1.1A bill for an act
1.2relating to transportation; appropriating money for transportation, Metropolitan
1.3Council, and public safety activities and programs; providing for fund transfers,
1.4contingent appropriations, and tort claims; creating trunk highway economic
1.5development account; modifying provisions for distribution of town road
1.6account; modifying provisions for plates for physically disabled persons;
1.7expanding eligibility for Gold Star license plates; adjusting and clarifying driver's
1.8license fees; extending coverage of certain permit; allowing driver and vehicle
1.9transaction applicants to add $2 donation for anatomical gift program; creating
1.10anatomical gift account; extending expiration date for collection of technology
1.11surcharge; requiring reports;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections
1.1216A.11, subdivision 3a; 16A.86, subdivision 3a; 161.04, by adding a subdivision;
1.13162.06, subdivision 1; 162.081, subdivision 4; 162.12, subdivision 1; 168.013,
1.14subdivision 21; 168.021; 168.12, subdivision 5; 168.1253, subdivision 1;
1.15168.33, subdivision 7; 168A.29, subdivision 1; 169.345, subdivisions 1, 3;
1.16169.86, subdivision 5; 171.06, subdivision 2; 174.93; 299A.705, subdivision 3;
1.17473.388, subdivision 4; Laws 2009, chapter 36, article 1, section 3, subdivision
1.183; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 171.
1.19BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.20
ARTICLE 1
1.21
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
1.22
Section 1. new text begin SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS.new text end
1.23
new text begin The amounts shown in this section summarize direct appropriations, by fund, made new text end
1.24
new text begin in this article.new text end
1.25
new text begin 2012new text end
new text begin 2013new text end
new text begin Totalnew text end
1.26
new text begin Generalnew text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin 69,830,000new text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin 69,830,000new text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin 139,660,000new text end
1.27
new text begin Airportsnew text end
new text begin 19,609,000new text end
new text begin 19,609,000new text end
new text begin 39,218,000new text end
1.28
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
1.29
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
1.30
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
2.1
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
2.2
new text begin Trunk Highwaynew text end
new text begin 1,641,090,000new text end
new text begin 1,335,276,000new text end
new text begin 2,976,366,000new text end
2.3
new text begin Totalnew text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin 2,480,587,000new text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin 2,210,466,000new text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin 4,691,053,000new text end
2.4
Sec. 2. new text begin TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS.new text end
2.5
new text begin The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to new text end
2.6
new text begin the agencies and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from new text end
2.7
new text begin the trunk highway fund, or another named fund, and are available for the fiscal years new text end
2.8
new text begin indicated for each purpose. The figures "2012" and "2013" used in this article mean that new text end
2.9
new text begin the appropriations listed under them are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012, new text end
2.10
new text begin or June 30, 2013, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2012. "The second year" is new text end
2.11
new text begin fiscal year 2013. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2012 and 2013. Appropriations for the new text end
2.12
new text begin fiscal year ending June 30, 2011, are effective the day following final enactment.new text end
2.13
new text begin APPROPRIATIONSnew text end
2.14
new text begin Available for the Yearnew text end
2.15
new text begin Ending June 30new text end
2.16
new text begin 2012new text end
new text begin 2013new text end
2.17
2.18
Sec. 3. new text begin DEPARTMENT OF new text end
new text begin TRANSPORTATIONnew text end
2.19
new text begin Subdivision 1.new text end new text begin Total Appropriationnew text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin 2,277,701,000new text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin 2,007,580,000new text end
2.20
new text begin Appropriations by Fundnew text end
2.21
new text begin 2012new text end
new text begin 2013new text end
2.22
new text begin Generalnew text end
new text begin 12,906,000new text end
new text begin 12,906,000new text end
2.23
new text begin Airportsnew text end
new text begin 19,609,000new text end
new text begin 19,609,000new text end
2.24
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
2.25
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
2.26
new text begin Trunk Highwaynew text end
new text begin 1,554,622,000new text end
new text begin 1,248,808,000new text end
2.27
new text begin The amounts that may be spent for each new text end
2.28
new text begin purpose are specified in the following new text end
2.29
new text begin subdivisions.new text end
2.30
new text begin Subd. 2.new text end new text begin Multimodal Systemsnew text end
2.31
new text begin (a) new text end new text begin Aeronauticsnew text end
2.32
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 14,298,000new text end
2.33
new text begin This appropriation is from the state new text end
2.34
new text begin airports fund and must be spent according new text end
3.1
new text begin to Minnesota Statutes, section 360.305, new text end
3.2
new text begin subdivision 4.new text end
3.3
new text begin Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section new text end
3.4
new text begin 16A.28, subdivision 6, this appropriation is new text end
3.5
new text begin available for five years after appropriation. new text end
3.6
new text begin If the appropriation for either year is new text end
3.7
new text begin insufficient, the appropriation for the other new text end
3.8
new text begin year is available for it.new text end
3.9
new text begin If the appropriation for either year does new text end
3.10
new text begin not exhaust the balance in the state airports new text end
3.11
new text begin fund, the commissioner of management and new text end
3.12
new text begin budget, upon request of the commissioner new text end
3.13
new text begin of transportation, shall notify the chairs and new text end
3.14
new text begin ranking minority members of the senate and new text end
3.15
new text begin house of representatives committees with new text end
3.16
new text begin jurisdiction over transportation finance of the new text end
3.17
new text begin amount of the remainder and shall then add new text end
3.18
new text begin that amount to the appropriation. The amount new text end
3.19
new text begin added is appropriated for the purpose of new text end
3.20
new text begin airport development and assistance and must new text end
3.21
new text begin be spent according to Minnesota Statutes, new text end
3.22
new text begin section 360.305, subdivision 4.new text end
3.23
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
3.24
new text begin Appropriations by Fundnew text end
3.25
new text begin Airportsnew text end
new text begin 5,286,000new text end
new text begin 5,286,000new text end
3.26
new text begin Trunk Highwaynew text end
new text begin 837,000new text end
new text begin 837,000new text end
3.27
new text begin $65,000 the first year and $65,000 the second new text end
3.28
new text begin year from the state airports fund are for the new text end
3.29
new text begin Civil Air Patrol.new text end
3.30
new text begin (b) new text end new text begin Transitnew text end
new text begin 13,067,000new text end
new text begin 13,067,000new text end
3.31
new text begin Appropriations by Fundnew text end
3.32
new text begin Generalnew text end
new text begin 12,292,000new text end
new text begin 12,292,000new text end
3.33
new text begin Trunk Highwaynew text end
new text begin 775,000new text end
new text begin 775,000new text end
3.34
new text begin Of these appropriations from the general new text end
3.35
new text begin fund, $19,300 in each year is for the new text end
4.1
new text begin administrative expenses of the Minnesota new text end
4.2
new text begin Council on Transportation Access, and for new text end
4.3
new text begin other costs relating to the preparation of new text end
4.4
new text begin required reports, including the costs of hiring new text end
4.5
new text begin a consultant.new text end
4.6
new text begin Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, new text end
4.7
new text begin section 297B.09, $4,000,000 the first new text end
4.8
new text begin year and $4,000,000 the second year new text end
4.9
new text begin must be transferred by the commissioner new text end
4.10
new text begin of management and budget from the new text end
4.11
new text begin metropolitan area transit account in the new text end
4.12
new text begin transit assistance fund to the greater new text end
4.13
new text begin Minnesota transit account in the transit new text end
4.14
new text begin assistance fund.new text end
4.15
new text begin (c) new text end new text begin Passenger Railnew text end
new text begin 300,000new text end
new text begin 300,000new text end
4.16
new text begin This appropriation is from the general new text end
4.17
new text begin fund for passenger rail system planning, new text end
4.18
new text begin alternatives, analysis, environmental new text end
4.19
new text begin analysis, design, and preliminary engineering new text end
4.20
new text begin under Minnesota Statutes, sections 174.632 new text end
4.21
new text begin to 174.636.new text end
4.22
new text begin (d) 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
4.23
new text begin Appropriations by Fundnew text end
4.24
new text begin Generalnew text end
new text begin 257,000new text end
new text begin 257,000new text end
4.25
new text begin Trunk Highwaynew text end
new text begin 4,897,000new text end
new text begin 4,897,000new text end
4.26
new text begin Subd. 3.new text end new text begin State Roadsnew text end
4.27
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
4.28
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
4.29
new text begin Of these appropriations, $130,000 in each new text end
4.30
new text begin year is for administrative costs of the new text end
4.31
new text begin targeted group business program, if a law new text end
4.32
new text begin is enacted and effective in 2012 and 2013 new text end
4.33
new text begin that establishes a targeted group business new text end
5.1
new text begin program for state highway construction new text end
5.2
new text begin contracts.new text end
5.3
new text begin $266,000 the first year and $266,000 the new text end
5.4
new text begin second year are available for grants to new text end
5.5
new text begin metropolitan planning organizations outside new text end
5.6
new text begin the seven-county metropolitan area.new text end
5.7
new text begin $75,000 the first year and $75,000 the new text end
5.8
new text begin second year are for a transportation research new text end
5.9
new text begin contingent account to finance research new text end
5.10
new text begin projects that are reimbursable from the new text end
5.11
new text begin federal government or from other sources. new text end
5.12
new text begin If the appropriation for either year is new text end
5.13
new text begin insufficient, the appropriation for the other new text end
5.14
new text begin year is available for it.new text end
5.15
new text begin $600,000 the first year and $600,000 new text end
5.16
new text begin the second year are available for grants new text end
5.17
new text begin for transportation studies outside the new text end
5.18
new text begin 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 881,000,000new text end
new text begin 555,000,000new text end
5.32
new text begin The base appropriation for fiscal years 2014 new text end
5.33
new text begin and 2015 is $635,000,000 for each year.new text end
5.34
new text begin It is estimated that these appropriations will new text end
5.35
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 494,800,000 new text end
new text begin 268,800,000new text end
6.4
new text begin Highway User Taxesnew text end
new text begin 386,200,000new text end
new text begin 286,200,000new 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 senate and house of new text end
6.8
new text begin representatives committees with jurisdiction new text end
6.9
new text begin over transportation finance of any significant new text end
6.10
new text begin events that should cause these estimates to new text end
6.11
new text begin change.new text end
6.12
new text begin This appropriation is for the actual new text end
6.13
new text begin construction, reconstruction, and new text end
6.14
new text begin improvement of trunk highways, including new text end
6.15
new text begin design-build contracts and consultant usage new text end
6.16
new text begin to support these activities. This includes the new text end
6.17
new text begin cost of actual payment to landowners for new text end
6.18
new text begin lands acquired for highway rights-of-way, new text end
6.19
new text begin payment to lessees, interest subsidies, and new text end
6.20
new text begin relocation expenses.new text end
6.21
new text begin The commissioner may transfer up to new text end
6.22
new text begin $100,000,000 in the first year from the new text end
6.23
new text begin trunk highway fund to the trunk highway new text end
6.24
new text begin economic development account established new text end
6.25
new text begin under Minnesota Statutes, section 161.04, new text end
6.26
new text begin subdivision 6.new text end
6.27
new text begin The commissioner shall expend up to new text end
6.28
new text begin one-half of one percent of the federal new text end
6.29
new text begin appropriations under this paragraph as grants new text end
6.30
new text begin to opportunity industrialization centers and new text end
6.31
new text begin other nonprofit job training centers for new text end
6.32
new text begin job training programs related to highway new text end
6.33
new text begin 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 this 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 and is available until new text end
7.34
new text begin spent.new text end
8.1
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
8.2
new text begin This appropriation is from the municipal new text end
8.3
new text begin state-aid street fund and is available until new text end
8.4
new text begin spent.new text end
8.5
new text begin (c) new text end new text begin State Aid Appropriation Adjustmentsnew text end
8.6
new text begin If an appropriation for either county state new text end
8.7
new text begin aids or municipal state aids does not exhaust new text end
8.8
new text begin the balance in the fund from which it is new text end
8.9
new text begin made in the year for which it is made, new text end
8.10
new text begin the commissioner of management and new text end
8.11
new text begin budget, upon request of the commissioner new text end
8.12
new text begin of transportation, shall notify the chairs and new text end
8.13
new text begin ranking minority members of the senate and new text end
8.14
new text begin house of representatives committees with new text end
8.15
new text begin jurisdiction over transportation finance of the new text end
8.16
new text begin amount of the remainder and shall then add new text end
8.17
new text begin that amount to the appropriation. The amount new text end
8.18
new text begin added is appropriated for the purposes of new text end
8.19
new text begin county state aids or municipal state aids, as new text end
8.20
new text begin appropriate.new text end
8.21
new text begin If the appropriation for either county state new text end
8.22
new text begin aids or municipal state aids does exhaust new text end
8.23
new text begin the balance in the fund from which it is new text end
8.24
new text begin made in the year for which it is made, new text end
8.25
new text begin the commissioner of management and new text end
8.26
new text begin budget shall notify the chairs and ranking new text end
8.27
new text begin minority members of the senate and house of new text end
8.28
new text begin representatives committees with jurisdiction new text end
8.29
new text begin over transportation finance of the amount by new text end
8.30
new text begin which the appropriation exceeds the balance new text end
8.31
new text begin and shall then reduce that amount from the new text end
8.32
new text begin appropriation.new text end
8.33
new text begin Subd. 5.new text end new text begin Agency Managementnew text end
8.34
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
9.1
new text begin Appropriations by Fundnew text end
9.2
new text begin Airportsnew text end
new text begin 25,000new text end
new text begin 25,000new text end
9.3
new text begin Trunk Highwaynew text end
new text begin 41,972,000new text end
new text begin 41,972,000new text end
9.4
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
9.5
new text begin Appropriations by Fundnew text end
9.6
new text begin Generalnew text end
new text begin 54,000new text end
new text begin 54,000new text end
9.7
new text begin Trunk Highwaynew text end
new text begin 17,784,000new text end
new text begin 17,784,000new text end
9.8
new text begin If the appropriation for either year is new text end
9.9
new text begin insufficient, the appropriation for the other new text end
9.10
new text begin year is available for it.new text end
9.11
new text begin Subd. 6.new text end new text begin Transfersnew text end
9.12
new text begin (a) With the approval of the commissioner of new text end
9.13
new text begin management and budget, the commissioner new text end
9.14
new text begin of transportation may transfer unencumbered new text end
9.15
new text begin balances among the appropriations from the new text end
9.16
new text begin trunk highway fund and the state airports new text end
9.17
new text begin fund made in this section. No transfer may new text end
9.18
new text begin be made from the appropriation for state new text end
9.19
new text begin road construction. No transfer may be made new text end
9.20
new text begin from the appropriations for debt service to new text end
9.21
new text begin any other appropriation. Transfers under new text end
9.22
new text begin this paragraph may not be made between new text end
9.23
new text begin funds. Transfers between programs must new text end
9.24
new text begin be reported immediately to the chairs and new text end
9.25
new text begin ranking minority members of the senate and new text end
9.26
new text begin house of representatives committees with new text end
9.27
new text begin jurisdiction over transportation finance.new text end
9.28
new text begin (b) The commissioner shall transfer from new text end
9.29
new text begin the flexible highway account in the county new text end
9.30
new text begin state-aid highway fund (1) $1,000,000 in the new text end
9.31
new text begin first year to the municipal turnback account new text end
9.32
new text begin in the municipal state-aid street fund; (2) new text end
9.33
new text begin $1,900,000 in the first year to the trunk new text end
9.34
new text begin highway fund; and (3) the remainder in new text end
9.35
new text begin each year to the county turnback account new text end
10.1
new text begin in the county state-aid highway fund. The new text end
10.2
new text begin funds transferred are for highway turnback new text end
10.3
new text begin purposes as provided under Minnesota new text end
10.4
new text begin Statutes, section 161.081, subdivision 3.new text end
10.5
10.6
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
10.7
new text begin Any money appropriated to the commissioner new text end
10.8
new text begin of transportation for state road construction new text end
10.9
new text begin for any fiscal year before fiscal year new text end
10.10
new text begin 2012 is available to the commissioner new text end
10.11
new text begin during the biennium to the extent that the new text end
10.12
new text begin commissioner spends the money on the new text end
10.13
new text begin state road construction project for which the new text end
10.14
new text begin money was originally encumbered during new text end
10.15
new text begin the fiscal year for which it was appropriated. new text end
10.16
new text begin The commissioner of transportation shall new text end
10.17
new text begin report to the commissioner of management new text end
10.18
new text begin and budget by August 1, 2011, and August new text end
10.19
new text begin 1, 2012, on a form the commissioner of new text end
10.20
new text begin management and budget provides, on new text end
10.21
new text begin expenditures made during the previous fiscal new text end
10.22
new text begin year that are authorized by this subdivision.new text end
10.23
new text begin Subd. 8.new text end new text begin Contingent Appropriationnew text end
10.24
new text begin The commissioner of transportation, with new text end
10.25
new text begin the approval of the governor and the written new text end
10.26
new text begin approval of at least five members of a new text end
10.27
new text begin group consisting of the members of the new text end
10.28
new text begin Legislative Advisory Commission under new text end
10.29
new text begin Minnesota Statutes, section 3.30, and the new text end
10.30
new text begin ranking minority members of the house of new text end
10.31
new text begin representatives and senate committees with new text end
10.32
new text begin jurisdiction over transportation finance, may new text end
10.33
new text begin transfer all or part of the unappropriated new text end
10.34
new text begin balance in the trunk highway fund to an new text end
10.35
new text begin appropriation (1) for trunk highway design, new text end
11.1
new text begin construction, or inspection in order to new text end
11.2
new text begin take advantage of an unanticipated receipt new text end
11.3
new text begin of income to the trunk highway fund or new text end
11.4
new text begin to take advantage of federal advanced new text end
11.5
new text begin construction funding, (2) for trunk highway new text end
11.6
new text begin maintenance in order to meet an emergency, new text end
11.7
new text begin or (3) to pay tort or environmental claims. new text end
11.8
new text begin Nothing in this subdivision authorizes the new text end
11.9
new text begin commissioner to increase the use of federal new text end
11.10
new text begin advanced construction funding beyond new text end
11.11
new text begin amounts specifically authorized. Any new text end
11.12
new text begin transfer as a result of the use of federal new text end
11.13
new text begin advanced construction funding must include new text end
11.14
new text begin an analysis of the effects on the long-term new text end
11.15
new text begin trunk highway fund balance. The amount new text end
11.16
new text begin transferred is appropriated for the purpose of new text end
11.17
new text begin the account to which it is transferred.new text end
11.18
new text begin Subd. 9.new text end new text begin Use of Trunk Highway Fundnew text end
11.19
new text begin No transfer or expenditure of trunk highway new text end
11.20
new text begin funds may be made for the purpose of paying new text end
11.21
new text begin personnel costs incurred on behalf of the new text end
11.22
new text begin Governor's Office.new text end
11.23
Sec. 4. new text begin METROPOLITAN COUNCILnew text end
11.24
new text begin Subdivision 1.new text end new text begin Total Appropriationnew text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin 48,970,000new text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin 48,970,000new text end
11.25
new text begin The appropriations in this section are from new text end
11.26
new text begin the general fund.new text end
11.27
new text begin The amounts that may be spent for each new text end
11.28
new text begin purpose are specified in the following new text end
11.29
new text begin subdivisions.new text end
11.30
new text begin Subd. 2.new text end new text begin Bus Transitnew text end
new text begin 43,796,000new text end
new text begin 43,796,000new text end
11.31
new text begin This appropriation is for bus system new text end
11.32
new text begin operations.new text end
12.1
new text begin Of this appropriation, $140,000 in each new text end
12.2
new text begin fiscal year is for transit service for disabled new text end
12.3
new text begin veterans under Minnesota Statutes, section new text end
12.4
new text begin 473.408, subdivision 10.new text end
12.5
new text begin Of this appropriation, $80,700 in each new text end
12.6
new text begin year is for the administrative expenses of new text end
12.7
new text begin the Minnesota Council on Transportation new text end
12.8
new text begin Access, and for other costs relating to the new text end
12.9
new text begin preparation of required reports, including the new text end
12.10
new text begin costs of hiring a consultant.new text end
12.11
new text begin The council shall deploy the following new text end
12.12
new text begin strategies as necessary to avoid transit new text end
12.13
new text begin service reductions and route elimination, in new text end
12.14
new text begin the order stated:new text end
12.15
new text begin (1) use the maximum feasible amount of new text end
12.16
new text begin the council's reserve funds for bus transit new text end
12.17
new text begin operations in fiscal years 2012 and 2013; andnew text end
12.18
new text begin (2) exercise the authority granted to the new text end
12.19
new text begin council in article 2, sections 29 and 30.new text end
12.20
new text begin The council may require service reductions or new text end
12.21
new text begin route eliminations only after both strategies new text end
12.22
new text begin have been fully deployed. The council may new text end
12.23
new text begin not increase fares unless both strategies have new text end
12.24
new text begin been fully deployed and service cuts have new text end
12.25
new text begin been made.new text end
12.26
new text begin Subd. 3.new text end new text begin Rail Operationsnew text end
new text begin 5,174,000new text end
new text begin 5,174,000new text end
12.27
Sec. 5. new text begin DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETYnew text end
12.28
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
12.29
new text begin Appropriations by Fundnew text end
12.30
new text begin 2012new text end
new text begin 2013new text end
12.31
new text begin Generalnew text end
new text begin 7,954,000new text end
new text begin 7,954,000new text end
12.32
new text begin Special Revenue new text end
new text begin 49,088,000new text end
new text begin 49,088,000new text end
12.33
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
12.34
new text begin Trunk Highwaynew text end
new text begin 85,868,000new text end
new text begin 85,868,000new text end
13.1
new text begin The amounts that may be spent for each new text end
13.2
new text begin purpose are specified in the following new text end
13.3
new text begin subdivisions.new text end
13.4
new text begin Subd. 2.new text end new text begin Administration and Related Services new text end
13.5
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
13.6
new text begin Appropriations by Fundnew text end
13.7
new text begin Generalnew text end
new text begin 41,000new text end
new text begin 41,000new text end
13.8
new text begin Trunk Highwaynew text end
new text begin 393,000new text end
new text begin 393,000new text end
13.9
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
13.10
new text begin Appropriations by Fundnew text end
13.11
new text begin Generalnew text end
new text begin 3,296,000new text end
new text begin 3,296,000new text end
13.12
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
13.13
new text begin Trunk Highwaynew text end
new text begin 3,506,000new text end
new text begin 3,506,000new text end
13.14
new text begin $380,000 the first year and $380,000 the new text end
13.15
new text begin second year are appropriated from the general new text end
13.16
new text begin fund for payment of public safety officer new text end
13.17
new text begin survivor benefits under Minnesota Statutes, new text end
13.18
new text begin section 299A.44. If the appropriation for new text end
13.19
new text begin either year is insufficient, the appropriation new text end
13.20
new text begin for the other year is available for it.new text end
13.21
new text begin $1,367,000 the first year and $1,367,000 new text end
13.22
new text begin the second year are appropriated from the new text end
13.23
new text begin general fund to be deposited in the public new text end
13.24
new text begin safety officer's benefit account. This money new text end
13.25
new text begin is available for reimbursements under new text end
13.26
new text begin Minnesota Statutes, section new text end
new text begin .new text end
13.27
new text begin $508,000 the first year and $508,000 the new text end
13.28
new text begin second year are appropriated from the general new text end
13.29
new text begin fund for soft body armor reimbursements new text end
13.30
new text begin under Minnesota Statutes, section new text end
new text begin .new text end
13.31
new text begin $792,000 the first year and $792,000 new text end
13.32
new text begin the second year are appropriated from the new text end
13.33
new text begin general fund for transfer by the commissioner new text end
13.34
new text begin of finance to the trunk highway fund on new text end
14.1
new text begin December 31, 2011, and December 31, 2012, new text end
14.2
new text begin respectively, in order to reimburse the trunk new text end
14.3
new text begin highway fund for expenses not related to the new text end
14.4
new text begin fund. These represent amounts appropriated new text end
14.5
new text begin out of the trunk highway fund for general new text end
14.6
new text begin fund purposes in the administration and new text end
14.7
new text begin related services program.new text end
14.8
new text begin $610,000 the first year and $610,000 the new text end
14.9
new text begin second year are appropriated from the new text end
14.10
new text begin highway user tax distribution fund for new text end
14.11
new text begin transfer by the commissioner of management new text end
14.12
new text begin and budget to the trunk highway fund on new text end
14.13
new text begin December 31, 2011, and December 31, 2012, new text end
14.14
new text begin respectively, in order to reimburse the trunk new text end
14.15
new text begin highway fund for expenses not related to the new text end
14.16
new text begin fund. These represent amounts appropriated new text end
14.17
new text begin out of the trunk highway fund for highway new text end
14.18
new text begin user tax distribution fund purposes in the new text end
14.19
new text begin administration and related services program.new text end
14.20
new text begin $716,000 the first year and $716,000 new text end
14.21
new text begin the second year are appropriated from new text end
14.22
new text begin the highway user tax distribution fund new text end
14.23
new text begin for transfer by the commissioner of new text end
14.24
new text begin management and budget to the general fund new text end
14.25
new text begin on December 31, 2011, and December 31, new text end
14.26
new text begin 2012, respectively, in order to reimburse the new text end
14.27
new text begin general fund for expenses not related to the new text end
14.28
new text begin fund. These represent amounts appropriated new text end
14.29
new text begin out of the general fund for operation of the new text end
14.30
new text begin criminal justice data network related to driver new text end
14.31
new text begin and motor vehicle licensing.new text end
14.32
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
14.33
new text begin Appropriations by Fundnew text end
14.34
new text begin Generalnew text end
new text begin 1,472,000new text end
new text begin 1,472,000new text end
14.35
new text begin H.U.T.D. new text end
new text begin 19,000new text end
new text begin 19,000new text end
14.36
new text begin Trunk Highwaynew text end
new text begin 2,344,000new text end
new text begin 2,344,000new text end
15.1
new text begin Subd. 3.new text end new text begin State Patrolnew text end
15.2
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
15.3
new text begin Appropriations by Fundnew text end
15.4
new text begin Generalnew text end
new text begin 37,000new text end
new text begin 37,000new text end
15.5
new text begin H.U.T.D. new text end
new text begin 92,000new text end
new text begin 92,000new text end
15.6
new text begin Trunk Highwaynew text end
new text begin 71,393,000new text end
new text begin 71,393,000new text end
15.7
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
15.8
new text begin This appropriation is from the trunk highway new text end
15.9
new text begin fund.new text end
15.10
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
15.11
new text begin This appropriation is from the general fund.new text end
15.12
new text begin The commissioner may not: (1) spend new text end
15.13
new text begin any money from the trunk highway fund new text end
15.14
new text begin for capitol security; or (2) permanently new text end
15.15
new text begin transfer any state trooper from the patrolling new text end
15.16
new text begin highways activity to capitol security.new text end
15.17
new text begin The commissioner may not transfer any new text end
15.18
new text begin money: (1) appropriated for Department of new text end
15.19
new text begin Public Safety administration, the patrolling of new text end
15.20
new text begin highways, commercial vehicle enforcement, new text end
15.21
new text begin or driver and vehicle services to capitol new text end
15.22
new text begin security; or (2) from capitol security.new text end
15.23
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
15.24
new text begin This appropriation is from the highway user new text end
15.25
new text begin tax distribution fund, and is to investigate: new text end
15.26
new text begin (1) registration tax and motor vehicle sales new text end
15.27
new text begin tax liabilities from individuals and businesses new text end
15.28
new text begin that currently do not pay all taxes owed; new text end
15.29
new text begin and (2) illegal or improper activity related new text end
15.30
new text begin to sale, transfer, titling, and registration of new text end
15.31
new text begin motor vehicles.new text end
15.32
new text begin By February 1, 2015, the commissioner shall new text end
15.33
new text begin submit a report to the house of representatives new text end
16.1
new text begin and senate committees having jurisdiction new text end
16.2
new text begin over transportation finance on the revenues new text end
16.3
new text begin generated by the Vehicle Crimes Unit. This new text end
16.4
new text begin report must be made available electronically new text end
16.5
new text begin and made available in print only upon new text end
16.6
new text begin request.new text end
16.7
new text begin Subd. 4.new text end new text begin Driver and Vehicle Servicesnew text end
16.8
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
16.9
new text begin Appropriations by Fundnew text end
16.10
new text begin Special Revenuenew text end
new text begin 19,023,000new text end
new text begin 19,023,000new text end
16.11
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
16.12
new text begin The special revenue fund appropriation is new text end
16.13
new text begin from the vehicle services operating account.new text end
16.14
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
16.15
new text begin Appropriations by Fundnew text end
16.16
new text begin Special Revenuenew text end
new text begin 28,711,000new text end
new text begin 28,711,000new text end
16.17
new text begin Trunk Highwaynew text end
new text begin 1,000new text end
new text begin 1,000new text end
16.18
new text begin The special revenue fund appropriation is new text end
16.19
new text begin from the driver services operating account.new text end
16.20
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
16.21
new text begin The commissioner of public safety shall new text end
16.22
new text begin spend 50 percent of the money available new text end
16.23
new text begin to the state under Public Law 105-206, new text end
16.24
new text begin section 164, and the remaining 50 percent new text end
16.25
new text begin must be transferred to the commissioner new text end
16.26
new text begin of transportation for hazard elimination new text end
16.27
new text begin activities under United States Code, title 23, new text end
16.28
new text begin section 152.new text end
16.29
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
16.30
new text begin This appropriation is from the pipeline safety new text end
16.31
new text begin account in the special revenue fund.new text end
16.32
new text begin Subd. 7.new text end new text begin Use of Trunk Highway Fundnew text end
17.1
new text begin No transfer or expenditure of trunk highway new text end
17.2
new text begin funds may be made for the purpose of paying new text end
17.3
new text begin personnel costs incurred on behalf of the new text end
17.4
new text begin Governor's Office.new text end
17.5
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
17.6
new text begin This appropriation is to the commissioner of new text end
17.7
new text begin management and budget.new text end
17.8
new text begin If the appropriation for either year is new text end
17.9
new text begin insufficient, the appropriation for the other new text end
17.10
new text begin year is available for it.new text end
17.11 Sec. 7. Laws 2009, chapter 36, article 1, section 3, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
17.12
Subd. 3.State Roads
17.13
(a) Infrastructure Operations and Maintenance
251,643,000
245,892,000
17.14The base appropriation for fiscal years 2012
17.15and 2013 is $257,395,000 for each year.
17.16
(b) Infrastructure Investment and Planning
17.17
(1) Infrastructure Investment Support
201,461,000
196,935,000
17.18The base appropriation for fiscal years 2012
17.19and 2013 is $205,988,000 for each year.
17.20$266,000 the first year and $266,000 the
17.21second year are available for grants to
17.22metropolitan planning organizations outside
17.23the seven-county metropolitan area.
17.24$75,000 the first year and $75,000 the
17.25second year are for a transportation research
17.26contingent account to finance research
17.27projects that are reimbursable from the
17.28federal government or from other sources.
17.29If the appropriation for either year is
17.30insufficient, the appropriation for the other
17.31year is available for it.
18.1$600,000 the first year and $600,000
18.2the second year are available for grants
18.3for transportation studies outside the
18.4metropolitan area to identify critical
18.5concerns, problems, and issues. These
18.6grants are available (1) to regional
18.7development commissions; (2) in regions
18.8where no regional development commission
18.9is functioning, to joint powers boards
18.10established under agreement of two or
18.11more political subdivisions in the region to
18.12exercise the planning functions of a regional
18.13development commission; and (3) in regions
18.14where no regional development commission
18.15or joint powers board is functioning, to the
18.16department's district office for that region.
18.17
18.18
(2) State Road Construction
551,300,000
598,700,000
new text begin 555,700,000new text end
18.19The base appropriation for fiscal years 2012
18.20and 2013 is $635,000,000 for each year.
18.21It is estimated that these appropriations will
18.22be funded as follows:
18.23
Appropriations by Fund
18.24
18.25
Federal Highway
Aid
301,100,000
388,500,000
new text begin 345,500,000new text end
18.26
Highway User Taxes
250,200,000
210,200,000
18.27The commissioner of transportation shall
18.28notify the chairs and ranking minority
18.29members of the senate and house of
18.30representatives committees with jurisdiction
18.31over transportation finance of any significant
18.32events that should cause these estimates to
18.33change.
18.34This appropriation is for the actual
18.35construction, reconstruction, and
18.36improvement of trunk highways, including
19.1design-build contracts and consultant usage
19.2to support these activities. This includes the
19.3cost of actual payment to landowners for
19.4lands acquired for highway rights-of-way,
19.5payment to lessees, interest subsidies, and
19.6relocation expenses.
19.7The commissioner shall expend up to
19.8one-half of one percent of the federal
19.9appropriations under this paragraph as grants
19.10to opportunity industrialization centers and
19.11other nonprofit job training centers for
19.12job training programs related to highway
19.13construction.
19.14The commissioner may transfer up to
19.15$15,000,000 each year to the transportation
19.16revolving loan fund.
19.17The commissioner may receive money
19.18covering other shares of the cost of
19.19partnership projects. These receipts are
19.20appropriated to the commissioner for these
19.21projects.
19.22
(3) Highway Debt Service
101,170,000
173,400,000
19.23$86,517,000 the first year and $157,304,000
19.24the second year are for transfer to the state
19.25bond fund. If this appropriation is insufficient
19.26to make all transfers required in the year for
19.27which it is made, the commissioner of finance
19.28shall notify the Committee on Finance of
19.29the senate and the Committee on Ways and
19.30Means of the house of representatives of
19.31the amount of the deficiency and shall then
19.32transfer that amount under the statutory open
19.33appropriation. Any excess appropriation
19.34cancels to the trunk highway fund.
19.35
(c) Electronic Communications
5,177,000
5,177,000
20.1
Appropriations by Fund
20.2
General
9,000
9,000
20.3
Trunk Highway
5,168,000
5,168,000
20.4The general fund appropriation is to equip
20.5and operate the Roosevelt signal tower for
20.6Lake of the Woods weather broadcasting.
20.7
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.new text end
20.8
ARTICLE 2
20.9
TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT
20.10 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 16A.11, subdivision 3a, is amended to read:
20.11 Subd. 3a.
Part three: detailed capital budget. The detailed capital budget must
20.12include recommendations for capital projects to be funded during the next six fiscal years
new text begin new text end
20.13
new text begin and, if applicable, must meet the requirements under section 174.93, subdivision 1anew text end . It
20.14must be submitted with projects recommended by the governor and in order of importance
20.15among that agency's requests as determined by the agency originating the request.
20.16 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 16A.86, subdivision 3a, is amended to read:
20.17 Subd. 3a.
Information provided. All requests for state assistance under this section
20.18must include the following information:
20.19(1) the name of the political subdivision that will own the capital project for which
20.20state assistance is being requested;
20.21(2) the public purpose of the project;
20.22(3) the extent to which the political subdivision has or expects to provide local,
20.23private, user financing, or other nonstate funding for the project;
20.24(4) a list of the bondable activities that the project encompasses; examples of
20.25bondable activities are public improvements of a capital nature for land acquisition,
20.26predesign, design, construction, and furnishing and equipping for occupancy;
20.27(5) whether the project will require new or additional state operating subsidies;
20.28(6) whether the governing body of the political subdivision requesting the project
20.29has passed a resolution in support of the project and has established priorities for all
20.30projects within its jurisdiction for which bonding appropriations are requested when
20.31submitting multiple requests; and
20.32(7) if the project requires a predesign under section
16B.335, whether the predesign
20.33has been completed at the time the capital project request is submitted, and whether
21.1the political subdivision has submitted the project predesign to the commissioner of
21.2administration for review and approval
new text begin ; andnew text end
21.3
new text begin (8) if applicable, the information required under section 174.93, subdivision 1anew text end .
21.4 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 161.04, is amended by adding a subdivision
21.5to read:
21.6
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
21.7
new text begin economic development account is created in the trunk highway fund. Money in the new text end
21.8
new text begin account is annually appropriated to the commissioner and does not lapse. Interest earned new text end
21.9
new text begin from investment of money in this account must be deposited in the trunk highway new text end
21.10
new text begin economic development account.new text end
21.11
new text begin (b) Money in the account must be used to fund construction, reconstruction, and new text end
21.12
new text begin improvement of trunk highways that will promote economic development, increase new text end
21.13
new text begin employment, and relieve growing traffic congestion.new text end
21.14
new text begin (c) The commissioner shall design a project application and selection process to new text end
21.15
new text begin distribute money in the account. The process must include specified eligibility and new text end
21.16
new text begin prioritizing criteria.new text end
21.17
new text begin (d) Money in the account must be allocated 50 percent to the department's new text end
21.18
new text begin metropolitan district, and 50 percent to districts in greater Minnesota except as provided new text end
21.19
new text begin in this paragraph. If there are not sufficient project applications that meet eligibility and new text end
21.20
new text begin prioritizing criteria in either the metropolitan district or greater Minnesota districts to new text end
21.21
new text begin permit an equal division of available money, the commissioner shall fund projects that new text end
21.22
new text begin meet the selection criteria without regard to location in the state.new text end
21.23 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 162.06, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
21.24 Subdivision 1.
Estimate. (a) By December 15 of each year the commissioner shall
21.25estimate the amount of money that will be available to the county state-aid highway fund
21.26during that fiscal year. The amount available must be based on actual receipts from July
21.271 through November 30
new text begin October 31new text end , the unallocated fund balance, and the projected
21.28receipts for the remainder of the fiscal year. The amount available, except for deductions
21.29as provided in this section, shall be apportioned by the commissioner to the counties as
21.30provided in section
162.07.
21.31 (b) For purposes of this section, "amount available" means the amount estimated in
21.32paragraph (a).
21.33 Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 162.081, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
22.1 Subd. 4.
Formula for distribution to towns; purposes. new text begin (a) new text end Money apportioned to
22.2a county from the town road account must be distributed to the treasurer of each town
22.3within the county, according to a distribution formula adopted by the county board.
22.4The formula must take into account each town's levy for road and bridge purposes, its
22.5population and town road mileage, and other factors the county board deems advisable
22.6in the interests of achieving equity among the towns. Distribution of town road funds
22.7to each town treasurer must be made by March 1, annually, or within 30 days after
22.8receipt of payment from the commissioner. Distribution of funds to town treasurers in a
22.9county which has not adopted a distribution formula under this subdivision must be made
22.10according to a formula prescribed by the commissioner by rule. A formula adopted by a
22.11county board or by the commissioner must provide that a town, in order to be eligible for
22.12distribution of funds from the town road account in a calendar year, must have levied for
22.13taxes payable in the previous year for road and bridge purposes at least 0.04835 percent of
22.14taxable market value. For purposes of this eligibility requirement, taxable market value
22.15means taxable market value for taxes payable two years prior to the aid distribution year
new text begin new text end
22.16
new text begin an amount equal to or greater than the amount distributed to that town from the town road new text end
22.17
new text begin account under this section in the year prior to the previous yearnew text end .
22.18
new text begin (b) new text end Money distributed to a town under this subdivision may be expended by the
22.19town only for the construction, reconstruction, and gravel maintenance of town roads
22.20within the town.
22.21 Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 162.12, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
22.22 Subdivision 1.
Estimate of accruals. By December 15 of each year the
22.23commissioner shall estimate the amount of money that will be available to the municipal
22.24state-aid street fund during that fiscal year. The amount available is based on actual
22.25receipts from July 1 through November 30
new text begin October 31new text end , the unallocated fund balance, and
22.26the projected receipts for the remainder of the fiscal year. The total available, except for
22.27deductions as provided herein, shall be apportioned by the commissioner to the cities
22.28having a population of 5,000 or more as hereinafter provided.
22.29 Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 168.013, subdivision 21, is amended to read:
22.30 Subd. 21.
Technology surcharge. For every vehicle registration renewal required
22.31under this chapter,
new text begin until June 30, 2015, new text end the commissioner shall collect a surcharge of
22.32$1.75. Surcharges collected under this subdivision must be credited to the driver and
22.33vehicle services technology account in the special revenue fund under section
299A.705.
23.1 Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 168.021, is amended to read:
23.2
168.021 PLATES FOR PHYSICALLY DISABLED PERSONS.
23.3 Subdivision 1.
Disability plates; application. (a) When a motor vehicle registered
23.4under section
168.017, a motorcycle, a truck having a manufacturer's nominal rated
23.5capacity of one ton and resembling a pickup truck, or a self-propelled recreational vehicle
23.6is owned or primarily operated by a permanently physically disabled person or a custodial
23.7parent or guardian of a permanently physically disabled minor, the owner may apply for
23.8and secure from the commissioner (1) immediately, a temporary permit valid for 30 days
23.9if the applicant is eligible for the disability plates issued under this section and (2) two
23.10disability plates with attached emblems, one plate to be attached to the front, and one to
23.11the rear of the motor vehicle
new text begin , truck, or recreational vehicle, or, in the case of a motorcycle, new text end
23.12
new text begin one disability plate the same size as a regular motorcycle platenew text end .
23.13 (b) The commissioner shall not issue more than one
new text begin plate to the owner of a new text end
23.14
new text begin motorcycle and not more than one new text end set of plates to any owner of a motor
new text begin anothernew text end vehicle
23.15
new text begin described in paragraph (a) new text end at the same time unless the state Council on Disability approves
23.16the issuance of a second
new text begin plate or new text end set of plates to a motor vehicle
new text begin annew text end owner.
23.17 (c) When the owner first applies for the disability
new text begin plate or new text end plates, the owner must
23.18submit a medical statement in a format approved by the commissioner under section
23.19169.345
, or proof of physical disability provided for in that section.
23.20 (d) No medical statement or proof of disability is required when an owner of a motor
23.21vehicle applies for
new text begin a plate or new text end plates for one or more motor vehicles
new text begin listed in paragraph (a) new text end
23.22that are specially modified for and used exclusively by permanently physically disabled
23.23persons.
23.24 (e) The owner of a motor vehicle
new text begin listed in paragraph (a) new text end may apply for and secure
23.25(i) immediately, a permit valid for 30 days, if the applicant is eligible to receive the
23.26disability
new text begin plate or new text end plates issued under this section, and (ii) a set of disability
new text begin plate or new text end plates
23.27for a motor
new text begin the new text end vehicle if:
23.28 (1) the owner employs a permanently physically disabled person who would qualify
23.29for
new text begin the new text end disability
new text begin plate or new text end plates under this section; and
23.30 (2) the owner furnishes the motor vehicle to the physically disabled person for the
23.31exclusive use of that person in the course of employment.
23.32 Subd. 1a.
Scope of privilege. If a physically disabled person parks a motor
23.33vehicle
new text begin described in subdivision 1,new text end displaying the disability
new text begin plate or new text end plates described in
23.34this section, or a permit valid for 30 days and issued to an eligible person awaiting receipt
23.35of the disability
new text begin plate or new text end plates described in this section, or any person parks the motor
24.1vehicle for a physically disabled person, that person is entitled to park the motor vehicle
24.2as provided in section
169.345.
24.3 Subd. 2.
Plate design; furnished by commissioner. The commissioner shall design
24.4and furnish two disability plates
new text begin , or one disability plate for a motorcycle that is the same new text end
24.5
new text begin size as a regular motorcycle plate,new text end with attached
new text begin emblem or new text end emblems to an eligible owner.
24.6The emblem must bear the internationally accepted wheelchair symbol, as designated in
24.7section
326B.106, subdivision 9, approximately three inches square. The emblem must
24.8be large enough to be visible plainly from a distance of 50 feet. An applicant eligible
24.9for
new text begin a new text end disability
new text begin plate or new text end plates shall pay the motor vehicle registration fee authorized
24.10by sections
168.013 and
168.09.
24.11 Subd. 2a.
Plate transfer. (a) When motor vehicle ownership
new text begin of a vehicle described new text end
24.12
new text begin in subdivision 1 new text end is transferred, the owner of the motor vehicle shall remove the disability
24.13
new text begin plate or new text end plates. The buyer of the motor vehicle is entitled to receive
new text begin a new text end regular
new text begin plate or new text end plates
24.14for the motor vehicle without further cost for the remainder of the registration period.
24.15(b) Notwithstanding section
168.12, subdivision 1, the disability
new text begin plate or new text end plates
24.16may be transferred to a replacement motor vehicle on notification to the commissioner.
24.17However, the disability
new text begin plate or new text end plates may not be transferred unless the replacement
24.18motor vehicle (1) is listed under section
168.012, subdivision 1,
new text begin and, in case of a single new text end
24.19
new text begin plate for a motorcycle, the replacement vehicle is a motorcycle, new text end and (2) is owned or
24.20primarily operated by the permanently physically disabled person.
24.21 Subd. 2b.
When not eligible. On becoming ineligible for the disability
new text begin plate new text end
24.22
new text begin or new text end plates, the owner of the motor vehicle shall remove the disability
new text begin plate or new text end plates.
24.23The owner may receive regular plates for the motor vehicle without further cost for the
24.24remainder of the registration period.
24.25 Subd. 3.
Penalties for unauthorized use of plates. (a) A person who uses the
24.26disability
new text begin plate or new text end plates or permit provided under this section on a motor vehicle in
24.27violation of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor, and is subject to a fine of $500. This
24.28subdivision does not preclude a person who is not physically disabled from operating a
24.29motor vehicle bearing the disability plates or permit if:
24.30(1) the person is the owner of the motor vehicle
new text begin described in subdivision 1 new text end and
24.31permits its operation by a physically disabled person;
24.32(2) the person operates the motor vehicle with the consent of the owner who is
24.33physically disabled; or
24.34(3) the person is the owner of the motor vehicle, is the custodial parent or guardian
24.35of a permanently physically disabled minor, and operates the motor vehicle to transport
24.36the minor.
25.1(b) A driver who is not disabled is not entitled to the parking privileges provided
25.2in this section and in section
169.346 unless parking the motor vehicle for a physically
25.3disabled person.
25.4 Subd. 4.
Fees; disposition. All fees collected from the sale of
new text begin a new text end disability
new text begin plate or new text end
25.5plates under this section must be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the vehicle
25.6services operating account under section
299A.705, subdivision 1.
25.7 Subd. 5.
Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the term "physically disabled
25.8person" has the meaning given it in section
169.345, subdivision 2.
25.9 Subd. 6.
Driver's license law not affected. This section must not be construed to
25.10revoke, limit, or amend chapter 171.
25.11 Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 168.12, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
25.12 Subd. 5.
Additional fee. (a) In addition to any fee otherwise authorized or any tax
25.13otherwise imposed upon any vehicle, the payment of which is required as a condition to
25.14the issuance of any plate or plates, the commissioner shall impose the fee specified in
25.15paragraph (b) that is calculated to cover the cost of manufacturing and issuing the plate
25.16or plates, except for plates issued to disabled veterans as defined in section
168.031 and
25.17plates issued pursuant to section
168.124,
168.125, or
168.27, subdivisions 16 and 17,
25.18for passenger automobiles. The commissioner shall issue graphic design plates only
25.19for vehicles registered pursuant to section
168.017 and recreational vehicles registered
25.20pursuant to section
168.013, subdivision 1g.
25.21 (b) Unless otherwise specified or exempted by statute, the following plate and
25.22validation sticker fees apply for the original, duplicate, or replacement issuance of a
25.23plate in a plate year:
25.24
License Plate
Single
Double
25.25
Regular and Disability
$
4.50
$
6.00
25.26
Special
$
8.50
$
10.00
25.27
Personalized (Replacement)
$
10.00
$
14.00
25.28
Collector Category
$
13.50
$
15.00
25.29
Emergency Vehicle Display
$
3.00
$
6.00
25.30
Utility Trailer Self-Adhesive
$
2.50
25.31
Vertical Motorcycle Plate
$
100.00
NA
25.32
Stickers
25.33
Duplicate year
$
1.00
$
1.00
25.34
International Fuel Tax Agreement
$
2.50
25.35 (c) For vehicles that require two of the categories above, the registrar shall only
25.36charge the higher of the two fees and not a combined total.
26.1
new text begin (d) As part of procedures for payment of the fee under paragraph (b), the new text end
26.2
new text begin commissioner shall allow a vehicle owner to add to the fee, a $2 donation for the purposes new text end
26.3
new text begin of public information and education on anatomical gifts under section 171.07.new text end
26.4
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective January 1, 2012.new text end
26.5 Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 168.1253, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
26.6 Subdivision 1.
Definitions. (a) The terms used in this section have the meanings
26.7given them in this subdivision.
26.8(b) "Active service" has the meaning given in section
190.05, subdivision 5.
26.9(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
26.10
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
26.11
new text begin of this section, an eligibility relationship may be established by birth or adoption.new text end
26.12(d) "Motor vehicle" means a vehicle for personal use, not used for commercial
26.13purposes, and may include a passenger automobile, motorcycle, recreational vehicle,
26.14pickup truck, or van.
26.15
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2011, for registrations new text end
26.16
new text begin applied for or renewed on or after that date.new text end
26.17 Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 168.33, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
26.18 Subd. 7.
Filing fees; allocations. (a) In addition to all other statutory fees and
26.19taxes, a filing fee of:
26.20(1) $4.50
new text begin $6new text end is imposed on every vehicle registration renewal, excluding pro rate
26.21transactions; and
26.22(2) $8.50
new text begin $10new text end is imposed on every other type of vehicle transaction, including pro
26.23rate transactions;
26.24except that a filing fee may not be charged for a document returned for a refund or for
26.25a correction of an error made by the Department of Public Safety, a dealer, or a deputy
26.26registrar. The filing fee must be shown as a separate item on all registration renewal
26.27notices sent out by the commissioner. No filing fee or other fee may be charged for the
26.28permanent surrender of a title for a vehicle.
26.29(b) The statutory fees and taxes, and the filing fees imposed under paragraph (a)
26.30may be paid by credit card or debit card. The deputy registrar may collect a surcharge
26.31on the statutory fees, taxes, and filing fee not greater than the cost of processing a credit
26.32card or debit card transaction, in accordance with emergency rules established by the
27.1commissioner of public safety. The surcharge must be used to pay the cost of processing
27.2credit and debit card transactions.
27.3(c) All of the fees collected under paragraph (a), clause (1), by the department, must
27.4be paid into the vehicle services operating account in the special revenue fund under
27.5section
299A.705. Of the fee collected under paragraph (a), clause (2), by the department,
27.6$3.50 must be paid into the general fund with the remainder deposited into the vehicle
27.7services operating account in the special revenue fund under section
299A.705.
27.8 Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 168A.29, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
27.9 Subdivision 1.
Amounts. (a) The department must be paid the following fees:
27.10 (1) for filing an application for and the issuance of an original certificate of title, the
27.11sum of $6.25 of which $3.25 must be paid into the vehicle services operating account of
27.12the special revenue fund under section
299A.705; until June 30, 2012
new text begin 2015new text end , a surcharge of
27.13$1.75 must be added to the fee and credited to the driver and vehicle services technology
27.14account;
27.15 (2) for each security interest when first noted upon a certificate of title, including the
27.16concurrent notation of any assignment thereof and its subsequent release or satisfaction,
27.17the sum of $2, except that no fee is due for a security interest filed by a public authority
27.18under section
168A.05, subdivision 8;
27.19 (3) for the transfer of the interest of an owner and the issuance of a new certificate of
27.20title, the sum of $5.50 of which $2.50 must be paid into the vehicle services operating
27.21account of the special revenue fund under section
299A.705; until June 30, 2012
new text begin 2015new text end , a
27.22surcharge of $1.75 must be added to the fee and credited to the driver and vehicle services
27.23technology account;
27.24 (4) for each assignment of a security interest when first noted on a certificate of title,
27.25unless noted concurrently with the security interest, the sum of $1;
27.26 (5) for issuing a duplicate certificate of title, the sum of $7.25 of which $3.25 must
27.27be paid into the vehicle services operating account of the special revenue fund under
27.28section
299A.705; until June 30, 2012
new text begin 2015new text end , a surcharge of $1.75 must be added to the fee
27.29and credited to the driver and vehicle services technology account.
27.30 (b) After June 30, 1994, in addition to each of the fees required under paragraph (a),
27.31clauses (1) and (3), the department must be paid $3.50. The additional $3.50 fee collected
27.32under this paragraph must be deposited in the special revenue fund and credited to the
27.33public safety motor vehicle account established in section
299A.70.
27.34 Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 169.345, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
28.1 Subdivision 1.
Scope of privilege. (a) A motor vehicle
new text begin described in section 168.021, new text end
28.2
new text begin subdivision 1, paragraph (a), new text end that prominently displays the certificate authorized by this
28.3section or that bears
new text begin the new text end disability
new text begin plate or new text end plates issued under section
168.021 may be
28.4parked by or solely for the benefit of a physically disabled person:
28.5(1) in a designated parking space for disabled persons, as provided in section
28.6169.346
;
28.7(2) in a metered parking space without obligation to pay the meter fee and without
28.8time restrictions unless time restrictions are separately posted on official signs; and
28.9(3) without time restrictions in a nonmetered space where parking is otherwise
28.10allowed for passenger vehicles but restricted to a maximum period of time and that does
28.11not specifically prohibit the exercise of disabled parking privileges in that space.
28.12A person may park a motor
new text begin thenew text end vehicle for a physically disabled person in a parking space
28.13described in clause (1) or (2) only when actually transporting the physically disabled
28.14person for the sole benefit of that person and when the parking space is within a reasonable
28.15distance from the drop-off point.
28.16(b) For purposes of this subdivision, a certificate is prominently displayed if it is
28.17displayed so that it may be viewed from the front and rear of the motor vehicle by hanging
28.18it from the rearview mirror attached to the front windshield of the motor vehicle
new text begin or, in new text end
28.19
new text begin the case of a motorcycle, is secured to the vehiclenew text end . If there is no rearview mirror or if the
28.20certificate holder's disability precludes placing the certificate on the mirror, the certificate
28.21must be displayed on the dashboard on the driver's side of the vehicle. No part of the
28.22certificate may be obscured.
28.23(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), clauses (1), (2), and (3), this section does not
28.24permit parking in areas prohibited by sections
169.32 and
169.34, in designated no
28.25parking spaces, or in parking spaces reserved for specified purposes or vehicles. A local
28.26governmental unit may, by ordinance, prohibit parking on any street or highway to create
28.27a fire lane, or to accommodate heavy traffic during morning and afternoon rush hours and
28.28these ordinances also apply to physically disabled persons.
28.29 Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 169.345, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
28.30 Subd. 3.
Identifying certificate. (a) The commissioner shall issue (1) immediately,
28.31a permit valid for 30 days if the person is eligible for the certificate issued under this
28.32section and (2) an identifying certificate for a motor vehicle
new text begin described in section 168.021, new text end
28.33
new text begin subdivision 1, paragraph (a), new text end when a physically disabled applicant submits proof of
28.34physical disability under subdivision 2a. The commissioner shall design separate
28.35certificates for persons with permanent and temporary disabilities that can be readily
29.1distinguished from each other from outside a motor vehicle at a distance of 25 feet
new text begin or, in new text end
29.2
new text begin the case of a motorcycle, can be readily secured to the motorcyclenew text end . An applicant may be
29.3issued up to two certificates if the applicant has not been issued disability plates under
29.4section
168.021.
29.5(b) The operator of a motor vehicle displaying a certificate has the parking
29.6privileges provided in subdivision 1 only while the motor vehicle is actually parked while
29.7transporting a physically disabled person.
29.8(c) The commissioner shall cancel all certificates issued to an applicant who fails to
29.9comply with the requirements of this subdivision.
29.10 Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 169.86, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
29.11 Subd. 5.
Fees; proceeds deposited; appropriation. The commissioner, with
29.12respect to highways under the commissioner's jurisdiction, may charge a fee for each
29.13permit issued. All such fees for permits issued by the commissioner of transportation shall
29.14be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the trunk highway fund. Except for
29.15those annual permits for which the permit fees are specified elsewhere in this chapter, the
29.16fees shall be:
29.17 (a) $15 for each single trip permit.
29.18 (b) $36 for each job permit. A job permit may be issued for like loads carried on
29.19a specific route for a period not to exceed two months. "Like loads" means loads of the
29.20same product, weight, and dimension.
29.21 (c) $60 for an annual permit to be issued for a period not to exceed 12 consecutive
29.22months. Annual permits may be issued for:
29.23 (1) motor vehicles used to alleviate a temporary crisis adversely affecting the safety
29.24or well-being of the public;
29.25 (2) motor vehicles which travel on interstate highways and carry loads authorized
29.26under subdivision 1a;
29.27 (3) motor vehicles operating with gross weights authorized under section
169.826,
29.28subdivision 1a
;
29.29 (4) special pulpwood vehicles described in section
169.863;
29.30 (5) motor vehicles bearing snowplow blades not exceeding ten feet in width;
29.31 (6) noncommercial transportation of a boat by the owner or user of the boat;
29.32 (7) motor vehicles carrying bales of agricultural products authorized under section
29.33169.862
; and
29.34(8) special milk-hauling vehicles authorized under section
169.867.
30.1 (d) $120 for an oversize annual permit to be issued for a period not to exceed 12
30.2consecutive months. Annual permits may be issued for:
30.3 (1) mobile cranes;
30.4 (2) construction equipment, machinery, and supplies;
30.5 (3) manufactured homes and manufactured storage buildings;
30.6 (4) implements of husbandry;
30.7 (5) double-deck buses;
30.8 (6) commercial boat hauling
new text begin and transporting waterfront structures, including, but new text end
30.9
new text begin not limited to, portable boat docks and boat liftsnew text end ;
30.10 (7) three-vehicle combinations consisting of two empty, newly manufactured trailers
30.11for cargo, horses, or livestock, not to exceed 28-1/2 feet per trailer; provided, however,
30.12the permit allows the vehicles to be moved from a trailer manufacturer to a trailer dealer
30.13only while operating on twin-trailer routes designated under section
169.81, subdivision 3,
30.14paragraph (c); and
30.15(8) vehicles operating on that portion of marked Trunk Highway 36 described in
30.16section
169.81, subdivision 3, paragraph (e).
30.17 (e) For vehicles which have axle weights exceeding the weight limitations of
30.18sections
169.823 to
169.829, an additional cost added to the fees listed above. However,
30.19this paragraph applies to any vehicle described in section
168.013, subdivision 3,
30.20paragraph (b), but only when the vehicle exceeds its gross weight allowance set forth in
30.21that paragraph, and then the additional cost is for all weight, including the allowance
30.22weight, in excess of the permitted maximum axle weight. The additional cost is equal
30.23to the product of the distance traveled times the sum of the overweight axle group cost
30.24factors shown in the following chart:
30.25
Overweight Axle Group Cost Factors
30.26
Weight (pounds)
Cost Per Mile For Each Group Of:
30.27
30.28
30.29
30.30
30.31
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
30.32
0-2,000
.12
.05
.04
30.33
2,001-4,000
.14
.06
.05
30.34
4,001-6,000
.18
.07
.06
30.35
6,001-8,000
.21
.09
.07
30.36
8,001-10,000
.26
.10
.08
30.37
10,001-12,000
.30
.12
.09
30.38
30.39
12,001-14,000
Not
permitted
.14
.11
31.1
31.2
14,001-16,000
Not
permitted
.17
.12
31.3
31.4
16,001-18,000
Not
permitted
.19
.15
31.5
31.6
18,001-20,000
Not
permitted
Not
permitted
.16
31.7
31.8
20,001-22,000
Not
permitted
Not
permitted
.20
31.9The amounts added are rounded to the nearest cent for each axle or axle group. The
31.10additional cost does not apply to paragraph (c), clauses (1) and (3).
31.11For a vehicle found to exceed the appropriate maximum permitted weight, a cost-per-mile
31.12fee of 22 cents per ton, or fraction of a ton, over the permitted maximum weight is imposed
31.13in addition to the normal permit fee. Miles must be calculated based on the distance
31.14already traveled in the state plus the distance from the point of detection to a transportation
31.15loading site or unloading site within the state or to the point of exit from the state.
31.16 (f) As an alternative to paragraph (e), an annual permit may be issued for overweight,
31.17or oversize and overweight, mobile cranes; construction equipment, machinery, and
31.18supplies; implements of husbandry; and commercial boat hauling. The fees for the permit
31.19are as follows:
31.20
Gross Weight (pounds) of Vehicle
Annual Permit Fee
31.21
90,000
or less
$200
31.22
90,001
- 100,000
$300
31.23
100,001
- 110,000
$400
31.24
110,001
- 120,000
$500
31.25
120,001
- 130,000
$600
31.26
130,001
- 140,000
$700
31.27
140,001
- 145,000
$800
31.28If the gross weight of the vehicle is more than 145,000 pounds the permit fee is determined
31.29under paragraph (e).
31.30 (g) For vehicles which exceed the width limitations set forth in section
169.80 by
31.31more than 72 inches, an additional cost equal to $120 added to the amount in paragraph (a)
31.32when the permit is issued while seasonal load restrictions pursuant to section
169.87 are
31.33in effect.
31.34 (h) $85 for an annual permit to be issued for a period not to exceed 12 months, for
31.35refuse-compactor vehicles that carry a gross weight of not more than: 22,000 pounds on
31.36a single rear axle; 38,000 pounds on a tandem rear axle; or, subject to section
169.828,
31.37subdivision 2
, 46,000 pounds on a tridem rear axle. A permit issued for up to 46,000
32.1pounds on a tridem rear axle must limit the gross vehicle weight to not more than 62,000
32.2pounds.
32.3 (i) $300 for a motor vehicle described in section
169.8261. The fee under this
32.4paragraph must be deposited as follows:
32.5 (1) in fiscal years 2005 through 2010:
32.6 (i) the first $50,000 in each fiscal year must be deposited in the trunk highway fund
32.7for costs related to administering the permit program and inspecting and posting bridges;
32.8 (ii) all remaining money in each fiscal year must be deposited in a bridge inspection
32.9and signing account in the special revenue fund. Money in the account is appropriated
32.10to the commissioner for:
32.11 (A) inspection of local bridges and identification of local bridges to be posted,
32.12including contracting with a consultant for some or all of these functions; and
32.13 (B) erection of weight-posting signs on local bridges; and
32.14 (2) in fiscal year 2011 and subsequent years must be deposited in the trunk highway
32.15fund.
32.16 (j) Beginning August 1, 2006, $200 for an annual permit for a vehicle operating
32.17under authority of section
169.824, subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clause (2).
32.18
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.new text end
32.19 Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 171.06, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
32.20 Subd. 2.
Fees. (a) The fees for a license and Minnesota identification card are
32.21as follows:
32.22
32.23
Classified Driver's License
D-$22.25
new text begin D-$17.25new text end
C-$26.25
new text begin C-$21.25new text end
B-$33.25
new text begin B-$28.25new text end
A-$41.25
new text begin A-$36.25new text end
32.24
32.25
Classified Under-21 D.L.
D-$22.25
new text begin D-$17.25new text end
C-$26.25
new text begin C-$21.25new text end
B-$33.25
new text begin B-$28.25new text end
A-$21.25
new text begin A-$16.25new text end
32.26
32.27
Enhanced Driver's License
D-$37.25
new text begin D-$32.25new text end
C-$41.25
new text begin C-$36.25new text end
B-$48.25
new text begin B-$43.25new text end
A-$56.25
new text begin A-$51.25new text end
32.28
Instruction Permit
$10.25new text begin $5.25new text end
32.29
32.30
Enhanced Instruction
Permit
$25.25
new text begin $20.25new text end
32.31
Provisional License
$13.25new text begin $8.25new text end
32.32
32.33
Enhanced Provisional
License
$28.25
new text begin $23.25new text end
32.34
32.35
32.36
Duplicate License or
duplicate identification
card
$11.75new text begin $6.75new text end
32.37
32.38
32.39
32.40
Enhanced Duplicate
License or enhanced
duplicate identification
card
$26.75
new text begin $21.75new text end
33.1
33.2
33.3
33.4
33.5
33.6
33.7
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
new text begin $11.25new text end
33.8
33.9
Enhanced Minnesota
identification card
$31.25
new text begin $26.25new text end
33.10In addition to each fee required in this paragraph, the commissioner shall collect a
33.11surcharge of $1.75 until June 30, 2012
new text begin 2015new text end . Surcharges collected under this paragraph
33.12must be credited to the driver and vehicle services technology account in the special
33.13revenue fund under section
299A.705.
33.14 (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), an individual who holds a provisional license and
33.15has a driving record free of (1) convictions for a violation of section
169A.20,
169A.33,
33.16169A.35
, or sections
169A.50 to
169A.53, (2) convictions for crash-related moving
33.17violations, and (3) convictions for moving violations that are not crash related, shall have a
33.18$3.50 credit toward the fee for any classified under-21 driver's license. "Moving violation"
33.19has the meaning given it in section
171.04, subdivision 1.
33.20 (c) In addition to the driver's license fee required under paragraph (a), the
33.21commissioner shall collect an additional $4 processing fee from each new applicant
33.22or individual renewing a license with a school bus endorsement to cover the costs for
33.23processing an applicant's initial and biennial physical examination certificate. The
33.24department shall not charge these applicants any other fee to receive or renew the
33.25endorsement.
33.26
new text begin (d) In addition to the fee required under paragraph (a), a driver's license agent may new text end
33.27
new text begin charge and retain a filing fee under section 171.061, subdivision 4. The department shall new text end
33.28
new text begin charge the same amount as an agent under section 171.061, which must be credited to the new text end
33.29
new text begin driver services operating account in section 299A.705, subdivision 2.new text end
33.30
new text begin (e) An application for a Minnesota identification card, instruction permit, provisional new text end
33.31
new text begin license, or driver's license, including an application for renewal, must contain a provision new text end
33.32
new text begin that allows the applicant to add to the fee under paragraph (a), a $2 donation for the new text end
33.33
new text begin purposes of public information and education on anatomical gifts under section 171.07.new text end
33.34
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin Paragraph (e) is effective January 1, 2012.new text end
33.35 Sec. 17.
new text begin [171.075] ANATOMICAL GIFTS.new text end
33.36
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
33.37
new text begin in the special revenue fund. The account consists of funds donated under sections new text end
34.1
new text begin 168.12, subdivision 5, and 171.06, subdivision 2, and any other money donated, new text end
34.2
new text begin allotted, transferred, or otherwise provided to the account. Money in the account is new text end
34.3
new text begin annually appropriated to the commissioner for: (1) grants under subdivision 2; and (2) new text end
34.4
new text begin administrative expenses in implementing the donation and grant program.new text end
34.5
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
34.6
new text begin grants to: (1) a Minnesota organ procurement organization that is certified by the federal new text end
34.7
new text begin Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; or (2) an entity that is a charitable entity new text end
34.8
new text begin under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, as defined in section 289A.02, new text end
34.9
new text begin subdivision 7, and is dedicated to advocacy for organ, tissue, and eye donation.new text end
34.10
new text begin (b) From a grant under this section, the recipient shall provide resources and new text end
34.11
new text begin implement programs designed to increase the number of Minnesotans who register to new text end
34.12
new text begin be organ, tissue, and eye donors.new text end
34.13
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective January 1, 2012.new text end
34.14 Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 174.93, is amended to read:
34.15
174.93 GUIDEWAY INVESTMENT.
34.16 Subdivision 1.
Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms
34.17have the meanings given:
34.18(1) "commissioner" means the commissioner of transportation; and
34.19(2) "guideway" means a form of transportation service provided to the public on a
34.20regular and ongoing basis, that operates on exclusive or controlled rights-of-way or rails
34.21in whole or in part, and includes each line for intercity passenger rail, commuter rail, light
34.22rail transit, streetcars, and bus rapid transit
new text begin ; andnew text end
34.23
new text begin (3) "local unit of government" means a county, statutory or home rule charter city, new text end
34.24
new text begin town, or other political subdivision, including, but not limited to, a regional railroad new text end
34.25
new text begin authority or joint powers boardnew text end .
34.26(b) For purposes of this section, "sources of funds" includes, but is not limited to,
34.27money from federal aid, state appropriations, the Metropolitan Council, special taxing
34.28districts, local units of government, fare box recovery, and nonpublic sources.
34.29
new text begin (c) For purposes of this section, "budget activity" includes, but is not limited new text end
34.30
new text begin to, environmental analysis, land acquisition, easements, design, preliminary and new text end
34.31
new text begin final engineering, acquisition of vehicles and rolling stock, track improvement and new text end
34.32
new text begin rehabilitation, and construction.new text end
34.33
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
34.34
new text begin government that submits a request to the legislature to obtain state funds for a guideway new text end
35.1
new text begin project shall, as part of the request, provide a summary financial plan for the project that new text end
35.2
new text begin presents the following information as reflected by the data and level of detail available in new text end
35.3
new text begin the latest phase of project development:new text end
35.4
new text begin (1) capital expenditures and funding sources for the project, including expenditures new text end
35.5
new text begin to date and total projected or estimated expenditures, with a breakdown by committed and new text end
35.6
new text begin proposed sources of funds; andnew text end
35.7
new text begin (2) estimated annual operations and maintenance expenditures for the project, with a new text end
35.8
new text begin breakdown by committed and proposed sources of funds.new text end
35.9 Subd. 2.
Legislative report. (a) By November 15 in every odd-numbered year,
35.10the commissioner shall prepare, in collaboration with the Metropolitan Council, and
35.11submit a report electronically to the chairs and ranking minority members of the house
35.12of representatives and senate committees with jurisdiction over transportation policy
35.13and finance concerning the status of guideway projects (1) currently in study, planning,
35.14development, or construction; (2) identified in the transportation policy plan under section
35.15473.146
; or (3) identified in the comprehensive statewide freight and passenger rail plan
35.16under section
174.03, subdivision 1b.
35.17(b) At a minimum, the report must include, for each guideway project:
35.18(1) a brief description of the project, including projected ridership;
35.19(2) a summary of the overall status and current phase of the project;
35.20(3) a timeline that includes (i) project phases or milestones; (ii) expected and known
35.21dates of commencement of each phase or milestone; and (iii) expected and known dates
35.22of completion of each phase or milestone;
35.23(4) a brief progress update on specific project phases or milestones completed since
35.24the last previous submission of a report under this subdivision; and
35.25(5) a summary financial plan that identifies,
new text begin as reflected by the data and level of new text end
35.26
new text begin detail available in the latest phase of project development andnew text end to the extent available:
35.27(i) capital expenditures, including expenditures to date and total projected
35.28expenditures, with a breakdown by committed and proposed sources of funds for the
35.29project; and
35.30(ii) estimated annual operations and maintenance expenditures reflecting the level
35.31of detail available in the current phase of the project development, with a breakdown by
35.32committed and proposed sources of funds for the projects in the Metropolitan Council's
35.33transportation policy plan.
new text begin project; andnew text end
35.34
new text begin (iii) if feasible, project expenditures by budget activity.new text end
35.35
new text begin (c) The report must also include a systemwide capacity analysis for investment in new text end
35.36
new text begin guideway expansion and maintenance that:new text end
36.1
new text begin (1) provides a funding projection, annually over the ensuing 20 years, and with a new text end
36.2
new text begin breakdown by committed and proposed sources of funds, of:new text end
36.3
new text begin (i) total capital expenditures for guideways;new text end
36.4
new text begin (ii) total operations and maintenance expenditures for guideways;new text end
36.5
new text begin (iii) total funding available for guideways, including from projected or estimated new text end
36.6
new text begin farebox recovery; andnew text end
36.7
new text begin (iv) total funding available for transit service in the metropolitan area; andnew text end
36.8
new text begin (2) evaluates the availability of funds and distribution of sources of funds for new text end
36.9
new text begin guideway investments.new text end
36.10
new text begin (d) The projection under paragraph (c), clause (1), must be for all guideway lines new text end
36.11
new text begin for which state funds are reasonably expected to be expended in planning, development, new text end
36.12
new text begin construction, or revenue operation during the ensuing 20 years.new text end
36.13
new text begin (e) Local units of government shall provide assistance and information in a timely new text end
36.14
new text begin manner as requested by the commissioner or council for completion of the report.new text end
36.15 Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 299A.705, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
36.16 Subd. 3.
Driver and vehicle services technology account. (a) The driver and
36.17vehicle services technology account is created in the special revenue fund, consisting of
36.18the technology surcharge collected as specified in chapters 168, 168A, and 171, and any
36.19other money otherwise donated, allotted, appropriated, or legislated to this account.
36.20 (b) Money in the account is annually appropriated to the commissioner of public
36.21safety to support the research, development, deployment, and maintenance of a driver
36.22and vehicle services information system.
36.23
new text begin (c) This subdivision expires on June 30, 2015.new text end
36.24 Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 473.388, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
36.25 Subd. 4.
Financial assistance. (a) The council must grant the requested financial
36.26assistance if it determines that the proposed service is intended to replace the service to
36.27the applying city or town or combination thereof by the council and that the proposed
36.28service will meet the needs of the applicant at least as efficiently and effectively as the
36.29existing service.
36.30 (b) The amount of assistance which
new text begin that new text end the council must provide to a system under
36.31this section may not be less than the sum of the amounts determined for each municipality
36.32comprising the system
new text begin , except as provided in paragraph (c),new text end as follows:
36.33 (1) the transit operating assistance grants received under this subdivision by the
36.34municipality in calendar year 2001 or the tax revenues for transit services levied by the
37.1municipality for taxes payable in 2001, including that portion of the levy derived from
37.2the areawide pool under section
473F.08, subdivision 3, clause (a), plus the portion of
37.3the municipality's aid under section
273.1398, subdivision 2, attributable to the transit
37.4levy; times
37.5 (2) the ratio of (i) an amount equal to 3.74 percent of the state revenues generated
37.6from the taxes imposed under chapter 297B for the current fiscal year to (ii) the total
37.7transit operating assistance grants received under this subdivision in calendar year 2001 or
37.8the tax revenues for transit services levied by all replacement service municipalities under
37.9this section for taxes payable in 2001, including that portion of the levy derived from
37.10the areawide pool under section
473F.08, subdivision 3, clause (a), plus the portion of
37.11homestead and agricultural credit aid under section
273.1398, subdivision 2, attributable
37.12to nondebt transit levies, times
37.13 (3) the ratio of (i) the municipality's total taxable market value for taxes payable
37.14in 2006 divided by the municipality's total taxable market value for taxes payable in
37.152001, to (ii) the total taxable market value of all property located in replacement service
37.16municipalities for taxes payable in 2006 divided by the total taxable market value of all
37.17property located in replacement service municipalities for taxes payable in 2001.
37.18 (c)
new text begin The amount of financial assistance calculated under paragraph (b) for each new text end
37.19
new text begin system must be reduced proportionally in fiscal years 2012 and 2013 so that the total new text end
37.20
new text begin financial assistance paid by the council to recipients is reduced by $4,000,000 in each year.new text end
37.21
new text begin (d) new text end The council shall pay the amount to be provided to the recipient from the funds
37.22the council receives in the metropolitan area transit account under section
16A.88.
37.23 Sec. 21.
new text begin METROPOLITAN LIVABLE COMMUNITIES FUND; TRANSFERS.new text end
37.24
new text begin Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections new text end
new text begin to new text end
new text begin , or any other law, new text end
37.25
new text begin the Metropolitan Council may transfer to its transit operating budget in 2012 and 2013, new text end
37.26
new text begin money that is not committed to grant or loan awards made by the council as follows:new text end
37.27
new text begin (1) up to 50 percent of the revenues and amounts credited, transferred, or distributed new text end
37.28
new text begin to the tax base revitalization account in 2012 and 2013, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, new text end
37.29
new text begin section new text end
new text begin ;new text end
37.30
new text begin (2) up to 50 percent of the revenues and amounts credited, transferred, or distributed new text end
37.31
new text begin to the metropolitan livable communities demonstration account in 2012 and 2013, new text end
37.32
new text begin pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section new text end
new text begin ; andnew text end
37.33
new text begin (3) balances in the metropolitan livable communities fund accounts in 2012 and new text end
37.34
new text begin 2013.new text end
38.1
new text begin The council shall use the amounts transferred to cover operating deficits for the new text end
38.2
new text begin transit, paratransit, and light rail and commuter rail services provided or assisted by the new text end
38.3
new text begin council under Minnesota Statutes, sections new text end
new text begin to new text end
new text begin . If the council transfers new text end
38.4
new text begin funds pursuant to this section, the council shall amend the annual distribution plan new text end
38.5
new text begin described in Minnesota Statutes, section new text end
new text begin , paragraph (d), and include information new text end
38.6
new text begin about the transfer in the annual report required under Minnesota Statutes, section new text end
new text begin , new text end
38.7
new text begin paragraph (e).new text end
38.8 Sec. 22.
new text begin RIGHT-OF-WAY ACQUISITION LOAN FUND; TRANSFERS.new text end
38.9
new text begin Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 473.167, or any other law, the new text end
38.10
new text begin Metropolitan Council may transfer to its transit operating budget in 2012 and 2013 up new text end
38.11
new text begin to 75 percent of the amounts levied and collected in 2012 and 2013, under Minnesota new text end
38.12
new text begin Statutes, section 473.167, subdivision 3. The council shall use the amounts transferred to new text end
38.13
new text begin cover operating deficits for the transit, paratransit, and light rail and commuter rail services new text end
38.14
new text begin provided or assisted by the council under Minnesota Statutes, sections 473.371 to 473.449.new text end
38.15 Sec. 23.
new text begin REPORT ON ANATOMICAL GIFT ACCOUNT.new text end
38.16
new text begin The commissioner of public safety shall report to the chairs of the legislative new text end
38.17
new text begin committees having jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance on the receipts and new text end
38.18
new text begin expenditures under Minnesota Statutes, section 171.075. The commissioner shall submit new text end
38.19
new text begin the report by February 1, 2013.new text end
