HF 1444

2nd Unofficial Engrossment - 88th Legislature (2013 - 2014)

Posted on 05/15/2013 10:38 a.m.

1.1A bill for an act 1.2relating to government finance; appropriating money for transportation, 1.3Metropolitan Council, and public safety activities and programs; providing 1.4for fund transfers, tort claims, and contingent appropriations; modifying tax 1.5and policy provisions relating to transportation, transit, and public safety; 1.6amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 161.20, subdivision 3; 161.53; 1.7162.07, subdivision 1a; 163.051; 168A.01, subdivision 6a; 168A.29, subdivision 1.81; 169.865; 169A.37, subdivision 1; 169A.51, subdivision 2; 169A.55, by 1.9adding a subdivision; 171.05, subdivision 2; 171.061, subdivision 4; 171.17, 1.10by adding a subdivision; 171.30, subdivisions 1, 2a, by adding a subdivision; 1.11171.306, subdivisions 1, 4; 174.185, by adding a subdivision; 174.40, by adding 1.12a subdivision; 219.1651; 296A.07, subdivision 3; 296A.08, subdivision 2; 1.13297A.815, subdivision 3; 297A.992; 297A.993, subdivisions 1, 2; 297B.01, 1.14subdivisions 14, 16; 297B.02, subdivision 3; 299A.73, subdivision 3; 299E.01, 1.15subdivisions 2, 3; 299E.02; 398A.04, by adding a subdivision; 398A.10, 1.16subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 473.39, by adding subdivisions; 1.17Laws 2009, chapter 9, section 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota 1.18Statutes, chapters 161; 171; 174; 297A; 629; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2012, 1.19sections 161.04, subdivision 6; 174.285, subdivision 8; Minnesota Rules, parts 1.207503.0300, subpart 1; 7503.0800, subpart 2. 1.21BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 1.22ARTICLE 1 1.23TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC SAFETY APPROPRIATIONS 1.24 Section 1. new text begin SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS. new text end 1.25 new text begin The amounts shown in this section summarize direct appropriations, by fund, made new text end 1.26 new text begin in this article. new text end 1.27 new text begin 2014 new text end new text begin 2015 new text end new text begin Total new text end 1.28 new text begin General new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 160,680,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 159,809,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 320,489,000 new text end 1.29 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 1.30 new text begin C.S.A.H. new text end new text begin 610,101,000 new text end new text begin 630,961,000 new text end new text begin 1,241,062,000 new text end 2.1 new text begin M.S.A.S. new text end new text begin 156,216,000 new text end new text begin 161,221,000 new text end new text begin 317,437,000 new text end 2.2 new text begin Special Revenue new text end new text begin 61,187,000 new text end new text begin 61,550,000 new text end new text begin 122,737,000 new text end 2.3 new text begin H.U.T.D. new text end new text begin 10,506,000 new text end new text begin 10,406,000 new text end new text begin 20,912,000 new text end 2.4 2.5 new text begin State Government Special new text end new text begin Revenue new text end new text begin 59,241,000 new text end new text begin 63,742,000 new text end new text begin 122,983,000 new text end 2.6 new text begin Environmental new text end new text begin 69,000 new text end new text begin 69,000 new text end new text begin 138,000 new text end 2.7 new text begin Trunk Highway new text end new text begin 1,726,785,000 new text end new text begin 1,679,296,000 new text end new text begin 3,406,081,000 new text end 2.8 new text begin Total new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 2,803,744,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 2,786,013,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 5,589,757,000 new text end 2.9 Sec. 2. new text begin TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS. new text end 2.10 new text begin The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to new text end 2.11 new text begin the agencies and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from new text end 2.12 new text begin the trunk highway fund, or another named fund, and are available for the fiscal years new text end 2.13 new text begin indicated for each purpose. The figures "2014" and "2015" used in this article mean that new text end 2.14 new text begin the appropriations listed under them are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014, new text end 2.15 new text begin or June 30, 2015, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2014. "The second year" is new text end 2.16 new text begin fiscal year 2015. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2014 and 2015. new text end 2.17 new text begin APPROPRIATIONS new text end 2.18 new text begin Available for the Year new text end 2.19 new text begin Ending June 30 new text end 2.20 new text begin 2014 new text end new text begin 2015 new text end 2.21 2.22 Sec. 3. new text begin DEPARTMENT OF new text end new text begin TRANSPORTATION new text end 2.23 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 2,451,303,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 2,428,598,000 new text end 2.24 new text begin Appropriations by Fund new text end 2.25 new text begin 2014 new text end new text begin 2015 new text end 2.26 new text begin General new text end new text begin 28,651,000 new text end new text begin 27,670,000 new text end 2.27 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 2.28 new text begin C.S.A.H. new text end new text begin 610,101,000 new text end new text begin 630,961,000 new text end 2.29 new text begin M.S.A.S new text end new text begin 156,216,000 new text end new text begin 161,221,000 new text end 2.30 new text begin H.U.T.D. new text end new text begin 100,000 new text end new text begin -0- new text end 2.31 new text begin Trunk Highway new text end new text begin 1,637,276,000 new text end new text begin 1,589,787,000 new text end 2.32 new text begin The amounts that may be spent for each new text end 2.33 new text begin purpose are specified in the following new text end 2.34 new text begin subdivisions. new text end 2.35 new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Multimodal Systems new text end 2.36 new text begin (a) new text end new text begin Aeronautics new text end 3.1 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 3.2 new text begin This appropriation is from the state new text end 3.3 new text begin airports fund and must be spent according new text end 3.4 new text begin to Minnesota Statutes, section 360.305, new text end 3.5 new text begin subdivision 4. new text end 3.6 new text begin The base appropriation for fiscal years 2016 new text end 3.7 new text begin and 2017 is $14,298,000 for each year. new text end 3.8 new text begin Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section new text end 3.9 new text begin 16A.28, subdivision 6, this appropriation is new text end 3.10 new text begin available for five years after appropriation. new text end 3.11 new text begin If the appropriation for either year is new text end 3.12 new text begin insufficient, the appropriation for the other new text end 3.13 new text begin year is available for it. new text end 3.14 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 3.15 new text begin Appropriations by Fund new text end 3.16 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 3.17 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 3.18 new text begin $65,000 in each year is from the state airports new text end 3.19 new text begin fund for the Civil Air Patrol. new text end 3.20 new text begin (b) new text end new text begin Transit new text end new text begin 27,238,000 new text end new text begin 27,257,000 new text end 3.21 new text begin Appropriations by Fund new text end 3.22 new text begin General new text end new text begin 26,463,000 new text end new text begin 26,482,000 new text end 3.23 new text begin Trunk Highway new text end new text begin 775,000 new text end new text begin 775,000 new text end 3.24 new text begin $100,000 in each year is from the general new text end 3.25 new text begin fund for the administrative expenses of the new text end 3.26 new text begin Minnesota Council on Transportation Access new text end 3.27 new text begin under Minnesota Statutes, section 174.285. new text end 3.28 new text begin $90,000 in each year is from the general new text end 3.29 new text begin fund for grants to greater Minnesota transit new text end 3.30 new text begin providers as reimbursement for the costs of new text end 3.31 new text begin providing fixed route public transit rides free new text end 3.32 new text begin of charge under Minnesota Statutes, section new text end 3.33 new text begin 174.24, subdivision 7, for veterans certified new text end 3.34 new text begin as disabled. new text end 4.1 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 4.2 new text begin This appropriation is from the general new text end 4.3 new text begin fund for passenger rail system planning, new text end 4.4 new text begin alternatives analysis, environmental analysis, new text end 4.5 new text begin design, and preliminary engineering under new text end 4.6 new text begin Minnesota Statutes, sections 174.632 to new text end 4.7 new text begin 174.636. new text end 4.8 new text begin (d) new text end new text begin Freight new text end new text begin 6,153,000 new text end new text begin 5,153,000 new text end 4.9 new text begin Appropriations by Fund new text end 4.10 new text begin General new text end new text begin 1,256,000 new text end new text begin 256,000 new text end 4.11 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 4.12 new text begin $1,000,000 in the first year is from the new text end 4.13 new text begin general fund to pay for the department's new text end 4.14 new text begin share of costs associated with the cleanup of new text end 4.15 new text begin contaminated state rail bank property. This new text end 4.16 new text begin appropriation is available until expended. new text end 4.17 new text begin (e) new text end new text begin Safe Routes to School new text end new text begin 375,000 new text end new text begin 375,000 new text end 4.18 new text begin This appropriation is from the general fund new text end 4.19 new text begin for grants to local jurisdictions for safe routes new text end 4.20 new text begin to school. 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 206,830,000 new text end new text begin 206,830,000 new text end 4.24 new text begin $250,000 in each year is for the department's new text end 4.25 new text begin administrative costs for creation and new text end 4.26 new text begin operation of the Joint Program Office for new text end 4.27 new text begin Economic Development and Alternative new text end 4.28 new text begin Finance, including costs of hiring a new text end 4.29 new text begin consultant and preparing required reports. new text end 4.30 new text begin $130,000 in each year is available for new text end 4.31 new text begin administrative costs of the targeted group new text end 4.32 new text begin business program. new text end 5.1 new text begin $110,000 in each year is for one new position new text end 5.2 new text begin related to increasing participation in highway new text end 5.3 new text begin projects of small businesses in economically new text end 5.4 new text begin disadvantaged areas. new text end 5.5 new text begin $266,000 in each year is available for grants new text end 5.6 new text begin to metropolitan planning organizations new text end 5.7 new text begin outside the seven-county metropolitan area. new text end 5.8 new text begin $75,000 in each year is available for a new text end 5.9 new text begin transportation research contingent account new text end 5.10 new text begin to finance research projects that are new text end 5.11 new text begin reimbursable from the federal government or new text end 5.12 new text begin from other sources. If the appropriation for new text end 5.13 new text begin either year is insufficient, the appropriation new text end 5.14 new text begin for the other year is available for it. new text end 5.15 new text begin $900,000 in each year is available for new text end 5.16 new text begin grants for transportation studies outside new text end 5.17 new text begin the metropolitan area to identify critical new text end 5.18 new text begin concerns, problems, and issues. These new text end 5.19 new text begin grants are available: (1) to regional new text end 5.20 new text begin development commissions; (2) in regions new text end 5.21 new text begin where no regional development commission new text end 5.22 new text begin is functioning, to joint powers boards new text end 5.23 new text begin established under agreement of two or new text end 5.24 new text begin more political subdivisions in the region to new text end 5.25 new text begin exercise the planning functions of a regional new text end 5.26 new text begin development commission; and (3) in regions new text end 5.27 new text begin where no regional development commission new text end 5.28 new text begin or joint powers board is functioning, to the new text end 5.29 new text begin department's district office for that region. new text end 5.30 new text begin (c) new text end new text begin State Road Construction Total new text end new text begin 937,938,000 new text end new text begin 859,045,000 new text end 5.31 5.32 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 5.33 new text begin This appropriation is to complete projects new text end 5.34 new text begin using funds made available to the new text end 5.35 new text begin commissioner of transportation under new text end 6.1 new text begin title XII of the American Recovery and new text end 6.2 new text begin Reinvestment Act of 2009, Public Law 111-5 new text end 6.3 new text begin and implemented under Minnesota Statutes, new text end 6.4 new text begin section 161.36, subdivision 7. The base new text end 6.5 new text begin appropriation is $1,000,000 in fiscal year new text end 6.6 new text begin 2016 and $0 in fiscal year 2017. new text end 6.7 new text begin (2) new text end new text begin Corridors of Commerce new text end new text begin 23,407,000 new text end new text begin 36,078,000 new text end 6.8 new text begin This appropriation is for the Corridors new text end 6.9 new text begin of Commerce program under Minnesota new text end 6.10 new text begin Statutes, section 161.088. new text end 6.11 new text begin Of this appropriation, the commissioner may new text end 6.12 new text begin use up to $3,980,000 in fiscal year 2014 and new text end 6.13 new text begin $6,133,000 in fiscal year 2015 for program new text end 6.14 new text begin delivery. new text end 6.15 new text begin (3) new text end new text begin State Road Construction new text end new text begin 913,531,000 new text end new text begin 821,967,000 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 424,331,000 new text end new text begin 339,767,000 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 $651,367,000 in each year. new text end 7.6 new text begin $10,000,000 in each year is for transfer to new text end 7.7 new text begin the transportation economic development new text end 7.8 new text begin account in the trunk highway fund under new text end 7.9 new text begin Minnesota Statutes, section 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 paragraph 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 the first year and $180,321,000 new text end 7.26 new text begin the second year are for transfer to the state new text end 7.27 new text begin bond fund. If an appropriation is insufficient new text end 7.28 new text begin to make all transfers required in the year new text end 7.29 new text begin for which it is made, the commissioner of new text end 7.30 new text begin management and budget shall notify the new text end 7.31 new text begin Committee on Finance of the senate and new text end 7.32 new text begin the Committee on Ways and Means of the new text end 7.33 new text begin house of representatives of the amount of the new text end 7.34 new text begin deficiency and shall then transfer that amount new text end 8.1 new text begin under the statutory open appropriation. Any new text end 8.2 new text begin excess appropriation cancels to the trunk new text end 8.3 new text begin 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 Aids new text end new text begin 610,101,000 new text end new text begin 630,961,000 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 Minnesota Statutes, chapter 162. This new text end 8.17 new text begin appropriation is available until spent. new text end 8.18 new text begin If the commissioner of transportation new text end 8.19 new text begin determines that a balance remains in the new text end 8.20 new text begin county state-aid highway fund following new text end 8.21 new text begin the appropriations and transfers made in new text end 8.22 new text begin this subdivision, and that the appropriations new text end 8.23 new text begin made are insufficient for advancing county new text end 8.24 new text begin state-aid highway projects, an amount new text end 8.25 new text begin necessary to advance the projects, not to new text end 8.26 new text begin exceed the balance in the county state-aid new text end 8.27 new text begin highway fund, is appropriated in each year new text end 8.28 new text begin to the commissioner. Within two weeks new text end 8.29 new text begin of a determination under this contingent new text end 8.30 new text begin appropriation, the commissioner of new text end 8.31 new text begin transportation shall notify the commissioner new text end 8.32 new text begin of management and budget and the chairs new text end 8.33 new text begin and ranking minority members of the new text end 8.34 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 Aids new text end new text begin 156,216,000 new text end new text begin 161,221,000 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 municipal state-aid new text end 9.6 new text begin streets under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 162. new text end 9.7 new text begin This appropriation is 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) $3,700,000 in new text end 10.25 new text begin the first year to the trunk highway fund; and new text end 10.26 new text begin (2) the remainder in each year to the county new text end 10.27 new text begin turnback account in the county state-aid new text end 10.28 new text begin highway fund. The funds transferred are new text end 10.29 new text begin for highway turnback purposes as provided new text end 10.30 new text begin under Minnesota Statutes, section 161.081, new text end 10.31 new text begin subdivision 3. new text end 10.32 10.33 new text begin Subd. 7. new text end new text begin Use of State Road Construction new text end new text begin Appropriations new text end 10.34 new text begin Any money appropriated to the commissioner new text end 10.35 new text begin of transportation for state road construction new text end 11.1 new text begin for any fiscal year before the first year is new text end 11.2 new text begin available to the commissioner during the new text end 11.3 new text begin biennium to the extent that the commissioner new text end 11.4 new text begin spends the money on the state road new text end 11.5 new text begin construction project for which the money new text end 11.6 new text begin was originally encumbered during the fiscal new text end 11.7 new text begin year for which it was appropriated. The new text end 11.8 new text begin commissioner of transportation shall report to new text end 11.9 new text begin the commissioner of management and budget new text end 11.10 new text begin by August 1, 2013, and August 1, 2014, on new text end 11.11 new text begin a form the commissioner of management new text end 11.12 new text begin and budget provides, on expenditures made new text end 11.13 new text begin during the previous fiscal year that are new text end 11.14 new text begin authorized by this subdivision. new text end 11.15 new text begin Subd. 8. new text end new text begin Contingent Appropriation new text end 11.16 new text begin The commissioner of transportation, with new text end 11.17 new text begin the approval of the governor and the new text end 11.18 new text begin written approval of at least five members new text end 11.19 new text begin of a group consisting of the members of new text end 11.20 new text begin the Legislative Advisory Commission new text end 11.21 new text begin under Minnesota Statutes, section 3.30, new text end 11.22 new text begin and the ranking minority members of the new text end 11.23 new text begin legislative committees with jurisdiction over new text end 11.24 new text begin transportation finance, may transfer all or new text end 11.25 new text begin part of the unappropriated balance in the new text end 11.26 new text begin trunk highway fund to an appropriation: new text end 11.27 new text begin (1) for trunk highway design, construction, new text end 11.28 new text begin or inspection in order to take advantage of new text end 11.29 new text begin an unanticipated receipt of income to the new text end 11.30 new text begin trunk highway fund or to take advantage new text end 11.31 new text begin of federal advanced construction funding; new text end 11.32 new text begin (2) for trunk highway maintenance in order new text end 11.33 new text begin to meet an emergency; or (3) to pay tort new text end 11.34 new text begin or environmental claims. Nothing in this new text end 11.35 new text begin subdivision authorizes the commissioner new text end 11.36 new text begin to increase the use of federal advanced new text end 12.1 new text begin construction funding beyond amounts new text end 12.2 new text begin specifically authorized. Any transfer as new text end 12.3 new text begin a result of the use of federal advanced new text end 12.4 new text begin construction funding must include an new text end 12.5 new text begin analysis of the effects on the long-term new text end 12.6 new text begin trunk highway fund balance. The amount new text end 12.7 new text begin transferred is appropriated for the purpose of new text end 12.8 new text begin the account to which it is transferred. new text end 12.9 Sec. 4. new text begin METROPOLITAN COUNCIL new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 41,489,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 41,570,000 new text end 12.10 new text begin This appropriation is from the general fund new text end 12.11 new text begin for transit system operations under Minnesota new text end 12.12 new text begin Statutes, sections 473.371 to 473.449. new text end 12.13 new text begin The base appropriation for fiscal years 2016 new text end 12.14 new text begin and 2017 is $63,620,000 in each year. new text end 12.15 Sec. 5. new text begin DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY new text end 12.16 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 310,352,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 315,245,000 new text end 12.17 new text begin Appropriations by Fund new text end 12.18 new text begin 2014 new text end new text begin 2015 new text end 12.19 new text begin General new text end new text begin 90,540,000 new text end new text begin 90,569,000 new text end 12.20 new text begin Special Revenue new text end new text begin 61,187,000 new text end new text begin 61,550,000 new text end 12.21 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 12.22 new text begin Trunk Highway new text end new text begin 88,909,000 new text end new text begin 88,909,000 new text end 12.23 12.24 new text begin State Government new text end new text begin Special Revenue new text end new text begin 59,241,000 new text end new text begin 63,742,000 new text end 12.25 new text begin Environmental new text end new text begin 69,000 new text end new text begin 69,000 new text end 12.26 new text begin The amounts that may be spent for each new text end 12.27 new text begin purpose are specified in the following new text end 12.28 new text begin subdivisions. new text end 12.29 new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Administration and Related Services new text end 12.30 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 12.31 new text begin Appropriations by Fund new text end 12.32 new text begin General new text end new text begin 111,000 new text end new text begin 111,000 new text end 12.33 new text begin Trunk Highway new text end new text begin 393,000 new text end new text begin 393,000 new text end 12.34 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 13.1 new text begin Appropriations by Fund new text end 13.2 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 13.3 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 13.4 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 13.5 new text begin $380,000 in each year is from the general new text end 13.6 new text begin fund for payment of public safety officer new text end 13.7 new text begin survivor benefits under Minnesota Statutes, new text end 13.8 new text begin section 299A.44. If the appropriation for new text end 13.9 new text begin either year is insufficient, the appropriation new text end 13.10 new text begin for the other year is available for it. new text end 13.11 new text begin $1,367,000 in each year is from the general new text end 13.12 new text begin fund to be deposited in the public safety new text end 13.13 new text begin officer's benefit account. This money new text end 13.14 new text begin is available for reimbursements under new text end 13.15 new text begin Minnesota Statutes, section new text end new text begin . new text end 13.16 new text begin $600,000 in each year is from the general new text end 13.17 new text begin fund and $100,000 in each year is from the new text end 13.18 new text begin trunk highway fund for soft body armor new text end 13.19 new text begin reimbursements under Minnesota Statutes, new text end 13.20 new text begin section new text end new text begin . new text end 13.21 new text begin $792,000 in each year is from the general new text end 13.22 new text begin fund for transfer by the commissioner of new text end 13.23 new text begin management and budget to the trunk highway new text end 13.24 new text begin fund on December 31, 2013, and December new text end 13.25 new text begin 31, 2014, respectively, in order to reimburse new text end 13.26 new text begin the trunk highway fund for expenses not new text end 13.27 new text begin related to the fund. These represent amounts new text end 13.28 new text begin appropriated out of the trunk highway new text end 13.29 new text begin fund for general fund purposes in the new text end 13.30 new text begin administration and related services program. new text end 13.31 new text begin $610,000 in each year is from the highway new text end 13.32 new text begin user tax distribution fund for transfer by the new text end 13.33 new text begin commissioner of management and budget new text end 13.34 new text begin to the trunk highway fund on December 31, new text end 13.35 new text begin 2013, and December 31, 2014, respectively, new text end 14.1 new text begin in order to reimburse the trunk highway new text end 14.2 new text begin fund for expenses not related to the fund. new text end 14.3 new text begin These represent amounts appropriated out new text end 14.4 new text begin of the trunk highway fund for highway new text end 14.5 new text begin user tax distribution fund purposes in the new text end 14.6 new text begin administration and related services program. new text end 14.7 new text begin $716,000 in each year is from the highway new text end 14.8 new text begin user tax distribution fund for transfer by the new text end 14.9 new text begin commissioner of management and budget to new text end 14.10 new text begin the general fund on December 31, 2013, and new text end 14.11 new text begin December 31, 2014, respectively, in order to new text end 14.12 new text begin reimburse the general fund for expenses not new text end 14.13 new text begin related to the fund. These represent amounts new text end 14.14 new text begin appropriated out of the general fund for new text end 14.15 new text begin operation of the criminal justice data network new text end 14.16 new text begin related to driver and motor vehicle licensing. new text end 14.17 new text begin Before January 15, 2015, the commissioner new text end 14.18 new text begin of public safety shall review the amounts and new text end 14.19 new text begin purposes of the transfers under this paragraph new text end 14.20 new text begin and shall recommend necessary changes to new text end 14.21 new text begin the legislative committees with jurisdiction new text end 14.22 new text begin over transportation finance. new text end 14.23 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 14.24 new text begin Appropriations by Fund new text end 14.25 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 14.26 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 14.27 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 14.28 new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin State Patrol new text end 14.29 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 14.30 new text begin Appropriations by Fund new text end 14.31 new text begin General new text end new text begin 37,000 new text end new text begin 37,000 new text end 14.32 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 14.33 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 14.34 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 14.35 new text begin (c) new text end new text begin Capitol Security new text end new text begin 4,605,000 new text end new text begin 4,605,000 new text end 15.1 new text begin This appropriation is from the general fund. new text end 15.2 new text begin $1,500,000 in each year is to implement the new text end 15.3 new text begin recommendations of the advisory committee new text end 15.4 new text begin on Capitol Area Security under Minnesota new text end 15.5 new text begin Statutes, section 299E.04, including the new text end 15.6 new text begin creation of an emergency manager position new text end 15.7 new text begin under Minnesota Statutes, section 299E.01, new text end 15.8 new text begin subdivision 2, and an increase in the number new text end 15.9 new text begin of State Patrol troopers and other security new text end 15.10 new text begin officers assigned to the Capitol complex. new text end 15.11 new text begin The commissioner may not: (1) spend new text end 15.12 new text begin any money from the trunk highway fund new text end 15.13 new text begin for capitol security; or (2) permanently new text end 15.14 new text begin transfer any state trooper from the patrolling new text end 15.15 new text begin highways activity to capitol security. new text end 15.16 new text begin The commissioner may not transfer any new text end 15.17 new text begin money appropriated to the commissioner new text end 15.18 new text begin under this section: (1) to capitol security; or new text end 15.19 new text begin (2) from capitol security. new text end 15.20 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 15.21 new text begin This appropriation is from the highway user new text end 15.22 new text begin tax distribution fund. new text end 15.23 new text begin This appropriation is to investigate: (1) new text end 15.24 new text begin registration tax and motor vehicle sales tax new text end 15.25 new text begin liabilities from individuals and businesses new text end 15.26 new text begin that currently do not pay all taxes owed; new text end 15.27 new text begin and (2) illegal or improper activity related new text end 15.28 new text begin to sale, transfer, titling, and registration of new text end 15.29 new text begin motor vehicles. new text end 15.30 new text begin Subd. 4. new text end new text begin Driver and Vehicle Services new text end 15.31 new text begin (a) new text end new text begin Vehicle Services new text end new text begin 28,259,000 new text end new text begin 28,357,000 new text end 15.32 new text begin Appropriations by Fund new text end 15.33 new text begin Special Revenue new text end new text begin 20,023,000 new text end new text begin 20,121,000 new text end 15.34 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 16.1 new text begin The special revenue fund appropriation is new text end 16.2 new text begin from the vehicle services operating account. new text end 16.3 new text begin $1,000,000 in each year is from the special new text end 16.4 new text begin revenue fund for ten additional positions to new text end 16.5 new text begin enhance customer service related to vehicle new text end 16.6 new text begin title issuance. new text end 16.7 new text begin $98,000 the second year is from the special new text end 16.8 new text begin revenue fund for the vehicle services portion new text end 16.9 new text begin of a new telephone system. This amount new text end 16.10 new text begin is for transfer to the Office of Enterprise new text end 16.11 new text begin Technology for initial construction and new text end 16.12 new text begin development of the system. This is a onetime new text end 16.13 new text begin appropriation and is available until expended. new text end 16.14 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 29,014,000 new text end 16.15 new text begin Appropriations by Fund new text end 16.16 new text begin Special Revenue new text end new text begin 28,748,000 new text end new text begin 29,013,000 new text end 16.17 new text begin Trunk Highway new text end new text begin 1,000 new text end new text begin 1,000 new text end 16.18 new text begin The special revenue fund appropriation is new text end 16.19 new text begin from the driver services operating account. new text end 16.20 new text begin $150,000 in the second year is from the new text end 16.21 new text begin special revenue fund for two new positions new text end 16.22 new text begin to implement facial recognition. new text end 16.23 new text begin $52,000 the second year is from the special new text end 16.24 new text begin revenue fund for the driver services portion new text end 16.25 new text begin of a new telephone system. This amount new text end 16.26 new text begin is for transfer to the Office of Enterprise new text end 16.27 new text begin Technology for initial construction and new text end 16.28 new text begin development of the system. This is a onetime new text end 16.29 new text begin appropriation and is available until expended. new text end 16.30 new text begin $37,000 in the first year and $33,000 in the new text end 16.31 new text begin second year are from the special revenue new text end 16.32 new text begin fund for one half-time position to assist with new text end 16.33 new text begin the Novice Driver Improvement Task Force new text end 16.34 new text begin under Minnesota Statutes, section 171.0701, new text end 17.1 new text begin subdivision 1a. The base appropriation for new text end 17.2 new text begin this position is $6,000 in fiscal year 2016 and new text end 17.3 new text begin $0 in fiscal year 2017. new text end 17.4 new text begin $67,000 the second year is from the special new text end 17.5 new text begin revenue fund for one new position to new text end 17.6 new text begin administer changes to the ignition interlock new text end 17.7 new text begin program. The base appropriation for this new text end 17.8 new text begin position in fiscal years 2016 and 2017 is new text end 17.9 new text begin $62,000 in each year. new text end 17.10 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 17.11 new text begin The commissioner of public safety shall new text end 17.12 new text begin spend 50 percent of the money available to new text end 17.13 new text begin the state under United States Code, title 23, new text end 17.14 new text begin section 164, and the remaining 50 percent new text end 17.15 new text begin must be transferred to the commissioner new text end 17.16 new text begin of transportation for hazard elimination new text end 17.17 new text begin activities under United States Code, title 23, new text end 17.18 new text begin section 152. new text end 17.19 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 17.20 new text begin This appropriation is from the pipeline safety new text end 17.21 new text begin account in the special revenue fund. new text end 17.22 new text begin Subd. 7. new text end new text begin Emergency Management new text end new text begin 3,079,000 new text end new text begin 3,029,000 new text end 17.23 new text begin Appropriations by Fund new text end 17.24 new text begin General new text end new text begin 2,406,000 new text end new text begin 2,356,000 new text end 17.25 new text begin Special Revenue new text end new text begin 604,000 new text end new text begin 604,000 new text end 17.26 new text begin Environmental new text end new text begin 69,000 new text end new text begin 69,000 new text end 17.27 new text begin $604,000 each year is appropriated from the new text end 17.28 new text begin fire safety account in the special revenue new text end 17.29 new text begin fund. These amounts must be used to new text end 17.30 new text begin fund the hazardous materials and chemical new text end 17.31 new text begin assessment teams. new text end 17.32 new text begin $555,000 the first year and $505,000 the new text end 17.33 new text begin second year are from the general fund to new text end 17.34 new text begin reinstate the school safety center and to new text end 18.1 new text begin provide for school safety. The commissioner new text end 18.2 new text begin of public safety shall work collaboratively new text end 18.3 new text begin with the School Climate Council and the new text end 18.4 new text begin school climate center established under new text end 18.5 new text begin Minnesota Statutes, sections 121A.07 and new text end 18.6 new text begin 127A.052. new text end 18.7 new text begin Subd. 8. new text end new text begin Criminal Apprehension new text end new text begin 42,853,000 new text end new text begin 42,932,000 new text end 18.8 new text begin Appropriations by Fund new text end 18.9 new text begin General new text end new text begin 40,905,000 new text end new text begin 40,984,000 new text end 18.10 18.11 new text begin State Government new text end new text begin Special Revenue new text end new text begin 7,000 new text end new text begin 7,000 new text end 18.12 new text begin Trunk Highway new text end new text begin 1,941,000 new text end new text begin 1,941,000 new text end 18.13 new text begin Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section new text end 18.14 new text begin 161.20, subdivision 3 new text end new text begin , $1,941,000 each year new text end 18.15 new text begin is appropriated from the trunk highway fund new text end 18.16 new text begin for laboratory analysis related to driving new text end 18.17 new text begin while impaired cases. new text end 18.18 new text begin $125,000 in each year is from the general new text end 18.19 new text begin fund to replace forensic laboratory equipment new text end 18.20 new text begin at the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. new text end 18.21 new text begin $200,000 in each year is from the general new text end 18.22 new text begin fund to improve forensic laboratory staffing new text end 18.23 new text begin at the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. new text end 18.24 new text begin $310,000 the first year and $389,000 the new text end 18.25 new text begin second year are from the general fund to new text end 18.26 new text begin maintain Livescan fingerprinting machines. new text end 18.27 new text begin Subd. 9. new text end new text begin Fire Marshal new text end new text begin 9,555,000 new text end new text begin 9,555,000 new text end 18.28 new text begin This appropriation is from the fire safety new text end 18.29 new text begin account in the special revenue fund and is for new text end 18.30 new text begin activities under Minnesota Statutes, section new text end 18.31 new text begin . new text end 18.32 new text begin Of this amount: (1) $7,187,000 each year new text end 18.33 new text begin is for activities under Minnesota Statutes, new text end 18.34 new text begin section new text end new text begin ; and (2) $2,368,000 the first new text end 18.35 new text begin year and $2,368,000 the second year are for new text end 19.1 new text begin transfers to the general fund under Minnesota new text end 19.2 new text begin Statutes, section new text end new text begin 297I.06, subdivision 3 new text end new text begin . new text end 19.3 new text begin Subd. 10. new text end new text begin Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement new text end new text begin 2,485,000 new text end new text begin 2,485,000 new text end 19.4 new text begin Appropriations by Fund new text end 19.5 new text begin General new text end new text begin 1,582,000 new text end new text begin 1,582,000 new text end 19.6 new text begin Special Revenue new text end new text begin 903,000 new text end new text begin 903,000 new text end 19.7 new text begin $653,000 each year is from the alcohol new text end 19.8 new text begin enforcement account in the special revenue new text end 19.9 new text begin fund. Of this appropriation, $500,000 each new text end 19.10 new text begin year shall be transferred to the general fund. new text end 19.11 new text begin $250,000 each year is appropriated from the new text end 19.12 new text begin lawful gambling regulation account in the new text end 19.13 new text begin special revenue fund. new text end 19.14 new text begin Subd. 11. new text end new text begin Office of Justice Programs new text end new text begin 36,201,000 new text end new text begin 36,201,000 new text end 19.15 new text begin Appropriations by Fund new text end 19.16 new text begin General new text end new text begin 36,105,000 new text end new text begin 36,105,000 new text end 19.17 19.18 new text begin State Government new text end new text begin Special Revenue new text end new text begin 96,000 new text end new text begin 96,000 new text end 19.19 new text begin Up to 2.5 percent of the grant money new text end 19.20 new text begin appropriated in this subdivision may be used new text end 19.21 new text begin to administer the grant program. new text end 19.22 new text begin $1,500,000 in each year is from the general new text end 19.23 new text begin fund for victim assistance grants. The funds new text end 19.24 new text begin must be distributed through an open and new text end 19.25 new text begin competitive grant process for existing crime new text end 19.26 new text begin victim programs. The funds must be used to new text end 19.27 new text begin meet the needs of underserved and unserved new text end 19.28 new text begin areas and populations. new text end 19.29 new text begin $1,500,000 in each year is from the general new text end 19.30 new text begin fund for youth intervention programs under new text end 19.31 new text begin Minnesota Statutes, section 299A.73. The new text end 19.32 new text begin appropriations must be used to create new new text end 19.33 new text begin programs statewide in underserved areas new text end 19.34 new text begin and to help existing programs serve unmet new text end 20.1 new text begin needs in the program's communities. These new text end 20.2 new text begin appropriations are available until expended. new text end 20.3 new text begin $50,000 in each year is from the general new text end 20.4 new text begin fund for a grant to the Upper Midwest new text end 20.5 new text begin Community Policing Institute for use new text end 20.6 new text begin in training community safety personnel new text end 20.7 new text begin about the use of de-escalation strategies new text end 20.8 new text begin for handling returning veterans in crisis. new text end 20.9 new text begin This is a onetime appropriation, and the new text end 20.10 new text begin unencumbered balance in the first year does new text end 20.11 new text begin not cancel but is available for the second new text end 20.12 new text begin year. The commissioner shall consult with new text end 20.13 new text begin the Peace Officers Standards and Training new text end 20.14 new text begin (POST) Board regarding the design and new text end 20.15 new text begin content of the course, and must also ensure new text end 20.16 new text begin that the training opportunities are reasonably new text end 20.17 new text begin distributed throughout the state. new text end 20.18 new text begin $95,000 each year is from the general new text end 20.19 new text begin fund for a grant to the Juvenile Detention new text end 20.20 new text begin Alternative Initiative. This is a onetime new text end 20.21 new text begin appropriation, and funds unexpended in the new text end 20.22 new text begin first year are available in the second year. new text end 20.23 20.24 new text begin Subd. 12. new text end new text begin Emergency Communication new text end new text begin Networks new text end new text begin 59,138,000 new text end new text begin 63,639,000 new text end 20.25 new text begin This appropriation is from the state new text end 20.26 new text begin government special revenue fund for 911 new text end 20.27 new text begin emergency telecommunications services. new text end 20.28 new text begin (a) new text end new text begin Public Safety Answering Points. new text end 20.29 new text begin $13,664,000 each year is to be distributed new text end 20.30 new text begin as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section new text end 20.31 new text begin 403.113, subdivision 2 new text end new text begin . new text end 20.32 new text begin (b) new text end new text begin Medical Resource Communication new text end 20.33 new text begin Centers. new text end new text begin $683,000 each year is for grants new text end 20.34 new text begin to the Minnesota Emergency Medical new text end 20.35 new text begin Services Regulatory Board for the Metro new text end 21.1 new text begin East and Metro West Medical Resource new text end 21.2 new text begin Communication Centers that were in new text end 21.3 new text begin operation before January 1, 2000. new text end 21.4 new text begin (c) new text end new text begin ARMER Debt Service. new text end new text begin $23,261,000 new text end 21.5 new text begin each year is to the commissioner of new text end 21.6 new text begin management and budget to pay debt service new text end 21.7 new text begin on revenue bonds issued under Minnesota new text end 21.8 new text begin Statutes, section new text end new text begin . new text end 21.9 new text begin Any portion of this appropriation not needed new text end 21.10 new text begin to pay debt service in a fiscal year may be new text end 21.11 new text begin used by the commissioner of public safety to new text end 21.12 new text begin pay cash for any of the capital improvements new text end 21.13 new text begin for which bond proceeds were appropriated new text end 21.14 new text begin by Laws 2005, chapter 136, article 1, section new text end 21.15 new text begin 9, subdivision 8, or Laws 2007, chapter 54, new text end 21.16 new text begin article 1, section 10, subdivision 8. new text end 21.17 new text begin (d) new text end new text begin ARMER State Backbone Operating new text end 21.18 new text begin Costs. new text end new text begin $9,250,000 the first year and new text end 21.19 new text begin $9,650,000 the second year are to the new text end 21.20 new text begin commissioner of transportation for costs new text end 21.21 new text begin of maintaining and operating the first and new text end 21.22 new text begin third phases of the statewide radio system new text end 21.23 new text begin backbone. new text end 21.24 new text begin (e) new text end new text begin ARMER Improvements. new text end new text begin $1,000,000 new text end 21.25 new text begin each year is for the Statewide Radio Board for new text end 21.26 new text begin costs of design, construction, maintenance new text end 21.27 new text begin of, and improvements to those elements new text end 21.28 new text begin of the statewide public safety radio and new text end 21.29 new text begin communication system that support mutual new text end 21.30 new text begin aid communications and emergency medical new text end 21.31 new text begin services or provide enhancement of public new text end 21.32 new text begin safety communication interoperability. new text end 21.33 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 22.1 new text begin This appropriation is to the commissioner of new text end 22.2 new text begin management and budget. new text end 22.3 new text begin If the appropriation for either year is new text end 22.4 new text begin insufficient, the appropriation for the other new text end 22.5 new text begin year is available for it. new text end 22.6    Sec. 7. new text begin APPROPRIATION; EWORKPLACE TELEWORK PROGRAM. new text end 22.7 new text begin $100,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2014 from the highway user tax distribution new text end 22.8 new text begin fund to the commissioner of transportation for phase 2 of the eWorkPlace telework new text end 22.9 new text begin program. Program components include but are not limited to implementation planning, new text end 22.10 new text begin enhancement of tools and Web site content, informational research and development, new text end 22.11 new text begin expansion of employer participation, technical assistance, and performance measurement. new text end 22.12 new text begin This appropriation is available in fiscal years 2014 and 2015. new text end 22.13    Sec. 8. new text begin REAUTHORIZATION; 2008 BOND SALE EXPENSES FOR TRUNK new text end 22.14 new text begin HIGHWAY BONDS. new text end 22.15 new text begin $1,414,600 of the amount appropriated in Laws 2008, chapter 152, article 2, section new text end 22.16 new text begin 6, for trunk highway bond sale expenses, which was reported to the legislature according new text end 22.17 new text begin to Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642, subdivision 1, is reauthorized and does not cancel new text end 22.18 new text begin under the terms of that subdivision. This appropriation for the bond sale expenses and the new text end 22.19 new text begin bond sale authorization in Laws 2008, chapter 152, article 2, section 7, subdivision 1, as new text end 22.20 new text begin amended, are available until December 31, 2019. new text end 22.21 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment. new text end 22.22ARTICLE 2 22.23TRANSPORTATION FINANCE 22.24    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 163.051, is amended to read: 22.25163.051 METROPOLITAN COUNTY WHEELAGE TAX. 22.26    Subdivision 1. Tax authorized. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), the board of 22.27commissioners of each metropolitan county is authorized to levy new text begin by resolution new text end a wheelage 22.28tax of $5 for the year 1972 and each subsequent year thereafter by resolution new text begin $10 for each new text end 22.29 new text begin calendar year from 2014 to 2016, and up to $20 in each calendar year beginning in 2017, new text end 22.30 on each motor vehicle that is kept in such county when not in operation and that is subject 22.31to annual registration and taxation under chapter 168. The board may provide by resolution 22.32for collection of the wheelage tax by county officials or it may request that the tax be 23.1collected by the state registrar of motor vehicles, and new text begin . new text end The state registrar of motor vehicles 23.2shall collect such tax on behalf of the county if requested, as provided in subdivision 2. 23.3    (b) The following vehicles are exempt from the wheelage tax: 23.4    (1) motorcycles, as defined in section 169.011, subdivision 44; 23.5    (2) motorized bicycles, as defined in section 169.011, subdivision 45; new text begin and new text end 23.6    (3) electric-assisted bicycles, as defined in section 169.011, subdivision 27; and 23.7    (4) new text begin (3) new text end motorized foot scooters, as defined in section 169.011, subdivision 46. 23.8    Subd. 2. Collection by registrar of motor vehicles. The wheelage tax levied by 23.9any metropolitan county, if made collectible by the state registrar of motor vehicles, 23.10shall be certified by the county auditor to the registrar not later than August 1 in the year 23.11before the calendar year or years for which the tax is levied, and the registrar shall collect 23.12such tax with the motor vehicle taxes on the affected vehicles for such year or years. 23.13Every owner and every operator of such a motor vehicle shall furnish to the registrar all 23.14information requested by the registrar. No state motor vehicle tax on any such motor 23.15vehicle for any such year shall be received or deemed paid unless the applicable wheelage 23.16tax is paid therewith. The proceeds of the wheelage tax levied by any metropolitan county, 23.17less any amount retained by the registrar to pay costs of collection of the wheelage tax, 23.18shall be paid to the commissioner of management and budget and deposited in the state 23.19treasury to the credit of the county wheelage tax fund of each metropolitan county. 23.20    Subd. 2a. Tax proceeds deposited; costs of collection; appropriation. 23.21Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, the state registrar of motor vehicles shall 23.22deposit the proceeds of the wheelage tax imposed by subdivision 2, to the credit of the 23.23county wheelage tax fund new text begin account new text end of each metropolitan county. The amount necessary to 23.24pay the costs of collection of said tax is appropriated from the county wheelage tax fund 23.25 new text begin account new text end of each metropolitan county to the state registrar of motor vehicles. 23.26    Subd. 3. Distribution to metropolitan county; appropriation. On or before 23.27April 1 in 1972 and each subsequent year, the commissioner of management and budget 23.28 new text begin On a monthly basis, the registrar of motor vehicles new text end shall issue a warrant in favor of the 23.29treasurer of each metropolitan county for which the registrar has collected a wheelage tax 23.30in the amount of such tax then on hand in the county wheelage tax fund new text begin account new text end . There 23.31is hereby appropriated from the county wheelage tax fund new text begin account new text end each year, to each 23.32metropolitan county entitled to payments authorized by this section, sufficient moneys 23.33to make such payments. 23.34    Subd. 4. Use of tax. The treasurer of each metropolitan county receiving moneys 23.35 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 24.1bridge fund. The moneys shall be used for purposes authorized by law which are highway 24.2purposes within the meaning of the Minnesota Constitution, article 14. 24.3    Subd. 6. Metropolitan county defined. "Metropolitan county" means any of the 24.4counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington. 24.5    Subd. 7. Offenses; penalties; application of other laws. new text begin (a) new text end Any owner or operator 24.6of a motor vehicle who shall willfully give new text begin gives new text end any false information relative to the tax 24.7herein authorized new text begin by this section new text end to the registrar of motor vehicles or any metropolitan 24.8 county, or who shall willfully fail or refuse new text begin fails or refuses new text end to furnish any such information, 24.9shall be new text begin is new text end guilty of a misdemeanor. 24.10 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 24.11of a wheelage tax and all matters relating thereto shall be new text begin are new text end subject to all provisions of 24.12law relating to collection and payment of motor vehicle taxes so far as applicable. 24.13    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 171.061, subdivision 4, is amended to read: 24.14    Subd. 4. Fee; equipment. (a) The agent may charge and retain a filing fee of $5 new text begin $8 new text end 24.15 for each application. Except as provided in paragraph (c), the fee shall cover all expenses 24.16involved in receiving, accepting, or forwarding to the department the applications and 24.17fees required under sections 171.02, subdivision 3; 171.06, subdivisions 2 and 2a; and 24.18171.07 , subdivisions 3 and 3a. 24.19(b) The statutory fees and the filing fees imposed under paragraph (a) may be paid 24.20by credit card or debit card. The driver's license agent may collect a convenience fee on 24.21the statutory fees and filing fees not greater than the cost of processing a credit card or 24.22debit card transaction. The convenience fee must be used to pay the cost of processing 24.23credit card and debit card transactions. The commissioner shall adopt rules to administer 24.24this paragraph using the exempt procedures of section 14.386, except that section 14.386, 24.25paragraph (b), does not apply. 24.26(c) The department shall maintain the photo identification equipment for all 24.27agents appointed as of January 1, 2000. Upon the retirement, resignation, death, or 24.28discontinuance of an existing agent, and if a new agent is appointed in an existing office 24.29pursuant to Minnesota Rules, chapter 7404, and notwithstanding the above or Minnesota 24.30Rules, part 7404.0400, the department shall provide and maintain photo identification 24.31equipment without additional cost to a newly appointed agent in that office if the office 24.32was provided the equipment by the department before January 1, 2000. All photo 24.33identification equipment must be compatible with standards established by the department. 24.34(d) A filing fee retained by the agent employed by a county board must be paid into 24.35the county treasury and credited to the general revenue fund of the county. An agent who 25.1is not an employee of the county shall retain the filing fee in lieu of county employment 25.2or salary and is considered an independent contractor for pension purposes, coverage 25.3under the Minnesota State Retirement System, or membership in the Public Employees 25.4Retirement Association. 25.5(e) Before the end of the first working day following the final day of the reporting 25.6period established by the department, the agent must forward to the department all 25.7applications and fees collected during the reporting period except as provided in paragraph 25.8(d). 25.9    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 296A.07, subdivision 3, is amended to read: 25.10    Subd. 3. Rate of tax. new text begin (a) Before October 1, 2015, the gasoline excise tax is imposed new text end 25.11 new text begin at the following rates: new text end 25.12 new text begin (1) E85 is taxed at the rate of 19.53 cents per gallon; new text end 25.13 new text begin (2) M85 is taxed at the rate of 15.68 cents per gallon; and new text end 25.14 new text begin (3) all other gasoline is taxed at the rate of 27.5 cents per gallon. new text end 25.15     new text begin (b) On and after October 1, 2015, new text end the gasoline excise tax is imposed at the following 25.16rates: 25.17    (1) E85 is taxed at the rate of 17.75 new text begin 21.31 new text end cents per gallon; 25.18    (2) M85 is taxed at the rate of 14.25 new text begin 17.11 new text end cents per gallon; and 25.19    (3) all other gasoline is taxed at the rate of 25 new text begin 30 new text end cents per gallon. 25.20 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin Paragraph (a) is effective October 1, 2013, and applies to all new text end 25.21 new text begin gasoline, undyed diesel fuel, and special fuel in distributor storage on or after that date. new text end 25.22 new text begin Paragraph (a) expires October 1, 2015. Paragraph (b) is effective October 1, 2015, and new text end 25.23 new text begin applies to all gasoline, undyed diesel fuel, and special fuel in distributor storage on or new text end 25.24 new text begin after that date. new text end 25.25    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 296A.08, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 25.26    Subd. 2. Rate of tax. new text begin (a) Before October 1, 2015, the special fuel excise tax new text end 25.27 new text begin is imposed at the following rate: new text end 25.28 new text begin (1) liquefied petroleum gas or propane is taxed at the rate of 20.63 cents per gallon; new text end 25.29 new text begin (2) liquefied natural gas is taxed at the rate of 16.5 cents per gallon; new text end 25.30 new text begin (3) compressed natural gas is taxed at the rate of $2.391 per thousand cubic feet; or new text end 25.31 new text begin 27.5 cents per gasoline equivalent. For purposes of this paragraph, "gasoline equivalent," new text end 25.32 new text begin as defined by the National Conference on Weights and Measures, is 5.66 pounds of natural new text end 25.33 new text begin gas; and new text end 26.1     new text begin (4) all other special fuel is taxed at the same rate as the gasoline excise tax as new text end 26.2 new text begin specified in Minnesota Statutes, section new text end new text begin 296A.07, subdivision 2 new text end new text begin . The tax is payable in the new text end 26.3 new text begin form and manner prescribed by the commissioner. new text end 26.4     new text begin (b) On and after October 1, 2015, new text end the special fuel excise tax is imposed at the 26.5following rates: 26.6    (a) new text begin (1) new text end liquefied petroleum gas or propane is taxed at the rate of 18.75 new text begin 22.51 new text end cents 26.7per gallon. new text begin ; new text end 26.8    (b) new text begin (2) new text end liquefied natural gas is taxed at the rate of 15 new text begin 18 new text end cents per gallon. new text begin ; new text end 26.9    (c) new text begin (3) new text end compressed natural gas is taxed at the rate of $2.174 new text begin $2.608 new text end per thousand 26.10cubic feet; or 25 new text begin 30 new text end cents per gasoline equivalent. For purposes of this paragraph, 26.11"gasoline equivalent," as defined by the National Conference on Weights and Measures, is 26.125.66 pounds of natural gas. new text begin ; and new text end 26.13    (d) new text begin (4) new text end all other special fuel is taxed at the same rate as the gasoline excise tax as 26.14specified in section 296A.07, subdivision 2. The tax is payable in the form and manner 26.15prescribed by the commissioner. 26.16 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin Paragraph (a) is effective October 1, 2013, and applies to all new text end 26.17 new text begin gasoline, undyed diesel fuel, and special fuel in distributor storage on or after that date. new text end 26.18 new text begin Paragraph (a) expires October 1, 2015. Paragraph (b) is effective October 1, 2015, and new text end 26.19 new text begin applies to all gasoline, undyed diesel fuel, and special fuel in distributor storage on or new text end 26.20 new text begin after that date. new text end 26.21    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297A.815, subdivision 3, is amended to read: 26.22    Subd. 3. Motor vehicle lease sales tax revenue. (a) For purposes of this 26.23subdivision, "net revenue" means an amount equal to: 26.24    (1) the revenues, including interest and penalties, collected under this section, during 26.25the fiscal year; less 26.26    (2) in fiscal year 2011, $30,100,000; in fiscal year 2012, $31,100,000; and in fiscal 26.27year 2013 and following fiscal years, $32,000,000. 26.28    (b) On or before June 30 of each fiscal year, the commissioner of revenue shall 26.29estimate the amount of the revenues and subtraction under paragraph (a) for the current 26.30fiscal year. 26.31    (c) On or after July 1 of the subsequent fiscal year, the commissioner of management 26.32and budget shall transfer the net revenue as estimated in paragraph (b) from the general 26.33fund, as follows: 26.34    (1) 50 percent to the greater Minnesota transit account; and 27.1    (2) 50 percent new text begin $9,000,000 new text end to the county state-aid highway fund. Notwithstanding 27.2any other law to the contrary, the commissioner of transportation shall allocate the funds 27.3transferred under this clause to the counties in the metropolitan area, as defined in section 27.4473.121 , subdivision 4, excluding the counties of Hennepin and Ramsey, so that each 27.5county shall receive of such amount the percentage that its population, as defined in 27.6section 477A.011, subdivision 3, estimated or established by July 15 of the year prior to 27.7the current calendar year, bears to the total population of the counties receiving funds 27.8under this clause new text begin ; and new text end 27.9     new text begin (2) the remainder to the greater Minnesota transit account new text end . 27.10    (d) For fiscal years 2010 and 2011, the amount under paragraph (a), clause (1), must 27.11be calculated using the following percentages of the total revenues: 27.12    (1) for fiscal year 2010, 83.75 percent; and 27.13    (2) for fiscal year 2011, 93.75 percent. 27.14 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective January 1, 2014. new text end 27.15    Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297A.992, is amended to read: 27.16297A.992 METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AREA new text begin TRANSIT new text end SALES 27.17TAX new text begin ; TAX, JOINT POWERS BOARD new text end . 27.18    Subdivision 1. Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms have 27.19the meanings given them: 27.20    (1) "metropolitan transportation area" means the counties participating in the joint 27.21powers agreement under subdivision 3; 27.22    (2) "eligible county" means the county of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, 27.23Ramsey, Scott, or Washington; 27.24    (3) new text begin (2) new text end "committee" means the Grant Evaluation and Ranking System (GEARS) 27.25Committee; 27.26    (4) "minimum guarantee county" means any metropolitan county or eligible county 27.27that is participating in the joint powers agreement under subdivision 3, whose proportion 27.28of the annual sales tax revenue under this section collected within that county is less than 27.29or equal to three percent; 27.30     new text begin (3) "net transit sales tax proceeds" means the total proceeds from the sales and use new text end 27.31 new text begin taxes imposed under this section, less the deductions identified under subdivision 8; new text end and 27.32    (5) new text begin (4) new text end "population" means the population, as defined in section 477A.011, 27.33subdivision 3 , estimated or established by July 15 of the year prior to the calendar year 28.1in which the representatives will serve on the Grant Evaluation and Ranking System 28.2Committee established under subdivision 5. 28.3    Subd. 2. Authorization; rates. (a) Notwithstanding section 297A.99, subdivisions 28.41, 2, and 3, or 477A.016, or any other law, the board of a county participating in a 28.5joint powers agreement as specified in this section shall impose by resolution (1) a 28.6transportation new text begin transit new text end sales and use tax at a rate of one-quarter of one percent on retail 28.7sales and uses taxable under this chapter, and (2) an excise tax of $20 per motor vehicle, 28.8as defined in section 297B.01, subdivision 11, purchased or acquired from any person 28.9engaged in the business of selling motor vehicles at retail, occurring within the jurisdiction 28.10of the taxing authority. The taxes authorized are to fund transportation improvements as 28.11specified in this section, including debt service on obligations issued to finance such 28.12improvements pursuant to subdivision 7. 28.13    (b) The tax imposed under this section is not included in determining if the total tax 28.14on lodging in the city of Minneapolis exceeds the maximum allowed tax under Laws 1986, 28.15chapter 396, section 5, as amended by Laws 2001, First Special Session chapter 5, article 28.1612, section 87, or in determining a tax that may be imposed under any other limitations. 28.17     new text begin Subd. 2a. new text end new text begin Additional tax; rates. new text end new text begin (a) A local sales tax is imposed in the metropolitan new text end 28.18 new text begin counties, as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 4. In order to maintain the same rate new text end 28.19 new text begin across the region, the tax is imposed in each county as follows: new text end 28.20 new text begin (1) effective for sales and purchases made after June 30, 2013, a sales and use tax on new text end 28.21 new text begin retail sales and uses taxable under this chapter, at a rate equal to one-half of one percent new text end 28.22 new text begin minus the tax rate imposed by each county under subdivision 2; new text end 28.23 new text begin (2) effective for sales and purchases made after June 30, 2015, a sales and use tax new text end 28.24 new text begin on retail sales and uses taxable under this chapter, at a rate equal to one-quarter of one new text end 28.25 new text begin percent in addition to the tax under clause (1); and new text end 28.26 new text begin (3) effective for vehicles acquired after June 30, 2013, if not imposed by a county new text end 28.27 new text begin under subdivision 2, an excise tax of $20 per motor vehicle, as defined in section 297B.01, new text end 28.28 new text begin subdivision 11, purchased or acquired from any person engaged in the business of selling new text end 28.29 new text begin motor vehicles at retail, occurring within the jurisdiction of the county. new text end 28.30 new text begin (b) The taxes imposed under this subdivision are not included in determining if the new text end 28.31 new text begin total tax on lodging in the city of Minneapolis exceeds the maximum allowed tax under new text end 28.32 new text begin Laws 1986, chapter 396, section 5, as amended by Laws 2001, First Special Session new text end 28.33 new text begin chapter 5, article 12, section 87, and Laws 2012, chapter 299, article 3, section 3, or in new text end 28.34 new text begin determining a tax that may be imposed under any other limitations. new text end 28.35    Subd. 3. Joint powers agreement. new text begin (a) new text end Before imposing the taxes authorized in 28.36subdivision 2, an eligible new text begin a new text end county must declare by resolution of its county board to be part 29.1 of the metropolitan transportation area and must enter into a joint powers agreement. The 29.2joint powers agreement: 29.3    (1) must form a joint powers board, as specified in subdivision 4; 29.4    (2) must provide a process that allows any eligible new text begin a new text end county new text begin in the metropolitan new text end 29.5 new text begin area new text end , by resolution of its county board, to join the joint powers board and impose the 29.6taxes authorized in subdivision 2; 29.7    (3) may provide for withdrawal of a participating county before final termination of 29.8the agreement; and 29.9    (4) may provide for a weighted voting system for joint powers board decisions. 29.10 new text begin (b) All counties in the metropolitan area shall enter into an amended joint powers new text end 29.11 new text begin agreement that conforms to the provisions of this section. new text end 29.12    Subd. 4. Joint powers board. (a) The joint powers board must consist of one 29.13or more commissioners of each county that is in the metropolitan transportation area, 29.14appointed by its county board, and the chair of the Metropolitan Council, who must have 29.15voting rights, subject to subdivision 3, clause (4). The joint powers board has the powers 29.16and duties provided in this section and section 471.59. 29.17    (b) The joint powers board may utilize no more than three-fourths new text begin one-half new text end of one 29.18percent of the new text begin net transit sales tax new text end proceeds of the taxes imposed under this section for 29.19ordinary administrative expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of this section. 29.20Any additional administrative expenses must be paid by the participating counties. 29.21    (c) The joint powers board may establish a technical advisory group that is separate 29.22from the GEARS Committee. The group must consist of representatives of cities, counties, 29.23or public agencies, including the Metropolitan Council. The technical advisory group 29.24must be used solely for technical consultation purposes. 29.25 new text begin (d) The chair of the joint powers board must be a county commissioner who is new text end 29.26 new text begin elected by the board. new text end 29.27    Subd. 5. Grant application and awards; Grant Evaluation and Ranking System 29.28(GEARS) Committee new text begin process, general requirements new text end . (a) The joint powers board shall 29.29establish a grant application process and identify the amount of available funding for grant 29.30awards. Grant applications must be submitted in a form prescribed by the joint powers 29.31board. An applicant must provide, in addition to all other information required by the joint 29.32powers board, the estimated cost of the project, the amount of the grant sought, possible 29.33sources of funding in addition to the grant sought, and identification of any federal funds 29.34that will be utilized if the grant is awarded. A grant application seeking transit capital 29.35funding must identify the source of money necessary to operate the transit improvement. 30.1    (b) The joint powers board shall establish a timeline and procedures for the award of 30.2grants, and may award grants only to the state and political subdivisions. The board shall 30.3define objective criteria for the award of grants, which must include, but not be limited to, 30.4consistency with the most recent version of the transportation policy plan adopted by the 30.5Metropolitan Council under section 473.146. The joint powers board shall maximize the 30.6availability and use of federal funds in projects funded under this section. 30.7 new text begin (c) Grants must be funded by the proceeds of the taxes imposed under this section, new text end 30.8 new text begin bonds, notes, or other obligations issued by the joint powers board under subdivision 7. new text end 30.9     new text begin Subd. 5a. new text end new text begin Grant awards; Grant Evaluation and Ranking System (GEARS) new text end 30.10 new text begin Committee. new text end (c) new text begin (a) new text end The joint powers board shall establish a GEARS Committee, which 30.11must consist of: 30.12    (1) one county commissioner from each county that is in the metropolitan 30.13transportation area, appointed by its county board; 30.14    (2) one elected city representative from each county that is in the metropolitan 30.15transportation area; 30.16    (3) one additional elected city representative from each county for every additional 30.17400,000 in population, or fraction of 400,000, in the county that is above 400,000 in 30.18population; and 30.19    (4) the chair of the Metropolitan Council Transportation Committee. 30.20    (d) new text begin (b) new text end Each city representative must be elected at a meeting of cities in the 30.21metropolitan transportation area, which must be convened for that purpose by the 30.22Association of Metropolitan Municipalities. 30.23    (e) new text begin (c) new text end The committee shall new text begin : new text end 30.24     new text begin (1) new text end evaluate grant applications following objective criteria established by the joint 30.25powers board, and must new text begin ; new text end 30.26     new text begin (2) new text end provide to the joint powers board a selection list of transportation projects that 30.27includes a priority ranking new text begin ; new text end 30.28     new text begin (3) annually evaluate and award grants to local units of government including new text end 30.29 new text begin park districts for construction and maintenance of regional bicycle, trail, and pedestrian new text end 30.30 new text begin infrastructure, and for safe routes to school infrastructure; and new text end 30.31     new text begin (4) annually evaluate and award grants to cities for planning activities related to new text end 30.32 new text begin land use and transportation linkages, streetcar development, or bicycle and pedestrian new text end 30.33 new text begin connections new text end . 30.34 new text begin (d) Grants awarded by the committee under paragraph (c), clauses (3) and (4), are new text end 30.35 new text begin not subject to approval by the board. Annually, the committee shall award grants under new text end 31.1 new text begin those clauses in a total amount that equals no less than 3.75 percent of the net transit new text end 31.2 new text begin sales tax proceeds. new text end 31.3 new text begin (e) The committee may award a grant under paragraph (c), clause (3), only if the new text end 31.4 new text begin project being funded is in compliance with: new text end 31.5 new text begin (1) a regional non-motorized transportation system plan developed by the new text end 31.6 new text begin Metropolitan Council; or new text end 31.7 new text begin (2) a municipal non-motorized transportation plan, which must provide coordinated new text end 31.8 new text begin development of transportation facilities located in adjacent communities including new text end 31.9 new text begin connections between facilities in each community. new text end 31.10     new text begin Subd. 5b. new text end new text begin Grant awards; consistency with transportation plans. new text end (f) A grant 31.11award for a transit project located within the metropolitan area, as defined in section 31.12473.121, subdivision 2 , may be funded only after the Metropolitan Council reviews the 31.13project for consistency with the transit portion of the Metropolitan Council policy plan 31.14and one of the following occurs: 31.15    (1) the Metropolitan Council finds the project to be consistent; 31.16    (2) the Metropolitan Council initially finds the project to be inconsistent, but after a 31.17good faith effort to resolve the inconsistency through negotiations with the joint powers 31.18board, agrees that the grant award may be funded; or 31.19    (3) the Metropolitan Council finds the project to be inconsistent, and submits the 31.20consistency issue for final determination to a panel, which determines the project to be 31.21consistent. The panel is composed of a member appointed by the chair of the Metropolitan 31.22Council, a member appointed by the joint powers board, and a member agreed upon by 31.23both the chair and the joint powers board. 31.24    (g) Grants must be funded by the proceeds of the taxes imposed under this section, 31.25bonds, notes, or other obligations issued by the joint powers board under subdivision 7. 31.26    (h) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section except subdivision 6a, of 31.27the revenue collected under this section, the joint powers board shall allocate to the 31.28Metropolitan Council, in fiscal years 2012 and 2013, an amount not less than 75 percent of 31.29the net cost of operations for those transit ways that were receiving metropolitan sales tax 31.30funds through an operating grant agreement on June 30, 2011. 31.31(i) The Metropolitan Council shall expend any funds allocated under paragraph (h) 31.32for the operations of the specified transit ways solely within those counties that are in the 31.33metropolitan transportation area. 31.34    (j) Nothing in paragraph (h) or (i) prevents grant awards to the Metropolitan Council 31.35for capital and operating assistance for transit ways and park-and-ride facilities. 32.1    Subd. 6. Allocation of Grant awards new text begin ; eligible uses new text end . (a) The board must allocate 32.2grant awards only for the following transit purposes: 32.3 new text begin (1) transit way development and operations, consisting of: new text end 32.4    (i) capital improvements to transit ways, including, but not limited to, commuter 32.5rail rolling stock, light rail vehicles, and transit way buses; 32.6    (ii) capital costs for park-and-ride facilities, as defined in section 174.256, 32.7subdivision 2; 32.8    (iii) feasibility studies, planning, alternatives analyses, environmental studies, 32.9engineering, property acquisition for transit way purposes, and construction of transit 32.10ways new text begin , including Bottineau Boulevard, Red Rock, Gateway, 394 Commuter Corridor, new text end 32.11 new text begin and Rush Line transit ways new text end ; and 32.12    (iv) operating assistance for transit ways new text begin ; and new text end 32.13     new text begin (2) as specified under subdivision 5a new text end . 32.14    (b) The joint powers board must annually award grants to each minimum guarantee 32.15county in an amount no less than the amount of sales tax revenue collected within that 32.16county new text begin as follows: new text end 32.17     new text begin (1) to Scott County and Carver County, 55 percent of the net sales tax proceeds new text end 32.18 new text begin generated by one-quarter of one percent collected in each county respectively for calendar new text end 32.19 new text begin year 2014 through 2018; new text end 32.20     new text begin (2) to the Metropolitan Council for development and construction of the Southwest new text end 32.21 new text begin light rail transit project and the Bottineau Boulevard, Red Rock, Gateway, 394 Commuter new text end 32.22 new text begin Corridor, and Rush Line transit ways; and new text end 32.23 new text begin (3) to the Center for Transportation Studies, University of Minnesota, $500,000 new text end 32.24 new text begin annually for research to improve accessibility, operational efficiency, and safety of transit new text end 32.25 new text begin systems new text end . 32.26    (c) No more than 1.25 percent of the total awards may be annually allocated for 32.27planning, studies, design, construction, maintenance, and operation of pedestrian programs 32.28and bicycle programs and pathways. 32.29    Subd. 6a. Priority of fund uses. The joint powers board shall allocate all revenues 32.30from the taxes imposed under this section in conformance with the following priority order: 32.31(1) payment of debt service necessary for the fiscal year on bonds or other 32.32obligations issued prior to January 1, 2011, under subdivision 7; and 32.33(2) as otherwise authorized under this section. 32.34    Subd. 7. Bonds. (a) The joint powers board or any county, acting under a joint 32.35powers agreement as specified in this section, may, by resolution, authorize, issue, and sell 32.36its bonds, notes, or other obligations for the purpose of funding grants under subdivision 33.16. The joint powers board or county may also, by resolution, issue bonds to refund the 33.2bonds issued pursuant to this subdivision. 33.3    (b) The bonds of the joint powers board must be limited obligations, payable solely 33.4from or secured by taxes levied under this section. 33.5    (c) The bonds of any county may be limited obligations, payable solely from or 33.6secured by taxes levied under this section. A county may also pledge its full faith, credit, 33.7and taxing power as additional security for the bonds. 33.8    (d) Bonds may be issued in one or more series and sold without an election. The bonds 33.9shall be secured, bear the interest rate or rates or a variable rate, have the rank or priority, 33.10be executed in the manner, be payable in the manner, mature, and be subject to the defaults, 33.11redemptions, repurchases, tender options, or other terms, and shall be sold in such manner 33.12as the joint powers board, the regional railroad authority, or the county may determine. 33.13    (e) The joint powers board or any regional railroad authority or any county may 33.14enter into and perform all contracts deemed necessary or desirable by it to issue and secure 33.15the bonds, including an indenture of trust with a trustee within or without the state. 33.16    (f) Except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, the bonds must be issued and 33.17sold in the manner provided under chapter 475. 33.18    (g) The joint powers board or any regional railroad authority wholly within the 33.19metropolitan transportation area also may authorize, issue, and sell its bonds, notes, or 33.20other obligations for the purposes, and in accordance with the procedures, set forth in 33.21section 398A.07 to fund grants as provided in subdivision 6. The bonds of any regional 33.22railroad authority may be limited obligations, payable solely from or secured by taxes 33.23levied under this section. A regional railroad authority may also pledge its taxing powers 33.24as additional security for the bonds. 33.25    Subd. 8. Allocation new text begin Remittance new text end of revenues. After the deductions allowed in 33.26section 297A.99, subdivision 11, the commissioner of revenue shall remit the new text begin net new text end proceeds 33.27of the taxes imposed under this section on a monthly basis, as directed by the joint powers 33.28board under this section new text begin provided under section 297A.9925 new text end . 33.29    Subd. 9. Administration, collection, enforcement. Except as otherwise provided 33.30in this section, the provisions of section 297A.99, subdivisions 4 and 6 to 12a, govern the 33.31administration, collection, and enforcement of the tax authorized under this section. 33.32    Subd. 10. Termination of new text begin local option new text end taxes. (a) The taxes imposed under section 33.33, subdivision 1, new text begin subdivision 2 new text end by a county that withdraws from the joint powers 33.34agreement pursuant to subdivision 3, clause (3), shall terminate when the county has 33.35satisfied its portion, as defined in the joint powers agreement, of all outstanding bonds or 33.36obligations entered into while the county was a member of the agreement. 34.1    (b) If the joint powers agreement under subdivision 3 is terminated, the taxes 34.2imposed under section 297A.99, subdivision 1 new text begin subdivision 2 new text end , at the time of the agreement 34.3termination will terminate when all outstanding bonds or obligations are satisfied. The 34.4auditors of the counties in which the taxes are imposed shall see to the administration of 34.5this paragraph. 34.6    Subd. 11. Report. The joint powers board shall report annually by February 1 to the 34.7house of representatives and senate new text begin chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative new text end 34.8 committees having jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance concerning the 34.9 new text begin (1) board activities and actions, (2) bonds authorized or issued under subdivision 7, (3) new text end 34.10 revenues received new text begin , new text end and new text begin (4) new text end grants awarded. 34.11    Subd. 12. Grant awards to Metropolitan Council. Any grant award under this 34.12section made to the Metropolitan Council must supplement, and must not supplant, 34.13operating and capital assistance provided by the state. 34.14 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2013, for sales and purchases new text end 34.15 new text begin made after June 30, 2013, except that the imposition of the tax under subdivision 2a shall new text end 34.16 new text begin be on the first day of the calendar quarter beginning at least 60 days after the date of final new text end 34.17 new text begin enactment. This section applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, new text end 34.18 new text begin Ramsey, Scott, and Washington. new text end 34.19    Sec. 7. new text begin [297A.9925] METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT SALES TAX; new text end 34.20 new text begin ALLOCATION OF FUNDS. new text end 34.21     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 34.22 new text begin the meanings given them: new text end 34.23 new text begin (1) "board" means the joint powers board established under section 297A.992; and new text end 34.24 new text begin (2) "net transit sales tax proceeds" has the meaning given in section 297A.992, new text end 34.25 new text begin subdivision 1. new text end 34.26     new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Allocation formula. new text end new text begin In the manner specified under subdivision 6, the net new text end 34.27 new text begin transit sales tax proceeds shall be allocated as follows: new text end 34.28 new text begin (1) payment of debt service on bonds or other obligations; new text end 34.29 new text begin (2) $23,400,000 in calendar year 2014 and $12,375,000 in calendar year 2015 to new text end 34.30 new text begin the council for Metropolitan Council Transit Operations; new text end 34.31 new text begin (3) 100 percent of the net operating subsidies for Central Corridor light rail transit, new text end 34.32 new text begin Cedar Avenue bus rapid transit, I-35W South bus rapid transit, Hiawatha light rail, and new text end 34.33 new text begin Northstar commuter rail to the council; new text end 35.1 new text begin (4) for each calendar year beginning January 1, 2014, to the joint powers board, an new text end 35.2 new text begin amount equal to grants awarded by the GEARS committee under section 297A.992, new text end 35.3 new text begin subdivision 5a; new text end 35.4 new text begin (5) annually to the joint powers board for capital grants to be awarded to the new text end 35.5 new text begin Metropolitan Council for the Southwest light rail transit project under section 297A.992, new text end 35.6 new text begin subdivision 6; new text end 35.7 new text begin (6) for each calendar year beginning January 1, 2014, to the council, the amount new text end 35.8 new text begin necessary to expand commuter transit services in transit ways by an annual average rate of new text end 35.9 new text begin one percent, including implementation and operation of bus service, prioritizing service in new text end 35.10 new text begin transit way corridors where the preferred mode of transit is not yet in revenue operation; new text end 35.11 new text begin (7) for each calendar year beginning January 1, 2014, to the joint powers board, an new text end 35.12 new text begin amount equal to the total sales and use tax generated by a rate equal to one-quarter of one new text end 35.13 new text begin percent and an excise tax of $20 per motor vehicle in the metropolitan area counties, less new text end 35.14 new text begin $21,750,000 in calendar year 2014 and $27,150,000 in calendar year 2015; new text end 35.15 new text begin (8) for each calendar year beginning January 1, 2014, $500,000 to the joint powers new text end 35.16 new text begin board for a grant to the Center for Transportation Studies at the University of Minnesota; new text end 35.17 new text begin and new text end 35.18 new text begin (9) the remaining revenues following the allocations under clauses (1) to (8), to the new text end 35.19 new text begin board, the council, or both, as specified in the joint certification under subdivision 3. new text end 35.20     new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Joint certification. new text end new text begin (a) The board and the Metropolitan Council shall new text end 35.21 new text begin annually develop a joint certification as provided in this subdivision. The joint certification new text end 35.22 new text begin must be separately adopted by the board and by the council no later than August 31 of new text end 35.23 new text begin each year. new text end 35.24 new text begin (b) By July 1, 2013, and by March 15 of each subsequent year, the commissioner of new text end 35.25 new text begin Minnesota Management and Budget shall provide to the board and council an estimate of new text end 35.26 new text begin the net transit sales tax proceeds for the subsequent calendar year. new text end 35.27 new text begin (c) If, on October 1 in any year, the board and the Metropolitan Council have not new text end 35.28 new text begin reached agreement as to the contents of the joint certification, they shall submit the issue new text end 35.29 new text begin for dispute resolution to a panel composed of a member appointed by the chair of the new text end 35.30 new text begin Metropolitan Council, a member appointed by the board, and a member agreed upon by new text end 35.31 new text begin both the chair and the board. The panel shall mediate discussion of areas of disagreement new text end 35.32 new text begin and shall issue advisory recommendations. new text end 35.33 new text begin (d) If the commissioner does not receive a joint certification by December 1, the new text end 35.34 new text begin commissioner may not remit the proceeds identified under subdivision 2, clause (7), new text end 35.35 new text begin except as provided by a legislatively enacted appropriation. new text end 36.1 new text begin (e) The joint certification must specify the use of sales tax proceeds and account for new text end 36.2 new text begin deposit of the remainder after allocations. new text end 36.3 new text begin (f) A joint certification may not exceed the estimated net transit sales tax proceeds new text end 36.4 new text begin less the allocations required under subdivision 2, clauses (1) to (6). new text end 36.5 new text begin (g) By December 15 annually, the board shall electronically submit a copy of any new text end 36.6 new text begin joint certification to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees new text end 36.7 new text begin with jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance. new text end 36.8     new text begin Subd. 4. new text end new text begin Uses and priorities; Metropolitan Council. new text end new text begin The Metropolitan Council new text end 36.9 new text begin shall use all funds remitted to the council under this section in the following priority order: new text end 36.10 new text begin (1) continuation of bus and rail transit operations, including but not limited to new text end 36.11 new text begin operations of providers under section 473.388, and operations and maintenance of all new text end 36.12 new text begin transit ways under revenue operations; and new text end 36.13 new text begin (2) transit expansion in accordance with the transit portion of the council's policy new text end 36.14 new text begin transit plan, including, but not limited to, expansion and upgrades of bus service and new text end 36.15 new text begin related amenities, including transit provided under section 473.388, development of new text end 36.16 new text begin arterial bus rapid transit, transit ways, and streetcars as appropriate, and maintenance of new text end 36.17 new text begin affordable transit fares. new text end 36.18     new text begin Subd. 5. new text end new text begin Uses and priorities; joint powers board. new text end new text begin The board shall use all funds new text end 36.19 new text begin remitted to the board under this section as provided in section 297A.992. new text end 36.20     new text begin Subd. 6. new text end new text begin Remittance schedule. new text end new text begin The commissioner of revenue shall remit the net new text end 36.21 new text begin transit sales tax proceeds on a monthly basis to a fiscal agent selected by the board and new text end 36.22 new text begin council. The fiscal agent shall maintain three separate accounts: a council account, a new text end 36.23 new text begin board account, and an escrow account. Proceeds shall be deposited first into the board new text end 36.24 new text begin and council accounts based on the amounts indicated in subdivisions 2, 3, and 7, then into new text end 36.25 new text begin the escrow account. The rate of deposit for all or any portion of the proceeds into any new text end 36.26 new text begin account may be modified by mutual agreement of the parties to reflect bond covenants new text end 36.27 new text begin or cash flow needs. Proceeds deposited into the board and council accounts shall be new text end 36.28 new text begin transferred to the board and council, respectively, within five business days of receipt. new text end 36.29 new text begin Unless otherwise directed herein, money held in the escrow account is subject to the joint new text end 36.30 new text begin certification process under subdivision 3. new text end 36.31     new text begin Subd. 7. new text end new text begin Transition. new text end new text begin Notwithstanding subdivision 2, for the calendar year ending new text end 36.32 new text begin December 31, 2013, the board shall advance proceeds from the net transit sales tax new text end 36.33 new text begin imposed in section 297A.992, subdivision 2, as follows: new text end 36.34 new text begin (1) $11,700,000 to the council for transit operations under chapter 473; and new text end 36.35 new text begin (2) $2,500,000 to the council for the Southwest light rail transit project. new text end 37.1 new text begin The board account will be reimbursed $14,200,000 from net sales tax proceeds in calendar new text end 37.2 new text begin year 2014. new text end 37.3 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2013, and applies in the new text end 37.4 new text begin counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington. new text end 37.5    Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297A.993, subdivision 1, is amended to read: 37.6    Subdivision 1. Authorization; rates. Notwithstanding section 297A.99, 37.7subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 5, and 13, or 477A.016, or any other law, the board of a county outside 37.8the metropolitan transportation area, as defined under section 297A.992, subdivision 1, or 37.9more than one county outside the metropolitan transportation area acting under a joint 37.10powers agreement, may new text begin by resolution of the county board, or each of the county boards, new text end 37.11 new text begin following a public hearing new text end impose (1) a transportation sales tax at a rate of up to one-half 37.12of one percent on retail sales and uses taxable under this chapter, and (2) an excise tax 37.13of $20 per motor vehicle, as defined in section 297B.01, subdivision 11, purchased or 37.14acquired from any person engaged in the business of selling motor vehicles at retail, 37.15occurring within the jurisdiction of the taxing authority. The taxes imposed under this 37.16section are subject to approval by a majority of the voters in each of the counties affected 37.17at a general election who vote on the question to impose the taxes. 37.18 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment. new text end 37.19    Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297A.993, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 37.20    Subd. 2. Allocation; termination. The proceeds of the taxes must be dedicated 37.21exclusively 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 37.22improvement new text begin ; (2) payment of the costs, which may include both capital and operating new text end 37.23 new text begin costs, of a specific transit project or improvement; (3) payment of the capital costs of a new text end 37.24 new text begin safe route to school program under section 174.40; or (4) payment of transit operating new text end 37.25 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 37.26board of the county, or more than one county acting under a joint powers agreement. 37.27 new text begin Except for taxes for operating costs of a transit project or improvement, or for transit new text end 37.28 new text begin operations, new text end the taxes must terminate after the project or improvement has been completed 37.29 new text begin when revenues raised are sufficient to finance the project new text end . 37.30 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment. new text end 37.31    Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297B.01, subdivision 14, is amended to read: 38.1    Subd. 14. Purchase price. (a) "Purchase price" means the total consideration 38.2valued in money for a sale, whether paid in money or otherwise. The purchase price 38.3excludes the amount of a manufacturer's rebate paid or payable to the purchaser. If a motor 38.4vehicle is taken in trade as a credit or as part payment on a motor vehicle taxable under 38.5this chapter, the credit or trade-in value allowed by the person selling the motor vehicle 38.6shall be deducted from the total selling price to establish the purchase price of the vehicle 38.7being sold and the trade-in allowance allowed by the seller shall constitute the purchase 38.8price of the motor vehicle accepted as a trade-in. The purchase price in those instances 38.9where the motor vehicle is acquired by gift or by any other transfer for a nominal or no 38.10monetary consideration shall also include the average value of similar motor vehicles, 38.11established by standards and guides as determined by the motor vehicle registrar. The 38.12purchase price in those instances where a motor vehicle is manufactured by a person who 38.13registers it under the laws of this state shall mean the manufactured cost of such motor 38.14vehicle and manufactured cost shall mean the amount expended for materials, labor, 38.15and other properly allocable costs of manufacture, except that in the absence of actual 38.16expenditures for the manufacture of a part or all of the motor vehicle, manufactured costs 38.17shall mean the reasonable value of the completed motor vehicle. 38.18(b) The term "purchase price" shall not include the portion of the value of a motor 38.19vehicle due solely to modifications necessary to make the motor vehicle disability 38.20accessible. 38.21(c) The term "purchase price" shall not include the transfer of a motor vehicle by 38.22way of gift between a husband and wife or parent and child, or to a nonprofit organization 38.23as provided under subdivision 16, paragraph (c), clause (5) new text begin (6) new text end , nor shall it include 38.24the transfer of a motor vehicle by a guardian to a ward when there is no monetary 38.25consideration and the title to such vehicle was registered in the name of the guardian, as 38.26guardian, only because the ward was a minor. 38.27(d) The term "purchase price" shall not include the transfer of a motor vehicle as a 38.28gift between a foster parent and foster child. For purposes of this subdivision, a foster 38.29relationship exists, regardless of the age of the child, if (1) a foster parent's home is or was 38.30licensed as a foster family home under Minnesota Rules, parts 9545.0010 to 9545.0260, 38.31and (2) the county verifies that the child was a state ward or in permanent foster care. 38.32(e) There shall not be included in "purchase price" the amount of any tax imposed by 38.33the United States upon or with respect to retail sales whether imposed upon the retailer or 38.34the consumer. 38.35 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 38.36 new text begin of title that occur on or after that date. new text end 39.1    Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297B.01, subdivision 16, is amended to read: 39.2    Subd. 16. Sale, sells, selling, purchase, purchased, or acquired. (a) "Sale," 39.3"sells," "selling," "purchase," "purchased," or "acquired" means any transfer of title of any 39.4motor vehicle, whether absolutely or conditionally, for a consideration in money or by 39.5exchange or barter for any purpose other than resale in the regular course of business. 39.6    (b) Any motor vehicle utilized by the owner only by leasing such vehicle to others 39.7or by holding it in an effort to so lease it, and which is put to no other use by the owner 39.8other than resale after such lease or effort to lease, shall be considered property purchased 39.9for resale. 39.10    (c) The terms also shall include any transfer of title or ownership of a motor vehicle 39.11by other means, for or without consideration, except that these terms shall not include: 39.12    (1) the acquisition of a motor vehicle by inheritance from or by bequest of, a 39.13decedent who owned it; 39.14    (2) the transfer of a motor vehicle which was previously licensed in the names of 39.15two or more joint tenants and subsequently transferred without monetary consideration to 39.16one or more of the joint tenants; 39.17    (3) the transfer of a motor vehicle by way of gift between individuals, or gift 39.18from a limited used vehicle dealer licensed under section 168.27, subdivision 4a, to an 39.19individual, when the transfer is with no monetary or other consideration or expectation 39.20of consideration and the parties to the transfer submit an affidavit to that effect at the 39.21time the title transfer is recorded; 39.22    (4) new text begin the transfer of a motor vehicle by gift between spouses or between parent and new text end 39.23 new text begin child; new text end 39.24 new text begin (5) new text end the voluntary or involuntary transfer of a motor vehicle between a husband and 39.25wife in a divorce proceeding; or 39.26    (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 39.27from federal income taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code when 39.28the motor vehicle will be used exclusively for religious, charitable, or educational purposes. 39.29 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 39.30 new text begin of title that occur on or after that date. new text end 39.31    Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297B.02, subdivision 3, is amended to read: 39.32    Subd. 3. In lieu tax for collector vehicle. In lieu of the tax imposed in subdivision 39.331, there is imposed a tax of $90 new text begin $150 new text end on the purchase price of a passenger automobile or a 39.34fire truck described in section 297B.025, subdivision 2. 40.1 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 40.2 new text begin of title that occur on or after that date. new text end 40.3    Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 398A.10, subdivision 1, is amended to read: 40.4    Subdivision 1. Capital costs. A county regional railroad authority may not 40.5contribute more than ten new text begin five new text end percent of the capital costs of a light rail transit or commuter 40.6rail project. This subdivision does not apply to a light rail transit project for which a 40.7county regional railroad authority commits to providing an amount greater than ten new text begin five new text end 40.8 percent of the capital costs, if the commitment (1) is made before October 2, 2008 new text begin the new text end 40.9 new text begin effective date of this section new text end , (2) is made as part of an application for federal funds, and 40.10(3) is adjusted by the county regional railroad authority to meet the requirements of this 40.11subdivision as part of the next scheduled federal funding application for the project. 40.12 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment. new text end 40.13    Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 473.39, is amended by adding a subdivision 40.14to read: 40.15     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 40.16 new text begin section, the council may issue certificates of indebtedness, bonds, or other obligations new text end 40.17 new text begin under this section in an amount not exceeding $35,800,000 for capital expenditures as new text end 40.18 new text begin prescribed in the council's transit capital improvement program and for related costs, new text end 40.19 new text begin including the costs of issuance and sale of the obligations. new text end 40.20 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment new text end 40.21 new text begin and applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and new text end 40.22 new text begin Washington. new text end 40.23    Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 473.39, is amended by adding a subdivision 40.24to read: 40.25     new text begin Subd. 6. new text end new text begin Revenue bonds. new text end new text begin (a) In addition to other authority under this section, the new text end 40.26 new text begin council may, by resolution, authorize the issuance and sale of its revenue bonds, notes, or new text end 40.27 new text begin other obligations to provide funds to implement the council's transit capital improvement new text end 40.28 new text begin program and to refund bonds issued under this subdivision. new text end 40.29 new text begin (b) The bonds shall be sold, issued, and secured in the manner provided in chapter new text end 40.30 new text begin 475 for bonds payable solely from or secured by revenues, and the council shall have the new text end 40.31 new text begin same powers and duties as a municipality and its governing body in issuing bonds under new text end 40.32 new text begin that chapter. The bonds (1) shall be payable from and secured by a pledge of all or any new text end 41.1 new text begin part of revenues receivable to the council from the metropolitan area transit sales tax new text end 41.2 new text begin imposed under section 297A.992 and allocated under section 299A.9925, and associated new text end 41.3 new text begin investment earnings on debt proceeds; (2) shall not, and shall state they do not, represent new text end 41.4 new text begin or constitute a general obligation of the council; and (3) shall not be included in the net new text end 41.5 new text begin debt of any city, county, or other subdivision of the state for the purpose of any net new text end 41.6 new text begin debt limitation. The bonds will be deemed payable wholly from the income of revenue new text end 41.7 new text begin producing conveniences within the meaning of section 475.58. The proceeds of the bonds new text end 41.8 new text begin may also be used to fund necessary reserves and to pay credit enhancement fees, issuance new text end 41.9 new text begin costs, and other financing costs during the life of the debt. new text end 41.10 new text begin (c) The bonds may be secured by a bond resolution, or a trust indenture entered into new text end 41.11 new text begin by the council with a corporate trustee within or outside the state, which shall define the new text end 41.12 new text begin revenues and bond proceeds pledged for the payment and security of the bonds. The new text end 41.13 new text begin pledge shall be a valid charge on the revenues received by the council under section new text end 41.14 new text begin 299A.9925. Neither the state, nor any municipality or political subdivision except the new text end 41.15 new text begin council, nor any member or officer or employee of the council, is liable on the obligations. new text end 41.16 new text begin No mortgage of or security interest in any tangible real or personal property shall be new text end 41.17 new text begin granted to the bondholders or the trustee, but they shall have a valid security interest in the new text end 41.18 new text begin revenues and bond proceeds received by the council and pledged to the payment of the new text end 41.19 new text begin bonds. In the bond resolution or trust indenture, the council may make such covenants as new text end 41.20 new text begin it determines to be reasonable for the protection of the bondholders, including a covenant new text end 41.21 new text begin to issue general obligation bonds to refund the revenue bonds if and to the extent required new text end 41.22 new text begin to pay principal and interest on the bonds. new text end 41.23 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment, new text end 41.24 new text begin and applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and new text end 41.25 new text begin Washington. new text end 41.26    Sec. 16. Laws 2009, chapter 9, section 1, the effective date, is amended to read: 41.27EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment, 41.28and expires on June 30, 2013 new text begin 2016 new text end . 41.29ARTICLE 3 41.30TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC SAFETY POLICY 41.31    Section 1. new text begin [161.088] CORRIDORS OF COMMERCE PROGRAM. new text end 41.32     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 41.33 new text begin the meanings given: new text end 42.1 new text begin (1) "beyond the project limits" means any point that is located outside of the project new text end 42.2 new text begin limits and along the same trunk highway, and is located within the same region of the state; new text end 42.3 new text begin (2) "city" means a statutory or home rule charter city; new text end 42.4 new text begin (3) "program" means the corridors of commerce program established in this section; new text end 42.5 new text begin and new text end 42.6 new text begin (4) "project limits" means the estimated construction limits of a project for trunk new text end 42.7 new text begin highway construction, reconstruction, or maintenance, that is a candidate for selection new text end 42.8 new text begin under the corridors of commerce program. new text end 42.9     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 42.10 new text begin commissioner shall establish a corridors of commerce program for trunk highway new text end 42.11 new text begin construction, reconstruction, and improvement, including maintenance operations, that new text end 42.12 new text begin improves commerce in the state. new text end 42.13 new text begin (b) The commissioner may expend funds under the program from appropriations new text end 42.14 new text begin to the commissioner that are (1) made specifically by law for use under this section; (2) new text end 42.15 new text begin at the discretion of the commissioner, made for the budget activities in the state roads new text end 42.16 new text begin program of operations and maintenance, program planning and delivery, or state road new text end 42.17 new text begin construction; and (3) made for the corridor investment management strategy program, new text end 42.18 new text begin unless specified otherwise. new text end 42.19 new text begin (c) The commissioner shall include in the program the cost participation policy for new text end 42.20 new text begin local units of government. new text end 42.21     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 42.22 new text begin candidate project can be classified into at least one of the following classifications: new text end 42.23 new text begin (1) capacity development, for a project on a segment of a trunk highway where the new text end 42.24 new text begin segment: new text end 42.25 new text begin (i) is not a divided highway, and that highway is an expressway or freeway beyond new text end 42.26 new text begin the project limits; new text end 42.27 new text begin (ii) contains a highway terminus that lacks an intersection or interchange with new text end 42.28 new text begin another trunk highway; new text end 42.29 new text begin (iii) contains fewer lanes of travel compared to that highway beyond the project new text end 42.30 new text begin limits; or new text end 42.31 new text begin (iv) contains a location that is proposed as a new interchange or to be reconstructed new text end 42.32 new text begin from an intersection to an interchange; or new text end 42.33 new text begin (2) freight improvement, for an asset preservation or replacement project that new text end 42.34 new text begin can result in: removing or reducing barriers to commerce, easing or preserving freight new text end 42.35 new text begin movement, supporting emerging industries, or providing connections between the trunk new text end 42.36 new text begin highway system and other transportation modes for the movement of freight. new text end 43.1     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 43.2 new text begin requirements for projects that can be funded under the program. Eligibility must include: new text end 43.3 new text begin (1) consistency with the statewide multimodal transportation plan under section new text end 43.4 new text begin 174.03; new text end 43.5 new text begin (2) location of the project on an interregional corridor, for a project located outside new text end 43.6 new text begin of the Department of Transportation metropolitan district; new text end 43.7 new text begin (3) placement into at least one project classification under subdivision 3; new text end 43.8 new text begin (4) a maximum length of time, as determined by the commissioner, until new text end 43.9 new text begin commencement of construction work on the project; and new text end 43.10 new text begin (5) for each type of project classification under subdivision 3, a maximum allowable new text end 43.11 new text begin amount for the total project cost estimate, as determined by the commissioner with new text end 43.12 new text begin available data. new text end 43.13 new text begin (b) A project whose construction is programmed in the state transportation new text end 43.14 new text begin improvement program is not eligible for funding under the program. This paragraph does new text end 43.15 new text begin not apply to a project that is programmed as result of selection under this section. new text end 43.16 new text begin (c) A project may be, but is not required to be, identified in the 20-year state highway new text end 43.17 new text begin capital investment plan under section 174.03. new text end 43.18     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 43.19 new text begin process for identification, evaluation, and selection of projects under the program. new text end 43.20 new text begin (b) As part of the project selection process, the commissioner shall annually accept new text end 43.21 new text begin recommendations on candidate projects from area transportation partnerships and other new text end 43.22 new text begin interested stakeholders in each Department of Transportation district. For each candidate new text end 43.23 new text begin project identified under this paragraph, the commissioner shall determine eligibility, new text end 43.24 new text begin classify, and if appropriate, evaluate the project for the program. new text end 43.25 new text begin (c) Project evaluation and prioritization must be performed on the basis of objective new text end 43.26 new text begin criteria, which must include: new text end 43.27 new text begin (1) a return on investment measure that provides for comparison across eligible new text end 43.28 new text begin projects; new text end 43.29 new text begin (2) measurable impacts on commerce and economic competitiveness; new text end 43.30 new text begin (3) efficiency in the movement of freight, including but not limited to: new text end 43.31 new text begin (i) measures of annual average daily traffic and commercial vehicle miles traveled, new text end 43.32 new text begin which may include data near the project location on that trunk highway or on connecting new text end 43.33 new text begin trunk and local highways; and new text end 43.34 new text begin (ii) measures of congestion or travel time reliability, which may be within or near new text end 43.35 new text begin the project limits, or both; new text end 43.36 new text begin (4) improvements to traffic safety; new text end 44.1 new text begin (5) connections to regional trade centers, local highway systems, and other new text end 44.2 new text begin transportation modes; new text end 44.3 new text begin (6) extent to which the project addresses multiple transportation system policy new text end 44.4 new text begin objectives and principles; and new text end 44.5 new text begin (7) support and consensus for the project among members of the surrounding new text end 44.6 new text begin community. new text end 44.7 new text begin (d) As part of the project selection process, the commissioner may divide funding new text end 44.8 new text begin to be separately available among projects within each classification under subdivision 3, new text end 44.9 new text begin and may apply separate or modified criteria among those projects falling within each new text end 44.10 new text begin classification. new text end 44.11     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 44.12 new text begin amount of funding allocated to a project under the program, the commissioner may new text end 44.13 new text begin include allocations of funds for operations and maintenance resulting from that project, new text end 44.14 new text begin that are assigned in future years following completion of the project, subject to available new text end 44.15 new text begin funds for the program in those years from eligible sources. new text end 44.16     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 44.17 new text begin 1, the commissioner shall electronically submit a report on the corridors of commerce new text end 44.18 new text begin program to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with new text end 44.19 new text begin jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance. At a minimum, the report must include: new text end 44.20 new text begin (1) a summary of the program, including a review of the project selection process, new text end 44.21 new text begin eligibility and criteria, funds expended in the previous selection cycle, and total funds new text end 44.22 new text begin expended since program inception; new text end 44.23 new text begin (2) a listing of projects funded under the program in the previous selection cycle, new text end 44.24 new text begin including: project classification; a breakdown of project costs and funding sources; new text end 44.25 new text begin any future operating costs assigned under subdivision 7; and a brief description that is new text end 44.26 new text begin comprehensible to a lay audience; new text end 44.27 new text begin (3) a listing of candidate project recommendations required under subdivision 5, new text end 44.28 new text begin paragraph (b), including project classification and disposition in the selection process; and new text end 44.29 new text begin (4) any recommendations for changes to statutory requirements of the program. new text end 44.30 new text begin (b) Starting in 2016, and in every even-numbered year thereafter, the commissioner new text end 44.31 new text begin shall incorporate into the report the results of an independent evaluation of impacts and new text end 44.32 new text begin effectiveness of the program. The evaluation must be performed by agency staff or a new text end 44.33 new text begin consultant with experience in program evaluation who have no regular involvement in new text end 44.34 new text begin program implementation. new text end 44.35 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment. new text end 45.1    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 161.20, subdivision 3, is amended to read: 45.2    Subd. 3. Trunk highway fund appropriations. The commissioner may expend 45.3trunk highway funds only for trunk highway purposes. Payment of expenses related 45.4to Bureau of Criminal Apprehension laboratory, Explore Minnesota Tourism kiosks, 45.5Minnesota Safety Council, tort claims, driver education programs, Emergency Medical 45.6Services Board, Mississippi River Parkway Commission, new text begin payments to MN.IT Services in new text end 45.7 new text begin excess of actual costs incurred for trunk highway purposes, new text end and personnel costs incurred 45.8on behalf of the Governor's Office do not further a highway purpose and do not aid in the 45.9construction, improvement, or maintenance of the highway system. 45.10    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 161.53, is amended to read: 45.11161.53 RESEARCH ACTIVITIES. 45.12    (a) The commissioner may set aside in each fiscal year up to two percent of the total 45.13amount of all funds appropriated to the commissioner other than county state-aid and 45.14municipal state-aid highway funds for transportation research including public and private 45.15research partnerships. The commissioner shall spend this money for (1) research to improve 45.16the design, construction, maintenance, management, and environmental compatibility 45.17of transportation systems, including research into and implementation of innovations 45.18in bridge-monitoring technology and bridge inspection technology; bridge inspection 45.19techniques and best practices; and the cost-effectiveness of deferred or lower cost highway 45.20and bridge design and maintenance activities and their impacts on long-term trunk highway 45.21costs and maintenance needs; (2) research on transportation policies that enhance energy 45.22efficiency and economic development; (3) programs for implementing and monitoring 45.23research results; and (4) development of transportation education and outreach activities. 45.24(b) Of all funds appropriated to the commissioner other than state-aid funds, the 45.25commissioner shall spend at least 0.1 percent, but not exceeding $1,200,000 new text begin $2,000,000 new text end 45.26in any fiscal year, for research and related activities performed by the Center for 45.27Transportation Studies of the University of Minnesota. The center shall establish a 45.28technology transfer and training center for Minnesota transportation professionals. new text begin By new text end 45.29 new text begin June 30, 2018, the center shall conduct research on transportation policy and economic new text end 45.30 new text begin competitiveness, including, but not limited to, innovative transportation finance options new text end 45.31 new text begin and economic development, transportation impacts of industry clusters and freight, and new text end 45.32 new text begin transportation technology impacts on economic competitiveness. new text end 45.33    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 162.07, subdivision 1a, is amended to read: 46.1    Subd. 1a. Apportionment sum and excess sum. (a) For purposes of this 46.2subdivision, "distribution amount" means the amount identified in section 162.06, 46.3subdivision 1, after the deductions provided for in section 162.06 for administrative costs, 46.4disaster account, research account, and state park road account. 46.5    (b) The apportionment sum is calculated by subtracting the excess sum, as calculated 46.6in paragraph (c), from the distribution amount. 46.7    (c) The excess sum is calculated as the sum of revenue within the distribution amount: 46.8    (1) attributed to new text begin : (i) from October 1, 2013, to September 30, 2015, new text end that portion of the 46.9gasoline excise tax rate under section 296A.07, subdivision 3, in excess of 20 new text begin 20.5 new text end cents 46.10per gallon, and to that portion of the excise tax rates in excess of the energy equivalent 46.11of a gasoline excise tax rate of 20 new text begin 20.5 new text end cents per gallon for E85 and M85 under section 46.12296A.07, subdivision 3 , and special fuel under section 296A.08, subdivision 2 new text begin ; and (ii) new text end 46.13 new text begin on and after October 1, 2015, that portion of the gasoline excise tax rate under section new text end 46.14 new text begin 296A.07, subdivision 3, in excess of 21 cents per gallon, and to that portion of the excise new text end 46.15 new text begin tax rates in excess of the energy equivalent of a gasoline excise tax rate of 21 cents per new text end 46.16 new text begin gallon for E85 and M85 under section 296A.07, subdivision 3, and special fuel under new text end 46.17 new text begin section 296A.08, subdivision 2 new text end ; 46.18    (2) attributed to a change in the passenger vehicle registration tax under section 46.19168.013 , imposed on or after July 1, 2008, that exceeds (i) the amount collected in fiscal 46.20year 2008, multiplied by (ii) the annual average United States Consumer Price Index for 46.21the calendar year previous to the current calendar year, divided by the annual average 46.22United States Consumer Price Index for calendar year 2007; and 46.23    (3) attributed to that portion of the motor vehicle sales tax revenue in excess of the 46.24percentage allocated to the county state-aid highway fund in fiscal year 2007. 46.25    (d) For purposes of this subdivision, the United States Consumer Price Index 46.26identified in paragraph (c) is for all urban consumers, United States city average, as 46.27determined by the United States Department of Labor. 46.28    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 168A.01, subdivision 6a, is amended to read: 46.29    Subd. 6a. High-value vehicle. "High-value vehicle" means a vehicle that had an 46.30actual cash value in excess of $5,000 new text begin $9,000 new text end before being damaged, or a vehicle with a 46.31manufacturer's rating of over 26,000 pounds gross vehicle weight that is not a late-model 46.32vehicle. 46.33    Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 168A.29, subdivision 1, is amended to read: 46.34    Subdivision 1. Amounts. (a) The department must be paid the following fees: 47.1    (1) for filing an application for and the issuance of an original certificate of title, 47.2the sum of new text begin : new text end 47.3     new text begin (i) until December 31, 2016, new text end $6.25 of which $3.25 must be paid into the vehicle 47.4services operating account of the special revenue fund under section 299A.705; until 47.5June 30, 2012, a surcharge of $1.75 must be added to the fee and credited to the driver 47.6and vehicle services technology account; new text begin , and new text end from July 1, 2012, to June 30, 2016, a 47.7surcharge of $1 must be added to the fee and credited to the driver and vehicle services 47.8technology account; new text begin and new text end 47.9 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 47.10 new text begin services operating account; new text end 47.11    (2) for each security interest when first noted upon a certificate of title, including the 47.12concurrent notation of any assignment thereof and its subsequent release or satisfaction, 47.13the sum of $2, except that no fee is due for a security interest filed by a public authority 47.14under section 168A.05, subdivision 8; 47.15    (3) new text begin until December 31, 2016, new text end for the transfer of the interest of an owner and the 47.16issuance of a new certificate of title, the sum of $5.50 of which $2.50 must be paid into the 47.17vehicle services operating account of the special revenue fund under section 299A.705; 47.18until June 30, 2012, a surcharge of $1.75 must be added to the fee and credited to the 47.19driver and vehicle services technology account; new text begin , and new text end from July 1, 2012, to June 30, 2016, 47.20a surcharge of $1 must be added to the fee and credited to the driver and vehicle services 47.21technology account; 47.22    (4) for each assignment of a security interest when first noted on a certificate of title, 47.23unless noted concurrently with the security interest, the sum of $1; new text begin and new text end 47.24    (5) for issuing a duplicate certificate of title, the sum of $7.25 of which $3.25 must 47.25be paid into the vehicle services operating account of the special revenue fund under 47.26section 299A.705; until June 30, 2012, a surcharge of $1.75 must be added to the fee 47.27and credited to the driver and vehicle services technology account; from July 1, 2012, 47.28to June 30, 2016, a surcharge of $1 must be added to the fee and credited to the driver 47.29and vehicle services technology account. 47.30    (b) After June 30, 1994, In addition to each of the fees new text begin the fee new text end required under 47.31paragraph (a), clauses new text begin clause new text end (1) and (3), the department must be paid $3.50. The additional 47.32$3.50 fee collected under this paragraph must be deposited in the special revenue fund and 47.33credited to the public safety motor vehicle account established in section 299A.70. 48.1    Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 169.865, is amended to read: 48.2169.865 SPECIAL FARM PRODUCTS new text begin ANNUAL new text end PERMITS new text begin FOR new text end 48.3 new text begin OVERWEIGHT VEHICLES new text end . 48.4    Subdivision 1. Six-axle vehicles. (a) A road authority may issue an annual permit 48.5authorizing a vehicle or combination of vehicles with a total of six or more axles to haul 48.6raw or unprocessed agricultural products new text begin freight new text end and be operated with a gross vehicle 48.7weight of up to: 48.8    (1) 90,000 pounds; and 48.9    (2) 99,000 pounds during the period set by the commissioner under section 169.826, 48.10subdivision 1 . 48.11    (b) Notwithstanding subdivision 3, paragraph (a), clause (4), a vehicle or 48.12combination of vehicles operated under this subdivision and new text begin , as part of an international new text end 48.13 new text begin movement, new text end transporting only sealed intermodal containers may be operated on an 48.14interstate highway if allowed by the United States Department of Transportation. 48.15    (c) The fee for a permit issued under this subdivision is $300. 48.16    Subd. 2. Seven-axle vehicles. (a) A road authority may issue an annual permit 48.17authorizing a vehicle or combination of vehicles with a total of seven or more axles to 48.18haul raw or unprocessed agricultural products new text begin freight new text end and be operated with a gross vehicle 48.19weight of up to: 48.20    (1) 97,000 pounds; and 48.21    (2) 99,000 pounds during the period set by the commissioner under section 169.826, 48.22subdivision 1 . 48.23    (b) Drivers of vehicles operating under this subdivision must comply with driver 48.24qualification requirements adopted under section 221.0314, subdivisions 2 to 5, and Code 48.25of Federal Regulations, title 49, parts 40 and new text begin , new text end 382 new text begin , and 391 new text end . 48.26    (c) The fee for a permit issued under this subdivision is $500. 48.27    Subd. 3. Requirements; restrictions. (a) A vehicle or combination of vehicles 48.28operating under this section: 48.29    (1) is subject to axle weight limitations under section 169.824, subdivision 1; 48.30    (2) is subject to seasonal load restrictions under section 169.87; 48.31    (3) is subject to bridge load limits posted under section 169.84; 48.32    (4) may only be operated on paved streets and highways other than interstate 48.33highways; 48.34    (5) may not be operated with loads that exceed the manufacturer's gross vehicle 48.35weight rating as affixed to the vehicle, or other certification of gross vehicle weight rating 48.36complying with Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, sections 567.4 to 567.7; 49.1    (6) must be issued a permit from each road authority having jurisdiction over a road 49.2on which the vehicle is operated, if required; 49.3    (7) must comply with the requirements of section 169.851, subdivision 4; and 49.4    (8) must have brakes on all wheels. 49.5    (b) The percentage allowances for exceeding gross weights if transporting unfinished 49.6forest products under section 168.013, subdivision 3, paragraph (b), or for the first haul of 49.7unprocessed or raw farm products or unfinished forest products under section 168.013, 49.8subdivision 3 , paragraph (d), clause (3), do not apply to a vehicle or combination of 49.9vehicles operated under this section. 49.10    Subd. 4. Deposit of revenues. Revenue from the permits issued by the 49.11commissioner under this section must be deposited in the bridge inspection and signing 49.12account as provided under section 169.86, subdivision 5b. 49.13    Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 169A.37, subdivision 1, is amended to read: 49.14    Subdivision 1. Crime described. It is a crime for a person: 49.15(1) to fail to comply with an impoundment order under section 169A.60 49.16(administrative plate impoundment); 49.17(2) to file a false statement under section 169A.60, subdivision 7, 8, or 14; 49.18(3) to operate a self-propelled motor vehicle on a street or highway when the vehicle 49.19is subject to an impoundment order issued under section 169A.60, unless specially coded 49.20plates have been issued for the vehicle pursuant to section 169A.60, subdivision 13; 49.21(4) to fail to notify the commissioner of the impoundment order when requesting 49.22new plates; 49.23(5) who is subject to a plate impoundment order under section 169A.60, to drive, 49.24operate, or be in control of any motor vehicle during the impoundment period, unless the 49.25vehicle new text begin is employer-owned and is not required to be equipped with an ignition interlock new text end 49.26 new text begin device pursuant to section 31 or 171.306, subdivision 4, paragraph (b), or new text end has specially 49.27coded plates issued pursuant to section 169A.60, subdivision 13, and the person is validly 49.28licensed to drive; or 49.29(6) who is the transferee of a motor vehicle and who has signed a sworn statement 49.30under section 169A.60, subdivision 14, to allow the previously registered owner to drive, 49.31operate, or be in control of the vehicle during the impoundment period. 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    Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 169A.51, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 50.1    Subd. 2. Implied consent advisory. new text begin (a) Subject to paragraph (b), new text end at the time a test is 50.2requested, the person must be informed: 50.3(1) that Minnesota law requires the person to take a test: 50.4(i) to determine if the person is under the influence of alcohol, controlled substances, 50.5or hazardous substances; 50.6(ii) to determine the presence of a controlled substance listed in Schedule I or II or 50.7metabolite, other than marijuana or tetrahydrocannabinols; and 50.8(iii) if the motor vehicle was a commercial motor vehicle, to determine the presence 50.9of alcohol; 50.10(2) that refusal to take a test is a crime; 50.11(3) if the peace officer has probable cause to believe the person has violated the 50.12criminal vehicular homicide and injury laws, that a test will be taken with or without 50.13the person's consent; and 50.14(4) that the person has the right to consult with an attorney, but that this right is 50.15limited to the extent that it cannot unreasonably delay administration of the test. 50.16 new text begin (b) A peace officer who is not pursuing an implied consent revocation is not required new text end 50.17 new text begin to give the advisory described in paragraph (a) to a person whom the officer has probable new text end 50.18 new text begin cause to believe has violated section 609.21, subdivision 1, clause (2), (3), (4), (5), or (6) new text end 50.19 new text begin (criminal vehicular operation DWI-related provisions). new text end 50.20 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 50.21 new text begin committed on or after that date. new text end 50.22    Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 169A.55, is amended by adding a 50.23subdivision to read: 50.24     new text begin Subd. 5. new text end new text begin Reinstatement of driving privileges; criminal vehicular operation. new text end new text begin A new text end 50.25 new text begin person whose driver's license has been revoked under section 171.17, subdivision 1, new text end 50.26 new text begin paragraph (a), clause (1) (revocation, criminal vehicular operation), or suspended under new text end 50.27 new text begin section 171.187 (suspension, criminal vehicular operation), for a violation of section new text end 50.28 new text begin 609.21, subdivision 1, clause (2), (3), (4), (5), or (6) (criminal vehicular operation new text end 50.29 new text begin DWI-related provisions), shall not be eligible for reinstatement of driving privileges until new text end 50.30 new text begin the person has submitted to the commissioner verification of the use of ignition interlock new text end 50.31 new text begin for the applicable time period specified in those sections. To be eligible for reinstatement new text end 50.32 new text begin under this subdivision, a person shall utilize an ignition interlock device that meets the new text end 50.33 new text begin performance standards and certification requirements under subdivision 4, paragraph (c). new text end 51.1 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 51.2 new text begin committed on or after that date. new text end 51.3    Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 171.05, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 51.4    Subd. 2. Person less than 18 years of age. (a) Notwithstanding any provision 51.5in subdivision 1 to the contrary, the department may issue an instruction permit to an 51.6applicant who is 15, 16, or 17 years of age and who: 51.7(1) has completed a course of driver education in another state, has a previously 51.8issued valid license from another state, or is enrolled in either: 51.9(i) a public, private, or commercial driver education program that is approved by 51.10the commissioner of public safety and that includes classroom and behind-the-wheel 51.11training; or 51.12(ii) an approved behind-the-wheel driver education program when the student is 51.13receiving full-time instruction in a home school within the meaning of sections 120A.22 51.14and 120A.24, the student is working toward a homeschool diploma, the student is taking 51.15home-classroom driver training with classroom materials approved by the commissioner 51.16of public safety, and the student's parent has certified the student's homeschool and 51.17home-classroom driver training status on the form approved by the commissioner; 51.18(2) has completed the classroom phase of instruction in the driver education program 51.19 new text begin or has completed 15 hours of classroom instruction in a program that presents classroom new text end 51.20 new text begin and behind-the-wheel instruction concurrently new text end ; 51.21(3) has passed a test of the applicant's eyesight; 51.22(4) has passed a department-administered test of the applicant's knowledge of traffic 51.23laws; 51.24(5) has completed the required application, which must be approved by (i) either 51.25parent when both reside in the same household as the minor applicant or, if otherwise, 51.26then (ii) the parent or spouse of the parent having custody or, in the event there is no 51.27court order for custody, then (iii) the parent or spouse of the parent with whom the minor 51.28is living or, if items (i) to (iii) do not apply, then (iv) the guardian having custody of the 51.29minor, (v) the foster parent or the director of the transitional living program in which the 51.30child resides or, in the event a person under the age of 18 has no living father, mother, 51.31or guardian, or is married or otherwise legally emancipated, then (vi) the applicant's 51.32adult spouse, adult close family member, or adult employer; provided, that the approval 51.33required by this clause contains a verification of the age of the applicant and the identity of 51.34the parent, guardian, adult spouse, adult close family member, or adult employer; and 51.35(6) has paid the fee new text begin all fees new text end required in section 171.06, subdivision 2. 52.1(b) For the purposes of determining compliance with the certification of paragraph 52.2(a), clause (1), item (ii), the commissioner may request verification of a student's 52.3homeschool status from the superintendent of the school district in which the student 52.4resides and the superintendent shall provide that verification. 52.5(c) The instruction permit is valid for two years from the date of application and 52.6may be renewed upon payment of a fee equal to the fee for issuance of an instruction 52.7permit under section 171.06, subdivision 2. 52.8 new text begin (d) The commissioner of public safety shall adopt rules to carry out the provisions new text end 52.9 new text begin of this section. The rules adopted under this section are exempt from the rulemaking new text end 52.10 new text begin provisions of chapter 14. The rules are subject to section 14.386, except that section new text end 52.11 new text begin 14.386, paragraph (b), does not apply. new text end 52.12 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin Paragraph (a) is effective June 1, 2014. Paragraph (d) is new text end 52.13 new text begin effective the day following final enactment. new text end 52.14    Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 171.17, is amended by adding a subdivision 52.15to read: 52.16     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 52.17 new text begin subdivision, "qualified prior impaired driving incident" has the meaning given in section new text end 52.18 new text begin 169A.03, subdivision 22. new text end 52.19 new text begin (b) Upon receiving a record of a conviction for a violation of section 609.21, new text end 52.20 new text begin subdivision 1, clause (2), (3), (4), (5), or (6), the commissioner shall revoke the driver's new text end 52.21 new text begin license or driving privileges of a person as follows: new text end 52.22 new text begin (1) not less than ten years if the violation resulted in great bodily harm or death to new text end 52.23 new text begin another and the person has two or more qualified prior impaired driving incidents within new text end 52.24 new text begin the past ten years or three or more qualified prior impaired driving incidents, and with new text end 52.25 new text begin denial under section 171.04, subdivision 1, clause (10), until rehabilitation is established new text end 52.26 new text begin according to standards established by the commissioner; new text end 52.27 new text begin (2) not less than eight years if the violation resulted in great bodily harm or death new text end 52.28 new text begin to another and the person has a qualified prior impaired driving incident within the past new text end 52.29 new text begin ten years; new text end 52.30 new text begin (3) not less than six years if the violation resulted in great bodily harm or death new text end 52.31 new text begin to another; new text end 52.32 new text begin (4) not less than six years if the violation resulted in bodily harm or substantial bodily new text end 52.33 new text begin harm to another and the person has two or more qualified prior impaired driving incidents new text end 52.34 new text begin within the past ten years or three or more qualified prior impaired driving incidents, new text end 53.1 new text begin and with denial under section 171.04, subdivision 1, clause (10), until rehabilitation is new text end 53.2 new text begin established according to standards established by the commissioner; new text end 53.3 new text begin (5) not less than four years if the violation resulted in bodily harm or substantial new text end 53.4 new text begin bodily harm to another and the person has a qualified prior impaired driving incident new text end 53.5 new text begin within the past ten years; or new text end 53.6 new text begin (6) not less than two years if the violation resulted in bodily harm or substantial new text end 53.7 new text begin bodily harm to another. new text end 53.8 new text begin (c) Section 169A.09 applies when determining the number of qualified prior new text end 53.9 new text begin impaired driving incidents under this subdivision. new text end 53.10 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 53.11 new text begin committed on or after that date. new text end 53.12    Sec. 13. new text begin [171.187] SUSPENSION; CRIMINAL VEHICULAR OPERATION new text end 53.13 new text begin AND MANSLAUGHTER. new text end 53.14     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 53.15 new text begin license of a person: new text end 53.16 new text begin (1) for whom a peace officer has made the certification described in section 629.344 new text end 53.17 new text begin that probable cause exists to believe that the person violated section 609.21, subdivision 1, new text end 53.18 new text begin clause (2), (3), (4), (5), or (6); or new text end 53.19 new text begin (2) who has been formally charged with a violation of section 609.20, 609.205, or new text end 53.20 new text begin 609.21, resulting from the operation of a motor vehicle. new text end 53.21     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 53.22 new text begin (1) the conviction, acquittal, or dismissal of the underlying crime that resulted in new text end 53.23 new text begin the suspension; or new text end 53.24 new text begin (2) the commissioner, acting under subdivision 4, orders the termination of the new text end 53.25 new text begin suspension. new text end 53.26     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 53.27 new text begin 1 is later convicted of the underlying offense that resulted in the suspension and the new text end 53.28 new text begin commissioner revokes the person's license, the commissioner shall credit the time accrued new text end 53.29 new text begin under the suspension period toward the revocation period imposed under section 171.17, new text end 53.30 new text begin subdivision 4, or for violations of section 609.20, 609.205, or 609.21, subdivision 1, new text end 53.31 new text begin clause (1), (7), or (8). new text end 53.32     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 53.33 new text begin which a person's driver's license is suspended under this section, the person may request in new text end 53.34 new text begin writing a review of the suspension by the commissioner. Upon receiving a request, the new text end 53.35 new text begin commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall review the order of suspension, the new text end 54.1 new text begin evidence upon which the order was based, and any other material information brought new text end 54.2 new text begin to the attention of the commissioner, and determine whether sufficient cause exists to new text end 54.3 new text begin sustain the order. Within 15 days of receiving the request, the commissioner shall report in new text end 54.4 new text begin writing the results of the review. The review provided in this subdivision is not subject to new text end 54.5 new text begin the contested case provisions in chapter 14. new text end 54.6 new text begin (b) In addition to any other reason provided for in this subdivision, a person may new text end 54.7 new text begin request a review of the suspension by the commissioner if the suspension has been in place new text end 54.8 new text begin for at least three months and the person has not been indicted or formally charged with the new text end 54.9 new text begin underlying crime that resulted in the license suspension. new text end 54.10 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 54.11 new text begin committed on or after that date. new text end 54.12    Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 171.30, subdivision 1, is amended to read: 54.13    Subdivision 1. Conditions of issuance. (a) The commissioner may issue a limited 54.14license to the driver under the conditions in paragraph (b) in any case where a person's 54.15license has been: 54.16(1) suspended under section 171.18, 171.173, or 171.186 new text begin , or 171.187 new text end ; 54.17(2) revoked, canceled, or denied under section: 54.18(i) 169.792; 54.19(ii) 169.797; 54.20(iii) 169A.52: 54.21(A) subdivision 3, paragraph (a), clause (1) or (2); 54.22(B) subdivision 3, paragraph (a), clause (4), (5), or (6), if in compliance with section 54.23171.306 ; 54.24(C) subdivision 4, paragraph (a), clause (1) or (2), if the test results indicate an 54.25alcohol concentration of less than twice the legal limit; 54.26(D) subdivision 4, paragraph (a), clause (4), (5), or (6), if in compliance with section 54.27171.306 ; 54.28(iv) 171.17; or 54.29(v) 171.172; or 54.30(3) revoked, canceled, or denied under section 169A.54: 54.31(i) subdivision 1, clause (1), if the test results indicate an alcohol concentration 54.32of less than twice the legal limit; 54.33(ii) subdivision 1, clause (2); 54.34(iii) subdivision 1, clause (5), (6), or (7), if in compliance with section 171.306; or 55.1(iv) subdivision 2, if the person does not have a qualified prior impaired driving 55.2incident as defined in section 169A.03, subdivision 22, on the person's record, and the test 55.3results indicate an alcohol concentration of less than twice the legal limit. 55.4(b) The following conditions for a limited license under paragraph (a) include: 55.5(1) if the driver's livelihood or attendance at a chemical dependency treatment or 55.6counseling program depends upon the use of the driver's license; 55.7(2) if the use of a driver's license by a homemaker is necessary to prevent the 55.8substantial disruption of the education, medical, or nutritional needs of the family of 55.9the homemaker; or 55.10(3) if attendance at a postsecondary institution of education by an enrolled student of 55.11that institution depends upon the use of the driver's license. 55.12(c) The commissioner in issuing a limited license may impose such conditions and 55.13limitations as in the commissioner's judgment are necessary to the interests of the public 55.14safety and welfare including reexamination as to the driver's qualifications. The license 55.15may be limited to the operation of particular vehicles, to particular classes and times of 55.16operation, and to particular conditions of traffic. The commissioner may require that an 55.17applicant for a limited license affirmatively demonstrate that use of public transportation 55.18or carpooling as an alternative to a limited license would be a significant hardship. 55.19(d) For purposes of this subdivision: 55.20(1) "homemaker" refers to the person primarily performing the domestic tasks in a 55.21household of residents consisting of at least the person and the person's dependent child 55.22or other dependents; and 55.23(2) "twice the legal limit" means an alcohol concentration of two times the limit 55.24specified in section 169A.20, subdivision 1, clause (5). 55.25(e) The limited license issued by the commissioner shall clearly indicate the 55.26limitations imposed and the driver operating under the limited license shall have the 55.27license in possession at all times when operating as a driver. 55.28(f) In determining whether to issue a limited license, the commissioner shall consider 55.29the number and the seriousness of prior convictions and the entire driving record of the 55.30driver and shall consider the number of miles driven by the driver annually. 55.31(g) If the person's driver's license or permit to drive has been revoked under 55.32section 169.792 or 169.797, the commissioner may only issue a limited license to the 55.33person after the person has presented an insurance identification card, policy, or written 55.34statement indicating that the driver or owner has insurance coverage satisfactory to 55.35the commissioner of public safety. The commissioner of public safety may require 56.1the insurance identification card provided to satisfy this subdivision be certified by the 56.2insurance company to be noncancelable for a period not to exceed 12 months. 56.3(h) The limited license issued by the commissioner to a person under section 56.4171.186, subdivision 4 , must expire 90 days after the date it is issued. The commissioner 56.5must not issue a limited license to a person who previously has been issued a limited 56.6license under section 171.186, subdivision 4. 56.7(i) The commissioner shall not issue a limited driver's license to any person 56.8described in section 171.04, subdivision 1, clause (6), (7), (8), (11), or (14). 56.9(j) The commissioner shall not issue a class A, class B, or class C limited license. 56.10 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 56.11 new text begin committed on or after that date. new text end 56.12    Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 171.30, subdivision 2a, is amended to read: 56.13    Subd. 2a. Other waiting periods. Notwithstanding subdivision 2, a limited license 56.14shall not be issued for a period of: 56.15(1) 15 days, to a person whose license or privilege has been revoked or suspended 56.16for a first violation of section 169A.20, sections 169A.50 to 169A.53, or a statute or 56.17ordinance from another state in conformity with either of those sections; or 56.18(2) one year, to a person whose license or privilege has been revoked or suspended 56.19for committing manslaughter resulting from the operation of a motor vehicle, committing 56.20criminal vehicular homicide or injury under section 609.21 new text begin , subdivision 1, clause (1), (7), new text end 56.21 new text begin or (8) new text end , or violating a statute or ordinance from another state in conformity with either of 56.22those offenses. 56.23 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 56.24 new text begin committed on or after that date. new text end 56.25    Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 171.30, is amended by adding a subdivision 56.26to read: 56.27     new text begin Subd. 5. new text end new text begin Exception; criminal vehicular operation. new text end new text begin Notwithstanding subdivision new text end 56.28 new text begin 1, the commissioner may not issue a limited license to a person whose driver's license new text end 56.29 new text begin has been suspended or revoked due to a violation of section 609.21, subdivision 1, clause new text end 56.30 new text begin (2), (3), (4), (5), or (6). new text end 56.31 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 56.32 new text begin committed on or after that date. new text end 57.1    Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 171.306, subdivision 1, is amended to read: 57.2    Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) As used in this section, the terms in this subdivision 57.3have the meanings given them. 57.4(b) "Ignition interlock device" or "device" means equipment that is designed to 57.5measure breath alcohol concentration and to prevent a motor vehicle's ignition from being 57.6started by a person whose breath alcohol concentration measures 0.02 or higher on the 57.7equipment. 57.8(c) "Program participant" means a person new text begin who has qualified to take part in the new text end 57.9 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 57.10 new text begin (1) new text end revoked, canceled, or denied under section 169A.52, 169A.54, or 171.04, 57.11subdivision 1 , clause (10), and who has qualified to take part in the ignition interlock 57.12program under this section new text begin ; or new text end 57.13 new text begin (2) revoked under section 171.17, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (1), or new text end 57.14 new text begin suspended under section 171.187, for a violation of section 609.21, subdivision 1, clause new text end 57.15 new text begin (2), (3), (4), (5), or (6) new text end . 57.16(d) "Qualified prior impaired driving incident" has the meaning given in section 57.17169A.03, subdivision 22 . 57.18 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 57.19 new text begin committed on or after that date. new text end 57.20    Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 171.306, subdivision 4, is amended to read: 57.21    Subd. 4. Issuance of restricted license. (a) The commissioner shall issue a class 57.22D driver's license, subject to the applicable limitations and restrictions of this section, 57.23to a program participant who meets the requirements of this section and the program 57.24guidelines. The commissioner shall not issue a license unless the program participant has 57.25provided satisfactory proof that: 57.26(1) a certified ignition interlock device has been installed on the participant's motor 57.27vehicle at an installation service center designated by the device's manufacturer; and 57.28(2) the participant has insurance coverage on the vehicle equipped with the ignition 57.29interlock device. The commissioner shall require the participant to present an insurance 57.30identification card, policy, or written statement as proof of insurance coverage, and may 57.31require the insurance identification card provided be certified by the insurance company to 57.32be noncancelable for a period not to exceed 12 months. 57.33(b) A license issued under authority of this section must contain a restriction 57.34prohibiting the program participant from driving, operating, or being in physical control of 57.35any motor vehicle not equipped with a functioning ignition interlock device certified by 58.1the commissioner. A participant may drive an employer-owned vehicle not equipped with 58.2an interlock device while in the normal course and scope of employment duties pursuant 58.3to the program guidelines established by the commissioner and with the employer's 58.4written consent. 58.5(c) A program participant whose driver's license has been new text begin : (1) new text end revoked under section 58.6169A.52, subdivision 3 , paragraph (a), clause (1), (2), or (3), or subdivision 4, paragraph 58.7(a), clause (1), (2), or (3), or section 169A.54, subdivision 1, clause (1), (2), (3), or (4), new text begin ; or new text end 58.8 new text begin (2) revoked under section 171.17, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (1), or suspended new text end 58.9 new text begin under section 171.187, for a violation of section 609.21, subdivision 1, clause (2), (3), new text end 58.10 new text begin (4), (5), or (6); new text end may apply for conditional reinstatement of the driver's license, subject to 58.11the ignition interlock restriction. 58.12(d) A program participant whose driver's license has been revoked, canceled, or 58.13denied under section 169A.52, subdivision 3, paragraph (a), clause (4), (5), or (6), or 58.14subdivision 4, paragraph (a), clause (4), (5), or (6), or section 169A.54, subdivision 1, 58.15clause (5), (6), or (7), may apply for a limited license, subject to the ignition interlock 58.16restriction, if the program participant is enrolled in a licensed chemical dependency 58.17treatment or rehabilitation program as recommended in a chemical use assessment, and if 58.18the participant meets the other applicable requirements of section 171.30. After completing 58.19a licensed chemical dependency treatment or rehabilitation program and one year of limited 58.20license use without violating the ignition interlock restriction, the conditions of limited 58.21license use, or program guidelines, the participant may apply for conditional reinstatement 58.22of the driver's license, subject to the ignition interlock restriction. If the program 58.23participant's ignition interlock device subsequently registers a positive breath alcohol 58.24concentration of 0.02 or higher, the commissioner shall cancel the driver's license, and the 58.25program participant may apply for another limited license according to this paragraph. 58.26(e) Notwithstanding any statute or rule to the contrary, the commissioner has 58.27authority to determine when a program participant is eligible for restoration of full driving 58.28privileges, except that the commissioner shall not reinstate full driving privileges until the 58.29program participant has met all applicable prerequisites for reinstatement under section 58.30169A.55 and until the program participant's device has registered no positive breath 58.31alcohol concentrations of 0.02 or higher during the preceding 90 days. 58.32 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 58.33 new text begin committed on or after that date. new text end 58.34    Sec. 19. new text begin [174.12] TRANSPORTATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT new text end 58.35 new text begin PROGRAM. new text end 59.1     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 59.2 new text begin employment and economic development shall develop and implement a transportation new text end 59.3 new text begin economic development program as provided in this section that provides financial new text end 59.4 new text begin assistance on a geographically balanced basis through competitive grants for projects in new text end 59.5 new text begin all modes of transportation that provide measurable local, regional, or statewide economic new text end 59.6 new text begin benefit. new text end 59.7 new text begin (b) The commissioners of transportation and employment and economic new text end 59.8 new text begin development may provide financial assistance for a transportation project at their new text end 59.9 new text begin discretion, subject to the requirements of this section. new text end 59.10     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 59.11 new text begin economic development account is established in the special revenue fund under the new text end 59.12 new text begin budgetary jurisdiction of the legislative committees having jurisdiction over transportation new text end 59.13 new text begin finance. Money in the account may be expended only as appropriated by law. The account new text end 59.14 new text begin may not contain money transferred or otherwise provided from the trunk highway fund. new text end 59.15 new text begin (b) A transportation economic development account is established in the trunk new text end 59.16 new text begin highway fund. The account consists of funds donated, allotted, transferred, or otherwise new text end 59.17 new text begin provided to the account. Money in the account may be used only for trunk highway new text end 59.18 new text begin purposes. new text end 59.19     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 59.20 new text begin development program, the commissioners of transportation and employment and new text end 59.21 new text begin economic development shall make reasonable efforts to (1) publicize each solicitation for new text end 59.22 new text begin applications among all eligible recipients, and (2) provide technical and informational new text end 59.23 new text begin assistance in creating and submitting applications. new text end 59.24     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 59.25 new text begin employment and economic development shall develop economic impact performance new text end 59.26 new text begin measures to analyze projects for which financial assistance under this section is being new text end 59.27 new text begin applied for or has been previously provided. new text end 59.28     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 59.29 new text begin employment and economic development shall establish criteria for evaluating projects new text end 59.30 new text begin for financial assistance under this section. At a minimum, the criteria must provide an new text end 59.31 new text begin objective method to prioritize and select projects on the basis of: new text end 59.32 new text begin (1) the extent to which the project provides measurable economic benefit; new text end 59.33 new text begin (2) consistency with relevant state and local transportation plans; new text end 59.34 new text begin (3) the availability and commitment of funding or in-kind assistance for the project new text end 59.35 new text begin from nonpublic sources; new text end 59.36 new text begin (4) the need for the project as part of the overall transportation system; new text end 60.1 new text begin (5) the extent to which completion of the project will improve the movement of new text end 60.2 new text begin people and freight; and new text end 60.3 new text begin (6) geographic balance as required under subdivision 7, paragraph (b). new text end 60.4     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 60.5 new text begin criteria established under subdivision 5, the commissioner of employment and economic new text end 60.6 new text begin development shall (1) evaluate proposed projects, and (2) certify those that may receive new text end 60.7 new text begin financial assistance. new text end 60.8 new text begin (b) As part of the project evaluation process, the commissioner of transportation new text end 60.9 new text begin shall certify that a project constitutes an eligible and appropriate transportation project. new text end 60.10     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 60.11 new text begin commissioners of transportation and employment and economic development may not new text end 60.12 new text begin exceed 70 percent of a project's total costs. new text end 60.13 new text begin (b) The commissioners of transportation and employment and economic development new text end 60.14 new text begin shall ensure that financial assistance is provided in a manner that is balanced throughout new text end 60.15 new text begin the state, including with respect to (1) the number of projects receiving funding in a new text end 60.16 new text begin particular geographic location or region of the state, and (2) the total amount of financial new text end 60.17 new text begin assistance provided for projects in a particular geographic location or region of the state. new text end 60.18     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 60.19 new text begin commissioner of transportation, with assistance from the commissioner of employment new text end 60.20 new text begin and economic development, shall submit a report on the transportation economic new text end 60.21 new text begin development program to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative new text end 60.22 new text begin committees with jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance and economic new text end 60.23 new text begin development policy and finance. new text end 60.24 new text begin (b) At a minimum, the report must: new text end 60.25 new text begin (1) summarize the requirements and implementation of the transportation economic new text end 60.26 new text begin development program established in this section; new text end 60.27 new text begin (2) review the criteria and economic impact performance measures used for new text end 60.28 new text begin evaluation, prioritization, and selection of projects; new text end 60.29 new text begin (3) provide a brief overview of each project that received financial assistance under new text end 60.30 new text begin the program, which must at a minimum identify: new text end 60.31 new text begin (i) basic project characteristics, such as funding recipient, geographic location, new text end 60.32 new text begin and type of transportation modes served; new text end 60.33 new text begin (ii) sources and respective amounts of project funding; and new text end 60.34 new text begin (iii) the degree of economic benefit anticipated or observed, following the economic new text end 60.35 new text begin impact performance measures established under subdivision 4; new text end 61.1 new text begin (4) identify the allocation of funds, including but not limited to a breakdown of total new text end 61.2 new text begin project funds by transportation mode, the amount expended for administrative costs, and new text end 61.3 new text begin the amount transferred to the transportation economic development assistance account; new text end 61.4 new text begin (5) evaluate the overall economic impact of the program consistent with the new text end 61.5 new text begin accountability measurement requirements under section 116J.997; and new text end 61.6 new text begin (6) provide recommendations for any legislative changes related to the program. new text end 61.7    Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 174.185, is amended by adding a subdivision 61.8to read: 61.9     new text begin Subd. 4. new text end new text begin Pavement design life. new text end new text begin (a) For purposes of this subdivision, "applicable new text end 61.10 new text begin project" means a trunk highway project: new text end 61.11 new text begin (1) that is categorized in the statewide transportation improvement program with a new text end 61.12 new text begin program category of major construction, reconstruction, reconditioning, or resurfacing; new text end 61.13 new text begin (2) that adds, removes, or replaces a pavement surface layer by more than two new text end 61.14 new text begin inches of paving material thickness; new text end 61.15 new text begin (3) that involves within the construction limits: new text end 61.16 new text begin (i) on a two-lane road, more than two miles of length of roadway; or new text end 61.17 new text begin (ii) on a multilane road, more than 30,000 square yards of paving; and new text end 61.18 new text begin (4) for which a notable portion of the roadway has an International Roughness new text end 61.19 new text begin Index of 170 inches per mile or greater. new text end 61.20 new text begin (b) The commissioner shall, on each applicable project, select pavement material new text end 61.21 new text begin that has a design life of at least 20 years. For purposes of determining pavement design new text end 61.22 new text begin life under this subdivision, the commissioner may not consider the life of pavement new text end 61.23 new text begin following planned maintenance or repairs. new text end 61.24    Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 174.40, is amended by adding a subdivision 61.25to read: 61.26     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 61.27 new text begin expend an appropriation from the bond proceeds fund, or provide financial assistance from new text end 61.28 new text begin such appropriations, for the purposes specified in this subdivision. new text end 61.29 new text begin (b) Subject to appropriations made specifically for the purposes of this subdivision, new text end 61.30 new text begin the commissioner may expend funds for non-infrastructure activities to encourage walking new text end 61.31 new text begin and bicycling to school, including: new text end 61.32 new text begin (1) planning activities; new text end 61.33 new text begin (2) public awareness campaigns and outreach to press and community leaders; new text end 61.34 new text begin (3) traffic education and enforcement in the vicinity of schools; new text end 62.1 new text begin (4) student sessions on bicycle and pedestrian safety, health, and the environment; and new text end 62.2 new text begin (5) financial assistance for training, volunteers, and managers of safe routes to new text end 62.3 new text begin school programs. new text end 62.4    Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 219.1651, is amended to read: 62.5219.1651 GRADE CROSSING SAFETY ACCOUNT. 62.6A Minnesota grade crossing safety account is created in the special revenue fund, 62.7consisting of money credited to the account by law. Money in the account is appropriated 62.8to the commissioner of transportation for rail-highway grade crossing safety projects 62.9on public streets and highways, including engineering costs. new text begin At the discretion of the new text end 62.10 new text begin commissioner of transportation, new text end money in the account at the end of each fiscal year cancels 62.11 new text begin biennium may cancel new text end to the trunk highway fund. 62.12    Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 299A.73, subdivision 3, is amended to read: 62.13    Subd. 3. Grant allocation formula. Up to one new text begin five new text end percent of the appropriations 62.14to the grants-in-aid to the youth intervention program may be used for a grant to 62.15the Minnesota Youth Intervention Programs Association for expenses in providing 62.16collaborative new text begin collaboration, program development, professional development new text end training 62.17and new text begin , new text end technical assistance to new text begin , tracking, and analyzing and reporting outcome data for the new text end 62.18 community-based grantees of the program. new text begin The Minnesota Youth Intervention Programs new text end 62.19 new text begin Association is not required to meet the match obligation under subdivision 2. new text end 62.20    Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 299E.01, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 62.21    Subd. 2. Responsibilities. new text begin (a) new text end The division shall be responsible and shall utilize 62.22state employees for security and public information services in state-owned buildings and 62.23state leased-to-own buildings in the Capitol area, as described in section 15B.02; new text begin . new text end It shall 62.24provide such personnel as are required by the circumstances to insure the orderly conduct 62.25of state business and the convenience of the public. 62.26 new text begin (b) As part of the division permanent staff, the director must establish the position of new text end 62.27 new text begin emergency manager that includes, at a minimum, the following duties: new text end 62.28 new text begin (1) oversight of the consolidation, development, and maintenance of plans and new text end 62.29 new text begin procedures that provide continuity of security operations; new text end 62.30 new text begin (2) the development and implementation of tenant training that addresses threats new text end 62.31 new text begin and emergency procedures; and new text end 62.32 new text begin (3) the development and implementation of threat and emergency exercises. new text end 63.1 new text begin (c) The director must provide a minimum of one state trooper assigned to the Capitol new text end 63.2 new text begin complex at all times. new text end 63.3 new text begin (d) The director, in consultation with the advisory committee under section 299E.04, new text end 63.4 new text begin shall, at least annually, hold a meeting or meetings to discuss, among other issues, Capitol new text end 63.5 new text begin complex security, emergency planning, public safety, and public access to the Capitol new text end 63.6 new text begin complex. The meetings must include, at a minimum: new text end 63.7 new text begin (1) Capitol complex tenants and state employees; new text end 63.8 new text begin (2) nongovernmental entities, such as lobbyists, vendors, and the media; and new text end 63.9 new text begin (3) the public and public advocacy groups. new text end 63.10    Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 299E.01, subdivision 3, is amended to read: 63.11    Subd. 3. Powers and duties transferred. All powers, duties and responsibilities 63.12heretofore assigned by law to the commissioner of administration relating to the general 63.13function of security in such new text begin Capitol complex new text end state-owned buildings are hereby transferred 63.14to the commissioner of public safety. new text begin The commissioner of public safety shall have new text end 63.15 new text begin the final authority regarding public safety and security in the Capitol complex. The new text end 63.16 new text begin commissioner of administration shall have the powers, duties, and responsibilities relating new text end 63.17 new text begin to the Capitol complex of state-owned buildings as provided under chapter 16B. new text end 63.18    Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 299E.02, is amended to read: 63.19299E.02 CONTRACT SERVICES new text begin INTERAGENCY AGREEMENT new text end ; 63.20APPROPRIATION. 63.21Fees charged for contracted new text begin The commissioner of public safety shall execute new text end 63.22 new text begin interagency agreements with agency tenants in the Capitol complex whereby fees for the new text end 63.23 new text begin provision of security services are charged. Fees charged for new text end security services provided 63.24by the Capitol Complex Security Division of the Department of Public Safety must be 63.25deposited in an account in the special revenue fund and are annually appropriated to the 63.26commissioner of public safety to administer and provide these services. 63.27    Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 398A.04, is amended by adding a 63.28subdivision to read: 63.29     new text begin Subd. 2a. new text end new text begin Bus rapid transit development. new text end new text begin A regional rail authority may exercise new text end 63.30 new text begin the powers conferred under this section to: plan, establish, acquire, develop, purchase, new text end 63.31 new text begin enlarge, extend, improve, maintain, equip, regulate, and protect; and pay costs of new text end 63.32 new text begin construction and operation of a bus rapid transit system located within its county on transit new text end 63.33 new text begin ways included in and approved by the Metropolitan Council's 2030 Transportation Policy new text end 64.1 new text begin Plan. This subdivision applies only to the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, new text end 64.2 new text begin Ramsey, Scott, and Washington. new text end 64.3 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment new text end 64.4 new text begin and applies only to the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, new text end 64.5 new text begin and Washington. new text end 64.6    Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 398A.10, is amended by adding a 64.7subdivision to read: 64.8     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 64.9 new text begin construction of a minimum operable segment of a new light rail transit or commuter rail new text end 64.10 new text begin line, but does not include infill stations, project enhancements, extensions, or supportive new text end 64.11 new text begin infrastructure, constructed after the rail transit is operational. new text end 64.12 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment. new text end 64.13    Sec. 29. new text begin [629.344] CRIMINAL VEHICULAR OPERATION AND new text end 64.14 new text begin MANSLAUGHTER; CERTIFICATION OF PROBABLE CAUSE BY PEACE new text end 64.15 new text begin OFFICER. new text end 64.16 new text begin If a peace officer determines that probable cause exists to believe that a person has new text end 64.17 new text begin violated section 609.21, subdivision 1, clause (2), (3), (4), (5), or (6), the officer shall new text end 64.18 new text begin certify this determination and notify the commissioner of public safety. new text end 64.19 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 64.20 new text begin committed on or after that date. new text end 64.21    Sec. 30. new text begin NOVICE DRIVER EDUCATION IMPROVEMENT TASK FORCE. new text end 64.22 new text begin (a) The Novice Driver Education Improvement Task Force is established to ensure new text end 64.23 new text begin driver education programs in Minnesota meet the Novice Teen Driver Education and new text end 64.24 new text begin Training Administrative Standards published by the United States Department of new text end 64.25 new text begin Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. new text end 64.26 new text begin (b) The task force consists of 21 members: new text end 64.27 new text begin (1) the commissioner of public safety or the commissioner's designee; new text end 64.28 new text begin (2) two representatives from and designated by the Minnesota Association of new text end 64.29 new text begin Student Councils; new text end 64.30 new text begin (3) one representative from and designated by Mothers Against Drunk Driving; new text end 64.31 new text begin (4) one representative from and designated by Minnesotans for Safe Driving; new text end 65.1 new text begin (5) two representatives from law enforcement organizations, such as the Minnesota new text end 65.2 new text begin Chiefs of Police Association and the Minnesota Sheriffs' Association appointed by the new text end 65.3 new text begin commissioner; new text end 65.4 new text begin (6) one representative from and designated by the American Automobile Association; new text end 65.5 new text begin (7) one representative from and designated by the Minnesota Safety Council; new text end 65.6 new text begin (8) two representatives from and designated by the Minnesota PTA; new text end 65.7 new text begin (9) five driver educators from the Minnesota Driver and Traffic Safety Education new text end 65.8 new text begin Association designated by the commissioner; and new text end 65.9 new text begin (10) five driver educators from commercial driving schools, designated by the new text end 65.10 new text begin commissioner. new text end 65.11 new text begin (c) Any vacancies shall be filled by the appointing or designating authorities. new text end 65.12 new text begin (d) Members shall serve without compensation. new text end 65.13 new text begin (e) Members shall be appointed or designated by August 1, 2013. new text end 65.14 new text begin (f) The commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall convene the first meeting new text end 65.15 new text begin of the task force after all appointments have been made. At the first meeting, the task new text end 65.16 new text begin force shall elect a chair from among its members by majority vote. The first meeting must new text end 65.17 new text begin take place by September 1, 2013. new text end 65.18 new text begin (g) The duties of the task force are to examine and compare Minnesota law and new text end 65.19 new text begin rules concerning driver education with the Novice Teen Driver Education and Training new text end 65.20 new text begin Administrative Standards, identify discrepancies, and determine to what extent, if any, new text end 65.21 new text begin state law should be modified to conform with federal standards. new text end 65.22 new text begin (h) The commissioner shall provide support staff and administrative services for new text end 65.23 new text begin the task force. new text end 65.24 new text begin (i) The task force shall submit a report no later than August 31, 2015, to the new text end 65.25 new text begin chairs and ranking minority members of the committees in the house of representatives new text end 65.26 new text begin and senate having jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance, containing its new text end 65.27 new text begin recommendation as to whether or to what extent Minnesota's driver education programs new text end 65.28 new text begin should conform to national standards referenced in paragraph (a), and if so, providing draft new text end 65.29 new text begin legislation necessary or desirable to achieve the recommended level of federal conformity. new text end 65.30 new text begin The report may present recommendations for improving Minnesota's driver education new text end 65.31 new text begin curriculum and identify associated costs. new text end 65.32 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment new text end 65.33 new text begin and is repealed September 1, 2015, or the day after the task force submits its report, as new text end 65.34 new text begin required in paragraph (i), whichever occurs first. new text end 66.1    Sec. 31. new text begin ORIGINAL IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICE PROGRAM; USE new text end 66.2 new text begin OF EMPLOYER-OWNED VEHICLES. new text end 66.3 new text begin A person participating in the ignition interlock device program under Minnesota new text end 66.4 new text begin Statutes 2009, section 171.305, may drive an employer-owned vehicle not equipped with new text end 66.5 new text begin an interlock device while in the normal course and scope of employment duties pursuant to new text end 66.6 new text begin the program guidelines established by the commissioner referenced in Minnesota Statutes, new text end 66.7 new text begin section 171.306, subdivision 4, paragraph (b), and with the employer's written consent. new text end 66.8 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment. new text end 66.9    Sec. 32. new text begin TRANSIT WAY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. new text end 66.10 new text begin (a) In all phases of a transit way project in which the Metropolitan Council is the new text end 66.11 new text begin lead transportation authority, the council may partner and contract for services with local new text end 66.12 new text begin community-based organizations to promote community engagement activities along the new text end 66.13 new text begin project corridor. The community-based organizations may include those organizations new text end 66.14 new text begin representative of low-income people, people of color, people with disabilities, other new text end 66.15 new text begin cultural constituencies, or small businesses. new text end 66.16 new text begin (b) For purposes of this section, project phases may include, but are not limited to: new text end 66.17 new text begin (1) feasibility studies, alternatives analysis, preplanning, environmental analysis, new text end 66.18 new text begin land acquisition, easements, design, preliminary and final engineering, construction, new text end 66.19 new text begin and station development; new text end 66.20 new text begin (2) review of existing public transit service along the corridor; and new text end 66.21 new text begin (3) pedestrian, bicycle, or nonmotorized improvement projects associated with the new text end 66.22 new text begin corridor. new text end 66.23 new text begin (c) Any community engagement activities conducted under this section shall be new text end 66.24 new text begin reported to the senate and house of representative chairs and ranking minority members new text end 66.25 new text begin of the committees and divisions with primary jurisdiction over transportation policy and new text end 66.26 new text begin finance. new text end 66.27    Sec. 33. new text begin TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE HIRING AND new text end 66.28 new text begin RECRUITMENT. new text end 66.29 new text begin (a) In the construction, maintenance, replacement, and improvement of transit and new text end 66.30 new text begin transportation infrastructure, the lead transportation authority is encouraged to: (1) make new text end 66.31 new text begin every effort to employ, and encourage the construction manager and other subcontractors new text end 66.32 new text begin and vendors to employ, women and members of minority communities; (2) make every new text end 66.33 new text begin effort to contract with women-owned and minority-owned small businesses designated as new text end 66.34 new text begin small targeted group businesses under Minnesota Statutes, section 16C.16; and (3) may new text end 67.1 new text begin contract with a community-based employment assistance firm to create an employment new text end 67.2 new text begin program to recruit, hire, and retain women and minorities for the project construction new text end 67.3 new text begin workforce. In monitoring progress on meeting these goals, reports may track workers new text end 67.4 new text begin from zip codes that have high rates of poverty and unemployment. new text end 67.5 new text begin (b) The commissioner of transportation shall make all reasonable efforts to increase new text end 67.6 new text begin participation in Department of Transportation highway projects of small businesses new text end 67.7 new text begin located in economically disadvantaged areas of Minnesota, within the meaning of new text end 67.8 new text begin Minnesota Statutes, section 16C.16, subdivision 7. new text end 67.9    Sec. 34. new text begin FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR NORTHSTAR COMMUTER RAIL new text end 67.10 new text begin EXPENSES; GREATER MINNESOTA. new text end 67.11 new text begin The portion of the cost to provide financial assistance for the Greater Minnesota new text end 67.12 new text begin Transit component of the Northstar Commuter Rail is exempt from the requirements in new text end 67.13 new text begin Minnesota Statutes, section 174.24, subdivision 1. new text end 67.14    Sec. 35. new text begin REPEALER. new text end 67.15 new text begin (a) new text end new text begin Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 161.04, subdivision 6; and 174.285, new text end 67.16 new text begin subdivision 8, new text end new text begin are repealed. new text end 67.17 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 67.18 new text begin repealed effective July 1, 2014. new text end