1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; authorizing certain organizations to use grant awards to 
1.3 	pay administrative costs for the Lights On program;amending Minnesota Statutes 
1.4 	2024, section 169.515, subdivision 5.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 169.515, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 5.Use of grant award. (a) Applicants must keep records of vouchers distributed 
1.8 	and records of all expenses associated with awarded grant money.
1.9 	(b) Applicants Counties, cities, towns, the State Patrol, and local law enforcement 
1.10 	agencies, including law enforcement agencies of a federally recognized Tribe, must not use 
1.11 	awarded grant money for administrative costs. A nonstate organization that contracts with 
1.12 	the commissioner to operate the program must not retain any of the may use awarded grant 
1.13 	money for administrative costs if the nonstate organization submits a separate, itemized list 
1.14 	of administrative expenses and costs paid with grant money in the report required under 
1.15 	subdivision 8.

1.16 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.