1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; requiring transit implementation plan to meet 
1.3 	80 percent of transit needs in greater Minnesota by 2015; requiring annual 
1.4 	assessment of ADA paratransit ridership needs in metropolitan area; requiring 
1.5 	annual transit report;amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 174.24, by 
1.6 	adding a subdivision; 473.1465, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for 
1.7 	new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 174.
1.8 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.9 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 174.24, is amended by adding a 
1.10 	subdivision to read:
1.11 		Subd. 1a.Transit service needs implementation plan. The commissioner shall 
1.12 	develop and implement a transit service needs implementation plan that contains a goal of 
1.13 	meeting at least 80 percent of unmet transit service needs in greater Minnesota by July 1, 
1.14 	2015, and meeting at least 90 percent of unmet transit service needs in greater Minnesota 
1.15 	by July 1, 2025. The plan must include, but is not limited to, the following: an analysis of 
1.16 	ridership and transit service needs throughout greater Minnesota; a calculation of unmet 
1.17 	needs; an assessment of the level and type of service required to meet unmet needs; an 
1.18 	analysis of costs and revenue options; and, a plan to reduce unmet transit service needs as 
1.19 	specified in this subdivision. The plan must specifically address special transportation 
1.20 	service ridership and needs. The commissioner may amend the plan as necessary, and 
1.21 	may use all or part of the 2001 greater Minnesota public transportation plan created by the 
1.22 	Minnesota Department of Transportation.

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

1.24 	Sec. 2. [174.247] ANNUAL TRANSIT REPORT.
2.1 	(a) By February 15 annually, the commissioner shall submit a report to the legislature 
2.2 	on transit services outside the metropolitan area. The Metropolitan Council and any 
2.3 	public transit system receiving assistance under section 174.24 shall provide assistance 
2.4 	in creating the report, as requested by the commissioner.
2.5 	(b) The report must include, at a minimum, the following:
2.6 	(1) a descriptive overview of public transit in Minnesota;
2.7 	(2) a descriptive summary of funding sources and assistance programs;
2.8 	(3) a summary of each public transit system receiving assistance under section 
2.9 	174.24;
2.10 	(4) data that identifies use of volunteers in providing transit service;
2.11 	(5) financial data that identifies operating and capital costs, and funding sources, 
2.12 	for each public transit system and for each transit system classification under section 
2.13 	174.24, subdivision 3b;
2.14 	(6) a summary of progress with the transit service needs implementation plan under 
2.15 	section 174.24, subdivision 1a, including identification of any adjustments made to the 
2.16 	plan; and
2.17 	(7) a calculation of the amounts of surplus or insufficient funds available for (i) 
2.18 	paying the state share of transit operating costs under section 174.24, subdivision 3b, and 
2.19 	(ii) following the transit service needs implementation plan.

2.20 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2009.

2.21 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 473.1465, is amended by adding a subdivision 
2.22 	to read:
2.23 		Subd. 4.Special transportation service assessment. As part of its annual update to 
2.24 	the performance evaluation report under section 473.13, subdivision 1a, the Metropolitan 
2.25 	Council shall include an assessment of progress towards meeting transit goals for people 
2.26 	with disabilities. The assessment must include, but is not limited to, the following:
2.27 	(1) a description of proposed program enhancements;
2.28 	(2) an assessment of progress;
2.29 	(3) identification of the estimated total number of potential and actual riders who are 
2.30 	disabled;
2.31 	(4) an assessment of the level and type of service required to meet unmet ridership 
2.32 	needs; and
2.33 	(5) an analysis of costs and revenue options, including a calculation of the amounts 
2.34 	of surplus or insufficient funds available for achieving paratransit needs.

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

3.2 	Sec. 4. CREATION OF REPORT AND ASSESSMENT.
 3.3 	The Department of Transportation and the Metropolitan Council shall create the 
3.4 	reports and assessments required in this act within current appropriation levels.