1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; appropriating money for transit service in marked 
1.3 	Trunk Highway 55 corridor.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. GRANT APPROPRIATION.
 1.6 	$250,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of transportation 
1.7 	for a grant to the Highway 55 Corridor Coalition to arrange for additional transit service 
1.8 	along the marked Trunk Highway 55 corridor extending from the city of Buffalo to the 
1.9 	city of Minneapolis, between May 1, 2006, and November 30, 2006, in order to mitigate 
1.10 	any traffic impact from closure of marked Trunk Highway 241. The commissioner of 
1.11 	transportation shall ensure that the amount of this grant does not exceed the total cost of 
1.12 	providing additional transit service, less any revenues, including but not limited to farebox 
1.13 	revenues, from providing additional transit service. This appropriation is available until 
1.14 	January 1, 2007.

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