<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>Metropolitan Council, and public safety activities; providing for fund transfers, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>general contingent accounts, tort claims, and state land sales; authorizing sale and <br/>
<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>issuance of trunk highway bonds for highways and transit facilities; modifying <br/>
<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>motor fuels and registration taxes; allocating motor vehicle sales tax revenue; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>modifying county state-aid allocation formula; modifying county wheelage <br/>
<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>tax; authorizing local transportation sales and use taxes; modifying provisions <br/>
<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>relating to various transportation-related funds and accounts; modifying fees <br/>
<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>for license plates, drivers' licenses, identification cards, and state patrol escort <br/>
<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>and flight services; prohibiting future toll facilities; making technical and <br/>
<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>clarifying changes;amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 16A.88; 161.04, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>subdivision 3, by adding a subdivision; 162.06; 162.07, subdivision 1, by adding <br/>
<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>subdivisions; 163.051; 168.011, subdivision 6; 168.013, subdivisions 1, 1a; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>168.017, subdivision 3; 168.12, subdivision 5; 168A.29, subdivision 1; 171.02, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>subdivision 3; 171.06, subdivision 2; 171.07, subdivisions 3a, 11; 171.20, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>subdivision 4; 296A.07, subdivision 3; 296A.08, subdivision 2; 297A.94; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>297B.09, subdivision 1; 299D.09; 473.388, subdivision 4; 473.446, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 160; 297A; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>repealing Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 174.32.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>May 9, 2007<br/>
<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>The Honorable Margaret Anderson Kelliher<br/>
<a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var>Speaker of the House of Representatives<br/>
<a id="pl.1.25"></a><var>1.25</var>The Honorable James P. Metzen<br/>
<a id="pl.1.26"></a><var>1.26</var>President of the Senate<br/>
<a id="pl.1.27"></a><var>1.27</var>We, the undersigned conferees for H. F. No. 946 report that we have agreed upon the <br/>
<a id="pl.1.28"></a><var>1.28</var>items in dispute and recommend as follows:<br/>
<a id="pl.1.29"></a><var>1.29</var>That the Senate recede from its amendment and that H. F. No. 946 be further <br/>
<a id="pl.1.30"></a><var>1.30</var>amended as follows:<br/>
<a id="pl.1.31"></a><var>1.31</var>Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.0.0"></a>

<a id="bill.1.1.0"></a><table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.1.34"></a><var>1.34</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="7" valign="bottom">Section 1. <b> SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS.</b><br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>    The amounts shown in this section summarize direct appropriations, by fund, made <br/>
<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>in this article.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">Total<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">138,597,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">112,392,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">250,989,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Trunk Highway<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1,135,229,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1,357,199,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2,492,428,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">H.U.T.D.<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">8,938,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">9,238,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">18,176,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Airports<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">25,557,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">25,659,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">51,216,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">C.S.A.H.<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">474,098,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">526,895,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1,000,993,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">M.S.A.S.<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">127,663,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">141,649,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">269,312,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Special Revenue<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">47,950,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">49,038,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">96,988,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Total<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1,958,032,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2,222,070,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">4,180,102,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><br/>
<a id="bill.1.2.0"></a><table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="7" valign="bottom">Sec. 2. <b>TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS.</b><br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>    The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to <br/>
<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>the agencies and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from <br/>
<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>the trunk highway fund, or another named fund, and are available for the fiscal years <br/>
<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>indicated for each purpose. The figures "2008" and "2009" used in this article mean that <br/>
<a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>the appropriations listed under them are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, <br/>
<a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>or June 30, 2009, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2008. "The second year" is <br/>
<a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var>fiscal year 2009. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2008 and 2009. Appropriations for the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var>fiscal year ending June 30, 2007, are effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" colspan="4" valign="bottom">APPROPRIATIONS<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" colspan="4" valign="bottom">Available for the Year<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" colspan="4" valign="bottom">Ending June 30<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
</tr>
</table><br/>
<a id="bill.1.3.0"></a><table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Sec. 3. <b>TRANSPORTATION</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.2.26"></a><var>2.26</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subdivision 1.<b>Total Appropriation</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1,702,715,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1,984,532,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.2.27"></a><var>2.27</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.2.28"></a><var>2.28</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.2.29"></a><var>2.29</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">21,985,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">19,248,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.2.30"></a><var>2.30</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Trunk Highway<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1,053,462,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1,271,131,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.2.31"></a><var>2.31</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Airports<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">25,507,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">25,609,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.2.32"></a><var>2.32</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">C.S.A.H.<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">474,098,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">526,895,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.2.33"></a><var>2.33</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">M.S.A.S.<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">127,663,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">141,649,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.2.34"></a><var>2.34</var>The amounts that may be spent for each <br/>
<a id="pl.2.35"></a><var>2.35</var>purpose are specified in the following <br/>
<a id="pl.2.36"></a><var>2.36</var>subdivisions.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.2.37"></a><var>2.37</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subd. 2.<b>Multimodal Systems</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.2.38"></a><var>2.38</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">(a) Airport Development and Assistance<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">20,298,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">20,298,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.3.1"></a><var>3.1</var>These appropriations are from the state <br/>
<a id="pl.3.2"></a><var>3.2</var>airports fund and must be spent according <br/>
<a id="pl.3.3"></a><var>3.3</var>to Minnesota Statutes, section 360.305, <br/>
<a id="pl.3.4"></a><var>3.4</var>subdivision 4.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.5"></a><var>3.5</var>$6,000,000 the first year and $6,000,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.3.6"></a><var>3.6</var>second year are onetime appropriations and <br/>
<a id="pl.3.7"></a><var>3.7</var>do not add to the base appropriations.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.8"></a><var>3.8</var>Of this appropriation up to $200,000 in the <br/>
<a id="pl.3.9"></a><var>3.9</var>first year is to the Legislative Coordinating <br/>
<a id="pl.3.10"></a><var>3.10</var>Commission for the administrative expenses <br/>
<a id="pl.3.11"></a><var>3.11</var>of the Airport Funding Advisory Task Force <br/>
<a id="pl.3.12"></a><var>3.12</var>and for other costs relating to the preparation <br/>
<a id="pl.3.13"></a><var>3.13</var>of the report required by the task force, <br/>
<a id="pl.3.14"></a><var>3.14</var>including the costs of hiring a consultant, <br/>
<a id="pl.3.15"></a><var>3.15</var>if needed. Any remaining amount of this <br/>
<a id="pl.3.16"></a><var>3.16</var>appropriation shall revert to the state airports <br/>
<a id="pl.3.17"></a><var>3.17</var>fund.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.18"></a><var>3.18</var>Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, <br/>
<a id="pl.3.19"></a><var>3.19</var>section 16A.28, subdivision 6, these <br/>
<a id="pl.3.20"></a><var>3.20</var>appropriations are available for five years <br/>
<a id="pl.3.21"></a><var>3.21</var>after appropriation.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.22"></a><var>3.22</var>If the appropriation for either year is <br/>
<a id="pl.3.23"></a><var>3.23</var>insufficient, the appropriation for the other <br/>
<a id="pl.3.24"></a><var>3.24</var>year is available for it.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.3.25"></a><var>3.25</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">(b) Aviation Support Services<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">6,036,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">6,152,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.3.26"></a><var>3.26</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.3.27"></a><var>3.27</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Trunk Highway<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">852,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">866,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.3.28"></a><var>3.28</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Airports<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">5,184,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">5,286,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.3.29"></a><var>3.29</var>$65,000 the first year and $65,000 the second <br/>
<a id="pl.3.30"></a><var>3.30</var>year are for the Civil Air Patrol.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.3.31"></a><var>3.31</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">(c) Transit<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">19,553,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">19,577,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.3.32"></a><var>3.32</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.3.33"></a><var>3.33</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">General <br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">18,813,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">18,816,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.3.34"></a><var>3.34</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Trunk Highway<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">740,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">761,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.3.35"></a><var>3.35</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">(d) Freight<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">5,385,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">5,525,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.4.1"></a><var>4.1</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.4.2"></a><var>4.2</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">357,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">367,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.4.3"></a><var>4.3</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Trunk Highway<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">5,028,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">5,158,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.4.4"></a><var>4.4</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">(e) Rail<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">250,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">0<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.4.5"></a><var>4.5</var>This appropriation is from the general <br/>
<a id="pl.4.6"></a><var>4.6</var>fund for a grant to the Northstar Corridor <br/>
<a id="pl.4.7"></a><var>4.7</var>Development Authority to fund advanced <br/>
<a id="pl.4.8"></a><var>4.8</var>preliminary engineering, updated <br/>
<a id="pl.4.9"></a><var>4.9</var>environmental documentation, property <br/>
<a id="pl.4.10"></a><var>4.10</var>appraisals, and negotiations with the railroad <br/>
<a id="pl.4.11"></a><var>4.11</var>to extend commuter rail service on the <br/>
<a id="pl.4.12"></a><var>4.12</var>Burlington Northern Santa Fe rail line <br/>
<a id="pl.4.13"></a><var>4.13</var>between Big Lake and Rice. This is a <br/>
<a id="pl.4.14"></a><var>4.14</var>onetime appropriation and is available until <br/>
<a id="pl.4.15"></a><var>4.15</var>spent and does not lapse.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.4.16"></a><var>4.16</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subd. 3.<b>State Roads</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.4.17"></a><var>4.17</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">(a) Infrastructure Operations and Maintenance<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">236,083,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">247,262,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.4.18"></a><var>4.18</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">(b) Infrastructure Investment Support<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">184,679,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">194,728,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.4.19"></a><var>4.19</var>$266,000 the first year and $266,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.4.20"></a><var>4.20</var>second year are available for grants to <br/>
<a id="pl.4.21"></a><var>4.21</var>metropolitan planning organizations outside <br/>
<a id="pl.4.22"></a><var>4.22</var>the seven-county metropolitan area.<br/>
<a id="pl.4.23"></a><var>4.23</var>$75,000 the first year and $75,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.4.24"></a><var>4.24</var>second year are for a transportation research <br/>
<a id="pl.4.25"></a><var>4.25</var>contingent account to finance research <br/>
<a id="pl.4.26"></a><var>4.26</var>projects that are reimbursable from the <br/>
<a id="pl.4.27"></a><var>4.27</var>federal government or from other sources. <br/>
<a id="pl.4.28"></a><var>4.28</var>If the appropriation for either year is <br/>
<a id="pl.4.29"></a><var>4.29</var>insufficient, the appropriation for the other <br/>
<a id="pl.4.30"></a><var>4.30</var>year is available for it.<br/>
<a id="pl.4.31"></a><var>4.31</var>$600,000 the first year and $600,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.4.32"></a><var>4.32</var>second year are available for grants for <br/>
<a id="pl.4.33"></a><var>4.33</var>transportation-related activities outside <br/>
<a id="pl.4.34"></a><var>4.34</var>the metropolitan area to identify critical <br/>
<a id="pl.4.35"></a><var>4.35</var>concerns, problems, and issues. These grants <br/>
<a id="pl.4.36"></a><var>4.36</var>are available: <br/>
<a id="pl.5.1"></a><var>5.1</var>(1) to regional development commissions;<br/>
<a id="pl.5.2"></a><var>5.2</var>(2) in regions where no regional development <br/>
<a id="pl.5.3"></a><var>5.3</var>commission is functioning, to joint powers <br/>
<a id="pl.5.4"></a><var>5.4</var>boards established under agreement of two or <br/>
<a id="pl.5.5"></a><var>5.5</var>more political subdivisions in the region to <br/>
<a id="pl.5.6"></a><var>5.6</var>exercise the planning functions of a regional <br/>
<a id="pl.5.7"></a><var>5.7</var>development commission; and<br/>
<a id="pl.5.8"></a><var>5.8</var>(3) in regions where no regional development <br/>
<a id="pl.5.9"></a><var>5.9</var>commission or joint powers board is <br/>
<a id="pl.5.10"></a><var>5.10</var>functioning, to the department's district office <br/>
<a id="pl.5.11"></a><var>5.11</var>for that region.<br/>
<a id="pl.5.12"></a><var>5.12</var>Up to $1,000,000 the first year is for <br/>
<a id="pl.5.13"></a><var>5.13</var>technical support of trunk highway <br/>
<a id="pl.5.14"></a><var>5.14</var>congestion reduction under the United <br/>
<a id="pl.5.15"></a><var>5.15</var>States Department of Transportation Urban <br/>
<a id="pl.5.16"></a><var>5.16</var>Partnership program. Of this amount, <br/>
<a id="pl.5.17"></a><var>5.17</var>$200,000 is for a grant to Hubert H. <br/>
<a id="pl.5.18"></a><var>5.18</var>Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs for its <br/>
<a id="pl.5.19"></a><var>5.19</var>participation in this program.<br/>
<a id="pl.5.20"></a><var>5.20</var>$5,000,000 is for a pilot project to <br/>
<a id="pl.5.21"></a><var>5.21</var>demonstrate technologies that will allow for <br/>
<a id="pl.5.22"></a><var>5.22</var>the future replacement of the gas tax with a <br/>
<a id="pl.5.23"></a><var>5.23</var>fuel-neutral mileage charge.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.5.24"></a><var>5.24</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">(c) State Road Construction<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">504,082,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">677,563,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.5.25"></a><var>5.25</var>It is estimated that these appropriations will <br/>
<a id="pl.5.26"></a><var>5.26</var>be funded as follows:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.5.27"></a><var>5.27</var><br/>
<a id="pl.5.28"></a><var>5.28</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Federal Highway <br/>
Aid<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">193,500,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">350,400,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.5.29"></a><var>5.29</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Highway User Taxes<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">310,582,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">327,163,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.5.30"></a><var>5.30</var>The commissioner of transportation shall <br/>
<a id="pl.5.31"></a><var>5.31</var>notify the chairs and ranking minority <br/>
<a id="pl.5.32"></a><var>5.32</var>members of the house of representatives and <br/>
<a id="pl.5.33"></a><var>5.33</var>senate committees with jurisdiction over <br/>
<a id="pl.5.34"></a><var>5.34</var>transportation finance of any significant <br/>
<a id="pl.5.35"></a><var>5.35</var>events that should cause these estimates to <br/>
<a id="pl.5.36"></a><var>5.36</var>change.<br/>
<a id="pl.6.1"></a><var>6.1</var>These appropriations are for the actual <br/>
<a id="pl.6.2"></a><var>6.2</var>construction, reconstruction, and <br/>
<a id="pl.6.3"></a><var>6.3</var>improvement of trunk highways, including <br/>
<a id="pl.6.4"></a><var>6.4</var>design-build contracts and consultant usage <br/>
<a id="pl.6.5"></a><var>6.5</var>to support these activities. This includes the <br/>
<a id="pl.6.6"></a><var>6.6</var>cost of actual payment to landowners for <br/>
<a id="pl.6.7"></a><var>6.7</var>lands acquired for highway rights-of-way, <br/>
<a id="pl.6.8"></a><var>6.8</var>payment to lessees, interest subsidies, and <br/>
<a id="pl.6.9"></a><var>6.9</var>relocation expenses.<br/>
<a id="pl.6.10"></a><var>6.10</var>$77,000,000 the second year is a onetime <br/>
<a id="pl.6.11"></a><var>6.11</var>appropriation that is shifted from the first <br/>
<a id="pl.6.12"></a><var>6.12</var>year. It does not subtract from the base <br/>
<a id="pl.6.13"></a><var>6.13</var>appropriation in the first year or add to the <br/>
<a id="pl.6.14"></a><var>6.14</var>base appropriation in the second year.<br/>
<a id="pl.6.15"></a><var>6.15</var>The commissioner may transfer up to <br/>
<a id="pl.6.16"></a><var>6.16</var>$15,000,000 each year to the transportation <br/>
<a id="pl.6.17"></a><var>6.17</var>revolving loan fund.<br/>
<a id="pl.6.18"></a><var>6.18</var>The commissioner may receive money <br/>
<a id="pl.6.19"></a><var>6.19</var>covering other shares of the cost of <br/>
<a id="pl.6.20"></a><var>6.20</var>partnership projects. These receipts are <br/>
<a id="pl.6.21"></a><var>6.21</var>appropriated to the commissioner for these <br/>
<a id="pl.6.22"></a><var>6.22</var>projects.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.6.23"></a><var>6.23</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">(d) Highway Debt Service<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">58,718,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">80,527,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.6.24"></a><var>6.24</var>$54,929,000 the first year and $70,504,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.6.25"></a><var>6.25</var>the second year are for transfer to the state <br/>
<a id="pl.6.26"></a><var>6.26</var>bond fund. If this appropriation is insufficient <br/>
<a id="pl.6.27"></a><var>6.27</var>to make all transfers required in the year <br/>
<a id="pl.6.28"></a><var>6.28</var>for which it is made, the commissioner of <br/>
<a id="pl.6.29"></a><var>6.29</var>finance shall notify the committee on finance <br/>
<a id="pl.6.30"></a><var>6.30</var>of the senate and the committee on ways <br/>
<a id="pl.6.31"></a><var>6.31</var>and means of the house of representatives of <br/>
<a id="pl.6.32"></a><var>6.32</var>the amount of the deficiency and shall then <br/>
<a id="pl.6.33"></a><var>6.33</var>transfer that amount under the statutory open <br/>
<a id="pl.6.34"></a><var>6.34</var>appropriation. Any excess appropriation <br/>
<a id="pl.6.35"></a><var>6.35</var>cancels to the trunk highway fund.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.6.36"></a><var>6.36</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">(e) Electronic Communications<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">5,161,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">5,288,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.7.1"></a><var>7.1</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.7.2"></a><var>7.2</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">9,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">9,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.7.3"></a><var>7.3</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Trunk Highway<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">5,152,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">5,279,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.7.4"></a><var>7.4</var>The general fund appropriations are to equip <br/>
<a id="pl.7.5"></a><var>7.5</var>and operate the Roosevelt signal tower for <br/>
<a id="pl.7.6"></a><var>7.6</var>Lake of the Woods weather broadcasting.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.7.7"></a><var>7.7</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subd. 4.<b>Local Roads</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.7.8"></a><var>7.8</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">(a) County State Aids<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">474,098,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">526,895,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.7.9"></a><var>7.9</var>These appropriations are from the county <br/>
<a id="pl.7.10"></a><var>7.10</var>state-aid highway fund and are available <br/>
<a id="pl.7.11"></a><var>7.11</var>until spent.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.7.12"></a><var>7.12</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">(b) Municipal State Aids<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">127,663,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">141,649,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.7.13"></a><var>7.13</var>These appropriations are from the municipal <br/>
<a id="pl.7.14"></a><var>7.14</var>state-aid street fund and are available until <br/>
<a id="pl.7.15"></a><var>7.15</var>spent.<br/>
<a id="pl.7.16"></a><var>7.16</var>If an appropriation for either county state <br/>
<a id="pl.7.17"></a><var>7.17</var>aids or municipal state aids does not exhaust <br/>
<a id="pl.7.18"></a><var>7.18</var>the balance in the fund from which it is <br/>
<a id="pl.7.19"></a><var>7.19</var>made in the year for which it is made, the <br/>
<a id="pl.7.20"></a><var>7.20</var>commissioner of finance, upon request of <br/>
<a id="pl.7.21"></a><var>7.21</var>the commissioner of transportation, shall <br/>
<a id="pl.7.22"></a><var>7.22</var>notify the chairs and ranking minority <br/>
<a id="pl.7.23"></a><var>7.23</var>members of the house of representatives and <br/>
<a id="pl.7.24"></a><var>7.24</var>senate committees with jurisdiction over <br/>
<a id="pl.7.25"></a><var>7.25</var>transportation finance of the amount of the <br/>
<a id="pl.7.26"></a><var>7.26</var>remainder and shall then add that amount <br/>
<a id="pl.7.27"></a><var>7.27</var>to the appropriation. The amount added is <br/>
<a id="pl.7.28"></a><var>7.28</var>appropriated for the purposes of county state <br/>
<a id="pl.7.29"></a><var>7.29</var>aids or municipal state aids, as appropriate.<br/>
<a id="pl.7.30"></a><var>7.30</var>If the appropriations for either county <br/>
<a id="pl.7.31"></a><var>7.31</var>state aids or municipal state aids does <br/>
<a id="pl.7.32"></a><var>7.32</var>exhaust the balance in the fund from <br/>
<a id="pl.7.33"></a><var>7.33</var>which it is made in the year for which <br/>
<a id="pl.7.34"></a><var>7.34</var>it is made, the commissioner of finance <br/>
<a id="pl.7.35"></a><var>7.35</var>shall notify the chairs and ranking minority <br/>
<a id="pl.7.36"></a><var>7.36</var>members of the house of representatives <br/>
<a id="pl.8.1"></a><var>8.1</var>and senate committees with jurisdiction <br/>
<a id="pl.8.2"></a><var>8.2</var>over transportation finance of the amount by <br/>
<a id="pl.8.3"></a><var>8.3</var>which the appropriation exceeds the balance <br/>
<a id="pl.8.4"></a><var>8.4</var>and shall then reduce that amount from the <br/>
<a id="pl.8.5"></a><var>8.5</var>appropriation.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.8.6"></a><var>8.6</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">(c) Town Road Sign Replacement Program<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2,500,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">0<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.8.7"></a><var>8.7</var>This appropriation is from the general fund <br/>
<a id="pl.8.8"></a><var>8.8</var>to the commissioner of transportation to <br/>
<a id="pl.8.9"></a><var>8.9</var>implement the town road sign replacement <br/>
<a id="pl.8.10"></a><var>8.10</var>program established in Laws 2005, First <br/>
<a id="pl.8.11"></a><var>8.11</var>Special Session chapter 6, article 3, section <br/>
<a id="pl.8.12"></a><var>8.12</var>89. For the purpose of this appropriation, <br/>
<a id="pl.8.13"></a><var>8.13</var>implementation includes the purchase and <br/>
<a id="pl.8.14"></a><var>8.14</var>installation of new signs. This appropriation <br/>
<a id="pl.8.15"></a><var>8.15</var>may be used to satisfy any local matching <br/>
<a id="pl.8.16"></a><var>8.16</var>requirement for the receipt of federal funds. <br/>
<a id="pl.8.17"></a><var>8.17</var>Designated funds not allocated by July 1, <br/>
<a id="pl.8.18"></a><var>8.18</var>2009, cancel and revert to the general fund.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.8.19"></a><var>8.19</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subd. 5.<b>General Support</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.8.20"></a><var>8.20</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">(a) Department Support<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">40,827,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">41,623,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.8.21"></a><var>8.21</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.8.22"></a><var>8.22</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Trunk Highway<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">40,802,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">41,598,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.8.23"></a><var>8.23</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Airports<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">25,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">25,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.8.24"></a><var>8.24</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">(b) Buildings<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">17,382,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">17,445,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.8.25"></a><var>8.25</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.8.26"></a><var>8.26</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">56,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">56,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.8.27"></a><var>8.27</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Trunk Highway<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">17,326,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">17,389,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.8.28"></a><var>8.28</var>If the appropriation for either year is <br/>
<a id="pl.8.29"></a><var>8.29</var>insufficient, the appropriation for the other <br/>
<a id="pl.8.30"></a><var>8.30</var>year is available for it.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.8.31"></a><var>8.31</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subd. 6.<b>Transfers</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.8.32"></a><var>8.32</var>With the approval of the commissioner of <br/>
<a id="pl.8.33"></a><var>8.33</var>finance, the commissioner of transportation <br/>
<a id="pl.8.34"></a><var>8.34</var>may transfer unencumbered balances <br/>
<a id="pl.8.35"></a><var>8.35</var>among the appropriations from the trunk <br/>
<a id="pl.8.36"></a><var>8.36</var>highway fund and the state airports fund <br/>
<a id="pl.9.1"></a><var>9.1</var>made in this section. No transfer may be <br/>
<a id="pl.9.2"></a><var>9.2</var>made from the appropriation for state road <br/>
<a id="pl.9.3"></a><var>9.3</var>construction. No transfer may be made <br/>
<a id="pl.9.4"></a><var>9.4</var>from the appropriations for debt service to <br/>
<a id="pl.9.5"></a><var>9.5</var>any other appropriation. Transfers under <br/>
<a id="pl.9.6"></a><var>9.6</var>this paragraph may not be made between <br/>
<a id="pl.9.7"></a><var>9.7</var>funds. Transfers between programs must <br/>
<a id="pl.9.8"></a><var>9.8</var>be reported immediately to the chairs and <br/>
<a id="pl.9.9"></a><var>9.9</var>ranking minority members of the house of <br/>
<a id="pl.9.10"></a><var>9.10</var>representatives and senate committees with <br/>
<a id="pl.9.11"></a><var>9.11</var>jurisdiction over transportation finance.<br/>
<a id="pl.9.12"></a><var>9.12</var>The commissioner of finance shall transfer <br/>
<a id="pl.9.13"></a><var>9.13</var>from the flexible account in the county <br/>
<a id="pl.9.14"></a><var>9.14</var>state-aid highway fund $5,950,000 the first <br/>
<a id="pl.9.15"></a><var>9.15</var>year and $2,820,000 the second year to the <br/>
<a id="pl.9.16"></a><var>9.16</var>municipal turnback account in the municipal <br/>
<a id="pl.9.17"></a><var>9.17</var>state-aid street fund and $12,940,000 the first <br/>
<a id="pl.9.18"></a><var>9.18</var>year and $15,330,000 the second year to the <br/>
<a id="pl.9.19"></a><var>9.19</var>trunk highway fund; and the remainder in <br/>
<a id="pl.9.20"></a><var>9.20</var>each year to the county turnback account in <br/>
<a id="pl.9.21"></a><var>9.21</var>the county state-aid highway fund.<br/>
<a id="pl.9.22"></a><var>9.22</var>On or after July 1, 2007, the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.9.23"></a><var>9.23</var>of finance shall: <br/>
<a id="pl.9.24"></a><var>9.24</var>(1) transfer $4,600,000 from the trunk <br/>
<a id="pl.9.25"></a><var>9.25</var>highway revolving loan account in the <br/>
<a id="pl.9.26"></a><var>9.26</var>transportation revolving loan fund to the <br/>
<a id="pl.9.27"></a><var>9.27</var>trunk highway fund; and<br/>
<a id="pl.9.28"></a><var>9.28</var>(2) transfer $1,221,000 from the general fund <br/>
<a id="pl.9.29"></a><var>9.29</var>to the trunk highway fund, to reimburse the <br/>
<a id="pl.9.30"></a><var>9.30</var>fund for transfer of trunk highway land to the <br/>
<a id="pl.9.31"></a><var>9.31</var>city of Mounds View.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.9.32"></a><var>9.32</var><br/>
<a id="pl.9.33"></a><var>9.33</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subd. 7.<b>Use of State Road Construction </b><br/>
<b>Appropriation</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.9.34"></a><var>9.34</var>Any money appropriated to the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.9.35"></a><var>9.35</var>of transportation for state road construction <br/>
<a id="pl.9.36"></a><var>9.36</var>for any fiscal year before fiscal year 2008 is <br/>
<a id="pl.10.1"></a><var>10.1</var>available to the commissioner during fiscal <br/>
<a id="pl.10.2"></a><var>10.2</var>years 2008 and 2009 to the extent that the <br/>
<a id="pl.10.3"></a><var>10.3</var>commissioner spends the money on the <br/>
<a id="pl.10.4"></a><var>10.4</var>state road construction project for which the <br/>
<a id="pl.10.5"></a><var>10.5</var>money was originally encumbered during the <br/>
<a id="pl.10.6"></a><var>10.6</var>fiscal year for which it was appropriated. The <br/>
<a id="pl.10.7"></a><var>10.7</var>commissioner of transportation shall report <br/>
<a id="pl.10.8"></a><var>10.8</var>to the commissioner of finance by August <br/>
<a id="pl.10.9"></a><var>10.9</var>1, 2007, and August 1, 2008, on a form <br/>
<a id="pl.10.10"></a><var>10.10</var>the commissioner of finance provides, on <br/>
<a id="pl.10.11"></a><var>10.11</var>expenditures made during the previous fiscal <br/>
<a id="pl.10.12"></a><var>10.12</var>year that are authorized by this subdivision.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.10.13"></a><var>10.13</var><br/>
<a id="pl.10.14"></a><var>10.14</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subd. 8.<b>Contingent Trunk Highway </b><br/>
<b>Appropriation</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.10.15"></a><var>10.15</var>The commissioner of transportation, with <br/>
<a id="pl.10.16"></a><var>10.16</var>the approval of the governor and the written <br/>
<a id="pl.10.17"></a><var>10.17</var>approval of at least five members of a <br/>
<a id="pl.10.18"></a><var>10.18</var>group consisting of (1) the members of the <br/>
<a id="pl.10.19"></a><var>10.19</var>Legislative Advisory Commission under <br/>
<a id="pl.10.20"></a><var>10.20</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 3.30
<statute_ref></statute_ref>, and (2) the <br/>
<a id="pl.10.21"></a><var>10.21</var>ranking minority members of the house of <br/>
<a id="pl.10.22"></a><var>10.22</var>representatives and senate committees with <br/>
<a id="pl.10.23"></a><var>10.23</var>jurisdiction over transportation finance, may <br/>
<a id="pl.10.24"></a><var>10.24</var>transfer all or part of the unappropriated <br/>
<a id="pl.10.25"></a><var>10.25</var>balance in the trunk highway fund to an <br/>
<a id="pl.10.26"></a><var>10.26</var>appropriation (1) for trunk highway design, <br/>
<a id="pl.10.27"></a><var>10.27</var>construction, or inspection in order to <br/>
<a id="pl.10.28"></a><var>10.28</var>take advantage of an unanticipated receipt <br/>
<a id="pl.10.29"></a><var>10.29</var>of income to the trunk highway fund or <br/>
<a id="pl.10.30"></a><var>10.30</var>to take advantage of federal advanced <br/>
<a id="pl.10.31"></a><var>10.31</var>construction funding, (2) for trunk highway <br/>
<a id="pl.10.32"></a><var>10.32</var>maintenance in order to meet an emergency, <br/>
<a id="pl.10.33"></a><var>10.33</var>or (3) to pay tort or environmental claims. <br/>
<a id="pl.10.34"></a><var>10.34</var>Nothing in this subdivision authorizes the <br/>
<a id="pl.10.35"></a><var>10.35</var>commissioner to increase the use of federal <br/>
<a id="pl.10.36"></a><var>10.36</var>advanced construction funding beyond <br/>
<a id="pl.11.1"></a><var>11.1</var>amounts specifically authorized. Any <br/>
<a id="pl.11.2"></a><var>11.2</var>transfer as a result of the use of federal <br/>
<a id="pl.11.3"></a><var>11.3</var>advanced construction funding must include <br/>
<a id="pl.11.4"></a><var>11.4</var>an analysis of the effects on the long-term <br/>
<a id="pl.11.5"></a><var>11.5</var>trunk highway fund balance. The amount <br/>
<a id="pl.11.6"></a><var>11.6</var>transferred is appropriated for the purpose of <br/>
<a id="pl.11.7"></a><var>11.7</var>the account to which it is transferred.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.4.0"></a><table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.11.8"></a><var>11.8</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Sec. 4. <b>METROPOLITAN COUNCIL</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.11.9"></a><var>11.9</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subdivision 1.<b>Total Appropriation</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">108,753,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">85,090,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.11.10"></a><var>11.10</var>These appropriations are from the general <br/>
<a id="pl.11.11"></a><var>11.11</var>fund.<br/>
<a id="pl.11.12"></a><var>11.12</var>The amounts that may be spent for each <br/>
<a id="pl.11.13"></a><var>11.13</var>purpose are specified in the following <br/>
<a id="pl.11.14"></a><var>11.14</var>subdivisions.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.11.15"></a><var>11.15</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subd. 2.<b>Bus Transit</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">97,214,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">73,453,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.11.16"></a><var>11.16</var>These appropriations are for bus system <br/>
<a id="pl.11.17"></a><var>11.17</var>operations.<br/>
<a id="pl.11.18"></a><var>11.18</var>$23,761,000 the first year is a onetime <br/>
<a id="pl.11.19"></a><var>11.19</var>appropriation and does not add to the base <br/>
<a id="pl.11.20"></a><var>11.20</var>appropriation.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.11.21"></a><var>11.21</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subd.  3.<b>Rail Operations</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">11,539,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">11,637,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.11.22"></a><var>11.22</var>These appropriations are for operations of <br/>
<a id="pl.11.23"></a><var>11.23</var>the Hiawatha light rail transit line. <br/>
<a id="pl.11.24"></a><var>11.24</var>The base appropriations are $5,300,000 for <br/>
<a id="pl.11.25"></a><var>11.25</var>fiscal year 2010 and $5,300,000 for fiscal <br/>
<a id="pl.11.26"></a><var>11.26</var>year 2011.<br/>
<a id="pl.11.27"></a><var>11.27</var>The Hennepin County Regional Rail <br/>
<a id="pl.11.28"></a><var>11.28</var>Authority may not pay any portion of the <br/>
<a id="pl.11.29"></a><var>11.29</var>operating costs for the Hiawatha light rail <br/>
<a id="pl.11.30"></a><var>11.30</var>transit line.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.5.0"></a><table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.11.31"></a><var>11.31</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Sec. 5. <b>PUBLIC SAFETY</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.11.32"></a><var>11.32</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subdivision 1.<b>Total Appropriation</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">145,589,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">151,473,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.11.33"></a><var>11.33</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.11.34"></a><var>11.34</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.11.35"></a><var>11.35</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">7,859,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">8,054,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.11.36"></a><var>11.36</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Trunk Highway<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">80,967,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">85,268,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.12.1"></a><var>12.1</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">H.U.T.D.<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">8,813,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">9,113,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.12.2"></a><var>12.2</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Special Revenue<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">47,950,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">49,038,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.12.3"></a><var>12.3</var>The amounts that may be spent for each <br/>
<a id="pl.12.4"></a><var>12.4</var>purpose are specified in the following <br/>
<a id="pl.12.5"></a><var>12.5</var>subdivisions.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.12.6"></a><var>12.6</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subd. 2.<b>Administration and Related Services</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.12.7"></a><var>12.7</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">(a) Office of Communications<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">412,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">434,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.12.8"></a><var>12.8</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.12.9"></a><var>12.9</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">40,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">41,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.12.10"></a><var>12.10</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Trunk Highway<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">372,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">393,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.12.11"></a><var>12.11</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">(b) Public Safety Support<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">7,986,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">8,213,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.12.12"></a><var>12.12</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.12.13"></a><var>12.13</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">3,247,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">3,341,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.12.14"></a><var>12.14</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Trunk Highway<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">3,373,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">3,506,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.12.15"></a><var>12.15</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">H.U.T.D.<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1,366,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1,366,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.12.16"></a><var>12.16</var>Of the amounts from the general fund, <br/>
<a id="pl.12.17"></a><var>12.17</var>$110,000 the first year and $28,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.12.18"></a><var>12.18</var>second year are onetime appropriations <br/>
<a id="pl.12.19"></a><var>12.19</var>for a security coordinator to coordinate <br/>
<a id="pl.12.20"></a><var>12.20</var>planning efforts for the Republican National <br/>
<a id="pl.12.21"></a><var>12.21</var>Convention, and do not add to the base <br/>
<a id="pl.12.22"></a><var>12.22</var>appropriations.<br/>
<a id="pl.12.23"></a><var>12.23</var>$380,000 the first year and $380,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.12.24"></a><var>12.24</var>second year are appropriated from the general <br/>
<a id="pl.12.25"></a><var>12.25</var>fund for payment of public safety officer <br/>
<a id="pl.12.26"></a><var>12.26</var>survivor benefits under Minnesota Statutes, <br/>
<a id="pl.12.27"></a><var>12.27</var>section 299A.44. If the appropriation for <br/>
<a id="pl.12.28"></a><var>12.28</var>either year is insufficient, the appropriation <br/>
<a id="pl.12.29"></a><var>12.29</var>for the other year is available for it.<br/>
<a id="pl.12.30"></a><var>12.30</var>$1,199,000 the first year and $1,367,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.12.31"></a><var>12.31</var>the second year are appropriated from the <br/>
<a id="pl.12.32"></a><var>12.32</var>general fund to be deposited in the public <br/>
<a id="pl.12.33"></a><var>12.33</var>safety officer's benefit account. This money <br/>
<a id="pl.12.34"></a><var>12.34</var>is available for reimbursements under <br/>
<a id="pl.12.35"></a><var>12.35</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 299A.465
<statute_ref></statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.13.1"></a><var>13.1</var>$508,000 the first year and $508,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.13.2"></a><var>13.2</var>second year are appropriated from the general <br/>
<a id="pl.13.3"></a><var>13.3</var>fund for soft body armor reimbursements <br/>
<a id="pl.13.4"></a><var>13.4</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 
<statute_ref>299A.38</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.13.5"></a><var>13.5</var>$792,000 the first year and $792,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.13.6"></a><var>13.6</var>the second year are appropriated from the <br/>
<a id="pl.13.7"></a><var>13.7</var>general fund for transfer by the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.13.8"></a><var>13.8</var>of finance to the trunk highway fund on <br/>
<a id="pl.13.9"></a><var>13.9</var>December 31, 2007, and December 31, 2008, <br/>
<a id="pl.13.10"></a><var>13.10</var>respectively, in order to reimburse the trunk <br/>
<a id="pl.13.11"></a><var>13.11</var>highway fund for expenses not related to the <br/>
<a id="pl.13.12"></a><var>13.12</var>fund. These represent amounts appropriated <br/>
<a id="pl.13.13"></a><var>13.13</var>out of the trunk highway fund for general <br/>
<a id="pl.13.14"></a><var>13.14</var>fund purposes in the administration and <br/>
<a id="pl.13.15"></a><var>13.15</var>related services program.<br/>
<a id="pl.13.16"></a><var>13.16</var>$610,000 the first year and $610,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.13.17"></a><var>13.17</var>second year are appropriated from the <br/>
<a id="pl.13.18"></a><var>13.18</var>highway user tax distribution fund for <br/>
<a id="pl.13.19"></a><var>13.19</var>transfer by the commissioner of finance to <br/>
<a id="pl.13.20"></a><var>13.20</var>the trunk highway fund on December 31, <br/>
<a id="pl.13.21"></a><var>13.21</var>2007, and December 31, 2008, respectively, <br/>
<a id="pl.13.22"></a><var>13.22</var>in order to reimburse the trunk highway <br/>
<a id="pl.13.23"></a><var>13.23</var>fund for expenses not related to the fund. <br/>
<a id="pl.13.24"></a><var>13.24</var>These represent amounts appropriated out <br/>
<a id="pl.13.25"></a><var>13.25</var>of the trunk highway fund for highway <br/>
<a id="pl.13.26"></a><var>13.26</var>user tax distribution fund purposes in the <br/>
<a id="pl.13.27"></a><var>13.27</var>administration and related services program.<br/>
<a id="pl.13.28"></a><var>13.28</var>$716,000 the first year and $716,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.13.29"></a><var>13.29</var>second year are appropriated from the <br/>
<a id="pl.13.30"></a><var>13.30</var>highway user tax distribution fund for <br/>
<a id="pl.13.31"></a><var>13.31</var>transfer by the commissioner of finance to <br/>
<a id="pl.13.32"></a><var>13.32</var>the general fund on December 31, 2007, and <br/>
<a id="pl.13.33"></a><var>13.33</var>December 31, 2008, respectively, in order to <br/>
<a id="pl.13.34"></a><var>13.34</var>reimburse the general fund for expenses not <br/>
<a id="pl.13.35"></a><var>13.35</var>related to the fund. These represent amounts <br/>
<a id="pl.13.36"></a><var>13.36</var>appropriated out of the general fund for <br/>
<a id="pl.14.1"></a><var>14.1</var>operation of the criminal justice data network <br/>
<a id="pl.14.2"></a><var>14.2</var>related to driver and motor vehicle licensing.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.14.3"></a><var>14.3</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">(c) Technical Support Services<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">3,870,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">3,870,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.14.4"></a><var>14.4</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.14.5"></a><var>14.5</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1,507,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1,507,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.14.6"></a><var>14.6</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Trunk Highway<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2,344,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2,344,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.14.7"></a><var>14.7</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">H.U.T.D.<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">19,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">19,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.14.8"></a><var>14.8</var>Of the amounts from the general fund, <br/>
<a id="pl.14.9"></a><var>14.9</var>$1,416,000 the first year and $1,416,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.14.10"></a><var>14.10</var>the second year are for information systems <br/>
<a id="pl.14.11"></a><var>14.11</var>security and disaster recovery.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.14.12"></a><var>14.12</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subd. 3.<b>State Patrol</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.14.13"></a><var>14.13</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">(a) Patrolling Highways<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">67,626,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">71,522,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.14.14"></a><var>14.14</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.14.15"></a><var>14.15</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">37,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">37,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.14.16"></a><var>14.16</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Trunk Highway<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">67,497,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">71,393,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.14.17"></a><var>14.17</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">H.U.T.D.<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">92,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">92,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.14.18"></a><var>14.18</var>Of the amounts from the trunk highway fund, <br/>
<a id="pl.14.19"></a><var>14.19</var>$2,060,000 the first year and $3,653,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.14.20"></a><var>14.20</var>second year are for the cost of adding 40 <br/>
<a id="pl.14.21"></a><var>14.21</var>state patrol troopers.<br/>
<a id="pl.14.22"></a><var>14.22</var>Of the amounts from the trunk highway fund, <br/>
<a id="pl.14.23"></a><var>14.23</var>$1,137,000 the first year and $1,137,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.14.24"></a><var>14.24</var>second year are for fuel costs.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.14.25"></a><var>14.25</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">(b) Commercial Vehicle Enforcement<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">6,945,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">7,196,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.14.26"></a><var>14.26</var>$198,000 the first year and $198,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.14.27"></a><var>14.27</var>second year are for fuel costs.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.14.28"></a><var>14.28</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">(c) Capitol Security<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">3,028,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">3,128,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.14.29"></a><var>14.29</var>These appropriations are from the general <br/>
<a id="pl.14.30"></a><var>14.30</var>fund.<br/>
<a id="pl.14.31"></a><var>14.31</var>The commissioner may not (1) spend <br/>
<a id="pl.14.32"></a><var>14.32</var>any money from the trunk highway fund <br/>
<a id="pl.14.33"></a><var>14.33</var>for capitol security or (2) permanently <br/>
<a id="pl.14.34"></a><var>14.34</var>transfer any state trooper from the patrolling <br/>
<a id="pl.14.35"></a><var>14.35</var>highways activity to capitol security.<br/>
<a id="pl.14.36"></a><var>14.36</var>The commissioner may not transfer any <br/>
<a id="pl.14.37"></a><var>14.37</var>money (1) appropriated for Department of <br/>
<a id="pl.15.1"></a><var>15.1</var>Public Safety administration, the patrolling of <br/>
<a id="pl.15.2"></a><var>15.2</var>highways, commercial vehicle enforcement, <br/>
<a id="pl.15.3"></a><var>15.3</var>or driver and vehicle services to capitol <br/>
<a id="pl.15.4"></a><var>15.4</var>security or (2) from capitol security.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.15.5"></a><var>15.5</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subd. 4.<b>Driver and Vehicle Services</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.15.6"></a><var>15.6</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">(a) Vehicle Services<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">26,032,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">26,609,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.15.7"></a><var>15.7</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.15.8"></a><var>15.8</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">H.U.T.D.<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">7,336,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">7,636,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.15.9"></a><var>15.9</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Special Revenue<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">18,696,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">18,973,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.15.10"></a><var>15.10</var>The base appropriations from the highway <br/>
<a id="pl.15.11"></a><var>15.11</var>user tax distribution fund are $7,936,000 for <br/>
<a id="pl.15.12"></a><var>15.12</var>fiscal year 2010 and $8,236,000 for fiscal <br/>
<a id="pl.15.13"></a><var>15.13</var>year 2011.<br/>
<a id="pl.15.14"></a><var>15.14</var>The special revenue fund appropriations are <br/>
<a id="pl.15.15"></a><var>15.15</var>from the vehicle services operating account.<br/>
<a id="pl.15.16"></a><var>15.16</var>Of the amounts from the special revenue <br/>
<a id="pl.15.17"></a><var>15.17</var>fund, $47,000 the first year and $45,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.15.18"></a><var>15.18</var>second year are for a driver license and motor <br/>
<a id="pl.15.19"></a><var>15.19</var>vehicle records contract coordinator.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.15.20"></a><var>15.20</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">(b) Driver Services<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">27,940,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">28,712,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.15.21"></a><var>15.21</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.15.22"></a><var>15.22</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Trunk Highway<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.15.23"></a><var>15.23</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Special Revenue<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">27,939,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">28,711,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.15.24"></a><var>15.24</var>The special revenue fund appropriations are <br/>
<a id="pl.15.25"></a><var>15.25</var>from the driver services operating account.<br/>
<a id="pl.15.26"></a><var>15.26</var>Of the amounts from the special revenue <br/>
<a id="pl.15.27"></a><var>15.27</var>fund, $25,000 the first year and $23,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.15.28"></a><var>15.28</var>second year are for a driver license and motor <br/>
<a id="pl.15.29"></a><var>15.29</var>vehicle records contract coordinator.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.15.30"></a><var>15.30</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subd. 5.<b>Traffic Safety</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">435,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">435,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.15.31"></a><var>15.31</var>$111,000 the first year and $111,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.15.32"></a><var>15.32</var>the second year are for planning and <br/>
<a id="pl.15.33"></a><var>15.33</var>administration of grants from the National <br/>
<a id="pl.15.34"></a><var>15.34</var>Highway Traffic Safety Administration.<br/>
<a id="pl.15.35"></a><var>15.35</var>The commissioner of public safety shall <br/>
<a id="pl.15.36"></a><var>15.36</var>spend 50 percent of the money available <br/>
<a id="pl.16.1"></a><var>16.1</var>to the state under Public Law 105-206, <br/>
<a id="pl.16.2"></a><var>16.2</var>section 164, and the remaining 50 percent <br/>
<a id="pl.16.3"></a><var>16.3</var>must be transferred to the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.16.4"></a><var>16.4</var>of transportation for hazard elimination <br/>
<a id="pl.16.5"></a><var>16.5</var>activities under United States Code, title 23, <br/>
<a id="pl.16.6"></a><var>16.6</var>section 152.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.16.7"></a><var>16.7</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subd. 6.<b>Pipeline Safety</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1,315,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1,354,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.16.8"></a><var>16.8</var>These appropriations are from the pipeline <br/>
<a id="pl.16.9"></a><var>16.9</var>safety account in the special revenue fund.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.6.0"></a><table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.16.10"></a><var>16.10</var><br/>
<a id="pl.16.11"></a><var>16.11</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Sec. 6. <b>GENERAL CONTINGENT </b><br/>
<b>ACCOUNTS</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">375,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">375,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.16.12"></a><var>16.12</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.16.13"></a><var>16.13</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.16.14"></a><var>16.14</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Trunk Highway<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">200,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">200,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.16.15"></a><var>16.15</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">H.U.T.D.<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">125,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">125,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.16.16"></a><var>16.16</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Airports<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">50,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">50,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.16.17"></a><var>16.17</var>The appropriations in this section may <br/>
<a id="pl.16.18"></a><var>16.18</var>only be spent with the approval of the <br/>
<a id="pl.16.19"></a><var>16.19</var>governor and the written approval of at least <br/>
<a id="pl.16.20"></a><var>16.20</var>five members of a group consisting of (1) <br/>
<a id="pl.16.21"></a><var>16.21</var>the members of the Legislative Advisory <br/>
<a id="pl.16.22"></a><var>16.22</var>Commission under Minnesota Statutes, <br/>
<a id="pl.16.23"></a><var>16.23</var>section 3.30, and (2) the ranking minority <br/>
<a id="pl.16.24"></a><var>16.24</var>members of the house of representatives and <br/>
<a id="pl.16.25"></a><var>16.25</var>senate committees with jurisdiction over <br/>
<a id="pl.16.26"></a><var>16.26</var>transportation finance.<br/>
<a id="pl.16.27"></a><var>16.27</var>If an appropriation in this section for either <br/>
<a id="pl.16.28"></a><var>16.28</var>year is insufficient, the appropriation for the <br/>
<a id="pl.16.29"></a><var>16.29</var>other year is available for it.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.7.0"></a><table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.16.30"></a><var>16.30</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Sec. 7. <b>TORT CLAIMS</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">600,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">600,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.16.31"></a><var>16.31</var>These appropriations are to the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.16.32"></a><var>16.32</var>of finance.<br/>
<a id="pl.16.33"></a><var>16.33</var>If the appropriation for either year is <br/>
<a id="pl.16.34"></a><var>16.34</var>insufficient, the appropriation for the other <br/>
<a id="pl.16.35"></a><var>16.35</var>year is available for it.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.8.0"></a><a id="pl.17.1"></a><var>17.1</var>    Sec. 8. Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 6, article 1, section 4, subdivision 4, <br/>
<a id="pl.17.2"></a><var>17.2</var>is amended to read:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.17.3"></a><var>17.3</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subd. 4.<b>Driver and Vehicle Services</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">51,389,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">50,814,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.17.4"></a><var>17.4</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Summary by Fund<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.17.5"></a><var>17.5</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Highway User<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">6,966,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">7,036,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.17.6"></a><var>17.6</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Special Revenue<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">44,423,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">43,778,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.17.7"></a><var>17.7</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">(a) Vehicle Services<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">23,383,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">23,849,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.17.8"></a><var>17.8</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Summary by Fund<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.17.9"></a><var>17.9</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Highway User<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">6,966,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">7,036,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.17.10"></a><var>17.10</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Special Revenue<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">16,417,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">16,813,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.17.11"></a><var>17.11</var>This appropriation is from the vehicle <br/>
<a id="pl.17.12"></a><var>17.12</var>services operating account in the special <br/>
<a id="pl.17.13"></a><var>17.13</var>revenue fund.<br/>
<a id="pl.17.14"></a><var>17.14</var>This appropriation is available until June 30, <br/>
<a id="pl.17.15"></a><var>17.15</var>2009.<br/>
<a id="pl.17.16"></a><var>17.16</var>Of any amount carried forward from fiscal <br/>
<a id="pl.17.17"></a><var>17.17</var>year 2007, up to $1,750,000 is for planning <br/>
<a id="pl.17.18"></a><var>17.18</var>for the replacement of the driver and vehicle <br/>
<a id="pl.17.19"></a><var>17.19</var>services automated support systems. Any <br/>
<a id="pl.17.20"></a><var>17.20</var>remaining amount carried forward from <br/>
<a id="pl.17.21"></a><var>17.21</var>fiscal year 2007 is to implement remediation <br/>
<a id="pl.17.22"></a><var>17.22</var>strategies as necessary to avoid a systematic <br/>
<a id="pl.17.23"></a><var>17.23</var>failure.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.17.24"></a><var>17.24</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">(b) Driver Services<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">28,006,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">26,965,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.17.25"></a><var>17.25</var>This appropriation is from the driver services <br/>
<a id="pl.17.26"></a><var>17.26</var>operating account in the special revenue <br/>
<a id="pl.17.27"></a><var>17.27</var>fund.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.9.0"></a><a id="pl.17.28"></a><var>17.28</var>    Sec. 9. <b>FEDERAL FUNDS SPENDING AUTHORITY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.17.29"></a><var>17.29</var>    The commissioner of transportation may spend up to $5,000,000 from July 1, 2008, <br/>
<a id="pl.17.30"></a><var>17.30</var>through June 30, 2013, in federal transit funds for capital assistance to public transit <br/>
<a id="pl.17.31"></a><var>17.31</var>systems under Minnesota Statutes, section 174.24. This amount is in addition to any <br/>
<a id="pl.17.32"></a><var>17.32</var>appropriations made by law for this purpose.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.10.0"></a><a id="pl.17.33"></a><var>17.33</var>    Sec. 10. <b>AIRPORT FUNDING ADVISORY TASK FORCE.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.18.1"></a><var>18.1</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Task force established.</b> An advisory task force on airport funding <br/>
<a id="pl.18.2"></a><var>18.2</var>issues is established to study and make recommendations regarding the best methods for <br/>
<a id="pl.18.3"></a><var>18.3</var>funding airports in the state and the state airports fund. The task force shall study:<br/>
<a id="pl.18.4"></a><var>18.4</var>    (1) the adequacy of current sources of revenue for the state airports fund and airports <br/>
<a id="pl.18.5"></a><var>18.5</var>in the state;<br/>
<a id="pl.18.6"></a><var>18.6</var>    (2) policy considerations regarding the use of the sales tax on aircraft as a potential <br/>
<a id="pl.18.7"></a><var>18.7</var>source of revenue for airports;<br/>
<a id="pl.18.8"></a><var>18.8</var>    (3) how other states fund airports;<br/>
<a id="pl.18.9"></a><var>18.9</var>    (4) projected aviation needs of the future, including required investments in aviation <br/>
<a id="pl.18.10"></a><var>18.10</var>infrastructure;<br/>
<a id="pl.18.11"></a><var>18.11</var>    (5) aircraft registration taxes; and<br/>
<a id="pl.18.12"></a><var>18.12</var>    (6) other issues relating to the funding of airports as determined by the task force.<br/>
<a id="pl.18.13"></a><var>18.13</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Membership.</b> (a) The task force is comprised of the following members:<br/>
<a id="pl.18.14"></a><var>18.14</var>    (1) three members of the senate, including at least one member from the minority <br/>
<a id="pl.18.15"></a><var>18.15</var>party, appointed by the Subcommittee on Committees of the Committee on Rules and <br/>
<a id="pl.18.16"></a><var>18.16</var>Administration of the senate; and<br/>
<a id="pl.18.17"></a><var>18.17</var>    (2) three members of the house of representatives, two appointed by the speaker of <br/>
<a id="pl.18.18"></a><var>18.18</var>the house and one appointed by the minority leader.<br/>
<a id="pl.18.19"></a><var>18.19</var>The appointing authorities must select members based on knowledge and experience in <br/>
<a id="pl.18.20"></a><var>18.20</var>aviation funding issues. All appointments required by this paragraph must be completed <br/>
<a id="pl.18.21"></a><var>18.21</var>by September 1, 2007.<br/>
<a id="pl.18.22"></a><var>18.22</var>    (b) The chair of the task force may appoint additional nonvoting members to the task <br/>
<a id="pl.18.23"></a><var>18.23</var>force, including, but not limited to, representatives of the following organizations:<br/>
<a id="pl.18.24"></a><var>18.24</var>    (1) the Department of Transportation Aeronautics Office;<br/>
<a id="pl.18.25"></a><var>18.25</var>    (2) the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association;<br/>
<a id="pl.18.26"></a><var>18.26</var>    (3) the Experimental Aircraft Association/ACAA;<br/>
<a id="pl.18.27"></a><var>18.27</var>    (4) the Metropolitan Airports Commission;<br/>
<a id="pl.18.28"></a><var>18.28</var>    (5) the Minnesota Aviation Trades Association;<br/>
<a id="pl.18.29"></a><var>18.29</var>    (6) the Minnesota Business Aviation Association;<br/>
<a id="pl.18.30"></a><var>18.30</var>    (7) the Minnesota Council of Airports;<br/>
<a id="pl.18.31"></a><var>18.31</var>    (8) the Minnesota Seaplane Pilots Association;<br/>
<a id="pl.18.32"></a><var>18.32</var>    (9) the National Business Aviation Association; and<br/>
<a id="pl.18.33"></a><var>18.33</var>    (10) the Minnesota Wing, Civil Air Patrol.<br/>
<a id="pl.18.34"></a><var>18.34</var>    (c) The director of the aeronautics office in the Department of Transportation shall <br/>
<a id="pl.18.35"></a><var>18.35</var>convene the first meeting of the task force within two weeks after the legislative members <br/>
<a id="pl.19.1"></a><var>19.1</var>have been appointed to the task force. The members shall elect a chairperson from their <br/>
<a id="pl.19.2"></a><var>19.2</var>membership at the first meeting.<br/>
<a id="pl.19.3"></a><var>19.3</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Report.</b> By February 15, 2008, the task force shall report its <br/>
<a id="pl.19.4"></a><var>19.4</var>recommendations to the chairs of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over airports <br/>
<a id="pl.19.5"></a><var>19.5</var>and aviation issues and to the legislature as required by Minnesota Statutes, section 3.195. <br/>
<a id="pl.19.6"></a><var>19.6</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Expenses.</b> Per diem and expenses for members of the task force are as <br/>
<a id="pl.19.7"></a><var>19.7</var>provided for under Minnesota Statutes, section 15.059.<br/>
<a id="pl.19.8"></a><var>19.8</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Expiration.</b> This section expires after the submission of the report as <br/>
<a id="pl.19.9"></a><var>19.9</var>required under subdivision 3.<br/>
<a id="pl.19.10"></a><var>19.10</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.0.0"></a>

<a id="bill.2.1.0"></a><a id="pl.19.13"></a><var>19.13</var>    Section 1. <b>[296A.083] ANNUAL DEBT SERVICE SURCHARGE.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.19.14"></a><var>19.14</var>    (a) On June 30, 2007, and each March 1 thereafter, the commissioner of finance <br/>
<a id="pl.19.15"></a><var>19.15</var>shall report to the commissioner of revenue the amount of the trunk highway debt service <br/>
<a id="pl.19.16"></a><var>19.16</var>transfer forecast in the next two fiscal years attributable to the trunk highway bonds <br/>
<a id="pl.19.17"></a><var>19.17</var>authorized in sections 2 to 4.<br/>
<a id="pl.19.18"></a><var>19.18</var>    (b) By July 16, 2007, and each April 1 thereafter, the commissioner of revenue shall <br/>
<a id="pl.19.19"></a><var>19.19</var>compute and publish a surcharge for each fuel tax provided for in sections 296A.07, <br/>
<a id="pl.19.20"></a><var>19.20</var>subdivision 3, and 296A.08, subdivision 2, in proportion to the rate of tax for each type <br/>
<a id="pl.19.21"></a><var>19.21</var>of fuel. The surcharge must be calculated to raise an amount of money which, when <br/>
<a id="pl.19.22"></a><var>19.22</var>added to the balance in the trunk highway debt service account, covers the debt service <br/>
<a id="pl.19.23"></a><var>19.23</var>transfer forecast in the next two fiscal years, except that the surcharge may not exceed 2.5 <br/>
<a id="pl.19.24"></a><var>19.24</var>cents per gallon for gasoline taxed under section 296A.07, subdivision 3, clause (3), or a <br/>
<a id="pl.19.25"></a><var>19.25</var>proportional rate for each other type of fuel. The surcharge must be rounded to the nearest <br/>
<a id="pl.19.26"></a><var>19.26</var>0.1 cent. The surcharge is effective on August 1, 2007, to June 30, 2008, and each new <br/>
<a id="pl.19.27"></a><var>19.27</var>surcharge thereafter is effective the following July 1 to June 30.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.2.0"></a><a id="pl.19.28"></a><var>19.28</var>    Sec. 2. <b>TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.19.29"></a><var>19.29</var>    (a) $150,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds account in the trunk <br/>
<a id="pl.19.30"></a><var>19.30</var>highway fund to the commissioner of transportation in each of fiscal years 2008 through <br/>
<a id="pl.19.31"></a><var>19.31</var>2017 for trunk highway improvements. No more than $22,500,000 of each year's <br/>
<a id="pl.19.32"></a><var>19.32</var>appropriation may be used by the commissioner for program delivery.<br/>
<a id="pl.19.33"></a><var>19.33</var>    Of this amount, in fiscal year 2008:<br/>
<a id="pl.20.1"></a><var>20.1</var>    (1) $4,299,000 is for predesign, design, construction, and restoration of historic <br/>
<a id="pl.20.2"></a><var>20.2</var>roadside properties on the Great River Road. The commissioner shall consult with the <br/>
<a id="pl.20.3"></a><var>20.3</var>Minnesota Mississippi River Parkway Commission to determine project priorities;<br/>
<a id="pl.20.4"></a><var>20.4</var>    (2) $20,673,000 is to the commissioner of transportation to design, construct, furnish, <br/>
<a id="pl.20.5"></a><var>20.5</var>and equip a new Department of Transportation district headquarters facility in Mankato; <br/>
<a id="pl.20.6"></a><var>20.6</var>    (3) $12,715,000 is appropriated to the commissioner of administration to repair and <br/>
<a id="pl.20.7"></a><var>20.7</var>renovate the exterior of the Department of Transportation Building at 395 John Ireland <br/>
<a id="pl.20.8"></a><var>20.8</var>Boulevard in St. Paul; and<br/>
<a id="pl.20.9"></a><var>20.9</var>    (4) $40,000,000 is for construction of interchanges involving a trunk highway, <br/>
<a id="pl.20.10"></a><var>20.10</var>where the interchange will promote economic development, increase employment, relieve <br/>
<a id="pl.20.11"></a><var>20.11</var>growing traffic congestion, and promote traffic safety.<br/>
<a id="pl.20.12"></a><var>20.12</var>    (b) The commissioner shall use at least $50,000,000 of this appropriation for <br/>
<a id="pl.20.13"></a><var>20.13</var>accelerating transit facility improvements on or adjacent to trunk highways.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.3.0"></a><a id="pl.20.14"></a><var>20.14</var>    Sec. 3. <b>FINANCE APPROPRIATION.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.20.15"></a><var>20.15</var>    $150,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds account in the trunk highway <br/>
<a id="pl.20.16"></a><var>20.16</var>fund to the commissioner of finance in each of fiscal years 2008 through 2017 for bond <br/>
<a id="pl.20.17"></a><var>20.17</var>sale expenses under Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.641, subdivision 8, and 167.50, <br/>
<a id="pl.20.18"></a><var>20.18</var>subdivision 4.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.4.0"></a><a id="pl.20.19"></a><var>20.19</var>    Sec. 4. <b>BOND SALE AUTHORIZATION.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.20.20"></a><var>20.20</var>    To provide the money appropriated in this article from the bond proceeds account <br/>
<a id="pl.20.21"></a><var>20.21</var>in the trunk highway fund, the commissioner of finance shall sell and issue bonds of the <br/>
<a id="pl.20.22"></a><var>20.22</var>state in an amount up to $1,501,500,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the <br/>
<a id="pl.20.23"></a><var>20.23</var>effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 167.50 to 167.52, and by the Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.20.24"></a><var>20.24</var>Constitution, article XIV, section 11, at the times and in the amounts requested by the <br/>
<a id="pl.20.25"></a><var>20.25</var>commissioner of transportation. The proceeds of the bonds, except accrued interest and <br/>
<a id="pl.20.26"></a><var>20.26</var>any premium received from the sale of the bonds, must be deposited in the bond proceeds <br/>
<a id="pl.20.27"></a><var>20.27</var>account in the trunk highway fund.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.3.0.0"></a>

<a id="bill.3.1.0"></a><a id="pl.20.30"></a><var>20.30</var>    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16A.88, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.20.31"></a><var>20.31</var><b>16A.88 TRANSIT </b><b>FUNDS</b><b> ASSISTANCE FUND</b><b>.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.20.32"></a><var>20.32</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Transit assistance fund.</b> A transit assistance fund is established <br/>
<a id="pl.20.33"></a><var>20.33</var>within the state treasury. The fund receives money distributed under section 297B.09, <br/>
<a id="pl.20.34"></a><var>20.34</var>subdivision 1, and other money as specified by law. Money in the fund must be allocated <br/>
<a id="pl.21.1"></a><var>21.1</var>to the greater Minnesota transit account under subdivision 1a and the metropolitan area <br/>
<a id="pl.21.2"></a><var>21.2</var>transit account under subdivision 2 in the manner specified, and must be used solely for <br/>
<a id="pl.21.3"></a><var>21.3</var>transit purposes under the Minnesota Constitution, article XIV, section 13.<br/>
<a id="pl.21.4"></a><var>21.4</var>    Subd. 1a. <b>Greater Minnesota transit </b><b>fund</b><b> account</b><b>.</b> The greater Minnesota transit <br/>
<a id="pl.21.5"></a><var>21.5</var>fund account is established within the transit assistance fund in the state treasury. Money <br/>
<a id="pl.21.6"></a><var>21.6</var>in the fund account is annually appropriated to the commissioner of transportation for <br/>
<a id="pl.21.7"></a><var>21.7</var>assistance to transit systems outside the metropolitan area under section 
         <statute_ref>174.24</statute_ref>. Beginning <br/>
<a id="pl.21.8"></a><var>21.8</var>in fiscal year 2003, The commissioner may use up to $400,000 each year $408,000 in <br/>
<a id="pl.21.9"></a><var>21.9</var>fiscal year 2008 and $416,000 in fiscal year 2009 and thereafter for administration of the <br/>
<a id="pl.21.10"></a><var>21.10</var>transit program. The commissioner shall use the fund account for transit operations as <br/>
<a id="pl.21.11"></a><var>21.11</var>provided in section 
         <statute_ref>174.24</statute_ref> and related program administration. <br/>
<a id="pl.21.12"></a><var>21.12</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Metropolitan area transit </b><b>fund</b><b> account</b><b>.</b> The metropolitan area transit <br/>
<a id="pl.21.13"></a><var>21.13</var>fund account is established within the transit assistance fund in the state treasury. All <br/>
<a id="pl.21.14"></a><var>21.14</var>money in the fund account is annually appropriated to the Metropolitan Council for the <br/>
<a id="pl.21.15"></a><var>21.15</var>funding of transit systems within the metropolitan area under sections 
         <statute_ref>473.384</statute_ref>, 473.386, <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.21.16"></a><var>21.16</var>473.387
         </statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>473.388</statute_ref>, and 
         <statute_ref>473.405</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>473.449</statute_ref>. <br/>
<a id="pl.21.17"></a><var>21.17</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Metropolitan area transit appropriation account.</b> The metropolitan <br/>
<a id="pl.21.18"></a><var>21.18</var>area transit appropriation account is established within the general fund. Money in the <br/>
<a id="pl.21.19"></a><var>21.19</var>account is to be used for the funding of transit systems in the metropolitan area, subject to <br/>
<a id="pl.21.20"></a><var>21.20</var>legislative appropriation.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.3.2.0"></a><a id="pl.21.21"></a><var>21.21</var>    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.013, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.21.22"></a><var>21.22</var>    Subd. 1a. <b>Passenger automobile; hearse.</b> (a) On passenger automobiles as defined <br/>
<a id="pl.21.23"></a><var>21.23</var>in section  
         <statute_ref>168.011, subdivision 7</statute_ref>, and hearses, except as otherwise provided, the tax shall <br/>
<a id="pl.21.24"></a><var>21.24</var>be $10 plus an additional tax equal to  
         <statute_ref>1.25</statute_ref> percent of the base value. <br/>
<a id="pl.21.25"></a><var>21.25</var>    (b) Subject to the classification provisions herein, "base value" means the <br/>
<a id="pl.21.26"></a><var>21.26</var>manufacturer's suggested retail price of the vehicle including destination charge using list <br/>
<a id="pl.21.27"></a><var>21.27</var>price information published by the manufacturer or determined by the registrar if no <br/>
<a id="pl.21.28"></a><var>21.28</var>suggested retail price exists, and shall not include the cost of each accessory or item of <br/>
<a id="pl.21.29"></a><var>21.29</var>optional equipment separately added to the vehicle and the suggested retail price.<br/>
<a id="pl.21.30"></a><var>21.30</var>    (c) If the manufacturer's list price information contains a single vehicle identification <br/>
<a id="pl.21.31"></a><var>21.31</var>number followed by various descriptions and suggested retail prices, the registrar shall <br/>
<a id="pl.21.32"></a><var>21.32</var>select from those listings only the lowest price for determining base value.<br/>
<a id="pl.21.33"></a><var>21.33</var>    (d)  If unable to determine the base value because the vehicle is specially constructed, <br/>
<a id="pl.21.34"></a><var>21.34</var>or for any other reason, the registrar may establish such value upon the cost price to the <br/>
<a id="pl.22.1"></a><var>22.1</var>purchaser or owner as evidenced by a certificate of cost but not including Minnesota sales <br/>
<a id="pl.22.2"></a><var>22.2</var>or use tax or any local sales or other local tax.<br/>
<a id="pl.22.3"></a><var>22.3</var>    (e) The registrar shall classify every vehicle in its proper base value class as follows:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.22.4"></a><var>22.4</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">FROM<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">TO<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.22.5"></a><var>22.5</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$ 
                  <hr/>0 <br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$ 
                  <hr/>199.99 <br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.22.6"></a><var>22.6</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">200<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">399.99<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.22.7"></a><var>22.7</var>and thereafter a series of classes successively set in brackets having a spread of $200 <br/>
<a id="pl.22.8"></a><var>22.8</var>consisting of such number of classes as will permit classification of all vehicles.<br/>
<a id="pl.22.9"></a><var>22.9</var>    (f) The base value for purposes of this section shall be the middle point between <br/>
<a id="pl.22.10"></a><var>22.10</var>the extremes of its class.<br/>
<a id="pl.22.11"></a><var>22.11</var>    (g) The registrar shall establish the base value, when new, of every passenger <br/>
<a id="pl.22.12"></a><var>22.12</var>automobile and hearse registered prior to the effective date of Extra Session Laws 1971, <br/>
<a id="pl.22.13"></a><var>22.13</var>chapter 31, using list price information published by the manufacturer or any nationally <br/>
<a id="pl.22.14"></a><var>22.14</var>recognized firm or association compiling such data for the automotive industry. If unable <br/>
<a id="pl.22.15"></a><var>22.15</var>to ascertain the base value of any registered vehicle in the foregoing manner, the registrar <br/>
<a id="pl.22.16"></a><var>22.16</var>may use any other available source or method. The registrar shall calculate tax using base <br/>
<a id="pl.22.17"></a><var>22.17</var>value information available to dealers and deputy registrars at the time the application for <br/>
<a id="pl.22.18"></a><var>22.18</var>registration is submitted. The tax on all previously registered vehicles shall be computed <br/>
<a id="pl.22.19"></a><var>22.19</var>upon the base value thus determined taking into account the depreciation provisions of <br/>
<a id="pl.22.20"></a><var>22.20</var>paragraph (h).<br/>
<a id="pl.22.21"></a><var>22.21</var>    (h) The annual additional tax computed upon the base value as provided herein, <br/>
<a id="pl.22.22"></a><var>22.22</var>during the first and second years year of vehicle life shall be computed upon 100 percent <br/>
<a id="pl.22.23"></a><var>22.23</var>of the base value; for the second year, 80 percent of such value; for the third and fourth <br/>
<a id="pl.22.24"></a><var>22.24</var>years year, 90 70 percent of such value; for the fourth year, 60 percent of such value; for <br/>
<a id="pl.22.25"></a><var>22.25</var>the fifth and sixth years year, 75 50 percent of such value; for the sixth year, 40 percent <br/>
<a id="pl.22.26"></a><var>22.26</var>of such value; for the seventh year, 60 35 percent of such value; for the eighth year, 40 <br/>
<a id="pl.22.27"></a><var>22.27</var>30 percent of such value; for the ninth year, 30 20 percent of such value; for the tenth year, <br/>
<a id="pl.22.28"></a><var>22.28</var>ten percent of such value; for the 11th and each succeeding year, the sum of $25.<br/>
<a id="pl.22.29"></a><var>22.29</var>In  no event shall the annual additional tax be less than $25. The total tax under this <br/>
<a id="pl.22.30"></a><var>22.30</var>subdivision shall not exceed $189 for the first renewal period and shall not exceed $99 <br/>
<a id="pl.22.31"></a><var>22.31</var>for subsequent renewal periods. The total tax under this subdivision on any vehicle filing <br/>
<a id="pl.22.32"></a><var>22.32</var>its initial registration in Minnesota in the second year of vehicle life shall not exceed <br/>
<a id="pl.22.33"></a><var>22.33</var>$189 and shall not exceed $99 for subsequent renewal periods. The total tax under <br/>
<a id="pl.22.34"></a><var>22.34</var>this subdivision on any vehicle filing its initial registration in Minnesota in the third or <br/>
<a id="pl.22.35"></a><var>22.35</var>subsequent year of vehicle life shall not exceed $99 and shall not exceed $99 in any <br/>
<a id="pl.22.36"></a><var>22.36</var>subsequent renewal period The annual additional tax under this paragraph must not exceed <br/>
<a id="pl.22.37"></a><var>22.37</var>the annual additional tax that was previously paid or due on that vehicle.<br/>
<a id="pl.23.1"></a><var>23.1</var>    (i) As used in this subdivision and section  
<statute_ref>168.017</statute_ref>, the following terms have the <br/>
<a id="pl.23.2"></a><var>23.2</var>meanings given: "initial registration" means the 12 consecutive months calendar period <br/>
<a id="pl.23.3"></a><var>23.3</var>from the day of first registration of a vehicle in Minnesota; and "renewal periods" means <br/>
<a id="pl.23.4"></a><var>23.4</var>the 12 consecutive calendar months periods following the initial registration period. <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.3.3.0"></a><a id="pl.23.5"></a><var>23.5</var>    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.017, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.23.6"></a><var>23.6</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Exceptions.</b> (a) The registrar shall register all vehicles subject to <br/>
<a id="pl.23.7"></a><var>23.7</var>registration under the monthly series system for a period of 12 consecutive calendar <br/>
<a id="pl.23.8"></a><var>23.8</var>months, unless:<br/>
<a id="pl.23.9"></a><var>23.9</var>    (1) the application is an original rather than renewal application; or<br/>
<a id="pl.23.10"></a><var>23.10</var>    (2) the applicant is a licensed motor vehicle lessor under section 
         <statute_ref>168.27 and the <br/>
<a id="pl.23.11"></a><var>23.11</var>vehicle is leased or rented for periods of time of not more than 28 days
</statute_ref>, in which case the <br/>
<a id="pl.23.12"></a><var>23.12</var>applicant may apply for initial or renewed registration of a vehicle for a period of four <br/>
<a id="pl.23.13"></a><var>23.13</var>or more months, the month of expiration to be designated by the applicant at the time of <br/>
<a id="pl.23.14"></a><var>23.14</var>registration. However, to qualify for this exemption, the applicant must (1) present the <br/>
<a id="pl.23.15"></a><var>23.15</var>application to the registrar at St. Paul, or at a designated deputy registrar offices as the <br/>
<a id="pl.23.16"></a><var>23.16</var>registrar may designate office, and (2) stamp in red, on the certificate of title, the phrase <br/>
<a id="pl.23.17"></a><var>23.17</var>"The expiration month of this vehicle is ....." with the blank filled in with the month of <br/>
<a id="pl.23.18"></a><var>23.18</var>expiration as if the vehicle is being registered for a period of 12 calendar months. <br/>
<a id="pl.23.19"></a><var>23.19</var>    (b) In any instance except that of a licensed motor vehicle lessor, the registrar shall <br/>
<a id="pl.23.20"></a><var>23.20</var>not approve registering the vehicle subject to the application for a period of less than three <br/>
<a id="pl.23.21"></a><var>23.21</var>months, except when the registrar determines that to do otherwise will help to equalize <br/>
<a id="pl.23.22"></a><var>23.22</var>the registration and renewal work load of the department.<br/>
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<a id="bill.3.4.0"></a><a id="pl.23.23"></a><var>23.23</var>    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 174.24, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.23.24"></a><var>23.24</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Establishment; purpose.</b> A public transit participation program is <br/>
<a id="pl.23.25"></a><var>23.25</var>established to carry out the objectives stated in section 
         <statute_ref>174.21</statute_ref> by providing financial <br/>
<a id="pl.23.26"></a><var>23.26</var>assistance from the state, including the greater Minnesota transit fund account established <br/>
<a id="pl.23.27"></a><var>23.27</var>in section 
         <statute_ref>16A.88</statute_ref>, to eligible recipients outside of the metropolitan area. <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.3.5.0"></a><a id="pl.23.28"></a><var>23.28</var>    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 174.24, subdivision 3b, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.23.29"></a><var>23.29</var>    Subd. 3b. <b>Operating assistance; recipient classifications.</b> (a) The commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.23.30"></a><var>23.30</var>shall determine the total operating cost of any public transit system receiving or applying <br/>
<a id="pl.23.31"></a><var>23.31</var>for assistance in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. To be eligible <br/>
<a id="pl.23.32"></a><var>23.32</var>for financial assistance, an applicant or recipient shall provide to the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.23.33"></a><var>23.33</var>all financial records and other information and shall permit any inspection reasonably <br/>
<a id="pl.23.34"></a><var>23.34</var>necessary to determine total operating cost and correspondingly the amount of assistance <br/>
<a id="pl.24.1"></a><var>24.1</var>that may be paid to the applicant or recipient. Where more than one county or municipality <br/>
<a id="pl.24.2"></a><var>24.2</var>contributes assistance to the operation of a public transit system, the commissioner shall <br/>
<a id="pl.24.3"></a><var>24.3</var>identify one as lead agency for the purpose of receiving money under this section.<br/>
<a id="pl.24.4"></a><var>24.4</var>    (b) Prior to distributing operating assistance to eligible recipients for any contract <br/>
<a id="pl.24.5"></a><var>24.5</var>period, the commissioner shall place all recipients into one of the following classifications: <br/>
<a id="pl.24.6"></a><var>24.6</var>urbanized area service, small urban area service, rural area service, and elderly and <br/>
<a id="pl.24.7"></a><var>24.7</var>disabled service. The commissioner shall distribute funds under this section so that the <br/>
<a id="pl.24.8"></a><var>24.8</var>percentage of total operating cost paid by any recipient from local sources will not exceed <br/>
<a id="pl.24.9"></a><var>24.9</var>the percentage for that recipient's classification, except as provided in an undue hardship <br/>
<a id="pl.24.10"></a><var>24.10</var>case. The percentages must be: for urbanized area service and small urban area service, 20 <br/>
<a id="pl.24.11"></a><var>24.11</var>percent; for rural area service, 15 percent; and for elderly and disabled service, 15 percent. <br/>
<a id="pl.24.12"></a><var>24.12</var>The remainder of the total operating cost will be paid from state funds less any assistance <br/>
<a id="pl.24.13"></a><var>24.13</var>received by the recipient from any federal source. For purposes of this subdivision, <br/>
<a id="pl.24.14"></a><var>24.14</var>"local sources" means all local sources of funds and includes all operating revenue, tax <br/>
<a id="pl.24.15"></a><var>24.15</var>levies, and contributions from public funds, except that the commissioner may exclude <br/>
<a id="pl.24.16"></a><var>24.16</var>from the total assistance contract revenues derived from operations the cost of which is <br/>
<a id="pl.24.17"></a><var>24.17</var>excluded from the computation of total operating cost. Total operating costs of the Duluth <br/>
<a id="pl.24.18"></a><var>24.18</var>Transit Authority or a successor agency does not include costs related to the Superior, <br/>
<a id="pl.24.19"></a><var>24.19</var>Wisconsin service contract and the Independent School District No. 709 service contract. <br/>
<a id="pl.24.20"></a><var>24.20</var>For calendar years 2004 and 2005, to enable public transit systems to meet the provisions <br/>
<a id="pl.24.21"></a><var>24.21</var>of this section, the commissioner may adjust payments of financial assistance to recipients <br/>
<a id="pl.24.22"></a><var>24.22</var>that were under a contract with the department on January 1, 2003. Payments to such a <br/>
<a id="pl.24.23"></a><var>24.23</var>recipient in calendar years 2004 and 2005 from the greater Minnesota transit fund may not <br/>
<a id="pl.24.24"></a><var>24.24</var>be less than the payment to the recipient from that fund in calendar year 2003, except for <br/>
<a id="pl.24.25"></a><var>24.25</var>reductions made necessary by reductions in base funding for those years.<br/>
<a id="pl.24.26"></a><var>24.26</var>    (c) If a recipient informs the commissioner in writing after the establishment of these <br/>
<a id="pl.24.27"></a><var>24.27</var>percentages but prior to the distribution of financial assistance for any year that paying <br/>
<a id="pl.24.28"></a><var>24.28</var>its designated percentage of total operating cost from local sources will cause undue <br/>
<a id="pl.24.29"></a><var>24.29</var>hardship, the commissioner may reduce the percentage to be paid from local sources by <br/>
<a id="pl.24.30"></a><var>24.30</var>the recipient and increase the percentage to be paid from local sources by one or more <br/>
<a id="pl.24.31"></a><var>24.31</var>other recipients inside or outside the classification. However, the commissioner may not <br/>
<a id="pl.24.32"></a><var>24.32</var>reduce or increase any recipient's percentage under this paragraph for more than two years <br/>
<a id="pl.24.33"></a><var>24.33</var>successively. If for any year the funds appropriated to the commissioner to carry out the <br/>
<a id="pl.24.34"></a><var>24.34</var>purposes of this section are insufficient to allow the commissioner to pay the state share <br/>
<a id="pl.24.35"></a><var>24.35</var>of total operating cost as provided in this paragraph, the commissioner shall reduce the <br/>
<a id="pl.24.36"></a><var>24.36</var>state share in each classification to the extent necessary.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.3.6.0"></a><a id="pl.25.1"></a><var>25.1</var>    Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 174.24, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.25.2"></a><var>25.2</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Method of payment, operating assistance.</b> Payments for operating <br/>
<a id="pl.25.3"></a><var>25.3</var>assistance under this section must be made in the following manner:<br/>
<a id="pl.25.4"></a><var>25.4</var>    (a) For payments made from the general fund:<br/>
<a id="pl.25.5"></a><var>25.5</var>    (1) 50 percent of the total contract amount in the first month of operation;<br/>
<a id="pl.25.6"></a><var>25.6</var>    (2) 40 percent of the total contract amount in the seventh month of operation;<br/>
<a id="pl.25.7"></a><var>25.7</var>    (3) 9 percent of the total contract amount in the 12th month of operation; and<br/>
<a id="pl.25.8"></a><var>25.8</var>    (4) 1 percent of the total contract amount after the final audit.<br/>
<a id="pl.25.9"></a><var>25.9</var>    (b) For payments made from the greater Minnesota transit fund account:<br/>
<a id="pl.25.10"></a><var>25.10</var>    (1) 50 percent of the total contract amount in the seventh month of operation; and<br/>
<a id="pl.25.11"></a><var>25.11</var>    (2) 50 percent of the total contract amount in the 11th month of operation.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.3.7.0"></a><a id="pl.25.12"></a><var>25.12</var>    Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 296A.07, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.25.13"></a><var>25.13</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Rate of tax.</b> The gasoline excise tax is imposed at the following rates:<br/>
<a id="pl.25.14"></a><var>25.14</var>    (1) E85 is taxed at the rate of 14.2  17.75 cents per gallon;<br/>
<a id="pl.25.15"></a><var>25.15</var>    (2) M85 is taxed at the rate of 11.4  14.25 cents per gallon; and<br/>
<a id="pl.25.16"></a><var>25.16</var>    (3) all other gasoline is taxed at the rate of 20  25 cents per gallon.<br/>
<a id="pl.25.17"></a><var>25.17</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective September 1, 2007, and applies to all <br/>
<a id="pl.25.18"></a><var>25.18</var>gasoline, undyed diesel fuel, and special fuel in distributor storage on September 1, 2007.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.3.8.0"></a><a id="pl.25.19"></a><var>25.19</var>    Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 296A.08, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.25.20"></a><var>25.20</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Rate of tax.</b> The special fuel excise tax is imposed at the following rates:<br/>
<a id="pl.25.21"></a><var>25.21</var>    (a) Liquefied petroleum gas or propane is taxed at the rate of 15 18.75 cents per <br/>
<a id="pl.25.22"></a><var>25.22</var>gallon.<br/>
<a id="pl.25.23"></a><var>25.23</var>    (b) Liquefied natural gas is taxed at the rate of 12 15 cents per gallon.<br/>
<a id="pl.25.24"></a><var>25.24</var>    (c) Compressed natural gas is taxed at the rate of $1.739 $2.174 per thousand cubic <br/>
<a id="pl.25.25"></a><var>25.25</var>feet;, or 20 25 cents per gasoline equivalent,. For purposes of this paragraph, "gasoline <br/>
<a id="pl.25.26"></a><var>25.26</var>equivalent," as defined by the National Conference on Weights and Measures, which is <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.25.27"></a><var>25.27</var>5.66
         </statute_ref> pounds of natural gas. <br/>
<a id="pl.25.28"></a><var>25.28</var>    (d) All other special fuel is taxed at the same rate as the gasoline excise tax as <br/>
<a id="pl.25.29"></a><var>25.29</var>specified in section 
         <statute_ref>296A.07, subdivision 2</statute_ref>. The tax is payable in the form and manner <br/>
<a id="pl.25.30"></a><var>25.30</var>prescribed by the commissioner. <br/>
<a id="pl.25.31"></a><var>25.31</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective September 1, 2007, and applies to all <br/>
<a id="pl.25.32"></a><var>25.32</var>gasoline, undyed diesel fuel, and special fuel in distributor storage on September 1, 2007.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.3.9.0"></a><a id="pl.25.33"></a><var>25.33</var>    Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 297A.64, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.26.1"></a><var>26.1</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Fee imposed.</b> A fee equal to three five percent of the sales price is imposed <br/>
<a id="pl.26.2"></a><var>26.2</var>on leases or rentals of vehicles subject to the tax under subdivision 1. The lessor on the <br/>
<a id="pl.26.3"></a><var>26.3</var>invoice to the customer may designate the fee as "a fee imposed by the State of Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.26.4"></a><var>26.4</var>for the registration of rental cars."<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.3.10.0"></a><a id="pl.26.5"></a><var>26.5</var>    Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 297A.815, is amended by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.26.6"></a><var>26.6</var>subdivision to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.26.7"></a><var>26.7</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Reporting of tax proceeds.</b> A lessor must report taxes collected under <br/>
<a id="pl.26.8"></a><var>26.8</var>this section separately from any other taxes collected and remitted under this chapter or <br/>
<a id="pl.26.9"></a><var>26.9</var>chapter 297B.<br/>
<a id="pl.26.10"></a><var>26.10</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2009.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.3.11.0"></a><a id="pl.26.11"></a><var>26.11</var>    Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 297A.94, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.26.12"></a><var>26.12</var><b>297A.94 DEPOSIT OF REVENUES.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.26.13"></a><var>26.13</var>    (a) Except as provided in this section, the commissioner shall deposit the revenues, <br/>
<a id="pl.26.14"></a><var>26.14</var>including interest and penalties, derived from the taxes imposed by this chapter in the state <br/>
<a id="pl.26.15"></a><var>26.15</var>treasury and credit them to the general fund.<br/>
<a id="pl.26.16"></a><var>26.16</var>    (b) The commissioner shall deposit taxes in the Minnesota agricultural and economic <br/>
<a id="pl.26.17"></a><var>26.17</var>account in the special revenue fund if:<br/>
<a id="pl.26.18"></a><var>26.18</var>    (1) the taxes are derived from sales and use of property and services purchased for <br/>
<a id="pl.26.19"></a><var>26.19</var>the construction and operation of an agricultural resource project; and<br/>
<a id="pl.26.20"></a><var>26.20</var>    (2) the purchase was made on or after the date on which a conditional commitment <br/>
<a id="pl.26.21"></a><var>26.21</var>was made for a loan guaranty for the project under section 
         <statute_ref>41A.04, subdivision 3</statute_ref>. <br/>
<a id="pl.26.22"></a><var>26.22</var>The commissioner of finance shall certify to the commissioner the date on which the <br/>
<a id="pl.26.23"></a><var>26.23</var>project received the conditional commitment. The amount deposited in the loan guaranty <br/>
<a id="pl.26.24"></a><var>26.24</var>account must be reduced by any refunds and by the costs incurred by the Department of <br/>
<a id="pl.26.25"></a><var>26.25</var>Revenue to administer and enforce the assessment and collection of the taxes.<br/>
<a id="pl.26.26"></a><var>26.26</var>    (c) The commissioner shall deposit the revenues, including interest and penalties, <br/>
<a id="pl.26.27"></a><var>26.27</var>derived from the taxes imposed on sales and purchases included in section 
         <statute_ref>297A.61, <br/>
<a id="pl.26.28"></a><var>26.28</var>subdivision 3
         </statute_ref>, paragraph (g), clauses (1) and (4), in the state treasury, and credit them <br/>
<a id="pl.26.29"></a><var>26.29</var>as follows: <br/>
<a id="pl.26.30"></a><var>26.30</var>    (1) first to the general obligation special tax bond debt service account in each fiscal <br/>
<a id="pl.26.31"></a><var>26.31</var>year the amount required by section 
         <statute_ref>16A.661, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, paragraph (b); and <br/>
<a id="pl.26.32"></a><var>26.32</var>    (2) after the requirements of clause (1) have been met, the balance to the general <br/>
<a id="pl.26.33"></a><var>26.33</var>fund.<br/>
<a id="pl.27.1"></a><var>27.1</var>    (d) The commissioner shall deposit the revenues, including interest and penalties, <br/>
<a id="pl.27.2"></a><var>27.2</var>collected under section 
         <statute_ref>297A.64, subdivision 5</statute_ref>, in the state treasury and credit them to the <br/>
<a id="pl.27.3"></a><var>27.3</var>general fund. By July 15 of each year the commissioner shall transfer to the highway user <br/>
<a id="pl.27.4"></a><var>27.4</var>tax distribution fund an amount equal to the excess fees collected under section 
         <statute_ref>297A.64, <br/>
<a id="pl.27.5"></a><var>27.5</var>subdivision 5
         </statute_ref>, for the previous calendar year. <br/>
<a id="pl.27.6"></a><var>27.6</var>    (e) For fiscal year 2001, 97 percent; for fiscal years 2002 and 2003, 87 percent; and <br/>
<a id="pl.27.7"></a><var>27.7</var>for fiscal year 2004 and thereafter, 
         <statute_ref>72.43</statute_ref> percent of the revenues, including interest and <br/>
<a id="pl.27.8"></a><var>27.8</var>penalties, transmitted to the commissioner under section 
         <statute_ref>297A.65</statute_ref>, must be deposited by <br/>
<a id="pl.27.9"></a><var>27.9</var>the commissioner in the state treasury as follows: <br/>
<a id="pl.27.10"></a><var>27.10</var>    (1) 50 percent of the receipts must be deposited in the heritage enhancement account <br/>
<a id="pl.27.11"></a><var>27.11</var>in the game and fish fund, and may be spent only on activities that improve, enhance, or <br/>
<a id="pl.27.12"></a><var>27.12</var>protect fish and wildlife resources, including conservation, restoration, and enhancement <br/>
<a id="pl.27.13"></a><var>27.13</var>of land, water, and other natural resources of the state;<br/>
<a id="pl.27.14"></a><var>27.14</var>    (2) 22.5 percent of the receipts must be deposited in the natural resources fund, and <br/>
<a id="pl.27.15"></a><var>27.15</var>may be spent only for state parks and trails;<br/>
<a id="pl.27.16"></a><var>27.16</var>    (3) 22.5 percent of the receipts must be deposited in the natural resources fund, and <br/>
<a id="pl.27.17"></a><var>27.17</var>may be spent only on metropolitan park and trail grants;<br/>
<a id="pl.27.18"></a><var>27.18</var>    (4) three percent of the receipts must be deposited in the natural resources fund, and <br/>
<a id="pl.27.19"></a><var>27.19</var>may be spent only on local trail grants; and<br/>
<a id="pl.27.20"></a><var>27.20</var>    (5) two percent of the receipts must be deposited in the natural resources fund, <br/>
<a id="pl.27.21"></a><var>27.21</var>and may be spent only for the Minnesota Zoological Garden, the Como Park Zoo and <br/>
<a id="pl.27.22"></a><var>27.22</var>Conservatory, and the Duluth Zoo.<br/>
<a id="pl.27.23"></a><var>27.23</var>    (f) The revenue dedicated under paragraph (e) may not be used as a substitute <br/>
<a id="pl.27.24"></a><var>27.24</var>for traditional sources of funding for the purposes specified, but the dedicated revenue <br/>
<a id="pl.27.25"></a><var>27.25</var>shall supplement traditional sources of funding for those purposes. Land acquired with <br/>
<a id="pl.27.26"></a><var>27.26</var>money deposited in the game and fish fund under paragraph (e) must be open to public <br/>
<a id="pl.27.27"></a><var>27.27</var>hunting and fishing during the open season, except that in aquatic management areas or <br/>
<a id="pl.27.28"></a><var>27.28</var>on lands where angling easements have been acquired, fishing may be prohibited during <br/>
<a id="pl.27.29"></a><var>27.29</var>certain times of the year and hunting may be prohibited. At least 87 percent of the money <br/>
<a id="pl.27.30"></a><var>27.30</var>deposited in the game and fish fund for improvement, enhancement, or protection of fish <br/>
<a id="pl.27.31"></a><var>27.31</var>and wildlife resources under paragraph (e) must be allocated for field operations.<br/>
<a id="pl.27.32"></a><var>27.32</var>    (g) The revenues, including interest and penalties, collected under sections 297A.992 <br/>
<a id="pl.27.33"></a><var>27.33</var>and 297A.993 must be deposited by the commissioner as provided for in those sections.<br/>
<a id="pl.27.34"></a><var>27.34</var>    (h) The revenues, including interest and penalties, collected under section 297A.815 <br/>
<a id="pl.27.35"></a><var>27.35</var>must be deposited as follows:<br/>
<a id="pl.28.1"></a><var>28.1</var>    (1) from July 1, 2009, through June 30, 2010, 41.75 percent must be deposited in the <br/>
<a id="pl.28.2"></a><var>28.2</var>highway user tax distribution fund, 31.5 percent in the metropolitan area transit account <br/>
<a id="pl.28.3"></a><var>28.3</var>under section 16A.88, 10.5 percent in the greater Minnesota transit account under section <br/>
<a id="pl.28.4"></a><var>28.4</var>16A.88, and the remaining money in the general fund;<br/>
<a id="pl.28.5"></a><var>28.5</var>    (2) from July 1, 2010, through June 30, 2011, 46.75 percent must be deposited in <br/>
<a id="pl.28.6"></a><var>28.6</var>the highway user tax distribution fund, 35.25 percent in the metropolitan area transit <br/>
<a id="pl.28.7"></a><var>28.7</var>account, 11.75 percent in the greater Minnesota transit account, and the remaining money <br/>
<a id="pl.28.8"></a><var>28.8</var>in the general fund; and<br/>
<a id="pl.28.9"></a><var>28.9</var>    (3) on and after July 1, 2011, 50 percent must be deposited in the highway user tax <br/>
<a id="pl.28.10"></a><var>28.10</var>distribution fund, 37.5 percent in the metropolitan area transit account, and 12.5 percent <br/>
<a id="pl.28.11"></a><var>28.11</var>in the greater Minnesota transit account.<br/>
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<a id="bill.3.12.0"></a><a id="pl.28.12"></a><var>28.12</var>    Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 297B.09, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.28.13"></a><var>28.13</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Deposit of revenues.</b> (a) Money collected and received under this <br/>
<a id="pl.28.14"></a><var>28.14</var>chapter must be deposited as provided in this subdivision.<br/>
<a id="pl.28.15"></a><var>28.15</var>    (b) From July 1, 2002, to June 30, 2003, 32 percent of the money collected and <br/>
<a id="pl.28.16"></a><var>28.16</var>received must be deposited in the highway user tax distribution fund, 20.5 percent must be <br/>
<a id="pl.28.17"></a><var>28.17</var>deposited in the metropolitan area transit fund under section 
<statute_ref>16A.88</statute_ref>, and 1.25 percent <br/>
<a id="pl.28.18"></a><var>28.18</var>must be deposited in the greater Minnesota transit fund under section 
<statute_ref>16A.88</statute_ref>. The <br/>
<a id="pl.28.19"></a><var>28.19</var>remaining money must be deposited in the general fund. <br/>
<a id="pl.28.20"></a><var>28.20</var>    (c) From July 1, 2003, to June 30, 2007, 30 percent of the money collected and <br/>
<a id="pl.28.21"></a><var>28.21</var>received must be deposited in the highway user tax distribution fund, 21.5 percent must be <br/>
<a id="pl.28.22"></a><var>28.22</var>deposited in the metropolitan area transit fund under section 
<statute_ref>16A.88</statute_ref>, 1.43 percent must be <br/>
<a id="pl.28.23"></a><var>28.23</var>deposited in the greater Minnesota transit fund under section 
<statute_ref>16A.88</statute_ref>, 0.65 percent must <br/>
<a id="pl.28.24"></a><var>28.24</var>be deposited in the county state-aid highway fund, and 0.17 percent must be deposited <br/>
<a id="pl.28.25"></a><var>28.25</var>in the municipal state-aid street fund. The remaining money must be deposited in the <br/>
<a id="pl.28.26"></a><var>28.26</var>general fund. <br/>
<a id="pl.28.27"></a><var>28.27</var>    (d) On and after From July 1, 2007, 32 through June 30, 2008, 38.25 percent of the <br/>
<a id="pl.28.28"></a><var>28.28</var>money collected and received must be deposited in the highway user tax distribution <br/>
<a id="pl.28.29"></a><var>28.29</var>fund, 20.5 23 percent must be deposited in the metropolitan area transit fund account <br/>
<a id="pl.28.30"></a><var>28.30</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>16A.88</statute_ref>, and 1.25 2.5 percent must be deposited in the greater Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.28.31"></a><var>28.31</var>transit fund account under section 
         <statute_ref>16A.88</statute_ref>. The remaining money must be deposited <br/>
<a id="pl.28.32"></a><var>28.32</var>in the general fund. <br/>
<a id="pl.28.33"></a><var>28.33</var>    (c) From July 1, 2008, through June 30, 2009, 44.25 percent of the money collected <br/>
<a id="pl.28.34"></a><var>28.34</var>and received must be deposited in the highway user tax distribution fund, 26.5 percent in <br/>
<a id="pl.28.35"></a><var>28.35</var>the metropolitan area transit account under section 16A.88, three percent in the greater <br/>
<a id="pl.29.1"></a><var>29.1</var>Minnesota transit account under section 16A.88, and the remaining money in the general <br/>
<a id="pl.29.2"></a><var>29.2</var>fund.<br/>
<a id="pl.29.3"></a><var>29.3</var>    (d) From July 1, 2009, through June 30, 2010, 50.25 percent of the money collected <br/>
<a id="pl.29.4"></a><var>29.4</var>and received must be deposited in the highway user tax distribution fund, 30 percent in the <br/>
<a id="pl.29.5"></a><var>29.5</var>metropolitan area transit account, 3.5 percent in the greater Minnesota transit account, and <br/>
<a id="pl.29.6"></a><var>29.6</var>the remaining money in the general fund.<br/>
<a id="pl.29.7"></a><var>29.7</var>    (e) From July 1, 2010, through June 30, 2011, 56.25 percent of the money collected <br/>
<a id="pl.29.8"></a><var>29.8</var>and received must be deposited in the highway user tax distribution fund, 33.75 percent <br/>
<a id="pl.29.9"></a><var>29.9</var>in the metropolitan area transit account, 3.75 percent in the greater Minnesota transit <br/>
<a id="pl.29.10"></a><var>29.10</var>account, and the remaining money in the general fund.<br/>
<a id="pl.29.11"></a><var>29.11</var>    (f) On and after July 1, 2011, 60 percent of the money collected and received must <br/>
<a id="pl.29.12"></a><var>29.12</var>be deposited in the highway user tax distribution fund, 36 percent in the metropolitan area <br/>
<a id="pl.29.13"></a><var>29.13</var>transit account, and four percent in the greater Minnesota transit account.<br/>
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<a id="bill.3.13.0"></a><a id="pl.29.14"></a><var>29.14</var>    Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 473.446, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.29.15"></a><var>29.15</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Metropolitan area transit tax.</b> (a) For the purposes of sections <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.29.16"></a><var>29.16</var>473.405
         </statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>473.449</statute_ref> and the metropolitan transit system, except as otherwise provided in <br/>
<a id="pl.29.17"></a><var>29.17</var>this subdivision, the council shall levy each year upon all taxable property within the <br/>
<a id="pl.29.18"></a><var>29.18</var>metropolitan area, defined in section 
         <statute_ref>473.121, subdivision 2</statute_ref>, a transit tax consisting of: <br/>
<a id="pl.29.19"></a><var>29.19</var>    (1) an amount necessary to provide full and timely payment of certificates of <br/>
<a id="pl.29.20"></a><var>29.20</var>indebtedness, bonds, including refunding bonds or other obligations issued or to be issued <br/>
<a id="pl.29.21"></a><var>29.21</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>473.39</statute_ref> by the council for purposes of acquisition and betterment of property <br/>
<a id="pl.29.22"></a><var>29.22</var>and other improvements of a capital nature and to which the council has specifically <br/>
<a id="pl.29.23"></a><var>29.23</var>pledged tax levies under this clause; and <br/>
<a id="pl.29.24"></a><var>29.24</var>    (2) an additional amount necessary to provide full and timely payment of certificates <br/>
<a id="pl.29.25"></a><var>29.25</var>of indebtedness issued by the council, after consultation with the commissioner of finance, <br/>
<a id="pl.29.26"></a><var>29.26</var>if revenues to the metropolitan area transit fund account in the fiscal year in which the <br/>
<a id="pl.29.27"></a><var>29.27</var>indebtedness is issued increase over those revenues in the previous fiscal year by a <br/>
<a id="pl.29.28"></a><var>29.28</var>percentage less than the percentage increase for the same period in the revised Consumer <br/>
<a id="pl.29.29"></a><var>29.29</var>Price Index for all urban consumers for the St. Paul-Minneapolis metropolitan area <br/>
<a id="pl.29.30"></a><var>29.30</var>prepared by the United States Department of Labor.<br/>
<a id="pl.29.31"></a><var>29.31</var>    (b) Indebtedness to which property taxes have been pledged under paragraph (a), <br/>
<a id="pl.29.32"></a><var>29.32</var>clause (2), that is incurred in any fiscal year may not exceed the amount necessary to <br/>
<a id="pl.29.33"></a><var>29.33</var>make up the difference between (1) the amount that the council received or expects to <br/>
<a id="pl.29.34"></a><var>29.34</var>receive in that fiscal year from the metropolitan area transit fund account and (2) the <br/>
<a id="pl.29.35"></a><var>29.35</var>amount the council received from that fund in the previous fiscal year multiplied by the <br/>
<a id="pl.30.1"></a><var>30.1</var>percentage increase for the same period in the revised Consumer Price Index for all urban <br/>
<a id="pl.30.2"></a><var>30.2</var>consumers for the St. Paul-Minneapolis metropolitan area prepared by the United States <br/>
<a id="pl.30.3"></a><var>30.3</var>Department of Labor.<br/>
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<a id="bill.3.14.0"></a><a id="pl.30.4"></a><var>30.4</var>    Sec. 14. <b> REPEALER.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.30.5"></a><var>30.5</var>Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 174.32, is repealed.<br/>
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<a id="bill.4.0.0"></a>

<a id="bill.4.1.0"></a><a id="pl.30.8"></a><var>30.8</var>    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 162.06, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.30.9"></a><var>30.9</var><b>162.06 ACCRUALS TO COUNTY STATE-AID HIGHWAY FUND; </b><br/>
<a id="pl.30.10"></a><var>30.10</var><b>ACCOUNTS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.30.11"></a><var>30.11</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Estimate.</b> (a) By December 15 of each year the commissioner shall <br/>
<a id="pl.30.12"></a><var>30.12</var>estimate the amount of money that will be available to the county state-aid highway fund <br/>
<a id="pl.30.13"></a><var>30.13</var>during that fiscal year. The amount available must be based on actual receipts from July 1 <br/>
<a id="pl.30.14"></a><var>30.14</var>through November 30, the unallocated fund balance, and the projected receipts for the <br/>
<a id="pl.30.15"></a><var>30.15</var>remainder of the fiscal year. The total amount available, except for deductions as provided <br/>
<a id="pl.30.16"></a><var>30.16</var>herein, shall be apportioned by the commissioner to the counties as hereinafter provided <br/>
<a id="pl.30.17"></a><var>30.17</var>in section 162.07.<br/>
<a id="pl.30.18"></a><var>30.18</var>    (b) For purposes of this section, the apportionment sum is the amount calculated <br/>
<a id="pl.30.19"></a><var>30.19</var>in section 162.07, subdivision 1.<br/>
<a id="pl.30.20"></a><var>30.20</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Administrative costs of department.</b> Two percent must be deducted <br/>
<a id="pl.30.21"></a><var>30.21</var>from the total amount available in the county state-aid highway fund apportionment sum, <br/>
<a id="pl.30.22"></a><var>30.22</var>set aside in a separate account, and used for administrative costs incurred by the state <br/>
<a id="pl.30.23"></a><var>30.23</var>Transportation Department in carrying out the provisions relating to the county state-aid <br/>
<a id="pl.30.24"></a><var>30.24</var>highway system.<br/>
<a id="pl.30.25"></a><var>30.25</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Disaster account.</b> (a) After deducting administrative costs as provided in <br/>
<a id="pl.30.26"></a><var>30.26</var>subdivision 2, the commissioner shall set aside each year a sum of money equal to one <br/>
<a id="pl.30.27"></a><var>30.27</var>percent of the remaining money in the county state-aid highway fund apportionment sum <br/>
<a id="pl.30.28"></a><var>30.28</var>to provide for a disaster account; provided that the total amount of money in the disaster <br/>
<a id="pl.30.29"></a><var>30.29</var>account must never exceed two percent of the total sums to be apportioned to the counties. <br/>
<a id="pl.30.30"></a><var>30.30</var>This sum The money must be used to provide aid to any county encountering disasters <br/>
<a id="pl.30.31"></a><var>30.31</var>or unforeseen events affecting its county state-aid highway system, and resulting in an <br/>
<a id="pl.30.32"></a><var>30.32</var>undue and burdensome financial hardship.<br/>
<a id="pl.30.33"></a><var>30.33</var>    (b) Any county desiring aid by reason of disaster or unforeseen event shall request <br/>
<a id="pl.30.34"></a><var>30.34</var>the aid in the form required by the commissioner. Upon receipt of the request, the <br/>
<a id="pl.31.1"></a><var>31.1</var>commissioner shall appoint a board consisting of two representatives of the counties, who <br/>
<a id="pl.31.2"></a><var>31.2</var>must be either a county engineer or member of a county board, from counties other than the <br/>
<a id="pl.31.3"></a><var>31.3</var>requesting county, and a representative of the commissioner. The board shall investigate <br/>
<a id="pl.31.4"></a><var>31.4</var>the matter and report its findings and recommendations in writing to the commissioner.<br/>
<a id="pl.31.5"></a><var>31.5</var>    (c) Final determination of the amount of aid, if any, to be paid to the county from the <br/>
<a id="pl.31.6"></a><var>31.6</var>disaster account must be made by the commissioner. Upon determining to aid a requesting <br/>
<a id="pl.31.7"></a><var>31.7</var>county, the commissioner shall certify to the commissioner of finance the amount of the <br/>
<a id="pl.31.8"></a><var>31.8</var>aid, and the commissioner of finance shall then issue a warrant in that amount payable <br/>
<a id="pl.31.9"></a><var>31.9</var>to the county treasurer of the county. Money so paid must be expended on the county <br/>
<a id="pl.31.10"></a><var>31.10</var>state-aid highway system in accordance with the rules of the commissioner.<br/>
<a id="pl.31.11"></a><var>31.11</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Research account.</b> (a) Each year the screening board, provided for in <br/>
<a id="pl.31.12"></a><var>31.12</var>section 
         <statute_ref>162.07, subdivision 5</statute_ref>, may recommend to the commissioner a sum of money that <br/>
<a id="pl.31.13"></a><var>31.13</var>the commissioner shall set aside from the county state-aid highway fund apportionment <br/>
<a id="pl.31.14"></a><var>31.14</var>sum and credit to a research account. The amount so recommended and set aside shall not <br/>
<a id="pl.31.15"></a><var>31.15</var>exceed one-half of one percent of the preceding year's apportionment sum. <br/>
<a id="pl.31.16"></a><var>31.16</var>    (b) Any money so set aside shall be used by the commissioner for the purpose of:<br/>
<a id="pl.31.17"></a><var>31.17</var>    (1) conducting research for improving the design, construction, maintenance and <br/>
<a id="pl.31.18"></a><var>31.18</var>environmental compatibility of state-aid highways and appurtenances;<br/>
<a id="pl.31.19"></a><var>31.19</var>    (2) constructing research elements and reconstructing or replacing research elements <br/>
<a id="pl.31.20"></a><var>31.20</var>that fail; and<br/>
<a id="pl.31.21"></a><var>31.21</var>    (3) conducting programs for implementing and monitoring research results.<br/>
<a id="pl.31.22"></a><var>31.22</var>    (c) Any balance remaining in the research account at the end of each year from <br/>
<a id="pl.31.23"></a><var>31.23</var>the sum set aside for the year immediately previous, shall be transferred to the county <br/>
<a id="pl.31.24"></a><var>31.24</var>state-aid highway fund.<br/>
<a id="pl.31.25"></a><var>31.25</var>    Subd. 5. <b>State park road account.</b> After deducting for administrative costs and <br/>
<a id="pl.31.26"></a><var>31.26</var>for the disaster account and research account as heretofore provided from the remainder <br/>
<a id="pl.31.27"></a><var>31.27</var>of the total sum provided for in subdivision 1, there shall be deducted provided in this <br/>
<a id="pl.31.28"></a><var>31.28</var>section, the commissioner shall deduct a sum equal to the three-quarters of one percent of <br/>
<a id="pl.31.29"></a><var>31.29</var>the remainder apportionment sum. The sum so deducted shall be set aside in a separate <br/>
<a id="pl.31.30"></a><var>31.30</var>account and shall be used for (1) the establishment, location, relocation, construction, <br/>
<a id="pl.31.31"></a><var>31.31</var>reconstruction, and improvement of those roads included in the county state-aid highway <br/>
<a id="pl.31.32"></a><var>31.32</var>system under Minnesota Statutes 1961, section 
         <statute_ref>162.02, subdivision 6</statute_ref>, which border and <br/>
<a id="pl.31.33"></a><var>31.33</var>provide substantial access to an outdoor recreation unit as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>86A.04</statute_ref> or <br/>
<a id="pl.31.34"></a><var>31.34</var>which provide access to the headquarters of or the principal parking lot located within <br/>
<a id="pl.31.35"></a><var>31.35</var>such a unit, and (2) the reconstruction, improvement, repair, and maintenance of county <br/>
<a id="pl.32.1"></a><var>32.1</var>roads, city streets, and town roads that provide access to public lakes, rivers, state parks, <br/>
<a id="pl.32.2"></a><var>32.2</var>and state campgrounds. Roads described in clause (2) are not required to meet county <br/>
<a id="pl.32.3"></a><var>32.3</var>state-aid highway standards. At the request of the commissioner of natural resources the <br/>
<a id="pl.32.4"></a><var>32.4</var>counties wherein such roads are located shall do such work as requested in the same <br/>
<a id="pl.32.5"></a><var>32.5</var>manner as on any county state-aid highway and shall be reimbursed for such construction, <br/>
<a id="pl.32.6"></a><var>32.6</var>reconstruction, or improvements from the amount set aside by this subdivision. Before <br/>
<a id="pl.32.7"></a><var>32.7</var>requesting a county to do work on a county state-aid highway as provided in this <br/>
<a id="pl.32.8"></a><var>32.8</var>subdivision, the commissioner of natural resources must obtain approval for the project <br/>
<a id="pl.32.9"></a><var>32.9</var>from the County State-Aid Screening Board. The screening board, before giving its <br/>
<a id="pl.32.10"></a><var>32.10</var>approval, must obtain a written comment on the project from the county engineer of the <br/>
<a id="pl.32.11"></a><var>32.11</var>county requested to undertake the project. Before requesting a county to do work on a <br/>
<a id="pl.32.12"></a><var>32.12</var>county road, city street, or a town road that provides access to a public lake, a river, a state <br/>
<a id="pl.32.13"></a><var>32.13</var>park, or a state campground, the commissioner of natural resources shall obtain a written <br/>
<a id="pl.32.14"></a><var>32.14</var>comment on the project from the county engineer of the county requested to undertake <br/>
<a id="pl.32.15"></a><var>32.15</var>the project. Any sums paid to counties or cities in accordance with this subdivision shall <br/>
<a id="pl.32.16"></a><var>32.16</var>reduce the money needs of said counties or cities in the amounts necessary to equalize <br/>
<a id="pl.32.17"></a><var>32.17</var>their status with those counties or cities not receiving such payments. Any balance of the <br/>
<a id="pl.32.18"></a><var>32.18</var>amount so set aside, at the end of each year shall be transferred to the county state-aid <br/>
<a id="pl.32.19"></a><var>32.19</var>highway fund. <br/>
<a id="pl.32.20"></a><var>32.20</var>    Subd. 6. <b>County state-aid highway revolving loan account.</b> A county state-aid <br/>
<a id="pl.32.21"></a><var>32.21</var>highway revolving loan account is created in the transportation revolving loan fund. The <br/>
<a id="pl.32.22"></a><var>32.22</var>commissioner may transfer to the account the amount allocated under section 
         <statute_ref>162.065</statute_ref>. <br/>
<a id="pl.32.23"></a><var>32.23</var>Money in the account may be used to make loans. Funds in the county state-aid highway <br/>
<a id="pl.32.24"></a><var>32.24</var>revolving loan account may be used only for aid in the construction, improvement, and <br/>
<a id="pl.32.25"></a><var>32.25</var>maintenance of county state-aid highways. Funds in the account may not be used for any <br/>
<a id="pl.32.26"></a><var>32.26</var>toll facilities project or congestion-pricing project. Repayments and interest from loans <br/>
<a id="pl.32.27"></a><var>32.27</var>from the county state-aid highway revolving loan account must be credited to that account. <br/>
<a id="pl.32.28"></a><var>32.28</var>Money in the account is annually appropriated to the commissioner and does not lapse. <br/>
<a id="pl.32.29"></a><var>32.29</var>Interest earned from investment of money in this account must be deposited in the county <br/>
<a id="pl.32.30"></a><var>32.30</var>state-aid highway revolving loan account. <br/>
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<a id="bill.4.2.0"></a><a id="pl.32.31"></a><var>32.31</var>    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 162.07, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.32.32"></a><var>32.32</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Formula</b><b> Apportionment sum</b><b>.</b> After deducting for administrative <br/>
<a id="pl.32.33"></a><var>32.33</var>costs and for the disaster account and research account and state park roads as heretofore <br/>
<a id="pl.32.34"></a><var>32.34</var>provided, the remainder of the total sum provided for in section 
<statute_ref>162.06, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, <br/>
<a id="pl.32.35"></a><var>32.35</var>shall be identified as the apportionment sum and shall be apportioned by the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.33.1"></a><var>33.1</var>to the several counties on the basis of the needs of the counties as determined in <br/>
<a id="pl.33.2"></a><var>33.2</var>accordance with the following formula:<br/>
<a id="pl.33.3"></a><var>33.3</var>     (a) The commissioner shall reduce the apportionment sum by the deductions <br/>
<a id="pl.33.4"></a><var>33.4</var>provided for in section 162.06 for administrative costs, disaster account, research account, <br/>
<a id="pl.33.5"></a><var>33.5</var>and state park road account. The commissioner shall apportion the remainder to the several <br/>
<a id="pl.33.6"></a><var>33.6</var>counties on the basis of the needs of the counties, as provided in paragraphs (b) to (e).<br/>
<a id="pl.33.7"></a><var>33.7</var>    (a) (b) An amount equal to ten percent of the apportionment sum shall be apportioned <br/>
<a id="pl.33.8"></a><var>33.8</var>equally among the 87 counties.<br/>
<a id="pl.33.9"></a><var>33.9</var>    (b) (c) An amount equal to ten percent of the apportionment sum shall be <br/>
<a id="pl.33.10"></a><var>33.10</var>apportioned among the several counties so that each county shall receive of such amount <br/>
<a id="pl.33.11"></a><var>33.11</var>the percentage that its motor vehicle registration for the calendar year preceding the <br/>
<a id="pl.33.12"></a><var>33.12</var>one last past, determined by residence of registrants, bears to the total statewide motor <br/>
<a id="pl.33.13"></a><var>33.13</var>vehicle registration.<br/>
<a id="pl.33.14"></a><var>33.14</var>    (c) (d) An amount equal to 30 percent of the apportionment sum shall be apportioned <br/>
<a id="pl.33.15"></a><var>33.15</var>among the several counties so that each county shall receive of such amount the percentage <br/>
<a id="pl.33.16"></a><var>33.16</var>that its total lane-miles of approved county state-aid highways bears to the total lane-miles <br/>
<a id="pl.33.17"></a><var>33.17</var>of approved statewide county state-aid highways. In 1997 and subsequent years no county <br/>
<a id="pl.33.18"></a><var>33.18</var>may receive, as a result of an apportionment under this clause based on lane-miles rather <br/>
<a id="pl.33.19"></a><var>33.19</var>than miles of approved county state-aid highways, an apportionment that is less than its <br/>
<a id="pl.33.20"></a><var>33.20</var>apportionment in 1996.<br/>
<a id="pl.33.21"></a><var>33.21</var>    (d) (e) An amount equal to 50 percent of the apportionment sum shall be apportioned <br/>
<a id="pl.33.22"></a><var>33.22</var>among the several counties so that each county shall receive of such amount the percentage <br/>
<a id="pl.33.23"></a><var>33.23</var>that its money needs bears to the sum of the money needs of all of the individual counties; <br/>
<a id="pl.33.24"></a><var>33.24</var>provided, that the percentage of such amount that each county is to receive shall be <br/>
<a id="pl.33.25"></a><var>33.25</var>adjusted so that each county shall receive in 1958 a total apportionment at least ten <br/>
<a id="pl.33.26"></a><var>33.26</var>percent greater than its total 1956 apportionments from the state road and bridge fund; <br/>
<a id="pl.33.27"></a><var>33.27</var>and provided further that those counties whose money needs are thus adjusted shall <br/>
<a id="pl.33.28"></a><var>33.28</var>never receive a percentage of the apportionment sum less than the percentage that such <br/>
<a id="pl.33.29"></a><var>33.29</var>county received in 1958.<br/>
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<a id="bill.4.3.0"></a><a id="pl.33.30"></a><var>33.30</var>    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 162.07, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.33.31"></a><var>33.31</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.33.32"></a><var>33.32</var>    Subd. 1a. <b>Apportionment sum and excess sum.</b> (a) For purposes of this <br/>
<a id="pl.33.33"></a><var>33.33</var>subdivision, "amount available" means the amount identified in section 162.06, <br/>
<a id="pl.33.34"></a><var>33.34</var>subdivision 1.<br/>
<a id="pl.34.1"></a><var>34.1</var>    (b) The apportionment sum is calculated by subtracting the excess sum, as calculated <br/>
<a id="pl.34.2"></a><var>34.2</var>in paragraph (c), from the amount available.<br/>
<a id="pl.34.3"></a><var>34.3</var>    (c) The excess sum is calculated as the sum of revenue within the amount available:<br/>
<a id="pl.34.4"></a><var>34.4</var>    (1) attributed to that portion of the gasoline excise tax rate in excess of 20 cents per <br/>
<a id="pl.34.5"></a><var>34.5</var>gallon, and to that portion of the excise tax rate for E85, M85, and special fuels in excess <br/>
<a id="pl.34.6"></a><var>34.6</var>of the energy equivalent of a gasoline tax rate of 20 cents per gallon;<br/>
<a id="pl.34.7"></a><var>34.7</var>    (2) attributed to a change in the passenger vehicle registration tax under section <br/>
<a id="pl.34.8"></a><var>34.8</var>168.013, imposed on or after July 1, 2007, that exceeds the amount collected in fiscal year <br/>
<a id="pl.34.9"></a><var>34.9</var>2007 multiplied by the annual average United States Consumer Price Index for all urban <br/>
<a id="pl.34.10"></a><var>34.10</var>consumers, United States city average, as determined by the United States Department of <br/>
<a id="pl.34.11"></a><var>34.11</var>Labor for the previous year, divided by the annual average for calendar year 2006; and<br/>
<a id="pl.34.12"></a><var>34.12</var>    (3) attributed to that portion of the motor vehicle sales tax revenue in excess of the <br/>
<a id="pl.34.13"></a><var>34.13</var>percentage allocated in fiscal year 2007.<br/>
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<a id="bill.4.4.0"></a><a id="pl.34.14"></a><var>34.14</var>    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 162.07, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.34.15"></a><var>34.15</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.34.16"></a><var>34.16</var>    Subd. 1c. <b>Excess sum.</b> The commissioner shall apportion the excess sum to the <br/>
<a id="pl.34.17"></a><var>34.17</var>several counties on the basis of the needs of the counties, as provided in paragraphs (a) <br/>
<a id="pl.34.18"></a><var>34.18</var>and (b).<br/>
<a id="pl.34.19"></a><var>34.19</var>    (a) An amount equal to 40 percent must be apportioned among the several counties <br/>
<a id="pl.34.20"></a><var>34.20</var>so that each county receives of that amount the percentage that its motor vehicle <br/>
<a id="pl.34.21"></a><var>34.21</var>registration for the calendar year preceding the one last past, determined by residence of <br/>
<a id="pl.34.22"></a><var>34.22</var>registrants, bears to the total statewide motor vehicle registration.<br/>
<a id="pl.34.23"></a><var>34.23</var>    (b) An amount equal to 60 percent must be apportioned among the several counties <br/>
<a id="pl.34.24"></a><var>34.24</var>so that each county receives of that amount the percentage that its money needs bears to <br/>
<a id="pl.34.25"></a><var>34.25</var>the sum of the money needs of all of the individual counties.<br/>
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<a id="bill.4.5.0"></a><a id="pl.34.26"></a><var>34.26</var>    Sec. 5. <b>INSTRUCTION TO REVISOR.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.34.27"></a><var>34.27</var>    The revisor of statutes shall renumber Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 162.07, <br/>
<a id="pl.34.28"></a><var>34.28</var>subdivision 1, as subdivision 1b.<br/>
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<a id="bill.5.0.0"></a>

<a id="bill.5.1.0"></a><a id="pl.34.31"></a><var>34.31</var>    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 163.051, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.34.32"></a><var>34.32</var><b>163.051 METROPOLITAN COUNTY WHEELAGE TAX.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.34.33"></a><var>34.33</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Tax authorized.</b> The board of commissioners of each metropolitan <br/>
<a id="pl.34.34"></a><var>34.34</var>county is authorized to levy by resolution a wheelage tax of $5 for the year 1972 and each <br/>
<a id="pl.35.1"></a><var>35.1</var>subsequent year thereafter by resolution or $10 each year on each motor vehicle, except <br/>
<a id="pl.35.2"></a><var>35.2</var>motorcycles as defined in section 
<statute_ref>169.01, subdivision 4</statute_ref>, which is kept in such county <br/>
<a id="pl.35.3"></a><var>35.3</var>when not in operation and which is that is domiciled in the county and subject to annual <br/>
<a id="pl.35.4"></a><var>35.4</var>registration and taxation under chapter 168. A wheelage tax does not apply to motorcycles <br/>
<a id="pl.35.5"></a><var>35.5</var>as defined in section 169.01, subdivision 4, and motorized bicycles registered under <br/>
<a id="pl.35.6"></a><var>35.6</var>section 168.013, subdivision 1h. The board may provide by resolution for collection of the <br/>
<a id="pl.35.7"></a><var>35.7</var>wheelage tax by county officials or it may request that the tax be collected by the state <br/>
<a id="pl.35.8"></a><var>35.8</var>registrar of motor vehicles commissioner of public safety, and the state registrar of motor <br/>
<a id="pl.35.9"></a><var>35.9</var>vehicles commissioner shall collect such the tax on behalf of the county if requested, as <br/>
<a id="pl.35.10"></a><var>35.10</var>provided in subdivision 2 provided in the board resolution. <br/>
<a id="pl.35.11"></a><var>35.11</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Collection by </b><b>registrar of motor vehicles</b><b> commissioner of public </b><br/>
<a id="pl.35.12"></a><var>35.12</var><b>safety</b><b>.</b> The wheelage tax levied by any metropolitan county, if made collectible by the <br/>
<a id="pl.35.13"></a><var>35.13</var>state registrar of motor vehicles commissioner of public safety, shall must be certified by <br/>
<a id="pl.35.14"></a><var>35.14</var>the county auditor to the registrar commissioner not later than August 1 in the year before <br/>
<a id="pl.35.15"></a><var>35.15</var>the a calendar year or years for which the tax is levied, and the registrar commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.35.16"></a><var>35.16</var>shall collect such the tax with the motor vehicle taxes registration tax on the each affected <br/>
<a id="pl.35.17"></a><var>35.17</var>vehicles vehicle for such that year or years. Every An owner and every operator of such <br/>
<a id="pl.35.18"></a><var>35.18</var>a motor vehicle subject to the wheelage tax shall furnish to the registrar all information <br/>
<a id="pl.35.19"></a><var>35.19</var>requested by the registrar commissioner  relating to the wheelage tax. No state motor <br/>
<a id="pl.35.20"></a><var>35.20</var>A vehicle registration tax on any such motor vehicle for any such year shall may not <br/>
<a id="pl.35.21"></a><var>35.21</var>be received or deemed paid unless the applicable wheelage tax is paid therewith. The <br/>
<a id="pl.35.22"></a><var>35.22</var>proceeds of the wheelage tax levied by any metropolitan county, less any amount <br/>
<a id="pl.35.23"></a><var>35.23</var>retained by the registrar to pay costs of collection of the wheelage tax, shall be paid to <br/>
<a id="pl.35.24"></a><var>35.24</var>the commissioner of finance and deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the county <br/>
<a id="pl.35.25"></a><var>35.25</var>wheelage tax fund of each metropolitan county.<br/>
<a id="pl.35.26"></a><var>35.26</var>    Subd. 2a. <b>Tax proceeds deposited; costs of collection; appropriation.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.35.27"></a><var>35.27</var>    Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, the state registrar of motor vehicles <br/>
<a id="pl.35.28"></a><var>35.28</var>commissioner of public safety shall deposit the proceeds of the wheelage tax imposed <br/>
<a id="pl.35.29"></a><var>35.29</var>by subdivision 2, to the credit of the county wheelage tax road and bridge fund of each <br/>
<a id="pl.35.30"></a><var>35.30</var>metropolitan county that levies the wheelage tax. The amount necessary to pay the costs <br/>
<a id="pl.35.31"></a><var>35.31</var>of collection of said collecting the tax is appropriated to the commissioner of public <br/>
<a id="pl.35.32"></a><var>35.32</var>safety from the county wheelage tax road and bridge fund of each metropolitan county <br/>
<a id="pl.35.33"></a><var>35.33</var>to the state registrar of motor vehicles that levies the tax.<br/>
<a id="pl.35.34"></a><var>35.34</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Distribution to metropolitan county; appropriation.</b> On or before April <br/>
<a id="pl.35.35"></a><var>35.35</var>1 in 1972 and each subsequent year, the commissioner of finance shall issue a warrant in <br/>
<a id="pl.36.1"></a><var>36.1</var>favor of the treasurer of each metropolitan county for which the registrar has collected a <br/>
<a id="pl.36.2"></a><var>36.2</var>wheelage tax in the amount of such tax then on hand in the county wheelage tax fund. <br/>
<a id="pl.36.3"></a><var>36.3</var>There is hereby appropriated from the county wheelage tax fund each year, to each <br/>
<a id="pl.36.4"></a><var>36.4</var>metropolitan county entitled to payments authorized by this section, sufficient moneys <br/>
<a id="pl.36.5"></a><var>36.5</var>to make such payments.<br/>
<a id="pl.36.6"></a><var>36.6</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Use of tax.</b> The treasurer of each metropolitan county receiving moneys <br/>
<a id="pl.36.7"></a><var>36.7</var>under subdivision 3 shall deposit such moneys in the county road and bridge fund. The <br/>
<a id="pl.36.8"></a><var>36.8</var>moneys shall be used for purposes authorized by law which are highway purposes within <br/>
<a id="pl.36.9"></a><var>36.9</var>the meaning of the Minnesota Constitution, article 14.<br/>
<a id="pl.36.10"></a><var>36.10</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Effect on road and bridge levy.</b> The county auditor of each metropolitan <br/>
<a id="pl.36.11"></a><var>36.11</var>county shall reduce the amount of the property taxes levied pursuant to law in 1973 for <br/>
<a id="pl.36.12"></a><var>36.12</var>collection in 1974, by the board of commissioners of such county for the county road <br/>
<a id="pl.36.13"></a><var>36.13</var>and bridge fund, by the following amount: Anoka County, $341,750; Carver County, <br/>
<a id="pl.36.14"></a><var>36.14</var>$86,725; Dakota County, $386,165; Hennepin County, $2,728,425; Ramsey County, <br/>
<a id="pl.36.15"></a><var>36.15</var>$1,276,815; Scott County, $104,805; Washington County, $227,220, and shall spread only <br/>
<a id="pl.36.16"></a><var>36.16</var>the balance thereof on the tax rolls for collection in 1972. The county auditor shall also <br/>
<a id="pl.36.17"></a><var>36.17</var>reduce the amount of such taxes levied pursuant to law in 1972 and any subsequent year, <br/>
<a id="pl.36.18"></a><var>36.18</var>for collection in the respective ensuing years, by the amount of wheelage taxes received <br/>
<a id="pl.36.19"></a><var>36.19</var>by the county in the 12 months immediately preceding such levy.<br/>
<a id="pl.36.20"></a><var>36.20</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Metropolitan county defined.</b> "Metropolitan county" means any of the <br/>
<a id="pl.36.21"></a><var>36.21</var>counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington.<br/>
<a id="pl.36.22"></a><var>36.22</var>    Subd. 7. <b>Offenses; penalties; application of other laws.</b> Any owner or operator <br/>
<a id="pl.36.23"></a><var>36.23</var>of a motor vehicle who shall willfully give any gives false information relative to the <br/>
<a id="pl.36.24"></a><var>36.24</var>wheelage tax herein authorized to the registrar of motor vehicles commissioner of public <br/>
<a id="pl.36.25"></a><var>36.25</var>safety or any metropolitan county, or who shall willfully fail fails or refuse refuses to <br/>
<a id="pl.36.26"></a><var>36.26</var>furnish any such information, shall be is guilty of a misdemeanor. Except as otherwise <br/>
<a id="pl.36.27"></a><var>36.27</var>herein provided in this section, the collection and payment of a wheelage tax and all <br/>
<a id="pl.36.28"></a><var>36.28</var>related matters relating thereto shall be are subject to all provisions of law laws relating to <br/>
<a id="pl.36.29"></a><var>36.29</var>collection and payment of motor vehicle taxes so far as applicable.<br/>
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<a id="bill.5.2.0"></a><a id="pl.36.30"></a><var>36.30</var>    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.011, subdivision 6, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.36.31"></a><var>36.31</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Tax.</b> "Tax" means the annual registration tax imposed on vehicles in lieu of <br/>
<a id="pl.36.32"></a><var>36.32</var>all other taxes, except wheelage taxes which may be imposed by any city or metropolitan <br/>
<a id="pl.36.33"></a><var>36.33</var>county, and gross earnings taxes paid by companies. The annual tax is both a property tax <br/>
<a id="pl.36.34"></a><var>36.34</var>and a highway use tax and shall be on the basis of the calendar year.<br/>
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<a id="bill.5.3.0"></a><a id="pl.37.1"></a><var>37.1</var>    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.013, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.37.2"></a><var>37.2</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Imposition.</b> Motor vehicles, except as set forth in section  
         <statute_ref>168.012</statute_ref>, <br/>
<a id="pl.37.3"></a><var>37.3</var>using the public streets or highways in the state, and park trailers taxed under subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.37.4"></a><var>37.4</var>1j, shall be taxed in lieu of all other taxes thereon, except wheelage taxes, so-called, which <br/>
<a id="pl.37.5"></a><var>37.5</var>may be imposed by any city or metropolitan county as provided by law, and except gross <br/>
<a id="pl.37.6"></a><var>37.6</var>earnings taxes paid by companies subject or made subject thereto, and shall be privileged <br/>
<a id="pl.37.7"></a><var>37.7</var>to use the public streets and highways, on the basis and at the rate for each calendar year <br/>
<a id="pl.37.8"></a><var>37.8</var>as hereinafter provided. <br/>
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<a id="bill.5.4.0"></a><a id="pl.37.9"></a><var>37.9</var>    Sec. 4. <b>[297A.992] METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION SALES AND USE </b><br/>
<a id="pl.37.10"></a><var>37.10</var><b>TAX.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.37.11"></a><var>37.11</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Definitions.</b> For purposes of this section, the following terms have <br/>
<a id="pl.37.12"></a><var>37.12</var>the meanings given them:<br/>
<a id="pl.37.13"></a><var>37.13</var>    (1) "metropolitan transportation area" means the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, <br/>
<a id="pl.37.14"></a><var>37.14</var>Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, or Washington participating in the joint powers agreement <br/>
<a id="pl.37.15"></a><var>37.15</var>under subdivision 3, and includes any eligible county that declares by resolution of its <br/>
<a id="pl.37.16"></a><var>37.16</var>county board to be a part of the metropolitan transportation area;<br/>
<a id="pl.37.17"></a><var>37.17</var>    (2) "eligible county" means a county that is adjacent to any county that is part of the <br/>
<a id="pl.37.18"></a><var>37.18</var>metropolitan transportation area;<br/>
<a id="pl.37.19"></a><var>37.19</var>    (3) "committee" means the Grant Evaluation and Ranking System (GEARS) <br/>
<a id="pl.37.20"></a><var>37.20</var>Committee; and<br/>
<a id="pl.37.21"></a><var>37.21</var>    (4) "population" means the population, as defined in section 477A.011, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.37.22"></a><var>37.22</var>3, estimated or established by July 15 of the year prior to the calendar year in which the <br/>
<a id="pl.37.23"></a><var>37.23</var>representatives will serve on the committee established under subdivision 5.<br/>
<a id="pl.37.24"></a><var>37.24</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Authorization; rates.</b> (a) Notwithstanding section 297A.99, subdivisions <br/>
<a id="pl.37.25"></a><var>37.25</var>1, 2, 3, 5, and 13, or 477A.016, or any other law, the boards of the counties acting under a <br/>
<a id="pl.37.26"></a><var>37.26</var>joint powers agreement as specified in this section may impose (1) a transportation sales <br/>
<a id="pl.37.27"></a><var>37.27</var>and use tax within the metropolitan transportation area at a rate of one-half of one percent <br/>
<a id="pl.37.28"></a><var>37.28</var>on retail sales and uses taxable under this chapter, and (2) an excise tax of $20 per motor <br/>
<a id="pl.37.29"></a><var>37.29</var>vehicle purchased or acquired from any person engaged in the business of selling motor <br/>
<a id="pl.37.30"></a><var>37.30</var>vehicles at retail, occurring within the jurisdiction of the taxing authority. The taxes <br/>
<a id="pl.37.31"></a><var>37.31</var>authorized are to fund transportation improvements as specified in this section.<br/>
<a id="pl.37.32"></a><var>37.32</var>    (b) The tax imposed under this section is not included in determining if the total tax <br/>
<a id="pl.37.33"></a><var>37.33</var>on lodging in the city of Minneapolis exceeds the maximum allowed tax under Laws 1986, <br/>
<a id="pl.37.34"></a><var>37.34</var>chapter 396, section 5, as amended by Laws 2001, First Special Session chapter 5, article <br/>
<a id="pl.37.35"></a><var>37.35</var>12, section 87, or in determining a tax that may be imposed under any other limitations.<br/>
<a id="pl.38.1"></a><var>38.1</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Joint powers agreement.</b> Before imposing the taxes authorized under <br/>
<a id="pl.38.2"></a><var>38.2</var>subdivision 2, each participating metropolitan county, as defined in section 473.121, <br/>
<a id="pl.38.3"></a><var>38.3</var>subdivision 4, must enter into a joint powers agreement to create the joint powers board. <br/>
<a id="pl.38.4"></a><var>38.4</var>A joint powers agreement under this section:<br/>
<a id="pl.38.5"></a><var>38.5</var>    (1) must provide a process that allows an eligible county, by resolution of its county <br/>
<a id="pl.38.6"></a><var>38.6</var>board, to join the joint powers board and impose the taxes authorized under subdivision 2;<br/>
<a id="pl.38.7"></a><var>38.7</var>    (2) may provide for withdrawal of a participating county before final termination of <br/>
<a id="pl.38.8"></a><var>38.8</var>the agreement; and<br/>
<a id="pl.38.9"></a><var>38.9</var>    (3) may provide for a weighted-voting system for joint powers board decisions.<br/>
<a id="pl.38.10"></a><var>38.10</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Joint powers board.</b> (a) The joint powers board must consist of one <br/>
<a id="pl.38.11"></a><var>38.11</var>or more representatives of each county that is in the metropolitan transportation area, <br/>
<a id="pl.38.12"></a><var>38.12</var>appointed by its county board. The joint powers board has the powers and duties provided <br/>
<a id="pl.38.13"></a><var>38.13</var>in this section and in section 471.59.<br/>
<a id="pl.38.14"></a><var>38.14</var>    (b) The joint powers board may not utilize more than one-half of one percent of <br/>
<a id="pl.38.15"></a><var>38.15</var>the proceeds of the taxes imposed under this section to reimburse counties for ordinary <br/>
<a id="pl.38.16"></a><var>38.16</var>administrative expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of this section. Any <br/>
<a id="pl.38.17"></a><var>38.17</var>additional administrative expenses must be paid by the counties.<br/>
<a id="pl.38.18"></a><var>38.18</var>    (c) The joint powers board shall establish a grant application process and identify <br/>
<a id="pl.38.19"></a><var>38.19</var>the amount of available funding for grant awards. Grant applications must be submitted in <br/>
<a id="pl.38.20"></a><var>38.20</var>a form prescribed by the joint powers board. An applicant must provide, in addition to all <br/>
<a id="pl.38.21"></a><var>38.21</var>other information required by the joint powers board, the estimated cost of the project, the <br/>
<a id="pl.38.22"></a><var>38.22</var>amount of the grant sought, possible sources of funding in addition to the grant sought, <br/>
<a id="pl.38.23"></a><var>38.23</var>and identification of any federal funds that will be utilized if the grant is awarded.<br/>
<a id="pl.38.24"></a><var>38.24</var>    (d) The joint powers board may establish a technical advisory group of city, county, <br/>
<a id="pl.38.25"></a><var>38.25</var>or public agency representatives that is separate from the grant evaluation and ranking <br/>
<a id="pl.38.26"></a><var>38.26</var>system committee. The technical advisory group must be used solely for technical <br/>
<a id="pl.38.27"></a><var>38.27</var>consultation purposes.<br/>
<a id="pl.38.28"></a><var>38.28</var>    (e) After the deductions allowed in section 297A.99, subdivision 11, the <br/>
<a id="pl.38.29"></a><var>38.29</var>commissioner of revenue shall remit the proceeds of the taxes imposed under this section <br/>
<a id="pl.38.30"></a><var>38.30</var>to the joint powers board.<br/>
<a id="pl.38.31"></a><var>38.31</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Grant evaluation and ranking system committee; grant awards.</b> (a) The <br/>
<a id="pl.38.32"></a><var>38.32</var>joint powers board shall establish a timeline and procedures for the award of grants, and <br/>
<a id="pl.38.33"></a><var>38.33</var>shall define objective criteria for the award of grants. Objective criteria must include, but <br/>
<a id="pl.38.34"></a><var>38.34</var>not be limited to, consistency with the most recent version of the transportation policy plan <br/>
<a id="pl.39.1"></a><var>39.1</var>adopted by the Metropolitan Council under section 473.146. The joint powers board shall <br/>
<a id="pl.39.2"></a><var>39.2</var>maximize the availability and use of federal funds in projects funded under this section.<br/>
<a id="pl.39.3"></a><var>39.3</var>    (b) The joint powers board shall establish a grant evaluation and ranking system <br/>
<a id="pl.39.4"></a><var>39.4</var>committee, which must consist of:<br/>
<a id="pl.39.5"></a><var>39.5</var>    (1) one county commissioner from each county that is in the metropolitan <br/>
<a id="pl.39.6"></a><var>39.6</var>transportation area, appointed by its county board;<br/>
<a id="pl.39.7"></a><var>39.7</var>    (2) one elected city representative from each county that is in the metropolitan <br/>
<a id="pl.39.8"></a><var>39.8</var>transportation area; and<br/>
<a id="pl.39.9"></a><var>39.9</var>    (3) one additional elected city representative from each county for every additional <br/>
<a id="pl.39.10"></a><var>39.10</var>400,000 in population, or fraction of 400,000, in the county that is above 400,000 in <br/>
<a id="pl.39.11"></a><var>39.11</var>population.<br/>
<a id="pl.39.12"></a><var>39.12</var>    (c) Each elected city representative must be appointed by agreement among the <br/>
<a id="pl.39.13"></a><var>39.13</var>several cities in the county.<br/>
<a id="pl.39.14"></a><var>39.14</var>    (d) The committee shall evaluate grant applications following objective criteria <br/>
<a id="pl.39.15"></a><var>39.15</var>established by the joint powers board, and must provide to the joint powers board a <br/>
<a id="pl.39.16"></a><var>39.16</var>selection list of transportation projects that includes a priority ranking. <br/>
<a id="pl.39.17"></a><var>39.17</var>    (e) Grants must be funded by the proceeds of the taxes imposed under this section, <br/>
<a id="pl.39.18"></a><var>39.18</var>or bonds or other obligations issued by the joint powers board.<br/>
<a id="pl.39.19"></a><var>39.19</var>    (f) Notwithstanding the provisions of this subdivision, in fiscal year 2009, the joint <br/>
<a id="pl.39.20"></a><var>39.20</var>powers board shall allocate at least $18,850,000 of any revenues collected under this <br/>
<a id="pl.39.21"></a><var>39.21</var>section to the Metropolitan Council for operating assistance for transit.<br/>
<a id="pl.39.22"></a><var>39.22</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Use of grant awards.</b> (a) The joint powers board may only award grants to <br/>
<a id="pl.39.23"></a><var>39.23</var>the state and political subdivisions, and must annually allocate the awards as follows:<br/>
<a id="pl.39.24"></a><var>39.24</var>    (1) no less than 25 percent for construction or reconstruction of trunk highways or <br/>
<a id="pl.39.25"></a><var>39.25</var>local roads of regional significance;<br/>
<a id="pl.39.26"></a><var>39.26</var>    (2) no less than 50 percent for transit, for the following purposes:<br/>
<a id="pl.39.27"></a><var>39.27</var>    (i) capital improvements to transit ways, including commuter rail, rolling stock, <br/>
<a id="pl.39.28"></a><var>39.28</var>light rail vehicles, and transit way buses;<br/>
<a id="pl.39.29"></a><var>39.29</var>    (ii) capital costs for park-and-ride facilities, as defined in section 174.256, <br/>
<a id="pl.39.30"></a><var>39.30</var>subdivision 2;<br/>
<a id="pl.39.31"></a><var>39.31</var>    (iii) feasibility studies, planning, alternatives analyses, environmental studies, <br/>
<a id="pl.39.32"></a><var>39.32</var>engineering, property acquisition for transit way purposes, and construction of transit <br/>
<a id="pl.39.33"></a><var>39.33</var>ways; and<br/>
<a id="pl.39.34"></a><var>39.34</var>    (iv) operating assistance for transit ways; and<br/>
<a id="pl.40.1"></a><var>40.1</var>    (3) 25 percent for (i) any of the purposes specified in clauses (1) and (2), and <br/>
<a id="pl.40.2"></a><var>40.2</var>(ii) planning, studies, design, construction, maintenance, and operation of pedestrian <br/>
<a id="pl.40.3"></a><var>40.3</var>programs and bicycle programs and pathways.<br/>
<a id="pl.40.4"></a><var>40.4</var>    (b) No more than five percent of the awards may be annually allocated for the <br/>
<a id="pl.40.5"></a><var>40.5</var>purposes specified in paragraph (a), clause (3), item (ii).<br/>
<a id="pl.40.6"></a><var>40.6</var>    Subd. 7. <b>Administration, collection, enforcement.</b> The administration, collection, <br/>
<a id="pl.40.7"></a><var>40.7</var>and enforcement provisions in section 297A.99, subdivisions 4 and 6 to 12, apply to all <br/>
<a id="pl.40.8"></a><var>40.8</var>taxes imposed under this section.<br/>
<a id="pl.40.9"></a><var>40.9</var>    Subd. 8. <b>Report.</b> In each year in which the taxes authorized in this section are <br/>
<a id="pl.40.10"></a><var>40.10</var>imposed, the joint powers board shall report by February 1 to the house of representatives <br/>
<a id="pl.40.11"></a><var>40.11</var>and senate committees having jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance <br/>
<a id="pl.40.12"></a><var>40.12</var>concerning the revenues received and grants awarded.<br/>
<a id="pl.40.13"></a><var>40.13</var>    Subd. 9. <b>Grant awards to Metropolitan Council.</b> Any grant award under this <br/>
<a id="pl.40.14"></a><var>40.14</var>section made to the Metropolitan Council must supplement, and to no extent supplant, <br/>
<a id="pl.40.15"></a><var>40.15</var>operating and capital assistance provided by the state.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.5.5.0"></a><a id="pl.40.16"></a><var>40.16</var>    Sec. 5. <b>[297A.993] GREATER MINNESOTA TRANSPORTATION SALES AND </b><br/>
<a id="pl.40.17"></a><var>40.17</var><b>USE TAX.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.40.18"></a><var>40.18</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Authorization; rates.</b> Notwithstanding section 297A.99, <br/>
<a id="pl.40.19"></a><var>40.19</var>subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 5, and 13, or 477A.016, or any other law, the board of a county outside <br/>
<a id="pl.40.20"></a><var>40.20</var>the metropolitan transportation area, as defined under section 297A.992, subdivision 1, or <br/>
<a id="pl.40.21"></a><var>40.21</var>more than one county outside the metropolitan transportation area acting under a joint <br/>
<a id="pl.40.22"></a><var>40.22</var>powers agreement, may impose (1) a transportation sales tax at a rate of one-half of one <br/>
<a id="pl.40.23"></a><var>40.23</var>percent on retail sales and uses taxable under this chapter, and (2) an excise tax of $20 per <br/>
<a id="pl.40.24"></a><var>40.24</var>motor vehicle purchased or acquired from any person engaged in the business of selling <br/>
<a id="pl.40.25"></a><var>40.25</var>motor vehicles at retail, occurring within the jurisdiction of the taxing authority. The taxes <br/>
<a id="pl.40.26"></a><var>40.26</var>imposed under this section are subject to approval by a majority of the voters of the county <br/>
<a id="pl.40.27"></a><var>40.27</var>or counties at a general election who vote on the question to impose the taxes.<br/>
<a id="pl.40.28"></a><var>40.28</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Allocation; termination.</b> The proceeds of the taxes must be dedicated <br/>
<a id="pl.40.29"></a><var>40.29</var>exclusively to payment of the cost of a specific transportation project or improvement. <br/>
<a id="pl.40.30"></a><var>40.30</var>The transportation project or improvement must be designated by the board of the county, <br/>
<a id="pl.40.31"></a><var>40.31</var>or more than one county acting under a joint powers agreement. The taxes must terminate <br/>
<a id="pl.40.32"></a><var>40.32</var>after the project or improvement has been completed.<br/>
<a id="pl.41.1"></a><var>41.1</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Administration, collection, enforcement.</b> The administration, collection, <br/>
<a id="pl.41.2"></a><var>41.2</var>and enforcement provisions in section 297A.99, subdivisions 4 and 6 to 12, apply to all <br/>
<a id="pl.41.3"></a><var>41.3</var>taxes imposed under this section.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.6.0.0"></a>

<a id="bill.6.1.0"></a><a id="pl.41.6"></a><var>41.6</var>    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.12, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.41.7"></a><var>41.7</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Additional fee.</b> (a) In addition to any fee otherwise authorized or any tax <br/>
<a id="pl.41.8"></a><var>41.8</var>otherwise imposed upon any vehicle, the payment of which is required as a condition to <br/>
<a id="pl.41.9"></a><var>41.9</var>the issuance of any plate or plates, the commissioner shall impose the fee specified in <br/>
<a id="pl.41.10"></a><var>41.10</var>paragraph (b) that is calculated to cover the cost of manufacturing and issuing the plate <br/>
<a id="pl.41.11"></a><var>41.11</var>or plates, except for plates issued to disabled veterans as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>168.031</statute_ref> and <br/>
<a id="pl.41.12"></a><var>41.12</var>plates issued pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>168.124</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>168.125</statute_ref>, or 
         <statute_ref>168.27, subdivisions 16 and 17</statute_ref>, <br/>
<a id="pl.41.13"></a><var>41.13</var>for passenger automobiles. The commissioner shall issue graphic design plates only <br/>
<a id="pl.41.14"></a><var>41.14</var>for vehicles registered pursuant to section 
<statute_ref>168.017</statute_ref> and recreational vehicles registered <br/>
<a id="pl.41.15"></a><var>41.15</var>pursuant to section 
<statute_ref>168.013, subdivision 1g</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.41.16"></a><var>41.16</var>    (b) Unless otherwise specified or exempted by statute, the following plate and <br/>
<a id="pl.41.17"></a><var>41.17</var>validation sticker fees apply for the original, duplicate, or replacement issuance of a <br/>
<a id="pl.41.18"></a><var>41.18</var>plate in a plate year:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.41.19"></a><var>41.19</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Sequential Regular Double Plate<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">4.25<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.41.20"></a><var>41.20</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Sequential Special Plate-Double<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">7.00<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.41.21"></a><var>41.21</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Sequential Regular Single Plate<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">3.00<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.41.22"></a><var>41.22</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Sequential Special Plate-Single<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">5.50<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.41.23"></a><var>41.23</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Utility Trailer Self-Adhesive Plate<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2.50<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.41.24"></a><var>41.24</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Nonsequential Double Plate<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">14.00<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.41.25"></a><var>41.25</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Nonsequential Single Plate<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.41.26"></a><var>41.26</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Duplicate Sticker<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.41.27"></a><var>41.27</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="2" valign="bottom">License Plate <br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">Single<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">Double<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.41.28"></a><var>41.28</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Regular and Disability<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">4.50<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">6.00<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.41.29"></a><var>41.29</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Special<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">8.50<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.41.30"></a><var>41.30</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Personalized (Replacement)<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">10.00<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">14.00<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.41.31"></a><var>41.31</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Collector Category<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">13.50<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">15.00<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.41.32"></a><var>41.32</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Emergency Vehicle Display<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">3.00<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">6.00<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.41.33"></a><var>41.33</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Utility Trailer Self-Adhesive<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2.50<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.41.34"></a><var>41.34</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="2" valign="bottom">Stickers<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.41.35"></a><var>41.35</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Duplicate Year<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1.00<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.41.36"></a><var>41.36</var><br/>
<a id="pl.41.37"></a><var>41.37</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">International Fuel Tax <br/>
Agreement<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2.50<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.41.38"></a><var>41.38</var>    (c) For vehicles that require two of the categories above, the registrar shall only <br/>
<a id="pl.41.39"></a><var>41.39</var>charge the higher of the two fees and not a combined total.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.6.2.0"></a><a id="pl.42.1"></a><var>42.1</var>    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168A.29, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.42.2"></a><var>42.2</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Amounts.</b> (a) The department must be paid the following fees:<br/>
<a id="pl.42.3"></a><var>42.3</var>    (1) for filing an application for and the issuance of an original certificate of title, the <br/>
<a id="pl.42.4"></a><var>42.4</var>sum of $5.50 $6.25 of which $2.50 $3.25 must be paid into the vehicle services operating <br/>
<a id="pl.42.5"></a><var>42.5</var>account of the special revenue fund under section 
         <statute_ref>299A.705</statute_ref>;<br/>
<a id="pl.42.6"></a><var>42.6</var>    (2) for each security interest when first noted upon a certificate of title, including the <br/>
<a id="pl.42.7"></a><var>42.7</var>concurrent notation of any assignment thereof and its subsequent release or satisfaction, <br/>
<a id="pl.42.8"></a><var>42.8</var>the sum of $2, except that no fee is due for a security interest filed by a public authority <br/>
<a id="pl.42.9"></a><var>42.9</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>168A.05, subdivision 8</statute_ref>;<br/>
<a id="pl.42.10"></a><var>42.10</var>    (3) for the transfer of the interest of an owner and the issuance of a new certificate of <br/>
<a id="pl.42.11"></a><var>42.11</var>title, the sum of $5.50 of which $2.50 must be paid into the vehicle services operating <br/>
<a id="pl.42.12"></a><var>42.12</var>account of the special revenue fund under section 
         <statute_ref>299A.705</statute_ref>;<br/>
<a id="pl.42.13"></a><var>42.13</var>    (4) for each assignment of a security interest when first noted on a certificate of title, <br/>
<a id="pl.42.14"></a><var>42.14</var>unless noted concurrently with the security interest, the sum of $1;<br/>
<a id="pl.42.15"></a><var>42.15</var>    (5) for issuing a duplicate certificate of title, the sum of $6.50 $7.25 of which $2.50 <br/>
<a id="pl.42.16"></a><var>42.16</var>$3.25 must be paid into the vehicle services operating account of the special revenue fund <br/>
<a id="pl.42.17"></a><var>42.17</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>299A.705</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.42.18"></a><var>42.18</var>    (b) After June 30, 1994, in addition to each of the fees required under paragraph (a), <br/>
<a id="pl.42.19"></a><var>42.19</var>clauses (1) and (3), the department must be paid $3.50. The additional $3.50 fee collected <br/>
<a id="pl.42.20"></a><var>42.20</var>under this paragraph must be deposited in the special revenue fund and credited to the <br/>
<a id="pl.42.21"></a><var>42.21</var>public safety motor vehicle account established in section 
         <statute_ref>299A.70</statute_ref>.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.6.3.0"></a><a id="pl.42.22"></a><var>42.22</var>    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 171.02, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.42.23"></a><var>42.23</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Motorized bicycle.</b> (a) A motorized bicycle may not be operated on any <br/>
<a id="pl.42.24"></a><var>42.24</var>public roadway by any person who does not possess a valid driver's license, unless the <br/>
<a id="pl.42.25"></a><var>42.25</var>person has obtained a motorized bicycle operator's permit or motorized bicycle instruction <br/>
<a id="pl.42.26"></a><var>42.26</var>permit from the commissioner of public safety. The operator's permit may be issued to <br/>
<a id="pl.42.27"></a><var>42.27</var>any person who has attained the age of 15 years and who has passed the examination <br/>
<a id="pl.42.28"></a><var>42.28</var>prescribed by the commissioner. The instruction permit may be issued to any person who <br/>
<a id="pl.42.29"></a><var>42.29</var>has attained the age of 15 years and who has successfully completed an approved safety <br/>
<a id="pl.42.30"></a><var>42.30</var>course and passed the written portion of the examination prescribed by the commissioner.<br/>
<a id="pl.42.31"></a><var>42.31</var>    (b) This course must consist of, but is not limited to, a basic understanding of:<br/>
<a id="pl.42.32"></a><var>42.32</var>    (1) motorized bicycles and their limitations;<br/>
<a id="pl.42.33"></a><var>42.33</var>    (2) motorized bicycle laws and rules;<br/>
<a id="pl.42.34"></a><var>42.34</var>    (3) safe operating practices and basic operating techniques;<br/>
<a id="pl.42.35"></a><var>42.35</var>    (4) helmets and protective clothing;<br/>
<a id="pl.43.1"></a><var>43.1</var>    (5) motorized bicycle traffic strategies; and<br/>
<a id="pl.43.2"></a><var>43.2</var>    (6) effects of alcohol and drugs on motorized bicycle operators.<br/>
<a id="pl.43.3"></a><var>43.3</var>    (c) The commissioner may adopt rules prescribing the content of the safety course, <br/>
<a id="pl.43.4"></a><var>43.4</var>examination, and the information to be contained on the permits. A person operating a <br/>
<a id="pl.43.5"></a><var>43.5</var>motorized bicycle under a motorized bicycle permit is subject to the restrictions imposed <br/>
<a id="pl.43.6"></a><var>43.6</var>by section 
         <statute_ref>169.974, subdivision 2</statute_ref>, on operation of a motorcycle under a two-wheel <br/>
<a id="pl.43.7"></a><var>43.7</var>instruction permit.<br/>
<a id="pl.43.8"></a><var>43.8</var>    (d) The fees for motorized bicycle operator's permits are as follows:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.43.9"></a><var>43.9</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="top">(1)<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Examination and operator's permit, valid for one year<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">$ 66.75<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.43.10"></a><var>43.10</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="top">(2)<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Duplicate<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">$ 33.75<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.43.11"></a><var>43.11</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="top">(3)<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Renewal permit before age 21 and valid until age 21<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">$ 99.75<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.43.12"></a><var>43.12</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="top">(4)<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Renewal permit age 21 or older and valid for four years<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">$1515.75<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.43.13"></a><var>43.13</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="top">(5)<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Duplicate of any renewal permit<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">$ 4.505.25<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.43.14"></a><var>43.14</var><br/>
<a id="pl.43.15"></a><var>43.15</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="top">(6)<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Written examination and instruction permit, valid for 30 <br/>
                  		days<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">$ 66.75<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><br/>
<a id="bill.6.4.0"></a><a id="pl.43.16"></a><var>43.16</var>    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 171.06, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.43.17"></a><var>43.17</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Fees.</b> (a) The fees for a license and Minnesota identification card are <br/>
<a id="pl.43.18"></a><var>43.18</var>as follows:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.43.19"></a><var>43.19</var><br/>
<a id="pl.43.20"></a><var>43.20</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Classified Driver's <br/>
License<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">D-$21.50<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">C-$25.50<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">B-$32.50<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">A-$40.50<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.43.21"></a><var>43.21</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Classified Under -21 D.L.<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">D-$21.50<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">C-$25.50<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">B-$32.50<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">A-$20.50<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.43.22"></a><var>43.22</var><br/>
<a id="pl.43.23"></a><var>43.23</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Classified Driver's <br/>
License<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">D-$22.25<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">C-$26.25<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">B-$33.25<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">A-$41.25<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.43.24"></a><var>43.24</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Classified Under-21 D.L.<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">D-$22.25<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">C-$26.25<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">B-$33.25<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">A-$21.25<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.43.25"></a><var>43.25</var><br/>
<a id="pl.43.26"></a><var>43.26</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Instruction Permit<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$9.50<br/>
$10.25<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.43.27"></a><var>43.27</var><br/>
<a id="pl.43.28"></a><var>43.28</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Provisional License<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$12.50<br/>
$13.25<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.43.29"></a><var>43.29</var><br/>
<a id="pl.43.30"></a><var>43.30</var><br/>
<a id="pl.43.31"></a><var>43.31</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Duplicate License or <br/>
                  		duplicate identification <br/>
                  		card<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$11.00<br/>
$11.75<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.43.32"></a><var>43.32</var><br/>
<a id="pl.43.33"></a><var>43.33</var><br/>
<a id="pl.43.34"></a><var>43.34</var><br/>
<a id="pl.43.35"></a><var>43.35</var><br/>
<a id="pl.43.36"></a><var>43.36</var><br/>
<a id="pl.43.37"></a><var>43.37</var><br/>
<a id="pl.43.38"></a><var>43.38</var><br/>
<a id="pl.43.39"></a><var>43.39</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Minnesota identification <br/>
                  		card or Under-21 <br/>
                  		Minnesota identification <br/>
                  		card, other than duplicate, <br/>
                  		except as otherwise <br/>
                  		provided in section <br/>
<statute_ref>171.07, subdivisions 3 <br/>
                     		and 3a<br/>
</statute_ref>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$15.50<br/>
$16.25<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.43.40"></a><var>43.40</var>    (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), an individual who holds a provisional license and <br/>
<a id="pl.43.41"></a><var>43.41</var>has a driving record free of (1) convictions for a violation of section 
         <statute_ref>169A.20</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>169A.33</statute_ref>, <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.43.42"></a><var>43.42</var>169A.35
         </statute_ref>, or sections 
         <statute_ref>169A.50</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>169A.53</statute_ref>, (2) convictions for crash-related moving <br/>
<a id="pl.43.43"></a><var>43.43</var>violations, and (3) convictions for moving violations that are not crash related, shall have a <br/>
<a id="pl.44.1"></a><var>44.1</var>$3.50 credit toward the fee for any classified under-21 driver's license. "Moving violation" <br/>
<a id="pl.44.2"></a><var>44.2</var>has the meaning given it in section 
         <statute_ref>171.04, subdivision 1</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.44.3"></a><var>44.3</var>    (c) In addition to the driver's license fee required under paragraph (a), the <br/>
<a id="pl.44.4"></a><var>44.4</var>commissioner shall collect an additional $4 processing fee from each new applicant <br/>
<a id="pl.44.5"></a><var>44.5</var>or individual renewing a license with a school bus endorsement to cover the costs for <br/>
<a id="pl.44.6"></a><var>44.6</var>processing an applicant's initial and biennial physical examination certificate. The <br/>
<a id="pl.44.7"></a><var>44.7</var>department shall not charge these applicants any other fee to receive or renew the <br/>
<a id="pl.44.8"></a><var>44.8</var>endorsement.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.6.5.0"></a><a id="pl.44.9"></a><var>44.9</var>    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 171.07, subdivision 3a, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.44.10"></a><var>44.10</var>    Subd. 3a. <b>Identification cards for seniors.</b> A Minnesota identification card issued <br/>
<a id="pl.44.11"></a><var>44.11</var>to an applicant 65 years of age or over shall be of a distinguishing color and plainly <br/>
<a id="pl.44.12"></a><var>44.12</var>marked "senior." The fee for the card issued to an applicant 65 years of age or over shall <br/>
<a id="pl.44.13"></a><var>44.13</var>be one-half the required fee for a class D driver's license rounded down to the nearest <br/>
<a id="pl.44.14"></a><var>44.14</var>quarter dollar. A Minnesota identification card or a Minnesota driver's license issued to a <br/>
<a id="pl.44.15"></a><var>44.15</var>person 65 years of age or over shall be valid identification for the purpose of qualifying <br/>
<a id="pl.44.16"></a><var>44.16</var>for reduced rates, free licenses or services provided by any board, commission, agency or <br/>
<a id="pl.44.17"></a><var>44.17</var>institution that is wholly or partially funded by state appropriations.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.6.6.0"></a><a id="pl.44.18"></a><var>44.18</var>    Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 171.07, subdivision 11, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.44.19"></a><var>44.19</var>    Subd. 11. <b>Standby or temporary custodian.</b> (a) Upon the written request of the <br/>
<a id="pl.44.20"></a><var>44.20</var>applicant and upon payment of an additional fee of $3.50 $4.25, the department shall issue <br/>
<a id="pl.44.21"></a><var>44.21</var>a driver's license or Minnesota identification card bearing a symbol or other appropriate <br/>
<a id="pl.44.22"></a><var>44.22</var>identifier indicating that the license holder has appointed an individual to serve as a <br/>
<a id="pl.44.23"></a><var>44.23</var>standby or temporary custodian under chapter 257B.<br/>
<a id="pl.44.24"></a><var>44.24</var>    (b) The request must be accompanied by a copy of the designation executed under <br/>
<a id="pl.44.25"></a><var>44.25</var>section 
         <statute_ref>257B.04</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.44.26"></a><var>44.26</var>    (c) The department shall maintain a computerized records system of all individuals <br/>
<a id="pl.44.27"></a><var>44.27</var>listed as standby or temporary custodians by driver's license and identification card <br/>
<a id="pl.44.28"></a><var>44.28</var>applicants. This data must be released to appropriate law enforcement agencies under <br/>
<a id="pl.44.29"></a><var>44.29</var>section 
         <statute_ref>13.69</statute_ref>. Upon a parent's request and payment of a fee of $3.50 $4.25, the <br/>
<a id="pl.44.30"></a><var>44.30</var>department shall revise its list of standby or temporary custodians to reflect a change <br/>
<a id="pl.44.31"></a><var>44.31</var>in the appointment.<br/>
<a id="pl.44.32"></a><var>44.32</var>    (d) At the request of the license or cardholder, the department shall cancel the <br/>
<a id="pl.44.33"></a><var>44.33</var>standby or temporary custodian indication without additional charge. However, this <br/>
<a id="pl.44.34"></a><var>44.34</var>paragraph does not prohibit a fee that may be applicable for a duplicate or replacement <br/>
<a id="pl.45.1"></a><var>45.1</var>license or card, renewal of a license, or other service applicable to a driver's license or <br/>
<a id="pl.45.2"></a><var>45.2</var>identification card.<br/>
<a id="pl.45.3"></a><var>45.3</var>    (e) Notwithstanding sections 
         <statute_ref>13.08, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, and 
         <statute_ref>13.69</statute_ref>, the department <br/>
<a id="pl.45.4"></a><var>45.4</var>and department employees are conclusively presumed to be acting in good faith when <br/>
<a id="pl.45.5"></a><var>45.5</var>employees rely on statements made, in person or by telephone, by persons purporting to be <br/>
<a id="pl.45.6"></a><var>45.6</var>law enforcement and subsequently release information described in paragraph (b). When <br/>
<a id="pl.45.7"></a><var>45.7</var>acting in good faith, the department and department personnel are immune from civil <br/>
<a id="pl.45.8"></a><var>45.8</var>liability and not subject to suit for damages resulting from the release of this information.<br/>
<a id="pl.45.9"></a><var>45.9</var>    (f) The department and its employees:<br/>
<a id="pl.45.10"></a><var>45.10</var>    (1) have no duty to inquire or otherwise determine whether a designation submitted <br/>
<a id="pl.45.11"></a><var>45.11</var>under this subdivision is legally valid and enforceable; and<br/>
<a id="pl.45.12"></a><var>45.12</var>    (2) are immune from all civil liability and not subject to suit for damages resulting <br/>
<a id="pl.45.13"></a><var>45.13</var>from a claim that the designation was not legally valid and enforceable.<br/>
<a id="pl.45.14"></a><var>45.14</var>    (g) Of the fees received by the department under this subdivision:<br/>
<a id="pl.45.15"></a><var>45.15</var>    (1) Up to $61,000 received must be deposited in the general fund.<br/>
<a id="pl.45.16"></a><var>45.16</var>    (2) All other fees must be deposited in the driver services operating account in the <br/>
<a id="pl.45.17"></a><var>45.17</var>special revenue fund specified in section 
         <statute_ref>299A.705</statute_ref>.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.6.7.0"></a><a id="pl.45.18"></a><var>45.18</var>    Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 171.20, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.45.19"></a><var>45.19</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Reinstatement fee.</b> (a) Before the license is reinstated, (1) an individual <br/>
<a id="pl.45.20"></a><var>45.20</var>whose driver's license has been suspended under section 
         <statute_ref>171.16, subdivisions 2 and 3</statute_ref>; <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.45.21"></a><var>45.21</var>171.175; 171.18
         </statute_ref>; or 
         <statute_ref>171.182</statute_ref>, or who has been disqualified from holding a commercial <br/>
<a id="pl.45.22"></a><var>45.22</var>driver's license under section 
         <statute_ref>171.165</statute_ref>, and (2) an individual whose driver's license has <br/>
<a id="pl.45.23"></a><var>45.23</var>been suspended under section 
         <statute_ref>171.186</statute_ref> and who is not exempt from such a fee, must <br/>
<a id="pl.45.24"></a><var>45.24</var>pay a fee of $20.<br/>
<a id="pl.45.25"></a><var>45.25</var>    (b) Before the license is reinstated, an individual whose license has been suspended <br/>
<a id="pl.45.26"></a><var>45.26</var>under sections 
         <statute_ref>169.791</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>169.798</statute_ref> must pay a $20 reinstatement fee.<br/>
<a id="pl.45.27"></a><var>45.27</var>    (c) When fees are collected by a licensing agent appointed under section 
         <statute_ref>171.061</statute_ref>, a <br/>
<a id="pl.45.28"></a><var>45.28</var>handling charge is imposed in the amount specified under section 
         <statute_ref>171.061, subdivision 4</statute_ref>. <br/>
<a id="pl.45.29"></a><var>45.29</var>The reinstatement fee and surcharge must be deposited in an approved state depository as <br/>
<a id="pl.45.30"></a><var>45.30</var>directed under section 
         <statute_ref>171.061, subdivision 4</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.45.31"></a><var>45.31</var>    (d) Reinstatement fees collected under paragraph (a) for suspensions under sections <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.45.32"></a><var>45.32</var>171.16, subdivision 3
         </statute_ref>, and 
         <statute_ref>171.18, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, clause (10), must be deposited in the <br/>
<a id="pl.45.33"></a><var>45.33</var>special revenue fund and are appropriated to the Peace Officer Standards and Training <br/>
<a id="pl.45.34"></a><var>45.34</var>Board for peace officer training reimbursement to local units of government.<br/>
<a id="pl.45.35"></a><var>45.35</var>    (e) A suspension may be rescinded without fee for good cause.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.6.8.0"></a><a id="pl.46.1"></a><var>46.1</var>    Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 299D.09, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.46.2"></a><var>46.2</var><b>299D.09 ESCORT SERVICE; APPROPRIATION; RECEIPTS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.46.3"></a><var>46.3</var>    Fees charged for escort services provided by the State Patrol are annually <br/>
<a id="pl.46.4"></a><var>46.4</var>appropriated to the commissioner of public safety to administer and provide these services.<br/>
<a id="pl.46.5"></a><var>46.5</var>    The fees charged for services provided by the State Patrol with a vehicle are $73.60 <br/>
<a id="pl.46.6"></a><var>46.6</var>an hour in fiscal year 2008 and $75.76 an hour in fiscal year 2009 and thereafter. The fees <br/>
<a id="pl.46.7"></a><var>46.7</var>charged for services provided without a vehicle are $54.00 an hour in fiscal year 2008 and <br/>
<a id="pl.46.8"></a><var>46.8</var>$56.16 an hour in fiscal year 2009 and thereafter.<br/>
<a id="pl.46.9"></a><var>46.9</var>    The fees charged for State Patrol flight services are $140 an hour for a fixed wing <br/>
<a id="pl.46.10"></a><var>46.10</var>aircraft, $490 an hour for a helicopter, and $600 an hour for the Queen Air.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.7.0.0"></a>

<a id="bill.7.1.0"></a><a id="pl.46.13"></a><var>46.13</var>    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 161.081, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.46.14"></a><var>46.14</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Flexible highway account; turnback accounts.</b> (a) The flexible highway <br/>
<a id="pl.46.15"></a><var>46.15</var>account is created in the state treasury. Money in the account may be used either for the:<br/>
<a id="pl.46.16"></a><var>46.16</var>    (1) restoration of former trunk highways that have reverted to counties or to <br/>
<a id="pl.46.17"></a><var>46.17</var>statutory or home rule charter cities or for regular trunk highway purposes, or for trunk <br/>
<a id="pl.46.18"></a><var>46.18</var>highways that will be restored and subsequently turned back by agreement between the <br/>
<a id="pl.46.19"></a><var>46.19</var>commissioner and the local road authority;<br/>
<a id="pl.46.20"></a><var>46.20</var>    (2) safety improvements on county highways, municipal highways, streets, or town <br/>
<a id="pl.46.21"></a><var>46.21</var>roads; and<br/>
<a id="pl.46.22"></a><var>46.22</var>    (3) routes of regional significance.<br/>
<a id="pl.46.23"></a><var>46.23</var>    (b) For purposes of this subdivision, "restoration" means the level of effort required <br/>
<a id="pl.46.24"></a><var>46.24</var>to improve the route that will be turned back to an acceptable condition as determined <br/>
<a id="pl.46.25"></a><var>46.25</var>by agreement made between the commissioner and the county or city before the route <br/>
<a id="pl.46.26"></a><var>46.26</var>is turned back.<br/>
<a id="pl.46.27"></a><var>46.27</var>    (c) The commissioner shall review the need for funds to restore highways that <br/>
<a id="pl.46.28"></a><var>46.28</var>have been or will be turned back and the need for funds for the trunk highway system. <br/>
<a id="pl.46.29"></a><var>46.29</var>The commissioner shall determine, on a biennial basis, the percentage of this flexible <br/>
<a id="pl.46.30"></a><var>46.30</var>account to be distributed to each district and within each district the percentage to be <br/>
<a id="pl.46.31"></a><var>46.31</var>used for county turnbacks, for municipal turnbacks, and for regular trunk highway <br/>
<a id="pl.46.32"></a><var>46.32</var>projects for trunk highways that will be restored and subsequently turned back to local <br/>
<a id="pl.46.33"></a><var>46.33</var>governments, by agreement between the commissioner and the local road authority, for <br/>
<a id="pl.46.34"></a><var>46.34</var>safety improvements, and for routes of regional significance. Money in the account may <br/>
<a id="pl.46.35"></a><var>46.35</var>be used for safety improvements and routes of regional significance only after money is set <br/>
<a id="pl.47.1"></a><var>47.1</var>aside to restore the identified turnbacks. The commissioner shall make this determination <br/>
<a id="pl.47.2"></a><var>47.2</var>these determinations only after meeting and holding discussions with committees selected <br/>
<a id="pl.47.3"></a><var>47.3</var>by the statewide associations of both county commissioners and municipal officials.<br/>
<a id="pl.47.4"></a><var>47.4</var>    (d) Money that will be used for the restoration of trunk highways that have reverted <br/>
<a id="pl.47.5"></a><var>47.5</var>or that will revert to cities must be deposited in the municipal turnback account, which is <br/>
<a id="pl.47.6"></a><var>47.6</var>created in the state treasury.<br/>
<a id="pl.47.7"></a><var>47.7</var>    (e) Money that will be used for the restoration of trunk highways that have reverted <br/>
<a id="pl.47.8"></a><var>47.8</var>or that will revert to counties must be deposited in the county turnback account, which is <br/>
<a id="pl.47.9"></a><var>47.9</var>created in the state treasury.<br/>
<a id="pl.47.10"></a><var>47.10</var>    (f) Money that will be used for safety improvements must be deposited in the <br/>
<a id="pl.47.11"></a><var>47.11</var>highway safety improvement account, which is created in the state treasury to be used <br/>
<a id="pl.47.12"></a><var>47.12</var>as grants to statutory or home rule charter cities, towns, and counties to assist in paying <br/>
<a id="pl.47.13"></a><var>47.13</var>the costs of constructing or reconstructing city streets, county highways, or town roads <br/>
<a id="pl.47.14"></a><var>47.14</var>to reduce crashes, deaths, injuries, and property damage.<br/>
<a id="pl.47.15"></a><var>47.15</var>    (g) Money that will be used for routes of regional significance must be deposited in <br/>
<a id="pl.47.16"></a><var>47.16</var>the routes of regional significance account, which is created in the state treasury, and used <br/>
<a id="pl.47.17"></a><var>47.17</var>as grants to statutory or home rule charter cities, towns, and counties to assist in paying <br/>
<a id="pl.47.18"></a><var>47.18</var>the costs of constructing or reconstructing city streets, county highways, or town roads <br/>
<a id="pl.47.19"></a><var>47.19</var>with statewide or regional significance that have not been fully funded through other state, <br/>
<a id="pl.47.20"></a><var>47.20</var>federal, or local funding sources.<br/>
<a id="pl.47.21"></a><var>47.21</var>    (h) As part of each biennial budget submission to the legislature, the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.47.22"></a><var>47.22</var>shall describe how the money in the flexible highway account will be apportioned among <br/>
<a id="pl.47.23"></a><var>47.23</var>the county turnback account, the municipal turnback account, and the trunk highway <br/>
<a id="pl.47.24"></a><var>47.24</var>fund for routes turned back to local governments by agreement, the highway safety <br/>
<a id="pl.47.25"></a><var>47.25</var>improvement account, and the routes of regional significance account.<br/>
<a id="pl.47.26"></a><var>47.26</var>    (g) Money apportioned from the flexible highway account to the trunk highway fund <br/>
<a id="pl.47.27"></a><var>47.27</var>must be used for state road construction and engineering costs.<br/>
<a id="pl.47.28"></a><var>47.28</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b> Paragraph (h) is effective January 1, 2009, and the remainder <br/>
<a id="pl.47.29"></a><var>47.29</var>of this section is effective July 1, 2009.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.7.2.0"></a><a id="pl.47.30"></a><var>47.30</var>    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 171.29, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.47.31"></a><var>47.31</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Reinstatement fees and surcharges allocated and appropriated.</b> (a) <br/>
<a id="pl.47.32"></a><var>47.32</var>An individual whose driver's license has been revoked as provided in subdivision 1, <br/>
<a id="pl.47.33"></a><var>47.33</var>except under section 
         <statute_ref>169A.52</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>169A.54</statute_ref>, or 
         <statute_ref>609.21</statute_ref>, must pay a $30 fee before the driver's <br/>
<a id="pl.47.34"></a><var>47.34</var>license is reinstated.<br/>
<a id="pl.48.1"></a><var>48.1</var>    (b) A person whose driver's license has been revoked as provided in subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.48.2"></a><var>48.2</var>1 under section 
         <statute_ref>169A.52</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>169A.54</statute_ref>, or 
         <statute_ref>609.21</statute_ref>, must pay a $250 fee plus a $40 $430 <br/>
<a id="pl.48.3"></a><var>48.3</var>surcharge before the driver's license is reinstated, except as provided in paragraph (f). <br/>
<a id="pl.48.4"></a><var>48.4</var>Beginning July 1, 2002, the surcharge is $145. Beginning July 1, 2003, the surcharge is <br/>
<a id="pl.48.5"></a><var>48.5</var>$430. The $250 fee is to be credited as follows:<br/>
<a id="pl.48.6"></a><var>48.6</var>    (1) Twenty percent must be credited to the driver services operating account in the <br/>
<a id="pl.48.7"></a><var>48.7</var>special revenue fund as specified in section 
         <statute_ref>299A.705</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.48.8"></a><var>48.8</var>    (2) Sixty-seven percent must be credited to the general fund.<br/>
<a id="pl.48.9"></a><var>48.9</var>    (3) Eight percent must be credited to a separate account to be known as the Bureau <br/>
<a id="pl.48.10"></a><var>48.10</var>of Criminal Apprehension account. Money in this account may be appropriated to the <br/>
<a id="pl.48.11"></a><var>48.11</var>commissioner of public safety and the appropriated amount must be apportioned 80 percent <br/>
<a id="pl.48.12"></a><var>48.12</var>for laboratory costs and 20 percent for carrying out the provisions of section 
         <statute_ref>299C.065</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.48.13"></a><var>48.13</var>    (4) Five percent must be credited to a separate account to be known as the vehicle <br/>
<a id="pl.48.14"></a><var>48.14</var>forfeiture account, which is created in the special revenue fund. The money in the account <br/>
<a id="pl.48.15"></a><var>48.15</var>is annually appropriated to the commissioner for costs of handling vehicle forfeitures.<br/>
<a id="pl.48.16"></a><var>48.16</var>    (c) The revenue from $50 of each the surcharge must be credited to a separate <br/>
<a id="pl.48.17"></a><var>48.17</var>account to be known as the traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury account. The <br/>
<a id="pl.48.18"></a><var>48.18</var>revenue from $50 of the surcharge on a reinstatement under paragraph (f) is credited from <br/>
<a id="pl.48.19"></a><var>48.19</var>the first installment payment to the traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury account. <br/>
<a id="pl.48.20"></a><var>48.20</var>The money in the account is annually appropriated to the commissioner of health to be <br/>
<a id="pl.48.21"></a><var>48.21</var>used as follows: 83 percent for contracts with a qualified community-based organization <br/>
<a id="pl.48.22"></a><var>48.22</var>to provide information, resources, and support to assist persons with traumatic brain <br/>
<a id="pl.48.23"></a><var>48.23</var>injury and their families to access services, and 17 percent to maintain the traumatic <br/>
<a id="pl.48.24"></a><var>48.24</var>brain injury and spinal cord injury registry created in section 
         <statute_ref>144.662</statute_ref>. For the purposes <br/>
<a id="pl.48.25"></a><var>48.25</var>of this paragraph, a "qualified community-based organization" is a private, not-for-profit <br/>
<a id="pl.48.26"></a><var>48.26</var>organization of consumers of traumatic brain injury services and their family members. <br/>
<a id="pl.48.27"></a><var>48.27</var>The organization must be registered with the United States Internal Revenue Service under <br/>
<a id="pl.48.28"></a><var>48.28</var>section 501(c)(3) as a tax-exempt organization and must have as its purposes:<br/>
<a id="pl.48.29"></a><var>48.29</var>    (1) the promotion of public, family, survivor, and professional awareness of the <br/>
<a id="pl.48.30"></a><var>48.30</var>incidence and consequences of traumatic brain injury;<br/>
<a id="pl.48.31"></a><var>48.31</var>    (2) the provision of a network of support for persons with traumatic brain injury, <br/>
<a id="pl.48.32"></a><var>48.32</var>their families, and friends;<br/>
<a id="pl.48.33"></a><var>48.33</var>    (3) the development and support of programs and services to prevent traumatic <br/>
<a id="pl.48.34"></a><var>48.34</var>brain injury;<br/>
<a id="pl.48.35"></a><var>48.35</var>    (4) the establishment of education programs for persons with traumatic brain injury; <br/>
<a id="pl.48.36"></a><var>48.36</var>and<br/>
<a id="pl.49.1"></a><var>49.1</var>    (5) the empowerment of persons with traumatic brain injury through participation <br/>
<a id="pl.49.2"></a><var>49.2</var>in its governance.<br/>
<a id="pl.49.3"></a><var>49.3</var>A patient's name, identifying information, or identifiable medical data must not be <br/>
<a id="pl.49.4"></a><var>49.4</var>disclosed to the organization without the informed voluntary written consent of the patient <br/>
<a id="pl.49.5"></a><var>49.5</var>or patient's guardian or, if the patient is a minor, of the parent or guardian of the patient.<br/>
<a id="pl.49.6"></a><var>49.6</var>    (d) The remainder of the surcharge must be credited to a separate account to be <br/>
<a id="pl.49.7"></a><var>49.7</var>known as the remote electronic alcohol-monitoring program account. The commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.49.8"></a><var>49.8</var>shall transfer the balance of this account to the commissioner of finance on a monthly <br/>
<a id="pl.49.9"></a><var>49.9</var>basis for deposit in the general fund.<br/>
<a id="pl.49.10"></a><var>49.10</var>    (e) When these fees are collected by a licensing agent, appointed under section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.49.11"></a><var>49.11</var>171.061
         </statute_ref>, a handling charge is imposed in the amount specified under section 
         <statute_ref>171.061, <br/>
<a id="pl.49.12"></a><var>49.12</var>subdivision 4
         </statute_ref>. The reinstatement fees and surcharge must be deposited in an approved <br/>
<a id="pl.49.13"></a><var>49.13</var>depository as directed under section 
         <statute_ref>171.061, subdivision 4</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.49.14"></a><var>49.14</var>    (f) A person whose driver's license has been revoked as provided in subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.49.15"></a><var>49.15</var>1 under section 169A.52 or 169A.54 and who the court certifies as being financially <br/>
<a id="pl.49.16"></a><var>49.16</var>eligible for a public defender under section 611.17, may choose to pay 50 percent and <br/>
<a id="pl.49.17"></a><var>49.17</var>an additional $25 of the total amount of the surcharge and 50 percent of the fee required <br/>
<a id="pl.49.18"></a><var>49.18</var>under paragraph (b) to reinstate the person's driver's license, provided the person meets all <br/>
<a id="pl.49.19"></a><var>49.19</var>other requirements of reinstatement. If a person chooses to pay 50 percent of the total and <br/>
<a id="pl.49.20"></a><var>49.20</var>an additional $25, the driver's license must expire after two years. The person must pay an <br/>
<a id="pl.49.21"></a><var>49.21</var>additional 50 percent less $25 of the total to extend the license for an additional two years, <br/>
<a id="pl.49.22"></a><var>49.22</var>provided the person is otherwise still eligible for the license. After this final payment of <br/>
<a id="pl.49.23"></a><var>49.23</var>the surcharge and fee, the license may be renewed on a standard schedule, as provided <br/>
<a id="pl.49.24"></a><var>49.24</var>under section 171.27. A handling charge may be imposed for each installment payment. <br/>
<a id="pl.49.25"></a><var>49.25</var>Revenue from the handling charge is credited to the driver services operating account in <br/>
<a id="pl.49.26"></a><var>49.26</var>the special revenue fund and is appropriated to the commissioner.<br/>
<a id="pl.49.27"></a><var>49.27</var>    (g) Any person making installment payments under paragraph (f), whose driver's <br/>
<a id="pl.49.28"></a><var>49.28</var>license subsequently expires, or is canceled, revoked, or suspended before payment of <br/>
<a id="pl.49.29"></a><var>49.29</var>100 percent of the surcharge and fee, must pay the outstanding balance due for the initial <br/>
<a id="pl.49.30"></a><var>49.30</var>reinstatement before the driver's license is subsequently reinstated. Upon payment of <br/>
<a id="pl.49.31"></a><var>49.31</var>the outstanding balance due for the initial reinstatement, the person may pay any new <br/>
<a id="pl.49.32"></a><var>49.32</var>surcharge and fee imposed under paragraph (b) in installment payments as provided <br/>
<a id="pl.49.33"></a><var>49.33</var>under paragraph (f).<br/>
<a id="pl.49.34"></a><var>49.34</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2008.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.7.3.0"></a><a id="pl.49.35"></a><var>49.35</var>    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 174.03, subdivision 9, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.50.1"></a><var>50.1</var>    Subd. 9. <b>Forecast of revenues and expenditures.</b> In cooperation with the <br/>
<a id="pl.50.2"></a><var>50.2</var>Department of Finance and as required by section 
         <statute_ref>16A.103</statute_ref>, the commissioner shall <br/>
<a id="pl.50.3"></a><var>50.3</var>prepare in February and November of each year a forecast of highway user tax distribution <br/>
<a id="pl.50.4"></a><var>50.4</var>fund and trunk highway fund revenues and expenditures. The forecast must include an <br/>
<a id="pl.50.5"></a><var>50.5</var>analysis of economic information and the potential impact on highway user fund revenues, <br/>
<a id="pl.50.6"></a><var>50.6</var>historical growth rate information, and other variables affecting revenue assumptions and <br/>
<a id="pl.50.7"></a><var>50.7</var>forecasted future growth rates. The forecast must include an analysis of trunk highway <br/>
<a id="pl.50.8"></a><var>50.8</var>bonding and the necessary debt service payments, and assumptions regarding federal <br/>
<a id="pl.50.9"></a><var>50.9</var>transportation funds. The commissioner shall review the forecast information with the <br/>
<a id="pl.50.10"></a><var>50.10</var>chairs of the senate and house of representatives committees with jurisdiction over finance, <br/>
<a id="pl.50.11"></a><var>50.11</var>ways and means, and transportation finance and with legislative fiscal staff no later than <br/>
<a id="pl.50.12"></a><var>50.12</var>two weeks before one week following the release of the forecast is released and shall <br/>
<a id="pl.50.13"></a><var>50.13</var>inform the chairs and staff of changes made from previous forecasts.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.7.4.0"></a><a id="pl.50.14"></a><var>50.14</var>    Sec. 4. <b>[398A.10] TRANSIT FUNDING.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.50.15"></a><var>50.15</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Capital costs.</b> A county regional railroad authority may not <br/>
<a id="pl.50.16"></a><var>50.16</var>contribute more than ten percent of the capital costs on a transit project. For purposes of <br/>
<a id="pl.50.17"></a><var>50.17</var>this section, "transit project" includes, but is not limited to, light rail transit, bus, bus <br/>
<a id="pl.50.18"></a><var>50.18</var>rapid transit, and commuter rail.<br/>
<a id="pl.50.19"></a><var>50.19</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Operating and maintenance costs.</b> A county regional railroad authority <br/>
<a id="pl.50.20"></a><var>50.20</var>may not contribute any funds to pay the operating and maintenance costs for a transit <br/>
<a id="pl.50.21"></a><var>50.21</var>project, as defined in subdivision 1. If a county regional railroad authority is contributing <br/>
<a id="pl.50.22"></a><var>50.22</var>funds for operating and maintenance costs on a transit project on the date of the enactment <br/>
<a id="pl.50.23"></a><var>50.23</var>of this act, the authority may continue to contribute funds for these purposes until January <br/>
<a id="pl.50.24"></a><var>50.24</var>1, 2008.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.7.5.0"></a><a id="pl.50.25"></a><var>50.25</var>    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 473.388, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.50.26"></a><var>50.26</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Financial assistance.</b> (a) The council must grant the requested financial <br/>
<a id="pl.50.27"></a><var>50.27</var>assistance if it determines that the proposed service is intended to replace the service to <br/>
<a id="pl.50.28"></a><var>50.28</var>the applying city or town or combination thereof by the council and that the proposed <br/>
<a id="pl.50.29"></a><var>50.29</var>service will meet the needs of the applicant at least as efficiently and effectively as the <br/>
<a id="pl.50.30"></a><var>50.30</var>existing service.<br/>
<a id="pl.50.31"></a><var>50.31</var>    (b) The amount of assistance which the council must provide to a system under this <br/>
<a id="pl.50.32"></a><var>50.32</var>section may not be less than the sum of the amounts determined for each municipality <br/>
<a id="pl.50.33"></a><var>50.33</var>comprising the system as follows:<br/>
<a id="pl.51.1"></a><var>51.1</var>    (1) the transit operating assistance grants received under this subdivision by the <br/>
<a id="pl.51.2"></a><var>51.2</var>municipality in calendar year 2001 or the tax revenues for transit services levied by the <br/>
<a id="pl.51.3"></a><var>51.3</var>municipality for taxes payable in 2001, including that portion of the levy derived from <br/>
<a id="pl.51.4"></a><var>51.4</var>the areawide pool under section 
         <statute_ref>473F.08, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, clause (a), plus the portion of <br/>
<a id="pl.51.5"></a><var>51.5</var>the municipality's aid under section 
         <statute_ref>273.1398, subdivision 2</statute_ref>, attributable to the transit <br/>
<a id="pl.51.6"></a><var>51.6</var>levy; times <br/>
<a id="pl.51.7"></a><var>51.7</var>    (2) the ratio of (i) the appropriation from the transit fund to the council for nondebt <br/>
<a id="pl.51.8"></a><var>51.8</var>transit operations an amount equal to 3.74 percent of the state revenues generated from <br/>
<a id="pl.51.9"></a><var>51.9</var>the taxes imposed under chapter 297B for the current fiscal year to (ii) the total levy <br/>
<a id="pl.51.10"></a><var>51.10</var>certified by the council under section 
<statute_ref>473.446</statute_ref> and the opt-out transit operating assistance <br/>
<a id="pl.51.11"></a><var>51.11</var>grants received under this subdivision in calendar year 2001 or the tax revenues for transit <br/>
<a id="pl.51.12"></a><var>51.12</var>services levied by all replacement service municipalities under this section for taxes <br/>
<a id="pl.51.13"></a><var>51.13</var>payable in 2001, including that portion of the levy derived from the areawide pool under <br/>
<a id="pl.51.14"></a><var>51.14</var>section 473F.08, subdivision 3, clause (a), plus the portion of homestead and agricultural <br/>
<a id="pl.51.15"></a><var>51.15</var>credit aid under section 
         <statute_ref>273.1398, subdivision 2</statute_ref>, attributable to nondebt transit levies, <br/>
<a id="pl.51.16"></a><var>51.16</var>times <br/>
<a id="pl.51.17"></a><var>51.17</var>    (3) the ratio of (i) the municipality's total taxable market value for taxes payable in <br/>
<a id="pl.51.18"></a><var>51.18</var>the most recent year for which data is available 2006 divided by the municipality's total <br/>
<a id="pl.51.19"></a><var>51.19</var>taxable market value for taxes payable in 2001, to (ii) the total taxable market value of <br/>
<a id="pl.51.20"></a><var>51.20</var>all property in the metropolitan area located in replacement service municipalities for <br/>
<a id="pl.51.21"></a><var>51.21</var>taxes payable in the most recent year for which data is available 2006 divided by the <br/>
<a id="pl.51.22"></a><var>51.22</var>total taxable market value of all property in the metropolitan area located in replacement <br/>
<a id="pl.51.23"></a><var>51.23</var>service municipalities for taxes payable in 2001.<br/>
<a id="pl.51.24"></a><var>51.24</var>    (c) The council shall pay the amount to be provided to the recipient from the funds <br/>
<a id="pl.51.25"></a><var>51.25</var>the council would otherwise use to fund its transit operations receives in the metropolitan <br/>
<a id="pl.51.26"></a><var>51.26</var>area transit account under section 16A.88."<br/>
<a id="pl.51.27"></a><var>51.27</var>Delete the title and insert:<br/>

<a id="pl.51.30"></a><var>51.30</var>Metropolitan Council, and public safety activities; providing for grants, a pilot <br/>
<a id="pl.51.31"></a><var>51.31</var>project, a task force, fund transfers, general contingent accounts, highway debt <br/>
<a id="pl.51.32"></a><var>51.32</var>service, local roads, town road signs, planning for the Republican National <br/>
<a id="pl.51.33"></a><var>51.33</var>Convention, and tort claims; authorizing sale and issuance of trunk highway <br/>
<a id="pl.51.34"></a><var>51.34</var>bonds for highways, transportation facilities, and transit facilities; modifying <br/>
<a id="pl.51.35"></a><var>51.35</var>motor fuel and registration taxes; allocating motor vehicle sales and lease <br/>
<a id="pl.51.36"></a><var>51.36</var>tax revenues; modifying county state-aid allocation formula; modifying <br/>
<a id="pl.51.37"></a><var>51.37</var>metropolitan county wheelage tax; authorizing local transportation sales and <br/>
<a id="pl.51.38"></a><var>51.38</var>use taxes; modifying fees for license plates, drivers' licenses, identification <br/>
<a id="pl.51.39"></a><var>51.39</var>cards, and state patrol escort and flight services; modifying provisions relating <br/>
<a id="pl.51.40"></a><var>51.40</var>to various transportation-related funds and accounts; providing for transit and <br/>
<a id="pl.52.1"></a><var>52.1</var>other transportation-related activities; making technical and clarifying changes;<br/>
<a id="pl.52.2"></a><var>52.2</var>amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 16A.88; 161.081, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.52.3"></a><var>52.3</var>3; 162.06; 162.07, subdivision 1, by adding subdivisions; 163.051; 168.011, <br/>
<a id="pl.52.4"></a><var>52.4</var>subdivision 6; 168.013, subdivisions 1, 1a; 168.017, subdivision 3; 168.12, <br/>
<a id="pl.52.5"></a><var>52.5</var>subdivision 5; 168A.29, subdivision 1; 171.02, subdivision 3; 171.06, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.52.6"></a><var>52.6</var>2; 171.07, subdivisions 3a, 11; 171.20, subdivision 4; 171.29, subdivision 2; <br/>
<a id="pl.52.7"></a><var>52.7</var>174.03, subdivision 9; 174.24, subdivisions 1, 3b, 5; 296A.07, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.52.8"></a><var>52.8</var>3; 296A.08, subdivision 2; 297A.64, subdivision 2; 297A.815, by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.52.9"></a><var>52.9</var>subdivision; 297A.94; 297B.09, subdivision 1; 299D.09; 473.388, subdivision 4; <br/>
<a id="pl.52.10"></a><var>52.10</var>473.446, subdivision 1; Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 6, article 1, <br/>
<a id="pl.52.11"></a><var>52.11</var>section 4, subdivision 4; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, <br/>
<a id="pl.52.12"></a><var>52.12</var>chapters 296A; 297A; 398A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 174.32."<br/>
         		We request the adoption of this report and repassage of the bill.House Conferees: (Signed) Bernard Lieder, Frank Hornstein, Melissa Hortman, Terry Morrow, Ron ErhardtSenate Conferees: (Signed) Steve Murphy, D. Scott Dibble, Katie Sieben, Jim Carlson, Terri E. Bonoff
         <table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.53.1"></a><var>53.1</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">We request the adoption of this report and repassage of the bill.<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.53.2"></a><var>53.2</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">House Conferees:
                  <hr/>(Signed)<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.53.3"></a><var>53.3</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">
<hr/><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">
<hr/><br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.53.4"></a><var>53.4</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Bernard Lieder<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Frank Hornstein<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.53.5"></a><var>53.5</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">
<hr/><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">
<hr/><br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.53.6"></a><var>53.6</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Melissa Hortman<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Terry Morrow<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.53.7"></a><var>53.7</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">
<hr/><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.53.8"></a><var>53.8</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Ron Erhardt<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
</tr>
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<td><a id="pl.53.9"></a><var>53.9</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Senate Conferees:
                  <hr/>(Signed)<br/>
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<td><a id="pl.53.10"></a><var>53.10</var><br/>
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<td align="left" valign="bottom">
<hr/><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">
<hr/><br/>
</td>
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<td><a id="pl.53.11"></a><var>53.11</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Steve Murphy<br/>
</td>
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<td align="left" valign="bottom">D. Scott Dibble<br/>
</td>
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<td><a id="pl.53.12"></a><var>53.12</var><br/>
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<td align="left" valign="bottom">
<hr/><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">
<hr/><br/>
</td>
</tr>
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<td><a id="pl.53.13"></a><var>53.13</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Katie Sieben<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Jim Carlson<br/>
</td>
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<td><a id="pl.53.14"></a><var>53.14</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">
<hr/><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
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</tr>
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<td><a id="pl.53.15"></a><var>53.15</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Terri E. Bonoff<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
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</table>