<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>authorizing issuance and sale of trunk highway bonds; appropriating money; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>amending Laws 2008, chapter 152, article 2, section 3, subdivision 2.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>    Section 1. Laws 2008, chapter 152, article 2, section 3, subdivision 2, is amended to <br/>
<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>read:<br/>
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<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subd. 2.<b>State Road Construction</b><br/>
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</table><a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>(a) For the actual construction, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>reconstruction, and improvement of <br/>
<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>trunk highways, including design-build <br/>
<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>contracts and consultant usage to support <br/>
<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>these activities. This includes the cost <br/>
<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>of actual payments to landowners for <br/>
<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>lands acquired for highway rights-of-way, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>payments to lessees, interest subsidies, and <br/>
<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>relocation expenses. This appropriation is in <br/>
<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>the following amounts:<br/>
<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>(1) $417,694,000 in fiscal year 2009, and the <br/>
<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>commissioner may use up to $71,008,000 of <br/>
<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>this amount for program delivery;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>(2) $500,000,000 in fiscal year 2010, and the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>commissioner may use up to $85,000,000 of <br/>
<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>this amount for program delivery; and<br/>
<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>(3) $200,000,000 in each fiscal year for fiscal <br/>
<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>years 2011 and 2012, and the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>may use up to $34,000,000 of the amount in <br/>
<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>each fiscal year for program delivery; and<br/>
<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>(4) $100,000,000 in each fiscal year for <br/>
<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>fiscal years 2011 through 2018 2013 through <br/>
<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>2016, and the commissioner may use up to <br/>
<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>$17,000,000 of the amount in each fiscal year <br/>
<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>for program delivery.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>(b) Of the amount in fiscal year 2009, <br/>
<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>$40,000,000 is for construction of <br/>
<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>interchanges involving a trunk highway, <br/>
<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>where the interchange will promote economic <br/>
<a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>development, increase employment, relieve <br/>
<a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>growing traffic congestion, and promote <br/>
<a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var>traffic safety. The amount under this <br/>
<a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var>paragraph must be allocated 50 percent to <br/>
<a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var>the department's metropolitan district, and 50 <br/>
<a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var>percent to districts in greater Minnesota.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var>(c) Of the amount in fiscal years 2009 <br/>
<a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var>and 2010, the commissioner shall use <br/>
<a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var>$300,000,000 each year for predesign, <br/>
<a id="pl.2.26"></a><var>2.26</var>design, preliminary engineering, <br/>
<a id="pl.2.27"></a><var>2.27</var>right-of-way acquisition, construction, <br/>
<a id="pl.2.28"></a><var>2.28</var>reconstruction, and maintenance of bridges <br/>
<a id="pl.2.29"></a><var>2.29</var>in the trunk highway bridge improvement <br/>
<a id="pl.2.30"></a><var>2.30</var>program under Minnesota Statutes, section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.2.31"></a><var>2.31</var>165.14
         </statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.32"></a><var>2.32</var>(d) Of the total appropriation under this <br/>
<a id="pl.2.33"></a><var>2.33</var>subdivision, the commissioner shall use at <br/>
<a id="pl.2.34"></a><var>2.34</var>least $50,000,000 for accelerating transit <br/>
<a id="pl.3.1"></a><var>3.1</var>facility improvements on or adjacent to trunk <br/>
<a id="pl.3.2"></a><var>3.2</var>highways.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.3"></a><var>3.3</var>(e) Of the total appropriation under this <br/>
<a id="pl.3.4"></a><var>3.4</var>subdivision provided to the Department of <br/>
<a id="pl.3.5"></a><var>3.5</var>Transportation's district 7, the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.3.6"></a><var>3.6</var>shall first expend funds as necessary to <br/>
<a id="pl.3.7"></a><var>3.7</var>accelerate all projects that (1) are on a trunk <br/>
<a id="pl.3.8"></a><var>3.8</var>highway classified as a medium priority <br/>
<a id="pl.3.9"></a><var>3.9</var>interregional corridor, (2) are included in the <br/>
<a id="pl.3.10"></a><var>3.10</var>district's long-range transportation plan, but <br/>
<a id="pl.3.11"></a><var>3.11</var>are not included in the state transportation <br/>
<a id="pl.3.12"></a><var>3.12</var>improvement program or the ten-year <br/>
<a id="pl.3.13"></a><var>3.13</var>highway work plan, and (3) expand capacity <br/>
<a id="pl.3.14"></a><var>3.14</var>from a two-lane highway to a freeway <br/>
<a id="pl.3.15"></a><var>3.15</var>or expressway, as defined in Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.3.16"></a><var>3.16</var>Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>160.02, subdivision 19</statute_ref>. The <br/>
<a id="pl.3.17"></a><var>3.17</var>commissioner shall establish as the highest <br/>
<a id="pl.3.18"></a><var>3.18</var>priority under this paragraph any project that <br/>
<a id="pl.3.19"></a><var>3.19</var>currently has a final environmental impact <br/>
<a id="pl.3.20"></a><var>3.20</var>statement completed. The requirement <br/>
<a id="pl.3.21"></a><var>3.21</var>under this paragraph does not change the <br/>
<a id="pl.3.22"></a><var>3.22</var>department's funding allocation process <br/>
<a id="pl.3.23"></a><var>3.23</var>or the amount otherwise allocated to each <br/>
<a id="pl.3.24"></a><var>3.24</var>transportation district.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.25"></a><var>3.25</var>(f) The appropriation in this subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.3.26"></a><var>3.26</var>cancels as specified under section 16A.642, <br/>
<a id="pl.3.27"></a><var>3.27</var>except that the commissioner of management <br/>
<a id="pl.3.28"></a><var>3.28</var>and budget shall count the start of <br/>
<a id="pl.3.29"></a><var>3.29</var>authorization for issuance of state bonds as <br/>
<a id="pl.3.30"></a><var>3.30</var>the first day of the fiscal year during which <br/>
<a id="pl.3.31"></a><var>3.31</var>the bonds are to be issued, as specified under <br/>
<a id="pl.3.32"></a><var>3.32</var>paragraph (a), clause (1), (2), (3), or (4), <br/>
<a id="pl.3.33"></a><var>3.33</var>respectively, and not as the date of final <br/>
<a id="pl.3.34"></a><var>3.34</var>enactment of this subdivision.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.35"></a><var>3.35</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.2.0"></a><a id="pl.4.1"></a><var>4.1</var>    Sec. 2. <b>STATE ROAD CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATION.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.4.2"></a><var>4.2</var>$30,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds account in the trunk highway <br/>
<a id="pl.4.3"></a><var>4.3</var>fund in fiscal year 2011 to the commissioner of transportation for the actual construction, <br/>
<a id="pl.4.4"></a><var>4.4</var>reconstruction, and improvement of trunk highways, including design-build contracts and <br/>
<a id="pl.4.5"></a><var>4.5</var>consultant usage to support these activities. This includes the cost of actual payments to <br/>
<a id="pl.4.6"></a><var>4.6</var>landowners for lands acquired for highway rights-of-way, payments to lessees, interest <br/>
<a id="pl.4.7"></a><var>4.7</var>subsidies, and relocation expenses. The commissioner may use up to $5,100,000 of this <br/>
<a id="pl.4.8"></a><var>4.8</var>amount for program delivery.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.3.0"></a><a id="pl.4.9"></a><var>4.9</var>    Sec. 3. <b>INTERCHANGE ACCOUNT APPROPRIATION.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.4.10"></a><var>4.10</var>$70,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds account in the trunk highway <br/>
<a id="pl.4.11"></a><var>4.11</var>fund in fiscal year 2011 to the commissioner of transportation for construction of <br/>
<a id="pl.4.12"></a><var>4.12</var>interchanges involving a trunk highway, where the interchange will promote economic <br/>
<a id="pl.4.13"></a><var>4.13</var>development, increase employment, relieve growing traffic congestion, and promote traffic <br/>
<a id="pl.4.14"></a><var>4.14</var>safety. The amount under this paragraph must be allocated 50 percent to the department's <br/>
<a id="pl.4.15"></a><var>4.15</var>metropolitan district, and 50 percent to districts in greater Minnesota.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.4.0"></a><a id="pl.4.16"></a><var>4.16</var>    Sec. 4. <b>BOND SALE EXPENSES.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.4.17"></a><var>4.17</var>$100,000 is appropriated to the commissioner of finance for bond sale expenses <br/>
<a id="pl.4.18"></a><var>4.18</var>under Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.641, subdivision 8, and 167.50, subdivision 4.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.5.0"></a><a id="pl.4.19"></a><var>4.19</var>    Sec. 5. <b>TRUNK HIGHWAY BONDS AUTHORIZATION.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.4.20"></a><var>4.20</var>To provide the money appropriated in sections 2, 3, and 4 from the bond proceeds <br/>
<a id="pl.4.21"></a><var>4.21</var>account in the trunk highway fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall <br/>
<a id="pl.4.22"></a><var>4.22</var>sell and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to $100,100,000 in the manner, upon the <br/>
<a id="pl.4.23"></a><var>4.23</var>terms, and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 167.50 to 167.52, <br/>
<a id="pl.4.24"></a><var>4.24</var>and by the Minnesota Constitution, article XIV, section 11, at the times and in the amounts <br/>
<a id="pl.4.25"></a><var>4.25</var>requested by the commissioner of transportation. The proceeds of the bonds, except <br/>
<a id="pl.4.26"></a><var>4.26</var>accrued interest and any premium received from the sale of the bonds, must be deposited <br/>
<a id="pl.4.27"></a><var>4.27</var>in the bond proceeds account in the trunk highway fund.<br/>
<a id="pl.4.28"></a><var>4.28</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>