HF 495

as introduced - 79th Legislature (1995 - 1996) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to the organization and operation of state 
  1.3             government; appropriating money to departments of 
  1.4             transportation and public safety and other agencies, 
  1.5             with certain conditions; providing for transfer of 
  1.6             certain money in the state treasury; prescribing fees; 
  1.7             amending Minnesota Statutes 1994, sections 3.732, 
  1.8             subdivision 1; 171.20, subdivision 4; 176.192; and 
  1.9             299A.51, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law 
  1.10            in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 299F. 
  1.11  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.12  Section 1.  [TRANSPORTATION AND OTHER AGENCIES; APPROPRIATIONS.] 
  1.13     The sums shown in the columns marked "APPROPRIATIONS" are 
  1.14  appropriated from the general fund, or another named fund, to 
  1.15  the agencies and for the purposes specified in this act, to be 
  1.16  available for the fiscal years indicated for each purpose.  The 
  1.17  figures "1996" and "1997," where used in this act, mean that the 
  1.18  appropriation or appropriations listed under them are available 
  1.19  for the year ending June 30, 1996, or June 30, 1997, 
  1.20  respectively.  
  1.21                          SUMMARY BY FUND
  1.22                                                       BIENNIAL
  1.23                          1996          1997           TOTAL
  1.24  General              $ 92,144,000   $ 90,926,000   $183,070,000
  1.25  Airports               16,000,000     16,400,000     32,400,000 
  1.26  C.S.A.H.              285,642,000    293,068,000    578,710,000 
  1.27  Highway User           11,480,000     11,489,000     22,969,000 
  1.28  M.S.A.S.               87,078,000     89,240,000    176,318,000 
  2.1   Special Revenue         1,394,000      1,432,000      2,826,000 
  2.2   Trunk Highway         814,928,000    814,163,000  1,629,091,000 
  2.3   Environmental              40,000         40,000         80,000 
  2.4   Total 
  2.5   Appropriations      1,308,706,000  1,316,758,000  2,625,464,000
  2.6   Transfers to Other
  2.7   Direct                 (2,468,000)    (2,466,000)    (4,934,000)
  2.8   TOTAL             $ 1,306,238,000 $1,314,292,000 $2,620,530,000
  2.9                                              APPROPRIATIONS 
  2.10                                         Available for the Year 
  2.11                                             Ending June 30 
  2.12                                            1996         1997 
  2.13  Sec. 2.  TRANSPORTATION 
  2.14  Subdivision 1.  Total 
  2.15  Appropriation                    $ 1,148,934,000 $1,158,692,000
  2.16  The appropriations in this section are 
  2.17  from the trunk highway fund, except 
  2.18  when another fund is named. 
  2.19                Summary by Fund
  2.20  General              12,646,000    12,646,000
  2.21  Airports             15,950,000    16,350,000
  2.22  C.S.A.H.            285,642,000   293,068,000
  2.23  M.S.A.S.             87,078,000    89,240,000
  2.24  Trunk Highway       747,618,000   747,388,000
  2.25  The amounts that may be spent from this 
  2.26  appropriation for each program are 
  2.27  specified in the following subdivisions.
  2.28  Subd. 2.  Aeronautics                 15,880,000     16,280,000
  2.29  This appropriation is from the state 
  2.30  airports fund.  
  2.31  The amounts that may be spent from this 
  2.32  appropriation for each activity are as 
  2.33  follows:  
  2.34  (a) Airport Development and Assistance 
  2.35      11,349,000     11,748,000
  2.36  $2,146,000 the first year and 
  2.37  $2,146,000 the second year are for 
  2.38  navigational aids.  
  2.39  $6,800,000 the first year and 
  2.40  $7,200,000 the second year are for 
  2.41  airport construction grants.  
  2.42  $2,300,000 the first year and 
  2.43  $2,300,000 the second year are for 
  2.44  airport maintenance grants. 
  2.45  If the appropriation for either year 
  3.1   for navigational aids, airport 
  3.2   construction grants, or airport 
  3.3   maintenance grants is insufficient, the 
  3.4   appropriation for the other year is 
  3.5   available for it.  The appropriations 
  3.6   for construction grants and maintenance 
  3.7   grants must be expended only for 
  3.8   grant-in-aid programs for airports that 
  3.9   are not state owned. 
  3.10  These appropriations must be expended 
  3.11  in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, 
  3.12  section 360.305, subdivision 4. 
  3.13  The commissioner of transportation may 
  3.14  transfer unencumbered balances among 
  3.15  the appropriations for airport 
  3.16  development and assistance with the 
  3.17  approval of the governor after 
  3.18  consultation with the legislative 
  3.19  advisory commission.  
  3.20  $12,000 the first year and $12,000 the 
  3.21  second year are for maintenance of the 
  3.22  Pine Creek Airport.  
  3.23  $91,000 the first year and $90,000 the 
  3.24  second year are for air service grants. 
  3.25  (b) Aviation Support 
  3.26       4,470,000      4,471,000
  3.27  $65,000 the first year and $65,000 the 
  3.28  second year are for the civil air 
  3.29  patrol. 
  3.30  $15,000 the first year and $15,000 the 
  3.31  second year are for the advisory 
  3.32  council on metropolitan airport 
  3.33  planning.  The commissioner of 
  3.34  transportation shall transfer these 
  3.35  funds to the legislative coordinating 
  3.36  commission by July 15 of each year. 
  3.37  (c) Air Transportation Services 
  3.38          61,000         61,000
  3.39  Subd. 3.  Transit                    12,510,000     12,510,000
  3.40                Summary by Fund
  3.41  General              12,222,000     12,222,000
  3.42  Trunk Highway           288,000        288,000
  3.43  The amounts that may be spent from this 
  3.44  appropriation for each activity are as 
  3.45  follows:  
  3.46  (a) Greater Minnesota Transit
  3.47  Assistance 
  3.48      11,774,000    11,774,000
  3.49  This appropriation is from the general 
  3.50  fund.  
  3.51  (b) Transit Administration   
  4.1          736,000       736,000
  4.2                 Summary by Fund
  4.3   General                 448,000       448,000
  4.4   Trunk Highway           288,000       288,000 
  4.5   Subd. 4.  Railroads and Waterways  
  4.6        1,181,000      1,181,000
  4.7                 Summary by Fund
  4.8   General                 242,000       242,000
  4.9   Trunk Highway           939,000       939,000 
  4.10  Subd. 5.  Motor Carrier Regulation
  4.11       2,266,000      2,267,000
  4.12                Summary by Fund
  4.13  General                 107,000       107,000
  4.14  Trunk Highway         2,159,000     2,160,000
  4.15  Subd. 6.  Local Roads        
  4.16     372,720,000    382,308,000
  4.17                Summary by Fund
  4.18  C.S.A.H.            285,642,000   293,068,000
  4.19  M.S.A.S.             87,078,000    89,240,000
  4.20  The amounts that may be spent from this 
  4.21  appropriation for each activity are as 
  4.22  follows:  
  4.23  (a) County State Aids 
  4.24     285,642,000    293,068,000
  4.25  This appropriation is from the county 
  4.26  state-aid highway fund and is available 
  4.27  until spent.  
  4.28  (b) Municipal State Aids 
  4.29      87,078,000     89,240,000
  4.30  This appropriation is from the 
  4.31  municipal state-aid street fund and is 
  4.32  available until spent.  
  4.33  If an appropriation for either county 
  4.34  state aids or municipal state aids does 
  4.35  not exhaust the balance in the fund 
  4.36  from which it is made in the year for 
  4.37  which it is made, the commissioner of 
  4.38  finance, upon request of the 
  4.39  commissioner of transportation, shall 
  4.40  notify the committee on finance of the 
  4.41  senate and the committee on ways and 
  4.42  means of the house of representatives 
  4.43  of the amount of the remainder and 
  4.44  shall then add that amount to the 
  4.45  appropriation.  The amount added is 
  5.1   appropriated for the purposes of county 
  5.2   state aids or municipal state aids, as 
  5.3   appropriate.  
  5.4   (c) State Aid Technical Assistance 
  5.5        5,705,000      5,852,000
  5.6                 Summary by Fund
  5.7   C.S.A.H.              4,373,000     4,486,000
  5.8   M.S.A.S.              1,333,000     1,366,000
  5.9   Subd. 7.  State Road Construction    516,960,000    515,986,000
  5.10                Summary by Fund
  5.11  Trunk Highway       516,935,000   515,961,000 
  5.12  General                  25,000        25,000
  5.13  The amounts that may be spent from this 
  5.14  appropriation for each activity are as 
  5.15  follows:  
  5.16  (a) State Road Construction 
  5.17     376,463,000    377,763,000
  5.18  It is estimated that the appropriation 
  5.19  from the trunk highway fund will be 
  5.20  funded as follows:  
  5.21  Federal Highway Aid 
  5.22     205,000,000    205,000,000
  5.23  Highway User Taxes 
  5.24     171,464,000    172,763,000
  5.25  The commissioner of transportation 
  5.26  shall notify the chair of the committee 
  5.27  on finance of the senate and chair of 
  5.28  the committee on ways and means of the 
  5.29  house of representatives quarterly in 
  5.30  the event the estimates change.  
  5.31  This appropriation is for the actual 
  5.32  construction, reconstruction, and 
  5.33  improvement of trunk highways.  This 
  5.34  includes the cost of actual payment to 
  5.35  landowners for lands acquired for 
  5.36  highway right-of-way, payment to 
  5.37  lessees, interest subsidies, and 
  5.38  relocation expenses.  
  5.39  (b) Highway Debt Service 
  5.40       21,728,000     19,602,000
  5.41  $11,948,000 the first year and 
  5.42  $7,641,000 the second year are for 
  5.43  transfer to the state bond fund. 
  5.44  If this appropriation is insufficient 
  5.45  to make all transfers required in the 
  5.46  year for which it is made, the 
  5.47  commissioner of finance shall notify 
  5.48  the committee on finance of the senate 
  6.1   and the committee on ways and means of 
  6.2   the house of representatives of the 
  6.3   amount of the deficiency and shall then 
  6.4   transfer that amount under the 
  6.5   statutory open appropriation.  
  6.6   Any excess appropriation must be 
  6.7   canceled to the trunk highway fund. 
  6.8   (c) Research and Investment Management 
  6.9       10,388,000     10,390,000
  6.10  $243,000 the first year and $243,000 
  6.11  the second year are available for 
  6.12  grants for transportation studies 
  6.13  outside the metropolitan area for 
  6.14  transportation studies to identify 
  6.15  critical concerns, problems, and 
  6.16  issues.  These grants are available to 
  6.17  (1) regional development commissions, 
  6.18  and (2) in regions where no regional 
  6.19  development commission is functioning, 
  6.20  joint-powers boards established under 
  6.21  agreement of two or more political 
  6.22  subdivisions in the region to exercise 
  6.23  the planning functions of a regional 
  6.24  development commission. 
  6.25  $180,000 the first year and $180,000 
  6.26  the second year are available for 
  6.27  grants to metropolitan planning 
  6.28  organizations outside the seven-county 
  6.29  metropolitan area. 
  6.30  $75,000 the first year and $75,000 the 
  6.31  second year are for a transportation 
  6.32  research contingent account to finance 
  6.33  research projects that are reimbursable 
  6.34  from the federal government or from 
  6.35  other sources.  If the appropriation 
  6.36  for either year is insufficient, the 
  6.37  appropriation for the other year is 
  6.38  available for it. 
  6.39  (d) Design Engineering
  6.40      52,981,000     52,981,000
  6.41  Of these appropriations, $2,304,000 the 
  6.42  first year and $2,304,000 the second 
  6.43  year are for equipment.  If the 
  6.44  appropriation for either year is 
  6.45  insufficient, the appropriation for the 
  6.46  other year is available for it. 
  6.47                Summary by Fund
  6.48  General                  25,000        25,000
  6.49  Trunk Highway        52,956,000    52,956,000
  6.50  (e) Construction Engineering
  6.51      55,400,000     55,250,000
  6.52  Subd. 8.  State Road Operations      192,412,000    192,775,000
  6.53                Summary by Fund
  6.54  Trunk Highway       192,403,000   192,766,000
  7.1   General                   9,000         9,000
  7.2   (a) State Road Operations
  7.3          188,244,000    188,607,000
  7.4   $14,018,000 the first year and 
  7.5   $14,006,000 the second year are for 
  7.6   equipment.  If the appropriation for 
  7.7   either year is insufficient, the 
  7.8   appropriation for the other year is 
  7.9   available for it. 
  7.10  (b) Electronic Communications
  7.11           4,159,000      4,159,000
  7.12                Summary by Fund
  7.13  General                   9,000         9,000
  7.14  Trunk Highway         4,168,000     4,168,000
  7.15  $9,000 the first year and $9,000 the 
  7.16  second year are for equipment and 
  7.17  operation of the Roosevelt signal tower 
  7.18  for Lake of the Woods weather 
  7.19  broadcasting. 
  7.20  Subd. 9.  General Administration      35,005,000     35,385,000
  7.21                Summary by Fund
  7.22  General                  41,000        41,000
  7.23  Airports                 70,000        70,000 
  7.24  Trunk Highway        34,894,000    35,274,000
  7.25  The amounts that may be spent from this 
  7.26  appropriation for each activity are as 
  7.27  follows:  
  7.28  (a) General Management       
  7.29      22,593,000     22,899,000
  7.30  (b) General Services 
  7.31      12,412,000     12,486,000
  7.32                Summary by Fund
  7.33  General                  41,000        41,000
  7.34  Airports                 70,000        70,000 
  7.35  Trunk Highway        12,301,000    12,375,000 
  7.36  $3,500,000 the first year and 
  7.37  $3,500,000 the second year are for data 
  7.38  processing development.  If the 
  7.39  appropriation for either year is 
  7.40  insufficient, the appropriation for the 
  7.41  other year is available for it. 
  7.42  The commissioner of transportation 
  7.43  shall manage the department of 
  7.44  transportation in such a manner as to 
  7.45  provide seasonal employees of the 
  7.46  department with the maximum feasible 
  8.1   amount of employment security 
  8.2   consistent with the efficient delivery 
  8.3   of department programs. 
  8.4   Subd. 10.  Transfers
  8.5   The commissioner of transportation with 
  8.6   the approval of the commissioner of 
  8.7   finance may transfer unencumbered 
  8.8   balances among the appropriations from 
  8.9   the trunk highway fund and the state 
  8.10  airports fund made in this section.  No 
  8.11  transfer may be made from the 
  8.12  appropriation for trunk highway 
  8.13  development.  No transfer may be made 
  8.14  from the appropriations for debt 
  8.15  service to any other appropriation.  
  8.16  Transfers may not be made between funds.
  8.17  Transfers must be reported immediately 
  8.18  to the committee on finance of the 
  8.19  senate and the committee on ways and 
  8.20  means of the house of representatives.  
  8.21  Subd. 11.  Contingent Appropriation
  8.22  The commissioner of transportation, 
  8.23  with the approval of the governor after 
  8.24  consultation with the legislative 
  8.25  advisory commission, may transfer all 
  8.26  or part of the unappropriated balance 
  8.27  in the trunk highway fund to an 
  8.28  appropriation for trunk highway design, 
  8.29  construction, or inspection in order to 
  8.30  take advantage of an unanticipated 
  8.31  receipt of income to the trunk highway 
  8.32  fund, or to trunk highway maintenance 
  8.33  in order to meet an emergency, or to 
  8.34  pay tort or environmental claims.  The 
  8.35  amount transferred is appropriated for 
  8.36  the purpose of the account to which it 
  8.37  is transferred. 
  8.38  Sec. 3.  METROPOLITAN COUNCIL       
  8.39  TRANSIT                               44,542,000     44,542,000
  8.40  Sec. 4.  TRANSPORTATION 
  8.41  REGULATION BOARD                         605,000        -0-  
  8.42  This appropriation is from the trunk 
  8.43  highway fund. 
  8.44  Sec. 5.  PUBLIC SAFETY
  8.45  Subdivision 1.  Total 
  8.46  Appropriation                        111,115,000    110,016,000
  8.47                Summary by Fund
  8.48                          1996          1997
  8.49  General              34,956,000    33,738,000
  8.50  Highway User         11,355,000    11,364,000 
  8.51  Special Revenue       1,394,000     1,432,000 
  8.52  Trunk Highway        65,838,000    65,908,000 
  8.53  Environmental            40,000        40,000 
  8.54  Transfers to Other 
  9.1   Direct               (2,468,000)   (2,466,000)
  9.2   The amounts that may be spent from this 
  9.3   appropriation for each program are 
  9.4   specified in the following subdivisions.
  9.5   Subd. 2.  Administration and 
  9.6   Related Services 
  9.7        7,172,000      7,096,000
  9.8                 Summary by Fund
  9.9   General               1,958,000     1,973,000
  9.10  Highway User             19,000        19,000 
  9.11  Trunk Highway         5,195,000     5,104,000 
  9.12  $326,000 the first year and $326,000 
  9.13  the second year are for payment of 
  9.14  public safety officer survivor benefits 
  9.15  under Minnesota Statutes, section 
  9.16  299A.44.  If the appropriation for 
  9.17  either year is insufficient, the 
  9.18  appropriation for the other year is 
  9.19  available for it. 
  9.20  $1,160,000 from the general fund and 
  9.21  $677,000 from the trunk highway fund in 
  9.22  the first year and $1,450,000 from the 
  9.23  general fund and $568,000 from the 
  9.24  trunk highway fund in the second year 
  9.25  are for the criminal justice data 
  9.26  communications network. 
  9.27  $171,000 from the trunk highway fund in 
  9.28  the first year and $172,000 from the 
  9.29  trunk highway fund in the second year 
  9.30  are for diversity, safety, and training 
  9.31  programs. 
  9.32  Subd. 3.  Emergency Management 
  9.33       2,820,000      2,085,000 
  9.34                Summary by Fund
  9.35  General                 2,780,000     2,045,000
  9.36  Environmental              40,000        40,000
  9.37  $719,000 the first year is for flood 
  9.38  relief payments for hazard mitigation 
  9.39  projects related to the 1993 flood.  
  9.40  This appropriation is available until 
  9.41  spent.  
  9.42  Subd. 4.  Criminal Apprehension 
  9.43      16,663,000     16,176,000
  9.44                Summary by Fund
  9.45  General              14,691,000    14,188,000
  9.46  Special Revenue         484,000       498,000
  9.47  Trunk Highway         1,488,000     1,490,000
  9.48  $200,000 the first year and $200,000 
 10.1   the second year are for use by the 
 10.2   bureau of criminal apprehension for the 
 10.3   purpose of investigating 
 10.4   cross-jurisdictional criminal 
 10.5   activity.  Any unencumbered balance 
 10.6   remaining in the first year does not 
 10.7   cancel but is available for the second 
 10.8   year of the biennium.  
 10.9   $387,000 the first year and $398,000 
 10.10  the second year from the bureau of 
 10.11  criminal apprehension account in the 
 10.12  special revenue fund are for laboratory 
 10.13  activities. 
 10.14  $97,000 the first year and $100,000 the 
 10.15  second year from the bureau of criminal 
 10.16  apprehension account in the special 
 10.17  revenue fund are for grants to local 
 10.18  officials for the cooperative 
 10.19  investigation of cross-jurisdictional 
 10.20  criminal activity.  Any unencumbered 
 10.21  balance remaining in the first year 
 10.22  does not cancel but is available for 
 10.23  the second year. 
 10.24  $500,000 from the trunk highway fund in 
 10.25  the first year and $500,000 from the 
 10.26  trunk highway fund in the second year 
 10.27  are for replacing intoxilyzers for DWI 
 10.28  testing. 
 10.29  $1,151,000 the first year and $610,000 
 10.30  the second year are for improvements to 
 10.31  the BCA laboratory and for adding five 
 10.32  forensic scientists. 
 10.33  Subd. 5.  Fire Marshal 
 10.34       2,668,000      2,668,000
 10.35  $100,000 the first year and $100,000 
 10.36  the second year are for adding two 
 10.37  arson investigators.  
 10.38  An increase of $82,000 in the first 
 10.39  year and an increase of $82,000 in the 
 10.40  second year are to be transferred from 
 10.41  the state government special revenue 
 10.42  fund to the general fund by the 
 10.43  department of health to reimburse the 
 10.44  general fund for increased costs of 
 10.45  fire safety inspections performed by 
 10.46  the state fire marshal. 
 10.47  Subd. 6.  State Patrol 
 10.48      43,682,000     43,835,000 
 10.49                Summary by Fund
 10.50  General                 406,000       406,000
 10.51  Highway User             60,000        60,000
 10.52  Trunk Highway        43,216,000    43,369,000
 10.53  During the biennium ending June 30, 
 10.54  1997, no more than five positions, 
 10.55  excluding the chief patrol officer, in 
 10.56  the state patrol support activity may 
 11.1   be filled by state troopers. 
 11.2   During the biennium ending June 30, 
 11.3   1997, the commissioner may purchase 
 11.4   other motor fuel when gasohol is not 
 11.5   available for the operation of state 
 11.6   patrol vehicles. 
 11.7   $654,000 from the trunk highway fund in 
 11.8   the first year and $802,000 from the 
 11.9   trunk highway fund in the second year 
 11.10  are to staff the Moorhead scale and 
 11.11  maintain the state patrol trooper count 
 11.12  of 535 full-time employees.  
 11.13  $20,000 from the trunk highway fund in 
 11.14  the first year and $20,000 from the 
 11.15  trunk highway fund in the second year 
 11.16  are for the school bus safety program. 
 11.17  Subd. 7.  Capitol Security 
 11.18       1,436,000      1,436,000
 11.19  Subd. 8.  Driver and Vehicle Services 
 11.20      29,446,000     29,460,000
 11.21                Summary by Fund
 11.22  General               3,511,000     3,512,000
 11.23  Highway User         10,121,000    10,128,000 
 11.24  Trunk Highway        15,756,000    15,761,000 
 11.25  Special Revenue          58,000        59,000 
 11.26  The appropriation from the special 
 11.27  revenue fund is from the bicycle 
 11.28  transportation account. 
 11.29  Subd. 9.  Liquor Control 
 11.30         639,000        641,000
 11.31  Subd. 10.  Gambling Enforcement
 11.32       1,137,000      1,140,000
 11.33  Subd. 11.  Traffic Safety    
 11.34         244,000        245,000
 11.35                Summary by Fund
 11.36  General                  61,000        61,000
 11.37  Trunk Highway           183,000       184,000
 11.38  Subd. 12.  Drug Policy and       
 11.39  Violence Prevention 
 11.40       2,202,000      2,203,000
 11.41  Subd. 13.  Pipeline Safety 
 11.42         852,000        875,000
 11.43  This appropriation is from the pipeline 
 11.44  safety account in the special revenue 
 12.1   fund. 
 12.2   Subd. 14.  Crime Victims Services 
 12.3        2,037,000      2,038,000
 12.4   Notwithstanding any other law to the 
 12.5   contrary, the crime victims reparations 
 12.6   board shall, to the extent possible, 
 12.7   distribute the appropriation in equal 
 12.8   monthly increments. 
 12.9   In no case shall the total awards 
 12.10  exceed the appropriation made in this 
 12.11  subdivision. 
 12.12  Subd. 15.  Crime Victims Ombudsman 
 12.13         117,000        118,000
 12.14  Subd. 16.  Transfers 
 12.15  The commissioner of public safety may 
 12.16  transfer unencumbered balances among 
 12.17  the programs specified in this section 
 12.18  after getting the approval of the 
 12.19  commissioner of finance.  The 
 12.20  commissioner of finance shall not 
 12.21  approve a transfer unless the 
 12.22  commissioner believes that it will 
 12.23  carry out the intent of the 
 12.24  legislature.  The transfer must be 
 12.25  reported immediately to the committee 
 12.26  on finance of the senate and the house 
 12.27  of representatives ways and means 
 12.28  committee. 
 12.29  Subd. 17.  Reimbursements 
 12.30  (a) $1,313,000 the first year and 
 12.31  $1,309,000 the second year are 
 12.32  appropriated from the general fund for 
 12.33  transfer by the commissioner of finance 
 12.34  to the trunk highway fund on January 1, 
 12.35  1996, and January 1, 1997, 
 12.36  respectively, in order to reimburse the 
 12.37  trunk highway fund for expenses not 
 12.38  related to the fund.  These represent 
 12.39  amounts appropriated out of the trunk 
 12.40  highway fund for general fund purposes 
 12.41  in the administration and related 
 12.42  services program.  
 12.43  (b) $439,000 the first year and 
 12.44  $441,000 the second year are 
 12.45  appropriated from the highway user tax 
 12.46  distribution fund for transfer by the 
 12.47  commissioner of finance to the trunk 
 12.48  highway fund on January 1, 1996, and 
 12.49  January 1, 1997, respectively, in order 
 12.50  to reimburse the trunk highway fund for 
 12.51  expenses not related to the fund.  
 12.52  These represent amounts appropriated 
 12.53  out of the trunk highway fund for 
 12.54  highway user fund purposes in the 
 12.55  administration and related services 
 12.56  program. 
 12.57  (c) $716,000 the first year and 
 12.58  $716,000 the second year are 
 12.59  appropriated from the highway user tax 
 13.1   distribution fund for transfer by the 
 13.2   commissioner of finance to the general 
 13.3   fund on January 1, 1996, and January 1, 
 13.4   1997, respectively, in order to 
 13.5   reimburse the general fund for expenses 
 13.6   not related to the fund.  These 
 13.7   represent amounts appropriated out of 
 13.8   the general fund for operation of the 
 13.9   criminal justice data network related 
 13.10  to driver and motor vehicle licensing. 
 13.11  Sec. 6.  MINNESOTA SAFETY  
 13.12  COUNCIL                                   67,000         67,000
 13.13  This appropriation is from the trunk 
 13.14  highway fund. 
 13.15  Sec. 7.  GENERAL CONTINGENT 
 13.16  ACCOUNTS                                 375,000        375,000
 13.17  The appropriations in this section may 
 13.18  only be spent with the approval of the 
 13.19  governor after consultation with the 
 13.20  legislative advisory commission 
 13.21  pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 
 13.22  3.30. 
 13.23  If an appropriation in this section for 
 13.24  either year is insufficient, the 
 13.25  appropriation for the other year is 
 13.26  available for it.  
 13.27                Summary by Fund
 13.28  Trunk Highway           200,000       200,000
 13.29  Highway User Tax
 13.30  Distribution            125,000       125,000
 13.31  State Airports           50,000        50,000
 13.32  Sec. 8.  TORT CLAIMS                     600,000        600,000
 13.33  To be spent by the commissioner of 
 13.34  finance.  
 13.35  This appropriation is from the trunk 
 13.36  highway fund. 
 13.37  If the appropriation for either year is 
 13.38  insufficient, the appropriation for the 
 13.39  other year is available for it. 
 13.40  Sec. 9.  UNCODIFIED LANGUAGE 
 13.41  All uncodified language contained in 
 13.42  sections 1 to 8 expires on June 30, 
 13.43  1997, unless a different expiration is 
 13.44  explicit. 
 13.45     Sec. 10.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 3.732, 
 13.46  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 13.47     Subdivision 1.  [DEFINITIONS.] As used in this section and 
 13.48  section 3.736 the terms defined in this section have the 
 13.49  meanings given them. 
 13.50     (1) "State" includes each of the departments, boards, 
 14.1   agencies, commissions, courts, and officers in the executive, 
 14.2   legislative, and judicial branches of the state of Minnesota and 
 14.3   includes but is not limited to the housing finance agency, the 
 14.4   higher education coordinating board, the higher education 
 14.5   facilities authority, the health technology advisory committee, 
 14.6   the armory building commission, the zoological board, the iron 
 14.7   range resources and rehabilitation board, the state agricultural 
 14.8   society, the University of Minnesota, state universities, 
 14.9   community colleges, state hospitals, and state penal 
 14.10  institutions.  It does not include a city, town, county, school 
 14.11  district, or other local governmental body corporate and politic.
 14.12     (2) "Employee of the state" means all present or former 
 14.13  officers, members, directors, or employees of the state, members 
 14.14  of the Minnesota national guard, members of a bomb disposal unit 
 14.15  approved by the commissioner of public safety and employed by a 
 14.16  municipality defined in section 466.01 when engaged in the 
 14.17  disposal or neutralization of bombs or other similar hazardous 
 14.18  explosives, as defined in section 299F.70, outside the 
 14.19  jurisdiction of the municipality but within the state, or 
 14.20  persons acting on behalf of the state in an official capacity, 
 14.21  temporarily or permanently, with or without compensation.  It 
 14.22  does not include either an independent contractor or members of 
 14.23  the Minnesota national guard while engaged in training or duty 
 14.24  under United States Code, title 10, or title 32, section 316, 
 14.25  502, 503, 504, or 505, as amended through December 31, 1983.  
 14.26  Notwithstanding sections 43A.02 and 611.263, for purposes of 
 14.27  this section and section 3.736 only, "employee of the state" 
 14.28  includes a district public defender or assistant district public 
 14.29  defender in the second or fourth judicial district and a member 
 14.30  of the health technology advisory committee. 
 14.31     (3) "Scope of office or employment" means that the employee 
 14.32  was acting on behalf of the state in the performance of duties 
 14.33  or tasks lawfully assigned by competent authority. 
 14.34     (4) "Judicial branch" has the meaning given in section 
 14.35  43A.02, subdivision 25. 
 14.36     Sec. 11.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 171.20, 
 15.1   subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
 15.2      Subd. 4.  [REINSTATEMENT FEE.] A person whose driver's 
 15.3   license has been suspended under section 171.16, subdivision 2,; 
 15.4   171.18, except subdivision 1, clause (10); or 171.182, or who 
 15.5   has been disqualified from holding a commercial driver's license 
 15.6   under section 171.165, must pay a $20 fee before the license is 
 15.7   reinstated.  A suspension may be rescinded without fee for good 
 15.8   cause. 
 15.9      Sec. 12.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 176.192, is 
 15.10  amended to read: 
 15.11     176.192 [BOMB DISPOSAL UNIT EMPLOYEES.] 
 15.12     For purposes of this chapter, a member of a bomb disposal 
 15.13  unit approved by the commissioner of public safety and employed 
 15.14  by a municipality defined in section 466.01, is considered a 
 15.15  state an employee of the department of public safety solely for 
 15.16  the purposes of this chapter when disposing of or neutralizing 
 15.17  bombs or other similar hazardous explosives, as defined in 
 15.18  section 299F.70, for another municipality or otherwise outside 
 15.19  the jurisdiction of the employer-municipality but within the 
 15.20  state. 
 15.21     Sec. 13.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 299A.51, 
 15.22  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 15.23     Subd. 2.  [WORKERS' COMPENSATION.] During operations 
 15.24  authorized under section 299A.50, members of a regional 
 15.25  hazardous materials response team operating outside their 
 15.26  geographic jurisdiction are considered state employees of the 
 15.27  department of public safety for purposes of chapter 176. 
 15.28     Sec. 14.  [299F.70] [BOMB DISPOSAL EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT.] 
 15.29     Subdivision 1. [DEFINITIONS.] The terms used in this 
 15.30  section have the meanings given them in this subdivision: 
 15.31     (a) "Bomb disposal unit" means a commissioner-approved unit 
 15.32  consisting of persons who are trained and equipped to dispose of 
 15.33  or neutralize bombs or other similar hazardous explosives and 
 15.34  who are employed by a municipality. 
 15.35     (b) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of public safety. 
 15.36     (c) "Municipality" has the meaning given it in section 
 16.1   466.01. 
 16.2      (d) "Hazardous explosives" means explosives as defined in 
 16.3   section 299F.72, subdivision 2, explosive devices and incendiary 
 16.4   devices as defined in section 609.668, subdivision 1, and all 
 16.5   materials subject to regulation under United States Code, title 
 16.6   18, chapter 40. 
 16.7      Subd. 2.  [EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT.] The commissioner may 
 16.8   reimburse bomb disposal units for reasonable expenses incurred 
 16.9   to dispose of or neutralize bombs or other similar hazardous 
 16.10  explosives for another municipality outside the jurisdiction of 
 16.11  the employer-municipality but within the state.  Reimbursement 
 16.12  is limited to the extent of appropriated funds. 
 16.13     Subd. 3.  [AGREEMENTS.] The commissioner may enter into 
 16.14  contracts or agreements with bomb disposal units to implement 
 16.15  and administer this section.