1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; establishing a budget for transportation; appropriating 
1.3 	money for transportation, including Department of Transportation, Metropolitan 
1.4 	Council, and Department of Public Safety activities; amending various 
1.5 	provisions governing transportation policy and finance; establishing funds and 
1.6 	accounts; requiring reports; authorizing sale and issuance of trunk highway 
1.7 	bonds;amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 16A.11, subdivision 
1.8 	3a; 16A.86, subdivision 2; 16A.88, subdivisions 1a, 2; 16E.15, subdivision 
1.9 	2; 117.036, subdivisions 2, 4; 160.20, subdivision 4; 160.27, by adding a 
1.10 	subdivision; 161.04, by adding a subdivision; 161.231; 161.321, subdivisions 2a, 
1.11 	2c, 4; 162.07, subdivision 1a; 168.053, subdivision 1; 168.1299, subdivision 1; 
1.12 	169.475, subdivision 2; 169.49; 169.782, subdivisions 1, 2, 4; 169.81, by adding 
1.13 	a subdivision; 169.865, subdivisions 1, 2, by adding a subdivision; 169.87, 
1.14 	subdivision 6; 173.02, by adding a subdivision; 173.15; 174.40, by adding a 
1.15 	subdivision; 174.636, by adding a subdivision; 174.92; 174.93, subdivision 1; 
1.16 	221.031, by adding a subdivision; 221.605, by adding a subdivision; 299A.465, 
1.17 	subdivision 5, by adding a subdivision; 299D.085, subdivision 2; 299D.09; 
1.18 	360.305, subdivision 4; 398A.04, by adding a subdivision; 473.13, by adding a 
1.19 	subdivision; 473.146, subdivision 4; 473.39, by adding a subdivision; 473.399, 
1.20 	by adding a subdivision; 473.4051, subdivision 2; Laws 2009, chapter 158, 
1.21 	section 10, as amended; Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 11, section 3; proposing 
1.22 	coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 16A; 160; 161; 162; 168; 
1.23 	174; 299F; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 299E.02.
1.24 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.25 	ARTICLE 1
1.26 	TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS

1.27 	Section 1. ROAD AND BRIDGE ACT OF 2015.
 1.28 	This act may be cited as the "Road and Bridge Act of 2015."

1.29	Sec. 2.  SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
2.1 	The amounts shown in this section summarize direct appropriations by fund made 
2.2 	in this act, and do not have legal effect.

2.3			2016
		2017
		Total
	
2.4	General
	$
	64,361,000
	$
	40,875,000
	$
	105,236,000
	
2.5	Airports
		25,109,000
		25,109,000
		50,218,000
	
2.6	C.S.A.H.
		844,521,000
		786,152,000
		1,630,673,000
	
2.7	M.S.A.S.
		218,127,000
		197,506,000
		415,633,000
	
2.8	Special Revenue
		61,422,000
		54,425,000
		115,847,000
	
2.9	H.U.T.D.
		10,436,000
		10,449,000
		20,885,000
	
2.10	Trunk Highway
		1,759,687,000
		1,809,068,000
		3,568,755,000
	
2.11	Transportation Stability
		25,000,000
		25,000,000
		50,000,000
	
2.12	Transit Assistance
		331,340,000
		351,910,000
		683,250,000
	
2.13	Total
	$
	3,340,003,000
	$
	3,300,494,000
	$
	6,640,497,000

2.14	Sec. 3. TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
2.15 	The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to 
2.16 	the agencies and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from 
2.17 	the trunk highway fund, or another named fund, and are available for the fiscal years 
2.18 	indicated for each purpose. Amounts for "Total Appropriation" and sums shown in 
2.19 	the corresponding columns marked "Appropriations by Fund" are summary only and 
2.20 	do have legal effect. The figures "2016" and "2017" used in this article mean that the 
2.21 	appropriations listed under them are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016, or 
2.22 	June 30, 2017, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2016. "The second year" is fiscal 
2.23 	year 2017. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2016 and 2017.

2.24				APPROPRIATIONS
	
2.25				Available for the Year
	
2.26				Ending June 30
	
2.27					2016
		2017

2.28
2.29	Sec. 4. DEPARTMENT OF 
TRANSPORTATION

2.30	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	2,869,033,000
	$
	2,830,817,000

2.31	Appropriations by Fund
	
2.32		2016
	2017
	
2.33	General
	18,058,000
	18,058,000
	
2.34	Airports
	25,109,000
	25,109,000
	
2.35	C.S.A.H.
	844,521,000
	768,152,000
	
2.36	M.S.A.S.
	218,127,000
	197,506,000
	
2.37	Special Revenue
	2,032,000
	0
	
2.38	Trunk Highway
	1,663,396,000
	1,710,832,000
	
3.1
3.2	Transportation 
Stability
	25,000,000
	25,000,000
	
3.3	Transit Assistance
	64,790,000
	68,160,000
	
3.4 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
3.5 	purpose are specified in the following 
3.6 	subdivisions.

3.7	Subd. 2.Multimodal Systems

3.8	(a) Aeronautics Activity

3.9	(1) Airport Development and Assistance
		19,798,000
		19,798,000
	
3.10 	This appropriation is from the state 
3.11 	airports fund and must be spent according 
3.12 	to Minnesota Statutes, section 360.305, 
3.13 	subdivision 4.
3.14 	The base appropriation in each of fiscal years 
3.15 	2018 and 2019 is $14,323,000.
3.16 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
3.17 	16A.28, subdivision 6, this appropriation 
3.18 	is available for five years after the date of 
3.19 	appropriation.
3.20 	If the appropriation for either year is 
3.21 	insufficient, the appropriation for the other 
3.22 	year is available for it.

3.23	(2) Aviation Support and Services
		6,411,000
		6,411,000

3.24	Appropriations by Fund
	
3.25		2016
	2017
	
3.26	Airports
	5,311,000
	5,311,000
	
3.27	Trunk Highway
	1,100,000
	1,100,000
	
3.28 	$80,000 in each year is from the state airports 
3.29 	fund for the Civil Air Patrol.
3.30 	The base appropriation from the general 
3.31 	fund in each of fiscal years 2018 and 2019 is 
3.32 	$1,100,000.
4.1 	The base appropriation from the trunk 
4.2 	highway fund in fiscal year 2018 and 
4.3 	thereafter is $0.

4.4	(b) Transit
		82,810,000
		86,180,000

4.5	Appropriations by Fund
	
4.6		2016
	2017
	
4.7	General
	17,245,000
	17,245,000
	
4.8	Trunk Highway
	775,000
	775,000
	
4.9	Transit Assistance
	64,790,000
	68,160,000
	
4.10 	The transit assistance fund appropriation is 
4.11 	from the greater Minnesota transit account 
4.12 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.88.
4.13 	The base appropriation from the general 
4.14 	fund in each of fiscal years 2018 and 2019 
4.15 	is $18,020,000.
4.16 	The base appropriation from the transit 
4.17 	assistance fund in fiscal year 2018 and 
4.18 	thereafter is as provided in Minnesota 
4.19 	Statutes, section 16A.88, subdivision 1a.
4.20 	The base appropriation from the trunk 
4.21 	highway fund in fiscal year 2018 and 
4.22 	thereafter is $0.

4.23	(c) Safe Routes to School
		500,000
		500,000
	
4.24 	This appropriation is from the general fund 
4.25 	for the safe routes to school program under 
4.26 	Minnesota Statutes, section 174.40.

4.27	(d) Freight 
		7,653,000
		5,153,000

4.28	Appropriations by Fund
	
4.29		2016
	2017
	
4.30	General
	256,000
	256,000
	
4.31	Special Revenue 
	2,500,000
	0
	
4.32	Trunk Highway
	4,897,000
	4,897,000
	
4.33 	The special revenue fund appropriation is 
4.34 	from the vehicle services operating account 
4.35 	for port development assistance program 
5.1 	grants under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
5.2 	457A. Any improvements made with the 
5.3 	proceeds of these grants must be publicly 
5.4 	owned. This is a onetime appropriation and 
5.5 	is available in the second year.
5.6 	The base appropriation from the general 
5.7 	fund in each of fiscal years 2018 and 2019 is 
5.8 	$5,153,000.
5.9 	The base appropriation from the trunk 
5.10 	highway fund in fiscal year 2018 and 
5.11 	thereafter is $0.

5.12	Subd. 3.State Roads

5.13	(a) Operations and Maintenance Activity

5.14	(1) General Operations and Maintenance
		221,083,000
		234,915,000
	
5.15 	The base appropriation in fiscal year 2018 
5.16 	and thereafter is as provided in Minnesota 
5.17 	Statutes, section 161.04, subdivision 7.

5.18	(2) Snow and Ice Management
		65,000,000
		65,000,000
	
5.19 	This appropriation is for snow plowing, 
5.20 	anti-icing treatment, ice removal, and related 
5.21 	expenses.
5.22 	If the appropriation in either year is 
5.23 	insufficient, the appropriation for the other 
5.24 	year is available for it.
5.25 	If the appropriation in the second year is 
5.26 	insufficient, the commissioner may transfer 
5.27 	an amount of up to ten percent of the snow 
5.28 	and ice management appropriation for the 
5.29 	biennium from the appropriation for general 
5.30 	operations and maintenance under clause (1).
5.31 	If a balance remains in this appropriation, the 
5.32 	commissioner may transfer up to that amount 
6.1 	for general operations and maintenance 
6.2 	under clause (1).

6.3	(b) Program Planning and Delivery Activity

6.4	(1) Planning
		30,079,000
		30,079,000
	
6.5 	If a balance remains in this appropriation, the 
6.6 	commissioner may transfer up to that amount 
6.7 	for program delivery under clause (2).

6.8	(2) Program Delivery
		179,946,000
		166,758,000
	
6.9 	This appropriation includes use of consultants 
6.10 	to support development and management of 
6.11 	projects.
6.12 	The base appropriation in fiscal year 2018 
6.13 	is $164,238,000 and in fiscal year 2019 is 
6.14 	$150,563,000.
6.15 	$250,000 in the first year is for the 
6.16 	interchange safety improvement study under 
6.17 	article 3, section 62.
6.18 	$130,000 in each year is available for 
6.19 	administrative costs of the department's 
6.20 	targeted group business program.
6.21 	$266,000 in each year is available for grants 
6.22 	to metropolitan planning organizations 
6.23 	outside the seven-county metropolitan area.
6.24 	$900,000 in each year is available for 
6.25 	grants for transportation studies outside 
6.26 	the metropolitan area to identify critical 
6.27 	concerns, problems, and issues. These 
6.28 	grants are available: (1) to regional 
6.29 	development commissions; (2) in regions 
6.30 	where no regional development commission 
6.31 	is functioning, to joint powers boards 
6.32 	established under an agreement of two or 
6.33 	more political subdivisions in the region to 
7.1 	exercise the planning functions of a regional 
7.2 	development commission; and (3) in regions 
7.3 	where no regional development commission 
7.4 	or joint powers board is functioning, to the 
7.5 	department's district office for that region.
7.6 	$1,000,000 in each year is available 
7.7 	for management of contaminated and 
7.8 	regulated material on property owned by 
7.9 	the Department of Transportation, including 
7.10 	mitigation of property conveyances, facility 
7.11 	acquisition or expansion, chemical release at 
7.12 	maintenance facilities, and spills on the trunk 
7.13 	highway system where there is no known 
7.14 	responsible party. If the appropriation for 
7.15 	either year is insufficient, the appropriation 
7.16 	for the other year is available for it.
7.17 	An amount up to the unexpended balance 
7.18 	in the appropriation under Laws 2012, First 
7.19 	Special Session chapter 1, article 1, section 
7.20 	4, subdivision 3, is available for the purposes 
7.21 	stated in Minnesota Statutes, section 12A.16, 
7.22 	subdivision 2.

7.23	(c) State Road Construction
		897,889,000
		905,356,000
	
7.24 	This appropriation is for the actual 
7.25 	construction, reconstruction, and 
7.26 	improvement of trunk highways, including 
7.27 	design-build contracts. This includes the cost 
7.28 	of actual payment to landowners for lands 
7.29 	acquired for highway rights-of-way, payment 
7.30 	to lessees, interest subsidies, and relocation 
7.31 	expenses.
7.32 	The base appropriation in fiscal year 2018 
7.33 	and thereafter is as provided in Minnesota 
7.34 	Statutes, section 161.04, subdivision 7.
8.1 	$1,000,000 in the first year is to complete 
8.2 	projects using funds made available to 
8.3 	the commissioner of transportation under 
8.4 	title XII of the American Recovery and 
8.5 	Reinvestment Act of 2009, Public Law 
8.6 	111-5, and implemented under Minnesota 
8.7 	Statutes, section 161.36, subdivision 7.
8.8 	The commissioner may expend up to one-half 
8.9 	of one percent of the federal appropriations 
8.10 	under this paragraph as grants to opportunity 
8.11 	industrialization centers and other nonprofit 
8.12 	job training centers for job training programs 
8.13 	related to highway construction.
8.14 	The commissioner may transfer up to 
8.15 	$15,000,000 each year to the transportation 
8.16 	revolving loan fund.
8.17 	The commissioner may collect receipts for 
8.18 	the partners' share of partnership projects. 
8.19 	These receipts are appropriated to the 
8.20 	commissioner for these projects.

8.21	(d) Highway Debt Service
		197,103,000
		236,428,000
	
8.22 	$187,603,000 the first year and $226,928,000 
8.23 	the second year are for transfer to the state 
8.24 	bond fund. If this appropriation is insufficient 
8.25 	to make all transfers required in the year 
8.26 	for which it is made, the commissioner 
8.27 	of management and budget shall transfer 
8.28 	the deficiency amount under the statutory 
8.29 	open appropriation, and notify the chairs 
8.30 	and ranking minority members of the 
8.31 	legislative committees with jurisdiction over 
8.32 	transportation finance and the chairs of the 
8.33 	senate Committee on Finance and the house 
8.34 	of representatives Committee on Ways and 
8.35 	Means of the amount of the deficiency. Any 
9.1 	excess appropriation cancels to the trunk 
9.2 	highway fund.
9.3 	The base appropriation in fiscal year 2018 
9.4 	is $262,899,000 and in fiscal year 2019 is 
9.5 	$281,012,000.

9.6	(e) Statewide Radio Communications
		5,171,000
		5,171,000

9.7	Appropriations by Fund
	
9.8		2016
	2017
	
9.9	General
	3,000
	3,000
	
9.10	Special Revenue
	32,000
	0
	
9.11	Trunk Highway
	5,168,000
	5,168,000
	
9.12 	The general fund appropriation is to equip 
9.13 	and operate the Roosevelt signal tower for 
9.14 	Lake of the Woods weather broadcasting.
9.15 	The special revenue fund appropriation is 
9.16 	from the vehicle services operating account 
9.17 	for a weather transmitter in Lake of the Woods 
9.18 	County. This is a onetime appropriation.
9.19 	The base appropriation from the general 
9.20 	fund in each of fiscal years 2018 and 2019 is 
9.21 	$5,171,000.
9.22 	The base appropriation from the trunk 
9.23 	highway fund in fiscal year 2018 and 
9.24 	thereafter is $0.

9.25	Subd. 4.Local Roads

9.26	(a) County State-Aid Highway Fund
		844,521,000
		768,152,000
	
9.27 	This appropriation is from the county 
9.28 	state-aid highway fund under Minnesota 
9.29 	Statutes, section 161.081, and chapter 162, 
9.30 	and is available until spent.
9.31 	If the commissioner of transportation 
9.32 	determines that a balance remains in the 
9.33 	county state-aid highway fund following 
9.34 	the appropriations and transfers made in 
10.1 	this paragraph, and that the appropriations 
10.2 	made are insufficient for advancing county 
10.3 	state-aid highway projects, an amount 
10.4 	necessary to advance the projects, not to 
10.5 	exceed the balance in the county state-aid 
10.6 	highway fund, is appropriated in each year 
10.7 	to the commissioner. Within two weeks 
10.8 	of a determination under this contingent 
10.9 	appropriation, the commissioner of 
10.10 	transportation shall notify the commissioner 
10.11 	of management and budget and the chairs 
10.12 	and ranking minority members of the 
10.13 	legislative committees with jurisdiction 
10.14 	over transportation finance concerning 
10.15 	funds appropriated. The commissioner shall 
10.16 	include in the next budget submission to 
10.17 	the legislature under Minnesota Statutes, 
10.18 	section 16A.11, any additional amount that is 
10.19 	appropriated under this paragraph.

10.20	(b) Municipal State-Aid Street Fund
		218,127,000
		197,506,000
	
10.21 	This appropriation is from the municipal 
10.22 	state-aid street fund under Minnesota 
10.23 	Statutes, chapter 162, and is available until 
10.24 	spent.
10.25 	If the commissioner of transportation 
10.26 	determines that a balance remains in the 
10.27 	municipal state-aid street fund following the 
10.28 	appropriations and transfers made in this 
10.29 	paragraph, and that the appropriations made 
10.30 	are insufficient for advancing municipal 
10.31 	state-aid street projects, an amount necessary 
10.32 	to advance the projects, not to exceed 
10.33 	the balance in the municipal state-aid 
10.34 	street fund, is appropriated in each year 
10.35 	to the commissioner. Within two weeks 
11.1 	of a determination under this contingent 
11.2 	appropriation, the commissioner of 
11.3 	transportation shall notify the commissioner 
11.4 	of management and budget and the chairs 
11.5 	and ranking minority members of the 
11.6 	legislative committees with jurisdiction 
11.7 	over transportation finance concerning 
11.8 	funds appropriated. The commissioner shall 
11.9 	include in the next budget submission to 
11.10 	the legislature under Minnesota Statutes, 
11.11 	section 16A.11, any additional amount that is 
11.12 	appropriated under this paragraph.

11.13	(c) Small Cities Assistance
		25,000,000
		25,000,000
	
11.14 	This appropriation is from the small cities 
11.15 	assistance account in the transportation 
11.16 	stability fund under Minnesota Statutes, 
11.17 	section 162.145, for small cities assistance 
11.18 	under that section.
11.19 	The base appropriation in fiscal year 2018 
11.20 	is $27,500,000 and in fiscal year 2019 is 
11.21 	$27,900,000.

11.22	Subd. 5.Agency Management

11.23	(a) Agency Services
		41,972,000
		41,972,000
	
11.24 	The base appropriation from the general 
11.25 	fund in each of fiscal years 2018 and 2019 
11.26 	is $41,972,000.
11.27 	The base appropriation from the trunk 
11.28 	highway fund in fiscal year 2018 and 
11.29 	thereafter is $0.

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

11.31	Appropriations by Fund
	
11.32		2016
	2017
	
11.33	General
	54,000
	54,000
	
11.34	Trunk Highway
	17,784,000
	17,784,000
	
12.1 	The base appropriation from the general 
12.2 	fund in each of fiscal years 2018 and 2019 
12.3 	is $17,838,000.
12.4 	The base appropriation from the trunk 
12.5 	highway fund in fiscal year 2018 and 
12.6 	thereafter is $0.
12.7 	Any money appropriated to the commissioner 
12.8 	of transportation for building construction 
12.9 	for any fiscal year before 2016 is available 
12.10 	to the commissioner of transportation 
12.11 	during the biennium to the extent that the 
12.12 	commissioner spends the money on the 
12.13 	building construction projects for which the 
12.14 	money was originally encumbered during the 
12.15 	fiscal year for which it was appropriated.
12.16 	If the appropriation for either year is 
12.17 	insufficient, the appropriation for the other 
12.18 	year is available for it.

12.19	(c) Tort Claims
		600,000
		600,000
	
12.20 	This appropriation is to the commissioner of 
12.21 	transportation. If the appropriation for either 
12.22 	year is insufficient, the appropriation for the 
12.23 	other year is available for it.

12.24	Subd. 6.Flexible Highway Account Transfers
 					
12.25 	The commissioner of transportation shall 
12.26 	transfer from the flexible highway account in 
12.27 	the county state-aid highway fund the entire 
12.28 	amount in each year to the county turnback 
12.29 	account in the county state-aid highway 
12.30 	fund. The funds transferred are for highway 
12.31 	turnback purposes under Minnesota Statutes, 
12.32 	section 161.081, subdivision 3.

12.33
12.34	Subd. 7.State Road Construction 
Appropriations Carryforward
 					
13.1 	Any money appropriated to the commissioner 
13.2 	of transportation for state road construction 
13.3 	for any fiscal year before fiscal year 2016 
13.4 	is available to the commissioner during the 
13.5 	biennium to the extent that the commissioner 
13.6 	spends the money on the state road 
13.7 	construction project for which the money 
13.8 	was originally encumbered during the fiscal 
13.9 	year for which it was appropriated.

13.10	Subd. 8.Contingent Appropriation
 					
13.11 	The commissioner of transportation, with 
13.12 	the approval of the governor and the 
13.13 	written approval of at least five members 
13.14 	of a group consisting of the members of 
13.15 	the Legislative Advisory Commission 
13.16 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 3.30, 
13.17 	and the ranking minority members of the 
13.18 	legislative committees with jurisdiction over 
13.19 	transportation finance, may transfer all or 
13.20 	part of the unappropriated balance in the 
13.21 	trunk highway fund to an appropriation: 
13.22 	(1) for trunk highway design, construction, 
13.23 	or inspection in order to take advantage of 
13.24 	an unanticipated receipt of income to the 
13.25 	trunk highway fund or to take advantage 
13.26 	of federal advanced construction funding; 
13.27 	(2) for trunk highway maintenance in order 
13.28 	to meet an emergency; or (3) to pay tort 
13.29 	or environmental claims. Nothing in this 
13.30 	subdivision authorizes the commissioner 
13.31 	to increase the use of federal advanced 
13.32 	construction funding beyond amounts 
13.33 	specifically authorized. Any transfer as 
13.34 	a result of the use of federal advanced 
13.35 	construction funding must include an 
13.36 	analysis of the effects on the long-term 
14.1 	trunk highway fund balance. The amount 
14.2 	transferred is appropriated for the purpose of 
14.3 	the account to which it is transferred.

14.4	Sec. 5. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL

14.5	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	301,514,000
	$
	295,109,000

14.6	Appropriations by Fund
	
14.7		2016
	2017
	
14.8	General
	33,264,000
	9,659,000
	
14.9	Special Revenue
	1,700,000
	1,700,000
	
14.10	Transit Assistance
	266,550,000
	283,750,000
	
14.11 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
14.12 	purpose are specified in the following 
14.13 	subdivisions.

14.14	Subd. 2.Transit Operations
 		299,814,000
		293,409,000

14.15	Appropriations by Fund
	
14.16		2016
	2017
	
14.17	General
	33,264,000
	9,659,000
	
14.18	Transit Assistance
	266,550,000
	283,750,000
	
14.19 	The transit assistance fund appropriation is 
14.20 	from the metropolitan area transit account 
14.21 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.88.
14.22 	This appropriation is for transit system 
14.23 	operations under Minnesota Statutes, 
14.24 	sections 473.371 to 473.449.
14.25 	The base appropriation from the general 
14.26 	fund in fiscal year 2018 and thereafter is 
14.27 	as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 
14.28 	473.13, subdivision 6.
14.29 	The base appropriation from the transit 
14.30 	assistance fund in fiscal year 2018 and 
14.31 	thereafter is as provided in Minnesota 
14.32 	Statutes, section 16A.88, subdivision 2.
14.33 	To the extent that appropriations from the 
14.34 	general fund are reduced in this subdivision 
15.1 	from base appropriations for fiscal years 2016 
15.2 	and 2017, the amount appropriated from the 
15.3 	metropolitan area transit account that is in 
15.4 	excess of the amount appropriated in fiscal 
15.5 	year 2015 must be allocated first to purposes 
15.6 	identified in the Metropolitan Council 2015 
15.7 	unified budget as adopted in December 
15.8 	2014, including Metro Mobility service, and 
15.9 	funded from general fund appropriations.
15.10 	In each of the 2016 and 2017 Metropolitan 
15.11 	Council budget years, the Metropolitan 
15.12 	Council shall provide financial assistance to 
15.13 	suburban transit providers under Minnesota 
15.14 	Statutes, section 473.388, in an amount that 
15.15 	equals no less than:
15.16 	(1) the total assistance identified in the 
15.17 	Metropolitan Council 2015 unified budget as 
15.18 	adopted in December 2014; plus
15.19 	(2) the amount under clause (1) multiplied 
15.20 	by a percentage, calculated as (i) the total 
15.21 	amount in the metropolitan area transit 
15.22 	account for fiscal year 2016 or 2017, as 
15.23 	appropriate, less the total amount in that 
15.24 	account for the previous fiscal year; divided 
15.25 	by (ii) the total amount in that account for the 
15.26 	previous fiscal year.

15.27
15.28	Subd. 3.Suburban Connections Demonstration 
Project
 		1,500,000
		1,500,000
	
15.29 	(a) This appropriation is from the vehicle 
15.30 	services operating account in the special 
15.31 	revenue fund for financial assistance 
15.32 	to replacement service providers under 
15.33 	Minnesota Statutes, section 473.388, to 
15.34 	implement a demonstration project that 
15.35 	provides regular route transit or express 
16.1 	bus service between municipalities in the 
16.2 	metropolitan area, as defined in Minnesota 
16.3 	Statutes, section 473.121, subdivision 2, 
16.4 	excluding cities of the first class. The 
16.5 	council may not retain any portion of 
16.6 	funds appropriated under this subdivision. 
16.7 	Following notification under paragraph (b), 
16.8 	the council shall allocate the appropriated 
16.9 	funds as directed by the replacement service 
16.10 	providers.
16.11 	(b) The replacement service providers 
16.12 	shall collectively identify one or more 
16.13 	demonstration projects for financial 
16.14 	assistance under this subdivision and 
16.15 	submit a notification of the allocation to 
16.16 	the Metropolitan Council. Criteria for 
16.17 	evaluating and identifying demonstration 
16.18 	projects must include but are not limited to: 
16.19 	(1) scope of service offering improvements; 
16.20 	(2) integration with transit facilities and 
16.21 	major business, retail, or suburban centers; 
16.22 	(3) extent to which a proposed route 
16.23 	complements existing transit service; and 
16.24 	(4) density of employment along a proposed 
16.25 	route.
16.26 	(c) This is a onetime appropriation.

16.27
16.28	Subd. 4.Transportation Management 
Organizations
 		200,000
		200,000
	
16.29 	This appropriation is from the vehicle 
16.30 	services operating account in the special 
16.31 	revenue fund for grants to transportation 
16.32 	management organizations that provide 
16.33 	services exclusively or primarily in: (1) 
16.34 	each city of the first class, as provided under 
16.35 	Minnesota Statutes, section 410.01; and (2) 
16.36 	the city having the highest population as 
17.1 	of the effective date of this section located 
17.2 	along the marked Interstate Highway 494 
17.3 	corridor. The council may not retain any 
17.4 	portion of funds appropriated under this 
17.5 	section. From the appropriation in each 
17.6 	fiscal year, the council shall make grant 
17.7 	payments in full by July 31. Permissible 
17.8 	uses of funds under this section include 
17.9 	administrative expenses and programming 
17.10 	and service expansion, including but not 
17.11 	limited to staffing, communications, outreach 
17.12 	and education program development, and 
17.13 	operations management. This is a onetime 
17.14 	appropriation.

17.15	Sec. 6. PUBLIC SAFETY

17.16	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	176,956,000
	$
	176,268,000

17.17	Appropriations by Fund
	
17.18		2016
	2017
	
17.19	General
	13,039,000
	13,158,000
	
17.20	Special Revenue
	57,190,000
	54,425,000
	
17.21	H.U.T.D.
	10,436,000
	10,449,000
	
17.22	Trunk Highway
	96,291,000
	98,236,000
	
17.23 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
17.24 	purpose are specified in the following 
17.25 	subdivisions.

17.26	Subd. 2.Administration and Related Services

17.27	(a) Office of Communications
		517,000
		530,000

17.28	Appropriations by Fund
	
17.29		2016
	2017
	
17.30	General
	113,000
	115,000
	
17.31	Trunk Highway
	404,000
	415,000
	
17.32 	The base appropriation from the general 
17.33 	fund in each of fiscal years 2018 and 2019 
17.34 	is $530,000.
18.1 	The base appropriation from the trunk 
18.2 	highway fund in fiscal year 2018 and 
18.3 	thereafter is $0.

18.4	(b) Public Safety Support
		9,035,000
		9,124,000

18.5	Appropriations by Fund
	
18.6		2016
	2017
	
18.7	General
	3,532,000
	3,537,000
	
18.8	Special Revenue
	450,000
	450,000
	
18.9	H.U.T.D.
	1,366,000
	1,366,000
	
18.10	Trunk Highway
	3,687,000
	3,771,000
	
18.11 	The base appropriation from the general 
18.12 	fund in each of fiscal years 2018 and 2019 is 
18.13 	$8,674,000.
18.14 	The base appropriation from the highway 
18.15 	user tax distribution fund in fiscal year 2018 
18.16 	and thereafter is $0.
18.17 	The base appropriation from the trunk 
18.18 	highway fund in fiscal year 2018 and 
18.19 	thereafter is $0.
18.20 	$380,000 in each year is from the general 
18.21 	fund for payment of public safety officer 
18.22 	survivor benefits under Minnesota Statutes, 
18.23 	section 299A.44. If the appropriation for 
18.24 	either year is insufficient, the appropriation 
18.25 	for the other year is available for it.
18.26 	$1,367,000 in each year is from the general 
18.27 	fund to be deposited in the public safety 
18.28 	officer's benefit account. This money 
18.29 	is available for reimbursements under 
18.30 	Minnesota Statutes, section 299A.465.
18.31 	$600,000 in each year is from the general 
18.32 	fund and $100,000 in each year is from the 
18.33 	trunk highway fund for soft body armor 
18.34 	reimbursements under Minnesota Statutes, 
18.35 	section 299A.38.
19.1 	$450,000 in each year is from the vehicle 
19.2 	services operating account in the special 
19.3 	revenue fund for the creation of two 
19.4 	emergency response teams. One emergency 
19.5 	response team must be under the jurisdiction 
19.6 	of the St. Cloud Fire Department, or a 
19.7 	similarly located fire department if necessary, 
19.8 	and one emergency response team must be 
19.9 	under the jurisdiction of the Duluth Fire 
19.10 	Department. The commissioner shall allocate 
19.11 	the funds as needed to facilitate the creation 
19.12 	and maintenance of the emergency response 
19.13 	teams. This is a onetime appropriation.
19.14 	$792,000 in each year is from the general 
19.15 	fund for transfer by the commissioner of 
19.16 	management and budget to the trunk highway 
19.17 	fund on December 31, 2015, and December 
19.18 	31, 2016, respectively, in order to reimburse 
19.19 	the trunk highway fund for expenses not 
19.20 	related to the fund. These represent amounts 
19.21 	appropriated out of the trunk highway 
19.22 	fund for general fund purposes in the 
19.23 	administration and related services program.
19.24 	$610,000 in each year is from the highway 
19.25 	user tax distribution fund for transfer by the 
19.26 	commissioner of management and budget 
19.27 	to the trunk highway fund on December 31, 
19.28 	2015, and December 31, 2016, respectively, 
19.29 	in order to reimburse the trunk highway 
19.30 	fund for expenses not related to the fund. 
19.31 	These represent amounts appropriated out 
19.32 	of the trunk highway fund for highway 
19.33 	user tax distribution fund purposes in the 
19.34 	administration and related services program.

19.35	(c) Technology and Support Services
		3,685,000
		3,685,000

20.1	Appropriations by Fund
	
20.2		2016
	2017
	
20.3	General
	1,322,000
	1,322,000
	
20.4	H.U.T.D.
	19,000
	19,000
	
20.5	Trunk Highway
	2,344,000
	2,344,000
	
20.6 	The base appropriation from the general 
20.7 	fund in each of fiscal years 2018 and 2019 is 
20.8 	$3,685,000.
20.9 	The base appropriation from the highway 
20.10 	user tax distribution fund in fiscal year 2018 
20.11 	and thereafter is $0.
20.12 	The base appropriation from the trunk 
20.13 	highway fund in fiscal year 2018 and 
20.14 	thereafter is $0.

20.15	Subd. 3.State Patrol

20.16	(a) Patrolling Highways 
		85,016,000
		83,121,000

20.17	Appropriations by Fund
	
20.18		2016
	2017
	
20.19	General
	37,000
	37,000
	
20.20	Special Revenue
	3,500,000
	0
	
20.21	H.U.T.D.
	92,000
	92,000
	
20.22	Trunk Highway
	81,387,000
	82,992,000
	
20.23 	$975,000 from the trunk highway fund in 
20.24 	fiscal year 2016 is to purchase a single-engine 
20.25 	aircraft for the State Patrol, exclusively for 
20.26 	public safety purposes.
20.27 	The special revenue fund appropriation is 
20.28 	from the vehicle services operating account 
20.29 	to recruit, hire, train, equip, and provide 
20.30 	salary for additional State Patrol troopers. 
20.31 	This is a onetime appropriation.

20.32	(b) Commercial Vehicle Enforcement
		8,023,000
		8,257,000

20.33	(c) Capitol Security
		8,035,000
		8,147,000
	
20.34 	This appropriation is from the general fund.
21.1 	The commissioner may not: (1) spend 
21.2 	any money from the trunk highway fund 
21.3 	for capitol security; or (2) permanently 
21.4 	transfer any state trooper from the patrolling 
21.5 	highways activity to capitol security.
21.6 	The commissioner may not transfer any 
21.7 	money appropriated to the commissioner 
21.8 	under this section: (1) to capitol security; or 
21.9 	(2) from capitol security.

21.10	(d) Vehicle Crimes Unit
		723,000
		736,000
	
21.11 	This appropriation is from the highway user 
21.12 	tax distribution fund.
21.13 	This appropriation is to investigate: (1) 
21.14 	registration tax and motor vehicle sales tax 
21.15 	liabilities from individuals and businesses 
21.16 	that currently do not pay all taxes owed; 
21.17 	and (2) illegal or improper activity related 
21.18 	to sale, transfer, titling, and registration of 
21.19 	motor vehicles.

21.20	Subd. 4.Driver and Vehicle Services

21.21	(a) Driver Services
		30,078,000
		30,532,000
	
21.22 	This appropriation is from the driver services 
21.23 	operating account in the special revenue fund.
21.24 	Of the appropriation from the driver services 
21.25 	operating account, $31,000 in each year is 
21.26 	to create a Data Services Unit within the 
21.27 	Division of Driver and Vehicle Services.

21.28	(b) Vehicle Services
		30,027,000
		30,291,000

21.29	Appropriations by Fund
	
21.30		2016
	2017
	
21.31	Special Revenue
	21,791,000
	22,055,000
	
21.32	H.U.T.D.
	8,236,000
	8,236,000
	
22.1 	The special revenue fund appropriation is 
22.2 	from the vehicle services operating account 
22.3 	in the special revenue fund.
22.4 	Of the appropriation from the vehicle 
22.5 	services operating account, $59,000 in each 
22.6 	year is to create a Data Services Unit within 
22.7 	the Division of Driver and Vehicle Services.

22.8	Subd. 5.Traffic Safety
 		446,000
		457,000

22.9	Subd. 6.Pipeline Safety
 		1,371,000
		1,388,000
	
22.10 	This appropriation is from the pipeline safety 
22.11 	account in the special revenue fund.

22.12 	Sec. 7. TRANSFERS; GENERAL FUND.
 22.13 	On or before June 30, 2015, the commissioner of management and budget shall 
22.14 	transfer $228,000,000 from the general fund as follows:
22.15 	(1) $114,474,000 to the county state-aid highway fund;
22.16 	(2) $35,526,000 to the municipal state-aid street fund;
22.17 	(3) $50,000,000 to the small cities assistance account in the transportation stability 
22.18 	fund under Minnesota Statutes, section 162.145;
22.19 	(4) $14,000,000 to the county state-aid highway fund, for allocation in the same 
22.20 	manner as provided under Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.89, subdivision 5, paragraph 
22.21 	(b); and
22.22 	(5) $14,000,000 to the greater minnesota transit account in the transit assistance fund.

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

22.24 	Sec. 8. TRANSFER; SPECIAL REVENUE FUND.
 22.25 	On or before July 15, 2015, the commissioner of management and budget shall 
22.26 	transfer $5,000,000 from the vehicle services operating account in the special revenue 
22.27 	fund to the Minnesota grade crossing safety account in the special revenue fund, for the 
22.28 	purposes specified under Minnesota Statutes, section 219.1651.

22.29 	Sec. 9. CONTINGENT APPROPRIATIONS REDUCTIONS.
 22.30 	(a) In the appropriations specified under paragraph (b), the amounts appropriated are 
22.31 	reduced as necessary, if legislation is not enacted in the 2015 legislative session or funds 
22.32 	under that legislation are insufficient, to provide for allocation to specified transportation 
23.1 	purposes of revenue from (1) the state general sales tax on motor vehicle parts; (2) 
23.2 	the state general sales tax on motor vehicle leases under Minnesota Statutes, section 
23.3 	297A.815; (3) the state general sales tax on motor vehicle rental; and (4) the tax on motor 
23.4 	vehicle rental under Minnesota Statutes, section 297A.64, subdivision 1.
23.5 	(b) The appropriations in this article to the commissioner of transportation that are 
23.6 	subject to a contingent reduction under paragraph (a) are as follows:
23.7 	(1) for transit under section 4, subdivision 2, paragraph (b), from the transit 
23.8 	assistance fund;
23.9 	(2) for state roads under section 4, subdivision 3, in general operations and 
23.10 	maintenance, program delivery, and state road construction, and distributed in amounts 
23.11 	proportional to the original appropriations;
23.12 	(3) for county state aid under section 4, subdivision 4, paragraph (a); and
23.13 	(4) for municipal state aid under section 4, subdivision 4, paragraph (b).

23.14 	ARTICLE 2
23.15 	TRUNK HIGHWAY BONDING

23.16 	Section 1. BOND APPROPRIATIONS.
 23.17 	The sums shown in the column under "Appropriations" are appropriated from the 
23.18 	bond proceeds account in the trunk highway fund to the state agencies or officials indicated, 
23.19 	to be spent for public purposes. Appropriations of bond proceeds must be spent as 
23.20 	authorized by the Minnesota Constitution, articles XI and XIV. Unless otherwise specified, 
23.21 	money appropriated in this article for a capital program or project may be used to pay state 
23.22 	agency staff costs that are attributed directly to the capital program or project in accordance 
23.23 	with accounting policies adopted by the commissioner of management and budget.

23.24	SUMMARY
	
23.25	Department of Transportation
	$
	1,300,000,000
	
23.26	Department of Management and Budget
		1,300,000
	
23.27	TOTAL
	$
	1,301,300,000

23.28				APPROPRIATIONS

23.29
23.30	Sec. 2. DEPARTMENT OF 
TRANSPORTATION

23.31	Subdivision 1.Corridors of Commerce
 			$
	812,500,000
	
23.32 	This appropriation is to the commissioner of 
23.33 	transportation for the corridors of commerce 
24.1 	program under Minnesota Statutes, section 
24.2 	161.088.
24.3 	Of this appropriation, $125,000,000 is 
24.4 	available in each of fiscal years 2016 to 2021, 
24.5 	and $62,500,000 is available in fiscal year 
24.6 	2022.
24.7 	In any fiscal year covered by this 
24.8 	appropriation, the commissioner may 
24.9 	identify projects based on previous selection 
24.10 	processes or may perform a new selection. 
24.11 	For projects within the department's 
24.12 	metropolitan district, the commissioner shall 
24.13 	first select projects that: (1) are recommended 
24.14 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 161.088, 
24.15 	subdivision 5, paragraph (b), from previous 
24.16 	selection processes; (2) are on (i) U.S. 
24.17 	highways, or (ii) non-interstate highways 
24.18 	having an average annual daily traffic volume 
24.19 	of at least 50,000 vehicles; and (3) provide 
24.20 	for capacity expansion through additional 
24.21 	general purpose or auxiliary lanes of travel.
24.22 	For projects outside of the department's 
24.23 	metropolitan district, the commissioner shall 
24.24 	first select any projects which are either 
24.25 	not completed or connected to projects, 
24.26 	in which: (1) funds have been previously 
24.27 	provided under the corridors of commerce 
24.28 	program for right-of-way acquisition, design, 
24.29 	or environmental analysis; and (2) the project 
24.30 	provides for capacity expansion through 
24.31 	additional general purpose or auxiliary lanes 
24.32 	of travel.

24.33
24.34	Subd. 2.Transportation Economic 
Development
 				32,500,000
	
25.1 	This appropriation is for the transportation 
25.2 	economic development program under 
25.3 	Minnesota Statutes, section 174.12.
25.4 	Of this appropriation, $5,000,000 is available 
25.5 	in each of fiscal years 2016 to 2021, and 
25.6 	$2,500,000 is available in fiscal year 2022.

25.7	Subd. 3.State Road Construction
 				455,000,000
	
25.8 	This appropriation is for the construction, 
25.9 	reconstruction, and improvement of trunk 
25.10 	highways, including design-build contracts. 
25.11 	This includes the cost of actual payment to 
25.12 	landowners for lands acquired for highway 
25.13 	rights-of-way, payment to lessees, interest 
25.14 	subsidies, and relocation expenses.
25.15 	Of this appropriation, $70,000,000 is 
25.16 	available in each of fiscal years 2016 to 2021, 
25.17 	and $35,000,000 is available in fiscal year 
25.18 	2022.

25.19	Subd. 4.Cancellations
 					
25.20 	The appropriations in this section cancel as 
25.21 	specified under Minnesota Statutes, section 
25.22 	16A.642, except that the commissioner of 
25.23 	management and budget shall count the start 
25.24 	of authorization for issuance of state bonds 
25.25 	as the first day of the fiscal year during 
25.26 	which the bonds are available to be issued as 
25.27 	specified under subdivision 1, 2, or 3, and 
25.28 	not as the date of enactment of this section.

25.29	Sec. 3. BOND SALE EXPENSES
 			$
	1,300,000
	
25.30 	This appropriation is to the commissioner 
25.31 	of management and budget for bond 
25.32 	sale expenses under Minnesota Statutes, 
25.33 	sections 16A.641, subdivision 8, and 167.50, 
26.1 	subdivision 4, and is effective through fiscal 
26.2 	year 2025.

26.3 	Sec. 4. BOND SALE AUTHORIZATION.
 26.4 	To provide the money appropriated in this article from the bond proceeds account in 
26.5 	the trunk highway fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue 
26.6 	bonds of the state in an amount up to $1,301,300,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and 
26.7 	with the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 167.50 to 167.52, and by the 
26.8 	Minnesota Constitution, article XIV, section 11, at the times and in the amounts requested 
26.9 	by the commissioner of transportation. The proceeds of the bonds, except accrued interest 
26.10 	and any premium received from the sale of the bonds, must be deposited in the bond 
26.11 	proceeds account in the trunk highway fund.

26.12 	ARTICLE 3
26.13 	TRANSPORTATION POLICY AND FINANCE

26.14 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 16A.11, subdivision 3a, is amended to read:
26.15 		Subd. 3a.Part three: detailed capital budget. The detailed capital budget must: 
26.16 	(1) include recommendations for capital projects to be funded during the next six fiscal 
26.17 	years, including any request for project funding from the metropolitan transit capital 
26.18 	account in the transportation stability fund under section 16A.89; and, (2) if applicable, 
26.19 	must meet the requirements under section 174.93, subdivision 1a. It must be submitted 
26.20 	with projects recommended by the governor and in order of importance among that 
26.21 	agency's requests as determined by the agency originating the request.

26.22 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 16A.86, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
26.23 		Subd. 2.Budget request. A political subdivision that requests an appropriation 
26.24 	of state money for a local capital improvement project, including a request for project 
26.25 	funding from the metropolitan transit capital account in the transportation stability 
26.26 	fund under section 16A.89, is encouraged to submit the request to the commissioner 
26.27 	of management and budget by July 15 of an odd-numbered year to ensure its full 
26.28 	consideration. The requests must be submitted in the form and with the supporting 
26.29 	documentation required by the commissioner of management and budget. All requests 
26.30 	timely received by the commissioner must be submitted to the legislature, along with the 
26.31 	governor's recommendations, whether or not the governor recommends that a request be 
26.32 	funded, by the deadline established in section 16A.11, subdivision 1.

27.1 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 16A.88, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
27.2 		Subd. 1a.Greater Minnesota transit account; base appropriation. (a) The 
27.3 	greater Minnesota transit account is established within the transit assistance fund in the 
27.4 	state treasury. Money in the account is annually appropriated to the commissioner of 
27.5 	transportation for assistance to transit systems outside the metropolitan area under section 
27.6 	174.24. The commissioner may use up to $408,000 in fiscal year 2008 and $416,000 in 
27.7 	fiscal year 2009 and thereafter annually for administration of the transit program. The 
27.8 	commissioner shall use funds appropriated by law from the account for transit operations 
27.9 	as provided in section 174.24 and related program administration.
27.10 	(b) The base appropriations from the account to the commissioner of transportation 
27.11 	for each forecasted fiscal year after the current biennium equals the balance in the account 
27.12 	for each year as identified in the latest forecast under sections 16A.103 and 174.03, 
27.13 	subdivision 9.

27.14 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 16A.88, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
27.15 		Subd. 2.Metropolitan area transit account; base appropriation. (a) The 
27.16 	metropolitan area transit account is established within the transit assistance fund in the 
27.17 	state treasury. All money in the account is annually appropriated to The Metropolitan 
27.18 	Council shall use funds appropriated by law from the account for the funding of transit 
27.19 	systems within the metropolitan area under sections 473.384, 473.386, 473.387, 473.388, 
27.20 	and 473.405 to 473.449.
27.21 	(b) The base appropriations from the account to the Metropolitan Council for each 
27.22 	forecasted fiscal year after the current biennium equals the balance in the account for each 
27.23 	year as identified in the latest forecast under sections 16A.103 and 174.03, subdivision 9.

27.24 	Sec. 5. [16A.89] TRANSPORTATION STABILITY FUND.
27.25 		Subdivision 1.Fund established. A transportation stability fund is established in 
27.26 	the state treasury under the budgetary jurisdiction of the legislative committees having 
27.27 	jurisdiction over transportation finance. The fund consists of money provided by law, 
27.28 	and any other funds donated, allotted, transferred, or otherwise provided. Money in the 
27.29 	fund must be allocated solely for transportation purposes as specified in this section and 
27.30 	as provided by law.
27.31 		Subd. 2.Financial reports. Any report or financial statement submitted to 
27.32 	the legislature providing financial information on the fund must include accounting 
27.33 	information on each account established within the fund, including revenues and sources, 
27.34 	transfers, uses, and account balance.
28.1 		Subd. 3.Highway allocation account. (a) A highway allocation account is 
28.2 	established in the transportation stability fund. The account consists of funds allocated 
28.3 	under section 297A.94 from the estimated general sales tax on motor vehicle repair and 
28.4 	replacement parts, and any other funds as provided by law.
28.5 	(b) The commissioner of transportation shall promptly transfer any funds deposited 
28.6 	in the account to the highway user tax distribution fund.
28.7 		Subd. 4.Transit allocation account. (a) A transit allocation account is established 
28.8 	in the transportation stability fund. The account consists of funds allocated under section 
28.9 	297A.815, subdivision 3, from a portion of estimated motor vehicle lease sales tax.
28.10 	(b) The commissioner of transportation shall promptly transfer any funds deposited 
28.11 	in the account to the greater Minnesota transit account in the transit assistance fund.
28.12 		Subd. 5.County highway allocation account. (a) A county highway allocation 
28.13 	account is established in the transportation stability fund. The account consists of funds 
28.14 	allocated under section 297A.815, subdivision 3, from a portion of estimated motor 
28.15 	vehicle lease sales tax.
28.16 	(b) The commissioner of transportation shall promptly transfer any funds deposited 
28.17 	in the account to the county state-aid highway fund. Notwithstanding any other law to 
28.18 	the contrary, the commissioner of transportation shall allocate the funds transferred under 
28.19 	this paragraph to the counties in the metropolitan area, as defined in section 473.121, 
28.20 	subdivision 4, excluding the counties of Hennepin and Ramsey, so that each county receives 
28.21 	from that amount the percentage that its population, as defined in section 477A.011, 
28.22 	subdivision 3, estimated or established by July 15 of the year prior to the current calendar 
28.23 	year, bears to the total population of the counties receiving funds under this paragraph.
28.24 		Subd. 6.Metropolitan transit capital account. (a) A metropolitan transit capital 
28.25 	account is established in the transportation stability fund. The account consists of funds 
28.26 	allocated under section 297A.94 from the general sales tax on rental motor vehicles, 
28.27 	and any other funds as provided by law.
28.28 	(b) Money in the metropolitan transit capital account is for transit projects, as 
28.29 	specified by law, of a capital nature in metropolitan counties, as defined in section 473.121, 
28.30 	subdivision 4, with priority for arterial bus rapid transit and express bus facilities. No 
28.31 	funds in the account may be expended for light rail transit, commuter rail, or streetcars.
28.32 	(c) The base appropriations from the metropolitan transit capital account for each 
28.33 	forecasted fiscal year after the current biennium equals the balance in the account for each 
28.34 	year as identified in the latest forecast under sections 16A.103 and 174.03, subdivision 9.

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

29.1 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 16E.15, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
29.2 		Subd. 2.Software sale fund. (a) Except as provided in paragraph paragraphs (b) 
29.3 	and (c), proceeds of from the sale or licensing of software products or services by the chief 
29.4 	information officer must be credited to the MN.IT services revolving fund. If a state 
29.5 	agency other than the Office of MN.IT Services has contributed to the development of 
29.6 	software sold or licensed under this section, the chief information officer may reimburse 
29.7 	the agency by discounting computer services provided to that agency.
29.8 	(b) Proceeds of from the sale or licensing of software products or services developed 
29.9 	by the Pollution Control Agency, or custom developed by a vendor for the agency, must be 
29.10 	credited to the environmental fund.
29.11 	(c) Proceeds from the sale or licensing of software products or services developed 
29.12 	by the Department of Transportation, or custom developed by a vendor for the agency, 
29.13 	using trunk highway funds must be credited to the trunk highway fund.

29.14 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 117.036, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
29.15 		Subd. 2.Appraisal. (a) Before commencing an eminent domain proceeding under 
29.16 	this chapter for an acquisition greater than $25,000, the acquiring authority must obtain at 
29.17 	least one appraisal for the property proposed to be acquired. In making the appraisal, the 
29.18 	appraiser must confer with one or more of the owners of the property, if reasonably possible. 
29.19 	For acquisitions less than $25,000, the acquiring authority may obtain a minimum damage 
29.20 	acquisition report in lieu of an appraisal. In making the minimum damage acquisition 
29.21 	report, the qualified person with appraisal knowledge must confer with one or more of 
29.22 	the owners of the property, if reasonably possible. Notwithstanding section 13.44, the 
29.23 	acquiring authority must provide the owner with a copy of (1) each appraisal for property 
29.24 	acquisitions over $25,000, or (2) the minimum damage acquisition report for properties 
29.25 	under $25,000, the acquiring authority has obtained for the property at the time an offer is 
29.26 	made, but no later than 60 days before presenting a petition under section 117.055, and. 
29.27 	The acquiring authority must also inform the owner of the right to obtain an appraisal under 
29.28 	this section. Upon request, the acquiring authority must make available to the owner all 
29.29 	appraisals of the property for properties over $25,000, or the minimum damage acquisition 
29.30 	report for properties under $25,000. If the acquiring authority is considering both a full 
29.31 	and partial taking of the property, the acquiring authority shall obtain and provide the 
29.32 	owner with appraisals for both types of takings for properties over $25,000 for both types 
29.33 	of takings, or minimum damage acquisition reports for properties under $25,000.
29.34 	(b) The owner may obtain an appraisal by a qualified appraiser of the property 
29.35 	proposed to be acquired. The owner is entitled to reimbursement for the reasonable costs 
30.1 	of the appraisal from the acquiring authority up to a maximum of $1,500 for single family 
30.2 	and two-family residential property and minimum damage acquisitions and $5,000 for 
30.3 	other types of property, provided that the owner submits to the acquiring authority the 
30.4 	information necessary for reimbursement, including a copy of the owner's appraisal, 
30.5 	at least five days before a condemnation commissioners' hearing. For purposes of this 
30.6 	paragraph subdivision, a "minimum damage acquisition" means an interest in property 
30.7 	that a qualified person with appraisal knowledge having an understanding of the local real 
30.8 	estate market indicates can be acquired for a cost of $10,000 $25,000 or less.
30.9 	(c) The acquiring authority must pay the reimbursement to the owner within 30 
30.10 	days after receiving a copy of the appraisal and the reimbursement information. Upon 
30.11 	agreement between the acquiring authority and the owner, the acquiring authority may pay 
30.12 	the reimbursement directly to the appraiser.

30.13 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 117.036, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
30.14 		Subd. 4.Use of appraisal at commissioners' hearing.  An appraisal or 
30.15 	minimum damage acquisition report must not be used or considered in a condemnation 
30.16 	commissioners' hearing, nor may the appraiser who prepared the appraisal or the person 
30.17 	who prepared the minimum damage acquisition report testify, unless a copy of the 
30.18 	appraiser's written report or the minimum damage acquisition report is provided to the 
30.19 	opposing party at least five days before the hearing.

30.20 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 160.20, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
30.21 		Subd. 4.Conditions. (a) A road authority may accept applications for permits for 
30.22 	installation of drain tile along or across the right-of-way under its jurisdiction. The road 
30.23 	authority may adopt reasonable rules for the installations and may require a bond before 
30.24 	granting a permit. Permits for installation along a highway right-of-way must ensure that 
30.25 	the length of the installation is restricted to the minimum necessary to achieve the desired 
30.26 	agricultural benefits. A permit must not allow open trenches to be left on the right-of-way 
30.27 	after installation of the drain tile is completed. A road authority that grants a permit for 
30.28 	tile drain installation is not responsible for damage to that installation resulting from the 
30.29 	action of the authority or any other permittee utilizing the right-of-way.
30.30 	(b) A person who installs drain tile along or across a highway right-of-way without 
30.31 	obtaining a permit as provided in this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
30.32 	(c) The commissioner shall take no action under this section which will result in the 
30.33 	loss of federal aid for highway construction in the state.
31.1 	(d) For the purpose of this section subdivisions 2 to 4, "highway" means any 
31.2 	highway as defined in section 160.02 which is located outside the corporate limits of a 
31.3 	home rule charter or statutory city.

31.4 	Sec. 10. [160.235] TRAFFIC SIGNAL TIMING OPTIMIZATION.
31.5 	(a) A road authority that has ownership of a traffic signal on a principal arterial 
31.6 	roadway or roadway with an average daily traffic greater than 20,000 vehicles per day 
31.7 	must complete an inventory of all traffic signals under its ownership and submit it to the 
31.8 	Department of Transportation district engineer. The inventory must include age of all 
31.9 	signals, control equipment, communications, detection type, timing plans in operation, 
31.10 	and date of last timing optimization.
31.11 	(b) Based on the information from the inventory, a road authority subject to 
31.12 	paragraph (a) must develop and implement a traffic signal system optimization plan, which 
31.13 	must include re-evaluation of traffic signal timing at least once every five years. Each road 
31.14 	authority with a traffic signal optimization plan must annually certify compliance with its 
31.15 	plan and submit the certification as part of its annual maintenance expenditure report.

31.16 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment. The 
31.17 	initial inventory under paragraph (a) must be submitted on or before December 30, 2015.

31.18 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 160.27, is amended by adding a subdivision 
31.19 	to read:
31.20 		Subd. 10.Temporary permit for field application. (a) In connection with 
31.21 	the use of the road right-of-way of a road authority, excluding on controlled-access 
31.22 	highways under section 160.08, a property owner or occupant of property abutting the 
31.23 	road right-of-way may apply for a permit for temporary placement, for up to 14 days, of a 
31.24 	pressurized flexible force main for the transport of manure for field application.
31.25 	(b) The property owner or occupant must:
31.26 	(1) identify the entire length of the right-of-way for use under the permit;
31.27 	(2) place the force main within the backslope of the road authority's right-of-way 
31.28 	where possible;
31.29 	(3) place pumping equipment outside the road authority's right-of-way; and
31.30 	(4) meet all of the permit requirements identified by the road authority.
31.31 	(c) Once the road authority has issued a permit, the property owner or occupant may 
31.32 	install the force main over the length of the right-of-way from the permittee's property to 
31.33 	where the manure will be applied, irrespective of whether the permittee is the owner or 
32.1 	occupant of all property abutting the portion of the right-of-way where the force main is 
32.2 	to be installed.

32.3 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 161.04, is amended by adding a subdivision 
32.4 	to read:
32.5 		Subd. 7.Forecasted base appropriations. (a) For purposes of this subdivision, 
32.6 	"state and local government deflator" means the implicit price deflator for government 
32.7 	consumption expenditures and gross investment for state and local governments as 
32.8 	prepared by the United States Department of Commerce.
32.9 	(b) In conjunction with each forecast under sections 16A.103 and 174.03, subdivision 
32.10 	9, the commissioner shall identify base appropriations in each forecasted fiscal year from 
32.11 	the trunk highway fund to the commissioner for the general operations and maintenance 
32.12 	and the state road construction budget activities within the state roads budgetary program. 
32.13 	Each base appropriation must be adjusted from the previous base as provided in paragraph 
32.14 	(c), and in amounts calculated such that following the financial policies of the department, 
32.15 	the unreserved portion of the trunk highway fund balance equals one percent of total 
32.16 	forecasted revenues to the trunk highway fund for that fiscal year.
32.17 	(c) In each forecast, any change in the forecasted base appropriations must be 
32.18 	allocated:
32.19 	(1) for the first forecasted fiscal year:
32.20 	(i) the greater of zero or the amount being allocated under this paragraph multiplied 
32.21 	by a percentage as calculated in paragraph (d), for the general operations and maintenance 
32.22 	budget activity; and
32.23 	(ii) the remainder for the state road construction budget activity; and
32.24 	(2) for a forecasted fiscal year after the first year, for the state road construction 
32.25 	budget activity.
32.26 	(d) The percentage under paragraph (c), clause (1)(i), equals: (1) the annual state 
32.27 	and local government deflator for the most recently available year, less the annual state 
32.28 	and local government deflator for the prior year; divided by (2) the annual state and local 
32.29 	government deflator for the prior year.

32.30 	Sec. 13. [161.126] PROHIBITION ON AESTHETIC ENHANCEMENTS.
32.31 	(a) The commissioner may not use public funds for any aesthetic enhancements that 
32.32 	increase the total cost of a project on a highway or bridge.
32.33 	(b) For purposes of this subdivision:
33.1 	(1) "aesthetic enhancements" includes monuments, markers, memorials, sculptures, 
33.2 	statues, decorative fixtures, alternative materials, specialty signage, and other treatments 
33.3 	designed to impact the perceived beauty or visual appeal of the infrastructure;
33.4 	(2) "public funds" includes but is not limited to funding from federal and state 
33.5 	sources; and
33.6 	(3) "total cost" includes costs of ongoing maintenance.

33.7 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment, 
33.8 	and applies to any project for which a contract has not been entered into or let for bidding 
33.9 	on or after that date.

33.10 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 161.231, is amended to read:
33.11 	161.231 APPROPRIATION; PROCEEDS FROM LEASED STATE 
33.12 	PROPERTY.
33.13 	There is appropriated annually from the fund or account in the state treasury to which 
33.14 	the rental money from the sale, lease, conveyance, or disposal of state leased property 
33.15 	is credited a sufficient amount of money to carry out the state's obligations under the 
33.16 	provisions of sections 15.16, 117.135, 117.226, 161.16, 161.202,161.23, subdivision 3, 
33.17 	161.24, 161.241, 161.43, 161.433, 161.44, 161.442, and 272.68, subdivision 3, including 
33.18 	the inventorying, marketing, and property management activities required to sell, lease, 
33.19 	rent, permit, convey, or otherwise dispose of the land or the interest in the land. At the 
33.20 	discretion of the commissioner of transportation, money in the account at the end of each 
33.21 	biennium may cancel to the trunk highway fund.

33.22 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 161.321, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
33.23 		Subd. 2a.Small targeted group business; subcontracting goals. (a) The 
33.24 	commissioner, as a condition of awarding a construction contract, may set goals that 
33.25 	require the prime contractor to subcontract portions of the contract to small targeted group 
33.26 	businesses. Prime contractors must demonstrate good faith efforts to meet the project goals. 
33.27 	The commissioner shall establish a procedure for granting waivers from the subcontracting 
33.28 	requirement when qualified small targeted group businesses are not reasonably available. 
33.29 	The prime contractor may request a subcontracting goal waiver for the difference between 
33.30 	the level of targeted group small business participation the prime contractor has obtained 
33.31 	and the level specified in the goal. The commissioner may grant the waiver only if the 
33.32 	prime contractor has demonstrated good faith efforts to meet the goal. The commissioner 
33.33 	shall establish a procedure for evaluating the good faith efforts of contractors. The 
34.1 	commissioner may establish (1) financial incentives for prime contractors who exceed the 
34.2 	goals set for the use of subcontractors under this subdivision; and (2) sanctions for prime 
34.3 	contractors who fail to make good faith efforts to meet the goals set under this subdivision.
34.4 	(b) The small targeted group business subcontracting requirements of this 
34.5 	subdivision do not apply to prime contractors who are small targeted group businesses.

34.6 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 161.321, subdivision 2c, is amended to read:
34.7 		Subd. 2c.Veteran-owned small business; subcontracting goals. (a) The 
34.8 	commissioner, as a condition of awarding a construction contract, may set goals that 
34.9 	require the prime contractor to subcontract portions of the contract to veteran-owned small 
34.10 	businesses, except when prohibited by federal law or rule as a condition of receiving 
34.11 	federal funds. Prime contractors must demonstrate good faith efforts to meet the project 
34.12 	goals. The commissioner shall establish a procedure for granting waivers from the 
34.13 	subcontracting requirement when qualified veteran-owned small businesses are not 
34.14 	reasonably available. The prime contractor may request a subcontracting goal waiver 
34.15 	for the difference between the level of veteran-owned small business participation the 
34.16 	prime contractor has obtained and the level specified in the goal. The commissioner may 
34.17 	grant the waiver only if the prime contractor has demonstrated good faith efforts to meet 
34.18 	the goal. The commissioner shall establish a procedure for evaluating the good faith 
34.19 	efforts of contractors. The commissioner may establish (1) financial incentives for prime 
34.20 	contractors who exceed the goals set for the use of subcontractors under this subdivision; 
34.21 	and (2) sanctions for prime contractors who have not been granted a waiver and fail 
34.22 	to meet goals set under this subdivision.
34.23 	(b) The subcontracting requirements of this subdivision do not apply to prime 
34.24 	contractors who are veteran-owned small businesses.

34.25 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 161.321, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
34.26 		Subd. 4.Contract awards, limitations. Contracts awarded pursuant to this section 
34.27 	are may be subject to all limitations contained in rules adopted by the commissioner 
34.28 	of administration.

34.29 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 162.07, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
34.30 		Subd. 1a.Apportionment sum and excess sum. (a) For purposes of this 
34.31 	subdivision, "distribution amount" means the amount identified in section 162.06, 
34.32 	subdivision 1, after the deductions provided for in section 162.06 for administrative costs, 
34.33 	disaster account, research account, and state park road account.
35.1 	(b) The apportionment sum is calculated by subtracting the excess sum, as calculated 
35.2 	in paragraph (c), from as 68 percent of the distribution amount.
35.3 	(c) The excess sum is calculated as the sum of revenue within 32 percent of the 
35.4 	distribution amount:.
35.5 	(1) attributed to that portion of the gasoline excise tax rate under section 296A.07, 
35.6 	subdivision 3, in excess of 20 cents per gallon, and to that portion of the excise tax rates 
35.7 	in excess of the energy equivalent of a gasoline excise tax rate of 20 cents per gallon 
35.8 	for E85 and M85 under section 296A.07, subdivision 3, and special fuel under section 
35.9 	296A.08, subdivision 2;
35.10 	(2) attributed to a change in the passenger vehicle registration tax under section 
35.11 	168.013, imposed on or after July 1, 2008, that exceeds (i) the amount collected in fiscal 
35.12 	year 2008, multiplied by (ii) the annual average United States Consumer Price Index for 
35.13 	the calendar year previous to the current calendar year, divided by the annual average 
35.14 	United States Consumer Price Index for calendar year 2007; and
35.15 	(3) attributed to that portion of the motor vehicle sales tax revenue in excess of the 
35.16 	percentage allocated to the county state-aid highway fund in fiscal year 2007.
35.17 	(d) For purposes of this subdivision, the United States Consumer Price Index 
35.18 	identified in paragraph (c) is for all urban consumers, United States city average, as 
35.19 	determined by the United States Department of Labor.

35.20 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2015, for distribution 
35.21 	calculations on or after that date.

35.22 	Sec. 19. [162.145] SMALL CITIES ASSISTANCE.
35.23 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms 
35.24 	have the meanings given them.
35.25 	(b) "Eligible city" means a statutory or home rule charter city that does not receive 
35.26 	municipal state aid under sections 162.09 to 162.14 in the calendar year in which funds 
35.27 	are distributed under this section.
35.28 	(c) "Maximum aid" means 3.5 multiplied by the unweighted average amount of 
35.29 	assistance to a city in a fiscal year.
35.30 	(d) "Population" means the most recent population estimated or established as of 30 
35.31 	days before the date of an allocation under subdivision 4, of (i) the most recent federal 
35.32 	census, (ii) a special census conducted under contract with the United States Bureau of 
35.33 	the Census, (iii) a population estimate made by the Metropolitan Council pursuant to 
35.34 	section 473.24, or (iv) a population estimate of the state demographer made pursuant to 
35.35 	section 4A.02.
36.1 	(e) "State-aid adjustment factor" means the greater of zero, or:
36.2 	(1) 0.005; minus
36.3 	(2) the number of lane miles of county state-aid highway in a city, divided by the 
36.4 	total number of lane miles of county state-aid highway in all eligible cities.
36.5 	(f) "Total population" means the sum of populations of all eligible cities.
36.6 		Subd. 2.Small cities assistance account. A small cities assistance account is 
36.7 	created in the transportation stability fund. The account consists of funds as provided by 
36.8 	law, and any other money donated, allotted, transferred, or otherwise provided to the 
36.9 	account. Money in the account may only be expended as provided under this section.
36.10 		Subd. 3.Administration. (a) Subject to funds made available by law, the 
36.11 	commissioner shall allocate all funds as provided in subdivision 4 and shall notify the 
36.12 	commissioner of revenue.
36.13 	(b) Following notification from the commissioner of transportation, the 
36.14 	commissioner of revenue shall distribute the specified funds to cities in the same manner 
36.15 	as local government aid under chapter 477A. An appropriation to the commissioner of 
36.16 	transportation under this section is available to the commissioner of revenue for the 
36.17 	purposes specified in this paragraph.
36.18 	(c) Notwithstanding other law to the contrary, in order to receive distributions under 
36.19 	this section, a city must conform to the standards in section 477A.017, subdivision 2. A 
36.20 	city that receives funds under this section must make and preserve records necessary to 
36.21 	show that the funds are spent in compliance with subdivision 4.
36.22 		Subd. 4.Distribution formula. (a) In each fiscal year in which funds are available 
36.23 	under this section, the commissioner shall allocate funds to eligible cities.
36.24 	(b) The preliminary aid to each city is calculated as follows:
36.25 	(1) 5 percent of funds allocated equally among all eligible cities;
36.26 	(2) 35 percent of funds allocated proportionally based on each city's share of lane 
36.27 	miles of municipal streets compared to total lane miles of municipal streets of all eligible 
36.28 	cities;
36.29 	(3) 35 percent of funds allocated proportionally based on each city's share of 
36.30 	population compared to total population of all eligible cities; and
36.31 	(4) 25 percent of funds allocated proportionally based on each city's share of state-aid 
36.32 	adjustment factor compared to the sum of state-aid adjustment factors of all eligible cities.
36.33 	(c) The final aid to each city is calculated as the lesser of:
36.34 	(1) the preliminary aid to the city multiplied by an aid factor; or
36.35 	(2) the maximum aid.
37.1 	(d) The commissioner shall set the aid factor under paragraph (c), which must be the 
37.2 	same for all eligible cities, so that the total funds allocated under this subdivision equals 
37.3 	the total amount available for the fiscal year.
37.4 		Subd. 5.Use of funds. (a) Funds distributed under this section are available only for 
37.5 	construction and maintenance of roads located within the city, including:
37.6 	(1) land acquisition, environmental analysis, design, engineering, construction, 
37.7 	reconstruction, and maintenance;
37.8 	(2) road projects partially located within the city;
37.9 	(3) projects on county state-aid highways located within the city; and
37.10 	(4) cost participation on road projects under the jurisdiction of another unit of 
37.11 	government.
37.12 	(b) Funds distributed under this section are not subject to state-aid requirements 
37.13 	under this chapter, including but not limited to engineering standards adopted by the 
37.14 	commissioner in rules.

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

37.16 	Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 168.053, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
37.17 		Subdivision 1.Application; fee; penalty. Any person, firm, or corporation with 
37.18 	a business located in Minnesota engaged in the business of transporting motor vehicles 
37.19 	owned by another, by delivering, by drive-away or towing methods, either singly or by 
37.20 	means of the full mount method, the saddle mount method, the tow bar method, or any other 
37.21 	combination thereof, and under their own power, vehicles over the highways of the state 
37.22 	from the manufacturer or any other point of origin, to any point of destination, within or 
37.23 	without the state, shall make application to the registrar for a drive-away in-transit license. 
37.24 	This application for annual license shall be accompanied by a registration fee of $250 and 
37.25 	contain information the registrar may require. Upon the filing of the application and the 
37.26 	payment of the fee, the registrar shall issue to each drive-away operator a drive-away 
37.27 	in-transit license plate, which must be carried and displayed on the power unit consistent 
37.28 	with section 169.79 and the plate shall remain on the vehicle while being operated within 
37.29 	Minnesota transported. The license plate issued under this subdivision is not valid for the 
37.30 	purpose of permanent vehicle registration and is not valid outside Minnesota. Additional 
37.31 	drive-away in-transit license plates desired by any drive-away operator may be secured 
37.32 	from the registrar of motor vehicles upon the payment of a fee of $5 for each set of 
37.33 	additional license plates. Any person, firm, or corporation engaging in the business as a 
37.34 	drive-away operator, of transporting and delivering by means of full mount method, the 
37.35 	saddle mount method, the tow bar method, or any combination thereof, and under their 
38.1 	own power, motor vehicles, who fails or refuses to file or cause to be filed an application, 
38.2 	as is required by law, and to pay the fees therefor as the law requires, shall be found guilty 
38.3 	of violating the provisions of sections 168.053 to 168.057; and, upon conviction, fined 
38.4 	not less than $50, and not more than $100, and all costs of court. Each day so operating 
38.5 	without securing the license and plates as required shall constitute a separate offense.

38.6 	Sec. 21. [168.1294] "START SEEING MOTORCYCLES" PLATES.
38.7 		Subdivision 1.Issuance of plates. The commissioner shall issue special "Start 
38.8 	Seeing Motorcycles" license plates or a single motorcycle plate to an applicant who:
38.9 	(1) is a registered owner of a passenger automobile, noncommercial one-ton pickup 
38.10 	truck, motorcycle, or recreational motor vehicle;
38.11 	(2) pays a fee of $10 for each set of plates;
38.12 	(3) pays the registration tax as required under section 168.013, along with any 
38.13 	other fees required by this chapter;
38.14 	(4) contributes a minimum of $10 annually to the motorcycle safety fund created 
38.15 	under section 171.06, subdivision 2a, paragraph (a), clause (1); and
38.16 	(5) complies with this chapter and rules governing registration of motor vehicles 
38.17 	and licensing of drivers.
38.18 		Subd. 2.Design. The representatives of American Bikers for Awareness, Training, 
38.19 	and Education of Minnesota shall design the special plate to contain the inscription "Start 
38.20 	Seeing Motorcycles" between the bolt holes on the bottom of the plate with a design area 
38.21 	on the left side of the plate, subject to the approval of the commissioner.
38.22 		Subd. 3.Plates transfer. On application to the commissioner and payment of a 
38.23 	transfer fee of $5, special plates issued under this section may be transferred to another 
38.24 	motor vehicle if the subsequent vehicle is:
38.25 	(1) qualified under subdivision 1, clause (1), to bear the special plates; and
38.26 	(2) registered to the same individual to whom the special plates were originally issued.
38.27 		Subd. 4.Exemption. Special plates issued under this section are not subject to 
38.28 	section 168.1293, subdivision 2.
38.29 		Subd. 5.Fees. Fees collected under subdivision 1, clause (2), and subdivision 3 are 
38.30 	credited to the vehicle services operating account in the special revenue fund.
38.31 		Subd. 6.No refund. Contributions under this section must not be refunded.

38.32 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2016, for special "Start 
38.33 	Seeing Motorcycles" plates issued on or after that date.

38.34 	Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 168.1299, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
39.1 		Subdivision 1.Issuance. Notwithstanding section 168.1293, the commissioner shall 
39.2 	issue special Minnesota golf plates or a single motorcycle plate to an applicant who:
39.3 	(1) is a registered owner of a passenger automobile, one-ton pickup truck, 
39.4 	motorcycle, or recreational vehicle;
39.5 	(2) pays a fee of $10 and any other fees required by this chapter;
39.6 	(3) contributes a minimum of $30 annually after January 1, 2017, to the Minnesota 
39.7 	Section PGA Foundation account; and
39.8 	(4) complies with this chapter and rules governing registration of motor vehicles 
39.9 	and licensing of drivers.

39.10 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2015, and applies to plates 
39.11 	issued on or after that date.

39.12 	Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 169.475, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
39.13 		Subd. 2.Prohibition on use; penalty. (a) No person may operate a motor vehicle 
39.14 	while using a wireless communications device to compose, read, or send an electronic 
39.15 	message, when the vehicle is in motion or a part of traffic.
39.16 	(b) A person who is convicted of a second or subsequent violation under this section 
39.17 	must pay a fine of $150 plus the amount specified in the uniform fine schedule established 
39.18 	by the Judicial Council.

39.19 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2015, and applies to 
39.20 	violations committed on or after that date.

39.21 	Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 169.49, is amended to read:
39.22 	169.49 HEADLAMPS.
39.23 	(a) Every motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle, shall must be equipped with at 
39.24 	least two headlamps, with including at least one on each side of the front of the motor 
39.25 	vehicle, which. Headlamps shall must comply with the requirements and limitations set 
39.26 	forth in sections 169.47 to 169.79 169.66.
39.27 	(b) Every motorcycle shall must be equipped with at least one and not more than 
39.28 	two four headlamps, which shall must comply with the requirements and limitations of 
39.29 	sections 169.47 to 169.79 169.66.

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

39.31 	Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 169.782, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
40.1 		Subdivision 1.Driver; daily inspection, report. (a) The driver of a commercial 
40.2 	motor vehicle shall report in writing at the completion of each day's work oninspect daily 
40.3 	each commercial motor vehicle the driver has operated. A person who owns one or more 
40.4 	commercial motor vehicles and who employs drivers for those commercial motor vehicles 
40.5 	must require each driver to submit a written report at the completion of each day's work 
40.6 	as required by this section. The driver of a commercial motor vehicle subject to this 
40.7 	section is not required to prepare and submit a written report if no defect or deficiency 
40.8 	is discovered by or reported to the driver, except that the driver of a passenger-carrying 
40.9 	commercial motor vehicle shall prepare and submit a written report regardless of whether 
40.10 	any defect or deficiency is discovered by or reported to the driver.
40.11 	(b) The inspection and report must cover the following parts and accessories: service 
40.12 	brakes, including trailer and semitrailer brake connections; parking (hand) brake; steering 
40.13 	mechanism; lighting devices and reflectors; tires; horn; windshield wiper or wipers; rear 
40.14 	vision mirror or mirrors; coupling devices; wheels and rims; and emergency equipment.
40.15 	(b) (c) The report must identify the vehicle and list any defect or deficiency 
40.16 	discovered by or reported to the driver that would affect the safe operation of the vehicle or 
40.17 	result in its mechanical breakdown. If no defect or deficiency is discovered by or reported 
40.18 	to the driver, the report must so indicate. The driver must sign the report after completing 
40.19 	it. In the case of a commercial motor vehicle operated by two drivers, the signature of one 
40.20 	of the drivers satisfies the requirements of this subdivision if both drivers agree concerning 
40.21 	the defects or deficiencies. If a driver operates more than one commercial motor vehicle 
40.22 	during a day's work, a report must be prepared for each vehicle operated.
40.23 	(c) (d) Before operating or allowing the operation of a commercial motor vehicle 
40.24 	on which a report has been prepared under this subdivision, the owner of the vehicle or 
40.25 	the owner's agent must repair defects or deficiencies listed on the report that would likely 
40.26 	affect the safe operation of the vehicle. Before allowing the commercial motor vehicle to 
40.27 	be operated again, the owner or the owner's agent must certify, on the report listing the 
40.28 	defect or deficiency, that the defect or deficiency has been corrected or that correction is 
40.29 	unnecessary. A motor carrier must keep the original vehicle inspection report for at least 
40.30 	three months after the date of inspection. The report must be available for inspection by 
40.31 	an authorized federal, state, or local official at any time during this period.
40.32 	(d) (e) A copy of the vehicle inspection report, including a certification of corrections 
40.33 	resulting from the report, must be carried in the commercial motor vehicle, or in the power 
40.34 	unit of a commercial motor vehicle combination, at all times when the vehicle or power 
40.35 	unit is operated until the next inspection report is completed under this subdivision. The 
41.1 	copy must be made available on demand to (1) a peace officer, (2) a person authorized 
41.2 	under section 221.221, and (3) a person described in section 299D.06.

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

41.4 	Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 169.782, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
41.5 		Subd. 2.Driver; pretrip inspection. (a) Before driving Prior to the first operation 
41.6 	of a commercial motor vehicle following completion of a daily inspection report under 
41.7 	subdivision 1, a driver must:
41.8 	(1) review the most recent vehicle inspection report on the vehicle;
41.9 	(2) determine that the vehicle is in safe operating condition; and
41.10 	(3) sign the inspection report in the vehicle.
41.11 	The driver shall sign the report only if all defects and deficiencies listed in the report 
41.12 	have been certified as having been corrected or as not requiring correction.
41.13 	(b) If the commercial motor vehicle does not contain the previous day's inspection 
41.14 	report, the driver must make the inspection and complete the report required under 
41.15 	subdivision 1.

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

41.17 	Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 169.782, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
41.18 		Subd. 4.Exceptions. (a) With the exception of subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clause 
41.19 	(2), This section does not apply to a commercial motor vehicle that is a farm truck that may 
41.20 	be operated by a person not holding a commercial driver's license, provided that before 
41.21 	driving the vehicle, a driver must determine that the vehicle is in safe operating condition.
41.22 	(b) This section does not apply to a commercial motor vehicle held for resale by a 
41.23 	motor vehicle dealer licensed under section 168.27.
41.24 	(c) This section does not apply to a covered farm vehicle as defined in Code of 
41.25 	Federal Regulations, title 49, section 390.5, that is not carrying hazardous materials of 
41.26 	a type or quantity that requires the vehicle to be placarded in accordance with Code of 
41.27 	Federal Regulations, title 49, section 172.504.

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

41.29 	Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 169.81, is amended by adding a subdivision 
41.30 	to read:
41.31 		Subd. 3f.Length limits exclusion; aerodynamic device. An aerodynamic device 
41.32 	that meets the requirements under Code of Federal Regulations, title 23, section 658.16 
42.1 	(b)(4), is excluded from each calculation of length under subdivision 2, 3, or 3c, including 
42.2 	total vehicle length and length of a semitrailer or trailer, whether in a vehicle combination 
42.3 	or not.

42.4 	Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 169.865, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
42.5 		Subdivision 1.Six-axle vehicles. (a) A road authority may issue an annual permit 
42.6 	authorizing a vehicle or combination of vehicles with a total of six or more axles to haul 
42.7 	raw or unprocessed agricultural qualifying products and be operated with a gross vehicle 
42.8 	weight of up to:
42.9 	(1) 90,000 pounds; and
42.10 	(2) 99,000 pounds during the period set by the commissioner under section 169.826, 
42.11 	subdivision 1.
42.12 	(b) Notwithstanding subdivision 3, paragraph (a), clause (4), a vehicle or 
42.13 	combination of vehicles operated under this subdivision and transporting only sealed 
42.14 	intermodal containers may be operated on an interstate highway if allowed by the United 
42.15 	States Department of Transportation.
42.16 	(c) Any combination of qualifying products may be transported under a single 
42.17 	permit issued under this subdivision.
42.18 	(d) The fee for a permit issued under this subdivision is $300, or a proportional 
42.19 	amount as provided in section 169.86, subdivision 5.

42.20 	Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 169.865, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
42.21 		Subd. 2.Seven-axle vehicles. (a) A road authority may issue an annual permit 
42.22 	authorizing a vehicle or combination of vehicles with a total of seven or more axles to 
42.23 	haul raw or unprocessed agricultural qualifying products and be operated with a gross 
42.24 	weight of up to:
42.25 	(1) 97,000 pounds; and
42.26 	(2) 99,000 pounds during the period set by the commissioner under section 169.826, 
42.27 	subdivision 1.
42.28 	(b) Drivers of vehicles operating under this subdivision must comply with driver 
42.29 	qualification requirements adopted under section 221.0314, subdivisions 2 to 5, and Code 
42.30 	of Federal Regulations, title 49, parts 40 and 382, unless exempt under section 221.031, 
42.31 	subdivision 2c.
42.32 	(c) Any combination of qualifying products may be transported under a single 
42.33 	permit issued under this subdivision.
43.1 	(d) The fee for a permit issued under this subdivision is $500, or a proportional 
43.2 	amount as provided in section 169.86, subdivision 5.

43.3 	Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 169.865, is amended by adding a subdivision 
43.4 	to read:
43.5 		Subd. 6.Qualifying products. For purposes of this section, "qualifying products" 
43.6 	consists of:
43.7 	(1) raw or unprocessed agricultural products;
43.8 	(2) agricultural products transported for processing as a biofuel, including but not 
43.9 	limited to oat hulls and other feedstocks;
43.10 	(3) livestock and poultry feed, seed, fertilizer, potash, and agricultural lime; and
43.11 	(4) highway and building construction materials, and associated demolition materials, 
43.12 	including but not limited to aggregate material as defined in section 298.75, subdivision 
43.13 	1, paragraph (a), hot mix asphalt, plastic concrete, cementitious materials, concrete 
43.14 	admixtures, asphalt cement, construction demolition materials, and recycled road materials.

43.15 	Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 169.87, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
43.16 		Subd. 6.Recycling and garbage vehicles. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), 
43.17 	weight restrictions imposed under subdivisions 1 and 2 do not apply to a vehicle that 
43.18 	does not exceed 20,000 pounds per single axle and is designed and used exclusively for 
43.19 	recycling, while engaged in recycling in a political subdivision that mandates curbside 
43.20 	recycling pickup.
43.21 	(b) Weight restrictions imposed under subdivisions 1 and 2 do not apply to: (1) a 
43.22 	vehicle that does not exceed 14,000 pounds per single axle and is used exclusively for 
43.23 	recycling as described in paragraph (a), or; (2) a vehicle that does not exceed 14,000 
43.24 	pounds per single axle and is designed and used exclusively for collecting mixed municipal 
43.25 	solid waste, as defined in section 115A.03, subdivision 21, while engaged in such 
43.26 	collection; or (3) a portable toilet service vehicle that does not exceed 14,000 pounds per 
43.27 	single axle or 26,000 pounds gross vehicle weight, and is designed and used exclusively 
43.28 	for collecting liquid waste from portable toilets, while engaged in such collection.
43.29 	(c) Notwithstanding section 169.80, subdivision 1, a violation of weight restrictions 
43.30 	imposed under subdivisions 1 and 2 by a vehicle designed and used exclusively for 
43.31 	recycling while engaged in recycling in a political subdivision that mandates curbside 
43.32 	recycling pickup while engaged in such collection, or by a vehicle that is designed and 
43.33 	used exclusively for collecting mixed municipal solid waste as defined in section 115A.03, 
43.34 	subdivision 21, while engaged in such collection, or by a portable toilet service vehicle 
44.1 	that is designed and used exclusively for collecting liquid waste from portable toilets, 
44.2 	while engaged in such collection, is not subject to criminal penalties but is subject to a 
44.3 	civil penalty for excess weight under section 169.871.

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

44.5 	Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 173.02, is amended by adding a subdivision 
44.6 	to read:
44.7 		Subd. 18a.Electronic advertising device. (a) "Electronic advertising device" 
44.8 	means an advertising device that is capable of displaying digital content that can be 
44.9 	changed through messaging or electronic communications technology.
44.10 	(b) Digital content consists of static text and images only, and does not include 
44.11 	animation, flashing or moving lights, video, or other content having the appearance of 
44.12 	movement.

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

44.14 	Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 173.15, is amended to read:
44.15 	173.15 PROHIBITED ADVERTISING DEVICES.
44.16 	(a) After June 8, 1971 no advertising device shall be erected or maintained:
44.17 	(1) which purports to be or resembles an official traffic-control device, sign, or 
44.18 	signal, or railroad sign or signal; or which hides from view or interferes in any material 
44.19 	degree with the effectiveness of any traffic-control device, sign, or signal, or railroad sign 
44.20 	or signal, or which obstructs or interferes with the driver's view of approaching, merging, 
44.21 	or intersecting traffic for a distance not to exceed 500 feet;
44.22 	(2) which prominently displays the word "stop" or "danger";
44.23 	(3) which contains statements, words, or pictures of an obscene, indecent, or 
44.24 	immoral character, or such as would offend public morals or decency;
44.25 	(4) on any right-of-way of the interstate system of highways, except as otherwise 
44.26 	provided by law or allowed by the commissioner;
44.27 	(5) on private land without the consent of the owner or occupant thereof;
44.28 	(6) on trees, shrubs, or which are painted or drawn upon rocks or natural features, 
44.29 	or on public utility poles;
44.30 	(7) which has distracting flashing or moving lights so designed or lighted as to 
44.31 	be a traffic hazard;
44.32 	(8) to which access can be obtained only from an interstate main-traveled way but 
44.33 	excluding frontage roads adjacent thereto;
45.1 	(9) which are structurally unsafe, are in disrepair, or are abandoned.
45.2 	(b) The prohibition under paragraph (a), clause (7), does not include an electronic 
45.3 	advertising device in which digital content changes no more frequently than once every 
45.4 	six seconds.

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

45.6 	Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 174.40, is amended by adding a subdivision 
45.7 	to read:
45.8 		Subd. 4a.Eligibility. A statutory or home rule charter city, county, or town is 
45.9 	eligible to receive funding under this section only if it has adopted subdivision regulations 
45.10 	that require safe routes to school infrastructure in developments authorized on or after 
45.11 	the effective date of this section.

45.12 	Sec. 36. [174.57] SNOW AND ICE CONTROL; APPROPRIATION.
45.13 	(a) In a fiscal year in which the commissioner expends at least 110 percent of 
45.14 	the total biennial appropriation for snow and ice management specified in law, the 
45.15 	commissioner may use an additional amount for this purpose that does not exceed 50 
45.16 	percent of the unappropriated reserves in the trunk highway fund. The amount identified 
45.17 	by the commissioner under this paragraph is appropriated from the trunk highway fund to 
45.18 	the commissioner for snow and ice management purposes.
45.19 	(b) Upon using the appropriation authority in this section, the commissioner shall 
45.20 	notify the commissioner of management and budget and the chairs and ranking minority 
45.21 	members of the house of representatives and senate committees having jurisdiction over 
45.22 	transportation finance. The commissioner shall include in each budget submission to 
45.23 	the legislature under section 16A.11 the amount appropriated under this section for the 
45.24 	budget biennium that is ending.

45.25 	Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 174.636, is amended by adding a subdivision 
45.26 	to read:
45.27 		Subd. 5.Legislative authorization. The powers conferred to the commissioner 
45.28 	under sections 174.60 to 174.636 are subject to the requirements under section 174.94.

45.29 	Sec. 38. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 174.92, is amended to read:
45.30 	174.92 EXERCISE OF POWER; COMMUTER RAIL; EXERCISE OF 
45.31 	POWER.
46.1 		Subdivision 1.Powers. The commissioner of transportation may exercise the 
46.2 	powers granted in this chapter, as necessary, to plan, design, acquire, construct, and equip 
46.3 	commuter rail facilities.
46.4 		Subd. 2.Legislative authorization. The powers conferred to the commissioner 
46.5 	under sections 174.80 to 174.92 are subject to the requirements under section 174.94.

46.6 	Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 174.93, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
46.7 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms 
46.8 	have the meanings given:
46.9 	(1) "commissioner" means the commissioner of transportation;
46.10 	(2) "guideway" means a form of transportation service provided to the public on a 
46.11 	regular and ongoing basis, that operates on exclusive or controlled rights-of-way or rails 
46.12 	in whole or in part, and includes: (i) each line for intercity passenger rail, commuter rail, 
46.13 	light rail transit, streetcars, and highway bus rapid transit, and express bus service operated 
46.14 	primarily within a dedicated right-of-way; and (ii) any multimodal station serving two or 
46.15 	more lines identified in item (i); and
46.16 	(3) "local unit of government" means a county, statutory or home rule charter city, 
46.17 	town, or other political subdivision including, but not limited to, a regional railroad 
46.18 	authority or joint powers board.
46.19 	(b) For purposes of this section, "sources of funds" includes, but is not limited to, 
46.20 	money from federal aid, state appropriations, the Metropolitan Council, special taxing 
46.21 	districts, local units of government, fare box recovery, and nonpublic sources.
46.22 	(c) For purposes of this section, "budget activity" includes, but is not limited 
46.23 	to, environmental analysis, land acquisition, easements, design, preliminary and 
46.24 	final engineering, acquisition of vehicles and rolling stock, track improvement and 
46.25 	rehabilitation, and construction.
46.26 	(d) For purposes of this section, guideway excludes arterial bus rapid transit, 
46.27 	limited-stop bus service, and express bus service that is not operated primarily within a 
46.28 	dedicated right-of-way.

46.29 	Sec. 40. [174.94] GUIDEWAY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORIZATION.
46.30 	(a) For purposes of this section, "guideway" has the meaning given in section 
46.31 	174.93, subdivision 1.
46.32 	(b) The commissioner and any political subdivision, including but not limited to 
46.33 	the Metropolitan Council, a regional railroad authority, a county, or a statutory or home 
46.34 	rule charter city, may not complete an alternatives analysis or select a locally preferred 
47.1 	alternative for a guideway project unless on or after January 1, 2015: (1) a law is enacted 
47.2 	that specifically identifies and authorizes the project, or (2) state funds are appropriated 
47.3 	specifically for the project.
47.4 	(c) Nothing in this section prohibits the commissioner or any political subdivision 
47.5 	from (1) performing transit planning; (2) producing feasibility studies; or (3) commencing 
47.6 	project development, including through an alternatives analysis or preliminary 
47.7 	environmental analysis.

47.8 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment, 
47.9 	and applies for any project not approved by the Federal Transit Administration for 
47.10 	preliminary engineering or a subsequent project phase as of the effective date of this 
47.11 	section. The portion that relates to the Metropolitan Council applies in the counties of 
47.12 	Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington.

47.13 	Sec. 41. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 221.031, is amended by adding a subdivision 
47.14 	to read:
47.15 		Subd. 9a.Federal out-of-service order; operation prohibited. No intrastate 
47.16 	carrier, private carrier engaged in intrastate commerce, or person providing intrastate 
47.17 	transportation service described in section 221.025 shall operate a commercial motor 
47.18 	vehicle in Minnesota while a motor carrier out-of-service order issued by the Federal 
47.19 	Motor Carrier Safety Administration under Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, part 
47.20 	385 or 386, is in effect.

47.21 	Sec. 42. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 221.605, is amended by adding a subdivision 
47.22 	to read:
47.23 		Subd. 4.Federal out-of-service order; operation prohibited. No interstate carrier 
47.24 	or private carrier engaged in interstate commerce shall operate a commercial motor 
47.25 	vehicle in Minnesota while a motor carrier out-of-service order issued by the Federal 
47.26 	Motor Carrier Safety Administration under Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, part 
47.27 	385 or 386, is in effect.

47.28 	Sec. 43. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 299A.465, is amended by adding a 
47.29 	subdivision to read:
47.30 		Subd. 2a.Volunteer firefighter killed in line of duty. (a) This subdivision 
47.31 	applies when a volunteer firefighter is killed while on duty and discharging the volunteer 
47.32 	firefighter's duties as a volunteer firefighter.
48.1 	(b) The municipality or municipalities that operate the fire department that the 
48.2 	volunteer firefighter serves with shall provide health insurance coverage to the volunteer 
48.3 	firefighter's dependents, including the volunteer firefighter's spouse.
48.4 	(c) The municipality or municipalities that operate the fire department that the 
48.5 	volunteer firefighter serves with shall pay the same level of contribution to cover the 
48.6 	volunteer firefighter's dependents as is required for a firefighter under subdivision 2, 
48.7 	paragraph (c). Coverage must continue for a spousal dependent of the volunteer firefighter 
48.8 	for the period of time that the person is a dependent up to the age of 65, and coverage must 
48.9 	continue for any other dependent until the person is age 26.

48.10 	Sec. 44. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 299A.465, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
48.11 		Subd. 5.Definition. For purposes of this section:
48.12 	(a) "Peace officer" or "officer" has the meaning given in section 626.84, subdivision 
48.13 	1, paragraph (c).
48.14 	(b) "Dependent" means a person who meets the definition of dependent in section 
48.15 	62L.02, subdivision 11, at the time of the officer's or firefighter's injury or death. A person 
48.16 	is not a dependent for purposes of this section during the period of time the person is 
48.17 	covered under another group health plan.
48.18 	(c) "Firefighter" has the meaning given in Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 424.03, 
48.19 	but does not include volunteer firefighters.
48.20 	(d) "Volunteer firefighter" has the meaning given in section 299N.03, subdivision 7.
48.21 	(e) "Fire department" has the meaning given in section 299N.03, subdivision 4.

48.22 	Sec. 45. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 299D.085, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
48.23 		Subd. 2.Certificate. No person may operate as an overdimensional load escort 
48.24 	driver in this state without a certificate issued by the commissioner, or by a state with 
48.25 	which the commissioner has entered into a reciprocal agreement. The commissioner shall 
48.26 	assess a fee for each certificate applicant, calculated to cover the commissioner's cost of 
48.27 	establishing and administering the program. No other certification is required to escort 
48.28 	an overdimensional load.

48.29 	Sec. 46. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 299D.09, is amended to read:
48.30 	299D.09 ESCORT SERVICE; APPROPRIATION; RECEIPTS.
48.31 	(a) Fees charged for escort services provided by the State Patrol are annually 
48.32 	appropriated to the commissioner of public safety to administer and provide these services.
49.1 	(b) The fee charged for services provided by the State Patrol with a vehicle is $79.28 
49.2 	an hour. The fee charged for services provided without a vehicle is $59.28 an hour 
49.3 	shall be set to recover actual costs as determined by the commissioner of public safety 
49.4 	by July 1 each year.
49.5 	(c) The fees charged for State Patrol flight services are $140 an hour for a fixed wing 
49.6 	aircraft, $490 an hour for a helicopter, and $600 an hour for the Queen Air in fiscal year 
49.7 	2012; and $139.64 an hour for a fixed wing aircraft, $560.83 an hour for a helicopter, and 
49.8 	$454.84 an hour for the Queen Air in fiscal year 2013 and thereafter.

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

49.10 	Sec. 47. [299F.037] REPORTING FIREFIGHTER DEATHS.
49.11 	Whenever an active firefighter dies, whether or not the death is presumed to be in the 
49.12 	line of duty, the fire chief of the deceased firefighter must report, without undue delay, 
49.13 	the death to the state fire marshal. The notification shall identify the cause of death and 
49.14 	contain information concerning the circumstances of the death.

49.15 	Sec. 48. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 360.305, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
49.16 		Subd. 4.Costs allocated; local contribution; hangar construction account. (a) 
49.17 	Except as otherwise provided in this subdivision Annually by June 1, the commissioner 
49.18 	of transportation shall require as a condition of assistance by the state that the establish 
49.19 	local contribution rates which will apply to a political subdivision, municipality, or public 
49.20 	corporation make a substantial contribution to the cost of the construction, improvement, 
49.21 	maintenance, or operation of the airport, in connection with which the assistance of the 
49.22 	state is sought. These costs are referred to as project costs when applying for state or 
49.23 	federal funding assistance to construct, improve, maintain, or operate an airport, or to 
49.24 	acquire land for airport facilities or clear zones. If the commissioner does not establish 
49.25 	local contribution rates by June 1, the previous rates apply.
49.26 	(b) For any airport, whether key, intermediate, or landing strip, where only state and 
49.27 	local funds are to be used, the contribution shall be not less than one-fifth of the sum of:
49.28 	(1) the project costs;
49.29 	(2) acquisition costs of the land and clear zones, which are referred to as acquisition 
49.30 	costs. The commissioner may pay all costs beyond the local contribution. Local 
49.31 	contribution rates shall not be less than five percent of the total cost of the activity or 
49.32 	acquisition, except that the commissioner may require less than five percent for research 
49.33 	projects, radio or navigational aids, activities, or acquisitions for which federal funds are 
50.1 	available to cover more than 90 percent of the total cost, or as otherwise necessary to 
50.2 	respond to an emergency.
50.3 	(c) For any airport where federal, state, and local funds are to be used, the 
50.4 	contribution shall not be less than five percent of the sum of the project costs and 
50.5 	acquisition costs. The commissioner's establishment of local contribution rates is not 
50.6 	subject to the rulemaking requirements of chapter 14.
50.7 	(d) The commissioner may pay the total cost of radio and navigational aids.
50.8 	(e) Notwithstanding paragraph (b) or (c), the commissioner may pay all of the 
50.9 	project costs of a new landing strip, but not an intermediate airport or key airport, or may 
50.10 	pay an amount equal to the federal funds granted and used for a new landing strip plus 
50.11 	all of the remaining project costs; but the total amount paid by the commissioner for the 
50.12 	project costs of a new landing strip, unless specifically authorized by an act appropriating 
50.13 	funds for the new landing strip, shall not exceed $200,000.
50.14 	(f) Notwithstanding paragraph (b) or (c), the commissioner may pay all the project 
50.15 	costs for research and development projects, including, but not limited to noise abatement; 
50.16 	provided that in no event shall the sums expended under this paragraph exceed five 
50.17 	percent of the amount appropriated for construction grants.
50.18 	(g) (d) To receive aid under this section for project costs or for acquisition costs, the 
50.19 	municipality must enter into an agreement with the commissioner giving assurance that 
50.20 	the airport will be operated and maintained in a safe, serviceable manner for aeronautical 
50.21 	purposes only for the use and benefit of the public:
50.22 	(1) for 20 years after the date thatthe municipality receives any state funds for 
50.23 	project construction or improvement costs are received by the municipality; and
50.24 	(2) for 99 years after the date thatthe municipality receives any state funds for land 
50.25 	acquisition costs are received by the municipality. If any land acquired with state funds 
50.26 	ceases to be used for aviation purposes, the municipality shall repay the state airports fund 
50.27 	the same percentage of the appraised value of the property as that percentage of the costs 
50.28 	of acquisition and participation provided by the state to acquire the land.
50.29 	The agreement may contain other conditions as the commissioner deems reasonable.
50.30 	(h) (e) The commissioner shall establish a hangar construction revolving account, 
50.31 	which shall be used for the purpose of financing the construction of hangar buildings to 
50.32 	be constructed by municipalities owning airports. All municipalities owning airports are 
50.33 	authorized to enter into contracts for the construction of hangars, and contracts with 
50.34 	the commissioner for the financing of hangar construction for an amount and period of 
50.35 	time as may be determined by the commissioner and municipality. All receipts from the 
50.36 	financing contracts shall be deposited in the hangar construction revolving account and 
51.1 	are reappropriated for the purpose of financing construction of hangar buildings. The 
51.2 	commissioner may pay from the hangar construction revolving account 80 percent of the 
51.3 	cost of financing construction of hangar buildings. For purposes of this paragraph, the 
51.4 	construction of hangars shall include their design. The commissioner shall transfer up to 
51.5 	$4,400,000 from the state airports fund to the hangar construction revolving account.
51.6 	(i) (f) The commissioner may pay a portion of the purchase price of any contribute 
51.7 	to costs incurred by any municipality for airport maintenance and operations, safety 
51.8 	equipment, and of the actual airport snow removal costs incurred by any municipality. 
51.9 	The portion to be paid by the state shall not exceed two-thirds of the cost of the purchase 
51.10 	price or snow removal. To receive aid a municipality must enter into an agreement of the 
51.11 	type referred to in paragraph (g).
51.12 	(j) (g) This subdivision applies only to project costs or acquisition costs of 
51.13 	municipally owned airports incurred after June 1, 1971.

51.14 	Sec. 49. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 398A.04, is amended by adding a 
51.15 	subdivision to read:
51.16 		Subd. 2b.Legislative authorization. The powers conferred to a regional rail 
51.17 	authority under this chapter are subject to the requirements under section 174.94.

51.18 	Sec. 50. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 473.13, is amended by adding a subdivision 
51.19 	to read:
51.20 		Subd. 6.Forecasted base appropriations. The base appropriation from the general 
51.21 	fund to the council for transit system operations under sections 473.371 to 473.449 in 
51.22 	fiscal year 2018 and thereafter is the greater of zero or:
51.23 	(1) $76,626,000; less
51.24 	(2) funds in the metropolitan area transit account in the transit assistance fund under 
51.25 	section 16A.88 in that fiscal year, attributable to motor vehicle sales tax revenue under 
51.26 	section 297B.09; less funds appropriated to the council from that account in fiscal year 
51.27 	2015, attributable to motor vehicle sales tax revenue; less
51.28 	(3) the amount in grants to the council under section 297A.992, subdivision 6a, in 
51.29 	excess of 50 percent of the net operating costs of those guideways for which the grants 
51.30 	are provided.

51.31 	APPLICATION. This section applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, 
51.32 	Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington.

51.33 	Sec. 51. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 473.146, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
52.1 		Subd. 4.Transportation planning. (a) The Metropolitan Council is the designated 
52.2 	planning agency for any long-range comprehensive transportation planning required by 
52.3 	section 134 of the Federal Highway Act of 1962, Section 4 of Urban Mass Transportation 
52.4 	Act of 1964 and Section 112 of Federal Aid Highway Act of 1973 and other federal 
52.5 	transportation laws. The council shall assure administration and coordination of 
52.6 	transportation planning with appropriate state, regional and other agencies, counties, 
52.7 	and municipalities.
52.8 	(b) The council shall establish an advisory body consisting of citizens and 
52.9 	representatives of municipalities, counties, and state agencies in fulfillment of the planning 
52.10 	responsibilities of the council. The membership of the advisory body must consist of:
52.11 	(1) the commissioner of transportation or the commissioner's designee;
52.12 	(2) the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency or the commissioner's 
52.13 	designee;
52.14 	(3) one member of the Metropolitan Airports Commission appointed by the 
52.15 	commission;
52.16 	(4) one person appointed by the council to represent nonmotorized transportation;
52.17 	(5) one person appointed by the commissioner of transportation to represent the 
52.18 	freight transportation industry;
52.19 	(6) two persons appointed by the council to represent public transit, with one 
52.20 	appointed by the council, and one appointed by the Suburban Transit Association who 
52.21 	must be an elected official from a city participating in the replacement service program 
52.22 	under section 473.388;
52.23 	(7) ten elected officials of cities within the metropolitan area, including one 
52.24 	representative from each first-class city, appointed by the Association of Metropolitan 
52.25 	Municipalities;
52.26 	(8) one member of the county board of each county in the seven-county metropolitan 
52.27 	area, appointed by the respective county boards;
52.28 	(9) eight citizens appointed by the council, one from each council precinct; and
52.29 	(10) one member of the council, appointed by the council.
52.30 	(c) The council shall appoint a chair from among the members of the advisory body.

52.31 	EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION. This section is effective the day following 
52.32 	final enactment and applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, 
52.33 	Scott, and Washington.

52.34 	Sec. 52. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 473.39, is amended by adding a subdivision 
52.35 	to read:
53.1 		Subd. 6.Limitations. The council may not issue certificates of indebtedness, 
53.2 	bonds, or other obligations secured in whole or in part by a pledge of motor vehicle sales 
53.3 	tax revenue received under sections 16A.88 and 297B.09, or by a pledge of any earnings 
53.4 	from the council's investment of motor vehicle sales tax revenues.

53.5 	EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION. This section is effective the day following 
53.6 	final enactment and applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, 
53.7 	Scott, and Washington.

53.8 	Sec. 53. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 473.399, is amended by adding a subdivision 
53.9 	to read:
53.10 		Subd. 6.Legislative authorization. The powers conferred to a responsible 
53.11 	authority, as defined in section 473.3993, subdivision 4, under sections 473.399 to 
53.12 	473.3999 are subject to the requirements in section 174.94.

53.13 	APPLICATION. This section applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, 
53.14 	Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington.

53.15 	Sec. 54. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 473.4051, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
53.16 		Subd. 2.Operating costs. After operating revenue and federal money have been 
53.17 	used to pay for light rail transit operations, 50, 100 percent of the remaining operating and 
53.18 	ongoing maintenance costs must be paid by the state from nonstate sources. For purposes 
53.19 	of this subdivision, state sources include but are not limited to general fund appropriations 
53.20 	and revenue from the motor vehicle sales tax under chapter 297B.

53.21 	APPLICATION. This section applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, 
53.22 	Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington.

53.23 	Sec. 55. Laws 2009, chapter 158, section 10, as amended by Laws 2012, chapter 287, 
53.24 	article 3, section 56, and Laws 2014, chapter 255, section 20, is amended to read:
53.25 	Sec. 10. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 53.26 	Sections 2 and 3 are effective August 1, 2009, and the amendments made in sections 
53.27 	2 and 3 to Minnesota Statutes, sections 169.011 and 169.045, expire July 31, 2015.

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

53.29 	Sec. 56. Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 11, section 3, the effective date, is amended to 
53.30 	read:

54.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. Subdivisions 1 to 4 are effective January 1, 2015, for special 
54.2 	Minnesota golf plates issued on or after that date. Subdivision 5 is effective January 1, 
54.3 	2017 July 1, 2015.

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

54.5 	Sec. 57. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION EFFICIENCIES.
 54.6 	(a) In fiscal years 2016 and 2017, the commissioner of transportation shall 
54.7 	implement efficiencies identified by the Transportation Strategic Management and 
54.8 	Operations Advisory Task Force report under Laws 2008, chapter 152, article 6, section 9, 
54.9 	equal to 15 percent of the Department of Transportation's total appropriations for fiscal 
54.10 	years 2014 and 2015.
54.11 	(b) The efficiency savings amount identified in paragraph (a) is available to the 
54.12 	commissioner of transportation in fiscal years 2016 and 2017 for the construction, 
54.13 	maintenance, or rehabilitation, including pothole repair, of highways, roads, and bridges 
54.14 	on the trunk highway system.

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

54.16 	Sec. 58. LEGISLATIVE ROUTE NO. 228 REMOVED.
 54.17 	(a) Minnesota Statutes, section 161.115, subdivision 159, is repealed effective the 
54.18 	day after the commissioner of transportation receives a copy of the agreement between 
54.19 	the commissioner and the governing body of Otter Tail County to transfer jurisdiction of 
54.20 	Legislative Route No. 228 and after the commissioner notifies the revisor of statutes 
54.21 	under paragraph (b).
54.22 	(b) The revisor of statutes shall delete the route identified in paragraph (a) from 
54.23 	Minnesota Statutes when the commissioner of transportation sends notice to the revisor 
54.24 	electronically or in writing that the conditions required to transfer the route have been 
54.25 	satisfied.

54.26 	Sec. 59. LEGISLATIVE ROUTE NO. 275 REMOVED.
 54.27 	(a) Minnesota Statutes, section 161.115, subdivision 206, is repealed effective the 
54.28 	day after the commissioner of transportation receives a copy of the agreement between the 
54.29 	commissioner and the governing body of Lac qui Parle County to transfer jurisdiction 
54.30 	of Legislative Route No. 275 and after the commissioner notifies the revisor of statutes 
54.31 	under paragraph (b).
55.1 	(b) The revisor of statutes shall delete the route identified in paragraph (a) from 
55.2 	Minnesota Statutes when the commissioner of transportation sends notice to the revisor 
55.3 	electronically or in writing that the conditions required to transfer the route have been 
55.4 	satisfied.

55.5 	Sec. 60. COST PARTICIPATION POLICY.
 55.6 	The commissioner of transportation, in consultation with representatives of local 
55.7 	units of government, shall create and adopt a policy concerning cost participation 
55.8 	for cooperative construction projects and maintenance responsibilities between the 
55.9 	Department of Transportation and local units of government. The policy must minimize 
55.10 	the share of cooperative project costs to be funded by the local units of government while 
55.11 	complying in all respects with the state constitutional requirements concerning allowable 
55.12 	uses of the trunk highway fund. The policy should provide and include sufficient flexibility 
55.13 	for unique projects and locations if doing so results in a lower total project cost. The policy 
55.14 	must be completed and adopted by the commissioner no later than September 1, 2015.

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

55.16 	Sec. 61. CONCRETE DIAMOND GRINDING SLURRY.
 55.17 	The commissioner of transportation shall not engage in a study, including under any 
55.18 	agreement with a consultant, related to the deposit of slurry generated from highway 
55.19 	diamond grinding on the side of roadways, unless the commissioner consults and reaches 
55.20 	agreement with interested representatives of the road construction and maintenance 
55.21 	industry regarding the methodology and specifications for the study. The commissioner 
55.22 	or a consultant operating under an agreement with the commissioner shall consult with 
55.23 	interested representatives of the road construction and maintenance industry to evaluate 
55.24 	methods of determining best management practices.

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

55.26 	Sec. 62. INTERSTATE 94/694/494 INTERCHANGE SAFETY IMPROVEMENT 
55.27 	STUDY.
 55.28 	The commissioner of transportation must conduct a safety improvement study for 
55.29 	the interchange of signed Interstate Highways 94, 694, and 494 in the cities of Woodbury 
55.30 	and Oakdale. At a minimum, the study must provide specific recommendations to 
55.31 	improve the safety of the interchange and include cost estimates for each recommended 
55.32 	improvement. The commissioner must report the findings and recommendations of the 
56.1 	study to the legislative committees having jurisdiction over transportation policy and 
56.2 	finance within 180 days after the effective date of this section.

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

56.4 	Sec. 63. LEGISLATIVE REPORT ON VEHICLE TITLE TRANSFER FEE 
56.5 	FUNDS.
 56.6 	By November 1, 2015, the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency shall 
56.7 	submit a report on motor vehicle title transfer fee funds to the chairs and ranking 
56.8 	minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over transportation and 
56.9 	environment policy and finance. At a minimum, the report must (1) identify the annual 
56.10 	amount of revenue from the motor vehicle title transfer fee under Minnesota Statutes, 
56.11 	section 115A.908, over fiscal years 2012 to 2015; (2) evaluate the policy rationale for 
56.12 	allocation of revenue from the title transfer fee; and (3) specify uses of funds from the 
56.13 	title transfer fee, including identification of any motor vehicle, road, or bridge purposes 
56.14 	for which funds are used.

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

56.16 	Sec. 64. PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP PILOT PROGRAM.
 56.17 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms 
56.18 	have the meanings given.
56.19 	(b) "Toll facility," "BOT facility," and "BTO facility" have the meanings given 
56.20 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 160.84.
56.21 	(c) "Responsible authority" means the commissioner of transportation or the 
56.22 	Metropolitan Council, as appropriate.
56.23 		Subd. 2.Public-private partnership authority. (a) A responsible authority is 
56.24 	authorized to consider and utilize public-private partnership procurement methods as 
56.25 	provided in this section. A public-private partnership initiative must take advantage of 
56.26 	private sector efficiencies in design and construction, along with expertise in finance and 
56.27 	development, and provide a better long-term value for the state than could be obtained 
56.28 	through traditional procurement methods.
56.29 	(b) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 160.845 or 160.98, or any other 
56.30 	law to the contrary, a responsible authority may use in the pilot program an existing 
56.31 	public-private partnership mechanism or a proposed mechanism that proves the best 
56.32 	available option for the state. Mechanisms that a responsible authority may use consist 
57.1 	only of: toll facilities, BOT facilities, BTO facilities, user fees, construction payments, 
57.2 	joint development agreements, negotiated exactions, and air rights development. 
57.3 	(c) A responsible authority may receive or solicit and evaluate proposals to 
57.4 	build, operate, and finance projects that are not inconsistent with the department's or 
57.5 	the Metropolitan Council's most recent transportation plans. If a responsible authority 
57.6 	receives an unsolicited proposal, the authority shall publish a notice in the State Register 
57.7 	at least once a week for two weeks stating that the authority has received the proposal and 
57.8 	will accept other proposals for the same project purpose for 120 days after the initial date 
57.9 	of publication. The private proposer must be selected on a competitive basis.
57.10 		Subd. 3.Pilot program restrictions. (a) The pilot program under this section is 
57.11 	for a total of up to three projects that are exclusively or primarily for infrastructure of 
57.12 	a capital nature, excluding rolling stock.
57.13 	(b) A responsible authority may not enter into a public-private partnership under this 
57.14 	section for a project with a total project cost estimate of more than $100,000,000.
57.15 	(c) When entering into a public-private partnership, a responsible authority may not 
57.16 	enter into any noncompete agreement that inhibits the state's ability to address ongoing or 
57.17 	future infrastructure needs.
57.18 	(d) If a responsible authority enters into a public-private partnership agreement 
57.19 	that includes a temporary transfer of ownership or control of a road, bridge, or other 
57.20 	infrastructure investment to the private entity, the agreement must include a provision 
57.21 	requiring the return of the road, bridge, or other infrastructure investment to the state after 
57.22 	a specified period of time that may not exceed 25 years.
57.23 	(e) A responsible authority may only consider new projects for a public-private 
57.24 	partnership. A responsible authority is prohibited from considering projects involving 
57.25 	existing infrastructure for a public-private partnership, unless the proposed project adds 
57.26 	capacity to the existing infrastructure.
57.27 		Subd. 4.Consultation. (a) As part of the pilot program under this section, the 
57.28 	commissioner and the Metropolitan Council shall consult with the commissioner of 
57.29 	management and budget, the commissioner of employment and economic development, the 
57.30 	commissioner of administration, and one representative each from the American Council 
57.31 	of Engineering Companies - Minnesota chapter, the Central Minnesota Transportation 
57.32 	Alliance, and the Minnesota County Engineers Association. In addition, the commissioner 
57.33 	shall invite the Federal Highway Administration and the Metropolitan Council shall invite 
57.34 	the Federal Transit Administration to participate in consultation activities.
58.1 	(b) Consultation activities include reviewing projects proposed under this section, 
58.2 	reviewing any contractual or financial agreements to ensure program requirements are 
58.3 	met, and ensuring that any proposed or executed agreement serves the public interest.
58.4 		Subd. 5.Evaluation and selection of private entity and project. (a) A responsible 
58.5 	authority shall contract with one or more consultants to assist in proposal evaluation. The 
58.6 	consultant must possess expertise and experience in public-private partnership project 
58.7 	evaluation methodology, such as value for money, costs of public-private partnership 
58.8 	compared with costs of public project delivery, and cost-benefit analysis.
58.9 	(b) When soliciting, evaluating, and selecting a private entity with which to enter 
58.10 	into a public-private partnership and before selecting a project, a responsible authority 
58.11 	must consider:
58.12 	(1) the ability of the proposed project to improve safety, reduce congestion, increase 
58.13 	capacity, and promote economic growth;
58.14 	(2) the proposed cost of and financial plan for the project;
58.15 	(3) the general reputation, qualifications, industry experience, and financial capacity 
58.16 	of the private entity;
58.17 	(4) the project's proposed design, operation, and feasibility;
58.18 	(5) the length and extent of transportation and transit service disruption;
58.19 	(6) comments from local citizens and affected jurisdictions;
58.20 	(7) the benefits to the public;
58.21 	(8) the safety record of the private entity; and
58.22 	(9) any other criteria a responsible authority deems appropriate.
58.23 		Subd. 6.Public-private agreement. (a) A public-private agreement between a 
58.24 	responsible authority and a private entity must, at a minimum, specify:
58.25 	(1) the planning, acquisition, financing, development, design, construction, 
58.26 	reconstruction, replacement, improvement, maintenance, management, repair, leasing, or 
58.27 	operation of the project;
58.28 	(2) the term of the public-private agreement;
58.29 	(3) the type of property interest, if any, that the private entity will have in the project;
58.30 	(4) a description of the actions a responsible authority may take to ensure proper 
58.31 	maintenance of the project; 
58.32 	(5) whether user fees will be collected on the project and the basis by which the 
58.33 	user fees are determined and modified along with identification of the public agency that 
58.34 	will determine and modify fees;
58.35 	(6) compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws;
59.1 	(7) grounds for termination of the public-private agreement by a responsible 
59.2 	authority;
59.3 	(8) adequate safeguards for the traveling public and residents of the state in event of 
59.4 	default on the contract;
59.5 	(9) financial protection for the state in the event of default, which must include 
59.6 	payment and performance bonds, for any construction, that meet the requirements under 
59.7 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 574.26 to 574.32; and 
59.8 	(10) procedures for amendment of the agreement.
59.9 	(b) A public-private agreement between a responsible authority and a private entity 
59.10 	may provide for:
59.11 	(1) review and approval by a responsible authority of the private entity's plans for 
59.12 	the development and operation of the project;
59.13 	(2) inspection by a responsible authority of construction and improvements to the 
59.14 	project;
59.15 	(3) maintenance by the private entity of a liability insurance policy;
59.16 	(4) filing of appropriate financial statements by the private entity on a periodic basis;
59.17 	(5) filing of traffic reports by the private entity on a periodic basis;
59.18 	(6) financing obligations of a responsible authority and the private entity;
59.19 	(7) apportionment of expenses between a responsible authority and the private entity;
59.20 	(8) the rights and remedies available in the event of a default or delay;
59.21 	(9) the rights and duties of the private entity, a responsible authority, and other state 
59.22 	or local governmental entities with respect to the use of the project;
59.23 	(10) the terms and conditions of indemnification of the private entity by a responsible 
59.24 	authority;
59.25 	(11) assignment, subcontracting, or other delegations of responsibilities of (i) the 
59.26 	private entity, or (ii) a responsible authority under agreement to third parties, including 
59.27 	other private entities or state agencies;
59.28 	(12) if applicable, sale or lease to the private entity of private property related to 
59.29 	the project;
59.30 	(13) traffic enforcement and other policing issues; and
59.31 	(14) any other terms and conditions a responsible authority deems appropriate.
59.32 		Subd. 7.Funding from federal government. (a) A responsible authority may 
59.33 	accept from the United States or any of its agencies funds that are available to the state 
59.34 	for carrying out the pilot program, whether the funds are available by grant, loan, or 
59.35 	other financial assistance.
60.1 	(b) A responsible authority may enter into agreements or other arrangements with 
60.2 	the United States or any of its agencies as necessary for carrying out the pilot program.
60.3 	(c) A responsible authority shall seek to maximize project funding from nonstate 
60.4 	sources and may combine federal, state, local, and private funds to finance a public-private 
60.5 	partnership pilot project.
60.6 		Subd. 8.Legislative reporting. By August 1 annually in 2016 through 2019, the 
60.7 	commissioner of transportation and the Metropolitan Council shall jointly submit to the 
60.8 	chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees having jurisdiction 
60.9 	over transportation policy and finance a list of all agreements executed under the pilot 
60.10 	program authority. At a minimum, the list must identify each agreement, the contracting 
60.11 	entities, the contract amount and duration, and any repayment requirements, and provide 
60.12 	an update on the project's progress. The list may be submitted electronically and is subject 
60.13 	to Minnesota Statutes, section 3.195, subdivision 1.
60.14 		Subd. 9.Expiration. The authority to enter into new agreements under this section 
60.15 	expires on June 30, 2019.

60.16 	Sec. 65.  REPEALER.
 60.17 	Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 299E.02, is repealed.