Relating to transportation

ARTICLE 1 - COUNTY WHEELAGE TAX

Expanding the county wheelage tax statewide, increasing the limit and requiring crediting to the road and bridge fund of the county levying the tax; modifying certain definitions under motor vehicle registration tax provisions

ARTICLE 2 - VEHICLE REGISTRATION TAX

Modifying the imposition of the motor vehicle registration tax on passenger automobiles in subsequent years; defining certain terms for exceptions purposes

ARTICLE 3 - MOTOR VEHICLE SALES TAX

Creating transit fund and accounts; establishing phase in of motor vehicles sales tax revenues to transportation

ARTICLE 4 - FUEL TAX

Increasing the gasoline and special fuels tax rates and providing for annual inflation adjustments by the commissioner of revenue

ARTICLE 5 - COUNTY STATE-AID FUND DISTRIBUTION

Modifying the county state aid highway fund apportionment formula, providing for the calculation and apportionment of the excess sum and apportionment sum and providing for construction apportionment

ARTICLE 6 - SALES TAX ON MOTOR VEHICLE LEASES

Modifying the deposit of revenues from the sales tax on motor vehicle leases and dedicating sales tax on motor vehicle leases to transportation; specifying certain tax proceeds reporting requirements

ARTICLE 7 - CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATIONS

Appropriating money to the commissioner of transportation and authorizing the issuance of state bonds for the Midwest regional rail initiative, local bridge replacement and rehabilitation, the local road improvement program, port development assistance ad greater Minnesota transit; appropriating money to the metropolitan council for a study of light rail transit in the marked interstate highway 35W corridor between the cities of Minneapolis and Lakeview, the central corridor transit way between downtown Minneapolis and downtown St. Paul, and for a grant to the Ramsey county regional railroad authority to revitalize Union Depot for use as a multimodal transit center in St. Paul; appropriating money to the commissioner of finance for bond sale expenses

ARTICLE 8 - LOCAL TRANSPORTATION SALES TAX

Authorizing the metropolitan transportation area joint powers board to impose a transportation sales and use tax and a sales tax on motor vehicles within the metropolitan transportation area, creating a metropolitan area transportation account for deposit of revenues and appropriating money in the fund to the commissioner of finance for allocation; requiring metropolitan counties to enter into a joint powers agreement to create a joint powers board, specifying certain membership representation requirements and powers and duties; authorizing and providing for imposition of the taxes outside the metropolitan transportation area, requiring dedication of the proceeds to specific transportation projects, requiring termination of the taxes after project completion; providing for administration, collection and enforcement of the taxes; specifying certain commissioner and metropolitan council reporting requirements

ARTICLE 9 - ROAD USER FEE TASK FORCE

Creating a road user fee task force to study the future of highway funding and alternatives to existing highway user tax mechanisms, specifying certain membership requirements and powers and duties; specifying certain pilot project and reporting requirements

ARTICLE 10 - APPROPRIATIONS

Specifying certain appropriations for the metropolitan council bus transit and greater Minnesota transit, and transferring money from the general fund to the local road improvement fund and the highway user tax distribution fund

ARTICLE 11 - TRUCK HIGHWAY BONDING

Specifying certain transportation and finance appropriations from the bond proceeds account in the truck highway fund and specifying bond sale authority
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