1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; appropriating money for transportation management 
1.3 	organizations in the Twin Cities metropolitan area.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT 
1.6 	ORGANIZATIONS.
 1.7 	(a) $150,000 in fiscal year 2018 and $150,000 in fiscal year 2019 are appropriated from 
1.8 	the general fund to the commissioner of transportation for grants to transportation 
1.9 	management organizations that provide services exclusively or primarily in the city located 
1.10 	along the marked Interstate Highway 494 corridor having the highest population as of the 
1.11 	effective date of this section. The commissioner must not retain any portion of the funds 
1.12 	appropriated under this section. From the appropriation in each fiscal year, the commissioner 
1.13 	must make grant payments in full by July 31.
1.14 	(b) Permissible uses of funds under this section include administrative expenses and 
1.15 	programming and service expansion, including but not limited to staffing, communications, 
1.16 	outreach and education program development, and operations management.
1.17 	(c) If an appropriation in this act is enacted in more than one act in the 2017 legislative 
1.18 	session, the appropriation must be given effect only once.