1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to government finance; appropriating money for transportation, 
1.3 	Metropolitan Council, and public safety activities and programs; providing for 
1.4 	fund transfers, tort claims, and certain contingent appropriations; providing 
1.5 	for use of revenues from metropolitan transportation area sales tax; reducing 
1.6 	funding for 2011 state road construction; authorizing transfers from metropolitan 
1.7 	livable communities fund accounts, right-of-way loan acquisition fund for transit 
1.8 	operating deficits, and Metropolitan Council operating budget; establishing 
1.9 	accounts; modifying various provisions related to transportation finance and 
1.10 	policy; modifying provisions related to licensing drivers; mandating and 
1.11 	amending legislative reports; making technical and clarifying changes;amending 
1.12 	Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 16A.11, subdivision 3a; 16A.86, subdivision 
1.13 	3a; 161.04, by adding a subdivision; 162.06, subdivision 1; 162.12, subdivision 
1.14 	1; 168.12, subdivision 5; 168.1253, subdivision 1; 169.86, subdivision 5; 171.06, 
1.15 	subdivision 2; 171.0701; 171.13, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 174.93; 
1.16 	297A.992, subdivision 5, by adding a subdivision; Laws 2009, chapter 36, 
1.17 	article 1, section 3, subdivision 3, as amended; proposing coding for new law in 
1.18 	Minnesota Statutes, chapter 171.
1.19 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.20 	ARTICLE 1
1.21 	TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS

1.22	Section 1.  SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
1.23 	The amounts shown in this section summarize direct appropriations, by fund, made 
1.24 	in this article.

1.25			2012
		2013
		Total
	
1.26	General
	$
	31,079,000
	$
	31,079,000
	$
	62,158,000
	
1.27	Airports
		19,609,000
		21,384,000
		40,993,000
	
1.28	C.S.A.H.
		545,109,000
		572,773,000
		1,117,882,000
	
1.29	M.S.A.S.
		145,455,000
		153,484,000
		298,939,000
	
1.30	Special Revenue
		49,088,000
		49,088,000
		98,176,000
	
2.1	H.U.T.D.
		10,406,000
		10,406,000
		20,812,000
	
2.2	Trunk Highway
		1,561,090,000
		1,335,276,000
		2,896,366,000
	
2.3	Total
	$
	2,361,836,000
	$
	2,173,490,000
	$
	4,535,326,000

2.4	Sec. 2. TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
2.5 	The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to 
2.6 	the agencies and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from 
2.7 	the trunk highway fund, or another named fund, and are available for the fiscal years 
2.8 	indicated for each purpose. The figures "2012" and "2013" used in this article mean that 
2.9 	the appropriations listed under them are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012, 
2.10 	or June 30, 2013, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2012. "The second year" is 
2.11 	fiscal year 2013. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2012 and 2013. Appropriations for the 
2.12 	fiscal year ending June 30, 2011, are effective the day following final enactment.

2.13				APPROPRIATIONS
	
2.14				Available for the Year
	
2.15				Ending June 30
	
2.16					2012
		2013

2.17
2.18	Sec. 3. DEPARTMENT OF 
TRANSPORTATION

2.19	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	2,197,672,000
	$
	2,009,326,000

2.20	Appropriations by Fund
	
2.21		2012
	2013
	
2.22	General
	12,877,000
	12,877,000
	
2.23	Airports
	19,609,000
	21,384,000
	
2.24	C.S.A.H.
	545,109,000
	572,773,000
	
2.25	M.S.A.S
	145,455,000
	153,484,000
	
2.26	Trunk Highway
	1,474,622,000
	1,248,808,000
	
2.27 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
2.28 	purpose are specified in the following 
2.29 	subdivisions.

2.30	Subd. 2.Multimodal Systems
 					
2.31 	(a) Aeronautics

2.32	(1) Airport Development and Assistance
		14,298,000
		16,073,000
	
2.33 	This appropriation is from the state 
2.34 	airports fund and must be spent according 
3.1 	to Minnesota Statutes, section 360.305, 
3.2 	subdivision 4.
3.3 	The base appropriation for fiscal years 2014 
3.4 	and 2015 is $14,298,000 for each year.
3.5 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
3.6 	16A.28, subdivision 6, this appropriation is 
3.7 	available for five years after appropriation. 
3.8 	If the appropriation for either year is 
3.9 	insufficient, the appropriation for the other 
3.10 	year is available for it.
3.11 	If the commissioner of transportation 
3.12 	determines that a balance remains in 
3.13 	the state airports fund following the 
3.14 	appropriations made in this article, and that 
3.15 	the appropriations made are insufficient 
3.16 	for advancing airport development and 
3.17 	assistance projects, an amount necessary 
3.18 	to advance the projects, not to exceed 
3.19 	the balance in the state airports fund, is 
3.20 	appropriated in each year to the commissioner 
3.21 	and must be spent according to Minnesota 
3.22 	Statutes, section 360.305, subdivision 
3.23 	4. Within two weeks of a determination 
3.24 	under this contingent appropriation, the 
3.25 	commissioner of transportation shall notify 
3.26 	the commissioner of management and budget 
3.27 	and the chairs and ranking minority members 
3.28 	of the legislative committees with jurisdiction 
3.29 	over transportation finance concerning funds 
3.30 	appropriated. Funds appropriated under this 
3.31 	contingent appropriation do not adjust the 
3.32 	base appropriation for fiscal years 2014 and 
3.33 	2015.

3.34	(2) Aviation Support and Services
		6,123,000
		6,123,000

4.1	Appropriations by Fund
	
4.2	Airports
	5,286,000
	5,286,000
	
4.3	Trunk Highway
	837,000
	837,000
	
4.4 	$65,000 in each year is from the state airports 
4.5 	fund for the Civil Air Patrol.

4.6	(b) Transit
		13,338,000
		13,338,000

4.7	Appropriations by Fund
	
4.8	General
	12,563,000
	12,563,000
	
4.9	Trunk Highway
	775,000
	775,000
	
4.10 	The base appropriation from the general 
4.11 	fund is $12,563,000 for fiscal year 2014 and 
4.12 	$12,482,000 for fiscal year 2015.
4.13 	The amount used in each year as operating 
4.14 	assistance for public transit systems for 
4.15 	elderly and disabled service must not be 
4.16 	less than the amount used in 2011 for that 
4.17 	purpose.
4.18 	$100,000 in each year is from the general 
4.19 	fund for the administrative expenses of the 
4.20 	Minnesota Council on Transportation Access 
4.21 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 174.285.

4.22	(c) Freight
		5,154,000
		5,154,000

4.23	Appropriations by Fund
	
4.24	General
	257,000
	257,000
	
4.25	Trunk Highway
	4,897,000
	4,897,000

4.26	Subd. 3.State Roads

4.27	(a) Operations and Maintenance
		257,395,000
		257,395,000

4.28	(b) Program Planning and Delivery
		206,918,000
		206,733,000
	
4.29 	Of these appropriations, $130,000 in each 
4.30 	year is for administrative costs of the 
4.31 	targeted group business program, if a law 
4.32 	is enacted and effective in 2012 and 2013 
4.33 	that establishes a targeted group business 
5.1 	program for state highway construction 
5.2 	contracts.
5.3 	$266,000 in each year is available for grants 
5.4 	to metropolitan planning organizations 
5.5 	outside the seven-county metropolitan area.
5.6 	$75,000 in each year is available for a 
5.7 	transportation research contingent account 
5.8 	to finance research projects that are 
5.9 	reimbursable from the federal government or 
5.10 	from other sources. If the appropriation for 
5.11 	either year is insufficient, the appropriation 
5.12 	for the other year is available for it.
5.13 	$600,000 in each year is available for 
5.14 	grants for transportation studies outside 
5.15 	the metropolitan area to identify critical 
5.16 	concerns, problems, and issues. These 
5.17 	grants are available: (1) to regional 
5.18 	development commissions; (2) in regions 
5.19 	where no regional development commission 
5.20 	is functioning, to joint powers boards 
5.21 	established under agreement of two or 
5.22 	more political subdivisions in the region to 
5.23 	exercise the planning functions of a regional 
5.24 	development commission; and (3) in regions 
5.25 	where no regional development commission 
5.26 	or joint powers board is functioning, to the 
5.27 	department's district office for that region.

5.28	(c) State Road Construction
		801,000,000
		555,000,000
	
5.29 	It is estimated that these appropriations will 
5.30 	be funded as follows:

5.31	Appropriations by Fund
	
5.32
5.33	Federal Highway 
Aid
	490,800,000 
	264,800,000
	
5.34	Highway User Taxes
	310,200,000
	290,200,000
	
6.1 	The commissioner of transportation shall 
6.2 	notify the chairs and ranking minority 
6.3 	members of the legislative committees with 
6.4 	jurisdiction over transportation finance of 
6.5 	any significant events that should cause these 
6.6 	estimates to change.
6.7 	This appropriation is for the actual 
6.8 	construction, reconstruction, and 
6.9 	improvement of trunk highways, including 
6.10 	design-build contracts and consultant usage 
6.11 	to support these activities. This includes the 
6.12 	cost of actual payment to landowners for 
6.13 	lands acquired for highway rights-of-way, 
6.14 	payment to lessees, interest subsidies, and 
6.15 	relocation expenses.
6.16 	The base appropriation for fiscal years 2014 
6.17 	and 2015 is $635,000,000 for each year.
6.18 	The commissioner may transfer up to 
6.19 	$20,000,000 in the first year from the 
6.20 	trunk highway fund to the trunk highway 
6.21 	economic development account established 
6.22 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 161.04, 
6.23 	subdivision 6.
6.24 	The commissioner may expend up to one-half 
6.25 	of one percent of the federal appropriations 
6.26 	under this paragraph as grants to opportunity 
6.27 	industrialization centers and other nonprofit 
6.28 	job training centers for job training programs 
6.29 	related to highway construction.
6.30 	The commissioner may transfer up to 
6.31 	$15,000,000 each year to the transportation 
6.32 	revolving loan fund.
6.33 	The commissioner may receive money 
6.34 	covering other shares of the cost of 
6.35 	partnership projects. These receipts are 
7.1 	appropriated to the commissioner for these 
7.2 	projects.

7.3	(d) Highway Debt Service
		137,876,000
		158,247,000
	
7.4 	$123,876,000 the first year and $144,247,000 
7.5 	the second year are for transfer to the state 
7.6 	bond fund. If an appropriation is insufficient 
7.7 	to make all transfers required in the year 
7.8 	for which it is made, the commissioner of 
7.9 	management and budget shall notify the 
7.10 	Committee on Finance of the senate and 
7.11 	the Committee on Ways and Means of the 
7.12 	house of representatives of the amount of the 
7.13 	deficiency and shall then transfer that amount 
7.14 	under the statutory open appropriation. Any 
7.15 	excess appropriation cancels to the trunk 
7.16 	highway fund.

7.17	(e) Electronic Communications
		5,171,000
		5,171,000

7.18	Appropriations by Fund
	
7.19	General
	3,000
	3,000
	
7.20	Trunk Highway
	5,168,000
	5,168,000
	
7.21 	The general fund appropriation is to equip 
7.22 	and operate the Roosevelt signal tower for 
7.23 	Lake of the Woods weather broadcasting.

7.24	Subd.  4.Local Roads  

7.25	(a) County State Aids
		545,109,000
		572,773,000
	
7.26 	This appropriation is from the county 
7.27 	state-aid highway fund under Minnesota 
7.28 	Statutes, sections 161.082 to 161.085; and 
7.29 	Minnesota Statutes, chapter 162. This 
7.30 	appropriation is available until spent.
7.31 	If the commissioner of transportation 
7.32 	determines that a balance remains in the 
7.33 	county state-aid highway fund following 
7.34 	the appropriations and transfers made in 
8.1 	this subdivision, and that the appropriations 
8.2 	made are insufficient for advancing county 
8.3 	state-aid highway projects, an amount 
8.4 	necessary to advance the projects, not to 
8.5 	exceed the balance in the county state-aid 
8.6 	highway fund, is appropriated in each year 
8.7 	to the commissioner. Within two weeks 
8.8 	of a determination under this contingent 
8.9 	appropriation, the commissioner of 
8.10 	transportation shall notify the commissioner 
8.11 	of management and budget and the chairs 
8.12 	and ranking minority members of the 
8.13 	legislative committees with jurisdiction over 
8.14 	transportation finance concerning funds 
8.15 	appropriated.

8.16	(b) Municipal State Aids
		145,455,000
		153,484,000
	
8.17 	This appropriation is from the municipal 
8.18 	state-aid street fund for municipal state-aid 
8.19 	streets under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
8.20 	162. This appropriation is available until 
8.21 	spent.
8.22 	If the commissioner of transportation 
8.23 	determines that a balance remains in the 
8.24 	municipal state-aid street fund following 
8.25 	the appropriations made in this subdivision, 
8.26 	and that the appropriations made are 
8.27 	insufficient for advancing municipal state-aid 
8.28 	street projects, an amount necessary to 
8.29 	advance the projects, not to exceed the 
8.30 	balance in the municipal state-aid street 
8.31 	fund, is appropriated in each year to 
8.32 	the commissioner. Within two weeks 
8.33 	of a determination under this contingent 
8.34 	appropriation, the commissioner of 
8.35 	transportation shall notify the commissioner 
9.1 	of management and budget and the chairs 
9.2 	and ranking minority members of the 
9.3 	legislative committees with jurisdiction over 
9.4 	transportation finance concerning funds 
9.5 	appropriated.

9.6	Subd.  5.Agency Management

9.7	(a) Agency Services
		41,997,000
		41,997,000

9.8	Appropriations by Fund
	
9.9	Airports
	25,000
	25,000
	
9.10	Trunk Highway
	41,972,000
	41,972,000

9.11	(b) Buildings
		17,838,000
		17,838,000

9.12	Appropriations by Fund
	
9.13	General
	54,000
	54,000
	
9.14	Trunk Highway
	17,784,000
	17,784,000
	
9.15 	If the appropriation for either year is 
9.16 	insufficient, the appropriation for the other 
9.17 	year is available for it.

9.18	Subd. 6.Transfers
 					
9.19 	(a) With the approval of the commissioner of 
9.20 	management and budget, the commissioner 
9.21 	of transportation may transfer unencumbered 
9.22 	balances among the appropriations from the 
9.23 	trunk highway fund and the state airports 
9.24 	fund made in this section. No transfer 
9.25 	may be made from the appropriations for 
9.26 	state road construction or for debt service. 
9.27 	Transfers under this paragraph may not be 
9.28 	made between funds. Transfers under this 
9.29 	paragraph must be reported immediately to 
9.30 	the chairs and ranking minority members of 
9.31 	the legislative committees with jurisdiction 
9.32 	over transportation finance.
9.33 	(b) The commissioner shall transfer from 
9.34 	the flexible highway account in the county 
10.1 	state-aid highway fund: (1) $1,000,000 
10.2 	in the first year to the municipal turnback 
10.3 	account in the municipal state-aid street 
10.4 	fund; (2) $1,900,000 in the first year to the 
10.5 	trunk highway fund; and (3) the remainder 
10.6 	in each year to the county turnback account 
10.7 	in the county state-aid highway fund. The 
10.8 	funds transferred are for highway turnback 
10.9 	purposes as provided under Minnesota 
10.10 	Statutes, section 161.081, subdivision 3.

10.11
10.12	Subd. 7.Use of State Road Construction 
Appropriations
 					
10.13 	Any money appropriated to the commissioner 
10.14 	of transportation for state road construction 
10.15 	for any fiscal year before the first year is 
10.16 	available to the commissioner during the 
10.17 	biennium to the extent that the commissioner 
10.18 	spends the money on the state road 
10.19 	construction project for which the money 
10.20 	was originally encumbered during the fiscal 
10.21 	year for which it was appropriated. The 
10.22 	commissioner of transportation shall report to 
10.23 	the commissioner of management and budget 
10.24 	by August 1, 2011, and August 1, 2012, on 
10.25 	a form the commissioner of management 
10.26 	and budget provides, on expenditures made 
10.27 	during the previous fiscal year that are 
10.28 	authorized by this subdivision.

10.29	Subd. 8.Contingent Appropriation
 					
10.30 	The commissioner of transportation, with 
10.31 	the approval of the governor and the 
10.32 	written approval of at least five members 
10.33 	of a group consisting of the members of 
10.34 	the Legislative Advisory Commission 
10.35 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 3.30, 
11.1 	and the ranking minority members of the 
11.2 	legislative committees with jurisdiction over 
11.3 	transportation finance, may transfer all or 
11.4 	part of the unappropriated balance in the 
11.5 	trunk highway fund to an appropriation: 
11.6 	(1) for trunk highway design, construction, 
11.7 	or inspection in order to take advantage of 
11.8 	an unanticipated receipt of income to the 
11.9 	trunk highway fund or to take advantage 
11.10 	of federal advanced construction funding; 
11.11 	(2) for trunk highway maintenance in order 
11.12 	to meet an emergency; or (3) to pay tort 
11.13 	or environmental claims. Nothing in this 
11.14 	subdivision authorizes the commissioner 
11.15 	to increase the use of federal advanced 
11.16 	construction funding beyond amounts 
11.17 	specifically authorized. Any transfer as 
11.18 	a result of the use of federal advanced 
11.19 	construction funding must include an 
11.20 	analysis of the effects on the long-term 
11.21 	trunk highway fund balance. The amount 
11.22 	transferred is appropriated for the purpose of 
11.23 	the account to which it is transferred.

11.24	Subd. 9.Use of Trunk Highway Fund
 					
11.25 	No transfer or expenditure of trunk highway 
11.26 	funds may be made for the purpose of paying 
11.27 	personnel costs incurred on behalf of the 
11.28 	Governor's Office.

11.29	Sec. 4. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL
 	$
	10,248,000
	$
	10,248,000
	
11.30 	This appropriation is from the general 
11.31 	fund for transit system operations under 
11.32 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 473.371 to 
11.33 	473.449.
12.1 	Of this appropriation, $140,000 in each 
12.2 	fiscal year is for transit service for disabled 
12.3 	veterans under Minnesota Statutes, section 
12.4 	473.408, subdivision 10.
12.5 	The base appropriation is $39,248,000 for 
12.6 	fiscal year 2014 and $39,329,000 for fiscal 
12.7 	year 2015.
12.8 	The Metropolitan Council shall deploy 
12.9 	the following strategies as necessary to 
12.10 	avoid transit service reductions and route 
12.11 	elimination, in the order stated:
12.12 	(1) use the maximum feasible amount of 
12.13 	the council's reserve funds for bus transit 
12.14 	operations in fiscal years 2012 and 2013; 
12.15 	(2) exercise the authority granted to the 
12.16 	council in article 2, sections 3 to 5;
12.17 	(3) increase fares; and
12.18 	(4) if the strategies under clauses (1) to 
12.19 	(3) have been deployed, perform service 
12.20 	reductions or route eliminations except as 
12.21 	otherwise prohibited under this section.
12.22 	The Metropolitan Council may not reduce 
12.23 	the level of service provided in the biennium 
12.24 	for special transportation service under 
12.25 	Minnesota Statutes, section 473.386, from 
12.26 	the level of service provided by the council 
12.27 	on January 1, 2011. The Metropolitan 
12.28 	Council may not restrict eligibility in the 
12.29 	biennium for special transportation service 
12.30 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 473.386, 
12.31 	beyond the eligibility requirements in place 
12.32 	on January 1, 2011. Level of service includes, 
12.33 	but is not limited to, geographic coverage 
12.34 	area, hours of service, hours of operation for 
13.1 	reservation services, and any other aspects of 
13.2 	the program having a substantial impact on 
13.3 	usability of the service.
13.4 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
13.5 	473.388, subdivision 4, in each year of the 
13.6 	biennium, the Metropolitan Council shall 
13.7 	provide financial assistance to each transit 
13.8 	provider under Minnesota Statutes, section 
13.9 	473.388, in an amount equal to the amount of 
13.10 	assistance provided to that transit provider by 
13.11 	the Metropolitan Council in fiscal year 2011.

13.12	Sec. 5. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

13.13	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	153,316,000
	$
	153,316,000

13.14	Appropriations by Fund
	
13.15		2012
	2013
	
13.16	General
	7,954,000
	7,954,000
	
13.17	Special Revenue 
	49,088,000
	49,088,000
	
13.18	H.U.T.D.
	10,406,000
	10,406,000
	
13.19	Trunk Highway
	85,868,000
	85,868,000
	
13.20 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
13.21 	purpose are specified in the following 
13.22 	subdivisions.

13.23	Subd.  2.Administration and Related Services 

13.24	(a) Office of Communications
		434,000
		434,000

13.25	Appropriations by Fund
	
13.26	General
	41,000
	41,000
	
13.27	Trunk Highway
	393,000
	393,000

13.28	(b) Public Safety Support
		8,168,000
		8,168,000

13.29	Appropriations by Fund
	
13.30	General
	3,296,000
	3,296,000
	
13.31	H.U.T.D.
	1,366,000
	1,366,000
	
13.32	Trunk Highway
	3,506,000
	3,506,000
	
13.33 	$380,000 in each year is from the general 
13.34 	fund for payment of public safety officer 
14.1 	survivor benefits under Minnesota Statutes, 
14.2 	section 299A.44. If the appropriation for 
14.3 	either year is insufficient, the appropriation 
14.4 	for the other year is available for it.
14.5 	$1,367,000 in each year is from the general 
14.6 	fund to be deposited in the public safety 
14.7 	officer's benefit account. This money 
14.8 	is available for reimbursements under 
14.9 	Minnesota Statutes, section 299A.465.
14.10 	$508,000 in each year is from the general 
14.11 	fund  for soft body armor reimbursements 
14.12 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 299A.38.
14.13 	$792,000 in each year is from the general 
14.14 	fund for transfer by the commissioner of 
14.15 	management and budget to the trunk highway 
14.16 	fund on December 31, 2011, and December 
14.17 	31, 2012, respectively, in order to reimburse 
14.18 	the trunk highway fund for expenses not 
14.19 	related to the fund. These represent amounts 
14.20 	appropriated out of the trunk highway 
14.21 	fund for general fund purposes in the 
14.22 	administration and related services program.
14.23 	$610,000 in each year is from the highway 
14.24 	user tax distribution fund for transfer by the 
14.25 	commissioner of management and budget 
14.26 	to the trunk highway fund on December 31, 
14.27 	2011, and December 31, 2012, respectively, 
14.28 	in order to reimburse the trunk highway 
14.29 	fund for expenses not related to the fund. 
14.30 	These represent amounts appropriated out 
14.31 	of the trunk highway fund for highway 
14.32 	user tax distribution fund purposes in the 
14.33 	administration and related services program.
14.34 	$716,000 in each year is from the highway 
14.35 	user tax distribution fund for transfer by the 
15.1 	commissioner of management and budget to 
15.2 	the general fund on December 31, 2011, and 
15.3 	December 31, 2012, respectively, in order to 
15.4 	reimburse the general fund for expenses not 
15.5 	related to the fund. These represent amounts 
15.6 	appropriated out of the general fund for 
15.7 	operation of the criminal justice data network 
15.8 	related to driver and motor vehicle licensing.

15.9	(c) Technology and Support Service
		3,835,000
		3,835,000

15.10	Appropriations by Fund
	
15.11	General
	1,472,000
	1,472,000
	
15.12	H.U.T.D. 
	19,000
	19,000
	
15.13	Trunk Highway
	2,344,000
	2,344,000

15.14	Subd.  3.State Patrol

15.15	(a) Patrolling Highways
		71,522,000
		71,522,000

15.16	Appropriations by Fund
	
15.17	General
	37,000
	37,000
	
15.18	H.U.T.D. 
	92,000
	92,000
	
15.19	Trunk Highway
	71,393,000
	71,393,000

15.20	(b) Commercial Vehicle Enforcement
		7,796,000
		7,796,000
	
15.21 	$600,000 in each year is for the Office of 
15.22 	Pupil Transportation Safety under Minnesota 
15.23 	Statutes, section 169.435.

15.24	(c) Capitol Security
		3,108,000
		3,108,000
	
15.25 	This appropriation is from the general fund.
15.26 	The commissioner may not: (1) spend 
15.27 	any money from the trunk highway fund 
15.28 	for capitol security; or (2) permanently 
15.29 	transfer any state trooper from the patrolling 
15.30 	highways activity to capitol security.
15.31 	The commissioner may not transfer any 
15.32 	money appropriated to the commissioner 
15.33 	under this section: (1) to capitol security; or 
15.34 	(2) from capitol security.

16.1	(d) Vehicle Crimes Unit
		693,000
		693,000
	
16.2 	This appropriation is from the highway user 
16.3 	tax distribution fund.
16.4 	This appropriation is to investigate: (1) 
16.5 	registration tax and motor vehicle sales tax 
16.6 	liabilities from individuals and businesses 
16.7 	that currently do not pay all taxes owed; 
16.8 	and (2) illegal or improper activity related 
16.9 	to sale, transfer, titling, and registration of 
16.10 	motor vehicles.

16.11	Subd. 4.Driver and Vehicle Services

16.12	(a) Vehicle Services
		27,259,000
		27,259,000

16.13	Appropriations by Fund
	
16.14	Special Revenue
	19,023,000
	19,023,000
	
16.15	H.U.T.D. 
	8,236,000
	8,236,000
	
16.16 	The special revenue fund appropriation is 
16.17 	from the vehicle services operating account.

16.18	(b) Driver Services
		28,712,000
		28,712,000

16.19	Appropriations by Fund
	
16.20	Special Revenue
	28,711,000
	28,711,000
	
16.21	Trunk Highway
	1,000
	1,000
	
16.22 	The special revenue fund appropriation is 
16.23 	from the driver services operating account.

16.24	Subd. 5.Traffic Safety
 		435,000
		435,000
	
16.25 	The commissioner of public safety shall 
16.26 	spend 50 percent of the money available to 
16.27 	the state under United States Code, title 23, 
16.28 	section 164, and the remaining 50 percent 
16.29 	must be transferred to the commissioner 
16.30 	of transportation for hazard elimination 
16.31 	activities under United States Code, title 23, 
16.32 	section 152.

16.33	Subd. 6.Pipeline Safety
 		1,354,000
		1,354,000
	
17.1 	This appropriation is from the pipeline safety 
17.2 	account in the special revenue fund.

17.3	Subd. 7.Use of Trunk Highway Fund
 					
17.4 	No transfer or expenditure of trunk highway 
17.5 	funds may be made for the purpose of paying 
17.6 	personnel costs incurred on behalf of the 
17.7 	Governor's Office.

17.8	Sec. 6. TORT CLAIMS
 	$
	600,000
	$
	600,000
	
17.9 	This appropriation is to the commissioner of 
17.10 	management and budget.
17.11 	If the appropriation for either year is 
17.12 	insufficient, the appropriation for the other 
17.13 	year is available for it.

17.14 	Sec. 7. Laws 2009, chapter 36, article 1, section 3, subdivision 3, as amended by Laws 
17.15 	2010, chapter 351, section 66, is amended to read:

17.16	Subd. 3.State Roads

17.17	(a) Infrastructure Operations and Maintenance
		251,643,000
		245,892,000
	
17.18 	The base appropriation for fiscal years 2012 
17.19 	and 2013 is $257,395,000 for each year.

17.20	(b) Infrastructure Investment and Planning

17.21	(1) Infrastructure Investment Support
		201,461,000
		196,935,000
	
17.22 	The base appropriation for fiscal years 2012 
17.23 	and 2013 is $205,988,000 for each year.
17.24 	$266,000 the first year and $266,000 the 
17.25 	second year are available for grants to 
17.26 	metropolitan planning organizations outside 
17.27 	the seven-county metropolitan area.
17.28 	$75,000 the first year and $75,000 the 
17.29 	second year are for a transportation research 
17.30 	contingent account to finance research 
17.31 	projects that are reimbursable from the 
18.1 	federal government or from other sources. 
18.2 	If the appropriation for either year is 
18.3 	insufficient, the appropriation for the other 
18.4 	year is available for it.
18.5 	$600,000 the first year and $600,000 
18.6 	the second year are available for grants 
18.7 	for transportation studies outside the 
18.8 	metropolitan area to identify critical 
18.9 	concerns, problems, and issues. These 
18.10 	grants are available (1) to regional 
18.11 	development commissions; (2) in regions 
18.12 	where no regional development commission 
18.13 	is functioning, to joint powers boards 
18.14 	established under agreement of two or 
18.15 	more political subdivisions in the region to 
18.16 	exercise the planning functions of a regional 
18.17 	development commission; and (3) in regions 
18.18 	where no regional development commission 
18.19 	or joint powers board is functioning, to the 
18.20 	department's district office for that region.
18.21 	$200,000 the second year is for grants 
18.22 	to nonprofit job training centers for: (1) 
18.23 	job training programs related to highway 
18.24 	construction; and (2) business training for 
18.25 	companies that are certified disadvantaged 
18.26 	business enterprises.

18.27
18.28	(2) State Road Construction
		551,300,000
		598,700,000
555,700,000
	
18.29 	The base appropriation for fiscal years 2012 
18.30 	and 2013 is $635,000,000 for each year.
18.31 	It is estimated that these appropriations will 
18.32 	be funded as follows:

18.33	Appropriations by Fund
	
18.34
18.35	Federal Highway 
Aid
	301,100,000 
	388,500,000
345,500,000
	
18.36	Highway User Taxes
	250,200,000
	210,200,000
	
19.1 	The commissioner of transportation shall 
19.2 	notify the chairs and ranking minority 
19.3 	members of the senate and house of 
19.4 	representatives committees with jurisdiction 
19.5 	over transportation finance of any significant 
19.6 	events that should cause these estimates to 
19.7 	change.
19.8 	This appropriation is for the actual 
19.9 	construction, reconstruction, and 
19.10 	improvement of trunk highways, including 
19.11 	design-build contracts and consultant usage 
19.12 	to support these activities. This includes the 
19.13 	cost of actual payment to landowners for 
19.14 	lands acquired for highway rights-of-way, 
19.15 	payment to lessees, interest subsidies, and 
19.16 	relocation expenses.
19.17 	The commissioner may spend up to $250,000 
19.18 	of trunk highway funds in fiscal year 2011 
19.19 	to pay the operating costs of bus service 
19.20 	between Hastings and Minneapolis-St. Paul 
19.21 	to mitigate the traffic impacts of the project 
19.22 	involving construction of a bridge crossing 
19.23 	the Mississippi River in the city of Hastings 
19.24 	on marked Trunk Highway 61.
19.25 	The commissioner shall expend up to 
19.26 	one-half of one percent of the federal 
19.27 	appropriations under this paragraph as grants 
19.28 	to opportunity industrialization centers and 
19.29 	other nonprofit job training centers for 
19.30 	job training programs related to highway 
19.31 	construction.
19.32 	The commissioner may transfer up to 
19.33 	$15,000,000 each year to the transportation 
19.34 	revolving loan fund.
20.1 	The commissioner may receive money 
20.2 	covering other shares of the cost of 
20.3 	partnership projects. These receipts are 
20.4 	appropriated to the commissioner for these 
20.5 	projects.

20.6	(3) Highway Debt Service
		101,170,000
		173,400,000
	
20.7 	$86,517,000 the first year and $157,304,000 
20.8 	the second year are for transfer to the state 
20.9 	bond fund. If this appropriation is insufficient 
20.10 	to make all transfers required in the year for 
20.11 	which it is made, the commissioner of finance 
20.12 	shall notify the Committee on Finance of 
20.13 	the senate and the Committee on Ways and 
20.14 	Means of the house of representatives of 
20.15 	the amount of the deficiency and shall then 
20.16 	transfer that amount under the statutory open 
20.17 	appropriation. Any excess appropriation 
20.18 	cancels to the trunk highway fund.

20.19	(c) Electronic Communications
		5,177,000
		5,177,000

20.20	Appropriations by Fund
	
20.21	General
	9,000
	9,000
	
20.22	Trunk Highway
	5,168,000
	5,168,000
	
20.23 	The general fund appropriation is to equip 
20.24 	and operate the Roosevelt signal tower for 
20.25 	Lake of the Woods weather broadcasting.

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

20.27 	ARTICLE 2
20.28 	METROPOLITAN TRANSIT FINANCE

20.29 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 297A.992, subdivision 5, is amended to 
20.30 	read:
20.31 		Subd. 5.Grant application and awards; Grant Evaluation and Ranking System 
20.32 	(GEARS) Committee. (a) The joint powers board shall establish a grant application 
20.33 	process and identify the amount of available funding for grant awards. Grant applications 
21.1 	must be submitted in a form prescribed by the joint powers board. An applicant must 
21.2 	provide, in addition to all other information required by the joint powers board, the 
21.3 	estimated cost of the project, the amount of the grant sought, possible sources of funding 
21.4 	in addition to the grant sought, and identification of any federal funds that will be utilized 
21.5 	if the grant is awarded. A grant application seeking transit capital funding must identify 
21.6 	the source of money necessary to operate the transit improvement.
21.7 	(b) The joint powers board shall establish a timeline and procedures for the award of 
21.8 	grants, and may award grants only to the state and political subdivisions. The board shall 
21.9 	define objective criteria for the award of grants, which must include, but not be limited to, 
21.10 	consistency with the most recent version of the transportation policy plan adopted by the 
21.11 	Metropolitan Council under section 473.146. The joint powers board shall maximize the 
21.12 	availability and use of federal funds in projects funded under this section.
21.13 	(c) The joint powers board shall establish a GEARS Committee, which must consist 
21.14 	of:
21.15 	(1) one county commissioner from each county that is in the metropolitan 
21.16 	transportation area, appointed by its county board;
21.17 	(2) one elected city representative from each county that is in the metropolitan 
21.18 	transportation area;
21.19 	(3) one additional elected city representative from each county for every additional 
21.20 	400,000 in population, or fraction of 400,000, in the county that is above 400,000 in 
21.21 	population; and
21.22 	(4) the chair of the Metropolitan Council Transportation Committee.
21.23 	(d) Each city representative must be elected at a meeting of cities in the metropolitan 
21.24 	transportation area, which must be convened for that purpose by the Association of 
21.25 	Metropolitan Municipalities.
21.26 	(e) The committee shall evaluate grant applications following objective criteria 
21.27 	established by the joint powers board, and must provide to the joint powers board a 
21.28 	selection list of transportation projects that includes a priority ranking.
21.29 	(f) A grant award for a transit project located within the metropolitan area, as defined 
21.30 	in section 473.121, subdivision 2, may be funded only after the Metropolitan Council 
21.31 	reviews the project for consistency with the transit portion of the Metropolitan Council 
21.32 	policy plan and one of the following occurs:
21.33 	(1) the Metropolitan Council finds the project to be consistent;
21.34 	(2) the Metropolitan Council initially finds the project to be inconsistent, but after a 
21.35 	good faith effort to resolve the inconsistency through negotiations with the joint powers 
21.36 	board, agrees that the grant award may be funded; or
22.1 	(3) the Metropolitan Council finds the project to be inconsistent, and submits the 
22.2 	consistency issue for final determination to a panel, which determines the project to be 
22.3 	consistent. The panel is composed of a member appointed by the chair of the Metropolitan 
22.4 	Council, a member appointed by the joint powers board, and a member agreed upon by 
22.5 	both the chair and the joint powers board.
22.6 	(g) Grants must be funded by the proceeds of the taxes imposed under this section, 
22.7 	bonds, notes, or other obligations issued by the joint powers board under subdivision 7.
22.8 	(h) Notwithstanding the provisions of this subdivision, in fiscal year 2009, of 
22.9 	the initial revenue collected under this section, the joint powers board shall allocate 
22.10 	at least $30,783,000 to the Metropolitan Council for operating assistance for transit.
22.11 	Notwithstanding the provisions of this section except subdivision 6a, of the revenue 
22.12 	collected under this section, the joint powers board may allocate to the Metropolitan 
22.13 	Council, in fiscal years 2012 and 2013, any amount that is not provided as grant awards 
22.14 	for transit ways or park-and-ride facilities.
22.15 	(i) The Metropolitan Council shall expend any funds allocated under paragraph (h):
22.16 	(1) for bus operations under sections 473.371 to 473.449, and excluding (i) bus rapid 
22.17 	transit operations, and (ii) light rail transit and commuter rail operations under sections 
22.18 	174.90, 473.3993 to 473.3999, and 473.4051 to 473.4057; and
22.19 	(2) solely within those counties that are in the metropolitan transportation area.
22.20 	(j) Nothing in paragraph (h) or (i) prevents grant awards to the Metropolitan Council 
22.21 	for capital and operating assistance for transit ways and park-and-ride facilities.

22.22 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 297A.992, is amended by adding a 
22.23 	subdivision to read:
22.24 		Subd. 6a.Priority of fund uses. The joint powers board shall allocate all revenues 
22.25 	from the taxes imposed under this section in conformance with the following priority order:
22.26 	(1) payment of debt service necessary for the fiscal year on bonds or other 
22.27 	obligations issued prior to January 1, 2011, under subdivision 7; and
22.28 	(2) as otherwise authorized under this section.

22.29 	Sec. 3. METROPOLITAN LIVABLE COMMUNITIES FUND; TRANSFERS.
 22.30 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 473.25 to 473.255, or any other 
22.31 	law, the Metropolitan Council may transfer to its transit operating budget in 2011, 2012, 
22.32 	and 2013 up to 100 percent of the sum of balances in, revenues in, and amounts otherwise 
22.33 	credited, transferred, or distributed to, each of the following accounts in 2011, 2012, 
22.34 	and 2013:
23.1 	(1) the tax base revitalization account pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 
23.2 	473.252;
23.3 	(2) the livable communities demonstration account pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, 
23.4 	section 473.253; and
23.5 	(3) the local housing incentives account pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 
23.6 	473.254.
23.7 	(b) The council may not transfer funds under this section that are committed to 
23.8 	grant or loan awards made by the council.
23.9 	(c) The council shall use any amounts transferred under this section to cover 
23.10 	operating deficits for transit services provided or assisted by the council under Minnesota 
23.11 	Statutes, sections 473.371 to 473.449. If the council transfers funds pursuant to this 
23.12 	section, the council shall amend the annual distribution plan described in Minnesota 
23.13 	Statutes, section 473.25, paragraph (d), and include information about the transfer in the 
23.14 	annual report required under Minnesota Statutes, section 473.25, paragraph (e).

23.15 	Sec. 4. RIGHT-OF-WAY ACQUISITION LOAN FUND; TRANSFERS.
 23.16 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 473.167, or any other law, the 
23.17 	Metropolitan Council may transfer to its transit operating budget in 2011, 2012, and 2013 
23.18 	up to 100 percent of the amounts levied and collected in 2011, 2012, and 2013 under 
23.19 	Minnesota Statutes, section 473.167, subdivision 3. The council shall use the amounts 
23.20 	transferred to cover operating deficits for transit services provided or assisted by the 
23.21 	council under Minnesota Statutes, sections 473.371 to 473.449.
23.22 	(b) If the council transfers funds pursuant to this section, the council shall within two 
23.23 	weeks notify the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with 
23.24 	jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance concerning the transfers.

23.25 	Sec. 5. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL OPERATING BUDGET; TRANSFERS.
 23.26 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, chapter 473, or any other law, the 
23.27 	Metropolitan Council may transfer to its transit operating budget in 2011, 2012, and 
23.28 	2013 up to 100 percent of the amounts levied and collected in 2011, 2012, and 2013, 
23.29 	respectively, under Minnesota Statutes, section 473.249, that are otherwise budgeted in 
23.30 	that year in the council's operating budget under Minnesota Statutes, section 473.13, for 
23.31 	the following departments or functions:
23.32 	(1) government affairs;
23.33 	(2) public affairs;
23.34 	(3) regional systems planning and growth strategy; and
24.1 	(4) local planning assistance.
24.2 	(b) The council may not transfer funds under this section that are identified for or 
24.3 	committed to grant or loan awards made by the council.
24.4 	(c) The council shall use the amounts transferred to cover operating deficits for transit 
24.5 	services provided or assisted by the council under Minnesota Statutes, sections 473.371 to 
24.6 	473.449. If the council transfers funds pursuant to this section, the council shall within 
24.7 	two weeks notify the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees 
24.8 	with jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance concerning the transfers.

24.9 	ARTICLE 3
24.10 	TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT

24.11 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 16A.11, subdivision 3a, is amended to read:
24.12 		Subd. 3a.Part three: detailed capital budget. The detailed capital budget must 
24.13 	include recommendations for capital projects to be funded during the next six fiscal years
24.14 	and, if applicable, must meet the requirements under section 174.93, subdivision 1a. It 
24.15 	must be submitted with projects recommended by the governor and in order of importance 
24.16 	among that agency's requests as determined by the agency originating the request.

24.17 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 16A.86, subdivision 3a, is amended to read:
24.18 		Subd. 3a.Information provided. All requests for state assistance under this section 
24.19 	must include the following information:
24.20 	(1) the name of the political subdivision that will own the capital project for which 
24.21 	state assistance is being requested;
24.22 	(2) the public purpose of the project;
24.23 	(3) the extent to which the political subdivision has or expects to provide local, 
24.24 	private, user financing, or other nonstate funding for the project;
24.25 	(4) a list of the bondable activities that the project encompasses; examples of 
24.26 	bondable activities are public improvements of a capital nature for land acquisition, 
24.27 	predesign, design, construction, and furnishing and equipping for occupancy;
24.28 	(5) whether the project will require new or additional state operating subsidies;
24.29 	(6) whether the governing body of the political subdivision requesting the project 
24.30 	has passed a resolution in support of the project and has established priorities for all 
24.31 	projects within its jurisdiction for which bonding appropriations are requested when 
24.32 	submitting multiple requests; and
24.33 	(7) if the project requires a predesign under section 16B.335, whether the predesign 
24.34 	has been completed at the time the capital project request is submitted, and whether 
25.1 	the political subdivision has submitted the project predesign to the commissioner of 
25.2 	administration for review and approval; and
25.3 	(8) if applicable, the information required under section 174.93, subdivision 1a.

25.4 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 161.04, is amended by adding a subdivision 
25.5 	to read:
25.6 		Subd. 6.Trunk highway economic development account. (a) The trunk highway 
25.7 	economic development account is created in the trunk highway fund. Money in the 
25.8 	account is annually appropriated to the commissioner and does not lapse. Interest earned 
25.9 	from investment of money in this account must be deposited in the trunk highway 
25.10 	economic development account.
25.11 	(b) Money in the account must be used to fund construction, reconstruction, and 
25.12 	improvement of trunk highways that will promote economic development, increase 
25.13 	employment, and relieve growing traffic congestion.
25.14 	(c) The commissioner shall design a project application and selection process to 
25.15 	distribute money in the account. The process must include specified eligibility and 
25.16 	prioritizing criteria.
25.17 	(d) Money in the account must be allocated 50 percent to the department's 
25.18 	metropolitan district, and 50 percent to districts in greater Minnesota except as provided 
25.19 	in this paragraph. If there are not sufficient project applications that meet eligibility and 
25.20 	prioritizing criteria in either the metropolitan district or greater Minnesota districts to 
25.21 	permit an equal division of available money, the commissioner shall fund projects that 
25.22 	meet the selection criteria without regard to location in the state.

25.23 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 162.06, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
25.24 		Subdivision 1.Estimate. (a) By December 15 of each year the commissioner shall 
25.25 	estimate the amount of money that will be available to the county state-aid highway fund 
25.26 	during that fiscal year. The amount available must be based on actual receipts from July 
25.27 	1 through November 30 October 31, the unallocated fund balance, and the projected 
25.28 	receipts for the remainder of the fiscal year. The amount available, except for deductions 
25.29 	as provided in this section, shall be apportioned by the commissioner to the counties as 
25.30 	provided in section 162.07.
25.31 	(b) For purposes of this section, "amount available" means the amount estimated in 
25.32 	paragraph (a).

25.33 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 162.12, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
26.1 		Subdivision 1.Estimate of accruals. By December 15 of each year the 
26.2 	commissioner shall estimate the amount of money that will be available to the municipal 
26.3 	state-aid street fund during that fiscal year. The amount available is based on actual 
26.4 	receipts from July 1 through November 30 October 31, the unallocated fund balance, and 
26.5 	the projected receipts for the remainder of the fiscal year. The total available, except for 
26.6 	deductions as provided herein, shall be apportioned by the commissioner to the cities 
26.7 	having a population of 5,000 or more as hereinafter provided.

26.8 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 168.12, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
26.9 		Subd. 5.Additional fee. (a) In addition to any fee otherwise authorized or any tax 
26.10 	otherwise imposed upon any vehicle, the payment of which is required as a condition to 
26.11 	the issuance of any plate or plates, the commissioner shall impose the fee specified in 
26.12 	paragraph (b) that is calculated to cover the cost of manufacturing and issuing the plate 
26.13 	or plates, except for plates issued to disabled veterans as defined in section 168.031 and 
26.14 	plates issued pursuant to section 168.124, 168.125, or 168.27, subdivisions 16 and 17, 
26.15 	for passenger automobiles. The commissioner shall issue graphic design plates only 
26.16 	for vehicles registered pursuant to section 168.017 and recreational vehicles registered 
26.17 	pursuant to section 168.013, subdivision 1g.
26.18 	(b) Unless otherwise specified or exempted by statute, the following plate and 
26.19 	validation sticker fees apply for the original, duplicate, or replacement issuance of a 
26.20 	plate in a plate year:

26.21	License Plate
			Single
		Double
	
26.22		Regular and Disability
		$
	4.50
	$
	6.00
	
26.23		Special
		$
	8.50
	$
	10.00
	
26.24		Personalized (Replacement)
		$
	10.00
	$
	14.00
	
26.25		Collector Category
		$
	13.50
	$
	15.00
	
26.26		Emergency Vehicle Display
		$
	3.00
	$
	6.00
	
26.27		Utility Trailer Self-Adhesive
		$
	2.50
			
26.28		Vertical Motorcycle Plate
		$
	100.00
		NA
	
26.29	Stickers
						
26.30		Duplicate year
		$
	1.00
	$
	1.00
	
26.31		International Fuel Tax Agreement
		$
	2.50
			
26.32 	(c) For vehicles that require two of the categories above, the registrar shall only 
26.33 	charge the higher of the two fees and not a combined total.
26.34 	(d) As part of procedures for payment of the fee under paragraph (b), the 
26.35 	commissioner shall allow a vehicle owner to add to the fee a $2 donation for the purposes 
26.36 	of public information and education on anatomical gifts under section 171.075.

27.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2012.

27.2 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 168.1253, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
27.3 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) The terms used in this section have the meanings 
27.4 	given them in this subdivision.
27.5 	(b) "Active service" has the meaning given in section 190.05, subdivision 5.
27.6 	(c) "Eligible person" means a surviving spouse or, child, parent or legal guardian, or 
27.7 	sibling of a person who has died while serving honorably in active service. For purposes 
27.8 	of this section, an eligibility relationship may be established by birth or adoption.
27.9 	(d) "Motor vehicle" means a vehicle for personal use, not used for commercial 
27.10 	purposes, and may include a passenger automobile, motorcycle, recreational vehicle, 
27.11 	pickup truck, or van.

27.12 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2011, for registrations 
27.13 	applied for or renewed on or after that date.

27.14 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 169.86, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
27.15 		Subd. 5.Fees; proceeds deposited; appropriation. The commissioner, with 
27.16 	respect to highways under the commissioner's jurisdiction, may charge a fee for each 
27.17 	permit issued. All such fees for permits issued by the commissioner of transportation shall 
27.18 	be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the trunk highway fund. Except for 
27.19 	those annual permits for which the permit fees are specified elsewhere in this chapter, the 
27.20 	fees shall be:
27.21 	(a) $15 for each single trip permit.
27.22 	(b) $36 for each job permit. A job permit may be issued for like loads carried on 
27.23 	a specific route for a period not to exceed two months. "Like loads" means loads of the 
27.24 	same product, weight, and dimension.
27.25 	(c) $60 for an annual permit to be issued for a period not to exceed 12 consecutive 
27.26 	months. Annual permits may be issued for:
27.27 	(1) motor vehicles used to alleviate a temporary crisis adversely affecting the safety 
27.28 	or well-being of the public;
27.29 	(2) motor vehicles which travel on interstate highways and carry loads authorized 
27.30 	under subdivision 1a;
27.31 	(3) motor vehicles operating with gross weights authorized under section 169.826, 
27.32 	subdivision 1a;
27.33 	(4) special pulpwood vehicles described in section 169.863;
27.34 	(5) motor vehicles bearing snowplow blades not exceeding ten feet in width;
28.1 	(6) noncommercial transportation of a boat by the owner or user of the boat;
28.2 	(7) motor vehicles carrying bales of agricultural products authorized under section 
28.3 	169.862; and
28.4 	(8) special milk-hauling vehicles authorized under section 169.867.
28.5 	(d) $120 for an oversize annual permit to be issued for a period not to exceed 12 
28.6 	consecutive months. Annual permits may be issued for:
28.7 	(1) mobile cranes;
28.8 	(2) construction equipment, machinery, and supplies;
28.9 	(3) manufactured homes and manufactured storage buildings;
28.10 	(4) implements of husbandry;
28.11 	(5) double-deck buses;
28.12 	(6) commercial boat hauling and transporting waterfront structures including, but 
28.13 	not limited to, portable boat docks and boat lifts;
28.14 	(7) three-vehicle combinations consisting of two empty, newly manufactured trailers 
28.15 	for cargo, horses, or livestock, not to exceed 28-1/2 feet per trailer; provided, however, 
28.16 	the permit allows the vehicles to be moved from a trailer manufacturer to a trailer dealer 
28.17 	only while operating on twin-trailer routes designated under section 169.81, subdivision 3, 
28.18 	paragraph (c); and
28.19 	(8) vehicles operating on that portion of marked Trunk Highway 36 described in 
28.20 	section 169.81, subdivision 3, paragraph (e).
28.21 	(e) For vehicles which have axle weights exceeding the weight limitations of 
28.22 	sections 169.823 to 169.829, an additional cost added to the fees listed above. However, 
28.23 	this paragraph applies to any vehicle described in section 168.013, subdivision 3, 
28.24 	paragraph (b), but only when the vehicle exceeds its gross weight allowance set forth in 
28.25 	that paragraph, and then the additional cost is for all weight, including the allowance 
28.26 	weight, in excess of the permitted maximum axle weight. The additional cost is equal 
28.27 	to the product of the distance traveled times the sum of the overweight axle group cost 
28.28 	factors shown in the following chart:

28.29		Overweight Axle Group Cost Factors
		
28.30	Weight (pounds)
		Cost Per Mile For Each Group Of:
	
28.31
28.32
28.33
28.34
28.35	exceeding weight 
limitations on axles
		Two 
consecutive 
axles spaced 
within 8 feet 
or less
		Three 
consecutive 
axles spaced 
within 9 feet 
or less
		Four consecutive 
axles spaced within 
14 feet or less
	
28.36	0-2,000
		.12
		.05
		.04
	
28.37	2,001-4,000
		.14
		.06
		.05
	
28.38	4,001-6,000
		.18
		.07
		.06
	
29.1	6,001-8,000
		.21
		.09
		.07
	
29.2	8,001-10,000
		.26
		.10
		.08
	
29.3	10,001-12,000
		.30
		.12
		.09
	
29.4
29.5	12,001-14,000
		Not 
permitted
		.14
		.11
	
29.6
29.7	14,001-16,000
		Not 
permitted
		.17
		.12
	
29.8
29.9	16,001-18,000
		Not 
permitted
		.19
		.15
	
29.10
29.11	18,001-20,000
		Not 
permitted
		Not 
permitted
		.16
	
29.12
29.13	20,001-22,000
		Not 
permitted
		Not 
permitted
		.20
	
29.14 	The amounts added are rounded to the nearest cent for each axle or axle group. The 
29.15 	additional cost does not apply to paragraph (c), clauses (1) and (3).
29.16 	For a vehicle found to exceed the appropriate maximum permitted weight, a cost-per-mile 
29.17 	fee of 22 cents per ton, or fraction of a ton, over the permitted maximum weight is imposed 
29.18 	in addition to the normal permit fee. Miles must be calculated based on the distance 
29.19 	already traveled in the state plus the distance from the point of detection to a transportation 
29.20 	loading site or unloading site within the state or to the point of exit from the state.
29.21 	(f) As an alternative to paragraph (e), an annual permit may be issued for overweight, 
29.22 	or oversize and overweight, mobile cranes; construction equipment, machinery, and 
29.23 	supplies; implements of husbandry; and commercial boat hauling. The fees for the permit 
29.24 	are as follows:

29.25	Gross Weight (pounds) of Vehicle
	Annual Permit Fee 
	
29.26	90,000
	or less 
	$200
	
29.27	90,001
	- 100,000
	$300
	
29.28	100,001
	- 110,000
	$400
	
29.29	110,001
	- 120,000
	$500
	
29.30	120,001
	- 130,000
	$600
	
29.31	130,001
	- 140,000
	$700
	
29.32	140,001
	- 145,000
	$800
	
29.33 	If the gross weight of the vehicle is more than 145,000 pounds the permit fee is determined 
29.34 	under paragraph (e).
29.35 	(g) For vehicles which exceed the width limitations set forth in section 169.80 by 
29.36 	more than 72 inches, an additional cost equal to $120 added to the amount in paragraph (a) 
29.37 	when the permit is issued while seasonal load restrictions pursuant to section 169.87 are 
29.38 	in effect.
30.1 	(h) $85 for an annual permit to be issued for a period not to exceed 12 months, for 
30.2 	refuse-compactor vehicles that carry a gross weight of not more than: 22,000 pounds on 
30.3 	a single rear axle; 38,000 pounds on a tandem rear axle; or, subject to section 169.828, 
30.4 	subdivision 2, 46,000 pounds on a tridem rear axle. A permit issued for up to 46,000 
30.5 	pounds on a tridem rear axle must limit the gross vehicle weight to not more than 62,000 
30.6 	pounds.
30.7 	(i) $300 for a motor vehicle described in section 169.8261. The fee under this 
30.8 	paragraph must be deposited as follows:
30.9 	(1) in fiscal years 2005 through 2010:
30.10 	(i) the first $50,000 in each fiscal year must be deposited in the trunk highway fund 
30.11 	for costs related to administering the permit program and inspecting and posting bridges;
30.12 	(ii) all remaining money in each fiscal year must be deposited in a bridge inspection 
30.13 	and signing account in the special revenue fund. Money in the account is appropriated 
30.14 	to the commissioner for:
30.15 	(A) inspection of local bridges and identification of local bridges to be posted, 
30.16 	including contracting with a consultant for some or all of these functions; and
30.17 	(B) erection of weight-posting signs on local bridges; and
30.18 	(2) in fiscal year 2011 and subsequent years must be deposited in the trunk highway 
30.19 	fund.
30.20 	(j) Beginning August 1, 2006, $200 for an annual permit for a vehicle operating 
30.21 	under authority of section 169.824, subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clause (2).

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

30.23 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 171.06, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
30.24 		Subd. 2.Fees. (a) The fees for a license and Minnesota identification card are 
30.25 	as follows:

30.26	Classified Driver's License
		D-$22.25
	C-$26.25
	B-$33.25
	A-$41.25
	
30.27	Classified Under-21 D.L.
		D-$22.25
	C-$26.25
	B-$33.25
	A-$21.25
	
30.28	Enhanced Driver's License
		D-$37.25
	C-$41.25
	B-$48.25
	A-$56.25
	
30.29	Instruction Permit
					$10.25
	
30.30
30.31	Enhanced Instruction 
Permit
					$25.25
	
30.32	Provisional License
					$13.25
	
30.33
30.34	Enhanced Provisional 
License
					$28.25
	
30.35
30.36
30.37	Duplicate License or 
duplicate identification 
card
					$11.75
	
31.1
31.2
31.3
31.4	Enhanced Duplicate 
License or enhanced 
duplicate identification 
card
					$26.75
	
31.5
31.6
31.7
31.8
31.931.10
31.11
	Minnesota identification 
card or Under-21 
Minnesota identification 
card, other than duplicate, 
except as otherwise 
provided in section 171.07, 
subdivisions 3 and 3a
					$16.25
	
31.12
31.13	Enhanced Minnesota 
identification card
					$31.25
	
31.14 	In addition to each fee required in this paragraph, the commissioner shall collect a 
31.15 	surcharge of $1.75 until June 30, 2012. Surcharges collected under this paragraph must be 
31.16 	credited to the driver and vehicle services technology account in the special revenue fund 
31.17 	under section 299A.705.
31.18 	(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), an individual who holds a provisional license and 
31.19 	has a driving record free of (1) convictions for a violation of section 169A.20, 169A.33, 
31.20 	169A.35, or sections 169A.50 to 169A.53, (2) convictions for crash-related moving 
31.21 	violations, and (3) convictions for moving violations that are not crash related, shall have a 
31.22 	$3.50 credit toward the fee for any classified under-21 driver's license. "Moving violation" 
31.23 	has the meaning given it in section 171.04, subdivision 1.
31.24 	(c) In addition to the driver's license fee required under paragraph (a), the 
31.25 	commissioner shall collect an additional $4 processing fee from each new applicant 
31.26 	or individual renewing a license with a school bus endorsement to cover the costs for 
31.27 	processing an applicant's initial and biennial physical examination certificate. The 
31.28 	department shall not charge these applicants any other fee to receive or renew the 
31.29 	endorsement.
31.30 	(d) An application for a Minnesota identification card, instruction permit, provisional 
31.31 	license, or driver's license, including an application for renewal, must contain a provision 
31.32 	that allows the applicant to add to the fee under paragraph (a) a $2 donation for the 
31.33 	purposes of public information and education on anatomical gifts under section 171.075.

31.34 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2012.

31.35 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 171.0701, is amended to read:
31.36 	171.0701 DRIVER EDUCATION CONTENT.
31.37 		Subdivision 1.Driver education requirements. (a) The commissioner shall adopt 
31.38 	rules requiring a minimum of 30 minutes of instruction, beginning January 1, 2007, 
32.1 	relating to organ and tissue donations and the provisions of section 171.07, subdivision 
32.2 	5, for persons enrolled in driver education programs offered at public schools, private 
32.3 	schools, and commercial driver training schools.
32.4 	(b) The commissioner shall adopt rules for persons enrolled in driver education 
32.5 	programs offered at public schools, private schools, and commercial driver training 
32.6 	schools, requiring inclusion in the course of instruction, by January 1, 2009, a section on 
32.7 	awareness and safe interaction with commercial motor vehicle traffic. The rules must 
32.8 	require classroom instruction and behind-the-wheel training that includes, but is not 
32.9 	limited to, truck stopping distances, proper distances for following trucks, identification of 
32.10 	truck blind spots, and avoidance of driving in truck blind spots.
32.11 	(c) By January 1, 2012, the commissioner shall adopt rules for persons enrolled in 
32.12 	driver education programs offered at public schools, private schools, and commercial 
32.13 	driver training schools, requiring inclusion in the course of instruction of a section on 
32.14 	carbon monoxide poisoning. The instruction must include but is not limited to: (1) a 
32.15 	description of the characteristics of carbon monoxide; (2) a review of the risks and 
32.16 	potential speed of death from carbon monoxide poisoning; and (3) specific suggestions 
32.17 	regarding vehicle idling practices.
32.18 		Subd. 2.Rulemaking. The rules adopted by the commissioner under paragraph 
32.19 	(b) this section are exempt from the rulemaking provisions of chapter 14. The rules are 
32.20 	subject to section 14.386, except that notwithstanding paragraph (b) of section 14.386, the 
32.21 	rules continue in effect until repealed or superseded by other law or rule.

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

32.23 	Sec. 11. [171.075] ANATOMICAL GIFTS.
32.24 		Subdivision 1.Anatomical gift account. An anatomical gift account is established 
32.25 	in the special revenue fund. The account consists of funds donated under sections 
32.26 	168.12, subdivision 5, and 171.06, subdivision 2, and any other money donated, 
32.27 	allotted, transferred, or otherwise provided to the account. Money in the account is 
32.28 	annually appropriated to the commissioner for: (1) grants under subdivision 2; and (2) 
32.29 	administrative expenses in implementing the donation and grant program.
32.30 		Subd. 2.Anatomical gift education grants. (a) The commissioner shall make 
32.31 	grants to: (1) a Minnesota organ procurement organization that is certified by the federal 
32.32 	Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; or (2) an entity that is a charitable entity 
32.33 	under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, as defined in section 289A.02, 
32.34 	subdivision 7, and is dedicated to advocacy for organ, tissue, and eye donation.
33.1 	(b) From a grant under this section, the recipient shall provide resources and 
33.2 	implement programs designed to increase the number of Minnesotans who register to 
33.3 	be organ, tissue, and eye donors.

33.4 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2012.

33.5 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 171.13, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
33.6 		Subdivision 1.Examination subjects and locations; provisions for color 
33.7 	blindness, disabled veterans. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the 
33.8 	commissioner shall examine each applicant for a driver's license by such agency as the 
33.9 	commissioner directs. This examination must include:
33.10 	(1) a test of the applicant's eyesight;
33.11 	(2) a test of the applicant's ability to read and understand highway signs regulating, 
33.12 	warning, and directing traffic;
33.13 	(3) a test of the applicant's knowledge of (i) traffic laws; knowledge of(ii) the effects 
33.14 	of alcohol and drugs on a driver's ability to operate a motor vehicle safely and legally, 
33.15 	and of the legal penalties and financial consequences resulting from violations of laws 
33.16 	prohibiting the operation of a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or 
33.17 	drugs; knowledge of(iii) railroad grade crossing safety; knowledge of(iv) slow-moving 
33.18 	vehicle safety; knowledge of(v) laws relating to pupil transportation safety, including the 
33.19 	significance of school bus lights, signals, stop arm, and passing a school bus; knowledge 
33.20 	of(vi) traffic laws related to bicycles; and (vii) the circumstances and dangers of carbon 
33.21 	monoxide poisoning;
33.22 	(4) an actual demonstration of ability to exercise ordinary and reasonable control 
33.23 	in the operation of a motor vehicle; and
33.24 	(5) other physical and mental examinations as the commissioner finds necessary to 
33.25 	determine the applicant's fitness to operate a motor vehicle safely upon the highways, 
33.26 	provided, further however,.
33.27 	(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), no driver's license shall may be denied an 
33.28 	applicant on the exclusive grounds that the applicant's eyesight is deficient in color 
33.29 	perception. Provided, however, that War veterans operating motor vehicles especially 
33.30 	equipped for disabled persons, shall, if otherwise entitled to a license, must be granted 
33.31 	such license.
33.32 	(c) The commissioner shall make provision for giving these the examinations under 
33.33 	this subdivision either in the county where the applicant resides or at a place adjacent 
33.34 	thereto reasonably convenient to the applicant.

34.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2012.

34.2 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 171.13, is amended by adding a subdivision 
34.3 	to read:
34.4 		Subd. 1l.Driver's manual; carbon monoxide. The commissioner shall include in 
34.5 	each edition of the driver's manual published by the department after August 1, 2011, a 
34.6 	section that includes up-to-date lifesaving information on carbon monoxide poisoning.

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

34.8 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 174.93, is amended to read:
34.9 	174.93 GUIDEWAY INVESTMENT.
34.10 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms 
34.11 	have the meanings given:
34.12 	(1) "commissioner" means the commissioner of transportation; and
34.13 	(2) "guideway" means a form of transportation service provided to the public on a 
34.14 	regular and ongoing basis, that operates on exclusive or controlled rights-of-way or rails 
34.15 	in whole or in part, and includes each line for intercity passenger rail, commuter rail, light 
34.16 	rail transit, streetcars, and bus rapid transit; and
34.17 	(3) "local unit of government" means a county, statutory or home rule charter city, 
34.18 	town, or other political subdivision including, but not limited to, a regional railroad 
34.19 	authority or joint powers board.
34.20 	(b) For purposes of this section, "sources of funds" includes, but is not limited to, 
34.21 	money from federal aid, state appropriations, the Metropolitan Council, special taxing 
34.22 	districts, local units of government, fare box recovery, and nonpublic sources.
34.23 	(c) For purposes of this section, "budget activity" includes, but is not limited 
34.24 	to, environmental analysis, land acquisition, easements, design, preliminary and 
34.25 	final engineering, acquisition of vehicles and rolling stock, track improvement and 
34.26 	rehabilitation, and construction.
34.27 		Subd. 1a.Capital project requests to legislature. A state agency or local unit of 
34.28 	government that submits a request to the legislature to obtain state funds for a guideway 
34.29 	project shall, as part of the request, provide a summary financial plan for the project that 
34.30 	presents the following information as reflected by the data and level of detail available in 
34.31 	the latest phase of project development:
35.1 	(1) capital expenditures and funding sources for the project, including expenditures 
35.2 	to date and total projected or estimated expenditures, with a breakdown by committed and 
35.3 	proposed sources of funds; and
35.4 	(2) estimated annual operations and maintenance expenditures for the project, with a 
35.5 	breakdown by committed and proposed sources of funds.
35.6 		Subd. 2.Legislative report. (a) By November 15 in every odd-numbered year, 
35.7 	the commissioner shall prepare, in collaboration with the Metropolitan Council, and 
35.8 	submit a report electronically to the chairs and ranking minority members of the house 
35.9 	of representatives and senate legislative committees with jurisdiction over transportation 
35.10 	policy and finance concerning the status of guideway projects (1) currently in study, 
35.11 	planning, development, or construction; (2) identified in the transportation policy plan 
35.12 	under section 473.146; or (3) identified in the comprehensive statewide freight and 
35.13 	passenger rail plan under section 174.03, subdivision 1b.
35.14 	(b) At a minimum, the report must include, for each guideway project:
35.15 	(1) a brief description of the project, including projected ridership;
35.16 	(2) a summary of the overall status and current phase of the project;
35.17 	(3) a timeline that includes (i) project phases or milestones; (ii) expected and known 
35.18 	dates of commencement of each phase or milestone; and (iii) expected and known dates 
35.19 	of completion of each phase or milestone;
35.20 	(4) a brief progress update on specific project phases or milestones completed since 
35.21 	the last previous submission of a report under this subdivision; and
35.22 	(5) a summary financial plan that identifies, as reflected by the data and level of 
35.23 	detail available in the latest phase of project development and to the extent available:
35.24 	(i) capital expenditures, including expenditures to date and total projected 
35.25 	expenditures, with a breakdown by committed and proposed sources of funds for the 
35.26 	project; and
35.27 	(ii) estimated annual operations and maintenance expenditures reflecting the level 
35.28 	of detail available in the current phase of the project development, with a breakdown by 
35.29 	committed and proposed sources of funds for the projects in the Metropolitan Council's 
35.30 	transportation policy plan. project; and
35.31 	(iii) if feasible, project expenditures by budget activity.
35.32 	(c) The report must also include a systemwide capacity analysis for investment in 
35.33 	guideway expansion and maintenance that:
35.34 	(1) provides a funding projection, annually over the ensuing 20 years, and with a 
35.35 	breakdown by committed and proposed sources of funds, of:
35.36 	(i) total capital expenditures for guideways;
36.1 	(ii) total operations and maintenance expenditures for guideways;
36.2 	(iii) total funding available for guideways, including from projected or estimated 
36.3 	farebox recovery; and
36.4 	(iv) total funding available for transit service in the metropolitan area; and
36.5 	(2) evaluates the availability of funds and distribution of sources of funds for 
36.6 	guideway investments.
36.7 	(d) The projection under paragraph (c), clause (1), must be for all guideway lines 
36.8 	for which state funds are reasonably expected to be expended in planning, development, 
36.9 	construction, or revenue operation during the ensuing 20 years.
36.10 	(e) Local units of government shall provide assistance and information in a timely 
36.11 	manner as requested by the commissioner or council for completion of the report.

36.12 	Sec. 15. REPORT ON VEHICLE CRIMES UNIT.
 36.13 	By February 1, 2015, the commissioner of public safety shall submit a report to the 
36.14 	legislative committees having jurisdiction over transportation finance on the revenues 
36.15 	generated by the Vehicle Crimes Unit. This report must be made available electronically 
36.16 	and made available in print only upon request.

36.17 	Sec. 16. REPORT ON ANATOMICAL GIFT ACCOUNT.
 36.18 	The commissioner of public safety shall report to the chairs of the legislative 
36.19 	committees having jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance on the receipts and 
36.20 	expenditures under Minnesota Statutes, section 171.075. The commissioner shall submit 
36.21 	the report by February 1, 2013.

36.22 	Sec. 17. REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION.
 36.23 	The revisor of statutes shall recodify Minnesota Statutes, section 171.13, 
36.24 	subdivisions 1b, 1c, 1d, 1e, 1f, 1g, 1h, 1i, 1j, 1k, and 1l, as Minnesota Statutes, section 
36.25 	171.0705. The revisor shall correct any cross-references made necessary by this 
36.26 	recodification.

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