HF 1444

CCR--HF1444 - 88th Legislature (2013 - 2014)

Posted on 05/19/2013 12:15 p.m.

1.1CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT ON H. F. No. 1444 1.2A bill for an act 1.3relating to government finance; appropriating money for transportation, 1.4Metropolitan Council, and public safety activities and programs; providing for 1.5fund transfers, tort claims, and certain contingent appropriations; modifying 1.6various provisions related to transportation finance and policy; making technical 1.7and clarifying changes;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 161.20, 1.8subdivision 3; 161.44, by adding a subdivision; 168A.01, subdivision 6a; 171.05, 1.9subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision; 171.061, subdivision 4; 174.40, by 1.10adding a subdivision; 219.1651; 299E.01, subdivisions 2, 3; 398A.10, by adding 1.11a subdivision; Laws 2009, chapter 9, section 1; proposing coding for new law 1.12in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 161; 174; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2012, 1.13sections 161.04, subdivision 6; 174.285, subdivision 8. 1.14May 19, 2013 1.15The Honorable Paul Thissen 1.16Speaker of the House of Representatives 1.17The Honorable Sandra L. Pappas 1.18President of the Senate 1.19We, the undersigned conferees for H. F. No. 1444 report that we have agreed upon 1.20the items in dispute and recommend as follows: 1.21That the Senate recede from its amendments and that H. F. No. 1444 be further 1.22amended as follows: 1.23Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert: 1.24"ARTICLE 1 1.25TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC SAFETY APPROPRIATIONS 1.26 Section 1. new text begin SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS. new text end 1.27 new text begin The amounts shown in this section summarize direct appropriations, by fund, made new text end 1.28 new text begin in this article. new text end 1.29 new text begin 2014 new text end new text begin 2015 new text end new text begin Total new text end 1.30 new text begin General new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 135,195,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 103,795,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 238,990,000 new text end 1.31 new text begin Airports new text end new text begin 18,959,000 new text end new text begin 18,959,000 new text end new text begin 37,918,000 new text end 1.32 new text begin C.S.A.H. new text end new text begin 594,883,000 new text end new text begin 607,505,000 new text end new text begin 1,202,388,000 new text end 2.1 new text begin M.S.A.S. new text end new text begin 152,219,000 new text end new text begin 155,060,000 new text end new text begin 307,279,000 new text end 2.2 new text begin Special Revenue new text end new text begin 49,775,000 new text end new text begin 50,709,000 new text end new text begin 100,484,000 new text end 2.3 new text begin H.U.T.D. new text end new text begin 10,481,000 new text end new text begin 10,406,000 new text end new text begin 20,887,000 new text end 2.4 new text begin Trunk Highway new text end new text begin 1,697,196,000 new text end new text begin 1,634,800,000 new text end new text begin 3,331,996,000 new text end 2.5 new text begin Total new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 2,658,708,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 2,581,234,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 5,239,942,000 new text end 2.6 Sec. 2. new text begin TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS. new text end 2.7 new text begin The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to new text end 2.8 new text begin the agencies and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from new text end 2.9 new text begin the trunk highway fund, or another named fund, and are available for the fiscal years new text end 2.10 new text begin indicated for each purpose. The figures "2014" and "2015" used in this article mean that new text end 2.11 new text begin the appropriations listed under them are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014, new text end 2.12 new text begin or June 30, 2015, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2014. "The second year" is new text end 2.13 new text begin fiscal year 2015. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2014 and 2015. new text end 2.14 new text begin APPROPRIATIONS new text end 2.15 new text begin Available for the Year new text end 2.16 new text begin Ending June 30 new text end 2.17 new text begin 2014 new text end new text begin 2015 new text end 2.18 2.19 Sec. 3. new text begin DEPARTMENT OF new text end new text begin TRANSPORTATION new text end 2.20 new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Total Appropriation new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 2,393,778,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 2,346,289,000 new text end 2.21 new text begin Appropriations by Fund new text end 2.22 new text begin 2014 new text end new text begin 2015 new text end 2.23 new text begin General new text end new text begin 18,014,000 new text end new text begin 17,533,000 new text end 2.24 new text begin Airports new text end new text begin 18,959,000 new text end new text begin 18,959,000 new text end 2.25 new text begin C.S.A.H. new text end new text begin 594,883,000 new text end new text begin 607,505,000 new text end 2.26 new text begin M.S.A.S new text end new text begin 152,219,000 new text end new text begin 155,060,000 new text end 2.27 new text begin H.U.T.D. new text end new text begin 75,000 new text end new text begin -0- new text end 2.28 new text begin Trunk Highway new text end new text begin 1,609,628,000 new text end new text begin 1,547,232,000 new text end 2.29 new text begin The amounts that may be spent for each new text end 2.30 new text begin purpose are specified in the following new text end 2.31 new text begin subdivisions. new text end 2.32 new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Multimodal Systems new text end 2.33 new text begin (a) new text end new text begin Aeronautics new text end 2.34 new text begin (1) new text end new text begin Airport Development and Assistance new text end new text begin 13,648,000 new text end new text begin 13,648,000 new text end 3.1 new text begin This appropriation is from the state new text end 3.2 new text begin airports fund and must be spent according new text end 3.3 new text begin to Minnesota Statutes, section 360.305, new text end 3.4 new text begin subdivision 4. new text end 3.5 new text begin The base appropriation for fiscal years 2016 new text end 3.6 new text begin and 2017 is $14,298,000 for each year. new text end 3.7 new text begin Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section new text end 3.8 new text begin 16A.28, subdivision 6, this appropriation is new text end 3.9 new text begin available for five years after appropriation. new text end 3.10 new text begin If the appropriation for either year is new text end 3.11 new text begin insufficient, the appropriation for the other new text end 3.12 new text begin year is available for it. new text end 3.13 new text begin (2) new text end new text begin Aviation Support and Services new text end new text begin 6,386,000 new text end new text begin 6,386,000 new text end 3.14 new text begin Appropriations by Fund new text end 3.15 new text begin Airports new text end new text begin 5,286,000 new text end new text begin 5,286,000 new text end 3.16 new text begin Trunk Highway new text end new text begin 1,100,000 new text end new text begin 1,100,000 new text end 3.17 new text begin $65,000 in each year is from the state airports new text end 3.18 new text begin fund for the Civil Air Patrol. new text end 3.19 new text begin (b) new text end new text begin Transit new text end new text begin 17,226,000 new text end new text begin 17,245,000 new text end 3.20 new text begin Appropriations by Fund new text end 3.21 new text begin General new text end new text begin 16,451,000 new text end new text begin 16,470,000 new text end 3.22 new text begin Trunk Highway new text end new text begin 775,000 new text end new text begin 775,000 new text end 3.23 new text begin $100,000 in each year is from the general new text end 3.24 new text begin fund for the administrative expenses of the new text end 3.25 new text begin Minnesota Council on Transportation Access new text end 3.26 new text begin under Minnesota Statutes, section 174.285. new text end 3.27 new text begin $78,000 in each year is from the general new text end 3.28 new text begin fund for grants to greater Minnesota transit new text end 3.29 new text begin providers as reimbursement for the costs of new text end 3.30 new text begin providing fixed route public transit rides free new text end 3.31 new text begin of charge under Minnesota Statutes, section new text end 3.32 new text begin 174.24, subdivision 7, for veterans certified new text end 3.33 new text begin as disabled. new text end 3.34 new text begin (c) new text end new text begin Passenger Rail new text end new text begin 500,000 new text end new text begin 500,000 new text end 4.1 new text begin This appropriation is from the general new text end 4.2 new text begin fund for passenger rail system planning, new text end 4.3 new text begin alternatives analysis, environmental analysis, new text end 4.4 new text begin design, and preliminary engineering under new text end 4.5 new text begin Minnesota Statutes, sections 174.632 to new text end 4.6 new text begin 174.636. new text end 4.7 new text begin (d) new text end new text begin Freight new text end new text begin 5,653,000 new text end new text begin 5,153,000 new text end 4.8 new text begin Appropriations by Fund new text end 4.9 new text begin General new text end new text begin 756,000 new text end new text begin 256,000 new text end 4.10 new text begin Trunk Highway new text end new text begin 4,897,000 new text end new text begin 4,897,000 new text end 4.11 new text begin $500,000 in the first year is from the general new text end 4.12 new text begin fund to pay for the department's share of costs new text end 4.13 new text begin associated with the cleanup of contaminated new text end 4.14 new text begin state rail bank property. This appropriation is new text end 4.15 new text begin available until expended. new text end 4.16 new text begin (e) new text end new text begin Safe Routes to School new text end new text begin 250,000 new text end new text begin 250,000 new text end 4.17 new text begin This appropriation is from the general fund new text end 4.18 new text begin for non-infrastructure activities in the safe new text end 4.19 new text begin routes to school program under Minnesota new text end 4.20 new text begin Statutes, section 174.40, subdivision 7a. new text end 4.21 new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin State Roads new text end 4.22 new text begin (a) new text end new text begin Operations and Maintenance new text end new text begin 262,395,000 new text end new text begin 262,395,000 new text end 4.23 new text begin (b) new text end new text begin Program Planning and Delivery new text end new text begin 206,795,000 new text end new text begin 206,720,000 new text end 4.24 new text begin Appropriations by Fund new text end 4.25 new text begin 2014 new text end new text begin 2015 new text end 4.26 new text begin H.U.T.D. new text end new text begin 75,000 new text end new text begin 0 new text end 4.27 new text begin Trunk Highway new text end new text begin 206,720,000 new text end new text begin 206,720,000 new text end 4.28 new text begin $250,000 in each year is for the department's new text end 4.29 new text begin administrative costs for creation and new text end 4.30 new text begin operation of the Joint Program Office for new text end 4.31 new text begin Economic Development and Alternative new text end 4.32 new text begin Finance, including costs of hiring a new text end 4.33 new text begin consultant and preparing required reports. new text end 5.1 new text begin $130,000 in each year is available for new text end 5.2 new text begin administrative costs of the targeted group new text end 5.3 new text begin business program. new text end 5.4 new text begin $266,000 in each year is available for grants new text end 5.5 new text begin to metropolitan planning organizations new text end 5.6 new text begin outside the seven-county metropolitan area. new text end 5.7 new text begin $75,000 in each year is available for a new text end 5.8 new text begin transportation research contingent account new text end 5.9 new text begin to finance research projects that are new text end 5.10 new text begin reimbursable from the federal government or new text end 5.11 new text begin from other sources. If the appropriation for new text end 5.12 new text begin either year is insufficient, the appropriation new text end 5.13 new text begin for the other year is available for it. new text end 5.14 new text begin $900,000 in each year is available for new text end 5.15 new text begin grants for transportation studies outside new text end 5.16 new text begin the metropolitan area to identify critical new text end 5.17 new text begin concerns, problems, and issues. These new text end 5.18 new text begin grants are available: (1) to regional new text end 5.19 new text begin development commissions; (2) in regions new text end 5.20 new text begin where no regional development commission new text end 5.21 new text begin is functioning, to joint powers boards new text end 5.22 new text begin established under agreement of two or new text end 5.23 new text begin more political subdivisions in the region to new text end 5.24 new text begin exercise the planning functions of a regional new text end 5.25 new text begin development commission; and (3) in regions new text end 5.26 new text begin where no regional development commission new text end 5.27 new text begin or joint powers board is functioning, to the new text end 5.28 new text begin department's district office for that region. new text end 5.29 new text begin $75,000 in the first year is from the highway new text end 5.30 new text begin user tax distribution fund to the commissioner new text end 5.31 new text begin for a grant to the Humphrey School of Public new text end 5.32 new text begin Affairs at the University of Minnesota for new text end 5.33 new text begin WorkPlace Telework program congestion new text end 5.34 new text begin relief efforts consisting of maintenance of new text end 5.35 new text begin Web site tools and content. This is a onetime new text end 6.1 new text begin appropriation and is available in the second new text end 6.2 new text begin year. new text end 6.3 new text begin (c) new text end new text begin State Road Construction Activity new text end 6.4 6.5 new text begin (1) new text end new text begin Economic Recovery Funds - Federal new text end new text begin Highway Aid new text end new text begin 1,000,000 new text end new text begin 1,000,000 new text end 6.6 new text begin This appropriation is to complete projects new text end 6.7 new text begin using funds made available to the new text end 6.8 new text begin commissioner of transportation under new text end 6.9 new text begin title XII of the American Recovery and new text end 6.10 new text begin Reinvestment Act of 2009, Public Law new text end 6.11 new text begin 111-5, and implemented under Minnesota new text end 6.12 new text begin Statutes, section 161.36, subdivision 7. The new text end 6.13 new text begin base appropriation is $1,000,000 in fiscal new text end 6.14 new text begin year 2016 and $0 in fiscal year 2017. new text end 6.15 new text begin (2) new text end new text begin State Road Construction new text end new text begin 909,400,000 new text end new text begin 815,600,000 new text end 6.16 new text begin It is estimated that these appropriations will new text end 6.17 new text begin be funded as follows: new text end 6.18 new text begin Appropriations by Fund new text end 6.19 6.20 new text begin Federal Highway new text end new text begin Aid new text end new text begin 489,200,000 new text end new text begin 482,200,000 new text end 6.21 new text begin Highway User Taxes new text end new text begin 420,200,000 new text end new text begin 333,400,000 new text end 6.22 new text begin The commissioner of transportation shall new text end 6.23 new text begin notify the chairs and ranking minority new text end 6.24 new text begin members of the legislative committees with new text end 6.25 new text begin jurisdiction over transportation finance of new text end 6.26 new text begin any significant events that should cause these new text end 6.27 new text begin estimates to change. new text end 6.28 new text begin This appropriation is for the actual new text end 6.29 new text begin construction, reconstruction, and new text end 6.30 new text begin improvement of trunk highways, including new text end 6.31 new text begin design-build contracts and consultant usage new text end 6.32 new text begin to support these activities. This includes the new text end 6.33 new text begin cost of actual payment to landowners for new text end 6.34 new text begin lands acquired for highway rights-of-way, new text end 7.1 new text begin payment to lessees, interest subsidies, and new text end 7.2 new text begin relocation expenses. new text end 7.3 new text begin The base appropriation for state road new text end 7.4 new text begin construction for fiscal years 2016 and 2017 new text end 7.5 new text begin is $645,000,000 in each year. new text end 7.6 new text begin $10,000,000 in each year is for the new text end 7.7 new text begin transportation economic development new text end 7.8 new text begin program under Minnesota Statutes, section new text end 7.9 new text begin 174.12. new text end 7.10 new text begin The commissioner may expend up to one-half new text end 7.11 new text begin of one percent of the federal appropriations new text end 7.12 new text begin under this clause as grants to opportunity new text end 7.13 new text begin industrialization centers and other nonprofit new text end 7.14 new text begin job training centers for job training programs new text end 7.15 new text begin related to highway construction. new text end 7.16 new text begin The commissioner may transfer up to new text end 7.17 new text begin $15,000,000 each year to the transportation new text end 7.18 new text begin revolving loan fund. new text end 7.19 new text begin The commissioner may receive money new text end 7.20 new text begin covering other shares of the cost of new text end 7.21 new text begin partnership projects. These receipts are new text end 7.22 new text begin appropriated to the commissioner for these new text end 7.23 new text begin projects. new text end 7.24 new text begin (d) new text end new text begin Highway Debt Service new text end new text begin 158,417,000 new text end new text begin 189,821,000 new text end 7.25 new text begin $148,917,000 in the first year and new text end 7.26 new text begin $180,321,000 in the second year are for new text end 7.27 new text begin transfer to the state bond fund. If an new text end 7.28 new text begin appropriation is insufficient to make all new text end 7.29 new text begin transfers required in the year for which it is new text end 7.30 new text begin made, the commissioner of management and new text end 7.31 new text begin budget shall notify the senate Committee new text end 7.32 new text begin on Finance and the house of representatives new text end 7.33 new text begin Committee on Ways and Means of the new text end 7.34 new text begin amount of the deficiency and shall then new text end 8.1 new text begin transfer that amount under the statutory open new text end 8.2 new text begin appropriation. Any excess appropriation new text end 8.3 new text begin cancels to the trunk highway fund. new text end 8.4 new text begin (e) new text end new text begin Electronic Communications new text end new text begin 5,171,000 new text end new text begin 5,171,000 new text end 8.5 new text begin Appropriations by Fund new text end 8.6 new text begin General new text end new text begin 3,000 new text end new text begin 3,000 new text end 8.7 new text begin Trunk Highway new text end new text begin 5,168,000 new text end new text begin 5,168,000 new text end 8.8 new text begin The general fund appropriation is to equip new text end 8.9 new text begin and operate the Roosevelt signal tower for new text end 8.10 new text begin Lake of the Woods weather broadcasting. new text end 8.11 new text begin Subd. 4. new text end new text begin Local Roads new text end 8.12 new text begin (a) new text end new text begin County State-Aid Roads new text end new text begin 594,883,000 new text end new text begin 607,505,000 new text end 8.13 new text begin This appropriation is from the county new text end 8.14 new text begin state-aid highway fund under Minnesota new text end 8.15 new text begin Statutes, sections 161.082 to 161.085, and new text end 8.16 new text begin chapter 162, and is available until spent. new text end 8.17 new text begin If the commissioner of transportation new text end 8.18 new text begin determines that a balance remains in the new text end 8.19 new text begin county state-aid highway fund following new text end 8.20 new text begin the appropriations and transfers made in new text end 8.21 new text begin this subdivision, and that the appropriations new text end 8.22 new text begin made are insufficient for advancing county new text end 8.23 new text begin state-aid highway projects, an amount new text end 8.24 new text begin necessary to advance the projects, not to new text end 8.25 new text begin exceed the balance in the county state-aid new text end 8.26 new text begin highway fund, is appropriated in each year new text end 8.27 new text begin to the commissioner. Within two weeks new text end 8.28 new text begin of a determination under this contingent new text end 8.29 new text begin appropriation, the commissioner of new text end 8.30 new text begin transportation shall notify the commissioner new text end 8.31 new text begin of management and budget and the chairs new text end 8.32 new text begin and ranking minority members of the new text end 8.33 new text begin legislative committees with jurisdiction over new text end 9.1 new text begin transportation finance concerning funds new text end 9.2 new text begin appropriated. new text end 9.3 new text begin (b) new text end new text begin Municipal State-Aid Roads new text end new text begin 152,219,000 new text end new text begin 155,060,000 new text end 9.4 new text begin This appropriation is from the municipal new text end 9.5 new text begin state-aid street fund for the purposes under new text end 9.6 new text begin Minnesota Statutes, chapter 162, and is new text end 9.7 new text begin available until spent. new text end 9.8 new text begin If the commissioner of transportation new text end 9.9 new text begin determines that a balance remains in the new text end 9.10 new text begin municipal state-aid street fund following new text end 9.11 new text begin the appropriations made in this subdivision, new text end 9.12 new text begin and that the appropriations made are new text end 9.13 new text begin insufficient for advancing municipal state-aid new text end 9.14 new text begin street projects, an amount necessary to new text end 9.15 new text begin advance the projects, not to exceed the new text end 9.16 new text begin balance in the municipal state-aid street new text end 9.17 new text begin fund, is appropriated in each year to new text end 9.18 new text begin the commissioner. Within two weeks new text end 9.19 new text begin of a determination under this contingent new text end 9.20 new text begin appropriation, the commissioner of new text end 9.21 new text begin transportation shall notify the commissioner new text end 9.22 new text begin of management and budget and the chairs new text end 9.23 new text begin and ranking minority members of the new text end 9.24 new text begin legislative committees with jurisdiction over new text end 9.25 new text begin transportation finance concerning funds new text end 9.26 new text begin appropriated. new text end 9.27 new text begin Subd. 5. new text end new text begin Agency Management new text end 9.28 new text begin (a) new text end new text begin Agency Services new text end new text begin 41,997,000 new text end new text begin 41,997,000 new text end 9.29 new text begin Appropriations by Fund new text end 9.30 new text begin Airports new text end new text begin 25,000 new text end new text begin 25,000 new text end 9.31 new text begin Trunk Highway new text end new text begin 41,972,000 new text end new text begin 41,972,000 new text end 9.32 new text begin (b) new text end new text begin Buildings new text end new text begin 17,838,000 new text end new text begin 17,838,000 new text end 10.1 new text begin Appropriations by Fund new text end 10.2 new text begin General new text end new text begin 54,000 new text end new text begin 54,000 new text end 10.3 new text begin Trunk Highway new text end new text begin 17,784,000 new text end new text begin 17,784,000 new text end 10.4 new text begin If the appropriation for either year is new text end 10.5 new text begin insufficient, the appropriation for the other new text end 10.6 new text begin year is available for it. new text end 10.7 new text begin Subd. 6. new text end new text begin Transfers new text end 10.8 new text begin (a) With the approval of the commissioner of new text end 10.9 new text begin management and budget, the commissioner new text end 10.10 new text begin of transportation may transfer unencumbered new text end 10.11 new text begin balances among the appropriations from the new text end 10.12 new text begin trunk highway fund and the state airports new text end 10.13 new text begin fund made in this section. No transfer new text end 10.14 new text begin may be made from the appropriations for new text end 10.15 new text begin state road construction or for debt service. new text end 10.16 new text begin Transfers under this paragraph may not be new text end 10.17 new text begin made between funds. Transfers under this new text end 10.18 new text begin paragraph must be reported immediately to new text end 10.19 new text begin the chairs and ranking minority members of new text end 10.20 new text begin the legislative committees with jurisdiction new text end 10.21 new text begin over transportation finance. new text end 10.22 new text begin (b) The commissioner shall transfer from new text end 10.23 new text begin the flexible highway account in the county new text end 10.24 new text begin state-aid highway fund: (1) $5,700,000 in new text end 10.25 new text begin the first year to the trunk highway fund; (2) new text end 10.26 new text begin $13,000,000 in the first year to the municipal new text end 10.27 new text begin turnback account in the municipal state-aid new text end 10.28 new text begin street fund; (3) $10,000,000 in the second new text end 10.29 new text begin year to the municipal turnback account in new text end 10.30 new text begin the municipal state-aid street fund; and (4) new text end 10.31 new text begin the remainder in each year to the county new text end 10.32 new text begin turnback account in the county state-aid new text end 10.33 new text begin highway fund. The funds transferred are new text end 10.34 new text begin for highway turnback purposes as provided new text end 11.1 new text begin under Minnesota Statutes, section 161.081, new text end 11.2 new text begin subdivision 3. new text end 11.3 11.4 new text begin Subd. 7. new text end new text begin Previous State Road Construction new text end new text begin Appropriations new text end 11.5 new text begin Any money appropriated to the commissioner new text end 11.6 new text begin of transportation for state road construction new text end 11.7 new text begin for any fiscal year before the first year is new text end 11.8 new text begin available to the commissioner during the new text end 11.9 new text begin biennium to the extent that the commissioner new text end 11.10 new text begin spends the money on the state road new text end 11.11 new text begin construction project for which the money new text end 11.12 new text begin was originally encumbered during the fiscal new text end 11.13 new text begin year for which it was appropriated. The new text end 11.14 new text begin commissioner of transportation shall report to new text end 11.15 new text begin the commissioner of management and budget new text end 11.16 new text begin by August 1, 2013, and August 1, 2014, on new text end 11.17 new text begin a form the commissioner of management new text end 11.18 new text begin and budget provides, on expenditures made new text end 11.19 new text begin during the previous fiscal year that are new text end 11.20 new text begin authorized by this subdivision. new text end 11.21 new text begin Subd. 8. new text end new text begin Contingent Appropriation new text end 11.22 new text begin The commissioner of transportation, with new text end 11.23 new text begin the approval of the governor and the new text end 11.24 new text begin written approval of at least five members new text end 11.25 new text begin of a group consisting of the members of new text end 11.26 new text begin the Legislative Advisory Commission new text end 11.27 new text begin under Minnesota Statutes, section 3.30, new text end 11.28 new text begin and the ranking minority members of the new text end 11.29 new text begin legislative committees with jurisdiction over new text end 11.30 new text begin transportation finance, may transfer all or new text end 11.31 new text begin part of the unappropriated balance in the new text end 11.32 new text begin trunk highway fund to an appropriation: new text end 11.33 new text begin (1) for trunk highway design, construction, new text end 11.34 new text begin or inspection in order to take advantage of new text end 11.35 new text begin an unanticipated receipt of income to the new text end 12.1 new text begin trunk highway fund or to take advantage new text end 12.2 new text begin of federal advanced construction funding; new text end 12.3 new text begin (2) for trunk highway maintenance in order new text end 12.4 new text begin to meet an emergency; or (3) to pay tort new text end 12.5 new text begin or environmental claims. Nothing in this new text end 12.6 new text begin subdivision authorizes the commissioner new text end 12.7 new text begin to increase the use of federal advanced new text end 12.8 new text begin construction funding beyond amounts new text end 12.9 new text begin specifically authorized. Any transfer as new text end 12.10 new text begin a result of the use of federal advanced new text end 12.11 new text begin construction funding must include an new text end 12.12 new text begin analysis of the effects on the long-term new text end 12.13 new text begin trunk highway fund balance. The amount new text end 12.14 new text begin transferred is appropriated for the purpose of new text end 12.15 new text begin the account to which it is transferred. new text end 12.16 Sec. 4. new text begin METROPOLITAN COUNCIL new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 107,889,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 76,970,000 new text end 12.17 new text begin This appropriation is from the general fund new text end 12.18 new text begin for transit system operations under Minnesota new text end 12.19 new text begin Statutes, sections 473.371 to 473.449. new text end 12.20 new text begin The base appropriation for fiscal years 2016 new text end 12.21 new text begin and 2017 is $76,686,000 in each year. new text end 12.22 new text begin $37,000,000 in the first year is for the new text end 12.23 new text begin Southwest Corridor light rail transit line new text end 12.24 new text begin from the Hiawatha light rail transit line in new text end 12.25 new text begin downtown Minneapolis to Eden Prairie, to be new text end 12.26 new text begin used for environmental studies, preliminary new text end 12.27 new text begin engineering, acquisition of real property, or new text end 12.28 new text begin interests in real property, and design. This new text end 12.29 new text begin is a onetime appropriation and is available new text end 12.30 new text begin until expended. new text end 12.31 Sec. 5. new text begin DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY new text end 12.32 new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Total Appropriation new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 156,441,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 157,375,000 new text end 13.1 new text begin Appropriations by Fund new text end 13.2 new text begin 2014 new text end new text begin 2015 new text end 13.3 new text begin General new text end new text begin 9,292,000 new text end new text begin 9,292,000 new text end 13.4 new text begin Special Revenue new text end new text begin 49,775,000 new text end new text begin 50,709,000 new text end 13.5 new text begin H.U.T.D. new text end new text begin 10,406,000 new text end new text begin 10,406,000 new text end 13.6 new text begin Trunk Highway new text end new text begin 86,968,000 new text end new text begin 86,968,000 new text end 13.7 new text begin The amounts that may be spent for each new text end 13.8 new text begin purpose are specified in the following new text end 13.9 new text begin subdivisions. new text end 13.10 new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Administration and Related Services new text end 13.11 new text begin (a) new text end new text begin Office of Communications new text end new text begin 504,000 new text end new text begin 504,000 new text end 13.12 new text begin Appropriations by Fund new text end 13.13 new text begin General new text end new text begin 111,000 new text end new text begin 111,000 new text end 13.14 new text begin Trunk Highway new text end new text begin 393,000 new text end new text begin 393,000 new text end 13.15 new text begin (b) new text end new text begin Public Safety Support new text end new text begin 8,439,000 new text end new text begin 8,439,000 new text end 13.16 new text begin Appropriations by Fund new text end 13.17 new text begin General new text end new text begin 3,467,000 new text end new text begin 3,467,000 new text end 13.18 new text begin H.U.T.D. new text end new text begin 1,366,000 new text end new text begin 1,366,000 new text end 13.19 new text begin Trunk Highway new text end new text begin 3,606,000 new text end new text begin 3,606,000 new text end 13.20 new text begin $380,000 in each year is from the general new text end 13.21 new text begin fund for payment of public safety officer new text end 13.22 new text begin survivor benefits under Minnesota Statutes, new text end 13.23 new text begin section 299A.44. If the appropriation for new text end 13.24 new text begin either year is insufficient, the appropriation new text end 13.25 new text begin for the other year is available for it. new text end 13.26 new text begin $1,367,000 in each year is from the general new text end 13.27 new text begin fund to be deposited in the public safety new text end 13.28 new text begin officer's benefit account. This money new text end 13.29 new text begin is available for reimbursements under new text end 13.30 new text begin Minnesota Statutes, section new text end new text begin . new text end 13.31 new text begin $600,000 in each year is from the general new text end 13.32 new text begin fund and $100,000 in each year is from the new text end 13.33 new text begin trunk highway fund for soft body armor new text end 13.34 new text begin reimbursements under Minnesota Statutes, new text end 13.35 new text begin section new text end new text begin . new text end 14.1 new text begin $792,000 in each year is from the general new text end 14.2 new text begin fund for transfer by the commissioner of new text end 14.3 new text begin management and budget to the trunk highway new text end 14.4 new text begin fund on December 31, 2013, and December new text end 14.5 new text begin 31, 2014, respectively, in order to reimburse new text end 14.6 new text begin the trunk highway fund for expenses not new text end 14.7 new text begin related to the fund. These represent amounts new text end 14.8 new text begin appropriated out of the trunk highway new text end 14.9 new text begin fund for general fund purposes in the new text end 14.10 new text begin administration and related services program. new text end 14.11 new text begin $610,000 in each year is from the highway new text end 14.12 new text begin user tax distribution fund for transfer by the new text end 14.13 new text begin commissioner of management and budget new text end 14.14 new text begin to the trunk highway fund on December 31, new text end 14.15 new text begin 2013, and December 31, 2014, respectively, new text end 14.16 new text begin in order to reimburse the trunk highway new text end 14.17 new text begin fund for expenses not related to the fund. new text end 14.18 new text begin These represent amounts appropriated out new text end 14.19 new text begin of the trunk highway fund for highway new text end 14.20 new text begin user tax distribution fund purposes in the new text end 14.21 new text begin administration and related services program. new text end 14.22 new text begin $716,000 in each year is from the highway new text end 14.23 new text begin user tax distribution fund for transfer by the new text end 14.24 new text begin commissioner of management and budget to new text end 14.25 new text begin the general fund on December 31, 2013, and new text end 14.26 new text begin December 31, 2014, respectively, in order to new text end 14.27 new text begin reimburse the general fund for expenses not new text end 14.28 new text begin related to the fund. These represent amounts new text end 14.29 new text begin appropriated out of the general fund for new text end 14.30 new text begin operation of the criminal justice data network new text end 14.31 new text begin related to driver and motor vehicle licensing. new text end 14.32 new text begin Before January 15, 2015, the commissioner new text end 14.33 new text begin of public safety shall review the amounts and new text end 14.34 new text begin purposes of the transfers under this paragraph new text end 14.35 new text begin and shall recommend necessary changes to new text end 15.1 new text begin the legislative committees with jurisdiction new text end 15.2 new text begin over transportation finance. new text end 15.3 new text begin (c) new text end new text begin Technology and Support Service new text end new text begin 3,685,000 new text end new text begin 3,685,000 new text end 15.4 new text begin Appropriations by Fund new text end 15.5 new text begin General new text end new text begin 1,322,000 new text end new text begin 1,322,000 new text end 15.6 new text begin H.U.T.D. new text end new text begin 19,000 new text end new text begin 19,000 new text end 15.7 new text begin Trunk Highway new text end new text begin 2,344,000 new text end new text begin 2,344,000 new text end 15.8 new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin State Patrol new text end 15.9 new text begin (a) new text end new text begin Patrolling Highways new text end new text begin 72,522,000 new text end new text begin 72,522,000 new text end 15.10 new text begin Appropriations by Fund new text end 15.11 new text begin General new text end new text begin 37,000 new text end new text begin 37,000 new text end 15.12 new text begin H.U.T.D. new text end new text begin 92,000 new text end new text begin 92,000 new text end 15.13 new text begin Trunk Highway new text end new text begin 72,393,000 new text end new text begin 72,393,000 new text end 15.14 new text begin (b) new text end new text begin Commercial Vehicle Enforcement new text end new text begin 7,796,000 new text end new text begin 7,796,000 new text end 15.15 new text begin (c) new text end new text begin Capitol Security new text end new text begin 4,355,000 new text end new text begin 4,355,000 new text end 15.16 new text begin This appropriation is from the general fund. new text end 15.17 new text begin $1,250,000 in each year is to implement the new text end 15.18 new text begin recommendations of the advisory committee new text end 15.19 new text begin on Capitol Area Security under Minnesota new text end 15.20 new text begin Statutes, section 299E.04, including the new text end 15.21 new text begin creation of an emergency manager position new text end 15.22 new text begin under Minnesota Statutes, section 299E.01, new text end 15.23 new text begin subdivision 2, and an increase in the number new text end 15.24 new text begin of State Patrol troopers and other security new text end 15.25 new text begin officers assigned to the Capitol complex. new text end 15.26 new text begin The commissioner may not: (1) spend new text end 15.27 new text begin any money from the trunk highway fund new text end 15.28 new text begin for capitol security; or (2) permanently new text end 15.29 new text begin transfer any state trooper from the patrolling new text end 15.30 new text begin highways activity to capitol security. new text end 15.31 new text begin The commissioner may not transfer any new text end 15.32 new text begin money appropriated to the commissioner new text end 15.33 new text begin under this section: (1) to capitol security; or new text end 15.34 new text begin (2) from capitol security. new text end 16.1 new text begin (d) new text end new text begin Vehicle Crimes Unit new text end new text begin 693,000 new text end new text begin 693,000 new text end 16.2 new text begin This appropriation is from the highway user new text end 16.3 new text begin tax distribution fund. new text end 16.4 new text begin This appropriation is to investigate: (1) new text end 16.5 new text begin registration tax and motor vehicle sales tax new text end 16.6 new text begin liabilities from individuals and businesses new text end 16.7 new text begin that currently do not pay all taxes owed; new text end 16.8 new text begin and (2) illegal or improper activity related new text end 16.9 new text begin to sale, transfer, titling, and registration of new text end 16.10 new text begin motor vehicles. new text end 16.11 new text begin Subd. 4. new text end new text begin Driver and Vehicle Services new text end 16.12 new text begin (a) new text end new text begin Vehicle Services new text end new text begin 27,909,000 new text end new text begin 28,430,000 new text end 16.13 new text begin Appropriations by Fund new text end 16.14 new text begin Special Revenue new text end new text begin 19,673,000 new text end new text begin 19,771,000 new text end 16.15 new text begin H.U.T.D. new text end new text begin 8,236,000 new text end new text begin 8,236,000 new text end 16.16 new text begin The special revenue fund appropriation is new text end 16.17 new text begin from the vehicle services operating account. new text end 16.18 new text begin $650,000 in each year is from the special new text end 16.19 new text begin revenue fund for seven additional positions new text end 16.20 new text begin to enhance customer service related to new text end 16.21 new text begin vehicle title issuance. new text end 16.22 new text begin $521,000 in the second year is from new text end 16.23 new text begin the special revenue fund for the vehicle new text end 16.24 new text begin services portion of a new telephone new text end 16.25 new text begin system and is for transfer to the Office of new text end 16.26 new text begin Enterprise Technology for construction and new text end 16.27 new text begin development of the system. This is a onetime new text end 16.28 new text begin appropriation and is available until expended. new text end 16.29 new text begin The base appropriation from the special new text end 16.30 new text begin revenue fund is $27,909,000 for fiscal year new text end 16.31 new text begin 2016 and $27,909,000 for fiscal year 2017. new text end 16.32 new text begin (b) new text end new text begin Driver Services new text end new text begin 28,749,000 new text end new text begin 29,162,000 new text end 17.1 new text begin Appropriations by Fund new text end 17.2 new text begin Special Revenue new text end new text begin 28,748,000 new text end new text begin 29,161,000 new text end 17.3 new text begin Trunk Highway new text end new text begin 1,000 new text end new text begin 1,000 new text end 17.4 new text begin The special revenue fund appropriation is new text end 17.5 new text begin from the driver services operating account. new text end 17.6 new text begin $71,000 in the second year is from the special new text end 17.7 new text begin revenue fund for one additional position new text end 17.8 new text begin related to facial recognition. new text end 17.9 new text begin $279,000 in the second year is from new text end 17.10 new text begin the special revenue fund for the driver new text end 17.11 new text begin services portion of a new telephone new text end 17.12 new text begin system and is for transfer to the Office of new text end 17.13 new text begin Enterprise Technology for construction and new text end 17.14 new text begin development of the system. This is a onetime new text end 17.15 new text begin appropriation and is available until expended. new text end 17.16 new text begin $37,000 in the first year and $33,000 in the new text end 17.17 new text begin second year are from the special revenue new text end 17.18 new text begin fund for one half-time position to assist with new text end 17.19 new text begin the Novice Driver Improvement Task Force new text end 17.20 new text begin under Minnesota Statutes, section 171.0701, new text end 17.21 new text begin subdivision 1a. The base appropriation for new text end 17.22 new text begin this position is $6,000 in fiscal year 2016 and new text end 17.23 new text begin $0 in fiscal year 2017. new text end 17.24 new text begin $67,000 in the second year is from the new text end 17.25 new text begin special revenue fund for one new position to new text end 17.26 new text begin administer changes to the ignition interlock new text end 17.27 new text begin program. The base appropriation for this new text end 17.28 new text begin position in fiscal years 2016 and 2017 is new text end 17.29 new text begin $62,000 in each year. new text end 17.30 new text begin The base appropriation from the special new text end 17.31 new text begin revenue fund is $28,851,000 for fiscal year new text end 17.32 new text begin 2016 and $28,845,000 for fiscal year 2017. new text end 17.33 new text begin Subd. 5. new text end new text begin Traffic Safety new text end new text begin 435,000 new text end new text begin 435,000 new text end 18.1 new text begin The commissioner of public safety shall new text end 18.2 new text begin spend 50 percent of the money available to new text end 18.3 new text begin the state under United States Code, title 23, new text end 18.4 new text begin section 164, and the remaining 50 percent new text end 18.5 new text begin must be transferred to the commissioner new text end 18.6 new text begin of transportation for hazard elimination new text end 18.7 new text begin activities under United States Code, title 23, new text end 18.8 new text begin section 152. new text end 18.9 new text begin Subd. 6. new text end new text begin Pipeline Safety new text end new text begin 1,354,000 new text end new text begin 1,354,000 new text end 18.10 new text begin This appropriation is from the pipeline safety new text end 18.11 new text begin account in the special revenue fund. new text end 18.12 Sec. 6. new text begin TORT CLAIMS new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 600,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 600,000 new text end 18.13 new text begin This appropriation is to the commissioner of new text end 18.14 new text begin management and budget. new text end 18.15 new text begin If the appropriation for either year is new text end 18.16 new text begin insufficient, the appropriation for the other new text end 18.17 new text begin year is available for it. new text end 18.18    Sec. 7. new text begin REAUTHORIZATION; 2008 BOND SALE EXPENSES FOR TRUNK new text end 18.19 new text begin HIGHWAY BONDS. new text end 18.20 new text begin $1,414,600 of the amount appropriated in Laws 2008, chapter 152, article 2, section new text end 18.21 new text begin 6, for trunk highway bond sale expenses, which was reported to the legislature according new text end 18.22 new text begin to Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642, subdivision 1, is reauthorized and does not cancel new text end 18.23 new text begin under the terms of that subdivision. This appropriation for the bond sale expenses and the new text end 18.24 new text begin bond sale authorization in Laws 2008, chapter 152, article 2, section 7, subdivision 1, as new text end 18.25 new text begin amended, are available until December 31, 2019. new text end 18.26 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment. new text end 18.27ARTICLE 2 18.28BONDING 18.29    Section 1. new text begin BOND APPROPRIATIONS. new text end 18.30 new text begin The sums shown in the column under "Appropriations" are appropriated from the new text end 18.31 new text begin bond proceeds account in the trunk highway fund, or another named fund, to the state new text end 18.32 new text begin agencies or officials indicated, to be spent for public purposes. Appropriations of bond new text end 19.1 new text begin proceeds must be spent as authorized by the Minnesota Constitution, articles XI and XIV. new text end 19.2 new text begin Unless otherwise specified, money appropriated in this article for a capital program or new text end 19.3 new text begin project may be used to pay state agency staff costs that are attributed directly to the capital new text end 19.4 new text begin program or project in accordance with accounting policies adopted by the commissioner new text end 19.5 new text begin of management and budget. new text end 19.6 new text begin SUMMARY new text end 19.7 new text begin Department of Transportation new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 300,000,000 new text end 19.8 new text begin Department of Management and Budget new text end new text begin 300,000 new text end 19.9 new text begin TOTAL new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 300,300,000 new text end 19.10 new text begin APPROPRIATIONS new text end 19.11 Sec. 2. new text begin CORRIDORS OF COMMERCE new text end new text begin 300,000,000 new text end 19.12 new text begin (a) This appropriation is to the commissioner new text end 19.13 new text begin of transportation for the corridors of new text end 19.14 new text begin commerce program under Minnesota new text end 19.15 new text begin Statutes, section 161.088. new text end 19.16 new text begin (b) The appropriation in this section is for new text end 19.17 new text begin the actual construction, reconstruction, and new text end 19.18 new text begin improvement of trunk highways, including new text end 19.19 new text begin design-build contracts and consultant usage new text end 19.20 new text begin to support these activities. This includes the new text end 19.21 new text begin cost of actual payments to landowners for new text end 19.22 new text begin lands acquired for highway rights-of-way, new text end 19.23 new text begin payments to lessees, interest subsidies, and new text end 19.24 new text begin relocation expenses. new text end 19.25 new text begin (c) The commissioner may use up to 17 new text end 19.26 new text begin percent for program delivery. new text end 19.27 Sec. 3. new text begin BOND SALE EXPENSES new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 300,000 new text end 19.28 new text begin This appropriation is to the commissioner new text end 19.29 new text begin of management and budget for bond new text end 19.30 new text begin sale expenses under Minnesota Statutes, new text end 19.31 new text begin sections 16A.641, subdivision 8, and 167.50, new text end 19.32 new text begin subdivision 4. new text end 20.1    Sec. 4. new text begin BOND SALE AUTHORIZATION. new text end 20.2     new text begin To provide the money appropriated in this article from the bond proceeds account in new text end 20.3 new text begin the trunk highway fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue new text end 20.4 new text begin bonds of the state in an amount up to $300,300,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and new text end 20.5 new text begin with the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 167.50 to 167.52, and by the new text end 20.6 new text begin Minnesota Constitution, article XIV, section 11, at the times and in the amounts requested new text end 20.7 new text begin by the commissioner of transportation. The proceeds of the bonds, except accrued interest new text end 20.8 new text begin and any premium received from the sale of the bonds, must be deposited in the bond new text end 20.9 new text begin proceeds account in the trunk highway fund. new text end 20.10    Sec. 5. new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end 20.11 new text begin This article is effective July 1, 2014. new text end 20.12ARTICLE 3 20.13TRANSPORTATION POLICY AND FINANCE 20.14    Section 1. new text begin [161.088] CORRIDORS OF COMMERCE PROGRAM. new text end 20.15     new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Definitions. new text end new text begin For purposes of this section, the following terms have new text end 20.16 new text begin the meanings given: new text end 20.17 new text begin (1) "beyond the project limits" means any point that is located: new text end 20.18 new text begin (i) outside of the project limits; new text end 20.19 new text begin (ii) along the same trunk highway; and new text end 20.20 new text begin (iii) within the same region of the state; new text end 20.21 new text begin (2) "city" means a statutory or home rule charter city; new text end 20.22 new text begin (3) "program" means the corridors of commerce program established in this section; new text end 20.23 new text begin and new text end 20.24 new text begin (4) "project limits" means the estimated construction limits of a project for trunk new text end 20.25 new text begin highway construction, reconstruction, or maintenance, that is a candidate for selection new text end 20.26 new text begin under the corridors of commerce program. new text end 20.27     new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Program authority, funding. new text end new text begin (a) As provided in this section, the new text end 20.28 new text begin commissioner shall establish a corridors of commerce program for trunk highway new text end 20.29 new text begin construction, reconstruction, and improvement, including maintenance operations, that new text end 20.30 new text begin improves commerce in the state. new text end 20.31 new text begin (b) The commissioner may expend funds under the program from appropriations to new text end 20.32 new text begin the commissioner that are: new text end 20.33 new text begin (1) made specifically by law for use under this section; new text end 21.1 new text begin (2) at the discretion of the commissioner, made for the budget activities in the state new text end 21.2 new text begin roads program of operations and maintenance, program planning and delivery, or state new text end 21.3 new text begin road construction; and new text end 21.4 new text begin (3) made for the corridor investment management strategy program, unless specified new text end 21.5 new text begin otherwise. new text end 21.6 new text begin (c) The commissioner shall include in the program the cost participation policy for new text end 21.7 new text begin local units of government. new text end 21.8     new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Project classification. new text end new text begin The commissioner shall determine whether each new text end 21.9 new text begin candidate project can be classified into at least one of the following classifications: new text end 21.10 new text begin (1) capacity development, for a project on a segment of a trunk highway where the new text end 21.11 new text begin segment: new text end 21.12 new text begin (i) is not a divided highway, and that highway is an expressway or freeway beyond new text end 21.13 new text begin the project limits; new text end 21.14 new text begin (ii) contains a highway terminus that lacks an intersection or interchange with new text end 21.15 new text begin another trunk highway; new text end 21.16 new text begin (iii) contains fewer lanes of travel compared to that highway beyond the project new text end 21.17 new text begin limits; or new text end 21.18 new text begin (iv) contains a location that is proposed as a new interchange or to be reconstructed new text end 21.19 new text begin from an intersection to an interchange; or new text end 21.20 new text begin (2) freight improvement, for an asset preservation or replacement project that can new text end 21.21 new text begin result in: new text end 21.22 new text begin (i) removing or reducing barriers to commerce; new text end 21.23 new text begin (ii) easing or preserving freight movement; new text end 21.24 new text begin (iii) supporting emerging industries; or new text end 21.25 new text begin (iv) providing connections between the trunk highway system and other new text end 21.26 new text begin transportation modes for the movement of freight. new text end 21.27     new text begin Subd. 4. new text end new text begin Project eligibility. new text end new text begin (a) The commissioner shall establish eligibility new text end 21.28 new text begin requirements for projects that can be funded under the program. Eligibility must include: new text end 21.29 new text begin (1) consistency with the statewide multimodal transportation plan under section new text end 21.30 new text begin 174.03; new text end 21.31 new text begin (2) location of the project on an interregional corridor, for a project located outside new text end 21.32 new text begin of the Department of Transportation metropolitan district; new text end 21.33 new text begin (3) placement into at least one project classification under subdivision 3; new text end 21.34 new text begin (4) a maximum length of time, as determined by the commissioner, until new text end 21.35 new text begin commencement of construction work on the project; and new text end 22.1 new text begin (5) for each type of project classification under subdivision 3, a maximum allowable new text end 22.2 new text begin amount for the total project cost estimate, as determined by the commissioner with new text end 22.3 new text begin available data. new text end 22.4 new text begin (b) A project whose construction is programmed in the state transportation new text end 22.5 new text begin improvement program is not eligible for funding under the program. This paragraph does new text end 22.6 new text begin not apply to a project that is programmed as result of selection under this section. new text end 22.7 new text begin (c) A project may be, but is not required to be, identified in the 20-year state highway new text end 22.8 new text begin capital investment plan under section 174.03. new text end 22.9     new text begin Subd. 5. new text end new text begin Project selection process; criteria. new text end new text begin (a) The commissioner shall establish a new text end 22.10 new text begin process for identification, evaluation, and selection of projects under the program. new text end 22.11 new text begin (b) As part of the project selection process, the commissioner shall annually accept new text end 22.12 new text begin recommendations on candidate projects from area transportation partnerships and other new text end 22.13 new text begin interested stakeholders in each Department of Transportation district. For each candidate new text end 22.14 new text begin project identified under this paragraph, the commissioner shall determine eligibility, new text end 22.15 new text begin classify, and if appropriate, evaluate the project for the program. new text end 22.16 new text begin (c) Project evaluation and prioritization must be performed on the basis of objective new text end 22.17 new text begin criteria, which must include: new text end 22.18 new text begin (1) a return on investment measure that provides for comparison across eligible new text end 22.19 new text begin projects; new text end 22.20 new text begin (2) measurable impacts on commerce and economic competitiveness; new text end 22.21 new text begin (3) efficiency in the movement of freight, including but not limited to: new text end 22.22 new text begin (i) measures of annual average daily traffic and commercial vehicle miles traveled, new text end 22.23 new text begin which may include data near the project location on that trunk highway or on connecting new text end 22.24 new text begin trunk and local highways; and new text end 22.25 new text begin (ii) measures of congestion or travel time reliability, which may be within or near new text end 22.26 new text begin the project limits, or both; new text end 22.27 new text begin (4) improvements to traffic safety; new text end 22.28 new text begin (5) connections to regional trade centers, local highway systems, and other new text end 22.29 new text begin transportation modes; new text end 22.30 new text begin (6) the extent to which the project addresses multiple transportation system policy new text end 22.31 new text begin objectives and principles; and new text end 22.32 new text begin (7) support and consensus for the project among members of the surrounding new text end 22.33 new text begin community. new text end 22.34 new text begin (d) As part of the project selection process, the commissioner may divide funding new text end 22.35 new text begin to be separately available among projects within each classification under subdivision 3, new text end 23.1 new text begin and may apply separate or modified criteria among those projects falling within each new text end 23.2 new text begin classification. new text end 23.3     new text begin Subd. 6. new text end new text begin Funding allocations; operations and maintenance. new text end new text begin In identifying the new text end 23.4 new text begin amount of funding allocated to a project under the program, the commissioner may new text end 23.5 new text begin include allocations of funds for operations and maintenance resulting from that project, new text end 23.6 new text begin that are assigned in future years following completion of the project, subject to available new text end 23.7 new text begin funds for the program in those years from eligible sources. new text end 23.8     new text begin Subd. 7. new text end new text begin Legislative report, evaluation. new text end new text begin (a) Starting in 2014, annually by November new text end 23.9 new text begin 1, the commissioner shall electronically submit a report on the corridors of commerce new text end 23.10 new text begin program to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with new text end 23.11 new text begin jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance. At a minimum, the report must include: new text end 23.12 new text begin (1) a summary of the program, including a review of the project selection process, new text end 23.13 new text begin eligibility and criteria, funds expended in the previous selection cycle, and total funds new text end 23.14 new text begin expended since program inception; new text end 23.15 new text begin (2) a listing of projects funded under the program in the previous selection cycle, new text end 23.16 new text begin including: new text end 23.17 new text begin (i) project classification; new text end 23.18 new text begin (ii) a breakdown of project costs and funding sources; new text end 23.19 new text begin (iii) any future operating costs assigned under subdivision 6; and new text end 23.20 new text begin (iv) a brief description that is comprehensible to a lay audience; new text end 23.21 new text begin (3) a listing of candidate project recommendations required under subdivision 5, new text end 23.22 new text begin paragraph (b), including project classification and disposition in the selection process; and new text end 23.23 new text begin (4) any recommendations for changes to statutory requirements of the program. new text end 23.24 new text begin (b) Starting in 2016, and in every even-numbered year thereafter, the commissioner new text end 23.25 new text begin shall incorporate into the report the results of an independent evaluation of impacts and new text end 23.26 new text begin effectiveness of the program. The evaluation must be performed by agency staff or a new text end 23.27 new text begin consultant. The individual or individuals performing the evaluation must have experience new text end 23.28 new text begin in program evaluation, but must not be regularly involved in the program's implementation. new text end 23.29 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment. new text end 23.30    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 161.20, subdivision 3, is amended to read: 23.31    Subd. 3. Trunk highway fund appropriations. The commissioner may expend 23.32trunk highway funds only for trunk highway purposes. Payment of expenses related 23.33to Bureau of Criminal Apprehension laboratory, Explore Minnesota Tourism kiosks, 23.34Minnesota Safety Council, tort claims, driver education programs, Emergency Medical 23.35Services Board, Mississippi River Parkway Commission, new text begin payments to MN.IT Services in new text end 24.1 new text begin excess of actual costs incurred for trunk highway purposes, new text end and personnel costs incurred 24.2on behalf of the Governor's Office do not further a highway purpose and do not aid in the 24.3construction, improvement, or maintenance of the highway system. 24.4    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 161.53, is amended to read: 24.5161.53 RESEARCH ACTIVITIES. 24.6    (a) The commissioner may set aside in each fiscal year up to two percent of the total 24.7amount of all funds appropriated to the commissioner other than county state-aid and 24.8municipal state-aid highway funds for transportation research including public and private 24.9research partnerships. The commissioner shall spend this money for (1) research to improve 24.10the design, construction, maintenance, management, and environmental compatibility 24.11of transportation systems, including research into and implementation of innovations 24.12in bridge-monitoring technology and bridge inspection technology; bridge inspection 24.13techniques and best practices; and the cost-effectiveness of deferred or lower cost highway 24.14and bridge design and maintenance activities and their impacts on long-term trunk highway 24.15costs and maintenance needs; (2) research on transportation policies that enhance energy 24.16efficiency and economic development; (3) programs for implementing and monitoring 24.17research results; and (4) development of transportation education and outreach activities. 24.18(b) Of all funds appropriated to the commissioner other than state-aid funds, the 24.19commissioner shall spend at least 0.1 percent, but not exceeding $1,200,000 new text begin $2,000,000 new text end 24.20in any fiscal year, for research and related activities performed by the Center for 24.21Transportation Studies of the University of Minnesota. The center shall establish a 24.22technology transfer and training center for Minnesota transportation professionals. new text begin By new text end 24.23 new text begin June 30, 2018, the center shall conduct research on transportation policy and economic new text end 24.24 new text begin competitiveness, including, but not limited to, innovative transportation finance options new text end 24.25 new text begin and economic development, transportation impacts of industry clusters and freight, and new text end 24.26 new text begin transportation technology impacts on economic competitiveness. new text end 24.27    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 163.051, is amended to read: 24.28163.051 METROPOLITAN COUNTY WHEELAGE TAX. 24.29    Subdivision 1. Tax authorized. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) new text begin (c) new text end , the 24.30board of commissioners of each metropolitan county is authorized to levy new text begin by resolution new text end a 24.31wheelage tax of $5 for the year 1972 and each subsequent year thereafter by resolution 24.32 new text begin at the rate specified in paragraph (b), new text end on each motor vehicle that is kept in such county 24.33when not in operation and that is subject to annual registration and taxation under chapter 24.34168. The board may provide by resolution for collection of the wheelage tax by county 25.1officials or it may request that the tax be collected by the state registrar of motor vehicles, 25.2and new text begin . new text end The state registrar of motor vehicles shall collect such tax on behalf of the county if 25.3requested, as provided in subdivision 2. 25.4    (b) new text begin The wheelage tax under this section is at the rate of: new text end 25.5 new text begin (1) from January 1, 2014, through December 31, 2017, $10 per year for each county new text end 25.6 new text begin that authorizes the tax; and new text end 25.7 new text begin (2) on and after January 1, 2018, up to $20 per year, in any increment of a whole new text end 25.8 new text begin dollar, as specified by each county that authorizes the tax. new text end 25.9     new text begin (c) new text end The following vehicles are exempt from the wheelage tax: 25.10    (1) motorcycles, as defined in section 169.011, subdivision 44; 25.11    (2) motorized bicycles, as defined in section 169.011, subdivision 45; new text begin and new text end 25.12    (3) electric-assisted bicycles, as defined in section 169.011, subdivision 27; and 25.13    (4) new text begin (3) new text end motorized foot scooters, as defined in section 169.011, subdivision 46. 25.14 new text begin (d) For any county that authorized the tax prior to the effective date of this section, new text end 25.15 new text begin the wheelage tax continues at the rate provided under paragraph (b). new text end 25.16    Subd. 2. Collection by registrar of motor vehicles. The wheelage tax levied by 25.17any metropolitan county, if made collectible by the state registrar of motor vehicles, 25.18shall be certified by the county auditor to the registrar not later than August 1 in the year 25.19before the calendar year or years for which the tax is levied, and the registrar shall collect 25.20such tax with the motor vehicle taxes on the affected vehicles for such year or years. 25.21Every owner and every operator of such a motor vehicle shall furnish to the registrar all 25.22information requested by the registrar. No state motor vehicle tax on any such motor 25.23vehicle for any such year shall be received or deemed paid unless the applicable wheelage 25.24tax is paid therewith. The proceeds of the wheelage tax levied by any metropolitan county, 25.25less any amount retained by the registrar to pay costs of collection of the wheelage tax, 25.26shall be paid to the commissioner of management and budget and deposited in the state 25.27treasury to the credit of the county wheelage tax fund of each metropolitan county. 25.28    Subd. 2a. Tax proceeds deposited; costs of collection; appropriation. 25.29Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, the state registrar of motor vehicles shall 25.30deposit the proceeds of the wheelage tax imposed by subdivision 2, to the credit of the 25.31county wheelage tax fund new text begin account new text end of each metropolitan county. The amount necessary to 25.32pay the costs of collection of said tax is appropriated from the county wheelage tax fund 25.33 new text begin account new text end of each metropolitan county to the state registrar of motor vehicles. 25.34    Subd. 3. Distribution to metropolitan county; appropriation. On or before 25.35April 1 in 1972 and each subsequent year, the commissioner of management and budget 25.36 new text begin On a monthly basis, the registrar of motor vehicles new text end shall issue a warrant in favor of the 26.1treasurer of each metropolitan county for which the registrar has collected a wheelage tax 26.2in the amount of such tax then on hand in the county wheelage tax fund new text begin account new text end . There 26.3is hereby appropriated from the county wheelage tax fund new text begin account new text end each year, to each 26.4metropolitan county entitled to payments authorized by this section, sufficient moneys 26.5to make such payments. 26.6    Subd. 4. Use of tax. The treasurer of each metropolitan county receiving moneys 26.7 new text begin payments new text end under subdivision 3 shall deposit such moneys new text begin payments new text end in the county road and 26.8bridge fund. The moneys shall be used for purposes authorized by law which are highway 26.9purposes within the meaning of the Minnesota Constitution, article 14. 26.10    Subd. 6. Metropolitan county defined. "Metropolitan county" means any of the 26.11counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington. 26.12    Subd. 7. Offenses; penalties; application of other laws. new text begin (a) new text end Any owner or operator 26.13of a motor vehicle who shall willfully give new text begin gives new text end any false information relative to the tax 26.14herein authorized new text begin by this section new text end to the registrar of motor vehicles or any metropolitan 26.15 county, or who shall willfully fail or refuse new text begin fails or refuses new text end to furnish any such information, 26.16shall be new text begin is new text end guilty of a misdemeanor. 26.17 new text begin (b) new text end Except as otherwise herein provided new text begin in this section new text end , the collection and payment 26.18of a wheelage tax and all matters relating thereto shall be new text begin are new text end subject to all provisions of 26.19law relating to collection and payment of motor vehicle taxes so far as applicable. 26.20 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment new text end 26.21 new text begin and applies to a registration period under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 168, starting on new text end 26.22 new text begin or after January 1, 2014. new text end 26.23    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 168A.01, subdivision 6a, is amended to read: 26.24    Subd. 6a. High-value vehicle. "High-value vehicle" means a vehicle that had an 26.25actual cash value in excess of $5,000 new text begin $9,000 new text end before being damaged, or a vehicle with a 26.26manufacturer's rating of over 26,000 pounds gross vehicle weight that is not a late-model 26.27vehicle. 26.28    Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 168A.29, subdivision 1, is amended to read: 26.29    Subdivision 1. Amounts. (a) The department must be paid the following fees: 26.30    (1) for filing an application for and the issuance of an original certificate of title, 26.31the sum of new text begin : new text end 26.32     new text begin (i) until December 31, 2016, new text end $6.25 of which $3.25 must be paid into the vehicle 26.33services operating account of the special revenue fund under section 299A.705; until 26.34June 30, 2012, a surcharge of $1.75 must be added to the fee and credited to the driver 27.1and vehicle services technology account; new text begin , and new text end from July 1, 2012, to June 30, 2016, a 27.2surcharge of $1 must be added to the fee and credited to the driver and vehicle services 27.3technology account; new text begin and new text end 27.4 new text begin (ii) on and after January 1, 2017, $8.25 of which $4.15 must be paid into the vehicle new text end 27.5 new text begin services operating account; new text end 27.6    (2) for each security interest when first noted upon a certificate of title, including the 27.7concurrent notation of any assignment thereof and its subsequent release or satisfaction, 27.8the sum of $2, except that no fee is due for a security interest filed by a public authority 27.9under section 168A.05, subdivision 8; 27.10    (3) new text begin until December 31, 2016, new text end for the transfer of the interest of an owner and the 27.11issuance of a new certificate of title, the sum of $5.50 of which $2.50 must be paid into the 27.12vehicle services operating account of the special revenue fund under section 299A.705; 27.13until June 30, 2012, a surcharge of $1.75 must be added to the fee and credited to the 27.14driver and vehicle services technology account; new text begin , and new text end from July 1, 2012, to June 30, 2016, 27.15a surcharge of $1 must be added to the fee and credited to the driver and vehicle services 27.16technology account; 27.17    (4) for each assignment of a security interest when first noted on a certificate of title, 27.18unless noted concurrently with the security interest, the sum of $1; new text begin and new text end 27.19    (5) for issuing a duplicate certificate of title, the sum of $7.25 of which $3.25 must 27.20be paid into the vehicle services operating account of the special revenue fund under 27.21section 299A.705; until June 30, 2012, a surcharge of $1.75 must be added to the fee 27.22and credited to the driver and vehicle services technology account; from July 1, 2012, 27.23to June 30, 2016, a surcharge of $1 must be added to the fee and credited to the driver 27.24and vehicle services technology account. 27.25    (b) After June 30, 1994, In addition to each of the fees new text begin the fee new text end required under 27.26paragraph (a), clauses new text begin clause new text end (1) and (3), the department must be paid $3.50. The additional 27.27$3.50 fee collected under this paragraph must be deposited in the special revenue fund and 27.28credited to the public safety motor vehicle account established in section 299A.70. 27.29    Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 169A.37, subdivision 1, is amended to read: 27.30    Subdivision 1. Crime described. It is a crime for a person: 27.31(1) to fail to comply with an impoundment order under section 169A.60 27.32(administrative plate impoundment); 27.33(2) to file a false statement under section 169A.60, subdivision 7, 8, or 14; 28.1(3) to operate a self-propelled motor vehicle on a street or highway when the vehicle 28.2is subject to an impoundment order issued under section 169A.60, unless specially coded 28.3plates have been issued for the vehicle pursuant to section 169A.60, subdivision 13; 28.4(4) to fail to notify the commissioner of the impoundment order when requesting 28.5new plates; 28.6(5) who is subject to a plate impoundment order under section 169A.60, to drive, 28.7operate, or be in control of any motor vehicle during the impoundment period, unless the 28.8vehicle new text begin is employer-owned and is not required to be equipped with an ignition interlock new text end 28.9 new text begin device pursuant to section 70 of 2013 S.F. No. 1270, if enacted, or section 171.306, new text end 28.10 new text begin subdivision 4, paragraph (b), or new text end has specially coded plates issued pursuant to section 28.11169A.60, subdivision 13 , and the person is validly licensed to drive; or 28.12(6) who is the transferee of a motor vehicle and who has signed a sworn statement 28.13under section 169A.60, subdivision 14, to allow the previously registered owner to drive, 28.14operate, or be in control of the vehicle during the impoundment period. 28.15 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment. new text end 28.16    Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 169A.51, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 28.17    Subd. 2. Implied consent advisory. new text begin (a) Subject to paragraph (b), new text end at the time a test is 28.18requested, the person must be informed: 28.19(1) that Minnesota law requires the person to take a test: 28.20(i) to determine if the person is under the influence of alcohol, controlled substances, 28.21or hazardous substances; 28.22(ii) to determine the presence of a controlled substance listed in Schedule I or II or 28.23metabolite, other than marijuana or tetrahydrocannabinols; and 28.24(iii) if the motor vehicle was a commercial motor vehicle, to determine the presence 28.25of alcohol; 28.26(2) that refusal to take a test is a crime; 28.27(3) if the peace officer has probable cause to believe the person has violated the 28.28criminal vehicular homicide and injury laws, that a test will be taken with or without 28.29the person's consent; and 28.30(4) that the person has the right to consult with an attorney, but that this right is 28.31limited to the extent that it cannot unreasonably delay administration of the test. 28.32 new text begin (b) A peace officer who is not pursuing an implied consent revocation is not required new text end 28.33 new text begin to give the advisory described in paragraph (a) to a person whom the officer has probable new text end 28.34 new text begin cause to believe has violated section 609.21, subdivision 1, clause (2), (3), (4), (5), or (6) new text end 28.35 new text begin (criminal vehicular operation DWI-related provisions). new text end 29.1 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2014, and applies to crimes new text end 29.2 new text begin committed on or after that date. new text end 29.3    Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 169A.55, is amended by adding a subdivision 29.4to read: 29.5     new text begin Subd. 5. new text end new text begin Reinstatement of driving privileges; certain criminal vehicular new text end 29.6 new text begin operation offenses. new text end new text begin A person whose driver's license has been revoked under section new text end 29.7 new text begin 171.17, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (1) (revocation, criminal vehicular operation), new text end 29.8 new text begin or suspended under section 171.187 (suspension, criminal vehicular operation), for a new text end 29.9 new text begin violation of section 609.21, subdivision 1, clause (2), item (i) or (iii), (3), or (4) (criminal new text end 29.10 new text begin vehicular operation alcohol-related provisions), resulting in bodily harm, substantial bodily new text end 29.11 new text begin harm, or great bodily harm, shall not be eligible for reinstatement of driving privileges until new text end 29.12 new text begin the person has submitted to the commissioner verification of the use of ignition interlock new text end 29.13 new text begin for the applicable time period specified in those sections. To be eligible for reinstatement new text end 29.14 new text begin under this subdivision, a person shall utilize an ignition interlock device that meets the new text end 29.15 new text begin performance standards and certification requirements under subdivision 4, paragraph (c). new text end 29.16 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2014, and applies to crimes new text end 29.17 new text begin committed on or after that date. new text end 29.18    Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 171.05, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 29.19    Subd. 2. Person less than 18 years of age. (a) Notwithstanding any provision 29.20in subdivision 1 to the contrary, the department may issue an instruction permit to an 29.21applicant who is 15, 16, or 17 years of age and who: 29.22(1) has completed a course of driver education in another state, has a previously 29.23issued valid license from another state, or is enrolled in either: 29.24(i) a public, private, or commercial driver education program that is approved by 29.25the commissioner of public safety and that includes classroom and behind-the-wheel 29.26training; or 29.27(ii) an approved behind-the-wheel driver education program when the student is 29.28receiving full-time instruction in a home school within the meaning of sections 120A.22 29.29and 120A.24, the student is working toward a homeschool diploma, the student is taking 29.30home-classroom driver training with classroom materials approved by the commissioner 29.31of public safety, and the student's parent has certified the student's homeschool and 29.32home-classroom driver training status on the form approved by the commissioner; 30.1(2) has completed the classroom phase of instruction in the driver education program 30.2 new text begin or has completed 15 hours of classroom instruction in a program that presents classroom new text end 30.3 new text begin and behind-the-wheel instruction concurrently new text end ; 30.4(3) has passed a test of the applicant's eyesight; 30.5(4) has passed a department-administered test of the applicant's knowledge of traffic 30.6laws; 30.7(5) has completed the required application, which must be approved by (i) either 30.8parent when both reside in the same household as the minor applicant or, if otherwise, 30.9then (ii) the parent or spouse of the parent having custody or, in the event there is no 30.10court order for custody, then (iii) the parent or spouse of the parent with whom the minor 30.11is living or, if items (i) to (iii) do not apply, then (iv) the guardian having custody of the 30.12minor, (v) the foster parent or the director of the transitional living program in which the 30.13child resides or, in the event a person under the age of 18 has no living father, mother, 30.14or guardian, or is married or otherwise legally emancipated, then (vi) the applicant's 30.15adult spouse, adult close family member, or adult employer; provided, that the approval 30.16required by this clause contains a verification of the age of the applicant and the identity of 30.17the parent, guardian, adult spouse, adult close family member, or adult employer; and 30.18(6) has paid the fee new text begin all fees new text end required in section 171.06, subdivision 2. 30.19(b) For the purposes of determining compliance with the certification of paragraph 30.20(a), clause (1), item (ii), the commissioner may request verification of a student's 30.21homeschool status from the superintendent of the school district in which the student 30.22resides and the superintendent shall provide that verification. 30.23(c) The instruction permit is valid for two years from the date of application and 30.24may be renewed upon payment of a fee equal to the fee for issuance of an instruction 30.25permit under section 171.06, subdivision 2. 30.26 new text begin (d) The commissioner of public safety shall adopt rules to carry out the provisions new text end 30.27 new text begin of this section. The rules adopted under this section are exempt from the rulemaking new text end 30.28 new text begin provisions of chapter 14. The rules are subject to section 14.386, except that section new text end 30.29 new text begin 14.386, paragraph (b), does not apply. new text end 30.30 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin Paragraph (a) is effective June 1, 2014. Paragraph (d) is new text end 30.31 new text begin effective the day following final enactment. new text end 30.32    Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 171.061, subdivision 4, is amended to read: 30.33    Subd. 4. Fee; equipment. (a) The agent may charge and retain a filing fee of $5 new text begin $8 new text end 30.34 for each application. Except as provided in paragraph (c), the fee shall cover all expenses 30.35involved in receiving, accepting, or forwarding to the department the applications and 31.1fees required under sections 171.02, subdivision 3; 171.06, subdivisions 2 and 2a; and 31.2171.07 , subdivisions 3 and 3a. 31.3(b) The statutory fees and the filing fees imposed under paragraph (a) may be paid 31.4by credit card or debit card. The driver's license agent may collect a convenience fee on 31.5the statutory fees and filing fees not greater than the cost of processing a credit card or 31.6debit card transaction. The convenience fee must be used to pay the cost of processing 31.7credit card and debit card transactions. The commissioner shall adopt rules to administer 31.8this paragraph using the exempt procedures of section 14.386, except that section 14.386, 31.9paragraph (b), does not apply. 31.10(c) The department shall maintain the photo identification equipment for all 31.11agents appointed as of January 1, 2000. Upon the retirement, resignation, death, or 31.12discontinuance of an existing agent, and if a new agent is appointed in an existing office 31.13pursuant to Minnesota Rules, chapter 7404, and notwithstanding the above or Minnesota 31.14Rules, part 7404.0400, the department shall provide and maintain photo identification 31.15equipment without additional cost to a newly appointed agent in that office if the office 31.16was provided the equipment by the department before January 1, 2000. All photo 31.17identification equipment must be compatible with standards established by the department. 31.18(d) A filing fee retained by the agent employed by a county board must be paid into 31.19the county treasury and credited to the general revenue fund of the county. An agent who 31.20is not an employee of the county shall retain the filing fee in lieu of county employment 31.21or salary and is considered an independent contractor for pension purposes, coverage 31.22under the Minnesota State Retirement System, or membership in the Public Employees 31.23Retirement Association. 31.24(e) Before the end of the first working day following the final day of the reporting 31.25period established by the department, the agent must forward to the department all 31.26applications and fees collected during the reporting period except as provided in paragraph 31.27(d). 31.28 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective January 1, 2014. new text end 31.29    Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 171.17, is amended by adding a subdivision 31.30to read: 31.31     new text begin Subd. 4. new text end new text begin Criminal vehicular operation; revocation periods. new text end new text begin (a) As used in this new text end 31.32 new text begin subdivision, "qualified prior impaired driving incident" has the meaning given in section new text end 31.33 new text begin 169A.03, subdivision 22. new text end 32.1 new text begin (b) Upon receiving a record of a conviction for a violation of section 609.21, new text end 32.2 new text begin subdivision 1, clause (2), (3), (4), (5), or (6), the commissioner shall revoke the driver's new text end 32.3 new text begin license or driving privileges of a person as follows: new text end 32.4 new text begin (1) not less than ten years if the violation resulted in great bodily harm or death to new text end 32.5 new text begin another and the person has two or more qualified prior impaired driving incidents within new text end 32.6 new text begin the past ten years or three or more qualified prior impaired driving incidents, and with new text end 32.7 new text begin denial under section 171.04, subdivision 1, clause (10), until rehabilitation is established new text end 32.8 new text begin according to standards established by the commissioner; new text end 32.9 new text begin (2) not less than eight years if the violation resulted in great bodily harm or death new text end 32.10 new text begin to another and the person has a qualified prior impaired driving incident within the past new text end 32.11 new text begin ten years; new text end 32.12 new text begin (3) not less than six years if the violation resulted in great bodily harm or death new text end 32.13 new text begin to another; new text end 32.14 new text begin (4) not less than six years if the violation resulted in bodily harm or substantial bodily new text end 32.15 new text begin harm to another and the person has two or more qualified prior impaired driving incidents new text end 32.16 new text begin within the past ten years or three or more qualified prior impaired driving incidents, new text end 32.17 new text begin and with denial under section 171.04, subdivision 1, clause (10), until rehabilitation is new text end 32.18 new text begin established according to standards established by the commissioner; new text end 32.19 new text begin (5) not less than four years if the violation resulted in bodily harm or substantial new text end 32.20 new text begin bodily harm to another and the person has a qualified prior impaired driving incident new text end 32.21 new text begin within the past ten years; or new text end 32.22 new text begin (6) not less than two years if the violation resulted in bodily harm or substantial new text end 32.23 new text begin bodily harm to another. new text end 32.24 new text begin (c) Section 169A.09 applies when determining the number of qualified prior new text end 32.25 new text begin impaired driving incidents under this subdivision. new text end 32.26 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2014, and applies to crimes new text end 32.27 new text begin committed on or after that date. new text end 32.28    Sec. 13. new text begin [171.187] SUSPENSION; CRIMINAL VEHICULAR OPERATION new text end 32.29 new text begin AND MANSLAUGHTER. new text end 32.30     new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Suspension required. new text end new text begin The commissioner shall suspend the driver's new text end 32.31 new text begin license of a person: new text end 32.32 new text begin (1) for whom a peace officer has made the certification described in section 629.344 new text end 32.33 new text begin that probable cause exists to believe that the person violated section 609.21, subdivision 1, new text end 32.34 new text begin clause (2), (3), (4), (5), or (6); or new text end 33.1 new text begin (2) who has been formally charged with a violation of section 609.20, 609.205, or new text end 33.2 new text begin 609.21, resulting from the operation of a motor vehicle. new text end 33.3     new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Suspension period. new text end new text begin A suspension under this section continues until: new text end 33.4 new text begin (1) the conviction, acquittal, or dismissal of the underlying crime that resulted in new text end 33.5 new text begin the suspension; or new text end 33.6 new text begin (2) the commissioner, acting under subdivision 4, orders the termination of the new text end 33.7 new text begin suspension. new text end 33.8     new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Credit. new text end new text begin If a person whose driver's license was suspended under subdivision new text end 33.9 new text begin 1 is later convicted of the underlying offense that resulted in the suspension and the new text end 33.10 new text begin commissioner revokes the person's license, the commissioner shall credit the time accrued new text end 33.11 new text begin under the suspension period toward the revocation period imposed under section 171.17, new text end 33.12 new text begin subdivision 4, or for violations of section 609.20, 609.205, or 609.21, subdivision 1, new text end 33.13 new text begin clause (1), (7), or (8). new text end 33.14     new text begin Subd. 4. new text end new text begin Administrative review of license suspension. new text end new text begin (a) At any time during new text end 33.15 new text begin which a person's driver's license is suspended under this section, the person may request in new text end 33.16 new text begin writing a review of the suspension by the commissioner. Upon receiving a request, the new text end 33.17 new text begin commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall review the order of suspension, the new text end 33.18 new text begin evidence upon which the order was based, and any other material information brought new text end 33.19 new text begin to the attention of the commissioner, and determine whether sufficient cause exists to new text end 33.20 new text begin sustain the order. Within 15 days of receiving the request, the commissioner shall report in new text end 33.21 new text begin writing the results of the review. The review provided in this subdivision is not subject to new text end 33.22 new text begin the contested case provisions in chapter 14. new text end 33.23 new text begin (b) In addition to any other reason provided for in this subdivision, a person may new text end 33.24 new text begin request a review of the suspension by the commissioner if the suspension has been in place new text end 33.25 new text begin for at least three months and the person has not been indicted or formally charged with the new text end 33.26 new text begin underlying crime that resulted in the license suspension. new text end 33.27 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2014, and applies to crimes new text end 33.28 new text begin committed on or after that date. new text end 33.29    Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 171.30, subdivision 1, is amended to read: 33.30    Subdivision 1. Conditions of issuance. (a) The commissioner may issue a limited 33.31license to the driver under the conditions in paragraph (b) in any case where a person's 33.32license has been: 33.33(1) suspended under section 171.18, 171.173, or 171.186 new text begin , or 171.187 new text end ; 33.34(2) revoked, canceled, or denied under section: 33.35(i) 169.792; 34.1(ii) 169.797; 34.2(iii) 169A.52: 34.3(A) subdivision 3, paragraph (a), clause (1) or (2); 34.4(B) subdivision 3, paragraph (a), clause (4), (5), or (6), if in compliance with section 34.5171.306 ; 34.6(C) subdivision 4, paragraph (a), clause (1) or (2), if the test results indicate an 34.7alcohol concentration of less than twice the legal limit; 34.8(D) subdivision 4, paragraph (a), clause (4), (5), or (6), if in compliance with section 34.9171.306 ; 34.10(iv) 171.17; or 34.11(v) 171.172; or 34.12(3) revoked, canceled, or denied under section 169A.54: 34.13(i) subdivision 1, clause (1), if the test results indicate an alcohol concentration 34.14of less than twice the legal limit; 34.15(ii) subdivision 1, clause (2); 34.16(iii) subdivision 1, clause (5), (6), or (7), if in compliance with section 171.306; or 34.17(iv) subdivision 2, if the person does not have a qualified prior impaired driving 34.18incident as defined in section 169A.03, subdivision 22, on the person's record, and the test 34.19results indicate an alcohol concentration of less than twice the legal limit. 34.20(b) The following conditions for a limited license under paragraph (a) include: 34.21(1) if the driver's livelihood or attendance at a chemical dependency treatment or 34.22counseling program depends upon the use of the driver's license; 34.23(2) if the use of a driver's license by a homemaker is necessary to prevent the 34.24substantial disruption of the education, medical, or nutritional needs of the family of 34.25the homemaker; or 34.26(3) if attendance at a postsecondary institution of education by an enrolled student of 34.27that institution depends upon the use of the driver's license. 34.28(c) The commissioner in issuing a limited license may impose such conditions and 34.29limitations as in the commissioner's judgment are necessary to the interests of the public 34.30safety and welfare including reexamination as to the driver's qualifications. The license 34.31may be limited to the operation of particular vehicles, to particular classes and times of 34.32operation, and to particular conditions of traffic. The commissioner may require that an 34.33applicant for a limited license affirmatively demonstrate that use of public transportation 34.34or carpooling as an alternative to a limited license would be a significant hardship. 34.35(d) For purposes of this subdivision: 35.1(1) "homemaker" refers to the person primarily performing the domestic tasks in a 35.2household of residents consisting of at least the person and the person's dependent child 35.3or other dependents; and 35.4(2) "twice the legal limit" means an alcohol concentration of two times the limit 35.5specified in section 169A.20, subdivision 1, clause (5). 35.6(e) The limited license issued by the commissioner shall clearly indicate the 35.7limitations imposed and the driver operating under the limited license shall have the 35.8license in possession at all times when operating as a driver. 35.9(f) In determining whether to issue a limited license, the commissioner shall consider 35.10the number and the seriousness of prior convictions and the entire driving record of the 35.11driver and shall consider the number of miles driven by the driver annually. 35.12(g) If the person's driver's license or permit to drive has been revoked under 35.13section 169.792 or 169.797, the commissioner may only issue a limited license to the 35.14person after the person has presented an insurance identification card, policy, or written 35.15statement indicating that the driver or owner has insurance coverage satisfactory to 35.16the commissioner of public safety. The commissioner of public safety may require 35.17the insurance identification card provided to satisfy this subdivision be certified by the 35.18insurance company to be noncancelable for a period not to exceed 12 months. 35.19(h) The limited license issued by the commissioner to a person under section 35.20171.186, subdivision 4 , must expire 90 days after the date it is issued. The commissioner 35.21must not issue a limited license to a person who previously has been issued a limited 35.22license under section 171.186, subdivision 4. 35.23(i) The commissioner shall not issue a limited driver's license to any person 35.24described in section 171.04, subdivision 1, clause (6), (7), (8), (11), or (14). 35.25(j) The commissioner shall not issue a class A, class B, or class C limited license. 35.26 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2014, and applies to crimes new text end 35.27 new text begin committed on or after that date. new text end 35.28    Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 171.30, subdivision 2a, is amended to read: 35.29    Subd. 2a. Other waiting periods. Notwithstanding subdivision 2, a limited license 35.30shall not be issued for a period of: 35.31(1) 15 days, to a person whose license or privilege has been revoked or suspended 35.32for a first violation of section 169A.20, sections 169A.50 to 169A.53, or a statute or 35.33ordinance from another state in conformity with either of those sections; or 35.34(2) one year, to a person whose license or privilege has been revoked or suspended 35.35for committing manslaughter resulting from the operation of a motor vehicle, committing 36.1criminal vehicular homicide or injury under section 609.21 new text begin , subdivision 1, clause (1), new text end 36.2 new text begin (2), item (ii), (5), (6), (7), or (8), committing criminal vehicular homicide under section new text end 36.3 new text begin 609.21, subdivision 1, clause (2), item (i) or (iii), (3), or (4) new text end , or violating a statute or 36.4ordinance from another state in conformity with either of those offenses. 36.5 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2014, and applies to crimes new text end 36.6 new text begin committed on or after that date. new text end 36.7    Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 171.30, is amended by adding a subdivision 36.8to read: 36.9     new text begin Subd. 5. new text end new text begin Exception; criminal vehicular operation. new text end new text begin Notwithstanding subdivision 1, new text end 36.10 new text begin the commissioner may not issue a limited license to a person whose driver's license has been new text end 36.11 new text begin suspended or revoked due to a violation of section 609.21, subdivision 1, clause (2), item (i) new text end 36.12 new text begin or (iii), (3), or (4), resulting in bodily harm, substantial bodily harm, or great bodily harm. new text end 36.13 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2014, and applies to crimes new text end 36.14 new text begin committed on or after that date. new text end 36.15    Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 171.306, subdivision 1, is amended to read: 36.16    Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) As used in this section, the terms in this subdivision 36.17have the meanings given them. 36.18(b) "Ignition interlock device" or "device" means equipment that is designed to 36.19measure breath alcohol concentration and to prevent a motor vehicle's ignition from being 36.20started by a person whose breath alcohol concentration measures 0.02 or higher on the 36.21equipment. 36.22(c) "Program participant" means a person new text begin who has qualified to take part in the new text end 36.23 new text begin ignition interlock program under this section, and new text end whose driver's license has been new text begin : new text end 36.24 new text begin (1) new text end revoked, canceled, or denied under section 169A.52, 169A.54, or 171.04, 36.25subdivision 1 , clause (10), and who has qualified to take part in the ignition interlock 36.26program under this section new text begin ; or new text end 36.27 new text begin (2) revoked under section 171.17, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (1), or new text end 36.28 new text begin suspended under section 171.187, for a violation of section 609.21, subdivision 1, clause new text end 36.29 new text begin (2), item (i) or (iii), (3), or (4), resulting in bodily harm, substantial bodily harm, or new text end 36.30 new text begin great bodily harm new text end . 36.31(d) "Qualified prior impaired driving incident" has the meaning given in section 36.32169A.03, subdivision 22 . 37.1 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2014, and applies to crimes new text end 37.2 new text begin committed on or after that date. new text end 37.3    Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 171.306, subdivision 4, is amended to read: 37.4    Subd. 4. Issuance of restricted license. (a) The commissioner shall issue a class 37.5D driver's license, subject to the applicable limitations and restrictions of this section, 37.6to a program participant who meets the requirements of this section and the program 37.7guidelines. The commissioner shall not issue a license unless the program participant has 37.8provided satisfactory proof that: 37.9(1) a certified ignition interlock device has been installed on the participant's motor 37.10vehicle at an installation service center designated by the device's manufacturer; and 37.11(2) the participant has insurance coverage on the vehicle equipped with the ignition 37.12interlock device. The commissioner shall require the participant to present an insurance 37.13identification card, policy, or written statement as proof of insurance coverage, and may 37.14require the insurance identification card provided be certified by the insurance company to 37.15be noncancelable for a period not to exceed 12 months. 37.16(b) A license issued under authority of this section must contain a restriction 37.17prohibiting the program participant from driving, operating, or being in physical control of 37.18any motor vehicle not equipped with a functioning ignition interlock device certified by 37.19the commissioner. A participant may drive an employer-owned vehicle not equipped with 37.20an interlock device while in the normal course and scope of employment duties pursuant 37.21to the program guidelines established by the commissioner and with the employer's 37.22written consent. 37.23(c) A program participant whose driver's license has been new text begin : (1) new text end revoked under 37.24section 169A.52, subdivision 3, paragraph (a), clause (1), (2), or (3), or subdivision 4, 37.25paragraph (a), clause (1), (2), or (3), or section 169A.54, subdivision 1, clause (1), (2), (3), 37.26or (4), new text begin ; or (2) revoked under section 171.17, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (1), or new text end 37.27 new text begin suspended under section 171.187, for a violation of section 609.21, subdivision 1, clause new text end 37.28 new text begin (2), item (i) or (iii), (3), or(4), resulting in bodily harm, substantial bodily harm, or great new text end 37.29 new text begin bodily harm; new text end may apply for conditional reinstatement of the driver's license, subject to 37.30the ignition interlock restriction. 37.31(d) A program participant whose driver's license has been revoked, canceled, or 37.32denied under section 169A.52, subdivision 3, paragraph (a), clause (4), (5), or (6), or 37.33subdivision 4, paragraph (a), clause (4), (5), or (6), or section 169A.54, subdivision 1, 37.34clause (5), (6), or (7), may apply for a limited license, subject to the ignition interlock 37.35restriction, if the program participant is enrolled in a licensed chemical dependency 38.1treatment or rehabilitation program as recommended in a chemical use assessment, and if 38.2the participant meets the other applicable requirements of section 171.30. After completing 38.3a licensed chemical dependency treatment or rehabilitation program and one year of limited 38.4license use without violating the ignition interlock restriction, the conditions of limited 38.5license use, or program guidelines, the participant may apply for conditional reinstatement 38.6of the driver's license, subject to the ignition interlock restriction. If the program 38.7participant's ignition interlock device subsequently registers a positive breath alcohol 38.8concentration of 0.02 or higher, the commissioner shall cancel the driver's license, and the 38.9program participant may apply for another limited license according to this paragraph. 38.10(e) Notwithstanding any statute or rule to the contrary, the commissioner has 38.11authority to determine when a program participant is eligible for restoration of full driving 38.12privileges, except that the commissioner shall not reinstate full driving privileges until the 38.13program participant has met all applicable prerequisites for reinstatement under section 38.14169A.55 and until the program participant's device has registered no positive breath 38.15alcohol concentrations of 0.02 or higher during the preceding 90 days. 38.16 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2014, and applies to crimes new text end 38.17 new text begin committed on or after that date. new text end 38.18    Sec. 19. new text begin [174.12] TRANSPORTATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT new text end 38.19 new text begin PROGRAM. new text end 38.20     new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Program established. new text end new text begin (a) The commissioners of transportation and new text end 38.21 new text begin employment and economic development shall develop and implement a transportation new text end 38.22 new text begin economic development program, as provided in this section, that provides financial new text end 38.23 new text begin assistance on a geographically balanced basis through competitive grants for projects in new text end 38.24 new text begin all modes of transportation that provide measurable local, regional, or statewide economic new text end 38.25 new text begin benefit. new text end 38.26 new text begin (b) The commissioners of transportation and employment and economic new text end 38.27 new text begin development may provide financial assistance for a transportation project at their new text end 38.28 new text begin discretion, subject to the requirements of this section. new text end 38.29     new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Transportation economic development accounts. new text end new text begin (a) A transportation new text end 38.30 new text begin economic development account is established in the special revenue fund under the new text end 38.31 new text begin budgetary jurisdiction of the legislative committees having jurisdiction over transportation new text end 38.32 new text begin finance. Money in the account may be expended only as appropriated by law. The account new text end 38.33 new text begin may not contain money transferred or otherwise provided from the trunk highway fund. new text end 38.34 new text begin (b) A transportation economic development account is established in the trunk new text end 38.35 new text begin highway fund. The account consists of funds donated, allotted, transferred, or otherwise new text end 39.1 new text begin provided to the account. Money in the account may be used only for trunk highway new text end 39.2 new text begin purposes. All funds in the account available prior to the effective date of this act are new text end 39.3 new text begin available until expended. new text end 39.4     new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Program administration. new text end new text begin In implementing the transportation economic new text end 39.5 new text begin development program, the commissioners of transportation and employment and new text end 39.6 new text begin economic development shall make reasonable efforts to (1) publicize each solicitation for new text end 39.7 new text begin applications among all eligible recipients, and (2) provide technical and informational new text end 39.8 new text begin assistance in creating and submitting applications. new text end 39.9     new text begin Subd. 4. new text end new text begin Economic impact performance measures. new text end new text begin The commissioner of new text end 39.10 new text begin employment and economic development shall develop economic impact performance new text end 39.11 new text begin measures to analyze projects for which financial assistance under this section is being new text end 39.12 new text begin applied for or has been previously provided. new text end 39.13     new text begin Subd. 5. new text end new text begin Financial assistance; criteria. new text end new text begin The commissioners of transportation and new text end 39.14 new text begin employment and economic development shall establish criteria for evaluating projects new text end 39.15 new text begin for financial assistance under this section. At a minimum, the criteria must provide an new text end 39.16 new text begin objective method to prioritize and select projects on the basis of: new text end 39.17 new text begin (1) the extent to which the project provides measurable economic benefit; new text end 39.18 new text begin (2) consistency with relevant state and local transportation plans; new text end 39.19 new text begin (3) the availability and commitment of funding or in-kind assistance for the project new text end 39.20 new text begin from nonpublic sources; new text end 39.21 new text begin (4) the need for the project as part of the overall transportation system; new text end 39.22 new text begin (5) the extent to which completion of the project will improve the movement of new text end 39.23 new text begin people and freight; and new text end 39.24 new text begin (6) geographic balance as required under subdivision 7, paragraph (b). new text end 39.25     new text begin Subd. 6. new text end new text begin Financial assistance; project evaluation process. new text end new text begin (a) Following the new text end 39.26 new text begin criteria established under subdivision 5, the commissioner of employment and economic new text end 39.27 new text begin development shall (1) evaluate proposed projects, and (2) certify those that may receive new text end 39.28 new text begin financial assistance. new text end 39.29 new text begin (b) As part of the project evaluation process, the commissioner of transportation new text end 39.30 new text begin shall certify those projects that constitute an eligible and appropriate transportation project. new text end 39.31     new text begin Subd. 7. new text end new text begin Financial assistance; awards. new text end new text begin (a) The financial assistance awarded by the new text end 39.32 new text begin commissioners of transportation and employment and economic development may not new text end 39.33 new text begin exceed 70 percent of a project's total costs. new text end 39.34 new text begin (b) The commissioners of transportation and employment and economic development new text end 39.35 new text begin shall ensure that financial assistance is provided in a manner that is balanced throughout new text end 39.36 new text begin the state, including with respect to (1) the number of projects receiving funding in a new text end 40.1 new text begin particular geographic location or region of the state, and (2) the total amount of financial new text end 40.2 new text begin assistance provided for projects in a particular geographic location or region of the state. new text end 40.3     new text begin Subd. 8. new text end new text begin Legislative report. new text end new text begin (a) By February 1 of each odd-numbered year, the new text end 40.4 new text begin commissioner of transportation, with assistance from the commissioner of employment new text end 40.5 new text begin and economic development, shall submit a report on the transportation economic new text end 40.6 new text begin development program to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative new text end 40.7 new text begin committees with jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance and economic new text end 40.8 new text begin development policy and finance. new text end 40.9 new text begin (b) At a minimum, the report must: new text end 40.10 new text begin (1) summarize the requirements and implementation of the transportation economic new text end 40.11 new text begin development program established in this section; new text end 40.12 new text begin (2) review the criteria and economic impact performance measures used for new text end 40.13 new text begin evaluation, prioritization, and selection of projects; new text end 40.14 new text begin (3) provide a brief overview of each project that received financial assistance under new text end 40.15 new text begin the program, which must at a minimum identify: new text end 40.16 new text begin (i) basic project characteristics, such as funding recipient, geographic location, new text end 40.17 new text begin and type of transportation modes served; new text end 40.18 new text begin (ii) sources and respective amounts of project funding; and new text end 40.19 new text begin (iii) the degree of economic benefit anticipated or observed, following the economic new text end 40.20 new text begin impact performance measures established under subdivision 4; new text end 40.21 new text begin (4) identify the allocation of funds, including but not limited to a breakdown of total new text end 40.22 new text begin project funds by transportation mode, the amount expended for administrative costs, and new text end 40.23 new text begin the amount transferred to the transportation economic development assistance account; new text end 40.24 new text begin (5) evaluate the overall economic impact of the program consistent with the new text end 40.25 new text begin accountability measurement requirements under section 116J.997; and new text end 40.26 new text begin (6) provide recommendations for any legislative changes related to the program. new text end 40.27    Sec. 20. new text begin [174.187] MADE IN MINNESOTA SOLAR INSTALLATIONS. new text end 40.28     new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Definition. new text end new text begin (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms new text end 40.29 new text begin have the meanings given. new text end 40.30 new text begin (b) "Made in Minnesota" means the manufacture in this state of solar photovoltaic new text end 40.31 new text begin modules: new text end 40.32 new text begin (1) at a manufacturing facility located in Minnesota that is registered and authorized new text end 40.33 new text begin to manufacture and apply the UL 1703 certification mark to solar photovoltaic modules by new text end 40.34 new text begin Underwriters Laboratory (UL), CSA International, Intertek, or an equivalent UL-approved new text end 40.35 new text begin independent certification agency; new text end 41.1 new text begin (2) that bear UL 1703 certification marks from UL, CSA International, Intertek, or new text end 41.2 new text begin an equivalent UL-approved independent certification agency, which must be physically new text end 41.3 new text begin applied to the modules at a manufacturing facility described in clause (1); and new text end 41.4 new text begin (3) that are manufactured in Minnesota: new text end 41.5 new text begin (i) via manufacturing processes that must include tabbing, stringing, and lamination; new text end 41.6 new text begin or new text end 41.7 new text begin (ii) by interconnecting low-voltage direct current photovoltaic elements that produce new text end 41.8 new text begin the final useful photovoltaic output of the modules. new text end 41.9 new text begin (c) "Solar photovoltaic module" has the meaning given in section 116C.7791, new text end 41.10 new text begin subdivision 1, paragraph (e). new text end 41.11     new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Made in Minnesota solar energy system requirement. new text end new text begin Notwithstanding new text end 41.12 new text begin any other law to the contrary, if the commissioner engages in any project for the new text end 41.13 new text begin construction, improvement, maintenance, or repair of any building, highway, road, bridge, new text end 41.14 new text begin or land owned or controlled by the department and the construction, improvement, new text end 41.15 new text begin maintenance, or repair involves installation of one or more solar photovoltaic modules, the new text end 41.16 new text begin commissioner must ensure that the solar photovoltaic modules purchased and installed are new text end 41.17 new text begin "Made in Minnesota" as defined in subdivision 1, paragraph (b). new text end 41.18     new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Application. new text end new text begin Subdivision 2 does not apply if: new text end 41.19 new text begin (1) as a condition of the receipt of federal financial assistance for a specific project, new text end 41.20 new text begin the commissioner is required to use a procurement method that might result in the award new text end 41.21 new text begin of a contract to a manufacturer that does not meet the "Made in Minnesota" criteria new text end 41.22 new text begin established in subdivision 1, paragraph (b); or new text end 41.23 new text begin (2) no solar photovoltaic modules are available that meet the "Made in Minnesota" new text end 41.24 new text begin criteria and fulfill the function required by the project. new text end 41.25    Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 174.40, is amended by adding a subdivision 41.26to read: 41.27     new text begin Subd. 7a. new text end new text begin Related non-infrastructure activities. new text end new text begin (a) The commissioner may not new text end 41.28 new text begin expend an appropriation from the bond proceeds fund, or provide financial assistance from new text end 41.29 new text begin such appropriations, for the purposes specified in this subdivision. new text end 41.30 new text begin (b) Subject to appropriations made specifically for the purposes of this subdivision, new text end 41.31 new text begin the commissioner may expend funds for non-infrastructure activities to encourage walking new text end 41.32 new text begin and bicycling to school, including: new text end 41.33 new text begin (1) planning activities; new text end 41.34 new text begin (2) public awareness campaigns and outreach to press and community leaders; new text end 41.35 new text begin (3) traffic education and enforcement in the vicinity of schools; new text end 42.1 new text begin (4) student sessions on bicycle and pedestrian safety, health, and the environment; and new text end 42.2 new text begin (5) financial assistance for training, volunteers, and managers of safe routes to new text end 42.3 new text begin school programs. new text end 42.4    Sec. 22. new text begin [174.42] TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES PROJECTS. new text end 42.5     new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Definition. new text end new text begin For purposes of this section, "transportation alternatives" new text end 42.6 new text begin means those projects identified in the state transportation improvement program as having new text end 42.7 new text begin (1) a program category of bike trail, enhancement, or recreational trail; (2) any program new text end 42.8 new text begin category that is substantially similar to a category identified in clause (1); or (3) a route new text end 42.9 new text begin system category of ped/bike. new text end 42.10     new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Funding requirement. new text end new text begin In each federal fiscal year, the commissioner new text end 42.11 new text begin shall obtain a total amount in federal authorizations for reimbursement on transportation new text end 42.12 new text begin alternatives projects that is equal to or greater than the annual average of federal new text end 42.13 new text begin authorizations on transportation alternatives projects calculated over the preceding four new text end 42.14 new text begin federal fiscal years. new text end 42.15    Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 219.1651, is amended to read: 42.16219.1651 GRADE CROSSING SAFETY ACCOUNT. 42.17A Minnesota grade crossing safety account is created in the special revenue fund, 42.18consisting of money credited to the account by law. Money in the account is appropriated 42.19to the commissioner of transportation for rail-highway grade crossing safety projects 42.20on public streets and highways, including engineering costs. new text begin At the discretion of the new text end 42.21 new text begin commissioner of transportation, new text end money in the account at the end of each fiscal year cancels 42.22 new text begin biennium may cancel new text end to the trunk highway fund. 42.23    Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297A.815, subdivision 3, is amended to read: 42.24    Subd. 3. Motor vehicle lease sales tax revenue. (a) For purposes of this 42.25subdivision, "net revenue" means an amount equal to: 42.26    (1) the revenues, including interest and penalties, collected under this section, during 42.27the fiscal year; less 42.28    (2) in fiscal year 2011, $30,100,000; in fiscal year 2012, $31,100,000; and in fiscal 42.29year 2013 and following fiscal years, $32,000,000. 42.30    (b) On or before June 30 of each fiscal year, the commissioner of revenue shall 42.31estimate the amount of the revenues and subtraction under paragraph (a) for the current 42.32fiscal year. 43.1    (c) On or after July 1 of the subsequent fiscal year, the commissioner of management 43.2and budget shall transfer the net revenue as estimated in paragraph (b) from the general 43.3fund, as follows: 43.4    (1) 50 percent to the greater Minnesota transit account; and 43.5    (2) 50 percent new text begin $9,000,000 annually until January 1, 2016, and 50 percent annually new text end 43.6 new text begin thereafter new text end to the county state-aid highway fund. Notwithstanding any other law to the 43.7contrary, the commissioner of transportation shall allocate the funds transferred under this 43.8clause to the counties in the metropolitan area, as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 43.94, excluding the counties of Hennepin and Ramsey, so that each county shall receive 43.10of such amount the percentage that its population, as defined in section 477A.011, 43.11subdivision 3, estimated or established by July 15 of the year prior to the current calendar 43.12year, bears to the total population of the counties receiving funds under this clause new text begin ; and new text end 43.13     new text begin (2) the remainder to the greater Minnesota transit account new text end . 43.14    (d) For fiscal years 2010 and 2011, the amount under paragraph (a), clause (1), must 43.15be calculated using the following percentages of the total revenues: 43.16    (1) for fiscal year 2010, 83.75 percent; and 43.17    (2) for fiscal year 2011, 93.75 percent. 43.18 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective January 1, 2014. new text end 43.19    Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297A.993, subdivision 1, is amended to read: 43.20    Subdivision 1. Authorization; rates. Notwithstanding section 297A.99, 43.21subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 5, and 13, or 477A.016, or any other law, the board of a county outside 43.22the metropolitan transportation area, as defined under section 297A.992, subdivision 1, or 43.23more than one county outside the metropolitan transportation area acting under a joint 43.24powers agreement, may new text begin by resolution of the county board, or each of the county boards, new text end 43.25 new text begin following a public hearing new text end impose (1) a transportation sales tax at a rate of up to one-half 43.26of one percent on retail sales and uses taxable under this chapter, and (2) an excise tax 43.27of $20 per motor vehicle, as defined in section 297B.01, subdivision 11, purchased or 43.28acquired from any person engaged in the business of selling motor vehicles at retail, 43.29occurring within the jurisdiction of the taxing authority. The taxes imposed under this 43.30section are subject to approval by a majority of the voters in each of the counties affected 43.31at a general election who vote on the question to impose the taxes. 43.32 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment. new text end 43.33    Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297A.993, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 44.1    Subd. 2. Allocation; termination. The proceeds of the taxes must be dedicated 44.2exclusively to new text begin : (1) new text end payment of the new text begin capital new text end cost of a specific transportation project or 44.3improvement new text begin ; (2) payment of the costs, which may include both capital and operating new text end 44.4 new text begin costs, of a specific transit project or improvement; (3) payment of the capital costs of a new text end 44.5 new text begin safe routes to school program under section 174.40; or (4) payment of transit operating new text end 44.6 new text begin costs new text end . The transportation new text begin or transit new text end project or improvement must be designated by the 44.7board of the county, or more than one county acting under a joint powers agreement. 44.8 new text begin Except for taxes for operating costs of a transit project or improvement, or for transit new text end 44.9 new text begin operations, new text end the taxes must terminate after the project or improvement has been completed 44.10 new text begin when revenues raised are sufficient to finance the project new text end . 44.11 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment. new text end 44.12    Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297B.01, subdivision 14, is amended to read: 44.13    Subd. 14. Purchase price. (a) "Purchase price" means the total consideration 44.14valued in money for a sale, whether paid in money or otherwise. The purchase price 44.15excludes the amount of a manufacturer's rebate paid or payable to the purchaser. If a motor 44.16vehicle is taken in trade as a credit or as part payment on a motor vehicle taxable under 44.17this chapter, the credit or trade-in value allowed by the person selling the motor vehicle 44.18shall be deducted from the total selling price to establish the purchase price of the vehicle 44.19being sold and the trade-in allowance allowed by the seller shall constitute the purchase 44.20price of the motor vehicle accepted as a trade-in. The purchase price in those instances 44.21where the motor vehicle is acquired by gift or by any other transfer for a nominal or no 44.22monetary consideration shall also include the average value of similar motor vehicles, 44.23established by standards and guides as determined by the motor vehicle registrar. The 44.24purchase price in those instances where a motor vehicle is manufactured by a person who 44.25registers it under the laws of this state shall mean the manufactured cost of such motor 44.26vehicle and manufactured cost shall mean the amount expended for materials, labor, 44.27and other properly allocable costs of manufacture, except that in the absence of actual 44.28expenditures for the manufacture of a part or all of the motor vehicle, manufactured costs 44.29shall mean the reasonable value of the completed motor vehicle. 44.30(b) The term "purchase price" shall not include the portion of the value of a motor 44.31vehicle due solely to modifications necessary to make the motor vehicle disability 44.32accessible. 44.33(c) The term "purchase price" shall not include the transfer of a motor vehicle by 44.34way of gift between a husband and wife or parent and child, or to a nonprofit organization 44.35as provided under subdivision 16, paragraph (c), clause (5) new text begin (6) new text end , nor shall it include 45.1the transfer of a motor vehicle by a guardian to a ward when there is no monetary 45.2consideration and the title to such vehicle was registered in the name of the guardian, as 45.3guardian, only because the ward was a minor. 45.4(d) The term "purchase price" shall not include the transfer of a motor vehicle as a 45.5gift between a foster parent and foster child. For purposes of this subdivision, a foster 45.6relationship exists, regardless of the age of the child, if (1) a foster parent's home is or was 45.7licensed as a foster family home under Minnesota Rules, parts 9545.0010 to 9545.0260, 45.8and (2) the county verifies that the child was a state ward or in permanent foster care. 45.9(e) There shall not be included in "purchase price" the amount of any tax imposed by 45.10the United States upon or with respect to retail sales whether imposed upon the retailer or 45.11the consumer. 45.12 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2013, and applies to transfers new text end 45.13 new text begin of title that occur on or after that date. new text end 45.14    Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297B.01, subdivision 16, is amended to read: 45.15    Subd. 16. Sale, sells, selling, purchase, purchased, or acquired. (a) "Sale," 45.16"sells," "selling," "purchase," "purchased," or "acquired" means any transfer of title of any 45.17motor vehicle, whether absolutely or conditionally, for a consideration in money or by 45.18exchange or barter for any purpose other than resale in the regular course of business. 45.19    (b) Any motor vehicle utilized by the owner only by leasing such vehicle to others 45.20or by holding it in an effort to so lease it, and which is put to no other use by the owner 45.21other than resale after such lease or effort to lease, shall be considered property purchased 45.22for resale. 45.23    (c) The terms also shall include any transfer of title or ownership of a motor vehicle 45.24by other means, for or without consideration, except that these terms shall not include: 45.25    (1) the acquisition of a motor vehicle by inheritance from or by bequest of, a 45.26decedent who owned it; 45.27    (2) the transfer of a motor vehicle which was previously licensed in the names of 45.28two or more joint tenants and subsequently transferred without monetary consideration to 45.29one or more of the joint tenants; 45.30    (3) the transfer of a motor vehicle by way of gift between individuals, or gift 45.31from a limited used vehicle dealer licensed under section 168.27, subdivision 4a, to an 45.32individual, when the transfer is with no monetary or other consideration or expectation 45.33of consideration and the parties to the transfer submit an affidavit to that effect at the 45.34time the title transfer is recorded; 45.35    (4) new text begin the transfer of a motor vehicle by gift between: new text end 46.1 new text begin (i) spouses; new text end 46.2 new text begin (ii) parents and a child; or new text end 46.3 new text begin (iii) grandparents and a grandchild; new text end 46.4 new text begin (5) new text end the voluntary or involuntary transfer of a motor vehicle between a husband and 46.5wife in a divorce proceeding; or 46.6    (5) new text begin (6) new text end the transfer of a motor vehicle by way of a gift to an organization that is exempt 46.7from federal income taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code when 46.8the motor vehicle will be used exclusively for religious, charitable, or educational purposes. 46.9 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2013, and applies to transfers new text end 46.10 new text begin of title that occur on or after that date. new text end 46.11    Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297B.02, subdivision 3, is amended to read: 46.12    Subd. 3. In lieu tax for collector vehicle. In lieu of the tax imposed in subdivision 46.131, there is imposed a tax of $90 new text begin $150 new text end on the purchase price of a passenger automobile or a 46.14fire truck described in section 297B.025, subdivision 2. 46.15 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2013, and applies to transfers new text end 46.16 new text begin of title that occur on or after that date. new text end 46.17    Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 299E.01, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 46.18    Subd. 2. Responsibilities. new text begin (a) new text end The division shall be responsible and shall utilize 46.19state employees for security and public information services in state-owned buildings and 46.20state leased-to-own buildings in the Capitol area, as described in section 15B.02; new text begin . new text end It shall 46.21provide such personnel as are required by the circumstances to insure the orderly conduct 46.22of state business and the convenience of the public. 46.23 new text begin (b) As part of the division permanent staff, the director must establish the position of new text end 46.24 new text begin emergency manager that includes, at a minimum, the following duties: new text end 46.25 new text begin (1) oversight of the consolidation, development, and maintenance of plans and new text end 46.26 new text begin procedures that provide continuity of security operations; new text end 46.27 new text begin (2) the development and implementation of tenant training that addresses threats new text end 46.28 new text begin and emergency procedures; and new text end 46.29 new text begin (3) the development and implementation of threat and emergency exercises. new text end 46.30 new text begin (c) The director must provide a minimum of one state trooper assigned to the Capitol new text end 46.31 new text begin complex at all times. new text end 46.32 new text begin (d) The director, in consultation with the advisory committee under section 299E.04, new text end 46.33 new text begin shall, at least annually, hold a meeting or meetings to discuss, among other issues, Capitol new text end 47.1 new text begin complex security, emergency planning, public safety, and public access to the Capitol new text end 47.2 new text begin complex. The meetings must include, at a minimum: new text end 47.3 new text begin (1) Capitol complex tenants and state employees; new text end 47.4 new text begin (2) nongovernmental entities, such as lobbyists, vendors, and the media; and new text end 47.5 new text begin (3) the public and public advocacy groups. new text end 47.6    Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 299E.01, subdivision 3, is amended to read: 47.7    Subd. 3. Powers and duties transferred. All powers, duties and responsibilities 47.8heretofore assigned by law to the commissioner of administration relating to the general 47.9function of security in such new text begin Capitol complex new text end state-owned buildings are hereby transferred 47.10to the commissioner of public safety. new text begin The commissioner of public safety shall have new text end 47.11 new text begin the final authority regarding public safety and security in the Capitol complex. The new text end 47.12 new text begin commissioner of administration shall have the powers, duties, and responsibilities relating new text end 47.13 new text begin to the Capitol complex of state-owned buildings as provided under chapter 16B. new text end 47.14    Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 299E.02, is amended to read: 47.15299E.02 CONTRACT SERVICES new text begin INTERAGENCY AGREEMENT new text end ; 47.16APPROPRIATION. 47.17Fees charged for contracted new text begin The commissioner of public safety shall execute new text end 47.18 new text begin interagency agreements with agency tenants in the Capitol complex whereby fees for the new text end 47.19 new text begin provision of security services are charged. Fees charged for new text end security services provided 47.20by the Capitol Complex Security Division of the Department of Public Safety must be 47.21deposited in an account in the special revenue fund and are annually appropriated to the 47.22commissioner of public safety to administer and provide these services. 47.23    Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 398A.10, is amended by adding a 47.24subdivision to read: 47.25     new text begin Subd. 4. new text end new text begin Definition. new text end new text begin For purposes of this section, "project" means the initial new text end 47.26 new text begin construction of a minimum operable segment of a new light rail transit or commuter rail new text end 47.27 new text begin line, but does not include infill stations, project enhancements, extensions, or supportive new text end 47.28 new text begin infrastructure, constructed after the rail transit is operational. new text end 47.29 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment. new text end 47.30    Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 473.39, is amended by adding a subdivision 47.31to read: 48.1     new text begin Subd. 1s. new text end new text begin Obligations. new text end new text begin After July 1, 2013, in addition to other authority in this new text end 48.2 new text begin section, the council may issue certificates of indebtedness, bonds, or other obligations new text end 48.3 new text begin under this section in an amount not exceeding $35,800,000 for capital expenditures as new text end 48.4 new text begin prescribed in the council's transit capital improvement program and for related costs, new text end 48.5 new text begin including the costs of issuance and sale of the obligations. new text end 48.6 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment new text end 48.7 new text begin and applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and new text end 48.8 new text begin Washington. new text end 48.9    Sec. 35. new text begin [629.344] CRIMINAL VEHICULAR OPERATION AND new text end 48.10 new text begin MANSLAUGHTER; CERTIFICATION OF PROBABLE CAUSE BY PEACE new text end 48.11 new text begin OFFICER. new text end 48.12 new text begin If a peace officer determines that probable cause exists to believe that a person has new text end 48.13 new text begin violated section 609.21, subdivision 1, clause (2), (3), (4), (5), or (6), the officer shall new text end 48.14 new text begin certify this determination and notify the commissioner of public safety. new text end 48.15 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2014, and applies to crimes new text end 48.16 new text begin committed on or after that date. new text end 48.17    Sec. 36. Laws 2009, chapter 9, section 1, the effective date, is amended to read: 48.18EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment, 48.19and expires on June 30, 2013 new text begin 2016 new text end . 48.20 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment. new text end 48.21    Sec. 37. new text begin NOVICE DRIVER EDUCATION IMPROVEMENT TASK FORCE. new text end 48.22 new text begin (a) The Novice Driver Education Improvement Task Force is established to ensure new text end 48.23 new text begin driver education programs in Minnesota meet the Novice Teen Driver Education and new text end 48.24 new text begin Training Administrative Standards published by the United States Department of new text end 48.25 new text begin Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. new text end 48.26 new text begin (b) The task force consists of 21 members: new text end 48.27 new text begin (1) the commissioner of public safety or the commissioner's designee; new text end 48.28 new text begin (2) two representatives from and designated by the Minnesota Association of new text end 48.29 new text begin Student Councils; new text end 48.30 new text begin (3) one representative from and designated by Mothers Against Drunk Driving; new text end 48.31 new text begin (4) one representative from and designated by Minnesotans for Safe Driving; new text end 49.1 new text begin (5) two representatives from law enforcement organizations, such as the Minnesota new text end 49.2 new text begin Chiefs of Police Association and the Minnesota Sheriffs' Association, appointed by the new text end 49.3 new text begin commissioner; new text end 49.4 new text begin (6) one representative from and designated by the American Automobile Association; new text end 49.5 new text begin (7) one representative from and designated by the Minnesota Safety Council; new text end 49.6 new text begin (8) two representatives from and designated by the Minnesota PTA; new text end 49.7 new text begin (9) five driver educators from the Minnesota Driver and Traffic Safety Education new text end 49.8 new text begin Association, designated by the commissioner; and new text end 49.9 new text begin (10) five driver educators from commercial driving schools, designated by the new text end 49.10 new text begin commissioner. new text end 49.11 new text begin (c) Any vacancies shall be filled by the appointing or designating authorities. new text end 49.12 new text begin (d) Members shall serve without compensation. new text end 49.13 new text begin (e) Members shall be appointed or designated by August 1, 2013. new text end 49.14 new text begin (f) The commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall convene the first meeting new text end 49.15 new text begin of the task force after all appointments have been made. At the first meeting, the task new text end 49.16 new text begin force shall elect a chair from among its members by majority vote. The first meeting must new text end 49.17 new text begin take place by September 1, 2013. new text end 49.18 new text begin (g) The duties of the task force are to examine and compare Minnesota law and new text end 49.19 new text begin rules concerning driver education with the Novice Teen Driver Education and Training new text end 49.20 new text begin Administrative Standards, identify discrepancies, and determine to what extent, if any, new text end 49.21 new text begin state law should be modified to conform with federal standards. new text end 49.22 new text begin (h) The commissioner shall provide support staff and administrative services for new text end 49.23 new text begin the task force. new text end 49.24 new text begin (i) The task force shall submit a report no later than August 31, 2015, to the new text end 49.25 new text begin chairs and ranking minority members of the committees in the house of representatives new text end 49.26 new text begin and senate having jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance, containing its new text end 49.27 new text begin recommendation as to whether or to what extent Minnesota's driver education programs new text end 49.28 new text begin should conform to national standards referenced in paragraph (a), and if so, providing draft new text end 49.29 new text begin legislation necessary or desirable to achieve the recommended level of federal conformity. new text end 49.30 new text begin The report may present recommendations for improving Minnesota's driver education new text end 49.31 new text begin curriculum and identify associated costs. new text end 49.32 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment new text end 49.33 new text begin and is repealed September 1, 2015, or the day after the task force submits its report, as new text end 49.34 new text begin required in paragraph (i), whichever occurs first. new text end 49.35    Sec. 38. new text begin TRANSITWAY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. new text end 50.1 new text begin (a) In all phases of a transitway project in which the Metropolitan Council is the new text end 50.2 new text begin lead transportation authority, the council may partner and contract for services with local new text end 50.3 new text begin community-based organizations to promote community engagement activities along the new text end 50.4 new text begin project corridor. The community-based organizations may include those organizations new text end 50.5 new text begin representative of low-income people, people of color, people with disabilities, other new text end 50.6 new text begin cultural constituencies, or small businesses. new text end 50.7 new text begin (b) For purposes of this section, project phases may include, but are not limited to: new text end 50.8 new text begin (1) feasibility studies, alternatives analysis, preplanning, environmental analysis, new text end 50.9 new text begin land acquisition, easements, design, preliminary and final engineering, construction, new text end 50.10 new text begin and station development; new text end 50.11 new text begin (2) review of existing public transit service along the corridor; and new text end 50.12 new text begin (3) pedestrian, bicycle, or nonmotorized improvement projects associated with the new text end 50.13 new text begin corridor. new text end 50.14 new text begin (c) Any community engagement activities conducted under this section shall be new text end 50.15 new text begin reported to the senate and house of representative chairs and ranking minority members new text end 50.16 new text begin of the committees and divisions with primary jurisdiction over transportation policy and new text end 50.17 new text begin finance. new text end 50.18    Sec. 39. new text begin TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE HIRING AND new text end 50.19 new text begin RECRUITMENT. new text end 50.20 new text begin (a) In the construction, maintenance, replacement, and improvement of transit and new text end 50.21 new text begin transportation infrastructure, the lead transportation authority is encouraged to: (1) make new text end 50.22 new text begin every effort to employ, and encourage the construction manager and other subcontractors new text end 50.23 new text begin and vendors to employ, women and members of minority communities; (2) make every new text end 50.24 new text begin effort to contract with women-owned and minority-owned small businesses designated as new text end 50.25 new text begin small targeted group businesses under Minnesota Statutes, section 16C.16; and (3) may new text end 50.26 new text begin contract with a community-based employment assistance firm to create an employment new text end 50.27 new text begin program to recruit, hire, and retain women and minorities for the project construction new text end 50.28 new text begin workforce. In monitoring progress on meeting these goals, reports may track workers new text end 50.29 new text begin from zip codes that have high rates of poverty and unemployment. new text end 50.30 new text begin (b) The commissioner of transportation is encouraged to increase participation new text end 50.31 new text begin in Department of Transportation highway projects by small businesses located in new text end 50.32 new text begin economically disadvantaged areas of Minnesota, within the meaning of Minnesota new text end 50.33 new text begin Statutes, section 16C.16, subdivision 7. new text end 51.1    Sec. 40. new text begin FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR NORTHSTAR COMMUTER RAIL new text end 51.2 new text begin EXPENSES; GREATER MINNESOTA. new text end 51.3 new text begin The portion of the cost to provide financial assistance for the Greater Minnesota new text end 51.4 new text begin Transit component of the Northstar Commuter Rail is exempt from the requirements in new text end 51.5 new text begin Minnesota Statutes, section 174.24, subdivision 1. new text end 51.6    Sec. 41. new text begin REPEALER. new text end 51.7 new text begin (a) new text end new text begin Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 161.04, subdivision 6; and 174.285, new text end 51.8 new text begin subdivision 8, new text end new text begin are repealed. new text end 51.9 new text begin (b) new text end new text begin Minnesota Rules, parts 7503.0300, subpart 1; and 7503.0800, subpart 2, new text end new text begin are new text end 51.10 new text begin repealed effective July 1, 2014. new text end 51.11ARTICLE 4 51.12MISCELLANEOUS 51.13    Section 1. 2013 S.F. No. 671, article 1, section 12, subdivision 3, if enacted, is 51.14amended to read: 51.15 Subd. 3.Criminal Apprehension 47,588,000 47,197,000 51.16 Appropriations by Fund 51.17 General 42,315,000 42,924,000 51.18 Special Revenue 3,000,000 2,000,000 51.19 51.20 State Government Special Revenue 7,000 7,000 51.21 Trunk Highway 2,266,000 2,266,000 51.22 (a) DWI Lab Analysis; Trunk Highway Fund51.23Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 51.24161.20, subdivision 3 , $1,941,000 each year 51.25is from the trunk highway fund for laboratory 51.26analysis related to driving-while-impaired 51.27cases. 51.28 (b) Criminal History System51.29$50,000 the first year and $580,000 the 51.30second year from the general fund and, 51.31notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 51.32299A.705, subdivision 4 , $3,000,000 the 51.33first year and $2,000,000 the second year 52.1from the vehicle services account in the 52.2special revenue fund are to replace the 52.3state criminal history system. This is a 52.4onetime appropriation and is available until 52.5expended. Of this amount, $2,980,000 the 52.6first year and $2,580,000 the second year 52.7are for a onetime transfer to the Office of 52.8Enterprise Technology for start-up costs. 52.9Service level agreements must document all 52.10project-related transfers under this paragraph. 52.11Ongoing operating and support costs for this 52.12system shall be identified and incorporated 52.13into future service level agreements. 52.14The commissioner is authorized to use funds 52.15appropriated under this paragraph for the 52.16purposes specified in paragraph (c). 52.17 (c) Criminal Reporting System52.18$1,360,000 the first year and $1,360,000 the 52.19second year from the general fund are to 52.20replace the state's crime reporting system. 52.21This is a onetime appropriation and is 52.22available until expended. Of these amounts, 52.23$1,360,000 the first year and $1,360,000 52.24the second year are for a onetime transfer 52.25to the Office of Enterprise Technology for 52.26start-up costs. Service level agreements 52.27must document all project-related transfers 52.28under this paragraph. Ongoing operating 52.29and support costs for this system shall 52.30be identified and incorporated into future 52.31service level agreements. 52.32The commissioner is authorized to use funds 52.33appropriated under this paragraph for the 52.34purposes specified in paragraph (b). 52.35 (d) Forensic Laboratory53.1$125,000 the first year and $125,000 the 53.2second year from the general fund and, 53.3notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 53.4161.20, subdivision 3 , $125,000 the first 53.5year and $125,000 the second year from the 53.6trunk highway fund are to replace forensic 53.7laboratory equipment at the Bureau of 53.8Criminal Apprehension. 53.9$200,000 the first year and $200,000 the 53.10second year from the general fund and, 53.11notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 53.12161.20, subdivision 3 , $200,000 the first 53.13year and $200,000 the second year from the 53.14trunk highway fund are to improve forensic 53.15laboratory staffing at the Bureau of Criminal 53.16Apprehension. 53.17 (e) Livestock Fingerprinting53.18$310,000 the first year and $389,000 the 53.19second year from the general fund are to 53.20maintain Livestock fingerprinting machines. 53.21This is a onetime appropriation. 53.22 (f) General Fund Base53.23The Bureau of Criminal Apprehension's 53.24general fund base is reduced by $1,720,000 53.25in fiscal year 2014 and $2,329,000 in fiscal 53.26year 2015 to reflect onetime appropriations. 53.27 (g) new text begin (f) new text end Report53.28If the vehicle services special revenue account 53.29accrues an unallocated balance in excess 53.30of 50 percent of the previous fiscal year's 53.31expenditures, the commissioner of public 53.32safety shall submit a report to the chairs 53.33and ranking minority members of the house 53.34of representatives and senate committees 54.1with jurisdiction over transportation and 54.2public safety policy and finance. The report 54.3must contain specific policy and legislative 54.4recommendations for reducing the fund 54.5balance and avoiding future excessive fund 54.6balances. The report is due within three 54.7months of the fund balance exceeding the 54.8threshold established in this paragraph. 54.9    Sec. 2. new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end 54.10 new text begin Unless otherwise provided, section 1 takes effect at the time the provision being new text end 54.11 new text begin corrected takes effect. new text end " 54.12Delete the title and insert: 54.13"A bill for an act 54.14relating to government finance; appropriating money for transportation, 54.15Metropolitan Council, and public safety activities and programs; providing for 54.16fund transfers, tort claims, and contingent appropriations; modifying policy 54.17and tax provisions relating to transportation, transit, and public safety; making 54.18technical and clarifying changes;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 54.19161.20, subdivision 3; 161.53; 163.051; 168A.01, subdivision 6a; 168A.29, 54.20subdivision 1; 169A.37, subdivision 1; 169A.51, subdivision 2; 169A.55, by 54.21adding a subdivision; 171.05, subdivision 2; 171.061, subdivision 4; 171.17, 54.22by adding a subdivision; 171.30, subdivisions 1, 2a, by adding a subdivision; 54.23171.306, subdivisions 1, 4; 174.40, by adding a subdivision; 219.1651; 297A.815, 54.24subdivision 3; 297A.993, subdivisions 1, 2; 297B.01, subdivisions 14, 16; 54.25297B.02, subdivision 3; 299E.01, subdivisions 2, 3; 299E.02; 398A.10, by adding 54.26a subdivision; 473.39, by adding a subdivision; Laws 2009, chapter 9, section 54.271; 2013 S.F. No. 671, article 1, section 12, subdivision 3, if enacted; proposing 54.28coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 161; 171; 174; 629; repealing 54.29Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 161.04, subdivision 6; 174.285, subdivision 8; 54.30Minnesota Rules, parts 7503.0300, subpart 1; 7503.0800, subpart 2." 55.1 We request the adoption of this report and repassage of the bill. 55.2 House Conferees: 55.3 ..... ..... 55.4 Frank Hornstein Ron Erhardt 55.5 ..... ..... 55.6 Connie Bernardy Mike Sundin 55.7 ..... 55.8 Michael Beard 55.9 Senate Conferees: 55.10 ..... ..... 55.11 D. Scott Dibble Vicki Jensen 55.12 ..... ..... 55.13 Susan Kent Bobby Joe Champion 55.14 ..... 55.15 Jim Carlson