SF 3041

Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)

Posted on 07/14/2025 09:26 a.m.

A bill for an act
relating to transportation; modifying the allocation of proceeds from the regional
transportation sales and use tax; providing funding for suicide prevention barriers
on the Washington Avenue Pedestrian Bridge.

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

Section 1. new text begin ALLOCATION; ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION; WASHINGTON
AVENUE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE.
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new text begin Of the revenue collected under Minnesota Statutes, section 297A.9915, and allocated
to the Metropolitan Council for active transportation purposes under Minnesota Statutes,
section 473.4465, subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clause (1), the Metropolitan Council must
provide a grant of $15,000,000 in fiscal year 2026 to the Board of Regents of the University
of Minnesota to be spent in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 135A.046. This
grant is to design and construct the replacement of the pedestrian enclosure and suicide
deterrent barriers on the Washington Avenue Pedestrian Bridge on the Twin Cities campus.
The board must consult with persons affected by suicide at this bridge, suicide prevention
organizations, and experts in the field of suicide prevention in designing the project. This
section is notwithstanding the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 473.4465, subdivision
3.
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