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         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.1"></a><var>1.1</var>A bill for an act<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>relating to transportation; establishing pilot program for providing discount <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>metropolitan transit passes to charitable organizations; requiring report.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. <b>DISCOUNT TRANSIT PASSES PILOT PROGRAM.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>The Metropolitan Council shall establish a pilot program and policies to sell transit <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>fare media at a 50 percent discount to eligible charitable organizations for use by homeless <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>individuals. For the purposes of this section, "eligible charitable organization" means a <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>charitable organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code that <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>provides services for homeless individuals, and "homeless individuals" means homeless <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>individuals or persons as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 116L.361, subdivision 5. <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>The pilot program is limited to no more than ten charitable organizations and terminates <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>March 15, 2011.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.2.0"></a><a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 2. <b>REPORT.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>By January 15, 2011, the chair of the Metropolitan Council shall prepare and <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>submit a report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the senate and house of <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>representatives committees having jurisdiction over transportation. The chair shall prepare <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>and submit the report with existing agency staff and resources. The report on the pilot <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>program must include a list of sales made under this section, including organization name <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>and the volume of fare media purchased, the costs of providing the discounted service, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>revenue impacts on the council's transit system.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.3.0"></a><a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 3. <b>APPLICATION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>Sections 1 and 2 apply in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>Scott, and Washington.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.4.0"></a><a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 4. <b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>Sections 1 and 2 are effective September 1, 2009.<br />
         		
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