relating to transportation; requiring the commissioner of transportation to adopt
         a <br/>
<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>cost-share policy.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>    Section 1. <b>COST-SHARE POLICY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>The commissioner of transportation, in consultation with representatives of local
         <br/>
<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>units of government, shall create and adopt a policy concerning cost participation
         <br/>
<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>for cooperative construction projects and maintenance responsibilities between the
         <br/>
<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>Department of Transportation and local units of government. The policy must minimize
         <br/>
<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>the share of cooperative project costs to be funded by the local units of government,
         <br/>
<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>while complying in all respects with the state constitutional requirements concerning
         <br/>
<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>allowable uses of the trunk highway fund. The policy must be completed and adopted
         by <br/>
<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>the commissioner no later than September 1, 2015.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>