1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation finance; modifying certain appropriations and transfers.
1.3 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.4	Section 1. APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
1.5 	The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are added to the 
1.6 	appropriations in Laws 2013, chapter 117, article 1, unless otherwise specified, to the 
1.7 	agencies and for the purposes specified in this article. Unless otherwise specified, the 
1.8 	appropriations are not added to the base appropriation for each purpose. The appropriations 
1.9 	are from the general fund, or another named fund, and are available for the fiscal years 
1.10 	indicated for each purpose. The figures "2014" and "2015" used in this article mean that the 
1.11 	appropriations listed under them are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014, or 
1.12 	June 30, 2015, respectively. For purposes of this article, "the first year" is fiscal year 2014, 
1.13 	"the second year" is fiscal year 2015, and "the biennium" is fiscal years 2014 and 2015.

1.14				APPROPRIATIONS
	
1.15				Available for the Year
	
1.16				Ending June 30
	
1.17					2014
		2015

1.18
1.19	Sec. 2. DEPARTMENT OF 
TRANSPORTATION

1.20	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	-0-
	$
	111,550,000
	
1.21 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
1.22 	purpose are specified in the following 
1.23 	subdivisions.

2.1	Subd. 2.Multimodal Systems

2.2	(a) Transit
				650,000

2.3
2.4	(b) Highway-Rail Grade Crossings; Oil and 
Other Hazardous Material
				10,000,000
	
2.5 	This appropriation is for development and 
2.6 	implementation of safety improvements at 
2.7 	highway grade crossings along rail corridors 
2.8 	in which oil or other hazardous materials are 
2.9 	transported. The commissioner shall identify 
2.10 	highway-rail grade crossing locations and 
2.11 	improvements in consultation with railroads 
2.12 	and relevant road authorities. This amount is 
2.13 	available until expended.

2.14	(c) Safe Routes to School
				6,000,000
	
2.15 	This appropriation is for capital infrastructure 
2.16 	projects in the safe routes to school program 
2.17 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 174.40. 
2.18 	This amount is available until expended.

2.19	(d) Port Development Assistance Program
				500,000
	
2.20 	This appropriation is for grants under 
2.21 	Minnesota Statutes, chapter 457A. Any 
2.22 	improvements made with the proceeds of 
2.23 	these grants must be publicly owned.

2.24	Subd. 3.State Roads

2.25	(a) Winter-Related Trunk Highway Repair
				10,000,000
	
2.26 	This appropriation is for materials, supplies, 
2.27 	equipment, and labor related to road repair 
2.28 	resulting from effects of the 2013-2014 
2.29 	winter season. This appropriation is available 
2.30 	until expended.

2.31	(b) State Road Construction
				5,000,000
	
2.32 	This appropriation is for the actual 
2.33 	construction, reconstruction, and 
3.1 	improvement of trunk highways, including 
3.2 	design-build contracts and consultant usage 
3.3 	to support these activities. This includes the 
3.4 	cost of actual payment to landowners for 
3.5 	lands acquired for highway rights-of-way, 
3.6 	payment to lessees, interest subsidies, and 
3.7 	relocation expenses.

3.8
3.9	(c) Transportation Economic Development 
Program
				10,000,000
	
3.10 	This appropriation is for the transportation 
3.11 	economic development program under 
3.12 	Minnesota Statutes, section 174.12. This 
3.13 	appropriation is available until expended.

3.14	(d) Corridors of Commerce Program
				30,000,000
	
3.15 	This appropriation is for the corridors 
3.16 	of commerce program under Minnesota 
3.17 	Statutes, section 161.088. Of this 
3.18 	appropriation, the commissioner may use up 
3.19 	to $5,100,000 for program delivery. This 
3.20 	appropriation is available until expended.

3.21	Subd. 4.Local Roads

3.22	(a) Winter-Related City Street Repair
		-0-
		1,200,000
	
3.23 	This appropriation is from the general fund 
3.24 	to the commissioner of transportation for 
3.25 	deposit in the county state-aid highway 
3.26 	fund. For purposes of this paragraph "small 
3.27 	cities" means cities with populations less 
3.28 	than 5,000 that are not eligible for state aid 
3.29 	under Minnesota Statutes, sections 162.09 to 
3.30 	162.14. The commissioner shall apportion 
3.31 	this appropriation to each county so that 
3.32 	each county receives the percentage that the 
3.33 	total miles of nonstate-aid roads in small 
3.34 	cities located in the county bears to the total 
3.35 	miles of nonstate-aid roads in the state. 
4.1 	Money so allocated shall be set apart and 
4.2 	credited to the municipal account of each 
4.3 	county. Money apportioned and allocated to 
4.4 	each county under this paragraph must be 
4.5 	distributed from the municipal account by 
4.6 	each county treasurer to the treasurer of each 
4.7 	small city within the county, according to the 
4.8 	percentage that the total miles of nonstate-aid 
4.9 	roads in the small city bears to the total miles 
4.10 	of nonstate-aid roads in small cities in the 
4.11 	county. This appropriation is for materials, 
4.12 	supplies, equipment, and labor related to 
4.13 	road repair resulting from effects of the 
4.14 	2013-2014 winter season. This is a onetime 
4.15 	appropriation.

4.16	(b) Winter-Related Town Road Repair
		-0-
		1,200,000
	
4.17 	This appropriation is from the general fund 
4.18 	to the commissioner of transportation for 
4.19 	deposit in the town road account in the 
4.20 	county state-aid highway fund. This amount 
4.21 	must be apportioned to each county so that 
4.22 	each county receives the percentage that 
4.23 	the total miles of town road in the county 
4.24 	bears to the total miles of town roads in the 
4.25 	state. Money apportioned and allocated to 
4.26 	each county under this paragraph from the 
4.27 	town road account must be distributed by 
4.28 	each county treasurer to the treasurer of each 
4.29 	town within the county, according to the 
4.30 	percentage that the total miles of town roads 
4.31 	in the town bears to the total miles of town 
4.32 	roads in the county. The appropriation is  for 
4.33 	materials, supplies, equipment, and labor 
4.34 	related to road repair resulting from effects 
4.35 	of the 2013-2014 winter season. This is a 
4.36 	onetime appropriation.

5.1
5.2	(c) Winter-Related County State-Aid Road 
Repair
		-0-
		11,500,000
	
5.3 	This appropriation is from the general fund 
5.4 	to the commissioner of transportation for 
5.5 	deposit in the county state-aid highway 
5.6 	fund, of which a minimum of $3,816,000 
5.7 	is for materials,  supplies, equipment, and 
5.8 	labor related to road repair resulting from 
5.9 	effects of the 2013-2014 winter season. 
5.10 	The commissioner shall apportion funds 
5.11 	to counties in the same manner as county 
5.12 	state-aid highway funds provided for 
5.13 	calendar year 2014 under Minnesota Statutes, 
5.14 	section 162.07. This is a onetime transfer 
5.15 	and does not add to the base appropriation 
5.16 	from the county state-aid highway fund.

5.17
5.18	(d) Winter-Related Municipal State-Aid Road 
Repair
		-0-
		3,500,000
	
5.19 	This appropriation is from the general fund 
5.20 	to the commissioner of transportation for 
5.21 	deposit in the municipal state-aid street 
5.22 	fund, of which a minimum of $1,184,000 
5.23 	is for materials, supplies, equipment, and 
5.24 	labor related to road repair resulting from 
5.25 	effects of the 2013-2014 winter season. The 
5.26 	commissioner shall apportion funds to cities 
5.27 	in the same manner as municipal state-aid 
5.28 	street funds provided for calendar year 2014 
5.29 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 162.13. 
5.30 	This is a onetime transfer and does not add 
5.31 	to the base appropriation from the municipal 
5.32 	state-aid street fund.

5.33	(e) County State-Aid; Metropolitan Counties
		-0-
		22,000,000
	
5.34 	This appropriation is from the general fund 
5.35 	to the commissioner of transportation for 
6.1 	deposit in the county state-aid highway 
6.2 	fund. Notwithstanding any law to the 
6.3 	contrary, the commissioner shall allocate the 
6.4 	amount transferred under this clause to the 
6.5 	counties in the metropolitan area, as defined 
6.6 	in Minnesota Statutes, section 473.121, 
6.7 	subdivision 4, excluding the counties of 
6.8 	Hennepin and Ramsey, so that each county 
6.9 	shall receive of such amount the percentage 
6.10 	that its population, as defined in Minnesota 
6.11 	Statutes, section 477A.011, subdivision 
6.12 	3, estimated or established by July 15 of 
6.13 	the year prior to the current calendar year, 
6.14 	bears to the total population of the counties 
6.15 	receiving funds under this clause. This is 
6.16 	a onetime transfer and does not add to the 
6.17 	base appropriation from the county state-aid 
6.18 	highway fund in this subdivision. 

6.19	Sec. 3. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL

6.20	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	18,850,000
	
6.21 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
6.22 	purpose are specified in the following 
6.23 	subdivisions.

6.24	Subd. 2.Transitways Development
 				14,500,000
	
6.25 	This appropriation is for the development 
6.26 	of one or more transitway capital projects, 
6.27 	consistent with the priorities and objectives 
6.28 	identified in the most recent version of 
6.29 	the transportation policy plan adopted 
6.30 	by the council under Minnesota Statutes, 
6.31 	section 473.146. The transitway capital 
6.32 	project or projects must be jointly selected 
6.33 	by the council and the Counties Transit 
6.34 	Improvement Board. The council and the 
7.1 	Counties Transit Improvement Board shall 
7.2 	seek geographic balance in the allotment 
7.3 	of this appropriation where possible and 
7.4 	maximize the use of all available federal 
7.5 	money. This is a onetime appropriation and 
7.6 	is available until expended.

7.7	Subd. 3.Suburban Transit Providers
 				4,350,000
	
7.8 	This appropriation is for allocation to 
7.9 	replacement service providers operating 
7.10 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 473.388.

7.11 	Sec. 4. STILLWATER LIFT BRIDGE ENDOWMENT.
 7.12 	Upon request of the commissioner of transportation, the commissioner of 
7.13 	management and budget shall transfer up to $6,000,000 from the general fund to the 
7.14 	Stillwater lift bridge endowment account established in Minnesota Statutes, section 165.15.

7.15 	Sec. 5. TRANSFER; RAILROAD SAFETY.
 7.16 	On or before July 31, 2014, the commissioner of management and budget shall 
7.17 	transfer $2,500,000 from the general fund to the railroad safety account in the special 
7.18 	revenue fund under Minnesota Statutes, section 299A.55. This is a onetime transfer.