1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; requiring certain noise analysis and noise barrier program 
1.3 	activities for a segment of marked Interstate Highway 494.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. NOISE BARRIER ANALYSIS; MARKED INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 
1.6 	494.
 1.7 	(a) The commissioner of transportation must perform a revised noise analysis for the 
1.8 	east side of marked Interstate Highway 494 from Schmidt Lake Road to Hennepin County 
1.9 	Road 47 in Plymouth. If the analysis finds the traffic noise impacts exceed the requirements 
1.10 	used by the Department of Transportation to comply with the standards under Code of 
1.11 	Federal Regulations, title 23, parts 772 and 774; Minnesota Statutes, section 116.07, 
1.12 	subdivision 2a; and Minnesota Rules, parts 7030.0010 to 7030.1060, the commissioner 
1.13 	must set that segment of the highway as the top priority ranking in the department's 
1.14 	metropolitan district noise abatement program.
1.15 	(b) The commissioner of transportation is prohibited from requiring a local match 
1.16 	contribution for a noise barrier project performed due to paragraph (a).

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