1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; requiring a salary increase for state patrol troopers; 
1.3 	appropriating money;amending Laws 2019, First Special Session chapter 3, article 
1.4 	1, sections 2, subdivisions 2, 5; 4, subdivision 2.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Laws 2019, First Special Session chapter 3, article 1, section 2, subdivision 2, 
1.7 	is amended to read:

1.8	Subd. 2.Multimodal Systems
 					
1.9 	(a) Aeronautics

1.10	(1) Airport Development and Assistance
		18,598,000
		18,598,000
	
1.11 	This appropriation is from the state airports 
1.12 	fund and must be spent according to 
1.13 	Minnesota Statutes, section 360.305, 
1.14 	subdivision 4.
1.15 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
1.16 	16A.28, subdivision 6, this appropriation is 
1.17 	available for five years after the year of the 
1.18 	appropriation. If the appropriation for either 
1.19 	year is insufficient, the appropriation for the 
1.20 	other year is available for it.
1.21 	If the commissioner of transportation 
1.22 	determines that a balance remains in the state 
2.1 	airports fund following the appropriations 
2.2 	made in this article and that the appropriations 
2.3 	made are insufficient for advancing airport 
2.4 	development and assistance projects, an 
2.5 	amount necessary to advance the projects, not 
2.6 	to exceed the balance in the state airports fund, 
2.7 	is appropriated in each year to the 
2.8 	commissioner and must be spent according to 
2.9 	Minnesota Statutes, section 360.305, 
2.10 	subdivision 4. Within two weeks of a 
2.11 	determination under this contingent 
2.12 	appropriation, the commissioner of 
2.13 	transportation must notify the commissioner 
2.14 	of management and budget and the chairs, 
2.15 	ranking minority members, and staff of the 
2.16 	legislative committees with jurisdiction over 
2.17 	transportation finance concerning the funds 
2.18 	appropriated. Funds appropriated under this 
2.19 	contingent appropriation do not adjust the base 
2.20 	for fiscal years 2022 and 2023.

2.21	(2) Aviation Support and Services
		8,289,000
		8,304,000

2.22	Appropriations by Fund
	
2.23		2020
	2021
	
2.24	Airports
	6,654,000
	6,654,000
	
2.25	Trunk Highway
	1,635,000
	1,650,000

2.26	(3) Civil Air Patrol
		80,000
		80,000
	
2.27 	This appropriation is from the state airports 
2.28 	fund for the Civil Air Patrol.

2.29	(b) Transit
		18,801,000
		18,181,000

2.30	Appropriations by Fund
	
2.31		2020
	2021
	
2.32	General
	17,899,000
	17,249,000
	
2.33	Trunk Highway
	902,000
	932,000
	
3.1 	$650,000 in fiscal year 2020 is from the 
3.2 	general fund for assessment, analysis, and 
3.3 	review of the project to extend Northstar 
3.4 	Commuter Rail service to the city of St. Cloud.

3.5	(c) Safe Routes to School
		500,000
		500,000
	
3.6 	This appropriation is from the general fund 
3.7 	for the safe routes to school program under 
3.8 	Minnesota Statutes, section 174.40.

3.9	(d) Passenger Rail
		500,000
		500,000 242,000
	
3.10 	This appropriation is from the general fund 
3.11 	for passenger rail system planning, alternatives 
3.12 	analysis, environmental analysis, design, and 
3.13 	preliminary engineering under Minnesota 
3.14 	Statutes, sections 174.632 to 174.636.
3.15 	The base is $500,000 in each of fiscal years 
3.16 	2022 and 2023.

3.17	(e) Freight
		6,883,000
		6,857,000

3.18	Appropriations by Fund
	
3.19		2020
	2021
	
3.20	General
	1,229,000
	1,069,000
	
3.21	Trunk Highway
	5,654,000
	5,788,000
	
3.22 	$160,000 in the first year is from the general 
3.23 	fund for port development assistance grants 
3.24 	under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 457A, to 
3.25 	the Port Authority of Winona. Any 
3.26 	improvements made with the proceeds of the 
3.27 	grants must be publicly owned. This is a 
3.28 	onetime appropriation and is available in the 
3.29 	second year.

4.1 	Sec. 2. Laws 2019, First Special Session chapter 3, article 1, section 2, subdivision 5, is 
4.2 	amended to read:

4.3	Subd. 5.Agency Management

4.4	(a) Agency Services
		54,190,000
		54,701,000

4.5	Appropriations by Fund
	
4.6		2020
	2021
	
4.7	General
	311,000
	316,000
	
4.8	Trunk Highway
	53,879,000
	54,385,000
	
4.9 	$311,000 from the general fund in fiscal year 
4.10 	2020 and $316,000 from the general fund in 
4.11 	fiscal year 2021, and $100,000 from the trunk 
4.12 	highway fund in each of fiscal years 2020 and 
4.13 	2021, are to facilitate tribal training for state 
4.14 	agencies.
4.15 	The base from the general fund is $0 in each 
4.16 	of fiscal years 2022 and 2023.
4.17 	The base from the trunk highway fund is 
4.18 	$53,069,000 in each of fiscal years 2022 and 
4.19 	2023.

4.20	(b) Buildings
		42,869,000
		48,448,000

4.21	Appropriations by Fund
	
4.22		2020
	2021
	
4.23	General
	54,000
	54,000
	
4.254.24
	Trunk Highway
	42,815,000
	48,394,000
38,368,000
	
4.26 	Any money appropriated to the commissioner 
4.27 	of transportation for building construction for 
4.28 	any fiscal year before the first year is available 
4.29 	to the commissioner during the biennium to 
4.30 	the extent that the commissioner spends the 
4.31 	money on the building construction projects 
4.32 	for which the money was originally 
4.33 	encumbered during the fiscal year for which 
4.34 	it was appropriated. If the appropriation for 
5.1 	either year is insufficient, the appropriation 
5.2 	for the other year is available for it.
5.3 	The base from the trunk highway fund is 
5.4 	$39,694,000 in each of fiscal years 2022 and 
5.5 	2023.

5.6	(c) Tort Claims
		600,000
		600,000
	
5.7 	If the appropriation for either year is 
5.8 	insufficient, the appropriation for the other 
5.9 	year is available for it.

5.10 	Sec. 3. Laws 2019, First Special Session chapter 3, article 1, section 4, subdivision 2, is 
5.11 	amended to read:

5.12	Subd. 2.Administration and Related Services

5.13	(a) Office of Communications
		575,000
		575,000

5.14	Appropriations by Fund
	
5.15		2020
	2021
	
5.16	General
	130,000
	130,000
	
5.17	Trunk Highway
	445,000
	445,000

5.18	(b) Public Safety Support
		5,224,000
		5,760,000

5.19	Appropriations by Fund
	
5.20		2020
	2021
	
5.21	General
	1,238,000
	1,369,000
	
5.22	Trunk Highway
	3,986,000
	4,391,000

5.23	(c) Public Safety Officer Survivor Benefits
		640,000
		640,000
	
5.24 	This appropriation is from the general fund 
5.25 	for payment of public safety officer survivor 
5.26 	benefits under Minnesota Statutes, section 
5.27 	299A.44. If the appropriation for either year 
5.28 	is insufficient, the appropriation for the other 
5.29 	year is available for it.

5.30	(d) Public Safety Officer Reimbursements
		1,367,000
		1,367,000
	
5.31 	This appropriation is from the general fund 
5.32 	for transfer to the public safety officer's benefit 
6.1 	account. This money is available for 
6.2 	reimbursements under Minnesota Statutes, 
6.3 	section 299A.465.

6.4	(e) Soft Body Armor Reimbursements
		745,000
		745,000

6.5	Appropriations by Fund
	
6.6		2020
	2021
	
6.7	General
	645,000
	645,000
	
6.8	Trunk Highway
	100,000
	100,000
	
6.9 	These appropriations are for soft body armor 
6.10 	reimbursements under Minnesota Statutes, 
6.11 	section 299A.38.

6.12	(f) Technology and Support Service
		7,331,000
		6,995,000

6.13	Appropriations by Fund
	
6.14		2020
	2021
	
6.15	General
	1,898,000
	1,814,000
	
6.16	H.U.T.D.
	153,000
	109,000 44,000
	
6.17	Trunk Highway
	5,280,000
	5,072,000
	
6.18 	$533,000 in the first year and $449,000 in the 
6.19 	second year are from the general fund for 
6.20 	application server migration.
6.21 	$365,000 in the first year and $157,000 in the 
6.22 	second year are from the trunk highway fund 
6.23 	for application server migration.
6.24 	$134,000 in the first year and $90,000 $25,000
6.25 	in the second year are from the highway user 
6.26 	tax distribution fund for application server 
6.27 	migration.
6.28 	The base from the general fund is $1,365,000 
6.29 	in each of fiscal years 2022 and 2023. The 
6.30 	base from the trunk highway fund is 
6.31 	$4,915,000 in each of fiscal years 2022 and 
6.32 	2023. The base from the highway user tax 
6.33 	distribution fund is $19,000 in each of fiscal 
6.34 	years 2022 and 2023.

7.1 	Sec. 4. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND INTENT.
 7.2 	The legislature finds that the state patrol is underfunded and the patrol troopers must be 
7.3 	given a salary increase. The purpose of this bill is to provide an initial onetime salary increase 
7.4 	for state patrol troopers. It is the intent of the legislature that (1) the state patrol trooper 
7.5 	bargaining unit and the commissioner of management and budget agree to a contract by 
7.6 	January 1, 2021, for an increase in trooper salary; (2) the legislature will fully fund salary 
7.7 	increases for patrol troopers as required by a negotiated contract or law; and (3) if a contract 
7.8 	is not agreed to by this date, the legislature will determine an appropriate salary increase 
7.9 	for state patrol troopers.

7.10 	Sec. 5. STATE PATROL TROOPER SALARY INCREASE.
 7.11 	On July 1, 2020, the commissioner of public safety must increase the salary paid to 
7.12 	patrol troopers by 8.4 percent. For purposes of this section, "patrol troopers" has the meaning 
7.13 	given in Minnesota Statutes, section 299D.03, subdivision 2, paragraph (a).

7.14 	Sec. 6. APPROPRIATION.
 7.15 	(a) $258,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2021 from the general fund to the commissioner 
7.16 	of public safety for the salary increases required by section 5. This is a onetime appropriation.
7.17 	(b) $65,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2021 from the highway user tax distribution 
7.18 	fund to the commissioner of public safety for the salary increases required by section 5. 
7.19 	This is a onetime appropriation.
7.20 	(c) $4,526,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2021 from the trunk highway fund to the 
7.21 	commissioner of public safety for the salary increases required by section 5. This is a onetime 
7.22 	appropriation.
7.23 	(d) $5,500,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2021 from the trunk highway fund to the 
7.24 	commissioner of public safety to recruit, hire, train, equip, and provide salary for 40 troopers. 
7.25 	This is a onetime appropriation.