1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to government finance; appropriating money for transportation, 
1.3 	Metropolitan Council, and public safety activities and programs; providing for 
1.4 	fund transfers, tort claims, and certain contingent appropriations; providing 
1.5 	for use of revenues from metropolitan transportation area sales tax; reducing 
1.6 	funding for 2011 state road construction; modifying various provisions related 
1.7 	to transportation finance and policy; providing for surcharge; mandating and 
1.8 	amending legislative reports; making technical and clarifying changes; amending 
1.9 	Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 16A.11, subdivision 3a; 16A.86, subdivision 
1.10 	3a; 161.04, by adding a subdivision; 162.06, subdivision 1; 162.12, subdivision 
1.11 	1; 168.013, subdivision 21; 168A.29, subdivision 1; 171.06, subdivision 2, as 
1.12 	amended; 174.93; 297A.992, subdivision 5, by adding a subdivision; 473.39, by 
1.13 	adding a subdivision; Laws 2008, chapter 363, article 11, section 6; Laws 2009, 
1.14 	chapter 36, article 1, section 3, subdivision 3, as amended.
1.15 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.16 	ARTICLE 1
1.17 	TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS

1.18	Section 1.  SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
1.19 	The amounts shown in this section summarize direct appropriations, by fund, made 
1.20 	in this article.

1.21			2012
		2013
		Total
	
1.22	General
	$
	62,829,000
	$
	62,829,000
	$
	125,658,000
	
1.23	Airports
		19,609,000
		21,384,000
		40,993,000
	
1.24	C.S.A.H.
		545,109,000
		572,773,000
		1,117,882,000
	
1.25	M.S.A.S.
		145,455,000
		153,484,000
		298,939,000
	
1.26	Special Revenue
		49,088,000
		49,088,000
		98,176,000
	
1.27	H.U.T.D.
		10,406,000
		10,406,000
		20,812,000
	
1.28	Trunk Highway
		1,652,978,000
		1,384,515,000
		3,037,493,000
	
1.29	Total
	$
	2,485,474,000
	$
	2,254,479,000
	$
	4,739,953,000

2.1	Sec. 2. TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
2.2 	The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to 
2.3 	the agencies and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from 
2.4 	the trunk highway fund, or another named fund, and are available for the fiscal years 
2.5 	indicated for each purpose. The figures "2012" and "2013" used in this article mean that 
2.6 	the appropriations listed under them are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012, 
2.7 	or June 30, 2013, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2012. "The second year" is 
2.8 	fiscal year 2013. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2012 and 2013. Appropriations for the 
2.9 	fiscal year ending June 30, 2011, are effective the day following final enactment.

2.10				APPROPRIATIONS
	
2.11				Available for the Year
	
2.12				Ending June 30
	
2.13					2012
		2013

2.14
2.15	Sec. 3. DEPARTMENT OF 
TRANSPORTATION

2.16	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	2,292,520,000
	$
	2,061,525,000

2.17	Appropriations by Fund
	
2.18		2012
	2013
	
2.19	General
	15,837,000
	15,837,000
	
2.20	Airports
	19,609,000
	21,384,000
	
2.21	C.S.A.H.
	545,109,000
	572,773,000
	
2.22	M.S.A.S
	145,455,000
	153,484,000
	
2.23	Trunk Highway
	1,566,510,000
	1,298,047,000
	
2.24 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
2.25 	purpose are specified in the following 
2.26 	subdivisions.

2.27	Subd. 2.Multimodal Systems
 					
2.28 	(a) Aeronautics

2.29	(1) Airport Development and Assistance
		14,298,000
		16,073,000
	
2.30 	This appropriation is from the state 
2.31 	airports fund and must be spent according 
2.32 	to Minnesota Statutes, section 360.305, 
2.33 	subdivision 4.
2.34 	The base appropriation for fiscal years 2014 
2.35 	and 2015 is $14,298,000 for each year.
3.1 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
3.2 	16A.28, subdivision 6, this appropriation is 
3.3 	available for five years after appropriation. 
3.4 	If the appropriation for either year is 
3.5 	insufficient, the appropriation for the other 
3.6 	year is available for it.
3.7 	If the commissioner of transportation 
3.8 	determines that a balance remains in 
3.9 	the state airports fund following the 
3.10 	appropriations made in this article, and that 
3.11 	the appropriations made are insufficient 
3.12 	for advancing airport development and 
3.13 	assistance projects, an amount necessary 
3.14 	to advance the projects, not to exceed 
3.15 	the balance in the state airports fund, is 
3.16 	appropriated in each year to the commissioner 
3.17 	and must be spent according to Minnesota 
3.18 	Statutes, section 360.305, subdivision 
3.19 	4. Within two weeks of a determination 
3.20 	under this contingent appropriation, the 
3.21 	commissioner of transportation shall notify 
3.22 	the commissioner of management and budget 
3.23 	and the chairs and ranking minority members 
3.24 	of the legislative committees with jurisdiction 
3.25 	over transportation finance concerning funds 
3.26 	appropriated. Funds appropriated under this 
3.27 	contingent appropriation do not adjust the 
3.28 	base appropriation for fiscal years 2014 and 
3.29 	2015.

3.30	(2) Aviation Support and Services
		6,123,000
		6,123,000

3.31	Appropriations by Fund
	
3.32	Airports
	5,286,000
	5,286,000
	
3.33	Trunk Highway
	837,000
	837,000
	
3.34 	$65,000 in each year is from the state airports 
3.35 	fund for the Civil Air Patrol.

4.1	(b) Transit
		15,798,000
		15,798,000

4.2	Appropriations by Fund
	
4.3	General
	15,023,000
	15,023,000
	
4.4	Trunk Highway
	775,000
	775,000
	
4.5 	The base appropriation from the general 
4.6 	fund is $16,373,000 for fiscal year 2014 and 
4.7 	$16,292,000 for fiscal year 2015.
4.8 	$100,000 in each year is from the general 
4.9 	fund for the administrative expenses of the 
4.10 	Minnesota Council on Transportation Access 
4.11 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 174.285.

4.12	(c) Passenger Rail
		500,000
		500,000
	
4.13 	This appropriation is from the general 
4.14 	fund for passenger rail system planning, 
4.15 	alternatives analysis, environmental analysis, 
4.16 	design, and preliminary engineering under 
4.17 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 174.632 to 
4.18 	174.636.

4.19	(d) Freight
		5,154,000
		5,154,000

4.20	Appropriations by Fund
	
4.21	General
	257,000
	257,000
	
4.22	Trunk Highway
	4,897,000
	4,897,000

4.23	Subd. 3.State Roads

4.24	(a) Operations and Maintenance
		257,395,000
		257,395,000

4.25	(b) Program Planning and Delivery
		206,918,000
		206,733,000
	
4.26 	Of these appropriations, $130,000 in each 
4.27 	year is for administrative costs of the 
4.28 	targeted group business program, if a law 
4.29 	is enacted and effective in 2012 and 2013 
4.30 	that establishes a targeted group business 
4.31 	program for state highway construction 
4.32 	contracts.
5.1 	$266,000 in each year is available for grants 
5.2 	to metropolitan planning organizations 
5.3 	outside the seven-county metropolitan area.
5.4 	$75,000 in each year is available for a 
5.5 	transportation research contingent account 
5.6 	to finance research projects that are 
5.7 	reimbursable from the federal government or 
5.8 	from other sources. If the appropriation for 
5.9 	either year is insufficient, the appropriation 
5.10 	for the other year is available for it.
5.11 	$600,000 in each year is available for 
5.12 	grants for transportation studies outside 
5.13 	the metropolitan area to identify critical 
5.14 	concerns, problems, and issues. These 
5.15 	grants are available: (1) to regional 
5.16 	development commissions; (2) in regions 
5.17 	where no regional development commission 
5.18 	is functioning, to joint powers boards 
5.19 	established under agreement of two or 
5.20 	more political subdivisions in the region to 
5.21 	exercise the planning functions of a regional 
5.22 	development commission; and (3) in regions 
5.23 	where no regional development commission 
5.24 	or joint powers board is functioning, to the 
5.25 	department's district office for that region.

5.26	(c) State Road Construction
		888,000,000
		595,000,000
	
5.27 	It is estimated that these appropriations will 
5.28 	be funded as follows:

5.29	Appropriations by Fund
	
5.30
5.31	Federal Highway 
Aid
	521,800,000 
	276,800,000
	
5.32	Highway User Taxes
	366,200,000
	318,200,000
	
5.33 	The commissioner of transportation shall 
5.34 	notify the chairs and ranking minority 
5.35 	members of the legislative committees with 
6.1 	jurisdiction over transportation finance of 
6.2 	any significant events that should cause these 
6.3 	estimates to change.
6.4 	This appropriation is for the actual 
6.5 	construction, reconstruction, and 
6.6 	improvement of trunk highways, including 
6.7 	design-build contracts and consultant usage 
6.8 	to support these activities. This includes the 
6.9 	cost of actual payment to landowners for 
6.10 	lands acquired for highway rights-of-way, 
6.11 	payment to lessees, interest subsidies, and 
6.12 	relocation expenses.
6.13 	The base appropriation is $679,000,000 in 
6.14 	fiscal year 2014 and $668,000,000 in fiscal 
6.15 	year 2015.
6.16 	Of this appropriation, $87,000,000 in the 
6.17 	first year and $40,000,000 in the second year 
6.18 	are for highway pavement improvements 
6.19 	and related mobility, safety, and technology 
6.20 	improvements, and is available for 
6.21 	functions that include program management, 
6.22 	project development, project management, 
6.23 	actual construction, reconstruction, and 
6.24 	improvement of trunk highways, and 
6.25 	design-build contracts and consultant usage 
6.26 	to support these activities.
6.27 	The commissioner may transfer up to 
6.28 	$20,000,000 in the first year from the 
6.29 	trunk highway fund to the trunk highway 
6.30 	economic development account established 
6.31 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 161.04, 
6.32 	subdivision 6.
6.33 	The commissioner may expend up to one-half 
6.34 	of one percent of the federal appropriations 
6.35 	under this paragraph as grants to opportunity 
7.1 	industrialization centers and other nonprofit 
7.2 	job training centers for job training programs 
7.3 	related to highway construction.
7.4 	The commissioner may transfer up to 
7.5 	$15,000,000 each year to the transportation 
7.6 	revolving loan fund.
7.7 	The commissioner may receive money 
7.8 	covering other shares of the cost of 
7.9 	partnership projects. These receipts are 
7.10 	appropriated to the commissioner for these 
7.11 	projects.

7.12	(d) Highway Debt Service
		142,764,000
		167,486,000
	
7.13 	$128,764,000 the first year and $153,486,000 
7.14 	the second year are for transfer to the state 
7.15 	bond fund. If an appropriation is insufficient 
7.16 	to make all transfers required in the year 
7.17 	for which it is made, the commissioner of 
7.18 	management and budget shall notify the 
7.19 	Committee on Finance of the senate and 
7.20 	the Committee on Ways and Means of the 
7.21 	house of representatives of the amount of the 
7.22 	deficiency and shall then transfer that amount 
7.23 	under the statutory open appropriation. Any 
7.24 	excess appropriation cancels to the trunk 
7.25 	highway fund.

7.26	(e) Electronic Communications
		5,171,000
		5,171,000

7.27	Appropriations by Fund
	
7.28	General
	3,000
	3,000
	
7.29	Trunk Highway
	5,168,000
	5,168,000
	
7.30 	The general fund appropriation is to equip 
7.31 	and operate the Roosevelt signal tower for 
7.32 	Lake of the Woods weather broadcasting.

7.33	Subd.  4.Local Roads  

7.34	(a) County State Aids
		545,109,000
		572,773,000
	
8.1 	This appropriation is from the county 
8.2 	state-aid highway fund under Minnesota 
8.3 	Statutes, sections 161.082 to 161.085; and 
8.4 	Minnesota Statutes, chapter 162. This 
8.5 	appropriation is available until spent.
8.6 	If the commissioner of transportation 
8.7 	determines that a balance remains in the 
8.8 	county state-aid highway fund following 
8.9 	the appropriations and transfers made in 
8.10 	this subdivision, and that the appropriations 
8.11 	made are insufficient for advancing county 
8.12 	state-aid highway projects, an amount 
8.13 	necessary to advance the projects, not to 
8.14 	exceed the balance in the county state-aid 
8.15 	highway fund, is appropriated in each year 
8.16 	to the commissioner. Within two weeks 
8.17 	of a determination under this contingent 
8.18 	appropriation, the commissioner of 
8.19 	transportation shall notify the commissioner 
8.20 	of management and budget and the chairs 
8.21 	and ranking minority members of the 
8.22 	legislative committees with jurisdiction over 
8.23 	transportation finance concerning funds 
8.24 	appropriated.

8.25	(b) Municipal State Aids
		145,455,000
		153,484,000
	
8.26 	This appropriation is from the municipal 
8.27 	state-aid street fund for municipal state-aid 
8.28 	streets under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
8.29 	162. This appropriation is available until 
8.30 	spent.
8.31 	If the commissioner of transportation 
8.32 	determines that a balance remains in the 
8.33 	municipal state-aid street fund following 
8.34 	the appropriations made in this subdivision, 
8.35 	and that the appropriations made are 
9.1 	insufficient for advancing municipal state-aid 
9.2 	street projects, an amount necessary to 
9.3 	advance the projects, not to exceed the 
9.4 	balance in the municipal state-aid street 
9.5 	fund, is appropriated in each year to 
9.6 	the commissioner. Within two weeks 
9.7 	of a determination under this contingent 
9.8 	appropriation, the commissioner of 
9.9 	transportation shall notify the commissioner 
9.10 	of management and budget and the chairs 
9.11 	and ranking minority members of the 
9.12 	legislative committees with jurisdiction over 
9.13 	transportation finance concerning funds 
9.14 	appropriated.

9.15	Subd.  5.Agency Management

9.16	(a) Agency Services
		41,997,000
		41,997,000

9.17	Appropriations by Fund
	
9.18	Airports
	25,000
	25,000
	
9.19	Trunk Highway
	41,972,000
	41,972,000

9.20	(b) Buildings
		17,838,000
		17,838,000

9.21	Appropriations by Fund
	
9.22	General
	54,000
	54,000
	
9.23	Trunk Highway
	17,784,000
	17,784,000
	
9.24 	If the appropriation for either year is 
9.25 	insufficient, the appropriation for the other 
9.26 	year is available for it.

9.27	Subd. 6.Transfers
 					
9.28 	(a) With the approval of the commissioner of 
9.29 	management and budget, the commissioner 
9.30 	of transportation may transfer unencumbered 
9.31 	balances among the appropriations from the 
9.32 	trunk highway fund and the state airports 
9.33 	fund made in this section. No transfer 
9.34 	may be made from the appropriations for 
10.1 	state road construction or for debt service. 
10.2 	Transfers under this paragraph may not be 
10.3 	made between funds. Transfers under this 
10.4 	paragraph must be reported immediately to 
10.5 	the chairs and ranking minority members of 
10.6 	the legislative committees with jurisdiction 
10.7 	over transportation finance.
10.8 	(b) The commissioner shall transfer from 
10.9 	the flexible highway account in the county 
10.10 	state-aid highway fund: (1) $1,000,000 
10.11 	in the first year to the municipal turnback 
10.12 	account in the municipal state-aid street 
10.13 	fund; (2) $1,900,000 in the first year to the 
10.14 	trunk highway fund; and (3) the remainder 
10.15 	in each year to the county turnback account 
10.16 	in the county state-aid highway fund. The 
10.17 	funds transferred are for highway turnback 
10.18 	purposes as provided under Minnesota 
10.19 	Statutes, section 161.081, subdivision 3.

10.20
10.21	Subd. 7.Use of State Road Construction 
Appropriations
 					
10.22 	Any money appropriated to the commissioner 
10.23 	of transportation for state road construction 
10.24 	for any fiscal year before the first year is 
10.25 	available to the commissioner during the 
10.26 	biennium to the extent that the commissioner 
10.27 	spends the money on the state road 
10.28 	construction project for which the money 
10.29 	was originally encumbered during the fiscal 
10.30 	year for which it was appropriated. The 
10.31 	commissioner of transportation shall report to 
10.32 	the commissioner of management and budget 
10.33 	by August 1, 2011, and August 1, 2012, on 
10.34 	a form the commissioner of management 
10.35 	and budget provides, on expenditures made 
11.1 	during the previous fiscal year that are 
11.2 	authorized by this subdivision.

11.3	Subd. 8.Contingent Appropriation
 					
11.4 	The commissioner of transportation, with 
11.5 	the approval of the governor and the 
11.6 	written approval of at least five members 
11.7 	of a group consisting of the members of 
11.8 	the Legislative Advisory Commission 
11.9 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 3.30, 
11.10 	and the ranking minority members of the 
11.11 	legislative committees with jurisdiction over 
11.12 	transportation finance, may transfer all or 
11.13 	part of the unappropriated balance in the 
11.14 	trunk highway fund to an appropriation: 
11.15 	(1) for trunk highway design, construction, 
11.16 	or inspection in order to take advantage of 
11.17 	an unanticipated receipt of income to the 
11.18 	trunk highway fund or to take advantage 
11.19 	of federal advanced construction funding; 
11.20 	(2) for trunk highway maintenance in order 
11.21 	to meet an emergency; or (3) to pay tort 
11.22 	or environmental claims. Nothing in this 
11.23 	subdivision authorizes the commissioner 
11.24 	to increase the use of federal advanced 
11.25 	construction funding beyond amounts 
11.26 	specifically authorized. Any transfer as 
11.27 	a result of the use of federal advanced 
11.28 	construction funding must include an 
11.29 	analysis of the effects on the long-term 
11.30 	trunk highway fund balance. The amount 
11.31 	transferred is appropriated for the purpose of 
11.32 	the account to which it is transferred.

11.33	Sec. 4. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL
 	$
	39,038,000
	$
	39,038,000
	
11.34 	This appropriation is from the general 
11.35 	fund for transit system operations under 
12.1 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 473.371 to 
12.2 	473.449.
12.3 	Of this appropriation, $140,000 in each 
12.4 	fiscal year is for transit service for disabled 
12.5 	veterans under Minnesota Statutes, section 
12.6 	473.408, subdivision 10.
12.7 	The base appropriation is $64,889,000 for 
12.8 	fiscal year 2014 and $64,970,000 for fiscal 
12.9 	year 2015.
12.10 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
12.11 	473.388, subdivision 4, in each year of 
12.12 	the biennium, the Metropolitan Council 
12.13 	shall provide financial assistance to transit 
12.14 	providers under Minnesota Statutes, section 
12.15 	473.388, in an amount that is $1,650,000 
12.16 	less than the amount of assistance that 
12.17 	was provided to transit providers by the 
12.18 	Metropolitan Council in fiscal year 2011. 
12.19 	Funds not transferred as a result of this 
12.20 	rider are available for use by the council for 
12.21 	metropolitan transit operations.

12.22	Sec. 5. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

12.23	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	153,316,000
	$
	153,316,000

12.24	Appropriations by Fund
	
12.25		2012
	2013
	
12.26	General
	7,954,000
	7,954,000
	
12.27	Special Revenue 
	49,088,000
	49,088,000
	
12.28	H.U.T.D.
	10,406,000
	10,406,000
	
12.29	Trunk Highway
	85,868,000
	85,868,000
	
12.30 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
12.31 	purpose are specified in the following 
12.32 	subdivisions.

12.33	Subd.  2.Administration and Related Services 

12.34	(a) Office of Communications
		434,000
		434,000

13.1	Appropriations by Fund
	
13.2	General
	41,000
	41,000
	
13.3	Trunk Highway
	393,000
	393,000

13.4	(b) Public Safety Support
		8,168,000
		8,168,000

13.5	Appropriations by Fund
	
13.6	General
	3,296,000
	3,296,000
	
13.7	H.U.T.D.
	1,366,000
	1,366,000
	
13.8	Trunk Highway
	3,506,000
	3,506,000
	
13.9 	$380,000 in each year is from the general 
13.10 	fund for payment of public safety officer 
13.11 	survivor benefits under Minnesota Statutes, 
13.12 	section 299A.44. If the appropriation for 
13.13 	either year is insufficient, the appropriation 
13.14 	for the other year is available for it.
13.15 	$1,367,000 in each year is from the general 
13.16 	fund to be deposited in the public safety 
13.17 	officer's benefit account. This money 
13.18 	is available for reimbursements under 
13.19 	Minnesota Statutes, section 299A.465.
13.20 	$508,000 in each year is from the general 
13.21 	fund  for soft body armor reimbursements 
13.22 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 299A.38.
13.23 	$792,000 in each year is from the general 
13.24 	fund for transfer by the commissioner of 
13.25 	management and budget to the trunk highway 
13.26 	fund on December 31, 2011, and December 
13.27 	31, 2012, respectively, in order to reimburse 
13.28 	the trunk highway fund for expenses not 
13.29 	related to the fund. These represent amounts 
13.30 	appropriated out of the trunk highway 
13.31 	fund for general fund purposes in the 
13.32 	administration and related services program.
13.33 	$610,000 in each year is from the highway 
13.34 	user tax distribution fund for transfer by the 
13.35 	commissioner of management and budget 
14.1 	to the trunk highway fund on December 31, 
14.2 	2011, and December 31, 2012, respectively, 
14.3 	in order to reimburse the trunk highway 
14.4 	fund for expenses not related to the fund. 
14.5 	These represent amounts appropriated out 
14.6 	of the trunk highway fund for highway 
14.7 	user tax distribution fund purposes in the 
14.8 	administration and related services program.
14.9 	$716,000 in each year is from the highway 
14.10 	user tax distribution fund for transfer by the 
14.11 	commissioner of management and budget to 
14.12 	the general fund on December 31, 2011, and 
14.13 	December 31, 2012, respectively, in order to 
14.14 	reimburse the general fund for expenses not 
14.15 	related to the fund. These represent amounts 
14.16 	appropriated out of the general fund for 
14.17 	operation of the criminal justice data network 
14.18 	related to driver and motor vehicle licensing.

14.19	(c) Technology and Support Service
		3,835,000
		3,835,000

14.20	Appropriations by Fund
	
14.21	General
	1,472,000
	1,472,000
	
14.22	H.U.T.D. 
	19,000
	19,000
	
14.23	Trunk Highway
	2,344,000
	2,344,000

14.24	Subd.  3.State Patrol

14.25	(a) Patrolling Highways
		71,522,000
		71,522,000

14.26	Appropriations by Fund
	
14.27	General
	37,000
	37,000
	
14.28	H.U.T.D. 
	92,000
	92,000
	
14.29	Trunk Highway
	71,393,000
	71,393,000

14.30	(b) Commercial Vehicle Enforcement
		7,796,000
		7,796,000
	
14.31 	$600,000 in each year is for the Office of 
14.32 	Pupil Transportation Safety under Minnesota 
14.33 	Statutes, section 169.435.

14.34	(c) Capitol Security
		3,108,000
		3,108,000
	
15.1 	This appropriation is from the general fund.
15.2 	The commissioner may not: (1) spend 
15.3 	any money from the trunk highway fund 
15.4 	for capitol security; or (2) permanently 
15.5 	transfer any state trooper from the patrolling 
15.6 	highways activity to capitol security.
15.7 	The commissioner may not transfer any 
15.8 	money appropriated to the commissioner 
15.9 	under this section: (1) to capitol security; or 
15.10 	(2) from capitol security.

15.11	(d) Vehicle Crimes Unit
		693,000
		693,000
	
15.12 	This appropriation is from the highway user 
15.13 	tax distribution fund.
15.14 	This appropriation is to investigate: (1) 
15.15 	registration tax and motor vehicle sales tax 
15.16 	liabilities from individuals and businesses 
15.17 	that currently do not pay all taxes owed; 
15.18 	and (2) illegal or improper activity related 
15.19 	to sale, transfer, titling, and registration of 
15.20 	motor vehicles.

15.21	Subd. 4.Driver and Vehicle Services

15.22	(a) Vehicle Services
		27,259,000
		27,259,000

15.23	Appropriations by Fund
	
15.24	Special Revenue
	19,023,000
	19,023,000
	
15.25	H.U.T.D. 
	8,236,000
	8,236,000
	
15.26 	The special revenue fund appropriation is 
15.27 	from the vehicle services operating account.

15.28	(b) Driver Services
		28,712,000
		28,712,000

15.29	Appropriations by Fund
	
15.30	Special Revenue
	28,711,000
	28,711,000
	
15.31	Trunk Highway
	1,000
	1,000
	
15.32 	The special revenue fund appropriation is 
15.33 	from the driver services operating account.

16.1	Subd. 5.Traffic Safety
 		435,000
		435,000
	
16.2 	The commissioner of public safety shall 
16.3 	spend 50 percent of the money available to 
16.4 	the state under United States Code, title 23, 
16.5 	section 164, and the remaining 50 percent 
16.6 	must be transferred to the commissioner 
16.7 	of transportation for hazard elimination 
16.8 	activities under United States Code, title 23, 
16.9 	section 152.

16.10	Subd. 6.Pipeline Safety
 		1,354,000
		1,354,000
	
16.11 	This appropriation is from the pipeline safety 
16.12 	account in the special revenue fund.

16.13	Subd. 7.Transfer
 					
16.14 	On or after July 1, 2012, the commissioner 
16.15 	of public safety shall transfer to the driver 
16.16 	and vehicle services technology account a 
16.17 	total of $7,100,000 from the driver services 
16.18 	operating account and the vehicle services 
16.19 	operating account.

16.20	Sec. 6. TORT CLAIMS
 	$
	600,000
	$
	600,000
	
16.21 	This appropriation is to the commissioner of 
16.22 	management and budget.
16.23 	If the appropriation for either year is 
16.24 	insufficient, the appropriation for the other 
16.25 	year is available for it.

16.26 	Sec. 7. Laws 2009, chapter 36, article 1, section 3, subdivision 3, as amended by Laws 
16.27 	2010, chapter 351, section 66, is amended to read:

16.28	Subd. 3.State Roads

16.29	(a) Infrastructure Operations and Maintenance
		251,643,000
		245,892,000
	
16.30 	The base appropriation for fiscal years 2012 
16.31 	and 2013 is $257,395,000 for each year.

17.1	(b) Infrastructure Investment and Planning

17.2	(1) Infrastructure Investment Support
		201,461,000
		196,935,000
	
17.3 	The base appropriation for fiscal years 2012 
17.4 	and 2013 is $205,988,000 for each year.
17.5 	$266,000 the first year and $266,000 the 
17.6 	second year are available for grants to 
17.7 	metropolitan planning organizations outside 
17.8 	the seven-county metropolitan area.
17.9 	$75,000 the first year and $75,000 the 
17.10 	second year are for a transportation research 
17.11 	contingent account to finance research 
17.12 	projects that are reimbursable from the 
17.13 	federal government or from other sources. 
17.14 	If the appropriation for either year is 
17.15 	insufficient, the appropriation for the other 
17.16 	year is available for it.
17.17 	$600,000 the first year and $600,000 
17.18 	the second year are available for grants 
17.19 	for transportation studies outside the 
17.20 	metropolitan area to identify critical 
17.21 	concerns, problems, and issues. These 
17.22 	grants are available (1) to regional 
17.23 	development commissions; (2) in regions 
17.24 	where no regional development commission 
17.25 	is functioning, to joint powers boards 
17.26 	established under agreement of two or 
17.27 	more political subdivisions in the region to 
17.28 	exercise the planning functions of a regional 
17.29 	development commission; and (3) in regions 
17.30 	where no regional development commission 
17.31 	or joint powers board is functioning, to the 
17.32 	department's district office for that region.
17.33 	$200,000 the second year is for grants 
17.34 	to nonprofit job training centers for: (1) 
18.1 	job training programs related to highway 
18.2 	construction; and (2) business training for 
18.3 	companies that are certified disadvantaged 
18.4 	business enterprises.

18.5
18.6	(2) State Road Construction
		551,300,000
		598,700,000
555,700,000
	
18.7 	The base appropriation for fiscal years 2012 
18.8 	and 2013 is $635,000,000 for each year.
18.9 	It is estimated that these appropriations will 
18.10 	be funded as follows:

18.11	Appropriations by Fund
	
18.12
18.13	Federal Highway 
Aid
	301,100,000 
	388,500,000
345,500,000
	
18.14	Highway User Taxes
	250,200,000
	210,200,000
	
18.15 	The commissioner of transportation shall 
18.16 	notify the chairs and ranking minority 
18.17 	members of the senate and house of 
18.18 	representatives committees with jurisdiction 
18.19 	over transportation finance of any significant 
18.20 	events that should cause these estimates to 
18.21 	change.
18.22 	This appropriation is for the actual 
18.23 	construction, reconstruction, and 
18.24 	improvement of trunk highways, including 
18.25 	design-build contracts and consultant usage 
18.26 	to support these activities. This includes the 
18.27 	cost of actual payment to landowners for 
18.28 	lands acquired for highway rights-of-way, 
18.29 	payment to lessees, interest subsidies, and 
18.30 	relocation expenses.
18.31 	The commissioner may spend up to $250,000 
18.32 	of trunk highway funds in fiscal year 2011 
18.33 	to pay the operating costs of bus service 
18.34 	between Hastings and Minneapolis-St. Paul 
18.35 	to mitigate the traffic impacts of the project 
19.1 	involving construction of a bridge crossing 
19.2 	the Mississippi River in the city of Hastings 
19.3 	on marked Trunk Highway 61.
19.4 	The commissioner shall expend up to 
19.5 	one-half of one percent of the federal 
19.6 	appropriations under this paragraph as grants 
19.7 	to opportunity industrialization centers and 
19.8 	other nonprofit job training centers for 
19.9 	job training programs related to highway 
19.10 	construction.
19.11 	The commissioner may transfer up to 
19.12 	$15,000,000 each year to the transportation 
19.13 	revolving loan fund.
19.14 	The commissioner may receive money 
19.15 	covering other shares of the cost of 
19.16 	partnership projects. These receipts are 
19.17 	appropriated to the commissioner for these 
19.18 	projects.

19.19	(3) Highway Debt Service
		101,170,000
		173,400,000
	
19.20 	$86,517,000 the first year and $157,304,000 
19.21 	the second year are for transfer to the state 
19.22 	bond fund. If this appropriation is insufficient 
19.23 	to make all transfers required in the year for 
19.24 	which it is made, the commissioner of finance 
19.25 	shall notify the Committee on Finance of 
19.26 	the senate and the Committee on Ways and 
19.27 	Means of the house of representatives of 
19.28 	the amount of the deficiency and shall then 
19.29 	transfer that amount under the statutory open 
19.30 	appropriation. Any excess appropriation 
19.31 	cancels to the trunk highway fund.

19.32	(c) Electronic Communications
		5,177,000
		5,177,000

19.33	Appropriations by Fund
	
19.34	General
	9,000
	9,000
	
19.35	Trunk Highway
	5,168,000
	5,168,000
	
20.1 	The general fund appropriation is to equip 
20.2 	and operate the Roosevelt signal tower for 
20.3 	Lake of the Woods weather broadcasting.

20.4 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

20.5 	ARTICLE 2
20.6 	METROPOLITAN TRANSIT FINANCE

20.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 297A.992, subdivision 5, is amended to 
20.8 	read:
20.9 		Subd. 5.Grant application and awards; Grant Evaluation and Ranking System 
20.10 	(GEARS) Committee. (a) The joint powers board shall establish a grant application 
20.11 	process and identify the amount of available funding for grant awards. Grant applications 
20.12 	must be submitted in a form prescribed by the joint powers board. An applicant must 
20.13 	provide, in addition to all other information required by the joint powers board, the 
20.14 	estimated cost of the project, the amount of the grant sought, possible sources of funding 
20.15 	in addition to the grant sought, and identification of any federal funds that will be utilized 
20.16 	if the grant is awarded. A grant application seeking transit capital funding must identify 
20.17 	the source of money necessary to operate the transit improvement.
20.18 	(b) The joint powers board shall establish a timeline and procedures for the award of 
20.19 	grants, and may award grants only to the state and political subdivisions. The board shall 
20.20 	define objective criteria for the award of grants, which must include, but not be limited to, 
20.21 	consistency with the most recent version of the transportation policy plan adopted by the 
20.22 	Metropolitan Council under section 473.146. The joint powers board shall maximize the 
20.23 	availability and use of federal funds in projects funded under this section.
20.24 	(c) The joint powers board shall establish a GEARS Committee, which must consist 
20.25 	of:
20.26 	(1) one county commissioner from each county that is in the metropolitan 
20.27 	transportation area, appointed by its county board;
20.28 	(2) one elected city representative from each county that is in the metropolitan 
20.29 	transportation area;
20.30 	(3) one additional elected city representative from each county for every additional 
20.31 	400,000 in population, or fraction of 400,000, in the county that is above 400,000 in 
20.32 	population; and
20.33 	(4) the chair of the Metropolitan Council Transportation Committee.
21.1 	(d) Each city representative must be elected at a meeting of cities in the metropolitan 
21.2 	transportation area, which must be convened for that purpose by the Association of 
21.3 	Metropolitan Municipalities.
21.4 	(e) The committee shall evaluate grant applications following objective criteria 
21.5 	established by the joint powers board, and must provide to the joint powers board a 
21.6 	selection list of transportation projects that includes a priority ranking.
21.7 	(f) A grant award for a transit project located within the metropolitan area, as defined 
21.8 	in section 473.121, subdivision 2, may be funded only after the Metropolitan Council 
21.9 	reviews the project for consistency with the transit portion of the Metropolitan Council 
21.10 	policy plan and one of the following occurs:
21.11 	(1) the Metropolitan Council finds the project to be consistent;
21.12 	(2) the Metropolitan Council initially finds the project to be inconsistent, but after a 
21.13 	good faith effort to resolve the inconsistency through negotiations with the joint powers 
21.14 	board, agrees that the grant award may be funded; or
21.15 	(3) the Metropolitan Council finds the project to be inconsistent, and submits the 
21.16 	consistency issue for final determination to a panel, which determines the project to be 
21.17 	consistent. The panel is composed of a member appointed by the chair of the Metropolitan 
21.18 	Council, a member appointed by the joint powers board, and a member agreed upon by 
21.19 	both the chair and the joint powers board.
21.20 	(g) Grants must be funded by the proceeds of the taxes imposed under this section, 
21.21 	bonds, notes, or other obligations issued by the joint powers board under subdivision 7.
21.22 	(h) Notwithstanding the provisions of this subdivision, in fiscal year 2009, of 
21.23 	the initial revenue collected under this section, the joint powers board shall allocate 
21.24 	at least $30,783,000 to the Metropolitan Council for operating assistance for transit.
21.25 	Notwithstanding the provisions of this section except subdivision 6a, of the revenue 
21.26 	collected under this section, the joint powers board shall allocate to the Metropolitan 
21.27 	Council, in fiscal years 2012 and 2013, an amount not less than 75 percent of the net 
21.28 	cost of operations for those transit ways that were receiving metropolitan sales tax funds 
21.29 	through an operating grant agreement on June 30, 2011.
21.30 	(i) The Metropolitan Council shall expend any funds allocated under paragraph (h) 
21.31 	for the operations of the specified transit ways solely within those counties that are in the 
21.32 	metropolitan transportation area.
21.33 	(j) Nothing in paragraph (h) or (i) prevents grant awards to the Metropolitan Council 
21.34 	for capital and operating assistance for transit ways and park-and-ride facilities.

22.1 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 297A.992, is amended by adding a 
22.2 	subdivision to read:
22.3 		Subd. 6a.Priority of fund uses. The joint powers board shall allocate all revenues 
22.4 	from the taxes imposed under this section in conformance with the following priority order:
22.5 	(1) payment of debt service necessary for the fiscal year on bonds or other 
22.6 	obligations issued prior to January 1, 2011, under subdivision 7; and
22.7 	(2) as otherwise authorized under this section.

22.8 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 473.39, is amended by adding a subdivision 
22.9 	to read:
22.10 		Subd. 1q.Obligations. After July 1, 2011, in addition to other authority in this 
22.11 	section, the council may issue certificates of indebtedness, bonds, or other obligations 
22.12 	under this section in an amount not exceeding $35,000,000 for capital expenditures as 
22.13 	prescribed in the council's transit capital improvement program and for related costs, 
22.14 	including the costs of issuance and sale of the obligations.

22.15 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment 
22.16 	and applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and 
22.17 	Washington.

22.18 	ARTICLE 3
22.19 	TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT

22.20 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 16A.11, subdivision 3a, is amended to read:
22.21 		Subd. 3a.Part three: detailed capital budget. The detailed capital budget must 
22.22 	include recommendations for capital projects to be funded during the next six fiscal years
22.23 	and, if applicable, must meet the requirements under section 174.93, subdivision 1a. It 
22.24 	must be submitted with projects recommended by the governor and in order of importance 
22.25 	among that agency's requests as determined by the agency originating the request.

22.26 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 16A.86, subdivision 3a, is amended to read:
22.27 		Subd. 3a.Information provided. All requests for state assistance under this section 
22.28 	must include the following information:
22.29 	(1) the name of the political subdivision that will own the capital project for which 
22.30 	state assistance is being requested;
22.31 	(2) the public purpose of the project;
23.1 	(3) the extent to which the political subdivision has or expects to provide local, 
23.2 	private, user financing, or other nonstate funding for the project;
23.3 	(4) a list of the bondable activities that the project encompasses; examples of 
23.4 	bondable activities are public improvements of a capital nature for land acquisition, 
23.5 	predesign, design, construction, and furnishing and equipping for occupancy;
23.6 	(5) whether the project will require new or additional state operating subsidies;
23.7 	(6) whether the governing body of the political subdivision requesting the project 
23.8 	has passed a resolution in support of the project and has established priorities for all 
23.9 	projects within its jurisdiction for which bonding appropriations are requested when 
23.10 	submitting multiple requests; and
23.11 	(7) if the project requires a predesign under section 16B.335, whether the predesign 
23.12 	has been completed at the time the capital project request is submitted, and whether 
23.13 	the political subdivision has submitted the project predesign to the commissioner of 
23.14 	administration for review and approval; and
23.15 	(8) if applicable, the information required under section 174.93, subdivision 1a.

23.16 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 161.04, is amended by adding a subdivision 
23.17 	to read:
23.18 		Subd. 6.Trunk highway economic development account. (a) The trunk highway 
23.19 	economic development account is created in the trunk highway fund. Money in the 
23.20 	account is annually appropriated to the commissioner and does not lapse. Interest earned 
23.21 	from investment of money in this account must be deposited in the trunk highway 
23.22 	economic development account.
23.23 	(b) Money in the account must be used to fund construction, reconstruction, and 
23.24 	improvement of trunk highways that will promote economic development, increase 
23.25 	employment, and relieve growing traffic congestion.
23.26 	(c) The commissioner shall design a project application and selection process to 
23.27 	distribute money in the account. The process must include specified eligibility and 
23.28 	prioritizing criteria.
23.29 	(d) Money in the account must be allocated 50 percent to the department's 
23.30 	metropolitan district, and 50 percent to districts in greater Minnesota except as provided 
23.31 	in this paragraph. If there are not sufficient project applications that meet eligibility and 
23.32 	prioritizing criteria in either the metropolitan district or greater Minnesota districts to 
23.33 	permit an equal division of available money, the commissioner shall fund projects that 
23.34 	meet the selection criteria without regard to location in the state.

24.1 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 162.06, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
24.2 		Subdivision 1.Estimate. (a) By December 15 of each year the commissioner shall 
24.3 	estimate the amount of money that will be available to the county state-aid highway fund 
24.4 	during that fiscal year. The amount available must be based on actual receipts from July 
24.5 	1 through November 30 October 31, the unallocated fund balance, and the projected 
24.6 	receipts for the remainder of the fiscal year. The amount available, except for deductions 
24.7 	as provided in this section, shall be apportioned by the commissioner to the counties as 
24.8 	provided in section 162.07.
24.9 	(b) For purposes of this section, "amount available" means the amount estimated in 
24.10 	paragraph (a).

24.11 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 162.12, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
24.12 		Subdivision 1.Estimate of accruals. By December 15 of each year the 
24.13 	commissioner shall estimate the amount of money that will be available to the municipal 
24.14 	state-aid street fund during that fiscal year. The amount available is based on actual 
24.15 	receipts from July 1 through November 30 October 31, the unallocated fund balance, and 
24.16 	the projected receipts for the remainder of the fiscal year. The total available, except for 
24.17 	deductions as provided herein, shall be apportioned by the commissioner to the cities 
24.18 	having a population of 5,000 or more as hereinafter provided.

24.19 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 168.013, subdivision 21, is amended to read:
24.20 		Subd. 21.Technology surcharge. For every vehicle registration renewal required 
24.21 	under this chapter, the commissioner shall collect a surcharge of: (1)  $1.75 until June 30, 
24.22 	2012; and (2) $1.00 from July 1, 2012, to June 30, 2016. Surcharges collected under this 
24.23 	subdivision must be credited to the driver and vehicle services technology account in the 
24.24 	special revenue fund under section 299A.705.

24.25 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 168A.29, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
24.26 		Subdivision 1.Amounts. (a) The department must be paid the following fees:
24.27 	(1) for filing an application for and the issuance of an original certificate of title, 
24.28 	the sum of $6.25 of which $3.25 must be paid into the vehicle services operating account 
24.29 	of the special revenue fund under section 299A.705; until June 30, 2012, a surcharge of 
24.30 	$1.75 must be added to the fee and credited to the driver and vehicle services technology 
24.31 	account; from July 1, 2012, to June 30, 2016, a surcharge of $1.00 must be added to the 
24.32 	fee and credited to the driver and vehicle services technology account;
25.1 	(2) for each security interest when first noted upon a certificate of title, including the 
25.2 	concurrent notation of any assignment thereof and its subsequent release or satisfaction, 
25.3 	the sum of $2, except that no fee is due for a security interest filed by a public authority 
25.4 	under section 168A.05, subdivision 8;
25.5 	(3) for the transfer of the interest of an owner and the issuance of a new certificate of 
25.6 	title, the sum of $5.50 of which $2.50 must be paid into the vehicle services operating 
25.7 	account of the special revenue fund under section 299A.705; until June 30, 2012, a 
25.8 	surcharge of $1.75 must be added to the fee and credited to the driver and vehicle services 
25.9 	technology account; from July 1, 2012, to June 30, 2016, a surcharge of $1.00 must be 
25.10 	added to the fee and credited to the driver and vehicle services technology account;
25.11 	(4) for each assignment of a security interest when first noted on a certificate of title, 
25.12 	unless noted concurrently with the security interest, the sum of $1;
25.13 	(5) for issuing a duplicate certificate of title, the sum of $7.25 of which $3.25 must 
25.14 	be paid into the vehicle services operating account of the special revenue fund under 
25.15 	section 299A.705; until June 30, 2012, a surcharge of $1.75 must be added to the fee and 
25.16 	credited to the driver and vehicle services technology account; from July 1, 2012, to 
25.17 	June 30, 2016, a surcharge of $1.00 must be added to the fee and credited to the driver 
25.18 	and vehicle services technology account.
25.19 	(b) After June 30, 1994, in addition to each of the fees required under paragraph (a), 
25.20 	clauses (1) and (3), the department must be paid $3.50. The additional $3.50 fee collected 
25.21 	under this paragraph must be deposited in the special revenue fund and credited to the 
25.22 	public safety motor vehicle account established in section 299A.70.

25.23 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 171.06, subdivision 2, as amended by Laws 
25.24 	2011, chapter 80, section 2, is amended to read:
25.25 		Subd. 2.Fees. (a) The fees for a license and Minnesota identification card are 
25.26 	as follows:

25.27	Classified Driver's License
		D-$22.25
	C-$26.25
	B-$33.25
	A-$41.25
	
25.28	Classified Under-21 D.L.
		D-$22.25
	C-$26.25
	B-$33.25
	A-$21.25
	
25.29	Enhanced Driver's License
		D-$37.25
	C-$41.25
	B-$48.25
	A-$56.25
	
25.30	Instruction Permit
					$10.25
	
25.31
25.32	Enhanced Instruction 
Permit
					$25.25
	
25.33	Provisional License
					$13.25
	
25.34
25.35	Enhanced Provisional 
License
					$28.25
	
25.36
25.37
25.38	Duplicate License or 
duplicate identification 
card
					$11.75
	
26.1
26.2
26.3
26.4	Enhanced Duplicate 
License or enhanced 
duplicate identification 
card
					$26.75
	
26.5
26.6
26.7
26.8
26.926.10
26.11
	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
	
26.12
26.13	Enhanced Minnesota 
identification card
					$31.25
	
26.14 	In addition to each fee required in this paragraph, the commissioner shall collect a 
26.15 	surcharge of: (1)  $1.75 until June 30, 2012; and (2) $1.00 from July 1, 2012, to June 30, 
26.16 	2016. Surcharges collected under this paragraph must be credited to the driver and vehicle 
26.17 	services technology account in the special revenue fund under section 299A.705.
26.18 	(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), an individual who holds a provisional license and 
26.19 	has a driving record free of (1) convictions for a violation of section 169A.20, 169A.33, 
26.20 	169A.35, or sections 169A.50 to 169A.53, (2) convictions for crash-related moving 
26.21 	violations, and (3) convictions for moving violations that are not crash related, shall have a 
26.22 	$3.50 credit toward the fee for any classified under-21 driver's license. "Moving violation" 
26.23 	has the meaning given it in section 171.04, subdivision 1.
26.24 	(c) In addition to the driver's license fee required under paragraph (a), the 
26.25 	commissioner shall collect an additional $4 processing fee from each new applicant 
26.26 	or individual renewing a license with a school bus endorsement to cover the costs for 
26.27 	processing an applicant's initial and biennial physical examination certificate. The 
26.28 	department shall not charge these applicants any other fee to receive or renew the 
26.29 	endorsement.
26.30 	(d) An application for a Minnesota identification card, instruction permit, provisional 
26.31 	license, or driver's license, including an application for renewal, must contain a provision 
26.32 	that allows the applicant to add to the fee under paragraph (a), a $2 donation for the 
26.33 	purposes of public information and education on anatomical gifts under section 171.07.

26.34 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 174.93, is amended to read:
26.35 	174.93 GUIDEWAY INVESTMENT.
26.36 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms 
26.37 	have the meanings given:
26.38 	(1) "commissioner" means the commissioner of transportation; and
27.1 	(2) "guideway" means a form of transportation service provided to the public on a 
27.2 	regular and ongoing basis, that operates on exclusive or controlled rights-of-way or rails 
27.3 	in whole or in part, and includes each line for intercity passenger rail, commuter rail, light 
27.4 	rail transit, streetcars, and bus rapid transit; and
27.5 	(3) "local unit of government" means a county, statutory or home rule charter city, 
27.6 	town, or other political subdivision including, but not limited to, a regional railroad 
27.7 	authority or joint powers board.
27.8 	(b) For purposes of this section, "sources of funds" includes, but is not limited to, 
27.9 	money from federal aid, state appropriations, the Metropolitan Council, special taxing 
27.10 	districts, local units of government, fare box recovery, and nonpublic sources.
27.11 	(c) For purposes of this section, "budget activity" includes, but is not limited 
27.12 	to, environmental analysis, land acquisition, easements, design, preliminary and 
27.13 	final engineering, acquisition of vehicles and rolling stock, track improvement and 
27.14 	rehabilitation, and construction.
27.15 		Subd. 1a.Capital project requests to legislature. A state agency or local unit of 
27.16 	government that submits a request to the legislature to obtain state funds for a guideway 
27.17 	project shall, as part of the request, provide a summary financial plan for the project that 
27.18 	presents the following information as reflected by the data and level of detail available in 
27.19 	the latest phase of project development:
27.20 	(1) capital expenditures and funding sources for the project, including expenditures 
27.21 	to date and total projected or estimated expenditures, with a breakdown by committed and 
27.22 	proposed sources of funds; and
27.23 	(2) estimated annual operations and maintenance expenditures for the project, with a 
27.24 	breakdown by committed and proposed sources of funds.
27.25 		Subd. 2.Legislative report. (a) By January 15, 2012, and by November 15 in every 
27.26 	odd-numbered year thereafter, the commissioner shall prepare, in collaboration with 
27.27 	the Metropolitan Council, and submit a report electronically to the chairs and ranking 
27.28 	minority members of the house of representatives and senate legislative committees with 
27.29 	jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance concerning the status of guideway 
27.30 	projects (1) currently in study, planning, development, or construction; (2) identified in the 
27.31 	transportation policy plan under section 473.146; or (3) identified in the comprehensive 
27.32 	statewide freight and passenger rail plan under section 174.03, subdivision 1b.
27.33 	(b) At a minimum, the report must include, for each guideway project:
27.34 	(1) a brief description of the project, including projected ridership;
27.35 	(2) a summary of the overall status and current phase of the project;
28.1 	(3) a timeline that includes (i) project phases or milestones; (ii) expected and known 
28.2 	dates of commencement of each phase or milestone; and (iii) expected and known dates 
28.3 	of completion of each phase or milestone;
28.4 	(4) a brief progress update on specific project phases or milestones completed since 
28.5 	the last previous submission of a report under this subdivision; and
28.6 	(5) a summary financial plan that identifies, as reflected by the data and level of 
28.7 	detail available in the latest phase of project development and to the extent available:
28.8 	(i) capital expenditures, including expenditures to date and total projected 
28.9 	expenditures, with a breakdown by committed and proposed sources of funds for the 
28.10 	project; and
28.11 	(ii) estimated annual operations and maintenance expenditures reflecting the level 
28.12 	of detail available in the current phase of the project development, with a breakdown by 
28.13 	committed and proposed sources of funds for the projects in the Metropolitan Council's 
28.14 	transportation policy plan. project; and
28.15 	(iii) if feasible, project expenditures by budget activity.
28.16 	(c) The report must also include a systemwide capacity analysis for investment in 
28.17 	guideway expansion and maintenance that:
28.18 	(1) provides a funding projection, annually over the ensuing ten years, and with a 
28.19 	breakdown by committed and proposed sources of funds, of:
28.20 	(i) total capital expenditures for guideways;
28.21 	(ii) total operations and maintenance expenditures for guideways;
28.22 	(iii) total funding available for guideways, including from projected or estimated 
28.23 	farebox recovery; and
28.24 	(iv) total funding available for transit service in the metropolitan area; and
28.25 	(2) evaluates the availability of funds and distribution of sources of funds for 
28.26 	guideway investments.
28.27 	(d) The projection under paragraph (c), clause (1), must be for all guideway lines 
28.28 	for which state funds are reasonably expected to be expended in planning, development, 
28.29 	construction, or revenue operation during the ensuing ten years.
28.30 	(e) Local units of government shall provide assistance and information in a timely 
28.31 	manner as requested by the commissioner or council for completion of the report.

28.32 	Sec. 10. Laws 2008, chapter 363, article 11, section 6, the effective date, is amended to 
28.33 	read:

28.34 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2008, and expires June 30, 
28.35 	2012 2016.

29.1 	ARTICLE 4
29.2 	EFFECTIVE DATE

29.3 	Section 1. EFFECTIVE DATE; RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER 
29.4 	APPROPRIATIONS.
 29.5 	Unless otherwise specified, this act is effective retroactively from July 1, 2011, 
29.6 	and supersedes and replaces funding authorized by order of the Second Judicial District 
29.7 	Court in Case No. 62-CV-11-5203.