1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; making appropriations for transportation management 
1.3 	organizations in the Twin Cities metropolitan area;proposing coding for new 
1.4 	law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 473.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [473.235] TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATIONS.
1.7 	$390,000 is annually appropriated from the general fund to the council for grants to 
1.8 	transportation management organizations that provide services exclusively or primarily 
1.9 	in (1) each city of the first class, as provided under section 410.01; and (2) the city 
1.10 	having the highest population as of the effective date of this section located along the 
1.11 	marked Interstate Highway 494 corridor. The council may not retain any portion of funds 
1.12 	appropriated under this section. From the appropriation in each fiscal year, the council 
1.13 	shall make grant payments in full by July 31. Permissible uses of funds under this section 
1.14 	include administrative expenses and programming and service expansion, including but 
1.15 	not limited to staffing, communications, outreach and education program development, 
1.16 	and operations management.

1.17 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2015, and applies in the 
1.18 	counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington.