<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>legislative authorization requirements related to light rail transit; amending <br/>
<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>certain state appropriations and funding obligations; prohibiting the Metropolitan
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<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>Council from certain indebtedness;amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections <br/>
<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>398A.04, by adding a subdivision; 473.39, by adding a subdivision; 473.399, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>by adding a subdivision; 473.4051, subdivision 2.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 398A.04, is amended by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>subdivision to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>    Subd. 2b. <b>Legislative authorization.</b> The powers conferred to a regional rail <br/>
<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>authority under this chapter are subject to the requirements under section 473.399,
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<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>subdivision 6.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.2.0"></a><a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 473.39, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Limitations.</b> The council may not issue certificates of indebtedness, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>bonds, or other obligations secured in part or in whole by a pledge of motor vehicle
         sales <br/>
<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>tax revenue received under sections 16A.88 and 297B.09, or by a pledge of any earnings
         <br/>
<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>from the council's investment of motor vehicle sales tax revenues.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION.</b>This section is effective the day following <br/>
<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>final enactment, and applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey,
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<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>Scott, and Washington.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.3.0"></a><a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 473.399, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Light rail transit development; legislative authorization.</b> (a) The <br/>
<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>commissioner of transportation and any political subdivision, including but not limited
         to <br/>
<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>the Metropolitan Council, a regional railroad authority, a county, and a statutory
         or home <br/>
<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>rule charter city, may not complete an alternatives analysis or select a locally preferred
         <br/>
<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>alternative for a light rail transit project unless (1) a law is enacted that specifically
         identifies <br/>
<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>and authorizes the project, or (2) state funds are appropriated specifically for the
         project.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>(b) The powers conferred under sections 473.399 to 473.3999 to a responsible <br/>
<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>authority, as defined in section 473.3993, subdivision 4, are subject to the requirements
         <br/>
<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>under this subdivision.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment, <br/>
<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>and applies for any project not approved by the Federal Transit Administration for
         <br/>
<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>preliminary engineering or a subsequent project phase as of the effective date of
         this <br/>
<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>section. That portion of this section that relates to the Metropolitan Council applies
         in the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.4.0"></a><a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 473.4051, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Operating costs.</b> After operating revenue and federal money have been <br/>
<a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var>used to pay for light rail transit operations, 50 100 percent of the remaining operating and <br/>
<a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var>ongoing maintenance costs must be paid by the state from nonstate sources. For purposes <br/>
<a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var>of this subdivision, state sources include but are not limited to general fund appropriations
         <br/>
<a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var>and revenue from the motor vehicle sales tax under chapter 297B.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2015, and applies in the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var>counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.5.0"></a><a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var>    Sec. 5. <b>METROPOLITAN COUNCIL; BASE APPROPRIATIONS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.2.26"></a><var>2.26</var>Notwithstanding Laws 2013, chapter 117, article 1, section 4, and Laws 2014, <br/>
<a id="pl.2.27"></a><var>2.27</var>chapter 312, article 9, section 9, the base appropriation from the general fund to
         the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.28"></a><var>2.28</var>Metropolitan Council for transit system operations under Minnesota Statutes, sections
         <br/>
<a id="pl.2.29"></a><var>2.29</var>473.371 to 473.449, in each fiscal year is the greater of zero or:<br/>
<a id="pl.2.30"></a><var>2.30</var>(1) $76,626,000; less<br/>
<a id="pl.2.31"></a><var>2.31</var>(2) funds available to the council in that fiscal year under Minnesota Statutes, section
         <br/>
<a id="pl.2.32"></a><var>2.32</var>16A.88, attributable to motor vehicle sales tax revenue under Minnesota Statutes,
         section <br/>
<a id="pl.3.1"></a><var>3.1</var>297B.09; less funds appropriated to the council in fiscal year 2015 under Minnesota
         <br/>
<a id="pl.3.2"></a><var>3.2</var>Statutes, section 16A.88, attributable to motor vehicle sales tax revenue.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.3"></a><var>3.3</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>