1.1CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT ON H. F. No. 1140
1.2A bill for an act
1.3relating to government finance; appropriating money for transportation,
1.4Metropolitan Council, and public safety activities and programs; providing for
1.5fund transfers and tort claims; authorizing an account and certain contingent
1.6appropriations; providing for use of revenues from metropolitan transportation
1.7area sales tax; reducing funding for 2010 state road construction; authorizing
1.8temporary transfers from metropolitan livable communities fund accounts,
1.9right-of-way loan acquisition fund for transit operating deficits, and Metropolitan
1.10Council operating budget; establishing direct appropriation from transit
1.11assistance fund; establishing an account; modifying various provisions related
1.12to transportation finance and policy; modifying provisions related to licensing
1.13drivers; mandating and amending legislative reports; making technical and
1.14clarifying changes;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 16A.11,
1.15subdivision 3a; 16A.86, subdivision 3a; 16A.88; 162.06, subdivision 1; 162.12,
1.16subdivision 1; 168.12, subdivision 5; 171.06, subdivision 2; 171.0701; 171.13,
1.17subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 174.93; 297A.992, subdivision 5, by
1.18adding a subdivision; Laws 2009, chapter 36, article 1, section 3, subdivision 3;
1.19proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 171.
1.20May 16, 2011
1.21The Honorable Kurt Zellers
1.22Speaker of the House of Representatives
1.23The Honorable Michelle L. Fischbach
1.24President of the Senate
1.25We, the undersigned conferees for H. F. No. 1140 report that we have agreed upon
1.26the items in dispute and recommend as follows:
1.27That the Senate recede from its amendments and that H. F. No. 1140 be further
1.28amended as follows:
1.29Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:
1.30"
ARTICLE 1
1.31
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
1.32
Section 1. new text begin SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS.new text end
1.33
new text begin The amounts shown in this section summarize direct appropriations, by fund, made new text end
1.34
new text begin in this article.new text end
2.1
new text begin 2012new text end
new text begin 2013new text end
new text begin Totalnew text end
2.2
new text begin Generalnew text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin 31,079,000new text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin 31,079,000new text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin 62,158,000new text end
2.3
new text begin Airportsnew text end
new text begin 19,609,000new text end
new text begin 21,384,000new text end
new text begin 40,993,000new text end
2.4
new text begin C.S.A.H.new text end
new text begin 545,109,000new text end
new text begin 572,773,000new text end
new text begin 1,117,882,000new text end
2.5
new text begin M.S.A.S.new text end
new text begin 145,455,000new text end
new text begin 153,484,000new text end
new text begin 298,939,000new text end
2.6
new text begin Special Revenuenew text end
new text begin 49,088,000new text end
new text begin 49,088,000new text end
new text begin 98,176,000new text end
2.7
new text begin H.U.T.D.new text end
new text begin 10,406,000new text end
new text begin 10,406,000new text end
new text begin 20,812,000new text end
2.8
new text begin Trunk Highwaynew text end
new text begin 1,561,090,000new text end
new text begin 1,335,276,000new text end
new text begin 2,896,366,000new text end
2.9
new text begin Totalnew text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin 2,361,836,000new text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin 2,173,490,000new text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin 4,535,326,000new text end
2.10
Sec. 2. new text begin TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS.new text end
2.11
new text begin The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to new text end
2.12
new text begin the agencies and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from new text end
2.13
new text begin the trunk highway fund, or another named fund, and are available for the fiscal years new text end
2.14
new text begin indicated for each purpose. The figures "2012" and "2013" used in this article mean that new text end
2.15
new text begin the appropriations listed under them are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012, new text end
2.16
new text begin or June 30, 2013, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2012. "The second year" is new text end
2.17
new text begin fiscal year 2013. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2012 and 2013. Appropriations for the new text end
2.18
new text begin fiscal year ending June 30, 2011, are effective the day following final enactment.new text end
2.19
new text begin APPROPRIATIONSnew text end
2.20
new text begin Available for the Yearnew text end
2.21
new text begin Ending June 30new text end
2.22
new text begin 2012new text end
new text begin 2013new text end
2.23
2.24
Sec. 3. new text begin DEPARTMENT OF new text end
new text begin TRANSPORTATIONnew text end
2.25
new text begin Subdivision 1.new text end new text begin Total Appropriationnew text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin 2,197,672,000new text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin 2,009,326,000new text end
2.26
new text begin Appropriations by Fundnew text end
2.27
new text begin 2012new text end
new text begin 2013new text end
2.28
new text begin Generalnew text end
new text begin 12,877,000new text end
new text begin 12,877,000new text end
2.29
new text begin Airportsnew text end
new text begin 19,609,000new text end
new text begin 21,384,000new text end
2.30
new text begin C.S.A.H.new text end
new text begin 545,109,000new text end
new text begin 572,773,000new text end
2.31
new text begin M.S.A.Snew text end
new text begin 145,455,000new text end
new text begin 153,484,000new text end
2.32
new text begin Trunk Highwaynew text end
new text begin 1,474,622,000new text end
new text begin 1,248,808,000new text end
2.33
new text begin The amounts that may be spent for each new text end
2.34
new text begin purpose are specified in the following new text end
2.35
new text begin subdivisions.new text end
2.36
new text begin Subd. 2.new text end new text begin Multimodal Systemsnew text end
3.1
new text begin (a) new text end new text begin Aeronauticsnew text end
3.2
new text begin (1) new text end new text begin Airport Development and Assistancenew text end
new text begin 14,298,000new text end
new text begin 16,073,000new text end
3.3
new text begin This appropriation is from the state new text end
3.4
new text begin airports fund and must be spent according new text end
3.5
new text begin to Minnesota Statutes, section 360.305, new text end
3.6
new text begin subdivision 4.new text end
3.7
new text begin The base appropriation for fiscal years 2014 new text end
3.8
new text begin and 2015 is $14,298,000 for each year.new text end
3.9
new text begin Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section new text end
3.10
new text begin 16A.28, subdivision 6, this appropriation is new text end
3.11
new text begin available for five years after appropriation. new text end
3.12
new text begin If the appropriation for either year is new text end
3.13
new text begin insufficient, the appropriation for the other new text end
3.14
new text begin year is available for it.new text end
3.15
new text begin If the commissioner of transportation new text end
3.16
new text begin determines that a balance remains in new text end
3.17
new text begin the state airports fund following the new text end
3.18
new text begin appropriations made in this article, and that new text end
3.19
new text begin the appropriations made are insufficient new text end
3.20
new text begin for advancing airport development and new text end
3.21
new text begin assistance projects, an amount necessary new text end
3.22
new text begin to advance the projects, not to exceed new text end
3.23
new text begin the balance in the state airports fund, is new text end
3.24
new text begin appropriated in each year to the commissioner new text end
3.25
new text begin and must be spent according to Minnesota new text end
3.26
new text begin Statutes, section 360.305, subdivision new text end
3.27
new text begin 4. Within two weeks of a determination new text end
3.28
new text begin under this contingent appropriation, the new text end
3.29
new text begin commissioner of transportation shall notify new text end
3.30
new text begin the commissioner of management and budget new text end
3.31
new text begin and the chairs and ranking minority members new text end
3.32
new text begin of the legislative committees with jurisdiction new text end
3.33
new text begin over transportation finance concerning funds new text end
3.34
new text begin appropriated. Funds appropriated under this new text end
3.35
new text begin contingent appropriation do not adjust the new text end
4.1
new text begin base appropriation for fiscal years 2014 and new text end
4.2
new text begin 2015.new text end
4.3
new text begin (2)new text end new text begin Aviation Support and Servicesnew text end
new text begin 6,123,000new text end
new text begin 6,123,000new text end
4.4
new text begin Appropriations by Fundnew text end
4.5
new text begin Airportsnew text end
new text begin 5,286,000new text end
new text begin 5,286,000new text end
4.6
new text begin Trunk Highwaynew text end
new text begin 837,000new text end
new text begin 837,000new text end
4.7
new text begin $65,000 in each year is from the state airports new text end
4.8
new text begin fund for the Civil Air Patrol.new text end
4.9
new text begin (b) new text end new text begin Transitnew text end
new text begin 13,338,000new text end
new text begin 13,338,000new text end
4.10
new text begin Appropriations by Fundnew text end
4.11
new text begin Generalnew text end
new text begin 12,563,000new text end
new text begin 12,563,000new text end
4.12
new text begin Trunk Highwaynew text end
new text begin 775,000new text end
new text begin 775,000new text end
4.13
new text begin The base appropriation from the general new text end
4.14
new text begin fund is $12,563,000 for fiscal year 2014 and new text end
4.15
new text begin $12,482,000 for fiscal year 2015.new text end
4.16
new text begin The amount used in each year as operating new text end
4.17
new text begin assistance for public transit systems for new text end
4.18
new text begin elderly and disabled service must not be new text end
4.19
new text begin less than the amount used in 2011 for that new text end
4.20
new text begin purpose.new text end
4.21
new text begin $100,000 in each year is from the general new text end
4.22
new text begin fund for the administrative expenses of the new text end
4.23
new text begin Minnesota Council on Transportation Access new text end
4.24
new text begin under Minnesota Statutes, section 174.285.new text end
4.25
new text begin (c) new text end new text begin Freightnew text end
new text begin 5,154,000new text end
new text begin 5,154,000new text end
4.26
new text begin Appropriations by Fundnew text end
4.27
new text begin Generalnew text end
new text begin 257,000new text end
new text begin 257,000new text end
4.28
new text begin Trunk Highwaynew text end
new text begin 4,897,000new text end
new text begin 4,897,000new text end
4.29
new text begin Subd. 3.new text end new text begin State Roadsnew text end
4.30
new text begin (a) new text end new text begin Operations and Maintenancenew text end
new text begin 257,395,000new text end
new text begin 257,395,000new text end
4.31
new text begin (b)new text end new text begin Program Planning and Deliverynew text end
new text begin 206,918,000new text end
new text begin 206,733,000new text end
4.32
new text begin Of these appropriations, $130,000 in each new text end
4.33
new text begin year is for administrative costs of the new text end
5.1
new text begin targeted group business program, if a law new text end
5.2
new text begin is enacted and effective in 2012 and 2013 new text end
5.3
new text begin that establishes a targeted group business new text end
5.4
new text begin program for state highway construction new text end
5.5
new text begin contracts.new text end
5.6
new text begin $266,000 in each year is available for grants new text end
5.7
new text begin to metropolitan planning organizations new text end
5.8
new text begin outside the seven-county metropolitan area.new text end
5.9
new text begin $75,000 in each year is available for a new text end
5.10
new text begin transportation research contingent account new text end
5.11
new text begin to finance research projects that are new text end
5.12
new text begin reimbursable from the federal government or new text end
5.13
new text begin from other sources. If the appropriation for new text end
5.14
new text begin either year is insufficient, the appropriation new text end
5.15
new text begin for the other year is available for it.new text end
5.16
new text begin $600,000 in each year is available for new text end
5.17
new text begin grants for transportation studies outside new text end
5.18
new text begin the metropolitan area to identify critical new text end
5.19
new text begin concerns, problems, and issues. These new text end
5.20
new text begin grants are available: (1) to regional new text end
5.21
new text begin development commissions; (2) in regions new text end
5.22
new text begin where no regional development commission new text end
5.23
new text begin is functioning, to joint powers boards new text end
5.24
new text begin established under agreement of two or new text end
5.25
new text begin more political subdivisions in the region to new text end
5.26
new text begin exercise the planning functions of a regional new text end
5.27
new text begin development commission; and (3) in regions new text end
5.28
new text begin where no regional development commission new text end
5.29
new text begin or joint powers board is functioning, to the new text end
5.30
new text begin department's district office for that region.new text end
5.31
new text begin (c)new text end new text begin State Road Constructionnew text end
new text begin 801,000,000new text end
new text begin 555,000,000new text end
5.32
new text begin It is estimated that these appropriations will new text end
5.33
new text begin be funded as follows:new text end
6.1
new text begin Appropriations by Fundnew text end
6.2
6.3
new text begin Federal Highway new text end
new text begin Aidnew text end
new text begin 490,800,000 new text end
new text begin 264,800,000new text end
6.4
new text begin Highway User Taxesnew text end
new text begin 310,200,000new text end
new text begin 290,200,000new text end
6.5
new text begin The commissioner of transportation shall new text end
6.6
new text begin notify the chairs and ranking minority new text end
6.7
new text begin members of the legislative committees with new text end
6.8
new text begin jurisdiction over transportation finance of new text end
6.9
new text begin any significant events that should cause these new text end
6.10
new text begin estimates to change.new text end
6.11
new text begin This appropriation is for the actual new text end
6.12
new text begin construction, reconstruction, and new text end
6.13
new text begin improvement of trunk highways, including new text end
6.14
new text begin design-build contracts and consultant usage new text end
6.15
new text begin to support these activities. This includes the new text end
6.16
new text begin cost of actual payment to landowners for new text end
6.17
new text begin lands acquired for highway rights-of-way, new text end
6.18
new text begin payment to lessees, interest subsidies, and new text end
6.19
new text begin relocation expenses.new text end
6.20
new text begin The base appropriation for fiscal years 2014 new text end
6.21
new text begin and 2015 is $635,000,000 for each year.new text end
6.22
new text begin The commissioner may transfer up to new text end
6.23
new text begin $20,000,000 in the first year from the new text end
6.24
new text begin trunk highway fund to the trunk highway new text end
6.25
new text begin economic development account established new text end
6.26
new text begin under Minnesota Statutes, section 161.04, new text end
6.27
new text begin subdivision 6.new text end
6.28
new text begin The commissioner may expend up to one-half new text end
6.29
new text begin of one percent of the federal appropriations new text end
6.30
new text begin under this paragraph as grants to opportunity new text end
6.31
new text begin industrialization centers and other nonprofit new text end
6.32
new text begin job training centers for job training programs new text end
6.33
new text begin related to highway construction.new text end
7.1
new text begin The commissioner may transfer up to new text end
7.2
new text begin $15,000,000 each year to the transportation new text end
7.3
new text begin revolving loan fund.new text end
7.4
new text begin The commissioner may receive money new text end
7.5
new text begin covering other shares of the cost of new text end
7.6
new text begin partnership projects. These receipts are new text end
7.7
new text begin appropriated to the commissioner for these new text end
7.8
new text begin projects.new text end
7.9
new text begin (d)new text end new text begin Highway Debt Servicenew text end
new text begin 137,876,000new text end
new text begin 158,247,000new text end
7.10
new text begin $123,876,000 the first year and $144,247,000 new text end
7.11
new text begin the second year are for transfer to the state new text end
7.12
new text begin bond fund. If an appropriation is insufficient new text end
7.13
new text begin to make all transfers required in the year new text end
7.14
new text begin for which it is made, the commissioner of new text end
7.15
new text begin management and budget shall notify the new text end
7.16
new text begin Committee on Finance of the senate and new text end
7.17
new text begin the Committee on Ways and Means of the new text end
7.18
new text begin house of representatives of the amount of the new text end
7.19
new text begin deficiency and shall then transfer that amount new text end
7.20
new text begin under the statutory open appropriation. Any new text end
7.21
new text begin excess appropriation cancels to the trunk new text end
7.22
new text begin highway fund.new text end
7.23
new text begin (e) new text end new text begin Electronic Communicationsnew text end
new text begin 5,171,000new text end
new text begin 5,171,000new text end
7.24
new text begin Appropriations by Fundnew text end
7.25
new text begin Generalnew text end
new text begin 3,000new text end
new text begin 3,000new text end
7.26
new text begin Trunk Highwaynew text end
new text begin 5,168,000new text end
new text begin 5,168,000new text end
7.27
new text begin The general fund appropriation is to equip new text end
7.28
new text begin and operate the Roosevelt signal tower for new text end
7.29
new text begin Lake of the Woods weather broadcasting.new text end
7.30
new text begin Subd. 4.new text end new text begin Local Roads new text end
7.31
new text begin (a) new text end new text begin County State Aidsnew text end
new text begin 545,109,000new text end
new text begin 572,773,000new text end
7.32
new text begin This appropriation is from the county new text end
7.33
new text begin state-aid highway fund under Minnesota new text end
7.34
new text begin Statutes, sections 161.082 to 161.085; and new text end
8.1
new text begin Minnesota Statutes, chapter 162. This new text end
8.2
new text begin appropriation is available until spent.new text end
8.3
new text begin If the commissioner of transportation new text end
8.4
new text begin determines that a balance remains in the new text end
8.5
new text begin county state-aid highway fund following new text end
8.6
new text begin the appropriations and transfers made in new text end
8.7
new text begin this subdivision, and that the appropriations new text end
8.8
new text begin made are insufficient for advancing county new text end
8.9
new text begin state-aid highway projects, an amount new text end
8.10
new text begin necessary to advance the projects, not to new text end
8.11
new text begin exceed the balance in the county state-aid new text end
8.12
new text begin highway fund, is appropriated in each year new text end
8.13
new text begin to the commissioner. Within two weeks new text end
8.14
new text begin of a determination under this contingent new text end
8.15
new text begin appropriation, the commissioner of new text end
8.16
new text begin transportation shall notify the commissioner new text end
8.17
new text begin of management and budget and the chairs new text end
8.18
new text begin and ranking minority members of the new text end
8.19
new text begin legislative committees with jurisdiction over new text end
8.20
new text begin transportation finance concerning funds new text end
8.21
new text begin appropriated.new text end
8.22
new text begin (b) new text end new text begin Municipal State Aidsnew text end
new text begin 145,455,000new text end
new text begin 153,484,000new text end
8.23
new text begin This appropriation is from the municipal new text end
8.24
new text begin state-aid street fund for municipal state-aid new text end
8.25
new text begin streets under Minnesota Statutes, chapter new text end
8.26
new text begin 162. This appropriation is available until new text end
8.27
new text begin spent.new text end
8.28
new text begin If the commissioner of transportation new text end
8.29
new text begin determines that a balance remains in the new text end
8.30
new text begin municipal state-aid street fund following new text end
8.31
new text begin the appropriations made in this subdivision, new text end
8.32
new text begin and that the appropriations made are new text end
8.33
new text begin insufficient for advancing municipal state-aid new text end
8.34
new text begin street projects, an amount necessary to new text end
8.35
new text begin advance the projects, not to exceed the new text end
9.1
new text begin balance in the municipal state-aid street new text end
9.2
new text begin fund, is appropriated in each year to new text end
9.3
new text begin the commissioner. Within two weeks new text end
9.4
new text begin of a determination under this contingent new text end
9.5
new text begin appropriation, the commissioner of new text end
9.6
new text begin transportation shall notify the commissioner new text end
9.7
new text begin of management and budget and the chairs new text end
9.8
new text begin and ranking minority members of the new text end
9.9
new text begin legislative committees with jurisdiction over new text end
9.10
new text begin transportation finance concerning funds new text end
9.11
new text begin appropriated.new text end
9.12
new text begin Subd. 5.new text end new text begin Agency Managementnew text end
9.13
new text begin (a) new text end new text begin Agency Servicesnew text end
new text begin 41,997,000new text end
new text begin 41,997,000new text end
9.14
new text begin Appropriations by Fundnew text end
9.15
new text begin Airportsnew text end
new text begin 25,000new text end
new text begin 25,000new text end
9.16
new text begin Trunk Highwaynew text end
new text begin 41,972,000new text end
new text begin 41,972,000new text end
9.17
new text begin (b) new text end new text begin Buildingsnew text end
new text begin 17,838,000new text end
new text begin 17,838,000new text end
9.18
new text begin Appropriations by Fundnew text end
9.19
new text begin Generalnew text end
new text begin 54,000new text end
new text begin 54,000new text end
9.20
new text begin Trunk Highwaynew text end
new text begin 17,784,000new text end
new text begin 17,784,000new text end
9.21
new text begin If the appropriation for either year is new text end
9.22
new text begin insufficient, the appropriation for the other new text end
9.23
new text begin year is available for it.new text end
9.24
new text begin Subd. 6.new text end new text begin Transfersnew text end
9.25
new text begin (a) With the approval of the commissioner of new text end
9.26
new text begin management and budget, the commissioner new text end
9.27
new text begin of transportation may transfer unencumbered new text end
9.28
new text begin balances among the appropriations from the new text end
9.29
new text begin trunk highway fund and the state airports new text end
9.30
new text begin fund made in this section. No transfer new text end
9.31
new text begin may be made from the appropriations for new text end
9.32
new text begin state road construction or for debt service. new text end
9.33
new text begin Transfers under this paragraph may not be new text end
9.34
new text begin made between funds. Transfers under this new text end
10.1
new text begin paragraph must be reported immediately to new text end
10.2
new text begin the chairs and ranking minority members of new text end
10.3
new text begin the legislative committees with jurisdiction new text end
10.4
new text begin over transportation finance.new text end
10.5
new text begin (b) The commissioner shall transfer from new text end
10.6
new text begin the flexible highway account in the county new text end
10.7
new text begin state-aid highway fund: (1) $1,000,000 new text end
10.8
new text begin in the first year to the municipal turnback new text end
10.9
new text begin account in the municipal state-aid street new text end
10.10
new text begin fund; (2) $1,900,000 in the first year to the new text end
10.11
new text begin trunk highway fund; and (3) the remainder new text end
10.12
new text begin in each year to the county turnback account new text end
10.13
new text begin in the county state-aid highway fund. The new text end
10.14
new text begin funds transferred are for highway turnback new text end
10.15
new text begin purposes as provided under Minnesota new text end
10.16
new text begin Statutes, section 161.081, subdivision 3.new text end
10.17
10.18
new text begin Subd. 7.new text end new text begin Use of State Road Construction new text end
new text begin Appropriationsnew text end
10.19
new text begin Any money appropriated to the commissioner new text end
10.20
new text begin of transportation for state road construction new text end
10.21
new text begin for any fiscal year before the first year is new text end
10.22
new text begin available to the commissioner during the new text end
10.23
new text begin biennium to the extent that the commissioner new text end
10.24
new text begin spends the money on the state road new text end
10.25
new text begin construction project for which the money new text end
10.26
new text begin was originally encumbered during the fiscal new text end
10.27
new text begin year for which it was appropriated. The new text end
10.28
new text begin commissioner of transportation shall report to new text end
10.29
new text begin the commissioner of management and budget new text end
10.30
new text begin by August 1, 2011, and August 1, 2012, on new text end
10.31
new text begin a form the commissioner of management new text end
10.32
new text begin and budget provides, on expenditures made new text end
10.33
new text begin during the previous fiscal year that are new text end
10.34
new text begin authorized by this subdivision.new text end
10.35
new text begin Subd. 8.new text end new text begin Contingent Appropriationnew text end
11.1
new text begin The commissioner of transportation, with new text end
11.2
new text begin the approval of the governor and the new text end
11.3
new text begin written approval of at least five members new text end
11.4
new text begin of a group consisting of the members of new text end
11.5
new text begin the Legislative Advisory Commission new text end
11.6
new text begin under Minnesota Statutes, section 3.30, new text end
11.7
new text begin and the ranking minority members of the new text end
11.8
new text begin legislative committees with jurisdiction over new text end
11.9
new text begin transportation finance, may transfer all or new text end
11.10
new text begin part of the unappropriated balance in the new text end
11.11
new text begin trunk highway fund to an appropriation: new text end
11.12
new text begin (1) for trunk highway design, construction, new text end
11.13
new text begin or inspection in order to take advantage of new text end
11.14
new text begin an unanticipated receipt of income to the new text end
11.15
new text begin trunk highway fund or to take advantage new text end
11.16
new text begin of federal advanced construction funding; new text end
11.17
new text begin (2) for trunk highway maintenance in order new text end
11.18
new text begin to meet an emergency; or (3) to pay tort new text end
11.19
new text begin or environmental claims. Nothing in this new text end
11.20
new text begin subdivision authorizes the commissioner new text end
11.21
new text begin to increase the use of federal advanced new text end
11.22
new text begin construction funding beyond amounts new text end
11.23
new text begin specifically authorized. Any transfer as new text end
11.24
new text begin a result of the use of federal advanced new text end
11.25
new text begin construction funding must include an new text end
11.26
new text begin analysis of the effects on the long-term new text end
11.27
new text begin trunk highway fund balance. The amount new text end
11.28
new text begin transferred is appropriated for the purpose of new text end
11.29
new text begin the account to which it is transferred.new text end
11.30
new text begin Subd. 9.new text end new text begin Use of Trunk Highway Fundnew text end
11.31
new text begin No transfer or expenditure of trunk highway new text end
11.32
new text begin funds may be made for the purpose of paying new text end
11.33
new text begin personnel costs incurred on behalf of the new text end
11.34
new text begin Governor's Office.new text end
11.35
Sec. 4. new text begin METROPOLITAN COUNCILnew text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin 10,248,000new text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin 10,248,000new text end
12.1
new text begin This appropriation is from the general new text end
12.2
new text begin fund for transit system operations under new text end
12.3
new text begin Minnesota Statutes, sections 473.371 to new text end
12.4
new text begin 473.449.new text end
12.5
new text begin Of this appropriation, $140,000 in each new text end
12.6
new text begin fiscal year is for transit service for disabled new text end
12.7
new text begin veterans under Minnesota Statutes, section new text end
12.8
new text begin 473.408, subdivision 10.new text end
12.9
new text begin The base appropriation is $39,248,000 for new text end
12.10
new text begin fiscal year 2014 and $39,329,000 for fiscal new text end
12.11
new text begin year 2015.new text end
12.12
new text begin The Metropolitan Council shall deploy new text end
12.13
new text begin the following strategies as necessary to new text end
12.14
new text begin avoid transit service reductions and route new text end
12.15
new text begin elimination, in the order stated:new text end
12.16
new text begin (1) use the maximum feasible amount of new text end
12.17
new text begin the council's reserve funds for bus transit new text end
12.18
new text begin operations in fiscal years 2012 and 2013; new text end
12.19
new text begin (2) exercise the authority granted to the new text end
12.20
new text begin council in article 2, sections 3 to 5;new text end
12.21
new text begin (3) increase fares; andnew text end
12.22
new text begin (4) if the strategies under clauses (1) to new text end
12.23
new text begin (3) have been deployed, perform service new text end
12.24
new text begin reductions or route eliminations except as new text end
12.25
new text begin otherwise prohibited under this section.new text end
12.26
new text begin The Metropolitan Council may not reduce new text end
12.27
new text begin the level of service provided in the biennium new text end
12.28
new text begin for special transportation service under new text end
12.29
new text begin Minnesota Statutes, section 473.386, from new text end
12.30
new text begin the level of service provided by the council new text end
12.31
new text begin on January 1, 2011. The Metropolitan new text end
12.32
new text begin Council may not restrict eligibility in the new text end
12.33
new text begin biennium for special transportation service new text end
12.34
new text begin under Minnesota Statutes, section 473.386, new text end
13.1
new text begin beyond the eligibility requirements in place new text end
13.2
new text begin on January 1, 2011. Level of service includes, new text end
13.3
new text begin but is not limited to, geographic coverage new text end
13.4
new text begin area, hours of service, hours of operation for new text end
13.5
new text begin reservation services, and any other aspects of new text end
13.6
new text begin the program having a substantial impact on new text end
13.7
new text begin usability of the service.new text end
13.8
new text begin Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section new text end
13.9
new text begin 473.388, subdivision 4, in each year of the new text end
13.10
new text begin biennium, the Metropolitan Council shall new text end
13.11
new text begin provide financial assistance to each transit new text end
13.12
new text begin provider under Minnesota Statutes, section new text end
13.13
new text begin 473.388, in an amount equal to the amount of new text end
13.14
new text begin assistance provided to that transit provider by new text end
13.15
new text begin the Metropolitan Council in fiscal year 2011.new text end
13.16
Sec. 5. new text begin DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETYnew text end
13.17
new text begin Subdivision 1.new text end new text begin Total Appropriationnew text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin 153,316,000new text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin 153,316,000new text end
13.18
new text begin Appropriations by Fundnew text end
13.19
new text begin 2012new text end
new text begin 2013new text end
13.20
new text begin Generalnew text end
new text begin 7,954,000new text end
new text begin 7,954,000new text end
13.21
new text begin Special Revenue new text end
new text begin 49,088,000new text end
new text begin 49,088,000new text end
13.22
new text begin H.U.T.D.new text end
new text begin 10,406,000new text end
new text begin 10,406,000new text end
13.23
new text begin Trunk Highwaynew text end
new text begin 85,868,000new text end
new text begin 85,868,000new text end
13.24
new text begin The amounts that may be spent for each new text end
13.25
new text begin purpose are specified in the following new text end
13.26
new text begin subdivisions.new text end
13.27
new text begin Subd. 2.new text end new text begin Administration and Related Services new text end
13.28
new text begin (a) new text end new text begin Office of Communicationsnew text end
new text begin 434,000new text end
new text begin 434,000new text end
13.29
new text begin Appropriations by Fundnew text end
13.30
new text begin Generalnew text end
new text begin 41,000new text end
new text begin 41,000new text end
13.31
new text begin Trunk Highwaynew text end
new text begin 393,000new text end
new text begin 393,000new text end
13.32
new text begin (b) new text end new text begin Public Safety Supportnew text end
new text begin 8,168,000new text end
new text begin 8,168,000new text end
13.33
new text begin Appropriations by Fundnew text end
13.34
new text begin Generalnew text end
new text begin 3,296,000new text end
new text begin 3,296,000new text end
14.1
new text begin H.U.T.D.new text end
new text begin 1,366,000new text end
new text begin 1,366,000new text end
14.2
new text begin Trunk Highwaynew text end
new text begin 3,506,000new text end
new text begin 3,506,000new text end
14.3
new text begin $380,000 in each year is from the general new text end
14.4
new text begin fund for payment of public safety officer new text end
14.5
new text begin survivor benefits under Minnesota Statutes, new text end
14.6
new text begin section 299A.44. If the appropriation for new text end
14.7
new text begin either year is insufficient, the appropriation new text end
14.8
new text begin for the other year is available for it.new text end
14.9
new text begin $1,367,000 in each year is from the general new text end
14.10
new text begin fund to be deposited in the public safety new text end
14.11
new text begin officer's benefit account. This money new text end
14.12
new text begin is available for reimbursements under new text end
14.13
new text begin Minnesota Statutes, section new text end
new text begin .new text end
14.14
new text begin $508,000 in each year is from the general new text end
14.15
new text begin fund for soft body armor reimbursements new text end
14.16
new text begin under Minnesota Statutes, section new text end
new text begin .new text end
14.17
new text begin $792,000 in each year is from the general new text end
14.18
new text begin fund for transfer by the commissioner of new text end
14.19
new text begin management and budget to the trunk highway new text end
14.20
new text begin fund on December 31, 2011, and December new text end
14.21
new text begin 31, 2012, respectively, in order to reimburse new text end
14.22
new text begin the trunk highway fund for expenses not new text end
14.23
new text begin related to the fund. These represent amounts new text end
14.24
new text begin appropriated out of the trunk highway new text end
14.25
new text begin fund for general fund purposes in the new text end
14.26
new text begin administration and related services program.new text end
14.27
new text begin $610,000 in each year is from the highway new text end
14.28
new text begin user tax distribution fund for transfer by the new text end
14.29
new text begin commissioner of management and budget new text end
14.30
new text begin to the trunk highway fund on December 31, new text end
14.31
new text begin 2011, and December 31, 2012, respectively, new text end
14.32
new text begin in order to reimburse the trunk highway new text end
14.33
new text begin fund for expenses not related to the fund. new text end
14.34
new text begin These represent amounts appropriated out new text end
15.1
new text begin of the trunk highway fund for highway new text end
15.2
new text begin user tax distribution fund purposes in the new text end
15.3
new text begin administration and related services program.new text end
15.4
new text begin $716,000 in each year is from the highway new text end
15.5
new text begin user tax distribution fund for transfer by the new text end
15.6
new text begin commissioner of management and budget to new text end
15.7
new text begin the general fund on December 31, 2011, and new text end
15.8
new text begin December 31, 2012, respectively, in order to new text end
15.9
new text begin reimburse the general fund for expenses not new text end
15.10
new text begin related to the fund. These represent amounts new text end
15.11
new text begin appropriated out of the general fund for new text end
15.12
new text begin operation of the criminal justice data network new text end
15.13
new text begin related to driver and motor vehicle licensing.new text end
15.14
new text begin (c) new text end new text begin Technology and Support Servicenew text end
new text begin 3,835,000new text end
new text begin 3,835,000new text end
15.15
new text begin Appropriations by Fundnew text end
15.16
new text begin Generalnew text end
new text begin 1,472,000new text end
new text begin 1,472,000new text end
15.17
new text begin H.U.T.D. new text end
new text begin 19,000new text end
new text begin 19,000new text end
15.18
new text begin Trunk Highwaynew text end
new text begin 2,344,000new text end
new text begin 2,344,000new text end
15.19
new text begin Subd. 3.new text end new text begin State Patrolnew text end
15.20
new text begin (a) new text end new text begin Patrolling Highwaysnew text end
new text begin 71,522,000new text end
new text begin 71,522,000new text end
15.21
new text begin Appropriations by Fundnew text end
15.22
new text begin Generalnew text end
new text begin 37,000new text end
new text begin 37,000new text end
15.23
new text begin H.U.T.D. new text end
new text begin 92,000new text end
new text begin 92,000new text end
15.24
new text begin Trunk Highwaynew text end
new text begin 71,393,000new text end
new text begin 71,393,000new text end
15.25
new text begin (b) new text end new text begin Commercial Vehicle Enforcementnew text end
new text begin 7,796,000new text end
new text begin 7,796,000new text end
15.26
new text begin $600,000 in each year is for the Office of new text end
15.27
new text begin Pupil Transportation Safety under Minnesota new text end
15.28
new text begin Statutes, section 169.435.new text end
15.29
new text begin (c) new text end new text begin Capitol Securitynew text end
new text begin 3,108,000new text end
new text begin 3,108,000new text end
15.30
new text begin This appropriation is from the general fund.new text end
15.31
new text begin The commissioner may not: (1) spend new text end
15.32
new text begin any money from the trunk highway fund new text end
15.33
new text begin for capitol security; or (2) permanently new text end
16.1
new text begin transfer any state trooper from the patrolling new text end
16.2
new text begin highways activity to capitol security.new text end
16.3
new text begin The commissioner may not transfer any new text end
16.4
new text begin money appropriated to the commissioner new text end
16.5
new text begin under this section: (1) to capitol security; or new text end
16.6
new text begin (2) from capitol security.new text end
16.7
new text begin (d) new text end new text begin Vehicle Crimes Unitnew text end
new text begin 693,000new text end
new text begin 693,000new text end
16.8
new text begin This appropriation is from the highway user new text end
16.9
new text begin tax distribution fund.new text end
16.10
new text begin This appropriation is to investigate: (1) new text end
16.11
new text begin registration tax and motor vehicle sales tax new text end
16.12
new text begin liabilities from individuals and businesses new text end
16.13
new text begin that currently do not pay all taxes owed; new text end
16.14
new text begin and (2) illegal or improper activity related new text end
16.15
new text begin to sale, transfer, titling, and registration of new text end
16.16
new text begin motor vehicles.new text end
16.17
new text begin Subd. 4.new text end new text begin Driver and Vehicle Servicesnew text end
16.18
new text begin (a) new text end new text begin Vehicle Servicesnew text end
new text begin 27,259,000new text end
new text begin 27,259,000new text end
16.19
new text begin Appropriations by Fundnew text end
16.20
new text begin Special Revenuenew text end
new text begin 19,023,000new text end
new text begin 19,023,000new text end
16.21
new text begin H.U.T.D. new text end
new text begin 8,236,000new text end
new text begin 8,236,000new text end
16.22
new text begin The special revenue fund appropriation is new text end
16.23
new text begin from the vehicle services operating account.new text end
16.24
new text begin (b) new text end new text begin Driver Servicesnew text end
new text begin 28,712,000new text end
new text begin 28,712,000new text end
16.25
new text begin Appropriations by Fundnew text end
16.26
new text begin Special Revenuenew text end
new text begin 28,711,000new text end
new text begin 28,711,000new text end
16.27
new text begin Trunk Highwaynew text end
new text begin 1,000new text end
new text begin 1,000new text end
16.28
new text begin The special revenue fund appropriation is new text end
16.29
new text begin from the driver services operating account.new text end
16.30
new text begin Subd. 5.new text end new text begin Traffic Safetynew text end
new text begin 435,000new text end
new text begin 435,000new text end
16.31
new text begin The commissioner of public safety shall new text end
16.32
new text begin spend 50 percent of the money available to new text end
16.33
new text begin the state under United States Code, title 23, new text end
17.1
new text begin section 164, and the remaining 50 percent new text end
17.2
new text begin must be transferred to the commissioner new text end
17.3
new text begin of transportation for hazard elimination new text end
17.4
new text begin activities under United States Code, title 23, new text end
17.5
new text begin section 152.new text end
17.6
new text begin Subd. 6.new text end new text begin Pipeline Safetynew text end
new text begin 1,354,000new text end
new text begin 1,354,000new text end
17.7
new text begin This appropriation is from the pipeline safety new text end
17.8
new text begin account in the special revenue fund.new text end
17.9
new text begin Subd. 7.new text end new text begin Use of Trunk Highway Fundnew text end
17.10
new text begin No transfer or expenditure of trunk highway new text end
17.11
new text begin funds may be made for the purpose of paying new text end
17.12
new text begin personnel costs incurred on behalf of the new text end
17.13
new text begin Governor's Office.new text end
17.14
Sec. 6. new text begin TORT CLAIMSnew text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin 600,000new text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin 600,000new text end
17.15
new text begin This appropriation is to the commissioner of new text end
17.16
new text begin management and budget.new text end
17.17
new text begin If the appropriation for either year is new text end
17.18
new text begin insufficient, the appropriation for the other new text end
17.19
new text begin year is available for it.new text end
17.20 Sec. 7. Laws 2009, chapter 36, article 1, section 3, subdivision 3, as amended by Laws
17.212010, chapter 351, section 66, is amended to read:
17.22
Subd. 3.State Roads
17.23
(a) Infrastructure Operations and Maintenance
251,643,000
245,892,000
17.24The base appropriation for fiscal years 2012
17.25and 2013 is $257,395,000 for each year.
17.26
(b) Infrastructure Investment and Planning
17.27
(1) Infrastructure Investment Support
201,461,000
196,935,000
17.28The base appropriation for fiscal years 2012
17.29and 2013 is $205,988,000 for each year.
18.1$266,000 the first year and $266,000 the
18.2second year are available for grants to
18.3metropolitan planning organizations outside
18.4the seven-county metropolitan area.
18.5$75,000 the first year and $75,000 the
18.6second year are for a transportation research
18.7contingent account to finance research
18.8projects that are reimbursable from the
18.9federal government or from other sources.
18.10If the appropriation for either year is
18.11insufficient, the appropriation for the other
18.12year is available for it.
18.13$600,000 the first year and $600,000
18.14the second year are available for grants
18.15for transportation studies outside the
18.16metropolitan area to identify critical
18.17concerns, problems, and issues. These
18.18grants are available (1) to regional
18.19development commissions; (2) in regions
18.20where no regional development commission
18.21is functioning, to joint powers boards
18.22established under agreement of two or
18.23more political subdivisions in the region to
18.24exercise the planning functions of a regional
18.25development commission; and (3) in regions
18.26where no regional development commission
18.27or joint powers board is functioning, to the
18.28department's district office for that region.
18.29$200,000 the second year is for grants
18.30to nonprofit job training centers for: (1)
18.31job training programs related to highway
18.32construction; and (2) business training for
18.33companies that are certified disadvantaged
18.34business enterprises.
19.1
19.2
(2) State Road Construction
551,300,000
598,700,000
new text begin 555,700,000new text end
19.3The base appropriation for fiscal years 2012
19.4and 2013 is $635,000,000 for each year.
19.5It is estimated that these appropriations will
19.6be funded as follows:
19.7
Appropriations by Fund
19.8
19.9
Federal Highway
Aid
301,100,000
388,500,000
new text begin 345,500,000new text end
19.10
Highway User Taxes
250,200,000
210,200,000
19.11The commissioner of transportation shall
19.12notify the chairs and ranking minority
19.13members of the senate and house of
19.14representatives committees with jurisdiction
19.15over transportation finance of any significant
19.16events that should cause these estimates to
19.17change.
19.18This appropriation is for the actual
19.19construction, reconstruction, and
19.20improvement of trunk highways, including
19.21design-build contracts and consultant usage
19.22to support these activities. This includes the
19.23cost of actual payment to landowners for
19.24lands acquired for highway rights-of-way,
19.25payment to lessees, interest subsidies, and
19.26relocation expenses.
19.27The commissioner may spend up to $250,000
19.28of trunk highway funds in fiscal year 2011
19.29to pay the operating costs of bus service
19.30between Hastings and Minneapolis-St. Paul
19.31to mitigate the traffic impacts of the project
19.32involving construction of a bridge crossing
19.33the Mississippi River in the city of Hastings
19.34on marked Trunk Highway 61.
20.1The commissioner shall expend up to
20.2one-half of one percent of the federal
20.3appropriations under this paragraph as grants
20.4to opportunity industrialization centers and
20.5other nonprofit job training centers for
20.6job training programs related to highway
20.7construction.
20.8The commissioner may transfer up to
20.9$15,000,000 each year to the transportation
20.10revolving loan fund.
20.11The commissioner may receive money
20.12covering other shares of the cost of
20.13partnership projects. These receipts are
20.14appropriated to the commissioner for these
20.15projects.
20.16
(3) Highway Debt Service
101,170,000
173,400,000
20.17$86,517,000 the first year and $157,304,000
20.18the second year are for transfer to the state
20.19bond fund. If this appropriation is insufficient
20.20to make all transfers required in the year for
20.21which it is made, the commissioner of finance
20.22shall notify the Committee on Finance of
20.23the senate and the Committee on Ways and
20.24Means of the house of representatives of
20.25the amount of the deficiency and shall then
20.26transfer that amount under the statutory open
20.27appropriation. Any excess appropriation
20.28cancels to the trunk highway fund.
20.29
(c) Electronic Communications
5,177,000
5,177,000
20.30
Appropriations by Fund
20.31
General
9,000
9,000
20.32
Trunk Highway
5,168,000
5,168,000
21.1The general fund appropriation is to equip
21.2and operate the Roosevelt signal tower for
21.3Lake of the Woods weather broadcasting.
21.4
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.new text end
21.5
ARTICLE 2
21.6
METROPOLITAN TRANSIT FINANCE
21.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 297A.992, subdivision 5, is amended to
21.8read:
21.9 Subd. 5.
Grant application and awards; Grant Evaluation and Ranking System
21.10
(GEARS) Committee. (a) The joint powers board shall establish a grant application
21.11process and identify the amount of available funding for grant awards. Grant applications
21.12must be submitted in a form prescribed by the joint powers board. An applicant must
21.13provide, in addition to all other information required by the joint powers board, the
21.14estimated cost of the project, the amount of the grant sought, possible sources of funding
21.15in addition to the grant sought, and identification of any federal funds that will be utilized
21.16if the grant is awarded. A grant application seeking transit capital funding must identify
21.17the source of money necessary to operate the transit improvement.
21.18 (b) The joint powers board shall establish a timeline and procedures for the award of
21.19grants, and may award grants only to the state and political subdivisions. The board shall
21.20define objective criteria for the award of grants, which must include, but not be limited to,
21.21consistency with the most recent version of the transportation policy plan adopted by the
21.22Metropolitan Council under section
473.146. The joint powers board shall maximize the
21.23availability and use of federal funds in projects funded under this section.
21.24 (c) The joint powers board shall establish a GEARS Committee, which must consist
21.25of:
21.26 (1) one county commissioner from each county that is in the metropolitan
21.27transportation area, appointed by its county board;
21.28 (2) one elected city representative from each county that is in the metropolitan
21.29transportation area;
21.30 (3) one additional elected city representative from each county for every additional
21.31400,000 in population, or fraction of 400,000, in the county that is above 400,000 in
21.32population; and
21.33 (4) the chair of the Metropolitan Council Transportation Committee.
22.1 (d) Each city representative must be elected at a meeting of cities in the metropolitan
22.2transportation area, which must be convened for that purpose by the Association of
22.3Metropolitan Municipalities.
22.4 (e) The committee shall evaluate grant applications following objective criteria
22.5established by the joint powers board, and must provide to the joint powers board a
22.6selection list of transportation projects that includes a priority ranking.
22.7 (f) A grant award for a transit project located within the metropolitan area, as defined
22.8in section
473.121, subdivision 2, may be funded only after the Metropolitan Council
22.9reviews the project for consistency with the transit portion of the Metropolitan Council
22.10policy plan and one of the following occurs:
22.11 (1) the Metropolitan Council finds the project to be consistent;
22.12 (2) the Metropolitan Council initially finds the project to be inconsistent, but after a
22.13good faith effort to resolve the inconsistency through negotiations with the joint powers
22.14board, agrees that the grant award may be funded; or
22.15 (3) the Metropolitan Council finds the project to be inconsistent, and submits the
22.16consistency issue for final determination to a panel, which determines the project to be
22.17consistent. The panel is composed of a member appointed by the chair of the Metropolitan
22.18Council, a member appointed by the joint powers board, and a member agreed upon by
22.19both the chair and the joint powers board.
22.20 (g) Grants must be funded by the proceeds of the taxes imposed under this section,
22.21bonds, notes, or other obligations issued by the joint powers board under subdivision 7.
22.22 (h) Notwithstanding the provisions of this subdivision, in fiscal year 2009, of
22.23the initial revenue collected under this section, the joint powers board shall allocate
22.24at least $30,783,000 to the Metropolitan Council for operating assistance for transit.
new text begin new text end
22.25
new text begin Notwithstanding the provisions of this section except subdivision 6a, of the revenue new text end
22.26
new text begin collected under this section, the joint powers board may allocate to the Metropolitan new text end
22.27
new text begin Council, in fiscal years 2012 and 2013, any amount that is not provided as grant awards new text end
22.28
new text begin for transit ways or park-and-ride facilities.new text end
22.29
new text begin (i) The Metropolitan Council shall expend any funds allocated under paragraph (h):new text end
22.30
new text begin (1) for bus operations under sections 473.371 to 473.449, and excluding (i) bus rapid new text end
22.31
new text begin transit operations, and (ii) light rail transit and commuter rail operations under sections new text end
22.32
new text begin 174.90, 473.3993 to 473.3999, and 473.4051 to 473.4057; andnew text end
22.33
new text begin (2) solely within those counties that are in the metropolitan transportation area.new text end
22.34
new text begin (j) Nothing in paragraph (h) or (i) prevents grant awards to the Metropolitan Council new text end
22.35
new text begin for capital and operating assistance for transit ways and park-and-ride facilities.new text end
23.1 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 297A.992, is amended by adding a
23.2subdivision to read:
23.3
new text begin Subd. 6a.new text end new text begin Priority of fund uses.new text end new text begin The joint powers board shall allocate all revenues new text end
23.4
new text begin from the taxes imposed under this section in conformance with the following priority order:new text end
23.5
new text begin (1) payment of debt service necessary for the fiscal year on bonds or other new text end
23.6
new text begin obligations issued prior to January 1, 2011, under subdivision 7; andnew text end
23.7
new text begin (2) as otherwise authorized under this section.new text end
23.8 Sec. 3.
new text begin METROPOLITAN LIVABLE COMMUNITIES FUND; TRANSFERS.new text end
23.9
new text begin (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 473.25 to 473.255, or any other new text end
23.10
new text begin law, the Metropolitan Council may transfer to its transit operating budget in 2011, 2012, new text end
23.11
new text begin and 2013 up to 100 percent of the sum of balances in, revenues in, and amounts otherwise new text end
23.12
new text begin credited, transferred, or distributed to, each of the following accounts in 2011, 2012, new text end
23.13
new text begin and 2013:new text end
23.14
new text begin (1) the tax base revitalization account pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section new text end
23.15
new text begin 473.252;new text end
23.16
new text begin (2) the livable communities demonstration account pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, new text end
23.17
new text begin section 473.253; andnew text end
23.18
new text begin (3) the local housing incentives account pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section new text end
23.19
new text begin 473.254.new text end
23.20
new text begin (b) The council may not transfer funds under this section that are committed to new text end
23.21
new text begin grant or loan awards made by the council.new text end
23.22
new text begin (c) The council shall use any amounts transferred under this section to cover new text end
23.23
new text begin operating deficits for transit services provided or assisted by the council under Minnesota new text end
23.24
new text begin Statutes, sections 473.371 to 473.449. If the council transfers funds pursuant to this new text end
23.25
new text begin section, the council shall amend the annual distribution plan described in Minnesota new text end
23.26
new text begin Statutes, section 473.25, paragraph (d), and include information about the transfer in the new text end
23.27
new text begin annual report required under Minnesota Statutes, section 473.25, paragraph (e).new text end
23.28 Sec. 4.
new text begin RIGHT-OF-WAY ACQUISITION LOAN FUND; TRANSFERS.new text end
23.29
new text begin (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 473.167, or any other law, the new text end
23.30
new text begin Metropolitan Council may transfer to its transit operating budget in 2011, 2012, and 2013 new text end
23.31
new text begin up to 100 percent of the amounts levied and collected in 2011, 2012, and 2013 under new text end
23.32
new text begin Minnesota Statutes, section 473.167, subdivision 3. The council shall use the amounts new text end
23.33
new text begin transferred to cover operating deficits for transit services provided or assisted by the new text end
23.34
new text begin council under Minnesota Statutes, sections 473.371 to 473.449.new text end
24.1
new text begin (b) If the council transfers funds pursuant to this section, the council shall within two new text end
24.2
new text begin weeks notify the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with new text end
24.3
new text begin jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance concerning the transfers.new text end
24.4 Sec. 5.
new text begin METROPOLITAN COUNCIL OPERATING BUDGET; TRANSFERS.new text end
24.5
new text begin (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, chapter 473, or any other law, the new text end
24.6
new text begin Metropolitan Council may transfer to its transit operating budget in 2011, 2012, and new text end
24.7
new text begin 2013 up to 100 percent of the amounts levied and collected in 2011, 2012, and 2013, new text end
24.8
new text begin respectively, under Minnesota Statutes, section 473.249, that are otherwise budgeted in new text end
24.9
new text begin that year in the council's operating budget under Minnesota Statutes, section 473.13, for new text end
24.10
new text begin the following departments or functions:new text end
24.11
new text begin (1) government affairs;new text end
24.12
new text begin (2) public affairs;new text end
24.13
new text begin (3) regional systems planning and growth strategy; andnew text end
24.14
new text begin (4) local planning assistance.new text end
24.15
new text begin (b) The council may not transfer funds under this section that are identified for or new text end
24.16
new text begin committed to grant or loan awards made by the council.new text end
24.17
new text begin (c) The council shall use the amounts transferred to cover operating deficits for transit new text end
24.18
new text begin services provided or assisted by the council under Minnesota Statutes, sections 473.371 to new text end
24.19
new text begin 473.449. If the council transfers funds pursuant to this section, the council shall within new text end
24.20
new text begin two weeks notify the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees new text end
24.21
new text begin with jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance concerning the transfers.new text end
24.22
ARTICLE 3
24.23
TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT
24.24 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 16A.11, subdivision 3a, is amended to read:
24.25 Subd. 3a.
Part three: detailed capital budget. The detailed capital budget must
24.26include recommendations for capital projects to be funded during the next six fiscal years
new text begin new text end
24.27
new text begin and, if applicable, must meet the requirements under section 174.93, subdivision 1anew text end . It
24.28must be submitted with projects recommended by the governor and in order of importance
24.29among that agency's requests as determined by the agency originating the request.
24.30 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 16A.86, subdivision 3a, is amended to read:
24.31 Subd. 3a.
Information provided. All requests for state assistance under this section
24.32must include the following information:
25.1(1) the name of the political subdivision that will own the capital project for which
25.2state assistance is being requested;
25.3(2) the public purpose of the project;
25.4(3) the extent to which the political subdivision has or expects to provide local,
25.5private, user financing, or other nonstate funding for the project;
25.6(4) a list of the bondable activities that the project encompasses; examples of
25.7bondable activities are public improvements of a capital nature for land acquisition,
25.8predesign, design, construction, and furnishing and equipping for occupancy;
25.9(5) whether the project will require new or additional state operating subsidies;
25.10(6) whether the governing body of the political subdivision requesting the project
25.11has passed a resolution in support of the project and has established priorities for all
25.12projects within its jurisdiction for which bonding appropriations are requested when
25.13submitting multiple requests; and
25.14(7) if the project requires a predesign under section
16B.335, whether the predesign
25.15has been completed at the time the capital project request is submitted, and whether
25.16the political subdivision has submitted the project predesign to the commissioner of
25.17administration for review and approval
new text begin ; andnew text end
25.18
new text begin (8) if applicable, the information required under section 174.93, subdivision 1anew text end .
25.19 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 161.04, is amended by adding a subdivision
25.20to read:
25.21
new text begin Subd. 6.new text end new text begin Trunk highway economic development account.new text end new text begin (a) The trunk highway new text end
25.22
new text begin economic development account is created in the trunk highway fund. Money in the new text end
25.23
new text begin account is annually appropriated to the commissioner and does not lapse. Interest earned new text end
25.24
new text begin from investment of money in this account must be deposited in the trunk highway new text end
25.25
new text begin economic development account.new text end
25.26
new text begin (b) Money in the account must be used to fund construction, reconstruction, and new text end
25.27
new text begin improvement of trunk highways that will promote economic development, increase new text end
25.28
new text begin employment, and relieve growing traffic congestion.new text end
25.29
new text begin (c) The commissioner shall design a project application and selection process to new text end
25.30
new text begin distribute money in the account. The process must include specified eligibility and new text end
25.31
new text begin prioritizing criteria.new text end
25.32
new text begin (d) Money in the account must be allocated 50 percent to the department's new text end
25.33
new text begin metropolitan district, and 50 percent to districts in greater Minnesota except as provided new text end
25.34
new text begin in this paragraph. If there are not sufficient project applications that meet eligibility and new text end
25.35
new text begin prioritizing criteria in either the metropolitan district or greater Minnesota districts to new text end
26.1
new text begin permit an equal division of available money, the commissioner shall fund projects that new text end
26.2
new text begin meet the selection criteria without regard to location in the state.new text end
26.3 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 162.06, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
26.4 Subdivision 1.
Estimate. (a) By December 15 of each year the commissioner shall
26.5estimate the amount of money that will be available to the county state-aid highway fund
26.6during that fiscal year. The amount available must be based on actual receipts from July
26.71 through November 30
new text begin October 31new text end , the unallocated fund balance, and the projected
26.8receipts for the remainder of the fiscal year. The amount available, except for deductions
26.9as provided in this section, shall be apportioned by the commissioner to the counties as
26.10provided in section
162.07.
26.11 (b) For purposes of this section, "amount available" means the amount estimated in
26.12paragraph (a).
26.13 Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 162.12, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
26.14 Subdivision 1.
Estimate of accruals. By December 15 of each year the
26.15commissioner shall estimate the amount of money that will be available to the municipal
26.16state-aid street fund during that fiscal year. The amount available is based on actual
26.17receipts from July 1 through November 30
new text begin October 31new text end , the unallocated fund balance, and
26.18the projected receipts for the remainder of the fiscal year. The total available, except for
26.19deductions as provided herein, shall be apportioned by the commissioner to the cities
26.20having a population of 5,000 or more as hereinafter provided.
26.21 Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 168.12, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
26.22 Subd. 5.
Additional fee. (a) In addition to any fee otherwise authorized or any tax
26.23otherwise imposed upon any vehicle, the payment of which is required as a condition to
26.24the issuance of any plate or plates, the commissioner shall impose the fee specified in
26.25paragraph (b) that is calculated to cover the cost of manufacturing and issuing the plate
26.26or plates, except for plates issued to disabled veterans as defined in section
168.031 and
26.27plates issued pursuant to section
168.124,
168.125, or
168.27, subdivisions 16 and 17,
26.28for passenger automobiles. The commissioner shall issue graphic design plates only
26.29for vehicles registered pursuant to section
168.017 and recreational vehicles registered
26.30pursuant to section
168.013, subdivision 1g.
26.31 (b) Unless otherwise specified or exempted by statute, the following plate and
26.32validation sticker fees apply for the original, duplicate, or replacement issuance of a
26.33plate in a plate year:
27.1
License Plate
Single
Double
27.2
Regular and Disability
$
4.50
$
6.00
27.3
Special
$
8.50
$
10.00
27.4
Personalized (Replacement)
$
10.00
$
14.00
27.5
Collector Category
$
13.50
$
15.00
27.6
Emergency Vehicle Display
$
3.00
$
6.00
27.7
Utility Trailer Self-Adhesive
$
2.50
27.8
Vertical Motorcycle Plate
$
100.00
NA
27.9
Stickers
27.10
Duplicate year
$
1.00
$
1.00
27.11
International Fuel Tax Agreement
$
2.50
27.12 (c) For vehicles that require two of the categories above, the registrar shall only
27.13charge the higher of the two fees and not a combined total.
27.14
new text begin (d) As part of procedures for payment of the fee under paragraph (b), the new text end
27.15
new text begin commissioner shall allow a vehicle owner to add to the fee a $2 donation for the purposes new text end
27.16
new text begin of public information and education on anatomical gifts under section 171.075.new text end
27.17
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective January 1, 2012.new text end
27.18 Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 168.1253, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
27.19 Subdivision 1.
Definitions. (a) The terms used in this section have the meanings
27.20given them in this subdivision.
27.21(b) "Active service" has the meaning given in section
190.05, subdivision 5.
27.22(c) "Eligible person" means a surviving spouse or
new text begin , child,new text end parent
new text begin or legal guardian, or new text end
27.23
new text begin siblingnew text end of a person who has died while serving honorably in active service.
new text begin For purposes new text end
27.24
new text begin of this section, an eligibility relationship may be established by birth or adoption.new text end
27.25(d) "Motor vehicle" means a vehicle for personal use, not used for commercial
27.26purposes, and may include a passenger automobile, motorcycle, recreational vehicle,
27.27pickup truck, or van.
27.28
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2011, for registrations new text end
27.29
new text begin applied for or renewed on or after that date.new text end
27.30 Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 169.86, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
27.31 Subd. 5.
Fees; proceeds deposited; appropriation. The commissioner, with
27.32respect to highways under the commissioner's jurisdiction, may charge a fee for each
27.33permit issued. All such fees for permits issued by the commissioner of transportation shall
27.34be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the trunk highway fund. Except for
28.1those annual permits for which the permit fees are specified elsewhere in this chapter, the
28.2fees shall be:
28.3 (a) $15 for each single trip permit.
28.4 (b) $36 for each job permit. A job permit may be issued for like loads carried on
28.5a specific route for a period not to exceed two months. "Like loads" means loads of the
28.6same product, weight, and dimension.
28.7 (c) $60 for an annual permit to be issued for a period not to exceed 12 consecutive
28.8months. Annual permits may be issued for:
28.9 (1) motor vehicles used to alleviate a temporary crisis adversely affecting the safety
28.10or well-being of the public;
28.11 (2) motor vehicles which travel on interstate highways and carry loads authorized
28.12under subdivision 1a;
28.13 (3) motor vehicles operating with gross weights authorized under section
169.826,
28.14subdivision 1a
;
28.15 (4) special pulpwood vehicles described in section
169.863;
28.16 (5) motor vehicles bearing snowplow blades not exceeding ten feet in width;
28.17 (6) noncommercial transportation of a boat by the owner or user of the boat;
28.18 (7) motor vehicles carrying bales of agricultural products authorized under section
28.19169.862
; and
28.20(8) special milk-hauling vehicles authorized under section
169.867.
28.21 (d) $120 for an oversize annual permit to be issued for a period not to exceed 12
28.22consecutive months. Annual permits may be issued for:
28.23 (1) mobile cranes;
28.24 (2) construction equipment, machinery, and supplies;
28.25 (3) manufactured homes and manufactured storage buildings;
28.26 (4) implements of husbandry;
28.27 (5) double-deck buses;
28.28 (6) commercial boat hauling
new text begin and transporting waterfront structures including, but new text end
28.29
new text begin not limited to, portable boat docks and boat liftsnew text end ;
28.30 (7) three-vehicle combinations consisting of two empty, newly manufactured trailers
28.31for cargo, horses, or livestock, not to exceed 28-1/2 feet per trailer; provided, however,
28.32the permit allows the vehicles to be moved from a trailer manufacturer to a trailer dealer
28.33only while operating on twin-trailer routes designated under section
169.81, subdivision 3,
28.34paragraph (c); and
28.35(8) vehicles operating on that portion of marked Trunk Highway 36 described in
28.36section
169.81, subdivision 3, paragraph (e).
29.1 (e) For vehicles which have axle weights exceeding the weight limitations of
29.2sections
169.823 to
169.829, an additional cost added to the fees listed above. However,
29.3this paragraph applies to any vehicle described in section
168.013, subdivision 3,
29.4paragraph (b), but only when the vehicle exceeds its gross weight allowance set forth in
29.5that paragraph, and then the additional cost is for all weight, including the allowance
29.6weight, in excess of the permitted maximum axle weight. The additional cost is equal
29.7to the product of the distance traveled times the sum of the overweight axle group cost
29.8factors shown in the following chart:
29.9
Overweight Axle Group Cost Factors
29.10
Weight (pounds)
Cost Per Mile For Each Group Of:
29.11
29.12
29.13
29.14
29.15
exceeding weight
limitations on axles
Two
consecutive
axles spaced
within 8 feet
or less
Three
consecutive
axles spaced
within 9 feet
or less
Four consecutive
axles spaced within
14 feet or less
29.16
0-2,000
.12
.05
.04
29.17
2,001-4,000
.14
.06
.05
29.18
4,001-6,000
.18
.07
.06
29.19
6,001-8,000
.21
.09
.07
29.20
8,001-10,000
.26
.10
.08
29.21
10,001-12,000
.30
.12
.09
29.22
29.23
12,001-14,000
Not
permitted
.14
.11
29.24
29.25
14,001-16,000
Not
permitted
.17
.12
29.26
29.27
16,001-18,000
Not
permitted
.19
.15
29.28
29.29
18,001-20,000
Not
permitted
Not
permitted
.16
29.30
29.31
20,001-22,000
Not
permitted
Not
permitted
.20
29.32The amounts added are rounded to the nearest cent for each axle or axle group. The
29.33additional cost does not apply to paragraph (c), clauses (1) and (3).
29.34For a vehicle found to exceed the appropriate maximum permitted weight, a cost-per-mile
29.35fee of 22 cents per ton, or fraction of a ton, over the permitted maximum weight is imposed
29.36in addition to the normal permit fee. Miles must be calculated based on the distance
29.37already traveled in the state plus the distance from the point of detection to a transportation
29.38loading site or unloading site within the state or to the point of exit from the state.
29.39 (f) As an alternative to paragraph (e), an annual permit may be issued for overweight,
29.40or oversize and overweight, mobile cranes; construction equipment, machinery, and
29.41supplies; implements of husbandry; and commercial boat hauling. The fees for the permit
29.42are as follows:
30.1
Gross Weight (pounds) of Vehicle
Annual Permit Fee
30.2
90,000
or less
$200
30.3
90,001
- 100,000
$300
30.4
100,001
- 110,000
$400
30.5
110,001
- 120,000
$500
30.6
120,001
- 130,000
$600
30.7
130,001
- 140,000
$700
30.8
140,001
- 145,000
$800
30.9If the gross weight of the vehicle is more than 145,000 pounds the permit fee is determined
30.10under paragraph (e).
30.11 (g) For vehicles which exceed the width limitations set forth in section
169.80 by
30.12more than 72 inches, an additional cost equal to $120 added to the amount in paragraph (a)
30.13when the permit is issued while seasonal load restrictions pursuant to section
169.87 are
30.14in effect.
30.15 (h) $85 for an annual permit to be issued for a period not to exceed 12 months, for
30.16refuse-compactor vehicles that carry a gross weight of not more than: 22,000 pounds on
30.17a single rear axle; 38,000 pounds on a tandem rear axle; or, subject to section
169.828,
30.18subdivision 2
, 46,000 pounds on a tridem rear axle. A permit issued for up to 46,000
30.19pounds on a tridem rear axle must limit the gross vehicle weight to not more than 62,000
30.20pounds.
30.21 (i) $300 for a motor vehicle described in section
169.8261. The fee under this
30.22paragraph must be deposited as follows:
30.23 (1) in fiscal years 2005 through 2010:
30.24 (i) the first $50,000 in each fiscal year must be deposited in the trunk highway fund
30.25for costs related to administering the permit program and inspecting and posting bridges;
30.26 (ii) all remaining money in each fiscal year must be deposited in a bridge inspection
30.27and signing account in the special revenue fund. Money in the account is appropriated
30.28to the commissioner for:
30.29 (A) inspection of local bridges and identification of local bridges to be posted,
30.30including contracting with a consultant for some or all of these functions; and
30.31 (B) erection of weight-posting signs on local bridges; and
30.32 (2) in fiscal year 2011 and subsequent years must be deposited in the trunk highway
30.33fund.
30.34 (j) Beginning August 1, 2006, $200 for an annual permit for a vehicle operating
30.35under authority of section
169.824, subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clause (2).
30.36
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.new text end
31.1 Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 171.06, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
31.2 Subd. 2.
Fees. (a) The fees for a license and Minnesota identification card are
31.3as follows:
31.4
Classified Driver's License
D-$22.25
C-$26.25
B-$33.25
A-$41.25
31.5
Classified Under-21 D.L.
D-$22.25
C-$26.25
B-$33.25
A-$21.25
31.6
Enhanced Driver's License
D-$37.25
C-$41.25
B-$48.25
A-$56.25
31.7
Instruction Permit
$10.25
31.8
31.9
Enhanced Instruction
Permit
$25.25
31.10
Provisional License
$13.25
31.11
31.12
Enhanced Provisional
License
$28.25
31.13
31.14
31.15
Duplicate License or
duplicate identification
card
$11.75
31.16
31.17
31.18
31.19
Enhanced Duplicate
License or enhanced
duplicate identification
card
$26.75
31.20
31.21
31.22
31.23
31.24
31.25
31.26
Minnesota identification
card or Under-21
Minnesota identification
card, other than duplicate,
except as otherwise
provided in section
171.07,
subdivisions 3
and 3a
$16.25
31.27
31.28
Enhanced Minnesota
identification card
$31.25
31.29 In addition to each fee required in this paragraph, the commissioner shall collect a
31.30surcharge of $1.75 until June 30, 2012. Surcharges collected under this paragraph must be
31.31credited to the driver and vehicle services technology account in the special revenue fund
31.32under section
299A.705.
31.33 (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), an individual who holds a provisional license and
31.34has a driving record free of (1) convictions for a violation of section
169A.20,
169A.33,
31.35169A.35
, or sections
169A.50 to
169A.53, (2) convictions for crash-related moving
31.36violations, and (3) convictions for moving violations that are not crash related, shall have a
31.37$3.50 credit toward the fee for any classified under-21 driver's license. "Moving violation"
31.38has the meaning given it in section
171.04, subdivision 1.
31.39 (c) In addition to the driver's license fee required under paragraph (a), the
31.40commissioner shall collect an additional $4 processing fee from each new applicant
31.41or individual renewing a license with a school bus endorsement to cover the costs for
31.42processing an applicant's initial and biennial physical examination certificate. The
32.1department shall not charge these applicants any other fee to receive or renew the
32.2endorsement.
32.3
new text begin (d) An application for a Minnesota identification card, instruction permit, provisional new text end
32.4
new text begin license, or driver's license, including an application for renewal, must contain a provision new text end
32.5
new text begin that allows the applicant to add to the fee under paragraph (a) a $2 donation for the new text end
32.6
new text begin purposes of public information and education on anatomical gifts under section 171.075.new text end
32.7
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective January 1, 2012.new text end
32.8 Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 171.0701, is amended to read:
32.9
171.0701 DRIVER EDUCATION CONTENT.
32.10
new text begin Subdivision 1.new text end new text begin Driver education requirements.new text end (a) The commissioner shall adopt
32.11rules requiring a minimum of 30 minutes of instruction, beginning January 1, 2007,
32.12relating to organ and tissue donations and the provisions of section
171.07, subdivision
32.135
, for persons enrolled in driver education programs offered at public schools, private
32.14schools, and commercial driver training schools.
32.15 (b) The commissioner shall adopt rules for persons enrolled in driver education
32.16programs offered at public schools, private schools, and commercial driver training
32.17schools, requiring inclusion in the course of instruction, by January 1, 2009, a section on
32.18awareness and safe interaction with commercial motor vehicle traffic. The rules must
32.19require classroom instruction and behind-the-wheel training that includes, but is not
32.20limited to, truck stopping distances, proper distances for following trucks, identification of
32.21truck blind spots, and avoidance of driving in truck blind spots.
32.22 (c)
new text begin By January 1, 2012, the commissioner shall adopt rules for persons enrolled in new text end
32.23
new text begin driver education programs offered at public schools, private schools, and commercial new text end
32.24
new text begin driver training schools, requiring inclusion in the course of instruction of a section on new text end
32.25
new text begin carbon monoxide poisoning. The instruction must include but is not limited to: (1) a new text end
32.26
new text begin description of the characteristics of carbon monoxide; (2) a review of the risks and new text end
32.27
new text begin potential speed of death from carbon monoxide poisoning; and (3) specific suggestions new text end
32.28
new text begin regarding vehicle idling practices.new text end
32.29
new text begin Subd. 2.new text end new text begin Rulemaking.new text end The rules adopted by the commissioner under paragraph
32.30(b)
new text begin this sectionnew text end are exempt from the rulemaking provisions of chapter 14. The rules are
32.31subject to section
14.386, except that notwithstanding paragraph (b) of section
14.386, the
32.32rules continue in effect until repealed or superseded by other law or rule.
32.33
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.new text end
33.1 Sec. 11.
new text begin [171.075] ANATOMICAL GIFTS.new text end
33.2
new text begin Subdivision 1.new text end new text begin Anatomical gift account.new text end new text begin An anatomical gift account is established new text end
33.3
new text begin in the special revenue fund. The account consists of funds donated under sections new text end
33.4
new text begin 168.12, subdivision 5, and 171.06, subdivision 2, and any other money donated, new text end
33.5
new text begin allotted, transferred, or otherwise provided to the account. Money in the account is new text end
33.6
new text begin annually appropriated to the commissioner for: (1) grants under subdivision 2; and (2) new text end
33.7
new text begin administrative expenses in implementing the donation and grant program.new text end
33.8
new text begin Subd. 2.new text end new text begin Anatomical gift education grants.new text end new text begin (a) The commissioner shall make new text end
33.9
new text begin grants to: (1) a Minnesota organ procurement organization that is certified by the federal new text end
33.10
new text begin Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; or (2) an entity that is a charitable entity new text end
33.11
new text begin under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, as defined in section 289A.02, new text end
33.12
new text begin subdivision 7, and is dedicated to advocacy for organ, tissue, and eye donation.new text end
33.13
new text begin (b) From a grant under this section, the recipient shall provide resources and new text end
33.14
new text begin implement programs designed to increase the number of Minnesotans who register to new text end
33.15
new text begin be organ, tissue, and eye donors.new text end
33.16
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective January 1, 2012.new text end
33.17 Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 171.13, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
33.18 Subdivision 1.
Examination subjects and locations; provisions for color
33.19
blindness, disabled veterans. new text begin (a) new text end Except as otherwise provided in this section, the
33.20commissioner shall examine each applicant for a driver's license by such agency as the
33.21commissioner directs. This examination must include
new text begin :new text end
33.22
new text begin (1)new text end a test of
new text begin thenew text end applicant's eyesight;
33.23
new text begin (2) a test of the applicant'snew text end ability to read and understand highway signs regulating,
33.24warning, and directing traffic;
33.25
new text begin (3) a test of the applicant'snew text end knowledge of
new text begin (i)new text end traffic laws; knowledge of
new text begin (ii) new text end the effects
33.26of alcohol and drugs on a driver's ability to operate a motor vehicle safely and legally,
33.27and of the legal penalties and financial consequences resulting from violations of laws
33.28prohibiting the operation of a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or
33.29drugs; knowledge of
new text begin (iii) new text end railroad grade crossing safety; knowledge of
new text begin (iv) new text end slow-moving
33.30vehicle safety; knowledge of
new text begin (v) new text end laws relating to pupil transportation safety, including the
33.31significance of school bus lights, signals, stop arm, and passing a school bus; knowledge
33.32of
new text begin (vi) new text end traffic laws related to bicycles;
new text begin and (vii) the circumstances and dangers of carbon new text end
33.33
new text begin monoxide poisoning;new text end
33.34
new text begin (4)new text end an actual demonstration of ability to exercise ordinary and reasonable control
33.35in the operation of a motor vehicle; and
34.1
new text begin (5)new text end other physical and mental examinations as the commissioner finds necessary to
34.2determine the applicant's fitness to operate a motor vehicle safely upon the highways,
34.3provided, further however,
new text begin .new text end
34.4
new text begin (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a),new text end no driver's license shall
new text begin maynew text end be denied an
34.5applicant on the exclusive grounds that the applicant's eyesight is deficient in color
34.6perception. Provided, however, that War veterans operating motor vehicles especially
34.7equipped for disabled persons, shall, if otherwise entitled to a license,
new text begin must new text end be granted
34.8such license.
34.9
new text begin (c)new text end The commissioner shall make provision for giving these
new text begin thenew text end examinations
new text begin under new text end
34.10
new text begin this subdivisionnew text end either in the county where the applicant resides or at a place adjacent
34.11thereto reasonably convenient to the applicant.
34.12
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective January 1, 2012.new text end
34.13 Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 171.13, is amended by adding a subdivision
34.14to read:
34.15
new text begin Subd. 1l.new text end new text begin Driver's manual; carbon monoxide.new text end new text begin The commissioner shall include in new text end
34.16
new text begin each edition of the driver's manual published by the department after August 1, 2011, a new text end
34.17
new text begin section that includes up-to-date lifesaving information on carbon monoxide poisoning.new text end
34.18
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.new text end
34.19 Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 174.93, is amended to read:
34.20
174.93 GUIDEWAY INVESTMENT.
34.21 Subdivision 1.
Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms
34.22have the meanings given:
34.23(1) "commissioner" means the commissioner of transportation; and
34.24(2) "guideway" means a form of transportation service provided to the public on a
34.25regular and ongoing basis, that operates on exclusive or controlled rights-of-way or rails
34.26in whole or in part, and includes each line for intercity passenger rail, commuter rail, light
34.27rail transit, streetcars, and bus rapid transit
new text begin ; andnew text end
34.28
new text begin (3) "local unit of government" means a county, statutory or home rule charter city, new text end
34.29
new text begin town, or other political subdivision including, but not limited to, a regional railroad new text end
34.30
new text begin authority or joint powers boardnew text end .
34.31(b) For purposes of this section, "sources of funds" includes, but is not limited to,
34.32money from federal aid, state appropriations, the Metropolitan Council, special taxing
34.33districts, local units of government, fare box recovery, and nonpublic sources.
35.1
new text begin (c) For purposes of this section, "budget activity" includes, but is not limited new text end
35.2
new text begin to, environmental analysis, land acquisition, easements, design, preliminary and new text end
35.3
new text begin final engineering, acquisition of vehicles and rolling stock, track improvement and new text end
35.4
new text begin rehabilitation, and construction.new text end
35.5
new text begin Subd. 1a.new text end new text begin Capital project requests to legislature.new text end new text begin A state agency or local unit of new text end
35.6
new text begin government that submits a request to the legislature to obtain state funds for a guideway new text end
35.7
new text begin project shall, as part of the request, provide a summary financial plan for the project that new text end
35.8
new text begin presents the following information as reflected by the data and level of detail available in new text end
35.9
new text begin the latest phase of project development:new text end
35.10
new text begin (1) capital expenditures and funding sources for the project, including expenditures new text end
35.11
new text begin to date and total projected or estimated expenditures, with a breakdown by committed and new text end
35.12
new text begin proposed sources of funds; andnew text end
35.13
new text begin (2) estimated annual operations and maintenance expenditures for the project, with a new text end
35.14
new text begin breakdown by committed and proposed sources of funds.new text end
35.15 Subd. 2.
Legislative report. (a) By November 15 in every odd-numbered year,
35.16the commissioner shall prepare, in collaboration with the Metropolitan Council, and
35.17submit a report electronically to the chairs and ranking minority members of the house
35.18of representatives and senate
new text begin legislativenew text end committees with jurisdiction over transportation
35.19policy and finance concerning the status of guideway projects (1) currently in study,
35.20planning, development, or construction; (2) identified in the transportation policy plan
35.21under section
473.146; or (3) identified in the comprehensive statewide freight and
35.22passenger rail plan under section
174.03, subdivision 1b.
35.23(b) At a minimum, the report must include, for each guideway project:
35.24(1) a brief description of the project, including projected ridership;
35.25(2) a summary of the overall status and current phase of the project;
35.26(3) a timeline that includes (i) project phases or milestones; (ii) expected and known
35.27dates of commencement of each phase or milestone; and (iii) expected and known dates
35.28of completion of each phase or milestone;
35.29(4) a brief progress update on specific project phases or milestones completed since
35.30the last previous submission of a report under this subdivision; and
35.31(5) a summary financial plan that identifies,
new text begin as reflected by the data and level of new text end
35.32
new text begin detail available in the latest phase of project development andnew text end to the extent available:
35.33(i) capital expenditures, including expenditures to date and total projected
35.34expenditures, with a breakdown by committed and proposed sources of funds for the
35.35project; and
36.1(ii) estimated annual operations and maintenance expenditures reflecting the level
36.2of detail available in the current phase of the project development, with a breakdown by
36.3committed and proposed sources of funds for the projects in the Metropolitan Council's
36.4transportation policy plan.
new text begin project; andnew text end
36.5
new text begin (iii) if feasible, project expenditures by budget activity.new text end
36.6
new text begin (c) The report must also include a systemwide capacity analysis for investment in new text end
36.7
new text begin guideway expansion and maintenance that:new text end
36.8
new text begin (1) provides a funding projection, annually over the ensuing 20 years, and with a new text end
36.9
new text begin breakdown by committed and proposed sources of funds, of:new text end
36.10
new text begin (i) total capital expenditures for guideways;new text end
36.11
new text begin (ii) total operations and maintenance expenditures for guideways;new text end
36.12
new text begin (iii) total funding available for guideways, including from projected or estimated new text end
36.13
new text begin farebox recovery; andnew text end
36.14
new text begin (iv) total funding available for transit service in the metropolitan area; andnew text end
36.15
new text begin (2) evaluates the availability of funds and distribution of sources of funds for new text end
36.16
new text begin guideway investments.new text end
36.17
new text begin (d) The projection under paragraph (c), clause (1), must be for all guideway lines new text end
36.18
new text begin for which state funds are reasonably expected to be expended in planning, development, new text end
36.19
new text begin construction, or revenue operation during the ensuing 20 years.new text end
36.20
new text begin (e) Local units of government shall provide assistance and information in a timely new text end
36.21
new text begin manner as requested by the commissioner or council for completion of the report.new text end
36.22 Sec. 15.
new text begin REPORT ON VEHICLE CRIMES UNIT.new text end
36.23
new text begin By February 1, 2015, the commissioner of public safety shall submit a report to the new text end
36.24
new text begin legislative committees having jurisdiction over transportation finance on the revenues new text end
36.25
new text begin generated by the Vehicle Crimes Unit. This report must be made available electronically new text end
36.26
new text begin and made available in print only upon request.new text end
36.27 Sec. 16.
new text begin REPORT ON ANATOMICAL GIFT ACCOUNT.new text end
36.28
new text begin The commissioner of public safety shall report to the chairs of the legislative new text end
36.29
new text begin committees having jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance on the receipts and new text end
36.30
new text begin expenditures under Minnesota Statutes, section 171.075. The commissioner shall submit new text end
36.31
new text begin the report by February 1, 2013.new text end
36.32 Sec. 17.
new text begin REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION.new text end
37.1
new text begin The revisor of statutes shall recodify Minnesota Statutes, section 171.13, new text end
37.2
new text begin subdivisions 1b, 1c, 1d, 1e, 1f, 1g, 1h, 1i, 1j, 1k, and 1l, as Minnesota Statutes, section new text end
37.3
new text begin 171.0705. The revisor shall correct any cross-references made necessary by this new text end
37.4
new text begin recodification.new text end
37.5
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.new text end "
37.6Delete the title and insert:
37.7"A bill for an act
37.8relating to government finance; appropriating money for transportation,
37.9Metropolitan Council, and public safety activities and programs; providing for
37.10fund transfers, tort claims, and certain contingent appropriations; providing
37.11for use of revenues from metropolitan transportation area sales tax; reducing
37.12funding for 2011 state road construction; authorizing transfers from metropolitan
37.13livable communities fund accounts, right-of-way loan acquisition fund for transit
37.14operating deficits, and Metropolitan Council operating budget; establishing
37.15accounts; modifying various provisions related to transportation finance and
37.16policy; modifying provisions related to licensing drivers; mandating and
37.17amending legislative reports; making technical and clarifying changes;amending
37.18Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 16A.11, subdivision 3a; 16A.86, subdivision
37.193a; 161.04, by adding a subdivision; 162.06, subdivision 1; 162.12, subdivision
37.201; 168.12, subdivision 5; 168.1253, subdivision 1; 169.86, subdivision 5; 171.06,
37.21subdivision 2; 171.0701; 171.13, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 174.93;
37.22297A.992, subdivision 5, by adding a subdivision; Laws 2009, chapter 36,
37.23article 1, section 3, subdivision 3, as amended; proposing coding for new law
37.24in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 171."
38.1
We request the adoption of this report and repassage of the bill.
38.2
House Conferees:
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38.4
Michael Beard
Mark Murdock
38.5
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38.6
Torrey Westrom
Rich Murray
38.7
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38.8
Ernie Leidiger
38.9
Senate Conferees:
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38.11
Joe Gimse
John Sterling Howe
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38.13
Al D. DeKruif
Benjamin A. Kruse
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38.15
Ted H. Lillie
