1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; providing for receipt and appropriation of federal 
1.3 	economic recovery funds;amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 161.36, 
1.4 	by adding subdivisions.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 161.36, is amended by adding a 
1.7 	subdivision to read:
1.8 		Subd. 7.Economic recovery funds. (a) All federal funds made available as of the 
1.9 	effective date of this section to the commissioner under the American Recovery and 
1.10 	Reinvestment Act of 2009 and designated for transportation purposes, including but not 
1.11 	limited to assistance for highways and bridges, transit, aeronautics, ports, and railroads, 
1.12 	are appropriated to the commissioner from the trunk highway fund or the federal fund, 
1.13 	as appropriate. 
1.14 	(b) The commissioner shall expend up to one-half of one percent of the 
1.15 	appropriations under paragraph (a) as grants to opportunity industrialization centers 
1.16 	and other nonprofit job training centers for job training programs related to highway 
1.17 	construction.
1.18 	(c) The commissioner shall make every reasonable effort to seek and utilize all funds 
1.19 	available under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
1.20 	(d) The commissioner shall expend funds appropriated under this subdivision in 
1.21 	conformance with federal requirements established in association with use of the funds. 
1.22 	The commissioner may expend up to 17 percent of the funds for program delivery.
1.23 	(e) The commissioner shall, in utilizing federal economic recovery funds, comply 
1.24 	in all respects with section 174.03, subdivision 11, regarding the disadvantaged business 
2.1 	enterprise program, including, but not limited to, the setting of disadvantaged business 
2.2 	enterprise project goals and inclusion of sanctions in each contract for failure to meet 
2.3 	established goals.
2.4 	(f) The commissioner shall continue departmental compliance with accessibility 
2.5 	requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act in all applicable projects funded 
2.6 	under this subdivision.
2.7 	(g) Notwithstanding section 360.305, subdivision 4, no local contribution is required 
2.8 	for eligible aeronautics project elements funded by a federal grant-in-aid through the 
2.9 	American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
2.10 	(h) Within two weeks of submitting each report to the United States Department of 
2.11 	Transportation as required for the federal aid under this subdivision, the commissioner 
2.12 	shall submit a corresponding report to the chairs and ranking members of the house of 
2.13 	representatives and senate committees with jurisdiction over transportation policy and 
2.14 	finance. The corresponding report must contain (1) a copy of the report submitted to 
2.15 	the United States Department of Transportation, and (2) information on the geographic 
2.16 	distribution of projects funded under this subdivision, which at a minimum specifies 
2.17 	the amount provided for highways and bridges, transit, aeronautics, ports, and railroads 
2.18 	within each of the department's districts.
2.19 	(i) The commissioner shall report annually by February 1 to the legislative 
2.20 	committees with jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance concerning the 
2.21 	application of the commissioner's disadvantaged business enterprise program to the use 
2.22 	of the federal economic recovery funds. The report must:
2.23 	(1) state the department's annual overall goal, compared with the percentage attained;
2.24 	(2) explain the methodology, applicable facts, and public participation used to 
2.25 	establish the overall goal;
2.26 	(3) describe good-faith efforts to meet the goal, if the goal was not attained;
2.27 	(4) describe actions to address overconcentration of disadvantaged business 
2.28 	enterprises in certain types of work;
2.29 	(5) state the number of contracts that included disadvantaged business enterprise 
2.30 	goals, the number of contractors that met established disadvantaged business enterprise 
2.31 	goals, and sanctions imposed for lack of good-faith effort; and
2.32 	(6) describe the contracts with no disadvantaged business enterprise goals and, of 
2.33 	those, state the number of contracts and amount of each contract with targeted groups 
2.34 	under section 16C.16.
2.35 	(j) Within one week of an advertisement for projects funded under the American 
2.36 	Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the Minnesota Department of Transportation 
3.1 	shall publish to its Web site a report on the criteria used in selecting the advertised projects, 
3.2 	including a listing of which agency goals are supported by the advertised projects.

3.3 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment, 
3.4 	and expires on June 30, 2013.

3.5 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 161.36, is amended by adding a subdivision 
3.6 	to read:
3.7 		Subd. 8.Receipt of additional economic recovery funds. (a) The "Transportation 
3.8 	Contingent Appropriations Group" consists of:
3.9 	(1) the members of the Legislative Advisory Commission under section 3.30; and
3.10 	(2) the ranking minority members of the house of representatives and senate 
3.11 	committees with jurisdiction over transportation finance.
3.12 	(b) The commissioner shall submit to members of the Transportation Contingent 
3.13 	Appropriations Group written notice and request for appropriation authority of funds made 
3.14 	available to the commissioner under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 
3.15 	2009 that are received after the effective date of this section. The notice must request the 
3.16 	written approval or disapproval of each member within ten days of the date of notification. 
3.17 	Upon approval of the governor and the written approval of a minimum of five members of 
3.18 	the Transportation Contingent Appropriations Group, the funds are appropriated to the 
3.19 	commissioner from the trunk highway fund or the federal fund, as appropriate, and must 
3.20 	be utilized in conformance with subdivision 7.
3.21 	(c) Failure or refusal of any member of the Transportation Contingent Appropriations 
3.22 	Group to provide written approval or disapproval within ten days shall be deemed to 
3.23 	be an approval by that member.

3.24 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment, 
3.25 	and expires on June 30, 2013.