1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; requiring at least 50 percent of corridors of commerce 
1.3 	funding to be allocated to projects outside of the seven-county metropolitan area;
1.4 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 161.088, subdivision 2.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 161.088, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 2.Program authority; funding. (a) As provided in this section, the commissioner 
1.8 	shall establish a corridors of commerce program for trunk highway construction, 
1.9 	reconstruction, and improvement, including maintenance operations, that improves commerce 
1.10 	in the state.
1.11 	(b) The commissioner may expend funds under the program from appropriations to the 
1.12 	commissioner that are:
1.13 	(1) made specifically by law for use under this section;
1.14 	(2) at the discretion of the commissioner, made for the budget activities in the state roads 
1.15 	program of operations and maintenance, program planning and delivery, or state road 
1.16 	construction; and
1.17 	(3) made for the corridor investment management strategy program, unless specified 
1.18 	otherwise.
1.19 	(c) The commissioner shall include in the program the cost participation policy for local 
1.20 	units of government.
1.21 	(d) Program funds must be allocated so that at least 50 percent are for projects outside 
1.22 	the seven-county metropolitan area.