1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transit; suspending the Metropolitan Council's authority to take action 
1.3 	or spend money on proposed guideways.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. SUSPENSION OF GUIDEWAY ACTIVITIES.
 1.6 	The Metropolitan Council must not take any action or spend any money for study, 
1.7 	planning, preliminary engineering, final design, or construction for any proposed guideway. 
1.8 	This does not apply to the Gold Line bus rapid transit project or the Green Line Extension 
1.9 	light rail transit line, also known as the Southwest Light Rail project. This section expires 
1.10 	when the Green Line Extension light rail transit line begins revenue operations.

1.11 	EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION. This section is effective the day following 
1.12 	final enactment and applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, 
1.13 	Scott, and Washington.