Legislative Session number- 88

Bill Name: SF0694

Relating to transportation

ARTICLE 1 - TRANSPORTATION
APPROPRIATIONS

Providing a summary of appropriations; appropriating money to
the department of transportation (dot) for multimodal systems including
aeronautics, transit, passenger rail and freight, state roads for operations and
maintenance, program planning and delivery, state road construction, highway
debt service and electronic communication purposes, for local roads including
county state aid roads and municipal state aid roads, for agency management for
agency services and buildings, for certain transfers, specifying the state use
of road construction appropriations and contingent appropriations; appropriating
money to the metropolitan council for transit purposes; appropriating money to
the public safety department for administration and related services, to the
office of communications and for public safety support, technical support
services, the state patrol, driver and vehicle services, traffic safety and
pipeline safety; appropriating money for tort claims purposes

ARTICLE 2 -
TRANSPORTATION POLICY

Establishing the transportation economic development
assistance program, authorizing a transportation economic development account,
specifying program administration, economic impact performance measures,
criteria, project evaluation processes and awards for financial assistance,
requiring a legislative report; modifying the grade crossing safety account;
providing authority to issue revenue bonds; establishing a metropolitan area
sales and use tax for transit; extending the expiration date for using certain
federal economic recovery funds; specifying the exemption of Northstar commuter
rail financial assistance from the requirements of the public transit
participation program
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