Chapter No. 36 HF1309

Omnibus transportation finance bill.

Article 1: Transportation appropriations provided.

Sec. 1: Summary of appropriations provided.

Sec. 2: Transportation appropriations provided from the trunk highway fund for fiscal years 2010 and 2011.

Sec. 3: Department of transportation appropriations provided.
Subd 1: Total appropriation provided.
Subd 2: Multimodal systems appropriations provided; Aeronautics, transit, commuter and passenger rail, and freight appropriations included.
Subd 3: State roads appropriations provided; Infrastructure operations and maintenance, infrastructure investment and planning, and electronic communications appropriations included.
Subd 4: Local roads appropriations provided; County state-aid high fund, municipal state-aid street fund, and state aid appropriation adjustments included.
Subd 5: General support and services appropriations provided; Departmental support and buildings appropriations included.
Subd 6: Transfers provided.
Subd 7: State road construction appropriations use guidelines provided.
Subd 8: Contingent appropriation provided.
Subd 9: Appropriations carryforward provided.
Subd 10: Trunk highway fund use guidelines provided.
Subd 10: Disadvantaged business enterprise program provided.

Sec. 4: Metropolitan council appropriations provided.
Subd 1: Total appropriation provided.
Subd 2: Bus transit appropriation provided.
Subd 3: Rail operations appropriation provided.

Sec. 5: Department of public safety appropriations provided.
Subd 1: Total appropriation provided.
Subd 2: Administration and related services appropriations provided; Office or communications, public safety support, and technical support services included.
Subd 3: State patrol appropriations provided; Patrolling highways, commercial vehicle enforcement, and capitol security appropriations included.
Subd 4: Driver and vehicle series appropriations provided.
Subd 5: Traffic safety appropriation provided.
Subd 6: Pipeline safety appropriation provided.
Subd 7: Trunk highway fund use guidelines provided.

Sec. 6: General contingent accounts appropriations provided.

Sec. 7: Tort claims appropriations provided.

Sec. 8: Multimodal systems transit appropriation provision language modified.

Sec. 9: Transportation emergency relief appropriation related to the I-35W bridge collapse decreased.

Sec. 10: Metropolitan livable communities fund transfers authorized.

Sec. 11: Right-of-way acquisition loan fund transfers authorized.

Article 2: Trunk highway bonds provisions provided.

Sec. 1: Highway appropriation and bond sale provided.
Subd 1: Appropriation provided.
Subd 2: Effective date.

Article 3: Transportation finance and policy provisions provided.

Sec. 1: Additional revenues priority provision language modified.

Sec. 2: Mitigation of transportation construction impact on business provided.

Sec. 3: Trunk highway fund appropriations provision language modified.

Sec. 4: Administrative costs provision language modified.

Sec. 5: Stillwater lift bridge endowment account established.

Sec. 6: Registration period extension for a leased vehicle provision language modified.

Sec. 7: Fees collected from the sale of disability plates provision language modified.

Sec. 8: Collector plate transfer provision language modified.

Sec. 9: Replacement plates provision language modified.

Sec. 10: Special plates or certificate fees for the highway user fund
provision language modified.

Sec. 11: Commercial driver's license record keeping required.

Sec. 12: Transit services needs implementation plan requirement language modified.

Sec. 13: Operating assistance methods of payment provision language modified.

Sec. 14: Transit service provided for disabled veterans.

Sec. 15: Replacement or rehabilitation grants authorized for fracture-critical bridges.

Sec. 16: Passenger rail commissioner's duties provided.

Sec. 17: Passenger rail funding applications authorized.

Sec. 18: Passenger rail commissioner exercise of power provided.

Sec. 19: Revenue deposits provision language modified.

Sec. 20: Transit service provided for certified disabled veterans.

Sec. 21: Multimodal systems rail appropriations provision language modified.

Sec. 22: Local and regional level land use and transportation planning strategies report required.

Sec. 23: Passenger rail report required.

Sec. 24: Bus purchases required to be manufactured in Minnesota to the greatest extent possible.

Sec. 25: St. Cloud bridge site requirement provided.

Sec. 26: Metropolitan Council conveyance of the Apple Valley Transit Station to the Minnesota Valley Transit Authority required.

Sec. 27: Discount transit passes pilot program established for charitable organizations in aiding homeless individuals.

Sec. 28: Design-Build Project Selection Council established.

Sec. 29: Design-build contracting pilot program established.

ERS, 5/6/09