1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; authorizing cities and towns to apply for replacement 
1.3 	service during a certain period;amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 473.388, 
1.4 	subdivision 2.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 473.388, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 2.Replacement service; eligibility. (a) The council may provide assistance under 
1.8 	the program to a statutory or home rule charter city or town or combination thereof, that:
1.9 	(a)(1) is located in the metropolitan transit taxing district;
1.10 	(b)(2) is not served by the council bus service or is served only with council bus routes 
1.11 	which begin or end within the applying city or town or combination thereof; and
1.12 	(c) (3)  has fewer than four scheduled runs of council bus service during off-peak hours 
1.13 	as defined by the Metropolitan Council.
1.14 	(b) Eligible cities or towns or combinations thereof may apply on behalf of a transit 
1.15 	operator with whom they propose to contract for service.
1.16 	(c) The council may not provide assistance under this section to a statutory or home rule 
1.17 	charter city or town unless:
1.18 	(1) the city or town,:
1.19 	(i) was receiving assistance under Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 174.265, by July 1, 
1.20 	1984,;
1.21 	(ii) had submitted an application for assistance under that section by July 1, 1984,; or
2.1 	(iii) had submitted a letter of intent to apply for assistance under that section by July 1, 
2.2 	1984, and submits an application for assistance under this section by July 1, 1988. A statutory 
2.3 	or home rule charter city or town has an additional 12-month extension if it notified the 
2.4 	former regional transit board before July 1, 1988, that the city or town is in the process of 
2.5 	completing a transportation evaluation study that includes an assessment of the local transit 
2.6 	needs of the city or town; or
2.7 	(2) the city or town submits an application for assistance under this section between July 
2.8 	1, 2017, and December 31, 2017.