SF 3793

1st Engrossment - 81st Legislature (1999 - 2000)

Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00 a.m.

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to transportation; authorizing spending to 
  1.3             acquire and to better public land and buildings and 
  1.4             other public improvements of a capital nature with 
  1.5             certain conditions; authorizing state bonds; creating 
  1.6             multimodal transportation fund; providing for approval 
  1.7             of and payment under supplemental goods or services 
  1.8             agreements of the commissioner of transportation; 
  1.9             increasing filing fee for vehicle transactions; 
  1.10            requiring department of public safety to provide photo 
  1.11            identification equipment for driver's license agents; 
  1.12            prohibiting certain expenditures from trunk highway 
  1.13            fund; authorizing metropolitan council to sell or 
  1.14            lease naming rights for light rail transit stations; 
  1.15            repealing sunset for provisions authorizing certain 
  1.16            vehicle lights; proposing an amendment to the 
  1.17            Minnesota Constitution, article XIV, by adding a 
  1.18            section; appropriating money and modifying previous 
  1.19            appropriations; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, 
  1.20            sections 161.20, subdivision 3; 161.32, by adding a 
  1.21            subdivision; 168.33, subdivision 7; 473.39, by adding 
  1.22            a subdivision; and 473.405, subdivision 4; Minnesota 
  1.23            Statutes 1999 Supplement, sections 144E.29; 144E.31, 
  1.24            subdivision 3; and 171.061, subdivision 4; Laws 1999, 
  1.25            chapters 216, article 1, sections 1 and 7, 
  1.26            subdivisions 1 and 3; 223, article 1, sections 1 and 
  1.27            2, subdivisions 1 and 4; 238, article 1, sections 1, 
  1.28            2, subdivisions 3 and 12, 5, 7, and 93; 241, article 
  1.29            10, section 5, subdivision 2; 245, article 1, sections 
  1.30            1 and 6; and 250, article 1, sections 1 and 2, 
  1.31            subdivisions 1 and 4; proposing coding for new law in 
  1.32            Minnesota Statutes, chapter 160.  
  1.33  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.34                             ARTICLE 1
  1.35               TRANSPORTATION CAPITAL APPROPRIATIONS
  1.36  Section 1.  [CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATIONS.] 
  1.37     The sums in the column under "APPROPRIATIONS" are 
  1.38  appropriated from the general fund, or another named fund, to 
  1.39  the state agencies or officials indicated, to be spent for 
  2.1   public purposes, including to acquire and to better public land 
  2.2   and buildings and other public improvements of a capital nature, 
  2.3   as specified in this act.  Unless otherwise specified, the 
  2.4   appropriations in this act are available until the project is 
  2.5   completed or abandoned. 
  2.6                               SUMMARY 
  2.7   TRANSPORTATION                                   $1,299,041,000 
  2.8   METROPOLITAN COUNCIL                                 30,000,000 
  2.9   PUBLIC SAFETY                                         1,208,000 
  2.10  NATURAL RESOURCES                                     1,000,000 
  2.11  TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT                        2,750,000 
  2.12  BOND SALE EXPENSES                                    1,000,000 
  2.13  TOTAL                                           $ 1,334,999,000 
  2.14  Trunk Highway Bond Proceeds Account               1,001,000,000 
  2.15  Trunk Highway Fund                                  114,054,000 
  2.16  County State-Aid Highway Fund                        47,125,000 
  2.17  Municipal State-Aid Street Fund                      12,470,000 
  2.18  General Fund                                        160,350,000 
  2.19                                                   APPROPRIATIONS
  2.20                                                   $ 
  2.21  Sec. 2.  TRANSPORTATION 
  2.22  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner of
  2.23  transportation for the purposes specified
  2.24  in this section                                   1,299,041,000
  2.25  Subd. 2.  Trunk Highway Construction              1,000,000,000
  2.26  This appropriation is from the bond 
  2.27  proceeds account in the trunk highway 
  2.28  fund. 
  2.29  $100,000,000 of this appropriation is 
  2.30  available for expenditure in each of 
  2.31  the fiscal years ending June 30, 2002, 
  2.32  through June 30, 2011. 
  2.33  This appropriation is for 
  2.34  reconstruction and replacement of key 
  2.35  bridges on the state trunk highway 
  2.36  system; for construction, improvement, 
  2.37  and maintenance of the interregional 
  2.38  corridor system as identified by the 
  2.39  commissioner; for the improvement of 
  2.40  highways classified as bottlenecks by 
  2.41  the commissioner; for providing 
  2.42  highway-related advantages for transit; 
  2.43  and for acquisition of properties 
  2.44  necessary to locate, construct, 
  2.45  reconstruct, improve, and maintain the 
  2.46  trunk highway system.  Before this 
  2.47  appropriation may be used for the 
  3.1   interregional corridor system, 
  3.2   improvement of bottleneck areas, or 
  3.3   right-of-way acquisition, the 
  3.4   commissioner of transportation must 
  3.5   demonstrate to the commissioner of 
  3.6   finance that the proposed use of debt 
  3.7   financing to accelerate the project is 
  3.8   a cost-effective investment of state 
  3.9   funds. 
  3.10  Subd. 3.  Transfer                                  145,000,000
  3.11  $145,000,000 is appropriated from the 
  3.12  general fund to the commissioner of 
  3.13  finance for transfer to the highway 
  3.14  user tax distribution fund. 
  3.15  Subd. 4.  State Road Construction                    85,405,000
  3.16  This appropriation is from the trunk 
  3.17  highway fund. 
  3.18  This appropriation is in addition to 
  3.19  the appropriation for the same purpose 
  3.20  in Laws 1999, chapter 238, article 1, 
  3.21  section 2, subdivision 7.  
  3.22  At least $74,301,000 must be used for 
  3.23  the actual construction, 
  3.24  reconstruction, and improvement of 
  3.25  trunk highways, including the costs of 
  3.26  right-of-way acquisition.  The 
  3.27  commissioner shall give priority to 
  3.28  trunk highway projects that involve the 
  3.29  reconstruction and improvement of key 
  3.30  bridges on the trunk highway system; 
  3.31  construction and improvement of the 
  3.32  interregional corridor system as 
  3.33  identified by the commissioner; 
  3.34  providing highway-related advantages 
  3.35  for transit; and construction and 
  3.36  improvement of highways classified as 
  3.37  bottlenecks by the commissioner.  Up to 
  3.38  $10,000,000 may be used for design and 
  3.39  construction engineering purposes.  
  3.40  This appropriation must be used to 
  3.41  accelerate or add projects to the 
  3.42  statewide transportation improvement 
  3.43  plan.  The commissioner shall report by 
  3.44  January 15, 2001, to the chairs of the 
  3.45  house and senate transportation finance 
  3.46  and policy committees on plans to spend 
  3.47  this appropriation.  
  3.48  Of this appropriation, $1,104,000 must 
  3.49  be used as follows: 
  3.50  (a) $160,000 to construct an extension 
  3.51  of a sound abatement wall along the 
  3.52  east side of marked trunk highway No. 
  3.53  100 from its present termination north 
  3.54  of West 41st Street in the city of St. 
  3.55  Louis Park to a point 520 feet north of 
  3.56  that termination. 
  3.57  (b) $944,000 to construct a sound 
  3.58  abatement wall along the west side of 
  3.59  marked trunk highway No. 100 from West 
  3.60  44th Street in the city of St. Louis 
  3.61  Park to a point 520 feet north of West 
  3.62  41st Street. 
  4.1   Subd. 5.  Local Roads                                59,595,000
  4.2   $47,125,000 is from the county 
  4.3   state-aid highway fund. 
  4.4   $12,470,000 is from the municipal 
  4.5   state-aid street fund. 
  4.6   Subd. 6.  Wakota Bridge                              12,000,000
  4.7   This appropriation is from the general 
  4.8   fund for transfer to the trunk highway 
  4.9   fund and is further appropriated from 
  4.10  the trunk highway fund. 
  4.11  To construct the Wakota bridge on I-494 
  4.12  between the cities of Newport and South 
  4.13  St. Paul and improve related roadways.  
  4.14  This appropriation is in addition to 
  4.15  any other appropriation of federal, 
  4.16  state, or local money for this project. 
  4.17  Subd. 7.  Trunk Highway Facility Projects 
  4.18  The appropriations in this subdivision 
  4.19  are from the trunk highway fund. 
  4.20  (a) St. Cloud Headquarters
  4.21  Addition                                             10,350,000
  4.22  To design, construct, furnish, and 
  4.23  equip an addition to and remodeling of 
  4.24  the St. Cloud headquarters building. 
  4.25  (b) Detroit Lakes
  4.26  Headquarters Addition                                 8,824,000
  4.27  To construct an addition to and remodel 
  4.28  the Detroit Lakes district headquarters 
  4.29  building. 
  4.30  (c) Regional Transportation
  4.31  Management Center                                     6,667,000
  4.32  To design, construct, furnish, and 
  4.33  equip a regional transportation 
  4.34  management center and integrate it with 
  4.35  the existing metropolitan headquarters 
  4.36  building in Roseville.  This 
  4.37  appropriation anticipates up to 
  4.38  $15,774,000 in matching federal money. 
  4.39  (d) Moorhead Truck Station                            1,600,000 
  4.40  To construct, furnish, and equip a new 
  4.41  truck station building in Moorhead in 
  4.42  partnership with the city of Moorhead 
  4.43  and Clay county. 
  4.44  Subd. 8.  Rail Service Improvement                   12,000,000
  4.45  For purposes defined under the rail 
  4.46  service improvement program under 
  4.47  Minnesota Statutes, sections 222.46 to 
  4.48  222.63.  
  4.49  Subd. 9.  Itasca County                              35,000,000
  4.50  For a grant to Itasca county for 
  4.51  railroad access, natural gas 
  4.52  right-of-way, pipeline, and highway 
  5.1   improvements related to the 
  5.2   construction of a new steel mill. 
  5.3   Subd. 10.  North Star Corridor
  5.4   North Extension Study                                   100,000
  5.5   To study the feasibility of extending 
  5.6   the North Star commuter rail corridor 
  5.7   between Minneapolis and St. Cloud north 
  5.8   to the city of Little Falls.  This 
  5.9   appropriation must be used to match 
  5.10  federal funds. 
  5.11  Subd. 11.  Mitigation in DM&E Corridor               10,000,000
  5.12  (a) For grants to Winona, Goodview, 
  5.13  Stockton, Lewiston, Utica, St. Charles, 
  5.14  Dover, Eyota, Rochester, Byron, Kasson, 
  5.15  Dodge Center, Claremont, Owatonna, 
  5.16  Waseca, Janesville, Eagle Lake, 
  5.17  Mankato, New Ulm, Sleepy Eye, Cobden, 
  5.18  Springfield, Sanborn, Lamberton, 
  5.19  Revere, Walnut Grove, Tracy, Garvin, 
  5.20  Balaton, Tyler, Lake Benton, and the 
  5.21  counties of Winona, Olmsted, Dodge, 
  5.22  Steele, Waseca, Blue Earth, Brown, 
  5.23  Redwood, Lyon, and Lincoln, to mitigate 
  5.24  adverse impacts of increased railroad 
  5.25  activity in the DM&E corridor.  This 
  5.26  appropriation is not available until 
  5.27  (1) the DM&E railroad project has been 
  5.28  approved by the federal Surface 
  5.29  Transportation Board; and (2) actual 
  5.30  construction of the railroad project 
  5.31  has begun.  
  5.32  (b) Of this appropriation, $250,000 
  5.33  must be used to convene a multiagency 
  5.34  work group consisting of the 
  5.35  commissioners of public safety, trade 
  5.36  and economic development, and 
  5.37  transportation, to assess the economic, 
  5.38  social, and environmental impact of the 
  5.39  DM&E rail line project. 
  5.40  This team shall develop recommendations 
  5.41  to the commissioners and the 
  5.42  legislature of how to maximize 
  5.43  opportunities to move Minnesota 
  5.44  products to market while minimizing 
  5.45  environmental, social, and other public 
  5.46  costs. 
  5.47  Included in the assessment and 
  5.48  recommendations must be methods to: 
  5.49  (1) maximize the volume of Minnesota 
  5.50  products shipped on the DM&E rail line; 
  5.51  (2) assure appropriate environmental 
  5.52  protections are used to minimize land 
  5.53  use, protect wetlands, and mitigate 
  5.54  noise or other environmental impacts; 
  5.55  (3) fully involve local units of 
  5.56  government in siting issues and 
  5.57  right-of-way acquisitions; and 
  5.58  (4) determine what direct and indirect 
  5.59  costs are likely to accrue to local 
  5.60  units of government and private 
  6.1   property owners. 
  6.2   The commissioners shall directly 
  6.3   negotiate with the rail line to assure 
  6.4   timely access for shipping Minnesota 
  6.5   products and to assure minimal 
  6.6   environmental and social impact.  The 
  6.7   commissioners shall also consider 
  6.8   modifications to ports and other 
  6.9   infrastructure that could enhance, 
  6.10  benefit, and minimize the impact of the 
  6.11  DM&E project in Minnesota.  The 
  6.12  commissioners shall confer with local 
  6.13  governments on the DM&E rail line and 
  6.14  report to the legislature on the 
  6.15  project costs to local units of 
  6.16  government for mitigations, 
  6.17  right-of-way acquisitions, crossing 
  6.18  safety, or any other direct impacts of 
  6.19  the project. 
  6.20  (c) Of this appropriation, $4,875,000 
  6.21  must be allocated among the cities 
  6.22  named in paragraph (a) in proportion to 
  6.23  the populations of the cities as 
  6.24  determined by the most recent census or 
  6.25  estimate of the state demographer.  
  6.26  $4,875,000 must be allocated among the 
  6.27  named cities and counties in proportion 
  6.28  to the cities' and counties' relative 
  6.29  total traffic exposures, as determined 
  6.30  by the commissioner of transportation.  
  6.31  A city's total traffic exposure means 
  6.32  the average daily vehicle traffic 
  6.33  multiplied by 37 trains per day at all 
  6.34  state, city, or county road crossings 
  6.35  within the city's limits.  A county's 
  6.36  total traffic exposure means the 
  6.37  average daily vehicle traffic 
  6.38  multiplied by 37 trains per day at all 
  6.39  state, county, and township road 
  6.40  crossings within the county and outside 
  6.41  of a city. 
  6.42  A city or county's allocated share of 
  6.43  the appropriation will be available 
  6.44  when: 
  6.45  (1) the city or county has reached an 
  6.46  agreement with the railroad concerning 
  6.47  mitigation measures; 
  6.48  (2) the city or county and railroad 
  6.49  have resolved issues concerning 
  6.50  mitigation measures through alternative 
  6.51  dispute resolution; or 
  6.52  (3) a court or the surface 
  6.53  transportation board has issued a 
  6.54  mitigation order. 
  6.55  (d) This appropriation does not cancel 
  6.56  and is available until the end of 
  6.57  fiscal year 2005. 
  6.58  Subd. 12.  Port Development Assistance                4,000,000 
  6.59  For port development assistance grants. 
  6.60  The grants must be made to political 
  6.61  subdivisions for capital improvements 
  6.62  constructed after the effective date of 
  7.1   this appropriation under Minnesota 
  7.2   Statutes, chapter 457A.  Any 
  7.3   improvement made with the proceeds of 
  7.4   these grants must be owned by a public 
  7.5   body. 
  7.6   Subd. 13.  Seaway Port       
  7.7   Authority Warehouse                                   4,500,000
  7.8   For a grant to the Seaway Port 
  7.9   Authority of Duluth to construct a 
  7.10  warehouse at the authority's public 
  7.11  marine terminal in Duluth. 
  7.12  Subd. 14.  Local Bridge
  7.13  Replacement and Rehabilitation                       44,000,000
  7.14  To match federal money and to replace 
  7.15  or rehabilitate local deficient bridges.
  7.16  Political subdivisions may use grants 
  7.17  made under this subdivision to 
  7.18  construct or reconstruct bridges, 
  7.19  including: 
  7.20  (1) matching federal aid grants to 
  7.21  construct or reconstruct key bridges; 
  7.22  (2) paying the costs of preliminary 
  7.23  engineering and environmental studies 
  7.24  authorized under Minnesota Statutes, 
  7.25  section 174.50, subdivision 6a; 
  7.26  (3) paying the costs to abandon an 
  7.27  existing bridge that is deficient and 
  7.28  in need of replacement, but where no 
  7.29  replacement will be made; and 
  7.30  (4) paying the costs to construct a 
  7.31  road or street to facilitate the 
  7.32  abandonment of an existing bridge 
  7.33  determined by the commissioner to be 
  7.34  deficient, if the commissioner 
  7.35  determines that construction of the 
  7.36  road or street is more economical than 
  7.37  replacing the existing bridge. 
  7.38  Subd. 15.  Transit                                     5,000,000
  7.39  $4,000,000 is for grants to public 
  7.40  transit systems under Minnesota 
  7.41  Statutes, section 174.24, to acquire 
  7.42  rolling stock and intelligent 
  7.43  transportation system technologies.  
  7.44  Priority must be given to projects to 
  7.45  match available federal money. 
  7.46  $1,000,000 is for grants to public 
  7.47  transit systems under Minnesota 
  7.48  Statutes, section 174.24, to construct 
  7.49  transit facilities and transit hubs.  
  7.50  Priority must be given to projects 
  7.51  involving collaboration between transit 
  7.52  authorities and local units of 
  7.53  government.  
  7.54  Sec. 3.  METROPOLITAN COUNCIL TRANSIT                         
  7.55  Subdivision 1.  To the metropolitan   
  7.56  council for the purposes specified
  7.57  in this section                                      30,000,000
  8.1   Subd. 2.  Bus Garages                                20,000,000
  8.2   To construct bus garages. 
  8.3   Subd. 3.  Bus Transit Ways                           10,000,000
  8.4   For engineering, design, and 
  8.5   construction of bus transit ways, 
  8.6   including, but not limited to, 
  8.7   acquisition of land and rights-of-way.  
  8.8   Sec. 4.  PUBLIC SAFETY                                       
  8.9   Subdivision 1.  To the 
  8.10  commissioner of public safety, or 
  8.11  other named official, for the purposes 
  8.12  specified in this section                             1,208,000
  8.13  This appropriation is from the trunk 
  8.14  highway fund. 
  8.15  Subd. 2.  State Patrol Arden
  8.16  Hills Training Facility                               1,100,000 
  8.17  To the commissioner of transportation 
  8.18  to design, construct, furnish, and 
  8.19  equip a state patrol training facility 
  8.20  at the Arden Hills training center.  
  8.21  The unobligated balance of the 
  8.22  appropriation in Laws 1998, chapter 
  8.23  404, section 21, subdivision 2, for the 
  8.24  Camp Ripley training facility, is 
  8.25  canceled. 
  8.26  Subd. 3.  Driver's License
  8.27  Photographic Equipment                                  108,000
  8.28  For grants to driver's license agents 
  8.29  to pay monthly lease and maintenance 
  8.30  costs of photo identification equipment.
  8.31  Sec. 5.  NATURAL RESOURCES                            1,000,000
  8.32  For transfer to the snowmobile trails 
  8.33  and enforcement account in the natural 
  8.34  resources fund.  This amount is 
  8.35  appropriated from the snowmobile trails 
  8.36  and enforcement account to the 
  8.37  commissioner of natural resources to 
  8.38  construct and maintain snowmobile 
  8.39  trails.  
  8.40  Sec. 6.  TRADE AND   
  8.41  ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT                                  2,750,000
  8.42  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner of
  8.43  trade and economic development for the
  8.44  purposes specified in this section.
  8.45  Subd. 2.  Regional Tourism Centers                      750,000
  8.46  For a grant to the Upper Minnesota 
  8.47  Valley Regional Development Commission 
  8.48  for the Minnesota River Tourism 
  8.49  Initiative serving six rural Minnesota 
  8.50  counties and multiple communities in 
  8.51  west central Minnesota.  The grant must 
  8.52  be used for planning, predesign, and 
  8.53  design of three staffed travel 
  9.1   information centers. 
  9.2   Subd. 3.  Maxson-Dale       
  9.3   Business Center                                       2,000,000
  9.4   For a grant to the port authority of 
  9.5   the city of St. Paul to construct the 
  9.6   new roads in the Maxson-Dale Business 
  9.7   Center forming the public rights-of-way 
  9.8   linking the new business center to the 
  9.9   existing roadway network.  
  9.10  Sec. 7.  BOND SALE EXPENSES                           1,000,000 
  9.11  To the commissioner of finance for bond 
  9.12  sale expenses under Minnesota Statutes, 
  9.13  section 16A.641, subdivision 8.  This 
  9.14  appropriation is from the bond proceeds 
  9.15  account in the trunk highway fund.  
  9.16     Sec. 8.  [BOND SALE AUTHORIZATION.] 
  9.17     To provide the money appropriated in this act from the 
  9.18  trunk highway bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of finance 
  9.19  shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to 
  9.20  $1,001,000,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the 
  9.21  effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 167.50 to 
  9.22  167.52, and by the Minnesota Constitution, article XIV, section 
  9.23  11, at the times and in the amounts requested by the 
  9.24  commissioner of transportation.  Not more than $100,100,000 may 
  9.25  be sold in any fiscal year.  The proceeds of the bonds, except 
  9.26  accrued interest and any premium received on the sale of the 
  9.27  bonds, must be credited to a bond proceeds account in the trunk 
  9.28  highway fund. 
  9.29                             ARTICLE 2
  9.30                TRANSPORTATION OPERATIONS AND POLICY
  9.31     Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section 
  9.32  144E.29, is amended to read: 
  9.33     144E.29 [FEES.] 
  9.34     (a) The board shall charge the following fees: 
  9.35     (1) initial application for and renewal of an ambulance 
  9.36  service license, $150; 
  9.37     (2) each ambulance operated by a licensee, $96.  The 
  9.38  licensee shall pay an additional $96 fee for the full licensing 
  9.39  period or $8 per month for any fraction of the period for each 
  9.40  ambulance added to the ambulance service during the licensing 
  9.41  period; 
 10.1      (3) initial application for and renewal of approval for a 
 10.2   training program, $100; and 
 10.3      (4) duplicate of an original license, certification, or 
 10.4   approval, $25.  
 10.5      (b) With the exception of paragraph (a), clause (5), all 
 10.6   fees are for a two-year period.  All fees are nonrefundable.  
 10.7      (c) Fees collected by the board shall be deposited as 
 10.8   nondedicated receipts in the trunk highway general fund. 
 10.9      Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section 
 10.10  144E.31, subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 10.11     Subd. 3.  [FINE.] (a) The board may order a fine 
 10.12  concurrently with the issuance of a correction order, or after 
 10.13  the licensee or training program has not corrected the violation 
 10.14  within the time specified in the correction order. 
 10.15     (b) A licensee or training program that is ordered to pay a 
 10.16  fine shall be notified of the order by certified mail.  The 
 10.17  notice shall be mailed to the address shown on the application 
 10.18  or the last known address of the licensee or training program.  
 10.19  The notice shall state the reasons the fine was ordered and 
 10.20  shall inform the licensee or training program of the right to a 
 10.21  contested case hearing under chapter 14. 
 10.22     (c) A licensee or training program may appeal the order to 
 10.23  pay a fine by notifying the board by certified mail within 15 
 10.24  calendar days after receiving the order.  A timely appeal shall 
 10.25  stay payment of the fine until the board issues a final order. 
 10.26     (d) A licensee or training program shall pay the fine 
 10.27  assessed on or before the payment date specified in the board's 
 10.28  order.  If a licensee or training program fails to fully comply 
 10.29  with the order, the board shall suspend the license or cancel 
 10.30  approval until there is full compliance with the order. 
 10.31     (e) Fines shall be assessed as follows: 
 10.32     (1) $150 for violation of section 144E.123; 
 10.33     (2) $400 for violation of sections 144E.06, 144E.07, 
 10.34  144E.101, 144E.103, 144E.121, 144E.125, 144E.265, 144E.285, and 
 10.35  144E.305; 
 10.36     (3) $750 for violation of rules adopted under section 
 11.1   144E.16, subdivision 4, clause (8); and 
 11.2      (4) $50 for violation of all other sections under this 
 11.3   chapter or rules adopted under this chapter that are not 
 11.4   specifically enumerated in clauses (1) to (3). 
 11.5      (f) Fines collected by the board shall be deposited as 
 11.6   nondedicated receipts in the trunk highway general fund. 
 11.7      Sec. 3.  [160.035] [MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION FUND.] 
 11.8      Subdivision 1.  [FUND CREATED.] A multimodal transportation 
 11.9   fund is created in the state treasury.  The fund consists of all 
 11.10  money appropriated or credited to the fund by law. 
 11.11     Subd. 2.  [EXPENDITURES FROM FUND.] Money in the multimodal 
 11.12  transportation fund may be expended by appropriation for costs 
 11.13  related to any transportation purpose, including, but not 
 11.14  limited to: 
 11.15     (1) construction, improvement, and maintenance of public 
 11.16  highways; 
 11.17     (2) operating and capital assistance to transit; 
 11.18     (3) operating and capital assistance to rail, waterway, and 
 11.19  air transportation systems; and 
 11.20     (4) motor carrier regulation. 
 11.21     Sec. 4.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 161.20, 
 11.22  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 11.23     Subd. 3.  [APPROPRIATIONS.] The commissioner may expend 
 11.24  trunk highway funds only for trunk highway purposes.  Payment of 
 11.25  sales tax is not a highway purpose and does not aid in the 
 11.26  construction, improvement, or maintenance of the highway system. 
 11.27     Sec. 5.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 161.32, is 
 11.28  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 11.29     Subd. 7.  [APPROVAL AND PAYMENT OF SUPPLEMENTAL 
 11.30  AGREEMENTS.] Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, when goods 
 11.31  or services are provided to the commissioner under an agreement 
 11.32  supplemental to a contract for work on a trunk highway, the 
 11.33  commissioner may approve the supplemental agreement.  Payment of 
 11.34  valid state obligations must be made within 30 days of approval 
 11.35  of the supplemental agreement or submission by the contractor of 
 11.36  an invoice indicating completion of work, whichever occurs later.
 12.1      Sec. 6.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 168.33, 
 12.2   subdivision 7, is amended to read: 
 12.3      Subd. 7.  [FILING FEE.] (a) In addition to all other 
 12.4   statutory fees and taxes, a filing fee of $3.50 $4.50 is imposed 
 12.5   on every application; except that.  However, a filing fee may 
 12.6   not be charged for a document returned for a refund or for a 
 12.7   correction of an error made by the department of public safety 
 12.8   or a deputy registrar.  The filing fee shall must be shown as a 
 12.9   separate item on all registration renewal notices sent out by 
 12.10  the department of public safety.  No filing fee or other fee may 
 12.11  be charged for the permanent surrender of a certificate of title 
 12.12  and license plates for a motor vehicle.  
 12.13     (b) Filing fees collected under this subdivision by the 
 12.14  registrar department must be paid into the state treasury and 
 12.15  credited to the highway user tax distribution fund, except fees 
 12.16  for registrations of new motor vehicles.  Filing fees collected 
 12.17  for registrations of new motor vehicles must be paid into the 
 12.18  state treasury with 50 percent of the money credited to the 
 12.19  general fund and 50 percent credited to the highway user tax 
 12.20  distribution fund. 
 12.21     Sec. 7.  Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section 
 12.22  171.061, subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
 12.23     Subd. 4.  [FEE; EQUIPMENT.] (a) The agent may charge and 
 12.24  retain a filing fee of $3.50 for each application.  Except as 
 12.25  provided in paragraph (b), the fee shall cover all expenses 
 12.26  involved in receiving, accepting, or forwarding to the 
 12.27  department the applications and fees required under sections 
 12.28  171.02, subdivision 3; 171.06, subdivisions 2 and 2a; and 
 12.29  171.07, subdivisions 3 and 3a. 
 12.30     (b) An agent with photo identification equipment provided 
 12.31  by the department before January 1, 1999, may retain the photo 
 12.32  identification equipment until the agent's appointment 
 12.33  terminates.  The department shall maintain the photo 
 12.34  identification equipment for these all agents appointed as of 
 12.35  January 1, 2000.  An agent appointed before January 1, 1999, who 
 12.36  does not have photo identification equipment provided by the 
 13.1   department, and any new agent appointed after December 31, 1998, 
 13.2   shall procure and maintain photo identification equipment.  Upon 
 13.3   the retirement, resignation, death, or discontinuance of an 
 13.4   existing agent, and if a new agent is appointed in an existing 
 13.5   office pursuant to Minnesota Rules, chapter 7404, and 
 13.6   notwithstanding the above or Minnesota Rules, part 7404.0400, 
 13.7   the department shall provide and maintain photo identification 
 13.8   equipment without additional cost to a newly appointed agent in 
 13.9   that office if the office was provided the equipment by the 
 13.10  department before January 1, 1999 2000.  All photo 
 13.11  identification equipment must be compatible with standards 
 13.12  established by the department. 
 13.13     (c) A filing fee retained by the agent employed by a county 
 13.14  board must be paid into the county treasury and credited to the 
 13.15  general revenue fund of the county.  An agent who is not an 
 13.16  employee of the county shall retain the filing fee in lieu of 
 13.17  county employment or salary and is considered an independent 
 13.18  contractor for pension purposes, coverage under the Minnesota 
 13.19  state retirement system, or membership in the public employees 
 13.20  retirement association. 
 13.21     (d) Before the end of the first working day following the 
 13.22  final day of the reporting period established by the department, 
 13.23  the agent must forward to the department all applications and 
 13.24  fees collected during the reporting period except as provided in 
 13.25  paragraph (c). 
 13.26     Sec. 8.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 473.39, is 
 13.27  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 13.28     Subd. 1h.  [OBLIGATIONS.] (a) After July 1, 2001, in 
 13.29  addition to the authority in subdivisions 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 1e, 
 13.30  and 1g, the council may issue certificates of indebtedness, 
 13.31  bonds, or other obligations under this section for capital 
 13.32  expenditures as prescribed in the council's regional transit 
 13.33  master plan and transit capital improvement program and for 
 13.34  related costs including the costs of issuance and sale of the 
 13.35  obligations.  The amount of the obligations issued under this 
 13.36  subdivision in any year may not exceed an amount equal to the 
 14.1   following limitations, except as provided in this subdivision: 
 14.2      (1) for 2002, the limitation is $40,000,000; and 
 14.3      (2) for each subsequent year, the limitation is equal to 
 14.4   the previous year's limitation calculated under this subdivision 
 14.5   adjusted for inflation using the United States Department of 
 14.6   Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics, Minneapolis-St. Paul 
 14.7   Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the 
 14.8   previous taxes payable year or three percent, whichever amount 
 14.9   is less. 
 14.10     (b) In any year in which the council does not issue 
 14.11  obligations totaling the limitation calculated under this 
 14.12  subdivision, the council's limitation for the following year is 
 14.13  increased by the difference between the previous year's 
 14.14  limitation calculated under this subdivision and the amount 
 14.15  issued in the previous year, or 20 percent of the previous 
 14.16  year's limitation, whichever is less.  Any limitation increase 
 14.17  carried forward under this subdivision is available only in the 
 14.18  following year and is not a permanent increase in the annual 
 14.19  limitation calculated under this subdivision. 
 14.20     Sec. 9.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 473.405, 
 14.21  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
 14.22     Subd. 4.  [TRANSIT SYSTEMS.] The council may engineer, 
 14.23  construct, equip, and operate transit and paratransit systems, 
 14.24  projects, or any parts thereof, including road lanes or rights 
 14.25  of way, terminal facilities, maintenance and garage facilities, 
 14.26  ramps, parking areas, and any other facilities useful for or 
 14.27  related to any public transit or paratransit system or project.  
 14.28  The council may sell or lease naming rights with regard to light 
 14.29  rail transit stations and apply revenues from sales or leases to 
 14.30  light rail transit operating costs. 
 14.31     Sec. 10.  Laws 1999, chapter 216, article 1, section 1, is 
 14.32  amended to read: 
 14.33  Section 1.  [CRIMINAL JUSTICE APPROPRIATIONS.] 
 14.34     The sums shown in the columns marked "APPROPRIATIONS" are 
 14.35  appropriated from the general fund, or another fund named, to 
 14.36  the agencies and for the purposes specified in this act, to be 
 15.1   available for the fiscal years indicated for each purpose.  The 
 15.2   figures "1999," "2000," and "2001," where used in this act, mean 
 15.3   that the appropriation or appropriations listed under them are 
 15.4   available for the year ending June 30, 1999, June 30, 2000, or 
 15.5   June 30, 2001, respectively. 
 15.6                           SUMMARY BY FUND
 15.7                   1999          2000          2001           TOTAL
 15.8   General   $ 2,074,000 $ 547,845,000 $ 582,487,000 $1,130,332,000
 15.9                                       $ 584,143,000 $1,131,988,000
 15.10  Special Revenue           8,258,000     7,902,000     16,160,000
 15.11  Environmental                44,000        46,000         90,000
 15.12  State Government
 15.13  Special Revenue               7,000         7,000         14,000
 15.14  Trunk Highway             1,626,000     1,656,000      3,282,000
 15.15                                            -0-          1,626,000
 15.16  TOTAL                 $ 557,780,000 $ 592,098,000 $1,149,878,000
 15.17                                             APPROPRIATIONS 
 15.18                                         Available for the Year 
 15.19                                             Ending June 30 
 15.20                                            2000         2001 
 15.21     Sec. 11.  Laws 1999, chapter 216, article 1, section 7, 
 15.22  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 15.23  Subdivision 1.  Total 
 15.24  Appropriation                          44,595,000     41,848,000
 15.25                Summary by Fund
 15.26                          2000          2001
 15.27  General              42,398,000    39,607,000 41,263,000
 15.28  Special Revenue         520,000       532,000 
 15.29  State Government 
 15.30  Special Revenue           7,000         7,000 
 15.31  Environmental            44,000        46,000 
 15.32  Trunk Highway         1,626,000     1,656,000 -0-
 15.33  The amounts that may be spent from this 
 15.34  appropriation for each program are 
 15.35  specified in the following subdivisions.
 15.36     Sec. 12.  Laws 1999, chapter 216, article 1, section 7, 
 15.37  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 15.38  Subd. 3.  Criminal Apprehension 
 15.39                Summary by Fund
 15.40  General              23,327,000    23,080,000 24,736,000
 15.41  Special Revenue         520,000       532,000
 16.1   State Government
 16.2   Special Revenue           7,000         7,000
 16.3   Trunk Highway         1,626,000     1,656,000 -0-
 16.4   $99,000 the first year and $99,000 the 
 16.5   second year from the Bureau of Criminal 
 16.6   Apprehension account in the special 
 16.7   revenue fund are for grants to local 
 16.8   officials for the cooperative 
 16.9   investigation of cross-jurisdictional 
 16.10  criminal activity.  Any unencumbered 
 16.11  balance remaining in the first year 
 16.12  does not cancel but is available for 
 16.13  the second year. 
 16.14  $421,000 the first year and $433,000 
 16.15  the second year from the Bureau of 
 16.16  Criminal Apprehension account in the 
 16.17  special revenue fund are for laboratory 
 16.18  activities. 
 16.19  $5,000,000 the first year and 
 16.20  $4,000,000 the second year are for the 
 16.21  statewide criminal and juvenile justice 
 16.22  data information system upgrade.  
 16.23  $210,000 the first year and $210,000 
 16.24  the second year are to be transferred 
 16.25  to the commissioner of corrections for 
 16.26  a statewide probation system component 
 16.27  of the criminal justice information 
 16.28  system.  This appropriation must be 
 16.29  included in the budget base for the 
 16.30  2002-2003 biennium. 
 16.31  $500,000 the first year and $55,000 the 
 16.32  second year are for a lab information 
 16.33  management system. 
 16.34  $344,000 the first year and $400,000 
 16.35  the second year are for laboratory 
 16.36  supplies and equipment.  This is a 
 16.37  one-time appropriation. 
 16.38  $800,000 the second year is for 
 16.39  start-up costs, including employee 
 16.40  hiring and training, for the northern 
 16.41  BCA satellite laboratory facility in 
 16.42  the city of Bemidji, for which 
 16.43  predesign money was appropriated in 
 16.44  Laws 1998, chapter 404, section 13, 
 16.45  subdivision 11. 
 16.46  $15,000 the first year is for the 
 16.47  capitol security study described in 
 16.48  article 5, section 13.  This is a 
 16.49  one-time appropriation. 
 16.50  $125,000 the second year is to expand 
 16.51  DNA testing of predatory offenders. 
 16.52     Sec. 13.  Laws 1999, chapter 223, article 1, section 1, is 
 16.53  amended to read: 
 16.54  Section 1.  [ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; APPROPRIATIONS.] 
 16.55     The sums shown in the columns marked "APPROPRIATIONS" are 
 16.56  appropriated from the general fund, or another named fund, to 
 17.1   the agencies and for the purposes specified in this act, to be 
 17.2   available for the fiscal years indicated for each purpose.  The 
 17.3   figures "2000" and "2001," where used in this act, mean that the 
 17.4   appropriation or appropriations listed under them are available 
 17.5   for the year ending June 30, 2000, or June 30, 2001, 
 17.6   respectively.  The term "first year" means the fiscal year 
 17.7   ending June 30, 2000, and "second year" means the fiscal year 
 17.8   ending June 30, 2001. 
 17.9                           SUMMARY BY FUND
 17.10              1999          2000          2001           TOTAL
 17.11  General  $21,000     $224,507,000   $184,543,000   $409,071,000
 17.12                                      $185,309,000   $409,837,000
 17.13  Petroleum Tank
 17.14  Cleanup                 1,015,000      1,045,000      2,060,000
 17.15  Environmental Fund        700,000        700,000      1,400,000
 17.16  TANF                    6,000,000      4,000,000     10,000,000
 17.17  Trunk Highway             745,000        766,000      1,511,000
 17.18                                              -0-         745,000
 17.19  Workers' 
 17.20  Compensation           22,217,000     22,439,000     44,656,000
 17.21  Special Revenue           100,000       -0-             100,000
 17.22  Workforce
 17.23  Development Fund       17,993,000     12,557,000     30,550,000 
 17.24  TOTAL     $21,000    $273,277,000   $226,050,000   $499,348,000
 17.25                                             APPROPRIATIONS 
 17.26                                         Available for the Year 
 17.27                                             Ending June 30 
 17.28                                            2000         2001 
 17.29     Sec. 14.  Laws 1999, chapter 223, article 1, section 2, 
 17.30  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 17.31  Subdivision 1.  Total       
 17.32  Appropriation                          56,880,000    46,056,000
 17.33                Summary by Fund
 17.34  General              42,985,000    32,590,000 33,356,000
 17.35  Trunk Highway           745,000       766,000 -0-
 17.36  TANF                  1,500,000     1,500,000
 17.37  Environmental Fund      700,000       700,000 
 17.38  Workforce 
 17.39  Development Fund     10,950,000    10,500,000 
 17.40  The amounts that may be spent from this 
 17.41  appropriation for each program are 
 17.42  specified in the following subdivisions.
 18.1      Sec. 15.  Laws 1999, chapter 223, article 1, section 2, 
 18.2   subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
 18.3   Subd. 4.  Tourism 
 18.4       10,805,000     10,910,000
 18.5                 Summary by Fund
 18.6   General              10,060,000    10,144,000 10,910,000
 18.7   Trunk Highway           745,000       766,000 -0-
 18.8   To develop maximum private sector 
 18.9   involvement in tourism, $3,500,000 the 
 18.10  first year and $3,500,000 the second 
 18.11  year of the amounts appropriated for 
 18.12  marketing activities are contingent on 
 18.13  receipt of an equal contribution from 
 18.14  nonstate sources that have been 
 18.15  certified by the commissioner.  Up to 
 18.16  one-half of the match may be given in 
 18.17  in-kind contributions.  
 18.18  In order to maximize marketing grant 
 18.19  benefits, the commissioner must give 
 18.20  priority for joint venture marketing 
 18.21  grants to organizations with year-round 
 18.22  sustained tourism activities.  For 
 18.23  programs and projects submitted, the 
 18.24  commissioner must give priority to 
 18.25  those that encompass two or more areas 
 18.26  or that attract nonresident travelers 
 18.27  to the state. 
 18.28  If an appropriation for either year for 
 18.29  grants is not sufficient, the 
 18.30  appropriation for the other year is 
 18.31  available for it. 
 18.32  The commissioner may use grant dollars 
 18.33  or the value of in-kind services to 
 18.34  provide the state contribution for the 
 18.35  partnership program. 
 18.36  Any unexpended money from general fund 
 18.37  appropriations made under this 
 18.38  subdivision does not cancel but must be 
 18.39  placed in a special advertising account 
 18.40  for use by the office of tourism to 
 18.41  purchase additional media. 
 18.42  This appropriation may be used for a 
 18.43  grant to Minnesota Festivals and Events 
 18.44  Association for the following purposes: 
 18.45  (1) for a partnership with the 
 18.46  University of Minnesota's tourism 
 18.47  center to build the methodology for a 
 18.48  low-cost economic impact model that 
 18.49  will allow festival and event managers 
 18.50  to conduct research independently in 
 18.51  their own communities; 
 18.52  (2) to promote regional workshops to 
 18.53  increase production value and 
 18.54  professionalism for events in the 
 18.55  state, increase event service and 
 18.56  entertainment value for local 
 18.57  residents, build community awareness of 
 19.1   opportunities to generate new tourism, 
 19.2   and assure production of high quality, 
 19.3   safe, and meaningful tourism products 
 19.4   that are in line with the vision, 
 19.5   mission, and growth goals of individual 
 19.6   towns and cities in Minnesota; 
 19.7   (3) for a partnership with the 
 19.8   University of Minnesota's tourism 
 19.9   center to enhance professionalism via 
 19.10  its certified festival manager program, 
 19.11  training event managers and volunteer 
 19.12  staff to implement value-added 
 19.13  festivals and events for visitors to 
 19.14  the state; 
 19.15  (4) for a partnership with the 
 19.16  Minnesota office of tourism to publish 
 19.17  a pull-out minimagazine advertising the 
 19.18  statewide festivals and events calendar 
 19.19  for the year; and 
 19.20  (5) to expand the Minnesota Festivals 
 19.21  and Events Association website, to 
 19.22  provide travel planners with more 
 19.23  festival and event intensive links to 
 19.24  communities hosting such activities. 
 19.25  $250,000 in the first year is for a 
 19.26  one-time grant for the purpose of the 
 19.27  Upper Red Lake business loan program.  
 19.28  $829,000 the first year and $829,000 
 19.29  the second year are for the Minnesota 
 19.30  film board.  $329,000 of this 
 19.31  appropriation in each year is available 
 19.32  only upon receipt by the board of $1 in 
 19.33  matching contributions of money or 
 19.34  in-kind from nonstate sources for every 
 19.35  $3 provided by this appropriation.  Of 
 19.36  this amount, $500,000 the first year 
 19.37  and $500,000 the second year are for 
 19.38  grants to the Minnesota film board for 
 19.39  a film production jobs fund to 
 19.40  stimulate feature film production in 
 19.41  Minnesota.  This appropriation is to 
 19.42  reimburse film producers for two to 
 19.43  five percent of documented wages which 
 19.44  they paid to Minnesotans for film 
 19.45  production after January 1, 1999. 
 19.46  $100,000 the first year is for a grant 
 19.47  to promote tourism in the Mille Lacs 
 19.48  area.  This is a one-time appropriation 
 19.49  and is not added to the agency's budget 
 19.50  base. 
 19.51  $100,000 the first year is for a 
 19.52  one-time grant to promote tourism in 
 19.53  the areas near the northern border of 
 19.54  Minnesota, including the Northwest 
 19.55  Angle. 
 19.56  $37,000 the first year is for a grant 
 19.57  to the Mississippi River parkway 
 19.58  commission.  
 19.59     Sec. 16.  Laws 1999, chapter 238, article 1, section 1, is 
 19.60  amended to read: 
 20.1   Section 1.  [TRANSPORTATION AND OTHER AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS.] 
 20.2      The sums shown in the columns marked "APPROPRIATIONS" are 
 20.3   appropriated from the general fund, or another named fund, to 
 20.4   the agencies and for the purposes specified in this act, to be 
 20.5   available for the fiscal years indicated for each purpose.  The 
 20.6   figures "1999," "2000," and "2001," where used in this act, mean 
 20.7   that the appropriations listed under them are available for the 
 20.8   year ending June 30, 1999, June 30, 2000, or June 30, 2001, 
 20.9   respectively.  If the figures are not used, the appropriations 
 20.10  are available for the year ending June 30, 2000, or June 30, 
 20.11  2001, respectively.  The term "first year" means the year ending 
 20.12  June 30, 2000, and the term "second year" means the year ending 
 20.13  30, 2001.  Appropriations for the year ending June 30, 1999, are 
 20.14  in addition to appropriations made in previous years. 
 20.15                          SUMMARY BY FUND
 20.16                          2000          2001           TOTAL
 20.17  General             $  85,231,000   $ 80,853,000   $166,084,000
 20.18                                      $ 81,520,000   $166,751,000
 20.19  Airports               19,386,000     19,469,000     38,855,000 
 20.20  C.S.A.H.              365,063,000    366,624,000    731,687,000 
 20.21  Highway User           15,480,000     15,575,000     31,055,000 
 20.22  M.S.A.S.              105,549,000    107,394,000    212,943,000 
 20.23  Special Revenue           947,000        965,000      1,912,000 
 20.24  Trunk 
 20.25  Highway             1,044,984,000  1,056,111,000  2,101,095,000 
 20.26                                     1,055,444,000  2,100,428,000
 20.27  TOTAL              $1,636,640,000 $1,646,991,000 $3,283,631,000
 20.28                                             APPROPRIATIONS 
 20.29                                         Available for the Year 
 20.30                                             Ending June 30 
 20.31                                            2000         2001 
 20.32     Sec. 17.  Laws 1999, chapter 238, article 1, section 2, 
 20.33  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 20.34  Subd. 3.  Transit                    16,206,000     16,224,000
 20.35                Summary by Fund
 20.36  General              15,882,000     15,892,000 
 20.37  Trunk Highway           324,000        332,000 
 20.38  The amounts that may be spent from this 
 20.39  appropriation for each activity are as 
 20.40  follows:  
 21.1   (a) Greater Minnesota Transit
 21.2   Assistance 
 21.3       15,406,000    15,406,000
 21.4   This appropriation is from the general 
 21.5   fund.  Any unencumbered balance the 
 21.6   first year does not cancel but is 
 21.7   available for the second year.  Of this 
 21.8   amount, $405,000 each year does not add 
 21.9   to the base. 
 21.10  (b) Transit Administration   
 21.11         800,000       818,000
 21.12                Summary by Fund
 21.13  General                 476,000      486,000 
 21.14  Trunk Highway           324,000      332,000 
 21.15     Sec. 18.  Laws 1999, chapter 238, article 1, section 2, 
 21.16  subdivision 12, is amended to read: 
 21.17  Subd. 12.  Contingent Appropriation 
 21.18  The commissioner of transportation, 
 21.19  with the approval of the governor after 
 21.20  consultation with the legislative 
 21.21  advisory commission under Minnesota 
 21.22  Statutes, section 3.30, may transfer 
 21.23  all or part of the unappropriated 
 21.24  balance in the trunk highway fund to an 
 21.25  appropriation (1) for trunk highway 
 21.26  design, construction, or inspection in 
 21.27  order to take advantage of an 
 21.28  unanticipated receipt of income to the 
 21.29  trunk highway fund, or (2) for trunk 
 21.30  highway maintenance in order to meet an 
 21.31  emergency, or (3) to pay tort or 
 21.32  environmental claims.  The amount 
 21.33  transferred is appropriated for the 
 21.34  purpose of the account to which it is 
 21.35  transferred. 
 21.36     Sec. 19.  Laws 1999, chapter 238, article 1, section 5, is 
 21.37  amended to read: 
 21.38  Sec. 5.  MINNESOTA SAFETY COUNCIL         67,000         67,000
 21.39                Summary by Fund
 21.40                            2000          2001
 21.41  Trunk Highway            67,000       -0-
 21.42  General                 -0-            67,000
 21.43  This appropriation is from the trunk 
 21.44  highway fund. 
 21.45     Sec. 20.  Laws 1999, chapter 238, article 1, section 7, is 
 21.46  amended to read: 
 21.47  Sec. 7.  TORT CLAIMS                     600,000       600,000
 21.48                Summary by Fund
 22.1                             2000          2001
 22.2   Trunk Highway           600,000       -0-
 22.3   General                -0-           600,000
 22.4   To be spent by the commissioner of 
 22.5   finance.  
 22.6   This appropriation is from the trunk 
 22.7   highway fund. 
 22.8   If the appropriation for either year is 
 22.9   insufficient, the appropriation for the 
 22.10  other year is available for it. 
 22.11     Sec. 21.  Laws 1999, chapter 238, article 2, section 93, is 
 22.12  amended to read: 
 22.13     Sec. 93.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
 22.14     Sections 21 and 22 are effective the day following final 
 22.15  enactment, and are repealed on July 31, 2000.  Sections 2, 15, 
 22.16  32, 33, 35 to 67, 72, 74, 75, 77, and 85 are effective January 
 22.17  1, 2000.  Sections 7 to 14 are effective July 1, 2000.  Section 
 22.18  27 is effective July 1, 1999, for Minnesota identification cards 
 22.19  issued on and after that date.  Sections 4, 5, and 30 are 
 22.20  effective July 1, 2001. 
 22.21     Sec. 22.  Laws 1999, chapter 241, article 10, section 5, 
 22.22  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 22.23     Subd. 2.  [TEACHING AND LEARNING PROGRAM.] (a) For the 
 22.24  teaching and learning program in the department of children, 
 22.25  families, and learning: 
 22.26       $9,979,000     .....     2000 
 22.27       $9,926,000     .....     2001 
 22.28     (b) Any balance the first year does not cancel but is 
 22.29  available in the second year. 
 22.30     (c) $21,000 each the first year is from the trunk highway 
 22.31  fund. 
 22.32     (d) $673,000 in 2000 and $678,000 in 2001 is for the board 
 22.33  of teaching. 
 22.34     (e) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 15.53, 
 22.35  subdivision 2, the commissioner of children, families, and 
 22.36  learning may contract with a school district for a period no 
 22.37  longer than five consecutive years to work in the development or 
 22.38  implementation of the graduation rule.  The commissioner may 
 23.1   contract for services and expertise as necessary.  The contracts 
 23.2   are not subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.06. 
 23.3      Sec. 23.  Laws 1999, chapter 245, article 1, section 1, is 
 23.4   amended to read: 
 23.5   Section 1.  [HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES APPROPRIATIONS.] 
 23.6      The sums shown in the columns marked "APPROPRIATIONS" are 
 23.7   appropriated from the general fund, or any other fund named, to 
 23.8   the agencies and for the purposes specified in the following 
 23.9   sections of this article, to be available for the fiscal years 
 23.10  indicated for each purpose.  The figures "2000" and "2001" where 
 23.11  used in this article, mean that the appropriation or 
 23.12  appropriations listed under them are available for the fiscal 
 23.13  year ending June 30, 2000, or June 30, 2001, respectively.  
 23.14  Where a dollar amount appears in parentheses, it means a 
 23.15  reduction of an appropriation.  
 23.16                          SUMMARY BY FUND 
 23.17                                                     BIENNIAL
 23.18                            2000          2001       TOTAL
 23.19  General          $2,650,812,000 $2,774,558,000 $5,425,370,000
 23.20                                  $2,776,331,000 $5,427,143,000
 23.21  State Government
 23.22  Special Revenue      36,424,000     36,103,000     72,527,000
 23.23  Health Care
 23.24  Access              146,224,000    175,017,000    321,241,000
 23.25  Trunk Highway         1,726,000      1,773,000      3,499,000
 23.26                                         -0-          1,726,000
 23.27  Lottery Prize         1,300,000      1,300,000      2,600,000
 23.28  TOTAL            $2,836,486,000 $2,988,751,000 $5,825,237,000
 23.29                                             APPROPRIATIONS 
 23.30                                         Available for the Year 
 23.31                                             Ending June 30 
 23.32                                            2000         2001 
 23.33     Sec. 24.  Laws 1999, chapter 245, article 1, section 6, is 
 23.34  amended to read: 
 23.35  Sec. 6.  EMERGENCY MEDICAL
 23.36  SERVICES BOARD                         2,420,000      2,467,000 
 23.37                Summary by Fund
 23.38  General                 694,000       694,000 2,467,000
 23.39  Trunk Highway         1,726,000     1,773,000 -0-
 23.40  [COMPREHENSIVE ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT 
 23.41  (CALS).] Of the general fund 
 24.1   appropriation, $108,000 each year is 
 24.2   for the board to establish a 
 24.3   comprehensive advanced life support 
 24.4   educational program under Minnesota 
 24.5   Statutes, section 144E.37. 
 24.6   [EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES GRANTS.] Of 
 24.7   the appropriation from the trunk 
 24.8   highway fund, $18,000 from the trunk 
 24.9   highway fund in fiscal year 2000 and 
 24.10  $36,000 from the general fund in fiscal 
 24.11  year 2001 is to the board for grants to 
 24.12  regional emergency medical services 
 24.13  programs.  This The second year 
 24.14  appropriation shall become part of the 
 24.15  base for the 2002-2003 biennium. 
 24.16     Sec. 25.  Laws 1999, chapter 250, article 1, section 1, is 
 24.17  amended to read: 
 24.18  Section 1.  [STATE GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS.] 
 24.19     The sums shown in the columns marked "APPROPRIATIONS" are 
 24.20  appropriated from the general fund, or another fund named, to 
 24.21  the agencies and for the purposes specified in this act, to be 
 24.22  available for the fiscal years indicated for each purpose.  The 
 24.23  "1999," "2000," and "2001," where used in this act, mean that 
 24.24  the appropriation or appropriations listed under them are 
 24.25  available for the year ending June 30, 1999, June 30, 2000, or 
 24.26  June 30, 2001, respectively.  
 24.27                          SUMMARY BY FUND 
 24.28                                                      BIENNIAL
 24.29                                2000          2001    TOTAL
 24.30  General              $349,954,000   $308,497,000   $658,451,000
 24.31                                      $308,536,000   $658,490,000
 24.32  State 
 24.33  Government 
 24.34  Special Revenue        13,986,000     13,884,000     27,870,000 
 24.35  For 1999 - $465,000
 24.36  Health Care Access      1,842,000      1,871,000      3,713,000
 24.37  Environmental             236,000        242,000        478,000
 24.38  Solid Waste Fund          660,000        670,000      1,330,000
 24.39  Lottery Prize 
 24.40  Fund                      110,000        -0-            110,000
 24.41  Highway User
 24.42  Tax Distribution        2,129,000      2,173,000      4,302,000
 24.43  Trunk Highway              39,000         39,000         78,000 
 24.44                                           -0-             39,000
 24.45  Workers'
 24.46  Compensation            7,024,000      6,959,000     13,983,000 
 25.1   TOTAL                $376,420,000   $334,854,000   $711,274,000
 25.2   For 1999 - $465,000
 25.3                                              APPROPRIATIONS 
 25.4                                          Available for the Year 
 25.5                                              Ending June 30 
 25.6                                             2000         2001 
 25.7      Sec. 26.  Laws 1999, chapter 250, article 1, section 2, 
 25.8   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 25.9   Subdivision 1.  Total  
 25.10  Appropriation                         58,340,000     63,117,000
 25.11                Summary by Fund
 25.12  General              58,151,000    62,928,000 $62,967,000
 25.13  Health Care Access      150,000       150,000
 25.14  Trunk Highway            39,000        39,000 -0-
 25.15  The amounts that may be spent from this 
 25.16  appropriation for each program are 
 25.17  specified in the following subdivisions.
 25.18     Sec. 27.  Laws 1999, chapter 250, article 1, section 2, 
 25.19  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
 25.20  Subd. 4.  Legislative 
 25.21  Coordinating Commission               13,841,000     14,924,000
 25.22                Summary by Fund
 25.23  General              13,652,000    14,735,000 14,774,000
 25.24  Health Care Access      150,000       150,000
 25.25  Trunk Highway            39,000        39,000 -0-
 25.26  $5,600,000 the first year and 
 25.27  $6,372,000 the second year are for the 
 25.28  office of the revisor of statutes. 
 25.29  $1,184,000 the first year and 
 25.30  $1,217,000 the second year are for the 
 25.31  legislative reference library. 
 25.32  $4,963,000 the first year and 
 25.33  $5,096,000 the second year are for the 
 25.34  office of the legislative auditor. 
 25.35  The legislative commission on pensions 
 25.36  and retirement shall study and report 
 25.37  to the legislature by January 15, 2000, 
 25.38  on the comparability of pension and 
 25.39  other postretirement benefits between 
 25.40  public sector and private sector 
 25.41  employees.  When comparing the 
 25.42  benefits, the commission shall select 
 25.43  comparable job classifications and 
 25.44  salary ranges.  The study must compare 
 25.45  pension portability, initial monthly 
 25.46  benefits, average annual benefit 
 25.47  increases, employer and employee 
 25.48  contribution rates, availability of 
 25.49  early retirement incentives, 
 25.50  administrative costs, and other factors 
 26.1   as necessary to compare benefits. 
 26.2      Sec. 28.  [CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PROPOSED.] 
 26.3      An amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article XIV, is 
 26.4   proposed to the people.  If the amendment is adopted, the title 
 26.5   of article XIV will be "TRANSPORTATION" and the article will be 
 26.6   amended by adding a section to read: 
 26.7      Sec. 12.  Of the proceeds of any tax levied by law on the 
 26.8   sale price of new and used motor vehicles, 15 percent must be 
 26.9   paid into the highway user tax distribution fund, and 15 percent 
 26.10  must be paid into a fund to be used solely for transit purposes. 
 26.11     Sec. 29.  [SUBMISSION TO VOTERS.] 
 26.12     The constitutional amendment proposed in section 28 must be 
 26.13  submitted at the 2000 general election.  The question submitted 
 26.14  must be: 
 26.15     "Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to require the 
 26.16  proceeds from the sales tax on motor vehicles to be used:  15 
 26.17  percent for highway purposes in order to reduce automobile 
 26.18  registration taxes; and 15 percent for transit purposes? 
 26.19                                     Yes .......
 26.20                                     No ........"
 26.21     Sec. 30.  [PROHIBITION AGAINST APPROPRIATIONS FROM TRUNK 
 26.22  HIGHWAY FUND.] 
 26.23     To ensure compliance with the Minnesota Constitution, 
 26.24  article XIV, sections 2, 5, and 6, the commissioner of finance, 
 26.25  agency directors, and legislative commission personnel may not 
 26.26  include in the biennial budget for fiscal years 2002 and 2003, 
 26.27  or in any budget thereafter, expenditures from the trunk highway 
 26.28  fund for a nonhighway purpose.  Prohibited expenditures include, 
 26.29  without limitation, sales tax, and those trunk highway fund 
 26.30  appropriations that are reduced or eliminated in sections 10 to 
 26.31  27.  
 26.32     Sec. 31.  [APPROPRIATIONS.] 
 26.33     Subdivision 1.  [STATE ROAD OPERATIONS.] $3,000,000 is 
 26.34  appropriated to the commissioner of transportation from the 
 26.35  trunk highway fund and is added to the appropriation in Laws 
 26.36  1999, chapter 238, article 1, section 2, subdivision 7, 
 27.1   paragraph (f), for fiscal year 2001 and adds to the base for the 
 27.2   next biennium.  This appropriation is to address staffing levels 
 27.3   by adding highway maintenance and program delivery personnel.  
 27.4      Subd. 2.  [CAPITOL SECURITY.] $232,000 is appropriated to 
 27.5   the commissioner of public safety from the general fund for 
 27.6   fiscal year 2001 to hire and equip four additional state 
 27.7   troopers to provide security at the state capitol complex and 
 27.8   for executive protection.  Appropriations for this purpose for 
 27.9   fiscal years beginning after June 30, 2001, will be from the 
 27.10  multimodal transportation fund. 
 27.11     Subd. 3.  [METROPOLITAN COUNCIL TRANSIT.] $3,700,000 is 
 27.12  appropriated from the general fund to the metropolitan council 
 27.13  for fiscal year 2001 for metropolitan transit operations.  This 
 27.14  appropriation is in addition to the appropriation in Laws 1999, 
 27.15  chapter 238, article 1, section 3, and adds to the base for the 
 27.16  next biennium.  
 27.17     Sec. 32.  [BIENNIAL BUDGET RECOMMENDATION.] 
 27.18     The commissioner of transportation shall include in 
 27.19  biennial budget submissions to the legislature, recommendations 
 27.20  concerning spending of money in the multimodal transportation 
 27.21  fund. 
 27.22     Sec. 33.  [TRANSFER.] 
 27.23     $119,650,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the 
 27.24  commissioner of finance for transfer to the multimodal 
 27.25  transportation fund on June 30, 2001.  
 27.26     Sec. 34.  [APPLICATION.] 
 27.27     Section 8 applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, 
 27.28  Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington. 
 27.29     Sec. 35.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
 27.30     Section 7 is effective January 1, 2000.  Any law enacted in 
 27.31  2000 that reduces passenger vehicle registration taxes is 
 27.32  repealed the day after the 2000 general election if the 
 27.33  amendment proposed to the Minnesota Constitution in section 28 
 27.34  is not adopted.