Legislative Session number- 83

Bill Name: SF0655

Relating to the organization, operation and financing of state +government,
appropriating money for transportation and other purposes ARTICLE 1 �
TRANSPORTATION AND OTHER AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONSAppropriating money to the
commissioner of transportation (DOT) for +multimodal systems including airport
development and assistance, aviation +support and services, transit, freight and
commercial vehicles, for state road +construction including infrastructure
investment, planning, operations and +maintenance, electronic communications and
debt service and for local roads +including county and municipal state aid
highways and general and department support, +to the metropolitan council for
bus transit and rail operations, to the +commissioner of public safety for
administration and related services, for public +safety officer survivor
benefits, for soft body armor and trunk highway fund reimbursements, for
technical support services, the state patrol for +patrolling highways,
commercial vehicle enforcement and capitol security, for +driver and vehicle
services and for traffic and pipeline safety; providing for +certain fund
transfers, for the use of state road construction +appropriations, for general
contingent accounts and for the payment of tort claims ARTICLE 2 � OTHER
TRANSPORTATION CHANGESEliminating the crediting of motor vehicle transfer fee
revenues to +the motor vehicle transfer account in the environmental fund;
eliminating sales+ tax from the provision prohibiting the expenditure of trunk
highway funds for +other than trunk highway purposes; imposing mandatory fees
for license plate +manufacture and validation sticker issuance by the
commissioner of public safety; increasing the motor vehicle transfer and
certificate of title +issuance fees; modifying certain conditions for
reimbursement to public employers +for the costs of complying with certain
health insurance continuation +coverage requirements for certain retired or
separated peace officers and +firefighters suffering disabling injuries in the
line of duty, defining disabling +injury; granting the commissioner certain
administrative and enforcement +powers including access to certain information
and property, prohibiting administrative agents from providing false
information, authorizing +and providing for the attorney general to enforce
certain penalties, +providing for injunctive relief and for recovery of
litigation costs and expenses, +creating an education and compliance account for
the deposit of administrative+ penalty order receipts, requiring the
commissioner to prepare a plan for +using the administrative penalty and cease
and desist authority and providing +for the issuance of administrative penalty
orders; extending the availability+ of certain prior appropriations to the
commissioner of transportation +(DOT) for airport development and assistance;
repealing the metropolitan area +transit appropriation account in the general
fund and a certain rule setting +motor vehicle license plate and sticker fees
ARTICLE 3 � TECHNICAL CHANGESCorrecting a certain provision providing for
conversion of general +fund appropriations for certain transportation projects
to bond proceeds +fund appropriations relating to a certain county highway
project(ra)