SF 2654

Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)

Posted on 03/18/2025 10:08 a.m.

A bill for an act
relating to transportation; appropriating money for the construction of improvements
along Trunk Highway 210 in Otter Tail County; authorizing the sale and issuance
of state bonds.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1. new text begin APPROPRIATION; PROJECT REVIEW; TRUNK HIGHWAY 210.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Appropriation. new text end

new text begin $5,400,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds
account in the trunk highway fund to the commissioner of transportation for environmental
analysis, predesign, design, right-of-way acquisition, and construction of safety and mobility
improvements along marked Trunk Highway 210 between Aurdal Township and Nidaros
Township in Otter Tail County, including consultant usage to support these activities and
the cost of payments to landowners for lands acquired for highway rights-of-way. The
commissioner may use up to 17 percent of this amount for project delivery.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Project Review. new text end

new text begin Prior to expending funds from this appropriation for the project
under subdivision 1, the commissioner must submit to the Otter Tail County Board of
Commissioners a final layout and project report covering the purpose, route location, and
proposed design of the project. The supporting data must include a good-faith cost estimate
of all the costs in which Otter Tail County is expected to participate. Within 90 days of
receiving the layout, report, and cost estimate, the board must approve or disapprove the
proposed project in writing. If the board disapproves the final layout, the commissioner
may make modifications requested by the county or decide not to proceed with the project.
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new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Bond sale. new text end

new text begin To provide the money appropriated in this section from the bond
proceeds account in the trunk highway fund, the commissioner of management and budget
must sell and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to $5,400,000 in the manner, upon
the terms, and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 167.50 to 167.52,
and by the Minnesota Constitution, article XIV, section 11, at the times and in the amounts
requested by the commissioner of transportation. The proceeds of the bonds, except accrued
interest and any premium received from the sale of the bonds, must be deposited in the bond
proceeds account in the trunk highway fund.
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