1.1                          A bill for an act
  1.2             relating to the organization and operation of state 
  1.3             government; appropriating money for the department of 
  1.4             transportation and other agencies with certain 
  1.5             conditions. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  [TRANSPORTATION AND OTHER AGENCIES 
  1.8   APPROPRIATIONS.] 
  1.9      The sums shown in the columns marked "APPROPRIATIONS" are 
  1.10  appropriated from the general fund, or another named fund, to 
  1.11  the agencies and for the purposes specified in this act, to be 
  1.12  available for the fiscal years indicated for each purpose.  The 
  1.13  figures "1996," and "1997," where used in this act, mean that 
  1.14  the appropriation or appropriations listed under them are 
  1.15  available for the year ending June 30, 1996, or June 30, 1997, 
  1.16  respectively.  
  1.17                          SUMMARY BY FUND
  1.18                          1996          1997           TOTAL
  1.19  General              $ 50,234,000   $ 50,190,000   $100,424,000
  1.20  Airports               16,000,000     16,400,000     32,400,000 
  1.21  C.S.A.H.              285,642,000    293,068,000    578,710,000 
  1.22  Highway User           10,325,000     10,332,000     20,657,000 
  1.23  M.S.A.S.               87,078,000     89,240,000    176,318,000 
  1.24  Special Revenue           910,000        934,000      1,844,000 
  1.25  Trunk Highway         812,513,000    811,605,000  1,624,118,000 
  2.1   Transfers to Other
  2.2   Direct                 (2,560,000)    (2,540,000)    (5,100,000)
  2.3   TOTAL               1,260,142,000  1,269,229,000  2,529,371,000
  2.4                                              APPROPRIATIONS 
  2.5                                          Available for the Year 
  2.6                                              Ending June 30 
  2.7                                             1996         1997 
  2.8   Sec. 2.  TRANSPORTATION 
  2.9   Subdivision 1.  Total 
  2.10  Appropriation                      1,147,784,000  1,157,292,000
  2.11  The appropriations in this section are 
  2.12  from the trunk highway fund, except 
  2.13  when another fund is named. 
  2.14                Summary by Fund
  2.15  General              11,146,000    11,146,000
  2.16  Airports             15,950,000    16,350,000
  2.17  C.S.A.H.            285,642,000   293,068,000
  2.18  M.S.A.S.             87,078,000    89,240,000
  2.19  Trunk Highway       747,968,000   747,488,000
  2.20  The amounts that may be spent from this 
  2.21  appropriation for each program are 
  2.22  specified in the following subdivisions.
  2.23  Subd. 2.  Aeronautics                 15,880,000     16,280,000
  2.24  This appropriation is from the state 
  2.25  airports fund.  
  2.26  The amounts that may be spent from this 
  2.27  appropriation for each activity are as 
  2.28  follows:  
  2.29  (a) Airport Development and Assistance 
  2.30      11,349,000     11,748,000
  2.31  $2,146,000 the first year and 
  2.32  $2,146,000 the second year are for 
  2.33  navigational aids.  
  2.34  $6,800,000 the first year and 
  2.35  $7,200,000 the second year are for 
  2.36  airport construction grants.  
  2.37  $2,300,000 the first year and 
  2.38  $2,300,000 the second year are for 
  2.39  airport maintenance grants. 
  2.40  If the appropriation for either year 
  2.41  for navigational aids, airport 
  2.42  construction grants, or airport 
  2.43  maintenance grants is insufficient, the 
  2.44  appropriation for the other year is 
  2.45  available for it.  The appropriations 
  2.46  for construction grants and maintenance 
  2.47  grants must be expended only for 
  2.48  grant-in-aid programs for airports that 
  2.49  are not state owned. 
  3.1   These appropriations must be expended 
  3.2   in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, 
  3.3   section 360.305, subdivision 4. 
  3.4   The commissioner of transportation may 
  3.5   transfer unencumbered balances among 
  3.6   the appropriations for airport 
  3.7   development and assistance with the 
  3.8   approval of the governor after 
  3.9   consultation with the legislative 
  3.10  advisory commission.  
  3.11  $12,000 the first year and $12,000 the 
  3.12  second year are for maintenance of the 
  3.13  Pine Creek Airport.  
  3.14  $91,000 the first year and $90,000 the 
  3.15  second year are for air service grants. 
  3.16  (b) Aviation Support 
  3.17       4,470,000      4,471,000
  3.18  $65,000 the first year and $65,000 the 
  3.19  second year are for the civil air 
  3.20  patrol. 
  3.21  $15,000 the first year and $15,000 the 
  3.22  second year are for the advisory 
  3.23  council on metropolitan airport 
  3.24  planning.  The commissioner of 
  3.25  transportation shall transfer these 
  3.26  funds to the legislative coordinating 
  3.27  commission.  These funds are available 
  3.28  in either year of the biennium. 
  3.29  (c) Air Transportation Services 
  3.30          61,000         61,000
  3.31  Subd. 3.  Transit                    11,010,000     11,010,000
  3.32                Summary by Fund
  3.33  General              10,722,000     10,722,000
  3.34  Trunk Highway           288,000        288,000
  3.35  The amounts that may be spent from this 
  3.36  appropriation for each activity are as 
  3.37  follows:  
  3.38  (a) Greater Minnesota Transit
  3.39  Assistance 
  3.40      10,319,000    10,319,000
  3.41  This appropriation is from the general 
  3.42  fund.  
  3.43  (b) Transit Administration   
  3.44         691,000       691,000
  3.45                Summary by Fund
  3.46  General                 403,000       403,000
  3.47  Trunk Highway           288,000       288,000 
  3.48  Subd. 4.  Railroads and Waterways  
  4.1        1,181,000      1,181,000
  4.2                 Summary by Fund
  4.3   General                 242,000       242,000
  4.4   Trunk Highway           939,000       939,000 
  4.5   Subd. 5.  Motor Carrier Regulation
  4.6        2,266,000      2,267,000
  4.7                 Summary by Fund
  4.8   General                 107,000        107,000
  4.9   Trunk Highway         2,159,000      2,160,000
  4.10  Subd. 6.  Local Roads        
  4.11     372,720,000    382,308,000
  4.12                Summary by Fund
  4.13  C.S.A.H.            285,642,000   293,068,000
  4.14  M.S.A.S.             87,078,000    89,240,000
  4.15  The amounts that may be spent from this 
  4.16  appropriation for each activity are as 
  4.17  follows:  
  4.18  (a) County State Aids 
  4.19     285,642,000    293,068,000
  4.20  This appropriation is from the county 
  4.21  state-aid highway fund and is available 
  4.22  until spent.  
  4.23  (b) Municipal State Aids 
  4.24      87,078,000    89,240,000
  4.25  This appropriation is from the 
  4.26  municipal state-aid street fund and is 
  4.27  available until spent.  
  4.28  If an appropriation for either county 
  4.29  state aids or municipal state aids does 
  4.30  not exhaust the balance in the fund 
  4.31  from which it is made in the year for 
  4.32  which it is made, the commissioner of 
  4.33  finance, upon request of the 
  4.34  commissioner of transportation, shall 
  4.35  notify the committee on finance of the 
  4.36  senate and the committee on ways and 
  4.37  means of the house of representatives 
  4.38  of the amount of the remainder and 
  4.39  shall then add that amount to the 
  4.40  appropriation.  The amount added is 
  4.41  appropriated for the purposes of county 
  4.42  state aids or municipal state aids, as 
  4.43  appropriate.  
  4.44  (c) State Aid Technical Assistance 
  4.45       5,706,000      5,852,000
  4.46  These appropriations are for 
  4.47  administrative costs as provided in 
  5.1   Minnesota Statutes, sections 162.06, 
  5.2   subdivision 2; and 162.12, subdivision 
  5.3   2. 
  5.4                 Summary by Fund
  5.5   C.S.A.H.              4,373,000     4,486,000
  5.6   M.S.A.S.              1,333,000     1,366,000
  5.7   Subd. 7.  State Road Construction    516,960,000    515,986,000
  5.8                 Summary by Fund
  5.9   Trunk Highway       516,935,000   515,961,000 
  5.10  General                  25,000         25,000
  5.11  The amounts that may be spent from this 
  5.12  appropriation for each activity are as 
  5.13  follows:  
  5.14  (a) State Road Construction 
  5.15     383,352,000    384,652,000
  5.16  It is estimated that the appropriation 
  5.17  from the trunk highway fund will be 
  5.18  funded as follows:  
  5.19  Federal Highway Aid 
  5.20     205,000,000    205,000,000
  5.21  Highway User Taxes 
  5.22     178,352,000    179,652,000
  5.23  The commissioner of transportation 
  5.24  shall notify the chair of the committee 
  5.25  on finance of the senate and chair of 
  5.26  the committee on ways and means of the 
  5.27  house of representatives quarterly of 
  5.28  any events that should cause these 
  5.29  estimates to change. 
  5.30  This appropriation is for the actual 
  5.31  construction, reconstruction, and 
  5.32  improvement of trunk highways.  This 
  5.33  includes the cost of actual payment to 
  5.34  landowners for lands acquired for 
  5.35  highway right-of-way, payment to 
  5.36  lessees, interest subsidies, and 
  5.37  relocation expenses.  
  5.38  The commissioner of transportation may 
  5.39  receive monies covering other shares of 
  5.40  the cost of partnership projects.  
  5.41  These receipts are appropriated to the 
  5.42  commissioner for these projects. 
  5.43  (b) Highway Debt Service 
  5.44      21,728,000     19,602,000
  5.45  $11,948,000 the first year and 
  5.46  $7,641,000 the second year are for 
  5.47  transfer to the state bond fund. 
  5.48  If this appropriation is insufficient 
  5.49  to make all transfers required in the 
  6.1   year for which it is made, the 
  6.2   commissioner of finance shall notify 
  6.3   the committee on finance of the senate 
  6.4   and the committee on ways and means of 
  6.5   the house of representatives of the 
  6.6   amount of the deficiency and shall then 
  6.7   transfer that amount under the 
  6.8   statutory open appropriation.  
  6.9   Any excess appropriation must be 
  6.10  canceled to the trunk highway fund. 
  6.11  (c) Research and Investment Management 
  6.12      10,388,000     10,390,000
  6.13  $243,000 the first year and $243,000 
  6.14  the second year are available for 
  6.15  grants for transportation studies 
  6.16  outside the metropolitan area for 
  6.17  transportation studies to identify 
  6.18  critical concerns, problems, and 
  6.19  issues.  These grants are available to 
  6.20  (1) regional development commissions, 
  6.21  and (2) in regions where no regional 
  6.22  development commission is functioning, 
  6.23  joint-powers boards established under 
  6.24  agreement of two or more political 
  6.25  subdivisions in the region to exercise 
  6.26  the planning functions of a regional 
  6.27  development commission. 
  6.28  $180,000 the first year and $180,000 
  6.29  the second year are available for 
  6.30  grants to metropolitan planning 
  6.31  organizations outside the seven-county 
  6.32  metropolitan area. 
  6.33  $75,000 the first year and $75,000 the 
  6.34  second year are for a transportation 
  6.35  research contingent account to finance 
  6.36  research projects that are reimbursable 
  6.37  from the federal government or from 
  6.38  other sources.  If the appropriation 
  6.39  for either year is insufficient, the 
  6.40  appropriation for the other year is 
  6.41  available for it. 
  6.42  (d) Design Engineering
  6.43      46,992,000     46,992,000
  6.44  Of these appropriations, $2,304,000 the 
  6.45  first year and $2,304,000 the second 
  6.46  year are for equipment.  If the 
  6.47  appropriation for either year is 
  6.48  insufficient, the appropriation for the 
  6.49  other year is available for it. 
  6.50                Summary by Fund
  6.51  General                  25,000        25,000
  6.52  Trunk Highway        46,967,000    46,967,000 
  6.53  Of these appropriations, no more than 
  6.54  $13,178,000 the first year and 
  6.55  $13,178,000 the second year, shall be 
  6.56  used for design engineering 
  6.57  expenses/contractual services. 
  7.1   Of these appropriations, up to $150,000 
  7.2   from the trunk highway fund may be used 
  7.3   for resurveying and mapping that 
  7.4   portion of the right-of-way of trunk 
  7.5   highway 61 lying within the boundaries 
  7.6   of the Grand Portage Indian 
  7.7   reservation, provided that the 
  7.8   reservation tribal council matches this 
  7.9   appropriation dollar for dollar.  As 
  7.10  part of this project, the commissioner, 
  7.11  in cooperation with the tribal council, 
  7.12  shall determine those portions of the 
  7.13  right-of-way that are no longer needed 
  7.14  for trunk highway purposes.  This 
  7.15  determination shall be made according 
  7.16  to criteria developed by the 
  7.17  commissioner in consultation with the 
  7.18  tribal council.  Following the 
  7.19  completion of this project the 
  7.20  commissioner may, pursuant to Minnesota 
  7.21  Statutes, section 161.43, relinquish 
  7.22  and quit claim to the Grand Portage 
  7.23  Band where it is the fee owner, or to 
  7.24  the United States where it holds the 
  7.25  fee in trust for the Grand Portage 
  7.26  Band, any easement or portion of an 
  7.27  easement that has been determined to be 
  7.28  no longer needed by the transportation 
  7.29  department for trunk highway purposes.  
  7.30  For the purposes of section 161.43, the 
  7.31  tribal council shall be treated in the 
  7.32  same manner as if it were a political 
  7.33  subdivision of the state, provided that 
  7.34  the matching funds contributed by the 
  7.35  tribal council to the surveying and 
  7.36  mapping project described above shall 
  7.37  be considered full compensation for the 
  7.38  relinquishment and quit claim of any 
  7.39  easements or portions of any easements 
  7.40  over tribal or tribal trust lands. 
  7.41  (e) Construction Engineering
  7.42      54,500,000     54,500,000
  7.43  Of these appropriations, no more than 
  7.44  $308,000 the first year and $308,000 
  7.45  the second year shall be used for 
  7.46  construction engineering 
  7.47  expenses/contractual services. 
  7.48  Subd. 8.  State Road Operations      192,412,000    192,775,000
  7.49                Summary by Fund
  7.50  Trunk Highway       192,403,000   192,766,000
  7.51  General                   9,000         9,000
  7.52  (a) State Road Operations
  7.53     188,244,000    188,607,000
  7.54  $14,018,000 the first year and 
  7.55  $14,006,000 the second year are for 
  7.56  equipment.  If the appropriation for 
  7.57  either year is insufficient, the 
  7.58  appropriation for the other year is 
  7.59  available for it. 
  7.60  (b) Electronic Communications
  8.1        4,168,000      4,168,000
  8.2                 Summary by Fund
  8.3   General                   9,000         9,000
  8.4   Trunk Highway         4,159,000     4,159,000
  8.5   $9,000 the first year and $9,000 the 
  8.6   second year are from the general fund 
  8.7   for equipment and operation of the 
  8.8   Roosevelt signal tower for Lake of the 
  8.9   Woods weather broadcasting. 
  8.10  Subd. 9.  General Administration      35,355,000     35,485,000
  8.11                Summary by Fund
  8.12  General                  41,000        41,000
  8.13  Airports                 70,000        70,000 
  8.14  Trunk Highway        35,244,000    35,374,000
  8.15  The amounts that may be spent from this 
  8.16  appropriation for each activity are as 
  8.17  follows:  
  8.18  (a) General Management       
  8.19      22,943,000     22,999,000
  8.20  $100,000 each year is appropriated from 
  8.21  the trunk highway fund to the 
  8.22  commissioner of transportation for 
  8.23  grants to stimulate telecommuting as an 
  8.24  alternative to peak-hour highway 
  8.25  commuting.  The commissioner and the 
  8.26  Minnesota telecommuting partnership 
  8.27  shall determine grant purposes and 
  8.28  recipients.  Initial consideration will 
  8.29  be given to the communities of Cottage 
  8.30  Grove, Upsala, and Morrison county. 
  8.31  Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
  8.32  sections 160.84 to 160.92, the 
  8.33  commissioner of transportation is 
  8.34  authorized to implement a demonstration 
  8.35  congestion pricing project involving 
  8.36  interstate trunk highway facilities to 
  8.37  determine the feasibility of charging 
  8.38  user fees as allowed by Section 1012(b) 
  8.39  of the Intermodal Surface 
  8.40  Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, 
  8.41  Public Law Number 102-240 (ISTEA).  For 
  8.42  the purposes of this demonstration 
  8.43  project, the commissioner shall be 
  8.44  exempt from any rulemaking 
  8.45  requirements.  The commissioner of 
  8.46  transportation must obtain prior 
  8.47  approval for the project from the 
  8.48  metropolitan council.  The metropolitan 
  8.49  council must hold a public hearing on 
  8.50  the project as proposed by the 
  8.51  commissioner of transportation before 
  8.52  granting its approval.  All fees 
  8.53  collected by the commissioner shall be 
  8.54  deposited in the trunk highway fund and 
  8.55  are appropriated to implement and 
  8.56  administer this demonstration project. 
  8.57  The project must be completed by June 
  9.1   30, 1997. 
  9.2   $250,000 is appropriated from the trunk 
  9.3   highway fund for fiscal year 1996 to 
  9.4   the commissioner of transportation as 
  9.5   follows:  $150,000 is immediately 
  9.6   available and an additional $100,000 is 
  9.7   available only if matched with $50,000 
  9.8   in money and $50,000 in-kind funding 
  9.9   from private or other public sources.  
  9.10  The commissioner shall seek federal 
  9.11  funding as well as local matching 
  9.12  funds.  The commissioner shall disburse 
  9.13  money from this appropriation for the 
  9.14  following purposes.  The commissioner 
  9.15  of transportation shall research and 
  9.16  operationally test the installation of 
  9.17  a road powered electric vehicle (RPEV) 
  9.18  system, either with high occupancy 
  9.19  vehicles (HOVs), shuttles, or full-size 
  9.20  buses, as part of the Saints road 
  9.21  project in St. Cloud, Minnesota, in 
  9.22  coordination with the St. Cloud area 
  9.23  metropolitan transit commission.  The 
  9.24  commissioner shall analyze findings and 
  9.25  make recommendations specifically 
  9.26  discussing:  (1) snow and ice removal 
  9.27  over extended periods of system 
  9.28  operation; (2) design applications for 
  9.29  road installation, durability, and 
  9.30  reliability over extended periods of 
  9.31  operation of a RPEV system installed in 
  9.32  public or test roadbed; (3) research on 
  9.33  safety factors and mitigation related 
  9.34  to probabilities of occurrence; and (4) 
  9.35  preliminary research on RPEV 
  9.36  application to intelligent 
  9.37  transportation systems. 
  9.38  The commissioner of transportation 
  9.39  shall manage the department of 
  9.40  transportation in such a manner as to 
  9.41  provide seasonal employees of the 
  9.42  department with the maximum feasible 
  9.43  amount of employment security 
  9.44  consistent with the efficient delivery 
  9.45  of department programs. 
  9.46  (b) General Services 
  9.47      12,412,000     12,486,000
  9.48                Summary by Fund
  9.49  General                  41,000        41,000
  9.50  Airports                 70,000        70,000 
  9.51  Trunk Highway        12,301,000    12,375,000 
  9.52  $3,500,000 the first year and 
  9.53  $3,500,000 the second year are for data 
  9.54  processing development.  If the 
  9.55  appropriation for either year is 
  9.56  insufficient, the appropriation for the 
  9.57  other year is available for it. 
  9.58  Subd. 10.  Transfers
  9.59  The commissioner of transportation with 
  9.60  the approval of the commissioner of 
 10.1   finance may transfer unencumbered 
 10.2   balances among the appropriations from 
 10.3   the trunk highway fund and the state 
 10.4   airports fund made in this section.  No 
 10.5   transfer may be made from the 
 10.6   appropriation for state road 
 10.7   construction.  No transfer may be made 
 10.8   from the appropriations for debt 
 10.9   service to any other appropriation.  
 10.10  Transfers may not be made between funds.
 10.11  Transfers must be reported immediately 
 10.12  to the committee on finance of the 
 10.13  senate and the committee on ways and 
 10.14  means of the house of representatives.  
 10.15  Sec. 3.  METROPOLITAN COUNCIL TRANSIT 
 10.16  Subdivision 1.  Total 
 10.17  Appropriation                         34,542,000     34,542,000
 10.18  This appropriation is from the general 
 10.19  fund. 
 10.20  Subd. 2.  Regular Route
 10.21      16,400,000     16,400,000 
 10.22  Subd. 3.  Metro Mobility
 10.23      14,637,000     14,637,000
 10.24  The metropolitan council must not spend 
 10.25  any money for metro mobility outside 
 10.26  this appropriation, except the proceeds 
 10.27  of bonds sold to finance capital 
 10.28  improvements. 
 10.29  Subd. 4.  Community Based
 10.30  and Agency Costs
 10.31       3,505,000      3,505,000
 10.32  Sec. 4.  TRANSPORTATION 
 10.33  REGULATION BOARD                         605,000        
 10.34  This appropriation is from the trunk 
 10.35  highway fund. 
 10.36  Sec. 5.  PUBLIC SAFETY
 10.37  Subdivision 1.  Total 
 10.38  Appropriation                         79,329,000     79,493,000
 10.39                Summary by Fund
 10.40  General               4,546,000     4,502,000
 10.41  Highway User         10,200,000    10,207,000 
 10.42  Special Revenue         910,000       934,000 
 10.43  Trunk Highway        63,673,000    63,850,000 
 10.44  Transfers to Other 
 10.45  Direct               (2,560,000)   (2,540,000)
 10.46  The amounts that may be spent from this 
 10.47  appropriation for each program are 
 10.48  specified in the following subdivisions.
 11.1   Subd. 2.  Administration and 
 11.2   Related Services 
 11.3        5,060,000      5,078,000
 11.4                 Summary by Fund
 11.5   General                 523,000       523,000
 11.6   Highway User             19,000        19,000 
 11.7   Trunk Highway         4,518,000     4,536,000 
 11.8   $326,000 the first year and $326,000 
 11.9   the second year are for payment of 
 11.10  public safety officer survivor benefits 
 11.11  under Minnesota Statutes, section 
 11.12  299A.44.  If the appropriation for 
 11.13  either year is insufficient, the 
 11.14  appropriation for the other year is 
 11.15  available for it. 
 11.16  Subd. 3.  State Patrol 
 11.17      43,727,000     43,835,000 
 11.18                Summary by Fund
 11.19  General                 451,000       406,000
 11.20  Highway User             60,000        60,000
 11.21  Trunk Highway        43,216,000    43,369,000
 11.22  During the biennium ending June 30, 
 11.23  1997, no more than five positions, 
 11.24  excluding the chief patrol officer, in 
 11.25  the state patrol support activity may 
 11.26  be filled by state troopers. 
 11.27  During the biennium ending June 30, 
 11.28  1997, the commissioner may purchase 
 11.29  other motor fuel when gasohol is not 
 11.30  available for the operation of state 
 11.31  patrol vehicles. 
 11.32  $45,000 is available from the general 
 11.33  fund for the biennium to replace 
 11.34  security equipment at the governor's 
 11.35  residence. 
 11.36  Subd. 4.  Driver and Vehicle Services 
 11.37      29,446,000     29,460,000
 11.38                Summary by Fund
 11.39  General               3,511,000     3,512,000
 11.40  Highway User         10,121,000    10,128,000 
 11.41  Trunk Highway        15,756,000    15,761,000 
 11.42  Special Revenue          58,000        59,000 
 11.43  The appropriation from the special 
 11.44  revenue fund is from the bicycle 
 11.45  transportation account. 
 11.46  Subd. 5.  Traffic Safety    
 12.1          244,000        245,000
 12.2                 Summary by Fund
 12.3   General                  61,000        61,000
 12.4   Trunk Highway           183,000       184,000
 12.5   Subd. 6.  Pipeline Safety 
 12.6          852,000        875,000
 12.7   This appropriation is from the pipeline 
 12.8   safety account in the special revenue 
 12.9   fund. 
 12.10  Subd. 7.  Reimbursements 
 12.11  (a) $1,405,000 the first year and 
 12.12  $1,383,000 the second year are 
 12.13  appropriated from the general fund for 
 12.14  transfer by the commissioner of finance 
 12.15  to the trunk highway fund on January 1, 
 12.16  1996, and January 1, 1997, 
 12.17  respectively, in order to reimburse the 
 12.18  trunk highway fund for expenses not 
 12.19  related to the fund.  These represent 
 12.20  amounts appropriated out of the trunk 
 12.21  highway fund for general fund purposes 
 12.22  in the administration and related 
 12.23  services program.  
 12.24  (b) $439,000 the first year and 
 12.25  $441,000 the second year are 
 12.26  appropriated from the highway user tax 
 12.27  distribution fund for transfer by the 
 12.28  commissioner of finance to the trunk 
 12.29  highway fund on January 1, 1996, and 
 12.30  January 1, 1997, respectively, in order 
 12.31  to reimburse the trunk highway fund for 
 12.32  expenses not related to the fund.  
 12.33  These represent amounts appropriated 
 12.34  out of the trunk highway fund for 
 12.35  highway user fund purposes in the 
 12.36  administration and related services 
 12.37  program. 
 12.38  (c) $716,000 the first year and 
 12.39  $716,000 the second year are 
 12.40  appropriated from the highway user tax 
 12.41  distribution fund for transfer by the 
 12.42  commissioner of finance to the general 
 12.43  fund on January 1, 1996, and January 1, 
 12.44  1997, respectively, in order to 
 12.45  reimburse the general fund for expenses 
 12.46  not related to the fund.  These 
 12.47  represent amounts appropriated out of 
 12.48  the general fund for operation of the 
 12.49  criminal justice data network related 
 12.50  to driver and motor vehicle licensing. 
 12.51  Sec. 6.  MINNESOTA SAFETY  
 12.52  COUNCIL                                   67,000        67,000
 12.53  This appropriation is from the trunk 
 12.54  highway fund. 
 12.55  Sec. 7.  GENERAL CONTINGENT 
 12.56  ACCOUNTS                                 375,000       375,000
 12.57  The appropriations in this section may 
 13.1   only be spent with the approval of the 
 13.2   governor after consultation with the 
 13.3   legislative advisory commission 
 13.4   pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 
 13.5   3.30. 
 13.6   If an appropriation in this section for 
 13.7   either year is insufficient, the 
 13.8   appropriation for the other year is 
 13.9   available for it.  
 13.10                Summary by Fund
 13.11  Trunk Highway Fund  
 13.12         200,000        200,000
 13.13  Highway User Tax Distribution Fund 
 13.14         125,000        125,000
 13.15  State Airports Fund 
 13.16          50,000         50,000
 13.17  Sec. 8.  TORT CLAIMS                    600,000        600,000
 13.18  To be spent by the commissioner of 
 13.19  finance.  
 13.20  This appropriation is from the trunk 
 13.21  highway fund. 
 13.22  If the appropriation for either year is 
 13.23  insufficient, the appropriation for the 
 13.24  other year is available for it. 
 13.25  Sec. 9.  EVALUATION OF USE OF 
 13.26  COST-EFFECTIVE MEASURES 
 13.27  The legislative audit commission is 
 13.28  requested to direct the legislative 
 13.29  auditor to perform an evaluation of the 
 13.30  cost-effectiveness of specifications, 
 13.31  standards, practices, and procedures 
 13.32  relating to construction projects 
 13.33  undertaken by the department of 
 13.34  transportation.  The evaluation must 
 13.35  identify those construction-related 
 13.36  specifications, standards, practices, 
 13.37  and procedures which are cost-effective 
 13.38  and available to the department, but 
 13.39  which are not utilized.