1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; highways; requiring a noise barrier on a segment of 
1.3 	marked U.S. Highway 10 and marked Interstate Highway 35W in Mounds View; 
1.4 	appropriating money.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. NOISE WALL; MARKED U.S. HIGHWAY 10 AND MARKED 
1.7 	INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 35W.
 1.8 	(a) By November 1, 2017, the commissioner of transportation shall establish a 
1.9 	noise barrier on the south side of marked U.S. Highway 10 from the terminus of the 
1.10 	existing barrier near Ardan Park in the city of Mounds View, extending easterly along the 
1.11 	southbound entrance to marked Interstate Highway 35W, and continuing southerly along 
1.12 	the west side of marked Interstate Highway 35W to a point at the overpass at Ramsey 
1.13 	County State-Aid Highway 3, also known as County Road I.
1.14 	(b) The commissioner may retain any current noise barriers on the segment 
1.15 	identified in paragraph (a), but must replace walls in the highway right-of-way that do 
1.16 	not reasonably provide a barrier to noise.

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

1.18 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION.
 1.19 	$3,000,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2016 from the trunk highway fund to the 
1.20 	commissioner of transportation for planning, design, and construction of the noise barrier 
1.21 	described in section 1. The commissioner of management and budget shall cancel this 
1.22 	appropriation by June 30, 2016, if other funds have been secured for construction of the 
1.23 	noise barrier.