1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to mass transit; appropriating money for the suburb-to-suburb transit 
1.3 	project.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. SUBURB-TO-SUBURB TRANSIT DEMONSTRATION PROJECT; 
1.6 	APPROPRIATION.
 1.7 	(a) $3,500,000 in fiscal year 2018 is appropriated from the general fund to the 
1.8 	Metropolitan Council for financial assistance to replacement service providers under 
1.9 	Minnesota Statutes, section 473.388, to pay for capital improvements, including bus 
1.10 	replacement, associated with the suburb-to-suburb transit project under Laws 2017, First 
1.11 	Special Session chapter 3, article 1, section 3.
1.12 	(b) The replacement service providers must collectively identify and notify the 
1.13 	Metropolitan Council of the capital expenditures under this section. The Metropolitan 
1.14 	Council must allocate the appropriated funds as directed by the replacement service providers. 
1.15 	The Metropolitan Council is prohibited from retaining any portion of the funds appropriated 
1.16 	under this section.

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