HF 2753
1st Committee Engrossment - 86th Legislature (2009 - 2010)
Posted on 03/19/2013 07:29 p.m.
KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.
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1.1A bill for an act
1.2relating to transportation; amending the appropriation for trunk highway bonds;
1.3authorizing issuance and sale of trunk highway bonds; appropriating money;
1.4amending Laws 2008, chapter 152, article 2, section 3, subdivision 2.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Laws 2008, chapter 152, article 2, section 3, subdivision 2, is amended to
1.7read:
1.8
Subd. 2.State Road Construction
1,717,694,000
1.9(a) For the actual construction,
1.10reconstruction, and improvement of
1.11trunk highways, including design-build
1.12contracts and consultant usage to support
1.13these activities. This includes the cost
1.14of actual payments to landowners for
1.15lands acquired for highway rights-of-way,
1.16payments to lessees, interest subsidies, and
1.17relocation expenses. This appropriation is in
1.18the following amounts:
1.19(1) $417,694,000 in fiscal year 2009, and the
1.20commissioner may use up to $71,008,000 of
1.21this amount for program delivery;
2.1(2) $500,000,000 in fiscal year 2010, and the
2.2commissioner may use up to $85,000,000 of
2.3this amount for program delivery; and
2.4(3) new text begin $200,000,000 in each fiscal year for fiscal new text end
2.5new text begin years 2011 and 2012, and the commissioner new text end
2.6new text begin may use up to $34,000,000 of the amount in new text end
2.7new text begin each fiscal year for program delivery; andnew text end
2.8new text begin (4) new text end $100,000,000 in each fiscal year for
2.9fiscal years 2011 through 2018new text begin 2013 through new text end
2.10new text begin 2016new text end , and the commissioner may use up to
2.11$17,000,000 of the amount in each fiscal year
2.12for program delivery.
2.13(b) Of the amount in fiscal year 2009,
2.14$40,000,000 is for construction of
2.15interchanges involving a trunk highway,
2.16where the interchange will promote economic
2.17development, increase employment, relieve
2.18growing traffic congestion, and promote
2.19traffic safety. The amount under this
2.20paragraph must be allocated 50 percent to
2.21the department's metropolitan district, and 50
2.22percent to districts in greater Minnesota.
2.23(c) Of the amount in fiscal years 2009
2.24and 2010, the commissioner shall use
2.25$300,000,000 each year for predesign,
2.26design, preliminary engineering,
2.27right-of-way acquisition, construction,
2.28reconstruction, and maintenance of bridges
2.29in the trunk highway bridge improvement
2.30program under Minnesota Statutes, section
2.31165.14
.
2.32(d) Of the total appropriation under this
2.33subdivision, the commissioner shall use at
2.34least $50,000,000 for accelerating transit
3.1facility improvements on or adjacent to trunk
3.2highways.
3.3(e) Of the total appropriation under this
3.4subdivision provided to the Department of
3.5Transportation's district 7, the commissioner
3.6shall first expend funds as necessary to
3.7accelerate all projects that (1) are on a trunk
3.8highway classified as a medium priority
3.9interregional corridor, (2) are included in the
3.10district's long-range transportation plan, but
3.11are not included in the state transportation
3.12improvement program or the ten-year
3.13highway work plan, and (3) expand capacity
3.14from a two-lane highway to a freeway
3.15or expressway, as defined in Minnesota
3.16Statutes, section
160.02, subdivision 19. The
3.17commissioner shall establish as the highest
3.18priority under this paragraph any project that
3.19currently has a final environmental impact
3.20statement completed. The requirement
3.21under this paragraph does not change the
3.22department's funding allocation process
3.23or the amount otherwise allocated to each
3.24transportation district.
3.25new text begin (f) The appropriation in this subdivision new text end
3.26new text begin cancels as specified under section 16A.642, new text end
3.27new text begin except that the commissioner of management new text end
3.28new text begin and budget shall count the start of new text end
3.29new text begin authorization for issuance of state bonds as new text end
3.30new text begin the first day of the fiscal year during which new text end
3.31new text begin the bonds are to be issued, as specified under new text end
3.32new text begin paragraph (a), clause (1), (2), (3), or (4), new text end
3.33new text begin respectively, and not as the date of final new text end
3.34new text begin enactment of this subdivision.new text end
3.35new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.new text end
4.1 Sec. 2. new text begin STATE ROAD CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATION.new text end
4.2new text begin $30,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds account in the trunk highway new text end
4.3new text begin fund in fiscal year 2011 to the commissioner of transportation for the actual construction, new text end
4.4new text begin reconstruction, and improvement of trunk highways, including design-build contracts and new text end
4.5new text begin consultant usage to support these activities. This includes the cost of actual payments to new text end
4.6new text begin landowners for lands acquired for highway rights-of-way, payments to lessees, interest new text end
4.7new text begin subsidies, and relocation expenses. The commissioner may use up to $5,100,000 of this new text end
4.8new text begin amount for program delivery.new text end
4.9 Sec. 3. new text begin INTERCHANGE ACCOUNT APPROPRIATION.new text end
4.10new text begin $70,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds account in the trunk highway new text end
4.11new text begin fund in fiscal year 2011 to the commissioner of transportation for construction of new text end
4.12new text begin interchanges involving a trunk highway, where the interchange will promote economic new text end
4.13new text begin development, increase employment, relieve growing traffic congestion, and promote traffic new text end
4.14new text begin safety. The amount under this paragraph must be allocated 50 percent to the department's new text end
4.15new text begin metropolitan district, and 50 percent to districts in greater Minnesota.new text end
4.16 Sec. 4. new text begin BOND SALE EXPENSES.new text end
4.17new text begin $100,000 is appropriated to the commissioner of finance for bond sale expenses new text end
4.18new text begin under Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.641, subdivision 8, and 167.50, subdivision 4.new text end
4.19 Sec. 5. new text begin TRUNK HIGHWAY BONDS AUTHORIZATION.new text end
4.20new text begin To provide the money appropriated in sections 2, 3, and 4 from the bond proceeds new text end
4.21new text begin account in the trunk highway fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall new text end
4.22new text begin sell and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to $100,100,000 in the manner, upon the new text end
4.23new text begin terms, and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 167.50 to 167.52, new text end
4.24new text begin and by the Minnesota Constitution, article XIV, section 11, at the times and in the amounts new text end
4.25new text begin requested by the commissioner of transportation. The proceeds of the bonds, except new text end
4.26new text begin accrued interest and any premium received from the sale of the bonds, must be deposited new text end
4.27new text begin in the bond proceeds account in the trunk highway fund.new text end
4.28new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.new text end