1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; appropriating money for certain safety improvements.
1.3 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.4 	Section 1. PEDESTRIAN AND NONMOTORIZED TRAFFIC SAFETY; 
1.5 	APPROPRIATION.
 1.6 	(a) $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2021 is appropriated from the general fund to the 
1.7 	commissioner of transportation for safety improvements in at least one hazardous highway. 
1.8 	This is a onetime appropriation. Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.28, the 
1.9 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2023.
1.10 	(b) A hazardous highway under this section is a continuous segment of a trunk highway:
1.11 	(1) with a length of no more than eight miles;
1.12 	(2) that has a functional classification of minor arterial; and
1.13 	(3) in which there was at least one pedestrian fatality in each year for 2016, 2017, and 
1.14 	2018.
1.15 	(c) This appropriation is available for: (1) immediate and short-term safety improvements, 
1.16 	including but not limited to crosswalk striping and improvements at transit stops; and (2) 
1.17 	related noninfrastructure activities targeted to pedestrians and nonmotorized traffic.