1.1A bill for an act
1.2relating to transportation; making supplemental appropriations and reductions
1.3to appropriations; establishing a new trunk highway emergency relief account;
1.4amending provisions related to trunk highway bonding and hazardous materials
1.5permits;amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 161.04, by adding a
1.6subdivision; Laws 2008, chapter 152, article 2, section 3, subdivision 2; repealing
1.7Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 13.721, subdivision 4; 221.0355, subdivisions
1.81, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 7a, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18.
1.9BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.10
ARTICLE 1
1.11
TRANSPORTATION
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Section 1. new text begin SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS.new text end
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new text begin The amounts shown in this section summarize direct appropriations, or reductions in new text end
1.14
new text begin appropriations, by fund, made in this article.new text end
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new text begin 2010new text end
new text begin 2011new text end
new text begin Totalnew text end
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new text begin Generalnew text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin 0new text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin (5,711new text end new text begin ,000)new text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin (5,711,000)new text end
1.17
new text begin Trunk Highwaynew text end
new text begin 0new text end
new text begin 109,000,000new text end
new text begin 109,000,000new text end
1.18
new text begin Totalnew text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin 0new text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin 103,289,000new text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin 103,289,000new text end
1.19
Sec. 2. new text begin APPROPRIATIONS.new text end
1.20
new text begin The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are added to or, if shown new text end
1.21
new text begin in parentheses, subtracted from the appropriations in Laws 2009, chapter 36, article 1, new text end
1.22
new text begin to the agencies and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations and new text end
1.23
new text begin reductions are from the trunk highway fund or another named fund, and are available new text end
1.24
new text begin for the fiscal years indicated for each purpose. The figures "2010" and "2011" used in new text end
1.25
new text begin this article mean that the addition to or subtraction from the appropriation listed under new text end
2.1
new text begin them is available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2010, or June 30, 2011, respectively. new text end
2.2
new text begin Supplemental appropriations and reductions to appropriations for the fiscal year ending new text end
2.3
new text begin June 30, 2010, are effective the day following final enactment.new text end
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new text begin APPROPRIATIONSnew text end
2.5
new text begin Available for the Yearnew text end
2.6
new text begin Ending June 30new text end
2.7
new text begin 2010new text end
new text begin 2011new text end
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2.9
Sec. 3. new text begin DEPARTMENT OF new text end
new text begin TRANSPORTATIONnew text end
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new text begin Subdivision 1.new text end new text begin Total Appropriationnew text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin 0new text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin 108new text end new text begin ,129,000new text end
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new text begin Appropriations by Fundnew text end
2.12
new text begin 2010new text end
new text begin 2011new text end
2.13
new text begin Generalnew text end
new text begin 0new text end
new text begin (871,000)new text end
2.14
new text begin Trunk Highwaynew text end
new text begin 0new text end
new text begin 109,000,000new text end
2.15
new text begin The amounts that may be spent or must be new text end
2.16
new text begin reduced for each purpose are specified in the new text end
2.17
new text begin following subdivisions.new text end
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new text begin Subd. 2.new text end new text begin Multimodal Systemsnew text end
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new text begin (a)new text end new text begin Transitnew text end
new text begin 0new text end
new text begin (821,000)new text end
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new text begin This reduction is from the appropriation new text end
2.21
new text begin from the general fund for transit assistance in new text end
2.22
new text begin Laws 2009, chapter 36, article 1, section 3, new text end
2.23
new text begin subdivision 2, paragraph (b).new text end
2.24
new text begin The base appropriation from the general fund new text end
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new text begin for fiscal years 2012 and 2013 is $16,608,000 new text end
2.26
new text begin for each year.new text end
2.27
new text begin (b) new text end new text begin Freightnew text end
new text begin 0new text end
new text begin (50,000)new text end
2.28
new text begin This reduction is from the appropriation from new text end
2.29
new text begin the general fund for freight and commercial new text end
2.30
new text begin vehicle operations in Laws 2009, chapter 36, new text end
2.31
new text begin article 1, section 3, subdivision 2, paragraph new text end
2.32
new text begin (d).new text end
3.1
new text begin The base appropriation from the general fund new text end
3.2
new text begin for fiscal years 2012 and 2013 is $315,000 new text end
3.3
new text begin for each year.new text end
3.4
new text begin Subd. 3.new text end new text begin State Roadsnew text end
3.5
new text begin (a) new text end new text begin State Road Constructionnew text end
new text begin 0new text end
new text begin 104,000,000new text end
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new text begin This appropriation is for state road new text end
3.7
new text begin construction, and is added to appropriations new text end
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new text begin under Laws 2009, chapter 36, article 1, new text end
3.9
new text begin section 3, subdivision 3, paragraph (b), new text end
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new text begin clause (2). This additional appropriation is new text end
3.11
new text begin funded by additional federal highway aid new text end
3.12
new text begin of $104,000,000 above that specified in new text end
3.13
new text begin Laws 2009, chapter 36, article 1, section 3, new text end
3.14
new text begin subdivision 3, paragraph (b), clause (2). This new text end
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new text begin is a onetime appropriation.new text end
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new text begin (b)new text end new text begin Federal Emergency Relief Accountnew text end
new text begin 0new text end
new text begin 5,000,000new text end
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new text begin This appropriation is for deposit in the new text end
3.18
new text begin trunk highway emergency relief account, new text end
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new text begin as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section new text end
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new text begin 161.04, subdivision 5, for the purposes of new text end
3.21
new text begin that account. This is a onetime appropriation.new text end
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Sec. 4. new text begin METROPOLITAN COUNCILnew text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin 0new text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin (4,840,000)new text end
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new text begin This reduction is from the appropriation from new text end
3.24
new text begin the general fund for bus system operations new text end
3.25
new text begin in Laws 2009, chapter 36, article 1, section new text end
3.26
new text begin 4, subdivision 2.new text end
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new text begin The base appropriation from the general fund new text end
3.28
new text begin for fiscal years 2012 and 2013 is $63,095,000 new text end
3.29
new text begin for each year.new text end
3.30 Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 161.04, is amended by adding a subdivision
3.31to read:
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new text begin Subd. 5.new text end new text begin Trunk highway emergency relief account.new text end new text begin (a) The trunk highway new text end
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new text begin emergency relief account is created in the trunk highway fund. Money in the account new text end
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new text begin is appropriated to the commissioner to be used to fund relief activities related to an new text end
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new text begin emergency, as defined in section 161.32, subdivision 3.new text end
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new text begin (b) Reimbursements by the Federal Highway Administration for emergency relief new text end
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new text begin payments made from the trunk highway emergency relief account must be deposited new text end
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new text begin into the account. Interest accrued on the account must be deposited into the account. new text end
4.8
new text begin Notwithstanding section 16A.28, money in the account is available until spent. If the new text end
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new text begin balance of the account at the end of the fiscal year is greater than $10,000,000, the amount new text end
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new text begin above $10,000,000 must be transferred to the trunk highway fund.new text end
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new text begin (c) By September 1, 2012, and in every subsequent even-numbered year by new text end
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new text begin September 1, the commissioner shall submit a report to the chairs and ranking minority new text end
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new text begin members of the house of representatives and senate committees having jurisdiction over new text end
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new text begin transportation policy and finance. The report must include the balance, as well as details new text end
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new text begin of payments made from and deposits made to the trunk highway emergency relief account new text end
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new text begin since the last report.new text end
4.17 Sec. 6. Laws 2008, chapter 152, article 2, section 3, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
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Subd. 2.State Road Construction
1,717,694,000
4.19(a) For the actual construction,
4.20reconstruction, and improvement of
4.21trunk highways, including design-build
4.22contracts and consultant usage to support
4.23these activities. This includes the cost
4.24of actual payments to landowners for
4.25lands acquired for highway rights-of-way,
4.26payments to lessees, interest subsidies, and
4.27relocation expenses. This appropriation is in
4.28the following amounts:
4.29(1) $417,694,000 in fiscal year 2009, and the
4.30commissioner may use up to $71,008,000 of
4.31this amount for program delivery;
4.32(2) $500,000,000 in fiscal year 2010, and the
4.33commissioner may use up to $85,000,000 of
4.34this amount for program delivery; and
5.1(3)
new text begin $200,000,000 in each fiscal year for fiscal new text end
5.2
new text begin years 2011 and 2012, and the commissioner new text end
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new text begin may use up to $34,000,000 of the amount in new text end
5.4
new text begin each fiscal year for program delivery; andnew text end
5.5
new text begin (4) new text end $100,000,000 in each fiscal year for
5.6fiscal years 2011 through 2018
new text begin 2013 through new text end
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new text begin 2016new text end , and the commissioner may use up to
5.8$17,000,000 of the amount in each fiscal year
5.9for program delivery.
5.10(b) Of the amount in fiscal year 2009,
5.11$40,000,000 is for construction of
5.12interchanges involving a trunk highway,
5.13where the interchange will promote economic
5.14development, increase employment, relieve
5.15growing traffic congestion, and promote
5.16traffic safety. The amount under this
5.17paragraph must be allocated 50 percent to
5.18the department's metropolitan district, and 50
5.19percent to districts in greater Minnesota.
5.20(c) Of the amount in fiscal years 2009
5.21and 2010, the commissioner shall use
5.22$300,000,000 each year for predesign,
5.23design, preliminary engineering,
5.24right-of-way acquisition, construction,
5.25reconstruction, and maintenance of bridges
5.26in the trunk highway bridge improvement
5.27program under Minnesota Statutes, section
5.28165.14
.
5.29(d) Of the total appropriation under this
5.30subdivision, the commissioner shall use at
5.31least $50,000,000 for accelerating transit
5.32facility improvements on or adjacent to trunk
5.33highways.
5.34(e) Of the total appropriation under this
5.35subdivision provided to the Department of
6.1Transportation's district 7, the commissioner
6.2shall first expend funds as necessary to
6.3accelerate all projects that (1) are on a trunk
6.4highway classified as a medium priority
6.5interregional corridor, (2) are included in the
6.6district's long-range transportation plan, but
6.7are not included in the state transportation
6.8improvement program or the ten-year
6.9highway work plan, and (3) expand capacity
6.10from a two-lane highway to a freeway
6.11or expressway, as defined in Minnesota
6.12Statutes, section
160.02, subdivision 19. The
6.13commissioner shall establish as the highest
6.14priority under this paragraph any project that
6.15currently has a final environmental impact
6.16statement completed. The requirement
6.17under this paragraph does not change the
6.18department's funding allocation process
6.19or the amount otherwise allocated to each
6.20transportation district.
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new text begin (f) The appropriation in this subdivision new text end
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new text begin cancels as specified under section 16A.642, new text end
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new text begin except that the commissioner of management new text end
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new text begin and budget shall count the start of new text end
6.25
new text begin authorization for issuance of state bonds as new text end
6.26
new text begin the first day of the fiscal year during which new text end
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new text begin the bonds are to be issued, as specified under new text end
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new text begin paragraph (a), clause (1), (2), (3), or (4), new text end
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new text begin respectively, and not as the date of final new text end
6.30
new text begin enactment of this subdivision.new text end
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.new text end
6.32 Sec. 7.
new text begin REPEALER.new text end
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new text begin Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 13.721, subdivision 4; and 221.0355, subdivisions new text end
6.34
new text begin 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 7a, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, and 18,new text end new text begin are repealed.new text end
