The commissioner shall include in the next revision of the statewide 
1.16 	transportation plan a study on the feasibility of establishing commuter transit service in 
1.17 	the Little Crow transit way, along or near marked Trunk Highway 12 between Willmar 
1.18 	and downtown Minneapolis.

1.19 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.