Minnesota Legislature
HF 1140
1st Unofficial Engrossment - 87th Legislature (2011 - 2012) Posted on 04/04/2011 03:16pm
KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.
1.2relating to transportation; appropriating money for transportation, Metropolitan
1.3Council, and public safety activities and programs; providing for fund transfers,
1.4contingent appropriations, and tort claims; creating trunk highway economic
1.5development account; modifying provisions for distribution of town road
1.6account; modifying provisions for plates for physically disabled persons;
1.7expanding eligibility for Gold Star license plates; adjusting and clarifying driver's
1.8license fees; extending coverage of certain permit; allowing driver and vehicle
1.9transaction applicants to add $2 donation for anatomical gift program; creating
1.10anatomical gift account; extending expiration date for collection of technology
1.11surcharge; requiring reports;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections
1.1216A.11, subdivision 3a; 16A.86, subdivision 3a; 161.04, by adding a subdivision;
1.13162.06, subdivision 1; 162.081, subdivision 4; 162.12, subdivision 1; 168.013,
1.14subdivision 21; 168.021; 168.12, subdivision 5; 168.1253, subdivision 1;
1.15168.33, subdivision 7; 168A.29, subdivision 1; 169.345, subdivisions 1, 3;
1.16169.86, subdivision 5; 171.06, subdivision 2; 174.93; 299A.705, subdivision 3;
1.17473.388, subdivision 4; Laws 2009, chapter 36, article 1, section 3, subdivision
1.183; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 171.
1.19BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.23The amounts shown in this section summarize direct appropriations, by fund, made
1.24in this article.
2.5The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to
2.6the agencies and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from
2.7the trunk highway fund, or another named fund, and are available for the fiscal years
2.8indicated for each purpose. The figures "2012" and "2013" used in this article mean that
2.9the appropriations listed under them are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012,
2.10or June 30, 2013, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2012. "The second year" is
2.11fiscal year 2013. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2012 and 2013. Appropriations for the
2.12fiscal year ending June 30, 2011, are effective the day following final enactment.
2.27The amounts that may be spent for each
2.28purpose are specified in the following
2.29subdivisions.
2.31(a) Aeronautics
2.33This appropriation is from the state
2.34airports fund and must be spent according
3.1to Minnesota Statutes, section 360.305,
3.2subdivision 4.
3.3Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section
3.416A.28, subdivision 6, this appropriation is
3.5available for five years after appropriation.
3.6If the appropriation for either year is
3.7insufficient, the appropriation for the other
3.8year is available for it.
3.9If the appropriation for either year does
3.10not exhaust the balance in the state airports
3.11fund, the commissioner of management and
3.12budget, upon request of the commissioner
3.13of transportation, shall notify the chairs and
3.14ranking minority members of the senate and
3.15house of representatives committees with
3.16jurisdiction over transportation finance of the
3.17amount of the remainder and shall then add
3.18that amount to the appropriation. The amount
3.19added is appropriated for the purpose of
3.20airport development and assistance and must
3.21be spent according to Minnesota Statutes,
3.22section 360.305, subdivision 4.
3.27$65,000 the first year and $65,000 the second
3.28year from the state airports fund are for the
3.29Civil Air Patrol.
3.34Of these appropriations from the general
3.35fund, $19,300 in each year is for the
4.1administrative expenses of the Minnesota
4.2Council on Transportation Access, and for
4.3other costs relating to the preparation of
4.4required reports, including the costs of hiring
4.5a consultant.
4.6Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes,
4.7section 297B.09, $4,000,000 the first
4.8year and $4,000,000 the second year
4.9must be transferred by the commissioner
4.10of management and budget from the
4.11metropolitan area transit account in the
4.12transit assistance fund to the greater
4.13Minnesota transit account in the transit
4.14assistance fund.
4.16This appropriation is from the general
4.17fund for passenger rail system planning,
4.18alternatives, analysis, environmental
4.19analysis, design, and preliminary engineering
4.20under Minnesota Statutes, sections 174.632
4.21to 174.636.
4.29Of these appropriations, $130,000 in each
4.30year is for administrative costs of the
4.31targeted group business program, if a law
4.32is enacted and effective in 2012 and 2013
4.33that establishes a targeted group business
5.1program for state highway construction
5.2contracts.
5.3$266,000 the first year and $266,000 the
5.4second year are available for grants to
5.5metropolitan planning organizations outside
5.6the seven-county metropolitan area.
5.7$75,000 the first year and $75,000 the
5.8second year are for a transportation research
5.9contingent account to finance research
5.10projects that are reimbursable from the
5.11federal government or from other sources.
5.12If the appropriation for either year is
5.13insufficient, the appropriation for the other
5.14year is available for it.
5.15$600,000 the first year and $600,000
5.16the second year are available for grants
5.17for transportation studies outside the
5.18metropolitan area to identify critical
5.19concerns, problems, and issues. These
5.20grants are available (1) to regional
5.21development commissions; (2) in regions
5.22where no regional development commission
5.23is functioning, to joint powers boards
5.24established under agreement of two or
5.25more political subdivisions in the region to
5.26exercise the planning functions of a regional
5.27development commission; and (3) in regions
5.28where no regional development commission
5.29or joint powers board is functioning, to the
5.30department's district office for that region.
5.32The base appropriation for fiscal years 2014
5.33and 2015 is $635,000,000 for each year.
5.34It is estimated that these appropriations will
5.35be funded as follows:
6.5The commissioner of transportation shall
6.6notify the chairs and ranking minority
6.7members of the senate and house of
6.8representatives committees with jurisdiction
6.9over transportation finance of any significant
6.10events that should cause these estimates to
6.11change.
6.12This appropriation is for the actual
6.13construction, reconstruction, and
6.14improvement of trunk highways, including
6.15design-build contracts and consultant usage
6.16to support these activities. This includes the
6.17cost of actual payment to landowners for
6.18lands acquired for highway rights-of-way,
6.19payment to lessees, interest subsidies, and
6.20relocation expenses.
6.21The commissioner may transfer up to
6.22$100,000,000 in the first year from the
6.23trunk highway fund to the trunk highway
6.24economic development account established
6.25under Minnesota Statutes, section 161.04,
6.26subdivision 6.
6.27The commissioner shall expend up to
6.28one-half of one percent of the federal
6.29appropriations under this paragraph as grants
6.30to opportunity industrialization centers and
6.31other nonprofit job training centers for
6.32job training programs related to highway
6.33construction.
7.1The commissioner may transfer up to
7.2$15,000,000 each year to the transportation
7.3revolving loan fund.
7.4The commissioner may receive money
7.5covering other shares of the cost of
7.6partnership projects. These receipts are
7.7appropriated to the commissioner for these
7.8projects.
7.10$123,876,000 the first year and $144,247,000
7.11the second year are for transfer to the state
7.12bond fund. If this appropriation is insufficient
7.13to make all transfers required in the year
7.14for which it is made, the commissioner of
7.15management and budget shall notify the
7.16Committee on Finance of the senate and
7.17the Committee on Ways and Means of the
7.18house of representatives of the amount of the
7.19deficiency and shall then transfer that amount
7.20under the statutory open appropriation. Any
7.21excess appropriation cancels to the trunk
7.22highway fund.
7.27The general fund appropriation is to equip
7.28and operate the Roosevelt signal tower for
7.29Lake of the Woods weather broadcasting.
7.32This appropriation is from the county
7.33state-aid highway fund and is available until
7.34spent.
8.2This appropriation is from the municipal
8.3state-aid street fund and is available until
8.4spent.
8.6If an appropriation for either county state
8.7aids or municipal state aids does not exhaust
8.8the balance in the fund from which it is
8.9made in the year for which it is made,
8.10the commissioner of management and
8.11budget, upon request of the commissioner
8.12of transportation, shall notify the chairs and
8.13ranking minority members of the senate and
8.14house of representatives committees with
8.15jurisdiction over transportation finance of the
8.16amount of the remainder and shall then add
8.17that amount to the appropriation. The amount
8.18added is appropriated for the purposes of
8.19county state aids or municipal state aids, as
8.20appropriate.
8.21If the appropriation for either county state
8.22aids or municipal state aids does exhaust
8.23the balance in the fund from which it is
8.24made in the year for which it is made,
8.25the commissioner of management and
8.26budget shall notify the chairs and ranking
8.27minority members of the senate and house of
8.28representatives committees with jurisdiction
8.29over transportation finance of the amount by
8.30which the appropriation exceeds the balance
8.31and shall then reduce that amount from the
8.32appropriation.
9.8If the appropriation for either year is
9.9insufficient, the appropriation for the other
9.10year is available for it.
9.12(a) With the approval of the commissioner of
9.13management and budget, the commissioner
9.14of transportation may transfer unencumbered
9.15balances among the appropriations from the
9.16trunk highway fund and the state airports
9.17fund made in this section. No transfer may
9.18be made from the appropriation for state
9.19road construction. No transfer may be made
9.20from the appropriations for debt service to
9.21any other appropriation. Transfers under
9.22this paragraph may not be made between
9.23funds. Transfers between programs must
9.24be reported immediately to the chairs and
9.25ranking minority members of the senate and
9.26house of representatives committees with
9.27jurisdiction over transportation finance.
9.28(b) The commissioner shall transfer from
9.29the flexible highway account in the county
9.30state-aid highway fund (1) $1,000,000 in the
9.31first year to the municipal turnback account
9.32in the municipal state-aid street fund; (2)
9.33$1,900,000 in the first year to the trunk
9.34highway fund; and (3) the remainder in
9.35each year to the county turnback account
10.1in the county state-aid highway fund. The
10.2funds transferred are for highway turnback
10.3purposes as provided under Minnesota
10.4Statutes, section 161.081, subdivision 3.
10.7Any money appropriated to the commissioner
10.8of transportation for state road construction
10.9for any fiscal year before fiscal year
10.102012 is available to the commissioner
10.11during the biennium to the extent that the
10.12commissioner spends the money on the
10.13state road construction project for which the
10.14money was originally encumbered during
10.15the fiscal year for which it was appropriated.
10.16The commissioner of transportation shall
10.17report to the commissioner of management
10.18and budget by August 1, 2011, and August
10.191, 2012, on a form the commissioner of
10.20management and budget provides, on
10.21expenditures made during the previous fiscal
10.22year that are authorized by this subdivision.
10.24The commissioner of transportation, with
10.25the approval of the governor and the written
10.26approval of at least five members of a
10.27group consisting of the members of the
10.28Legislative Advisory Commission under
10.29Minnesota Statutes, section 3.30, and the
10.30ranking minority members of the house of
10.31representatives and senate committees with
10.32jurisdiction over transportation finance, may
10.33transfer all or part of the unappropriated
10.34balance in the trunk highway fund to an
10.35appropriation (1) for trunk highway design,
11.1construction, or inspection in order to
11.2take advantage of an unanticipated receipt
11.3of income to the trunk highway fund or
11.4to take advantage of federal advanced
11.5construction funding, (2) for trunk highway
11.6maintenance in order to meet an emergency,
11.7or (3) to pay tort or environmental claims.
11.8Nothing in this subdivision authorizes the
11.9commissioner to increase the use of federal
11.10advanced construction funding beyond
11.11amounts specifically authorized. Any
11.12transfer as a result of the use of federal
11.13advanced construction funding must include
11.14an analysis of the effects on the long-term
11.15trunk highway fund balance. The amount
11.16transferred is appropriated for the purpose of
11.17the account to which it is transferred.
11.19No transfer or expenditure of trunk highway
11.20funds may be made for the purpose of paying
11.21personnel costs incurred on behalf of the
11.22Governor's Office.
11.25The appropriations in this section are from
11.26the general fund.
11.27The amounts that may be spent for each
11.28purpose are specified in the following
11.29subdivisions.
11.31This appropriation is for bus system
11.32operations.
12.1Of this appropriation, $140,000 in each
12.2fiscal year is for transit service for disabled
12.3veterans under Minnesota Statutes, section
12.4473.408, subdivision 10.
12.5Of this appropriation, $80,700 in each
12.6year is for the administrative expenses of
12.7the Minnesota Council on Transportation
12.8Access, and for other costs relating to the
12.9preparation of required reports, including the
12.10costs of hiring a consultant.
12.11The council shall deploy the following
12.12strategies as necessary to avoid transit
12.13service reductions and route elimination, in
12.14the order stated:
12.15(1) use the maximum feasible amount of
12.16the council's reserve funds for bus transit
12.17operations in fiscal years 2012 and 2013; and
12.18(2) exercise the authority granted to the
12.19council in article 2, sections 29 and 30.
12.20The council may require service reductions or
12.21route eliminations only after both strategies
12.22have been fully deployed. The council may
12.23not increase fares unless both strategies have
12.24been fully deployed and service cuts have
12.25been made.
13.1The amounts that may be spent for each
13.2purpose are specified in the following
13.3subdivisions.
13.14$380,000 the first year and $380,000 the
13.15second year are appropriated from the general
13.16fund for payment of public safety officer
13.17survivor benefits under Minnesota Statutes,
13.18section 299A.44. If the appropriation for
13.19either year is insufficient, the appropriation
13.20for the other year is available for it.
13.21$1,367,000 the first year and $1,367,000
13.22the second year are appropriated from the
13.23general fund to be deposited in the public
13.24safety officer's benefit account. This money
13.25is available for reimbursements under
13.26Minnesota Statutes, section299A.465 .
13.27$508,000 the first year and $508,000 the
13.28second year are appropriated from the general
13.29fund for soft body armor reimbursements
13.30under Minnesota Statutes, section299A.38 .
13.31$792,000 the first year and $792,000
13.32the second year are appropriated from the
13.33general fund for transfer by the commissioner
13.34of finance to the trunk highway fund on
14.1December 31, 2011, and December 31, 2012,
14.2respectively, in order to reimburse the trunk
14.3highway fund for expenses not related to the
14.4fund. These represent amounts appropriated
14.5out of the trunk highway fund for general
14.6fund purposes in the administration and
14.7related services program.
14.8$610,000 the first year and $610,000 the
14.9second year are appropriated from the
14.10highway user tax distribution fund for
14.11transfer by the commissioner of management
14.12and budget to the trunk highway fund on
14.13December 31, 2011, and December 31, 2012,
14.14respectively, in order to reimburse the trunk
14.15highway fund for expenses not related to the
14.16fund. These represent amounts appropriated
14.17out of the trunk highway fund for highway
14.18user tax distribution fund purposes in the
14.19administration and related services program.
14.20$716,000 the first year and $716,000
14.21the second year are appropriated from
14.22the highway user tax distribution fund
14.23for transfer by the commissioner of
14.24management and budget to the general fund
14.25on December 31, 2011, and December 31,
14.262012, respectively, in order to reimburse the
14.27general fund for expenses not related to the
14.28fund. These represent amounts appropriated
14.29out of the general fund for operation of the
14.30criminal justice data network related to driver
14.31and motor vehicle licensing.
15.8This appropriation is from the trunk highway
15.9fund.
15.11This appropriation is from the general fund.
15.12The commissioner may not: (1) spend
15.13any money from the trunk highway fund
15.14for capitol security; or (2) permanently
15.15transfer any state trooper from the patrolling
15.16highways activity to capitol security.
15.17The commissioner may not transfer any
15.18money: (1) appropriated for Department of
15.19Public Safety administration, the patrolling of
15.20highways, commercial vehicle enforcement,
15.21or driver and vehicle services to capitol
15.22security; or (2) from capitol security.
15.24This appropriation is from the highway user
15.25tax distribution fund, and is to investigate:
15.26(1) registration tax and motor vehicle sales
15.27tax liabilities from individuals and businesses
15.28that currently do not pay all taxes owed;
15.29and (2) illegal or improper activity related
15.30to sale, transfer, titling, and registration of
15.31motor vehicles.
15.32By February 1, 2015, the commissioner shall
15.33submit a report to the house of representatives
16.1and senate committees having jurisdiction
16.2over transportation finance on the revenues
16.3generated by the Vehicle Crimes Unit. This
16.4report must be made available electronically
16.5and made available in print only upon
16.6request.
16.12The special revenue fund appropriation is
16.13from the vehicle services operating account.
16.18The special revenue fund appropriation is
16.19from the driver services operating account.
16.21The commissioner of public safety shall
16.22spend 50 percent of the money available
16.23to the state under Public Law 105-206,
16.24section 164, and the remaining 50 percent
16.25must be transferred to the commissioner
16.26of transportation for hazard elimination
16.27activities under United States Code, title 23,
16.28section 152.
16.30This appropriation is from the pipeline safety
16.31account in the special revenue fund.
17.1No transfer or expenditure of trunk highway
17.2funds may be made for the purpose of paying
17.3personnel costs incurred on behalf of the
17.4Governor's Office.
17.6This appropriation is to the commissioner of
17.7management and budget.
17.8If the appropriation for either year is
17.9insufficient, the appropriation for the other
17.10year is available for it.
17.11 Sec. 7. Laws 2009, chapter 36, article 1, section 3, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
17.14The base appropriation for fiscal years 2012
17.15and 2013 is $257,395,000 for each year.
17.18The base appropriation for fiscal years 2012
17.19and 2013 is $205,988,000 for each year.
17.20$266,000 the first year and $266,000 the
17.21second year are available for grants to
17.22metropolitan planning organizations outside
17.23the seven-county metropolitan area.
17.24$75,000 the first year and $75,000 the
17.25second year are for a transportation research
17.26contingent account to finance research
17.27projects that are reimbursable from the
17.28federal government or from other sources.
17.29If the appropriation for either year is
17.30insufficient, the appropriation for the other
17.31year is available for it.
18.1$600,000 the first year and $600,000
18.2the second year are available for grants
18.3for transportation studies outside the
18.4metropolitan area to identify critical
18.5concerns, problems, and issues. These
18.6grants are available (1) to regional
18.7development commissions; (2) in regions
18.8where no regional development commission
18.9is functioning, to joint powers boards
18.10established under agreement of two or
18.11more political subdivisions in the region to
18.12exercise the planning functions of a regional
18.13development commission; and (3) in regions
18.14where no regional development commission
18.15or joint powers board is functioning, to the
18.16department's district office for that region.
18.19The base appropriation for fiscal years 2012
18.20and 2013 is $635,000,000 for each year.
18.21It is estimated that these appropriations will
18.22be funded as follows:
18.27The commissioner of transportation shall
18.28notify the chairs and ranking minority
18.29members of the senate and house of
18.30representatives committees with jurisdiction
18.31over transportation finance of any significant
18.32events that should cause these estimates to
18.33change.
18.34This appropriation is for the actual
18.35construction, reconstruction, and
18.36improvement of trunk highways, including
19.1design-build contracts and consultant usage
19.2to support these activities. This includes the
19.3cost of actual payment to landowners for
19.4lands acquired for highway rights-of-way,
19.5payment to lessees, interest subsidies, and
19.6relocation expenses.
19.7The commissioner shall expend up to
19.8one-half of one percent of the federal
19.9appropriations under this paragraph as grants
19.10to opportunity industrialization centers and
19.11other nonprofit job training centers for
19.12job training programs related to highway
19.13construction.
19.14The commissioner may transfer up to
19.15$15,000,000 each year to the transportation
19.16revolving loan fund.
19.17The commissioner may receive money
19.18covering other shares of the cost of
19.19partnership projects. These receipts are
19.20appropriated to the commissioner for these
19.21projects.
19.23$86,517,000 the first year and $157,304,000
19.24the second year are for transfer to the state
19.25bond fund. If this appropriation is insufficient
19.26to make all transfers required in the year for
19.27which it is made, the commissioner of finance
19.28shall notify the Committee on Finance of
19.29the senate and the Committee on Ways and
19.30Means of the house of representatives of
19.31the amount of the deficiency and shall then
19.32transfer that amount under the statutory open
19.33appropriation. Any excess appropriation
19.34cancels to the trunk highway fund.
20.4The general fund appropriation is to equip
20.5and operate the Roosevelt signal tower for
20.6Lake of the Woods weather broadcasting.
20.7EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
20.10 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 16A.11, subdivision 3a, is amended to read:
20.11 Subd. 3a. Part three: detailed capital budget. The detailed capital budget must
20.12include recommendations for capital projects to be funded during the next six fiscal years
20.13and, if applicable, must meet the requirements under section 174.93, subdivision 1a. It
20.14must be submitted with projects recommended by the governor and in order of importance
20.15among that agency's requests as determined by the agency originating the request.
20.16 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 16A.86, subdivision 3a, is amended to read:
20.17 Subd. 3a. Information provided. All requests for state assistance under this section
20.18must include the following information:
20.19(1) the name of the political subdivision that will own the capital project for which
20.20state assistance is being requested;
20.21(2) the public purpose of the project;
20.22(3) the extent to which the political subdivision has or expects to provide local,
20.23private, user financing, or other nonstate funding for the project;
20.24(4) a list of the bondable activities that the project encompasses; examples of
20.25bondable activities are public improvements of a capital nature for land acquisition,
20.26predesign, design, construction, and furnishing and equipping for occupancy;
20.27(5) whether the project will require new or additional state operating subsidies;
20.28(6) whether the governing body of the political subdivision requesting the project
20.29has passed a resolution in support of the project and has established priorities for all
20.30projects within its jurisdiction for which bonding appropriations are requested when
20.31submitting multiple requests;and
20.32(7) if the project requires a predesign under section16B.335 , whether the predesign
20.33has been completed at the time the capital project request is submitted, and whether
21.1the political subdivision has submitted the project predesign to the commissioner of
21.2administration for review and approval; and
21.3(8) if applicable, the information required under section 174.93, subdivision 1a.
21.4 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 161.04, is amended by adding a subdivision
21.5to read:
21.6 Subd. 6. Trunk highway economic development account. (a) The trunk highway
21.7economic development account is created in the trunk highway fund. Money in the
21.8account is annually appropriated to the commissioner and does not lapse. Interest earned
21.9from investment of money in this account must be deposited in the trunk highway
21.10economic development account.
21.11(b) Money in the account must be used to fund construction, reconstruction, and
21.12improvement of trunk highways that will promote economic development, increase
21.13employment, and relieve growing traffic congestion.
21.14(c) The commissioner shall design a project application and selection process to
21.15distribute money in the account. The process must include specified eligibility and
21.16prioritizing criteria.
21.17(d) Money in the account must be allocated 50 percent to the department's
21.18metropolitan district, and 50 percent to districts in greater Minnesota except as provided
21.19in this paragraph. If there are not sufficient project applications that meet eligibility and
21.20prioritizing criteria in either the metropolitan district or greater Minnesota districts to
21.21permit an equal division of available money, the commissioner shall fund projects that
21.22meet the selection criteria without regard to location in the state.
21.23 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 162.06, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
21.24 Subdivision 1. Estimate. (a) By December 15 of each year the commissioner shall
21.25estimate the amount of money that will be available to the county state-aid highway fund
21.26during that fiscal year. The amount available must be based on actual receipts from July
21.271 throughNovember 30 October 31, the unallocated fund balance, and the projected
21.28receipts for the remainder of the fiscal year. The amount available, except for deductions
21.29as provided in this section, shall be apportioned by the commissioner to the counties as
21.30provided in section162.07 .
21.31 (b) For purposes of this section, "amount available" means the amount estimated in
21.32paragraph (a).
21.33 Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 162.081, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
22.1 Subd. 4. Formula for distribution to towns; purposes. (a) Money apportioned to
22.2a county from the town road account must be distributed to the treasurer of each town
22.3within the county, according to a distribution formula adopted by the county board.
22.4The formula must take into account each town's levy for road and bridge purposes, its
22.5population and town road mileage, and other factors the county board deems advisable
22.6in the interests of achieving equity among the towns. Distribution of town road funds
22.7to each town treasurer must be made by March 1, annually, or within 30 days after
22.8receipt of payment from the commissioner. Distribution of funds to town treasurers in a
22.9county which has not adopted a distribution formula under this subdivision must be made
22.10according to a formula prescribed by the commissioner by rule. A formula adopted by a
22.11county board or by the commissioner must provide that a town, in order to be eligible for
22.12distribution of funds from the town road account in a calendar year, must have levied for
22.13taxes payable in the previous year for road and bridge purposesat least 0.04835 percent of
22.14taxable market value. For purposes of this eligibility requirement, taxable market value
22.15means taxable market value for taxes payable two years prior to the aid distribution year
22.16an amount equal to or greater than the amount distributed to that town from the town road
22.17account under this section in the year prior to the previous year.
22.18(b) Money distributed to a town under this subdivision may be expended by the
22.19town only for the construction, reconstruction, and gravel maintenance of town roads
22.20within the town.
22.21 Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 162.12, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
22.22 Subdivision 1. Estimate of accruals. By December 15 of each year the
22.23commissioner shall estimate the amount of money that will be available to the municipal
22.24state-aid street fund during that fiscal year. The amount available is based on actual
22.25receipts from July 1 throughNovember 30 October 31, the unallocated fund balance, and
22.26the projected receipts for the remainder of the fiscal year. The total available, except for
22.27deductions as provided herein, shall be apportioned by the commissioner to the cities
22.28having a population of 5,000 or more as hereinafter provided.
22.29 Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 168.013, subdivision 21, is amended to read:
22.30 Subd. 21. Technology surcharge. For every vehicle registration renewal required
22.31under this chapter, until June 30, 2015, the commissioner shall collect a surcharge of
22.32$1.75. Surcharges collected under this subdivision must be credited to the driver and
22.33vehicle services technology account in the special revenue fund under section299A.705 .
23.1 Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 168.021, is amended to read:
23.2168.021 PLATES FOR PHYSICALLY DISABLED PERSONS.
23.3 Subdivision 1. Disability plates; application. (a) When a motor vehicle registered
23.4under section168.017 , a motorcycle, a truck having a manufacturer's nominal rated
23.5capacity of one ton and resembling a pickup truck, or a self-propelled recreational vehicle
23.6is owned or primarily operated by a permanently physically disabled person or a custodial
23.7parent or guardian of a permanently physically disabled minor, the owner may apply for
23.8and secure from the commissioner (1) immediately, a temporary permit valid for 30 days
23.9if the applicant is eligible for the disability plates issued under this section and (2) two
23.10disability plates with attached emblems, one plate to be attached to the front, and one to
23.11the rear of the motor vehicle, truck, or recreational vehicle, or, in the case of a motorcycle,
23.12one disability plate the same size as a regular motorcycle plate.
23.13 (b) The commissioner shall not issue more than one plate to the owner of a
23.14motorcycle and not more than one set of plates to any owner ofa motor another vehicle
23.15described in paragraph (a) at the same time unless the state Council on Disability approves
23.16the issuance of a second plate or set of plates toa motor vehicle an owner.
23.17 (c) When the owner first applies for the disability plate or plates, the owner must
23.18submit a medical statement in a format approved by the commissioner under section
23.19169.345
, or proof of physical disability provided for in that section.
23.20 (d) No medical statement or proof of disability is required when an ownerof a motor
23.21vehicle applies for a plate or plates for one or more motor vehicles listed in paragraph (a)
23.22that are specially modified for and used exclusively by permanently physically disabled
23.23persons.
23.24 (e) The owner of amotor vehicle listed in paragraph (a) may apply for and secure
23.25(i) immediately, a permit valid for 30 days, if the applicant is eligible to receive the
23.26disability plate or plates issued under this section, and (ii) aset of disability plate or plates
23.27fora motor the vehicle if:
23.28 (1) the owner employs a permanently physically disabled person who would qualify
23.29for the disability plate or plates under this section; and
23.30 (2) the owner furnishes the motor vehicle to the physically disabled person for the
23.31exclusive use of that person in the course of employment.
23.32 Subd. 1a. Scope of privilege. If a physically disabled person parks amotor
23.33vehicle described in subdivision 1, displaying the disability plate or plates described in
23.34this section, or a permit valid for 30 days and issued to an eligible person awaiting receipt
23.35of the disability plate or plates described in this section, or any person parks the motor
24.1vehicle for a physically disabled person, that person is entitled to park the motor vehicle
24.2as provided in section169.345 .
24.3 Subd. 2. Plate design; furnished by commissioner. The commissioner shall design
24.4and furnish two disability plates, or one disability plate for a motorcycle that is the same
24.5size as a regular motorcycle plate, with attached emblem or emblems to an eligible owner.
24.6The emblem must bear the internationally accepted wheelchair symbol, as designated in
24.7section326B.106, subdivision 9 , approximately three inches square. The emblem must
24.8be large enough to be visible plainly from a distance of 50 feet. An applicant eligible
24.9for a disability plate or plates shall pay the motor vehicle registration fee authorized
24.10by sections168.013 and
168.09 .
24.11 Subd. 2a. Plate transfer. (a) Whenmotor vehicle ownership of a vehicle described
24.12in subdivision 1 is transferred, the owner of themotor vehicle shall remove the disability
24.13plate or plates. The buyer of the motor vehicle is entitled to receive a regular plate or plates
24.14for themotor vehicle without further cost for the remainder of the registration period.
24.15(b) Notwithstanding section168.12, subdivision 1 , the disability plate or plates
24.16may be transferred to a replacementmotor vehicle on notification to the commissioner.
24.17However, the disability plate or plates may not be transferred unless the replacement
24.18motor vehicle (1) is listed under section
168.012, subdivision 1 , and, in case of a single
24.19plate for a motorcycle, the replacement vehicle is a motorcycle, and (2) is owned or
24.20primarily operated by the permanently physically disabled person.
24.21 Subd. 2b. When not eligible. On becoming ineligible for the disability plate
24.22or plates, the owner of the motor vehicle shall remove the disability plate or plates.
24.23The owner may receive regular plates for themotor vehicle without further cost for the
24.24remainder of the registration period.
24.25 Subd. 3. Penalties for unauthorized use of plates. (a) A person who uses the
24.26disability plate or plates or permit provided under this section on a motor vehicle in
24.27violation of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor, and is subject to a fine of $500. This
24.28subdivision does not preclude a person who is not physically disabled from operating a
24.29motor vehicle bearing the disability plates or permit if:
24.30(1) the person is the owner of themotor vehicle described in subdivision 1 and
24.31permits its operation by a physically disabled person;
24.32(2) the person operates themotor vehicle with the consent of the owner who is
24.33physically disabled; or
24.34(3) the person is the owner of themotor vehicle, is the custodial parent or guardian
24.35of a permanently physically disabled minor, and operates themotor vehicle to transport
24.36the minor.
25.1(b) A driver who is not disabled is not entitled to the parking privileges provided
25.2in this section and in section169.346 unless parking the motor vehicle for a physically
25.3disabled person.
25.4 Subd. 4. Fees; disposition. All fees collected from the sale of a disability plate or
25.5plates under this section must be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the vehicle
25.6services operating account under section299A.705 , subdivision 1.
25.7 Subd. 5. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the term "physically disabled
25.8person" has the meaning given it in section169.345, subdivision 2 .
25.9 Subd. 6. Driver's license law not affected. This section must not be construed to
25.10revoke, limit, or amend chapter 171.
25.11 Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 168.12, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
25.12 Subd. 5. Additional fee. (a) In addition to any fee otherwise authorized or any tax
25.13otherwise imposed upon any vehicle, the payment of which is required as a condition to
25.14the issuance of any plate or plates, the commissioner shall impose the fee specified in
25.15paragraph (b) that is calculated to cover the cost of manufacturing and issuing the plate
25.16or plates, except for plates issued to disabled veterans as defined in section168.031 and
25.17plates issued pursuant to section168.124 ,
168.125 , or
168.27 , subdivisions 16 and 17,
25.18for passenger automobiles. The commissioner shall issue graphic design plates only
25.19for vehicles registered pursuant to section168.017 and recreational vehicles registered
25.20pursuant to section168.013, subdivision 1g .
25.21 (b) Unless otherwise specified or exempted by statute, the following plate and
25.22validation sticker fees apply for the original, duplicate, or replacement issuance of a
25.23plate in a plate year:
25.35 (c) For vehicles that require two of the categories above, the registrar shall only
25.36charge the higher of the two fees and not a combined total.
26.1(d) As part of procedures for payment of the fee under paragraph (b), the
26.2commissioner shall allow a vehicle owner to add to the fee, a $2 donation for the purposes
26.3of public information and education on anatomical gifts under section 171.07.
26.4EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective January 1, 2012.
26.5 Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 168.1253, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
26.6 Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) The terms used in this section have the meanings
26.7given them in this subdivision.
26.8(b) "Active service" has the meaning given in section190.05, subdivision 5 .
26.9(c) "Eligible person" means a surviving spouseor, child, parent or legal guardian, or
26.10sibling of a person who has died while serving honorably in active service. For purposes
26.11of this section, an eligibility relationship may be established by birth or adoption.
26.12(d) "Motor vehicle" means a vehicle for personal use, not used for commercial
26.13purposes, and may include a passenger automobile, motorcycle, recreational vehicle,
26.14pickup truck, or van.
26.15EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2011, for registrations
26.16applied for or renewed on or after that date.
26.17 Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 168.33, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
26.18 Subd. 7. Filing fees; allocations. (a) In addition to all other statutory fees and
26.19taxes, a filing fee of:
26.20(1)$4.50 $6 is imposed on every vehicle registration renewal, excluding pro rate
26.21transactions; and
26.22(2)$8.50 $10 is imposed on every other type of vehicle transaction, including pro
26.23rate transactions;
26.24except that a filing fee may not be charged for a document returned for a refund or for
26.25a correction of an error made by the Department of Public Safety, a dealer, or a deputy
26.26registrar. The filing fee must be shown as a separate item on all registration renewal
26.27notices sent out by the commissioner. No filing fee or other fee may be charged for the
26.28permanent surrender of a title for a vehicle.
26.29(b) The statutory fees and taxes, and the filing fees imposed under paragraph (a)
26.30may be paid by credit card or debit card. The deputy registrar may collect a surcharge
26.31on the statutory fees, taxes, and filing fee not greater than the cost of processing a credit
26.32card or debit card transaction, in accordance with emergency rules established by the
27.1commissioner of public safety. The surcharge must be used to pay the cost of processing
27.2credit and debit card transactions.
27.3(c) All of the fees collected under paragraph (a), clause (1), by the department, must
27.4be paid into the vehicle services operating account in the special revenue fund under
27.5section299A.705 . Of the fee collected under paragraph (a), clause (2), by the department,
27.6$3.50 must be paid into the general fund with the remainder deposited into the vehicle
27.7services operating account in the special revenue fund under section299A.705 .
27.8 Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 168A.29, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
27.9 Subdivision 1. Amounts. (a) The department must be paid the following fees:
27.10 (1) for filing an application for and the issuance of an original certificate of title, the
27.11sum of $6.25 of which $3.25 must be paid into the vehicle services operating account of
27.12the special revenue fund under section299A.705 ; until June 30, 2012 2015, a surcharge of
27.13$1.75 must be added to the fee and credited to the driver and vehicle services technology
27.14account;
27.15 (2) for each security interest when first noted upon a certificate of title, including the
27.16concurrent notation of any assignment thereof and its subsequent release or satisfaction,
27.17the sum of $2, except that no fee is due for a security interest filed by a public authority
27.18under section168A.05, subdivision 8 ;
27.19 (3) for the transfer of the interest of an owner and the issuance of a new certificate of
27.20title, the sum of $5.50 of which $2.50 must be paid into the vehicle services operating
27.21account of the special revenue fund under section299A.705 ; until June 30, 2012 2015, a
27.22surcharge of $1.75 must be added to the fee and credited to the driver and vehicle services
27.23technology account;
27.24 (4) for each assignment of a security interest when first noted on a certificate of title,
27.25unless noted concurrently with the security interest, the sum of $1;
27.26 (5) for issuing a duplicate certificate of title, the sum of $7.25 of which $3.25 must
27.27be paid into the vehicle services operating account of the special revenue fund under
27.28section299A.705 ; until June 30, 2012 2015, a surcharge of $1.75 must be added to the fee
27.29and credited to the driver and vehicle services technology account.
27.30 (b) After June 30, 1994, in addition to each of the fees required under paragraph (a),
27.31clauses (1) and (3), the department must be paid $3.50. The additional $3.50 fee collected
27.32under this paragraph must be deposited in the special revenue fund and credited to the
27.33public safety motor vehicle account established in section299A.70 .
27.34 Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 169.345, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
28.1 Subdivision 1. Scope of privilege. (a) Amotor vehicle described in section 168.021,
28.2subdivision 1, paragraph (a), that prominently displays the certificate authorized by this
28.3section or that bears the disability plate or plates issued under section168.021 may be
28.4parked by or solely for the benefit of a physically disabled person:
28.5(1) in a designated parking space for disabled persons, as provided in section
28.6169.346
;
28.7(2) in a metered parking space without obligation to pay the meter fee and without
28.8time restrictions unless time restrictions are separately posted on official signs; and
28.9(3) without time restrictions in a nonmetered space where parking is otherwise
28.10allowed for passenger vehicles but restricted to a maximum period of time and that does
28.11not specifically prohibit the exercise of disabled parking privileges in that space.
28.12A person may parka motor the vehicle for a physically disabled person in a parking space
28.13described in clause (1) or (2) only when actually transporting the physically disabled
28.14person for the sole benefit of that person and when the parking space is within a reasonable
28.15distance from the drop-off point.
28.16(b) For purposes of this subdivision, a certificate is prominently displayed if it is
28.17displayed so that it may be viewed from the front and rear of the motor vehicle by hanging
28.18it from the rearview mirror attached to the front windshield of the motor vehicle or, in
28.19the case of a motorcycle, is secured to the vehicle. If there is no rearview mirror or if the
28.20certificate holder's disability precludes placing the certificate on the mirror, the certificate
28.21must be displayed on the dashboard on the driver's side of the vehicle. No part of the
28.22certificate may be obscured.
28.23(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), clauses (1), (2), and (3), this section does not
28.24permit parking in areas prohibited by sections169.32 and
169.34 , in designated no
28.25parking spaces, or in parking spaces reserved for specified purposes or vehicles. A local
28.26governmental unit may, by ordinance, prohibit parking on any street or highway to create
28.27a fire lane, or to accommodate heavy traffic during morning and afternoon rush hours and
28.28these ordinances also apply to physically disabled persons.
28.29 Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 169.345, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
28.30 Subd. 3. Identifying certificate. (a) The commissioner shall issue (1) immediately,
28.31a permit valid for 30 days if the person is eligible for the certificate issued under this
28.32section and (2) an identifying certificate for amotor vehicle described in section 168.021,
28.33subdivision 1, paragraph (a), when a physically disabled applicant submits proof of
28.34physical disability under subdivision 2a. The commissioner shall design separate
28.35certificates for persons with permanent and temporary disabilities that can be readily
29.1distinguished from each other from outside amotor vehicle at a distance of 25 feet or, in
29.2the case of a motorcycle, can be readily secured to the motorcycle. An applicant may be
29.3issued up to two certificates if the applicant has not been issued disability plates under
29.4section168.021 .
29.5(b) The operator of amotor vehicle displaying a certificate has the parking
29.6privileges provided in subdivision 1 only while themotor vehicle is actually parked while
29.7transporting a physically disabled person.
29.8(c) The commissioner shall cancel all certificates issued to an applicant who fails to
29.9comply with the requirements of this subdivision.
29.10 Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 169.86, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
29.11 Subd. 5. Fees; proceeds deposited; appropriation. The commissioner, with
29.12respect to highways under the commissioner's jurisdiction, may charge a fee for each
29.13permit issued. All such fees for permits issued by the commissioner of transportation shall
29.14be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the trunk highway fund. Except for
29.15those annual permits for which the permit fees are specified elsewhere in this chapter, the
29.16fees shall be:
29.17 (a) $15 for each single trip permit.
29.18 (b) $36 for each job permit. A job permit may be issued for like loads carried on
29.19a specific route for a period not to exceed two months. "Like loads" means loads of the
29.20same product, weight, and dimension.
29.21 (c) $60 for an annual permit to be issued for a period not to exceed 12 consecutive
29.22months. Annual permits may be issued for:
29.23 (1) motor vehicles used to alleviate a temporary crisis adversely affecting the safety
29.24or well-being of the public;
29.25 (2) motor vehicles which travel on interstate highways and carry loads authorized
29.26under subdivision 1a;
29.27 (3) motor vehicles operating with gross weights authorized under section169.826,
29.28subdivision 1a ;
29.29 (4) special pulpwood vehicles described in section169.863 ;
29.30 (5) motor vehicles bearing snowplow blades not exceeding ten feet in width;
29.31 (6) noncommercial transportation of a boat by the owner or user of the boat;
29.32 (7) motor vehicles carrying bales of agricultural products authorized under section
29.33169.862
; and
29.34(8) special milk-hauling vehicles authorized under section169.867 .
30.1 (d) $120 for an oversize annual permit to be issued for a period not to exceed 12
30.2consecutive months. Annual permits may be issued for:
30.3 (1) mobile cranes;
30.4 (2) construction equipment, machinery, and supplies;
30.5 (3) manufactured homes and manufactured storage buildings;
30.6 (4) implements of husbandry;
30.7 (5) double-deck buses;
30.8 (6) commercial boat hauling and transporting waterfront structures, including, but
30.9not limited to, portable boat docks and boat lifts;
30.10 (7) three-vehicle combinations consisting of two empty, newly manufactured trailers
30.11for cargo, horses, or livestock, not to exceed 28-1/2 feet per trailer; provided, however,
30.12the permit allows the vehicles to be moved from a trailer manufacturer to a trailer dealer
30.13only while operating on twin-trailer routes designated under section169.81, subdivision 3 ,
30.14paragraph (c); and
30.15(8) vehicles operating on that portion of marked Trunk Highway 36 described in
30.16section169.81, subdivision 3 , paragraph (e).
30.17 (e) For vehicles which have axle weights exceeding the weight limitations of
30.18sections169.823 to
169.829 , an additional cost added to the fees listed above. However,
30.19this paragraph applies to any vehicle described in section168.013, subdivision 3 ,
30.20paragraph (b), but only when the vehicle exceeds its gross weight allowance set forth in
30.21that paragraph, and then the additional cost is for all weight, including the allowance
30.22weight, in excess of the permitted maximum axle weight. The additional cost is equal
30.23to the product of the distance traveled times the sum of the overweight axle group cost
30.24factors shown in the following chart:
31.9The amounts added are rounded to the nearest cent for each axle or axle group. The
31.10additional cost does not apply to paragraph (c), clauses (1) and (3).
31.11For a vehicle found to exceed the appropriate maximum permitted weight, a cost-per-mile
31.12fee of 22 cents per ton, or fraction of a ton, over the permitted maximum weight is imposed
31.13in addition to the normal permit fee. Miles must be calculated based on the distance
31.14already traveled in the state plus the distance from the point of detection to a transportation
31.15loading site or unloading site within the state or to the point of exit from the state.
31.16 (f) As an alternative to paragraph (e), an annual permit may be issued for overweight,
31.17or oversize and overweight, mobile cranes; construction equipment, machinery, and
31.18supplies; implements of husbandry; and commercial boat hauling. The fees for the permit
31.19are as follows:
31.28If the gross weight of the vehicle is more than 145,000 pounds the permit fee is determined
31.29under paragraph (e).
31.30 (g) For vehicles which exceed the width limitations set forth in section169.80 by
31.31more than 72 inches, an additional cost equal to $120 added to the amount in paragraph (a)
31.32when the permit is issued while seasonal load restrictions pursuant to section169.87 are
31.33in effect.
31.34 (h) $85 for an annual permit to be issued for a period not to exceed 12 months, for
31.35refuse-compactor vehicles that carry a gross weight of not more than: 22,000 pounds on
31.36a single rear axle; 38,000 pounds on a tandem rear axle; or, subject to section169.828,
31.37subdivision 2 , 46,000 pounds on a tridem rear axle. A permit issued for up to 46,000
32.1pounds on a tridem rear axle must limit the gross vehicle weight to not more than 62,000
32.2pounds.
32.3 (i) $300 for a motor vehicle described in section169.8261 . The fee under this
32.4paragraph must be deposited as follows:
32.5 (1) in fiscal years 2005 through 2010:
32.6 (i) the first $50,000 in each fiscal year must be deposited in the trunk highway fund
32.7for costs related to administering the permit program and inspecting and posting bridges;
32.8 (ii) all remaining money in each fiscal year must be deposited in a bridge inspection
32.9and signing account in the special revenue fund. Money in the account is appropriated
32.10to the commissioner for:
32.11 (A) inspection of local bridges and identification of local bridges to be posted,
32.12including contracting with a consultant for some or all of these functions; and
32.13 (B) erection of weight-posting signs on local bridges; and
32.14 (2) in fiscal year 2011 and subsequent years must be deposited in the trunk highway
32.15fund.
32.16 (j) Beginning August 1, 2006, $200 for an annual permit for a vehicle operating
32.17under authority of section169.824, subdivision 2 , paragraph (a), clause (2).
32.18EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
32.19 Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 171.06, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
32.20 Subd. 2. Fees. (a) The fees for a license and Minnesota identification card are
32.21as follows:
33.10In addition to each fee required in this paragraph, the commissioner shall collect a
33.11surcharge of $1.75 until June 30,2012 2015. Surcharges collected under this paragraph
33.12must be credited to the driver and vehicle services technology account in the special
33.13revenue fund under section299A.705 .
33.14 (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), an individual who holds a provisional license and
33.15has a driving record free of (1) convictions for a violation of section169A.20 ,
169A.33 ,
33.16169A.35
, or sections
169A.50 to
169A.53 , (2) convictions for crash-related moving
33.17violations, and (3) convictions for moving violations that are not crash related, shall have a
33.18$3.50 credit toward the fee for any classified under-21 driver's license. "Moving violation"
33.19has the meaning given it in section171.04, subdivision 1 .
33.20 (c) In addition to the driver's license fee required under paragraph (a), the
33.21commissioner shall collect an additional $4 processing fee from each new applicant
33.22or individual renewing a license with a school bus endorsement to cover the costs for
33.23processing an applicant's initial and biennial physical examination certificate. The
33.24department shall not charge these applicants any other fee to receive or renew the
33.25endorsement.
33.26(d) In addition to the fee required under paragraph (a), a driver's license agent may
33.27charge and retain a filing fee under section 171.061, subdivision 4. The department shall
33.28charge the same amount as an agent under section 171.061, which must be credited to the
33.29driver services operating account in section 299A.705, subdivision 2.
33.30(e) An application for a Minnesota identification card, instruction permit, provisional
33.31license, or driver's license, including an application for renewal, must contain a provision
33.32that allows the applicant to add to the fee under paragraph (a), a $2 donation for the
33.33purposes of public information and education on anatomical gifts under section 171.07.
33.34EFFECTIVE DATE.Paragraph (e) is effective January 1, 2012.
33.35 Sec. 17. [171.075] ANATOMICAL GIFTS.
33.36 Subdivision 1. Anatomical gift account. An anatomical gift account is established
33.37in the special revenue fund. The account consists of funds donated under sections
34.1168.12, subdivision 5, and 171.06, subdivision 2, and any other money donated,
34.2allotted, transferred, or otherwise provided to the account. Money in the account is
34.3annually appropriated to the commissioner for: (1) grants under subdivision 2; and (2)
34.4administrative expenses in implementing the donation and grant program.
34.5 Subd. 2. Anatomical gift education grants. (a) The commissioner shall make
34.6grants to: (1) a Minnesota organ procurement organization that is certified by the federal
34.7Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; or (2) an entity that is a charitable entity
34.8under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, as defined in section 289A.02,
34.9subdivision 7, and is dedicated to advocacy for organ, tissue, and eye donation.
34.10(b) From a grant under this section, the recipient shall provide resources and
34.11implement programs designed to increase the number of Minnesotans who register to
34.12be organ, tissue, and eye donors.
34.13EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective January 1, 2012.
34.14 Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 174.93, is amended to read:
34.15174.93 GUIDEWAY INVESTMENT.
34.16 Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms
34.17have the meanings given:
34.18(1) "commissioner" means the commissioner of transportation;and
34.19(2) "guideway" means a form of transportation service provided to the public on a
34.20regular and ongoing basis, that operates on exclusive or controlled rights-of-way or rails
34.21in whole or in part, and includes each line for intercity passenger rail, commuter rail, light
34.22rail transit, streetcars, and bus rapid transit; and
34.23(3) "local unit of government" means a county, statutory or home rule charter city,
34.24town, or other political subdivision, including, but not limited to, a regional railroad
34.25authority or joint powers board.
34.26(b) For purposes of this section, "sources of funds" includes, but is not limited to,
34.27money from federal aid, state appropriations, the Metropolitan Council, special taxing
34.28districts, local units of government, fare box recovery, and nonpublic sources.
34.29(c) For purposes of this section, "budget activity" includes, but is not limited
34.30to, environmental analysis, land acquisition, easements, design, preliminary and
34.31final engineering, acquisition of vehicles and rolling stock, track improvement and
34.32rehabilitation, and construction.
34.33 Subd. 1a. Capital project requests to legislature. A state agency or local unit of
34.34government that submits a request to the legislature to obtain state funds for a guideway
35.1project shall, as part of the request, provide a summary financial plan for the project that
35.2presents the following information as reflected by the data and level of detail available in
35.3the latest phase of project development:
35.4(1) capital expenditures and funding sources for the project, including expenditures
35.5to date and total projected or estimated expenditures, with a breakdown by committed and
35.6proposed sources of funds; and
35.7(2) estimated annual operations and maintenance expenditures for the project, with a
35.8breakdown by committed and proposed sources of funds.
35.9 Subd. 2. Legislative report. (a) By November 15 in every odd-numbered year,
35.10the commissioner shall prepare, in collaboration with the Metropolitan Council, and
35.11submit a report electronically to the chairs and ranking minority members of the house
35.12of representatives and senate committees with jurisdiction over transportation policy
35.13and finance concerning the status of guideway projects (1) currently in study, planning,
35.14development, or construction; (2) identified in the transportation policy plan under section
35.15473.146
; or (3) identified in the comprehensive statewide freight and passenger rail plan
35.16under section174.03, subdivision 1b .
35.17(b) At a minimum, the report must include, for each guideway project:
35.18(1) a brief description of the project, including projected ridership;
35.19(2) a summary of the overall status and current phase of the project;
35.20(3) a timeline that includes (i) project phases or milestones; (ii) expected and known
35.21dates of commencement of each phase or milestone; and (iii) expected and known dates
35.22of completion of each phase or milestone;
35.23(4) a brief progress update on specific project phases or milestones completed since
35.24the last previous submission of a report under this subdivision; and
35.25(5) a summary financial plan that identifies, as reflected by the data and level of
35.26detail available in the latest phase of project development and to the extent available:
35.27(i) capital expenditures, including expenditures to date and total projected
35.28expenditures, with a breakdown by committed and proposed sources of funds for the
35.29project;and
35.30(ii) estimated annual operations and maintenance expendituresreflecting the level
35.31of detail available in the current phase of the project development, with a breakdown by
35.32committed and proposed sources of funds for theprojects in the Metropolitan Council's
35.33transportation policy plan. project; and
35.34(iii) if feasible, project expenditures by budget activity.
35.35(c) The report must also include a systemwide capacity analysis for investment in
35.36guideway expansion and maintenance that:
36.1(1) provides a funding projection, annually over the ensuing 20 years, and with a
36.2breakdown by committed and proposed sources of funds, of:
36.3(i) total capital expenditures for guideways;
36.4(ii) total operations and maintenance expenditures for guideways;
36.5(iii) total funding available for guideways, including from projected or estimated
36.6farebox recovery; and
36.7(iv) total funding available for transit service in the metropolitan area; and
36.8(2) evaluates the availability of funds and distribution of sources of funds for
36.9guideway investments.
36.10(d) The projection under paragraph (c), clause (1), must be for all guideway lines
36.11for which state funds are reasonably expected to be expended in planning, development,
36.12construction, or revenue operation during the ensuing 20 years.
36.13(e) Local units of government shall provide assistance and information in a timely
36.14manner as requested by the commissioner or council for completion of the report.
36.15 Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 299A.705, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
36.16 Subd. 3. Driver and vehicle services technology account. (a) The driver and
36.17vehicle services technology account is created in the special revenue fund, consisting of
36.18the technology surcharge collected as specified in chapters 168, 168A, and 171, and any
36.19other money otherwise donated, allotted, appropriated, or legislated to this account.
36.20 (b) Money in the account is annually appropriated to the commissioner of public
36.21safety to support the research, development, deployment, and maintenance of a driver
36.22and vehicle services information system.
36.23(c) This subdivision expires on June 30, 2015.
36.24 Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 473.388, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
36.25 Subd. 4. Financial assistance. (a) The council must grant the requested financial
36.26assistance if it determines that the proposed service is intended to replace the service to
36.27the applying city or town or combination thereof by the council and that the proposed
36.28service will meet the needs of the applicant at least as efficiently and effectively as the
36.29existing service.
36.30 (b) The amount of assistancewhich that the council must provide to a system under
36.31this section may not be less than the sum of the amounts determined for each municipality
36.32comprising the system, except as provided in paragraph (c), as follows:
36.33 (1) the transit operating assistance grants received under this subdivision by the
36.34municipality in calendar year 2001 or the tax revenues for transit services levied by the
37.1municipality for taxes payable in 2001, including that portion of the levy derived from
37.2the areawide pool under section473F.08, subdivision 3 , clause (a), plus the portion of
37.3the municipality's aid under section273.1398, subdivision 2 , attributable to the transit
37.4levy; times
37.5 (2) the ratio of (i) an amount equal to 3.74 percent of the state revenues generated
37.6from the taxes imposed under chapter 297B for the current fiscal year to (ii) the total
37.7transit operating assistance grants received under this subdivision in calendar year 2001 or
37.8the tax revenues for transit services levied by all replacement service municipalities under
37.9this section for taxes payable in 2001, including that portion of the levy derived from
37.10the areawide pool under section473F.08, subdivision 3 , clause (a), plus the portion of
37.11homestead and agricultural credit aid under section273.1398, subdivision 2 , attributable
37.12to nondebt transit levies, times
37.13 (3) the ratio of (i) the municipality's total taxable market value for taxes payable
37.14in 2006 divided by the municipality's total taxable market value for taxes payable in
37.152001, to (ii) the total taxable market value of all property located in replacement service
37.16municipalities for taxes payable in 2006 divided by the total taxable market value of all
37.17property located in replacement service municipalities for taxes payable in 2001.
37.18 (c) The amount of financial assistance calculated under paragraph (b) for each
37.19system must be reduced proportionally in fiscal years 2012 and 2013 so that the total
37.20financial assistance paid by the council to recipients is reduced by $4,000,000 in each year.
37.21(d) The council shall pay the amount to be provided to the recipient from the funds
37.22the council receives in the metropolitan area transit account under section16A.88 .
37.23 Sec. 21. METROPOLITAN LIVABLE COMMUNITIES FUND; TRANSFERS.
37.24 Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections473.25 to
473.255 , or any other law,
37.25the Metropolitan Council may transfer to its transit operating budget in 2012 and 2013,
37.26money that is not committed to grant or loan awards made by the council as follows:
37.27(1) up to 50 percent of the revenues and amounts credited, transferred, or distributed
37.28to the tax base revitalization account in 2012 and 2013, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes,
37.29section473.252 ;
37.30 (2) up to 50 percent of the revenues and amounts credited, transferred, or distributed
37.31to the metropolitan livable communities demonstration account in 2012 and 2013,
37.32pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section473.253 ; and
37.33 (3) balances in the metropolitan livable communities fund accounts in 2012 and
37.342013.
38.1 The council shall use the amounts transferred to cover operating deficits for the
38.2transit, paratransit, and light rail and commuter rail services provided or assisted by the
38.3council under Minnesota Statutes, sections473.371 to
473.449 . If the council transfers
38.4funds pursuant to this section, the council shall amend the annual distribution plan
38.5described in Minnesota Statutes, section473.25 , paragraph (d), and include information
38.6about the transfer in the annual report required under Minnesota Statutes, section473.25 ,
38.7paragraph (e).
38.8 Sec. 22. RIGHT-OF-WAY ACQUISITION LOAN FUND; TRANSFERS.
38.9Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 473.167, or any other law, the
38.10Metropolitan Council may transfer to its transit operating budget in 2012 and 2013 up
38.11to 75 percent of the amounts levied and collected in 2012 and 2013, under Minnesota
38.12Statutes, section 473.167, subdivision 3. The council shall use the amounts transferred to
38.13cover operating deficits for the transit, paratransit, and light rail and commuter rail services
38.14provided or assisted by the council under Minnesota Statutes, sections 473.371 to 473.449.
38.15 Sec. 23. REPORT ON ANATOMICAL GIFT ACCOUNT.
38.16The commissioner of public safety shall report to the chairs of the legislative
38.17committees having jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance on the receipts and
38.18expenditures under Minnesota Statutes, section 171.075. The commissioner shall submit
38.19the report by February 1, 2013.
1.3Council, and public safety activities and programs; providing for fund transfers,
1.4contingent appropriations, and tort claims; creating trunk highway economic
1.5development account; modifying provisions for distribution of town road
1.6account; modifying provisions for plates for physically disabled persons;
1.7expanding eligibility for Gold Star license plates; adjusting and clarifying driver's
1.8license fees; extending coverage of certain permit; allowing driver and vehicle
1.9transaction applicants to add $2 donation for anatomical gift program; creating
1.10anatomical gift account; extending expiration date for collection of technology
1.11surcharge; requiring reports;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections
1.1216A.11, subdivision 3a; 16A.86, subdivision 3a; 161.04, by adding a subdivision;
1.13162.06, subdivision 1; 162.081, subdivision 4; 162.12, subdivision 1; 168.013,
1.14subdivision 21; 168.021; 168.12, subdivision 5; 168.1253, subdivision 1;
1.15168.33, subdivision 7; 168A.29, subdivision 1; 169.345, subdivisions 1, 3;
1.16169.86, subdivision 5; 171.06, subdivision 2; 174.93; 299A.705, subdivision 3;
1.17473.388, subdivision 4; Laws 2009, chapter 36, article 1, section 3, subdivision
1.183; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 171.
1.19BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
| 1.22 |
Section 1. SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS. |
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1.24in this article.
| 2.4 |
Sec. 2. TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS. |
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2.6the agencies and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from
2.7the trunk highway fund, or another named fund, and are available for the fiscal years
2.8indicated for each purpose. The figures "2012" and "2013" used in this article mean that
2.9the appropriations listed under them are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012,
2.10or June 30, 2013, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2012. "The second year" is
2.11fiscal year 2013. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2012 and 2013. Appropriations for the
2.12fiscal year ending June 30, 2011, are effective the day following final enactment.
| 2.13 |
APPROPRIATIONS |
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| 2.14 |
Available for the Year |
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| 2.15 |
Ending June 30 |
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| 2.16 |
2012 |
2013 |
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| 2.17 2.18 |
Sec. 3. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION |
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| 2.19 |
Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation |
$ |
2,277,701,000 |
$ |
2,007,580,000 |
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2.28purpose are specified in the following
2.29subdivisions.
| 2.30 |
Subd. 2.Multimodal Systems |
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| 2.32 |
(1) Airport Development and Assistance |
14,298,000 |
14,298,000 |
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2.34airports fund and must be spent according
3.1to Minnesota Statutes, section 360.305,
3.2subdivision 4.
3.3Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section
3.416A.28, subdivision 6, this appropriation is
3.5available for five years after appropriation.
3.6If the appropriation for either year is
3.7insufficient, the appropriation for the other
3.8year is available for it.
3.9If the appropriation for either year does
3.10not exhaust the balance in the state airports
3.11fund, the commissioner of management and
3.12budget, upon request of the commissioner
3.13of transportation, shall notify the chairs and
3.14ranking minority members of the senate and
3.15house of representatives committees with
3.16jurisdiction over transportation finance of the
3.17amount of the remainder and shall then add
3.18that amount to the appropriation. The amount
3.19added is appropriated for the purpose of
3.20airport development and assistance and must
3.21be spent according to Minnesota Statutes,
3.22section 360.305, subdivision 4.
| 3.23 |
(2) Aviation Support and Services |
6,123,000 |
6,123,000 |
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| 3.24 |
Appropriations by Fund |
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| 3.25 |
Airports |
5,286,000 |
5,286,000 |
| 3.26 |
Trunk Highway |
837,000 |
837,000 |
3.28year from the state airports fund are for the
3.29Civil Air Patrol.
| 3.30 |
(b) Transit |
13,067,000 |
13,067,000 |
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| 3.31 |
Appropriations by Fund |
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| 3.32 |
General |
12,292,000 |
12,292,000 |
| 3.33 |
Trunk Highway |
775,000 |
775,000 |
3.35fund, $19,300 in each year is for the
4.1administrative expenses of the Minnesota
4.2Council on Transportation Access, and for
4.3other costs relating to the preparation of
4.4required reports, including the costs of hiring
4.5a consultant.
4.6Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes,
4.7section 297B.09, $4,000,000 the first
4.8year and $4,000,000 the second year
4.9must be transferred by the commissioner
4.10of management and budget from the
4.11metropolitan area transit account in the
4.12transit assistance fund to the greater
4.13Minnesota transit account in the transit
4.14assistance fund.
| 4.15 |
(c) Passenger Rail |
300,000 |
300,000 |
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4.17fund for passenger rail system planning,
4.18alternatives, analysis, environmental
4.19analysis, design, and preliminary engineering
4.20under Minnesota Statutes, sections 174.632
4.21to 174.636.
| 4.22 |
(d) Freight |
5,154,000 |
5,154,000 |
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| 4.23 |
Appropriations by Fund |
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| 4.24 |
General |
257,000 |
257,000 |
| 4.25 |
Trunk Highway |
4,897,000 |
4,897,000 |
| 4.26 |
Subd. 3.State Roads |
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| 4.27 |
(a) Operations and Maintenance |
257,395,000 |
257,395,000 |
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| 4.28 |
(b) Program Planning and Delivery |
206,918,000 |
206,733,000 |
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4.30year is for administrative costs of the
4.31targeted group business program, if a law
4.32is enacted and effective in 2012 and 2013
4.33that establishes a targeted group business
5.1program for state highway construction
5.2contracts.
5.3$266,000 the first year and $266,000 the
5.4second year are available for grants to
5.5metropolitan planning organizations outside
5.6the seven-county metropolitan area.
5.7$75,000 the first year and $75,000 the
5.8second year are for a transportation research
5.9contingent account to finance research
5.10projects that are reimbursable from the
5.11federal government or from other sources.
5.12If the appropriation for either year is
5.13insufficient, the appropriation for the other
5.14year is available for it.
5.15$600,000 the first year and $600,000
5.16the second year are available for grants
5.17for transportation studies outside the
5.18metropolitan area to identify critical
5.19concerns, problems, and issues. These
5.20grants are available (1) to regional
5.21development commissions; (2) in regions
5.22where no regional development commission
5.23is functioning, to joint powers boards
5.24established under agreement of two or
5.25more political subdivisions in the region to
5.26exercise the planning functions of a regional
5.27development commission; and (3) in regions
5.28where no regional development commission
5.29or joint powers board is functioning, to the
5.30department's district office for that region.
| 5.31 |
(c) State Road Construction |
881,000,000 |
555,000,000 |
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5.33and 2015 is $635,000,000 for each year.
5.34It is estimated that these appropriations will
5.35be funded as follows:
| 6.1 |
Appropriations by Fund |
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| 6.2 6.3 |
Federal Highway Aid |
494,800,000 |
268,800,000 |
| 6.4 |
Highway User Taxes |
386,200,000 |
286,200,000 |
6.6notify the chairs and ranking minority
6.7members of the senate and house of
6.8representatives committees with jurisdiction
6.9over transportation finance of any significant
6.10events that should cause these estimates to
6.11change.
6.12This appropriation is for the actual
6.13construction, reconstruction, and
6.14improvement of trunk highways, including
6.15design-build contracts and consultant usage
6.16to support these activities. This includes the
6.17cost of actual payment to landowners for
6.18lands acquired for highway rights-of-way,
6.19payment to lessees, interest subsidies, and
6.20relocation expenses.
6.21The commissioner may transfer up to
6.22$100,000,000 in the first year from the
6.23trunk highway fund to the trunk highway
6.24economic development account established
6.25under Minnesota Statutes, section 161.04,
6.26subdivision 6.
6.27The commissioner shall expend up to
6.28one-half of one percent of the federal
6.29appropriations under this paragraph as grants
6.30to opportunity industrialization centers and
6.31other nonprofit job training centers for
6.32job training programs related to highway
6.33construction.
7.1The commissioner may transfer up to
7.2$15,000,000 each year to the transportation
7.3revolving loan fund.
7.4The commissioner may receive money
7.5covering other shares of the cost of
7.6partnership projects. These receipts are
7.7appropriated to the commissioner for these
7.8projects.
| 7.9 |
(d) Highway Debt Service |
137,876,000 |
158,247,000 |
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7.11the second year are for transfer to the state
7.12bond fund. If this appropriation is insufficient
7.13to make all transfers required in the year
7.14for which it is made, the commissioner of
7.15management and budget shall notify the
7.16Committee on Finance of the senate and
7.17the Committee on Ways and Means of the
7.18house of representatives of the amount of the
7.19deficiency and shall then transfer that amount
7.20under the statutory open appropriation. Any
7.21excess appropriation cancels to the trunk
7.22highway fund.
| 7.23 |
(e) Electronic Communications |
5,171,000 |
5,171,000 |
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| 7.24 |
Appropriations by Fund |
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| 7.25 |
General |
3,000 |
3,000 |
| 7.26 |
Trunk Highway |
5,168,000 |
5,168,000 |
7.28and operate the Roosevelt signal tower for
7.29Lake of the Woods weather broadcasting.
| 7.30 |
Subd. 4.Local Roads |
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| 7.31 |
(a) County State Aids |
545,109,000 |
572,773,000 |
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7.33state-aid highway fund and is available until
7.34spent.
| 8.1 |
(b) Municipal State Aids |
145,455,000 |
153,484,000 |
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8.3state-aid street fund and is available until
8.4spent.
| 8.5 |
(c) State Aid Appropriation Adjustments |
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8.7aids or municipal state aids does not exhaust
8.8the balance in the fund from which it is
8.9made in the year for which it is made,
8.10the commissioner of management and
8.11budget, upon request of the commissioner
8.12of transportation, shall notify the chairs and
8.13ranking minority members of the senate and
8.14house of representatives committees with
8.15jurisdiction over transportation finance of the
8.16amount of the remainder and shall then add
8.17that amount to the appropriation. The amount
8.18added is appropriated for the purposes of
8.19county state aids or municipal state aids, as
8.20appropriate.
8.21If the appropriation for either county state
8.22aids or municipal state aids does exhaust
8.23the balance in the fund from which it is
8.24made in the year for which it is made,
8.25the commissioner of management and
8.26budget shall notify the chairs and ranking
8.27minority members of the senate and house of
8.28representatives committees with jurisdiction
8.29over transportation finance of the amount by
8.30which the appropriation exceeds the balance
8.31and shall then reduce that amount from the
8.32appropriation.
| 8.33 |
Subd. 5.Agency Management |
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| 8.34 |
(a) Agency Services |
41,997,000 |
41,997,000 |
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| 9.1 |
Appropriations by Fund |
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| 9.2 |
Airports |
25,000 |
25,000 |
| 9.3 |
Trunk Highway |
41,972,000 |
41,972,000 |
| 9.4 |
(b) Buildings |
17,838,000 |
17,838,000 |
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| 9.5 |
Appropriations by Fund |
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| 9.6 |
General |
54,000 |
54,000 |
| 9.7 |
Trunk Highway |
17,784,000 |
17,784,000 |
9.9insufficient, the appropriation for the other
9.10year is available for it.
| 9.11 |
Subd. 6.Transfers |
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9.13management and budget, the commissioner
9.14of transportation may transfer unencumbered
9.15balances among the appropriations from the
9.16trunk highway fund and the state airports
9.17fund made in this section. No transfer may
9.18be made from the appropriation for state
9.19road construction. No transfer may be made
9.20from the appropriations for debt service to
9.21any other appropriation. Transfers under
9.22this paragraph may not be made between
9.23funds. Transfers between programs must
9.24be reported immediately to the chairs and
9.25ranking minority members of the senate and
9.26house of representatives committees with
9.27jurisdiction over transportation finance.
9.28(b) The commissioner shall transfer from
9.29the flexible highway account in the county
9.30state-aid highway fund (1) $1,000,000 in the
9.31first year to the municipal turnback account
9.32in the municipal state-aid street fund; (2)
9.33$1,900,000 in the first year to the trunk
9.34highway fund; and (3) the remainder in
9.35each year to the county turnback account
10.1in the county state-aid highway fund. The
10.2funds transferred are for highway turnback
10.3purposes as provided under Minnesota
10.4Statutes, section 161.081, subdivision 3.
| 10.5 10.6 |
Subd. 7.Use of State Road Construction Appropriations |
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10.8of transportation for state road construction
10.9for any fiscal year before fiscal year
10.102012 is available to the commissioner
10.11during the biennium to the extent that the
10.12commissioner spends the money on the
10.13state road construction project for which the
10.14money was originally encumbered during
10.15the fiscal year for which it was appropriated.
10.16The commissioner of transportation shall
10.17report to the commissioner of management
10.18and budget by August 1, 2011, and August
10.191, 2012, on a form the commissioner of
10.20management and budget provides, on
10.21expenditures made during the previous fiscal
10.22year that are authorized by this subdivision.
| 10.23 |
Subd. 8.Contingent Appropriation |
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10.25the approval of the governor and the written
10.26approval of at least five members of a
10.27group consisting of the members of the
10.28Legislative Advisory Commission under
10.29Minnesota Statutes, section 3.30, and the
10.30ranking minority members of the house of
10.31representatives and senate committees with
10.32jurisdiction over transportation finance, may
10.33transfer all or part of the unappropriated
10.34balance in the trunk highway fund to an
10.35appropriation (1) for trunk highway design,
11.1construction, or inspection in order to
11.2take advantage of an unanticipated receipt
11.3of income to the trunk highway fund or
11.4to take advantage of federal advanced
11.5construction funding, (2) for trunk highway
11.6maintenance in order to meet an emergency,
11.7or (3) to pay tort or environmental claims.
11.8Nothing in this subdivision authorizes the
11.9commissioner to increase the use of federal
11.10advanced construction funding beyond
11.11amounts specifically authorized. Any
11.12transfer as a result of the use of federal
11.13advanced construction funding must include
11.14an analysis of the effects on the long-term
11.15trunk highway fund balance. The amount
11.16transferred is appropriated for the purpose of
11.17the account to which it is transferred.
| 11.18 |
Subd. 9.Use of Trunk Highway Fund |
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11.20funds may be made for the purpose of paying
11.21personnel costs incurred on behalf of the
11.22Governor's Office.
| 11.23 |
Sec. 4. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL |
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| 11.24 |
Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation |
$ |
48,970,000 |
$ |
48,970,000 |
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11.26the general fund.
11.27The amounts that may be spent for each
11.28purpose are specified in the following
11.29subdivisions.
| 11.30 |
Subd. 2.Bus Transit |
43,796,000 |
43,796,000 |
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11.32operations.
12.1Of this appropriation, $140,000 in each
12.2fiscal year is for transit service for disabled
12.3veterans under Minnesota Statutes, section
12.4473.408, subdivision 10.
12.5Of this appropriation, $80,700 in each
12.6year is for the administrative expenses of
12.7the Minnesota Council on Transportation
12.8Access, and for other costs relating to the
12.9preparation of required reports, including the
12.10costs of hiring a consultant.
12.11The council shall deploy the following
12.12strategies as necessary to avoid transit
12.13service reductions and route elimination, in
12.14the order stated:
12.15(1) use the maximum feasible amount of
12.16the council's reserve funds for bus transit
12.17operations in fiscal years 2012 and 2013; and
12.18(2) exercise the authority granted to the
12.19council in article 2, sections 29 and 30.
12.20The council may require service reductions or
12.21route eliminations only after both strategies
12.22have been fully deployed. The council may
12.23not increase fares unless both strategies have
12.24been fully deployed and service cuts have
12.25been made.
| 12.26 |
Subd. 3.Rail Operations |
5,174,000 |
5,174,000 |
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| 12.27 |
Sec. 5. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY |
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| 12.28 |
Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation |
$ |
153,316,000 |
$ |
153,316,000 |
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13.2purpose are specified in the following
13.3subdivisions.
| 13.4 |
Subd. 2.Administration and Related Services |
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| 13.5 |
(a) Office of Communications |
434,000 |
434,000 |
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| 13.6 |
Appropriations by Fund |
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| 13.7 |
General |
41,000 |
41,000 |
| 13.8 |
Trunk Highway |
393,000 |
393,000 |
| 13.9 |
(b) Public Safety Support |
8,168,000 |
8,168,000 |
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| 13.10 |
Appropriations by Fund |
||
| 13.11 |
General |
3,296,000 |
3,296,000 |
| 13.12 |
H.U.T.D. |
1,366,000 |
1,366,000 |
| 13.13 |
Trunk Highway |
3,506,000 |
3,506,000 |
13.15second year are appropriated from the general
13.16fund for payment of public safety officer
13.17survivor benefits under Minnesota Statutes,
13.18section 299A.44. If the appropriation for
13.19either year is insufficient, the appropriation
13.20for the other year is available for it.
13.21$1,367,000 the first year and $1,367,000
13.22the second year are appropriated from the
13.23general fund to be deposited in the public
13.24safety officer's benefit account. This money
13.25is available for reimbursements under
13.26Minnesota Statutes, section
13.27$508,000 the first year and $508,000 the
13.28second year are appropriated from the general
13.29fund for soft body armor reimbursements
13.30under Minnesota Statutes, section
13.31$792,000 the first year and $792,000
13.32the second year are appropriated from the
13.33general fund for transfer by the commissioner
13.34of finance to the trunk highway fund on
14.1December 31, 2011, and December 31, 2012,
14.2respectively, in order to reimburse the trunk
14.3highway fund for expenses not related to the
14.4fund. These represent amounts appropriated
14.5out of the trunk highway fund for general
14.6fund purposes in the administration and
14.7related services program.
14.8$610,000 the first year and $610,000 the
14.9second year are appropriated from the
14.10highway user tax distribution fund for
14.11transfer by the commissioner of management
14.12and budget to the trunk highway fund on
14.13December 31, 2011, and December 31, 2012,
14.14respectively, in order to reimburse the trunk
14.15highway fund for expenses not related to the
14.16fund. These represent amounts appropriated
14.17out of the trunk highway fund for highway
14.18user tax distribution fund purposes in the
14.19administration and related services program.
14.20$716,000 the first year and $716,000
14.21the second year are appropriated from
14.22the highway user tax distribution fund
14.23for transfer by the commissioner of
14.24management and budget to the general fund
14.25on December 31, 2011, and December 31,
14.262012, respectively, in order to reimburse the
14.27general fund for expenses not related to the
14.28fund. These represent amounts appropriated
14.29out of the general fund for operation of the
14.30criminal justice data network related to driver
14.31and motor vehicle licensing.
| 14.32 |
(c) Technology and Support Service |
3,835,000 |
3,835,000 |
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| 14.33 |
Appropriations by Fund |
||
| 14.34 |
General |
1,472,000 |
1,472,000 |
| 14.35 |
H.U.T.D. |
19,000 |
19,000 |
| 14.36 |
Trunk Highway |
2,344,000 |
2,344,000 |
| 15.1 |
Subd. 3.State Patrol |
||||||
| 15.2 |
(a) Patrolling Highways |
71,522,000 |
71,522,000 |
||||
| 15.3 |
Appropriations by Fund |
||
| 15.4 |
General |
37,000 |
37,000 |
| 15.5 |
H.U.T.D. |
92,000 |
92,000 |
| 15.6 |
Trunk Highway |
71,393,000 |
71,393,000 |
| 15.7 |
(b) Commercial Vehicle Enforcement |
7,796,000 |
7,796,000 |
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15.9fund.
| 15.10 |
(c) Capitol Security |
3,108,000 |
3,108,000 |
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15.12The commissioner may not: (1) spend
15.13any money from the trunk highway fund
15.14for capitol security; or (2) permanently
15.15transfer any state trooper from the patrolling
15.16highways activity to capitol security.
15.17The commissioner may not transfer any
15.18money: (1) appropriated for Department of
15.19Public Safety administration, the patrolling of
15.20highways, commercial vehicle enforcement,
15.21or driver and vehicle services to capitol
15.22security; or (2) from capitol security.
| 15.23 |
(d) Vehicle Crimes Unit |
693,000 |
693,000 |
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15.25tax distribution fund, and is to investigate:
15.26(1) registration tax and motor vehicle sales
15.27tax liabilities from individuals and businesses
15.28that currently do not pay all taxes owed;
15.29and (2) illegal or improper activity related
15.30to sale, transfer, titling, and registration of
15.31motor vehicles.
15.32By February 1, 2015, the commissioner shall
15.33submit a report to the house of representatives
16.1and senate committees having jurisdiction
16.2over transportation finance on the revenues
16.3generated by the Vehicle Crimes Unit. This
16.4report must be made available electronically
16.5and made available in print only upon
16.6request.
| 16.7 |
Subd. 4.Driver and Vehicle Services |
||||||
| 16.8 |
(a) Vehicle Services |
27,259,000 |
27,259,000 |
||||
| 16.9 |
Appropriations by Fund |
||
| 16.10 |
Special Revenue |
19,023,000 |
19,023,000 |
| 16.11 |
H.U.T.D. |
8,236,000 |
8,236,000 |
16.13from the vehicle services operating account.
| 16.14 |
(b) Driver Services |
28,712,000 |
28,712,000 |
||||
| 16.15 |
Appropriations by Fund |
||
| 16.16 |
Special Revenue |
28,711,000 |
28,711,000 |
| 16.17 |
Trunk Highway |
1,000 |
1,000 |
16.19from the driver services operating account.
| 16.20 |
Subd. 5.Traffic Safety |
435,000 |
435,000 |
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16.22spend 50 percent of the money available
16.23to the state under Public Law 105-206,
16.24section 164, and the remaining 50 percent
16.25must be transferred to the commissioner
16.26of transportation for hazard elimination
16.27activities under United States Code, title 23,
16.28section 152.
| 16.29 |
Subd. 6.Pipeline Safety |
1,354,000 |
1,354,000 |
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16.31account in the special revenue fund.
| 16.32 |
Subd. 7.Use of Trunk Highway Fund |
||||||
17.2funds may be made for the purpose of paying
17.3personnel costs incurred on behalf of the
17.4Governor's Office.
| 17.5 |
Sec. 6. TORT CLAIMS |
$ |
600,000 |
$ |
600,000 |
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17.7management and budget.
17.8If the appropriation for either year is
17.9insufficient, the appropriation for the other
17.10year is available for it.
17.11 Sec. 7. Laws 2009, chapter 36, article 1, section 3, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
| 17.12 |
Subd. 3.State Roads |
||||||
| 17.13 |
(a) Infrastructure Operations and Maintenance |
251,643,000 |
245,892,000 |
||||
17.15and 2013 is $257,395,000 for each year.
| 17.16 |
(b) Infrastructure Investment and Planning |
||||||
| 17.17 |
(1) Infrastructure Investment Support |
201,461,000 |
196,935,000 |
||||
17.19and 2013 is $205,988,000 for each year.
17.20$266,000 the first year and $266,000 the
17.21second year are available for grants to
17.22metropolitan planning organizations outside
17.23the seven-county metropolitan area.
17.24$75,000 the first year and $75,000 the
17.25second year are for a transportation research
17.26contingent account to finance research
17.27projects that are reimbursable from the
17.28federal government or from other sources.
17.29If the appropriation for either year is
17.30insufficient, the appropriation for the other
17.31year is available for it.
18.1$600,000 the first year and $600,000
18.2the second year are available for grants
18.3for transportation studies outside the
18.4metropolitan area to identify critical
18.5concerns, problems, and issues. These
18.6grants are available (1) to regional
18.7development commissions; (2) in regions
18.8where no regional development commission
18.9is functioning, to joint powers boards
18.10established under agreement of two or
18.11more political subdivisions in the region to
18.12exercise the planning functions of a regional
18.13development commission; and (3) in regions
18.14where no regional development commission
18.15or joint powers board is functioning, to the
18.16department's district office for that region.
| 18.17 18.18 |
(2) State Road Construction |
551,300,000 |
555,700,000 |
||||
18.20and 2013 is $635,000,000 for each year.
18.21It is estimated that these appropriations will
18.22be funded as follows:
| 18.23 |
Appropriations by Fund |
||
| 18.24 18.25 |
Federal Highway Aid |
301,100,000 |
345,500,000 |
| 18.26 |
Highway User Taxes |
250,200,000 |
210,200,000 |
18.28notify the chairs and ranking minority
18.29members of the senate and house of
18.30representatives committees with jurisdiction
18.31over transportation finance of any significant
18.32events that should cause these estimates to
18.33change.
18.34This appropriation is for the actual
18.35construction, reconstruction, and
18.36improvement of trunk highways, including
19.1design-build contracts and consultant usage
19.2to support these activities. This includes the
19.3cost of actual payment to landowners for
19.4lands acquired for highway rights-of-way,
19.5payment to lessees, interest subsidies, and
19.6relocation expenses.
19.7The commissioner shall expend up to
19.8one-half of one percent of the federal
19.9appropriations under this paragraph as grants
19.10to opportunity industrialization centers and
19.11other nonprofit job training centers for
19.12job training programs related to highway
19.13construction.
19.14The commissioner may transfer up to
19.15$15,000,000 each year to the transportation
19.16revolving loan fund.
19.17The commissioner may receive money
19.18covering other shares of the cost of
19.19partnership projects. These receipts are
19.20appropriated to the commissioner for these
19.21projects.
| 19.22 |
(3) Highway Debt Service |
101,170,000 |
173,400,000 |
||||
19.24the second year are for transfer to the state
19.25bond fund. If this appropriation is insufficient
19.26to make all transfers required in the year for
19.27which it is made, the commissioner of finance
19.28shall notify the Committee on Finance of
19.29the senate and the Committee on Ways and
19.30Means of the house of representatives of
19.31the amount of the deficiency and shall then
19.32transfer that amount under the statutory open
19.33appropriation. Any excess appropriation
19.34cancels to the trunk highway fund.
| 19.35 |
(c) Electronic Communications |
5,177,000 |
5,177,000 |
||||
| 20.1 |
Appropriations by Fund |
||
| 20.2 |
General |
9,000 |
9,000 |
| 20.3 |
Trunk Highway |
5,168,000 |
5,168,000 |
20.5and operate the Roosevelt signal tower for
20.6Lake of the Woods weather broadcasting.
20.7EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
20.10 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 16A.11, subdivision 3a, is amended to read:
20.11 Subd. 3a. Part three: detailed capital budget. The detailed capital budget must
20.12include recommendations for capital projects to be funded during the next six fiscal years
20.13and, if applicable, must meet the requirements under section 174.93, subdivision 1a. It
20.14must be submitted with projects recommended by the governor and in order of importance
20.15among that agency's requests as determined by the agency originating the request.
20.16 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 16A.86, subdivision 3a, is amended to read:
20.17 Subd. 3a. Information provided. All requests for state assistance under this section
20.18must include the following information:
20.19(1) the name of the political subdivision that will own the capital project for which
20.20state assistance is being requested;
20.21(2) the public purpose of the project;
20.22(3) the extent to which the political subdivision has or expects to provide local,
20.23private, user financing, or other nonstate funding for the project;
20.24(4) a list of the bondable activities that the project encompasses; examples of
20.25bondable activities are public improvements of a capital nature for land acquisition,
20.26predesign, design, construction, and furnishing and equipping for occupancy;
20.27(5) whether the project will require new or additional state operating subsidies;
20.28(6) whether the governing body of the political subdivision requesting the project
20.29has passed a resolution in support of the project and has established priorities for all
20.30projects within its jurisdiction for which bonding appropriations are requested when
20.31submitting multiple requests;
20.32(7) if the project requires a predesign under section
20.33has been completed at the time the capital project request is submitted, and whether
21.1the political subdivision has submitted the project predesign to the commissioner of
21.2administration for review and approval; and
21.3(8) if applicable, the information required under section 174.93, subdivision 1a.
21.4 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 161.04, is amended by adding a subdivision
21.5to read:
21.6 Subd. 6. Trunk highway economic development account. (a) The trunk highway
21.7economic development account is created in the trunk highway fund. Money in the
21.8account is annually appropriated to the commissioner and does not lapse. Interest earned
21.9from investment of money in this account must be deposited in the trunk highway
21.10economic development account.
21.11(b) Money in the account must be used to fund construction, reconstruction, and
21.12improvement of trunk highways that will promote economic development, increase
21.13employment, and relieve growing traffic congestion.
21.14(c) The commissioner shall design a project application and selection process to
21.15distribute money in the account. The process must include specified eligibility and
21.16prioritizing criteria.
21.17(d) Money in the account must be allocated 50 percent to the department's
21.18metropolitan district, and 50 percent to districts in greater Minnesota except as provided
21.19in this paragraph. If there are not sufficient project applications that meet eligibility and
21.20prioritizing criteria in either the metropolitan district or greater Minnesota districts to
21.21permit an equal division of available money, the commissioner shall fund projects that
21.22meet the selection criteria without regard to location in the state.
21.23 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 162.06, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
21.24 Subdivision 1. Estimate. (a) By December 15 of each year the commissioner shall
21.25estimate the amount of money that will be available to the county state-aid highway fund
21.26during that fiscal year. The amount available must be based on actual receipts from July
21.271 through
21.28receipts for the remainder of the fiscal year. The amount available, except for deductions
21.29as provided in this section, shall be apportioned by the commissioner to the counties as
21.30provided in section
21.31 (b) For purposes of this section, "amount available" means the amount estimated in
21.32paragraph (a).
21.33 Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 162.081, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
22.1 Subd. 4. Formula for distribution to towns; purposes. (a) Money apportioned to
22.2a county from the town road account must be distributed to the treasurer of each town
22.3within the county, according to a distribution formula adopted by the county board.
22.4The formula must take into account each town's levy for road and bridge purposes, its
22.5population and town road mileage, and other factors the county board deems advisable
22.6in the interests of achieving equity among the towns. Distribution of town road funds
22.7to each town treasurer must be made by March 1, annually, or within 30 days after
22.8receipt of payment from the commissioner. Distribution of funds to town treasurers in a
22.9county which has not adopted a distribution formula under this subdivision must be made
22.10according to a formula prescribed by the commissioner by rule. A formula adopted by a
22.11county board or by the commissioner must provide that a town, in order to be eligible for
22.12distribution of funds from the town road account in a calendar year, must have levied for
22.13taxes payable in the previous year for road and bridge purposes
22.14
22.15
22.16an amount equal to or greater than the amount distributed to that town from the town road
22.17account under this section in the year prior to the previous year.
22.18(b) Money distributed to a town under this subdivision may be expended by the
22.19town only for the construction, reconstruction, and gravel maintenance of town roads
22.20within the town.
22.21 Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 162.12, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
22.22 Subdivision 1. Estimate of accruals. By December 15 of each year the
22.23commissioner shall estimate the amount of money that will be available to the municipal
22.24state-aid street fund during that fiscal year. The amount available is based on actual
22.25receipts from July 1 through
22.26the projected receipts for the remainder of the fiscal year. The total available, except for
22.27deductions as provided herein, shall be apportioned by the commissioner to the cities
22.28having a population of 5,000 or more as hereinafter provided.
22.29 Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 168.013, subdivision 21, is amended to read:
22.30 Subd. 21. Technology surcharge. For every vehicle registration renewal required
22.31under this chapter, until June 30, 2015, the commissioner shall collect a surcharge of
22.32$1.75. Surcharges collected under this subdivision must be credited to the driver and
22.33vehicle services technology account in the special revenue fund under section
23.1 Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 168.021, is amended to read:
23.2168.021 PLATES FOR PHYSICALLY DISABLED PERSONS.
23.3 Subdivision 1. Disability plates; application. (a) When a motor vehicle registered
23.4under section
23.5capacity of one ton and resembling a pickup truck, or a self-propelled recreational vehicle
23.6is owned or primarily operated by a permanently physically disabled person or a custodial
23.7parent or guardian of a permanently physically disabled minor, the owner may apply for
23.8and secure from the commissioner (1) immediately, a temporary permit valid for 30 days
23.9if the applicant is eligible for the disability plates issued under this section and (2) two
23.10disability plates with attached emblems, one plate to be attached to the front, and one to
23.11the rear of the motor vehicle, truck, or recreational vehicle, or, in the case of a motorcycle,
23.12one disability plate the same size as a regular motorcycle plate.
23.13 (b) The commissioner shall not issue more than one plate to the owner of a
23.14motorcycle and not more than one set of plates to any owner of
23.15described in paragraph (a) at the same time unless the state Council on Disability approves
23.16the issuance of a second plate or set of plates to
23.17 (c) When the owner first applies for the disability plate or plates, the owner must
23.18submit a medical statement in a format approved by the commissioner under section
23.20 (d) No medical statement or proof of disability is required when an owner
23.21
23.22that are specially modified for and used exclusively by permanently physically disabled
23.23persons.
23.24 (e) The owner of a
23.25(i) immediately, a permit valid for 30 days, if the applicant is eligible to receive the
23.26disability plate or plates issued under this section, and (ii) a
23.27for
23.28 (1) the owner employs a permanently physically disabled person who would qualify
23.29for the disability plate or plates under this section; and
23.30 (2) the owner furnishes the motor vehicle to the physically disabled person for the
23.31exclusive use of that person in the course of employment.
23.32 Subd. 1a. Scope of privilege. If a physically disabled person parks a
23.33vehicle described in subdivision 1, displaying the disability plate or plates described in
23.34this section, or a permit valid for 30 days and issued to an eligible person awaiting receipt
23.35of the disability plate or plates described in this section, or any person parks the motor
24.1vehicle for a physically disabled person, that person is entitled to park the motor vehicle
24.2as provided in section
24.3 Subd. 2. Plate design; furnished by commissioner. The commissioner shall design
24.4and furnish two disability plates, or one disability plate for a motorcycle that is the same
24.5size as a regular motorcycle plate, with attached emblem or emblems to an eligible owner.
24.6The emblem must bear the internationally accepted wheelchair symbol, as designated in
24.7section
24.8be large enough to be visible plainly from a distance of 50 feet. An applicant eligible
24.9for a disability plate or plates shall pay the motor vehicle registration fee authorized
24.10by sections
24.11 Subd. 2a. Plate transfer. (a) When
24.12in subdivision 1 is transferred, the owner of the
24.13plate or plates. The buyer of the motor vehicle is entitled to receive a regular plate or plates
24.14for the
24.15(b) Notwithstanding section
24.16may be transferred to a replacement
24.17However, the disability plate or plates may not be transferred unless the replacement
24.18
24.19plate for a motorcycle, the replacement vehicle is a motorcycle, and (2) is owned or
24.20primarily operated by the permanently physically disabled person.
24.21 Subd. 2b. When not eligible. On becoming ineligible for the disability plate
24.22or plates, the owner of the motor vehicle shall remove the disability plate or plates.
24.23The owner may receive regular plates for the
24.24remainder of the registration period.
24.25 Subd. 3. Penalties for unauthorized use of plates. (a) A person who uses the
24.26disability plate or plates or permit provided under this section on a motor vehicle in
24.27violation of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor, and is subject to a fine of $500. This
24.28subdivision does not preclude a person who is not physically disabled from operating a
24.29
24.30(1) the person is the owner of the
24.31permits its operation by a physically disabled person;
24.32(2) the person operates the
24.33physically disabled; or
24.34(3) the person is the owner of the
24.35of a permanently physically disabled minor, and operates the
24.36the minor.
25.1(b) A driver who is not disabled is not entitled to the parking privileges provided
25.2in this section and in section
25.3disabled person.
25.4 Subd. 4. Fees; disposition. All fees collected from the sale of a disability plate or
25.5plates under this section must be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the vehicle
25.6services operating account under section
25.7 Subd. 5. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the term "physically disabled
25.8person" has the meaning given it in section
25.9 Subd. 6. Driver's license law not affected. This section must not be construed to
25.10revoke, limit, or amend chapter 171.
25.11 Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 168.12, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
25.12 Subd. 5. Additional fee. (a) In addition to any fee otherwise authorized or any tax
25.13otherwise imposed upon any vehicle, the payment of which is required as a condition to
25.14the issuance of any plate or plates, the commissioner shall impose the fee specified in
25.15paragraph (b) that is calculated to cover the cost of manufacturing and issuing the plate
25.16or plates, except for plates issued to disabled veterans as defined in section
25.17plates issued pursuant to section
25.18for passenger automobiles. The commissioner shall issue graphic design plates only
25.19for vehicles registered pursuant to section
25.20pursuant to section
25.21 (b) Unless otherwise specified or exempted by statute, the following plate and
25.22validation sticker fees apply for the original, duplicate, or replacement issuance of a
25.23plate in a plate year:
25.35 (c) For vehicles that require two of the categories above, the registrar shall only
25.36charge the higher of the two fees and not a combined total.
26.1(d) As part of procedures for payment of the fee under paragraph (b), the
26.2commissioner shall allow a vehicle owner to add to the fee, a $2 donation for the purposes
26.3of public information and education on anatomical gifts under section 171.07.
26.4EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective January 1, 2012.
26.5 Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 168.1253, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
26.6 Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) The terms used in this section have the meanings
26.7given them in this subdivision.
26.8(b) "Active service" has the meaning given in section
26.9(c) "Eligible person" means a surviving spouse
26.10sibling of a person who has died while serving honorably in active service. For purposes
26.11of this section, an eligibility relationship may be established by birth or adoption.
26.12(d) "Motor vehicle" means a vehicle for personal use, not used for commercial
26.13purposes, and may include a passenger automobile, motorcycle, recreational vehicle,
26.14pickup truck, or van.
26.15EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2011, for registrations
26.16applied for or renewed on or after that date.
26.17 Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 168.33, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
26.18 Subd. 7. Filing fees; allocations. (a) In addition to all other statutory fees and
26.19taxes, a filing fee of:
26.20(1)
26.21transactions; and
26.22(2)
26.23rate transactions;
26.24except that a filing fee may not be charged for a document returned for a refund or for
26.25a correction of an error made by the Department of Public Safety, a dealer, or a deputy
26.26registrar. The filing fee must be shown as a separate item on all registration renewal
26.27notices sent out by the commissioner. No filing fee or other fee may be charged for the
26.28permanent surrender of a title for a vehicle.
26.29(b) The statutory fees and taxes, and the filing fees imposed under paragraph (a)
26.30may be paid by credit card or debit card. The deputy registrar may collect a surcharge
26.31on the statutory fees, taxes, and filing fee not greater than the cost of processing a credit
26.32card or debit card transaction, in accordance with emergency rules established by the
27.1commissioner of public safety. The surcharge must be used to pay the cost of processing
27.2credit and debit card transactions.
27.3(c) All of the fees collected under paragraph (a), clause (1), by the department, must
27.4be paid into the vehicle services operating account in the special revenue fund under
27.5section
27.6$3.50 must be paid into the general fund with the remainder deposited into the vehicle
27.7services operating account in the special revenue fund under section
27.8 Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 168A.29, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
27.9 Subdivision 1. Amounts. (a) The department must be paid the following fees:
27.10 (1) for filing an application for and the issuance of an original certificate of title, the
27.11sum of $6.25 of which $3.25 must be paid into the vehicle services operating account of
27.12the special revenue fund under section
27.13$1.75 must be added to the fee and credited to the driver and vehicle services technology
27.14account;
27.15 (2) for each security interest when first noted upon a certificate of title, including the
27.16concurrent notation of any assignment thereof and its subsequent release or satisfaction,
27.17the sum of $2, except that no fee is due for a security interest filed by a public authority
27.18under section
27.19 (3) for the transfer of the interest of an owner and the issuance of a new certificate of
27.20title, the sum of $5.50 of which $2.50 must be paid into the vehicle services operating
27.21account of the special revenue fund under section
27.22surcharge of $1.75 must be added to the fee and credited to the driver and vehicle services
27.23technology account;
27.24 (4) for each assignment of a security interest when first noted on a certificate of title,
27.25unless noted concurrently with the security interest, the sum of $1;
27.26 (5) for issuing a duplicate certificate of title, the sum of $7.25 of which $3.25 must
27.27be paid into the vehicle services operating account of the special revenue fund under
27.28section
27.29and credited to the driver and vehicle services technology account.
27.30 (b) After June 30, 1994, in addition to each of the fees required under paragraph (a),
27.31clauses (1) and (3), the department must be paid $3.50. The additional $3.50 fee collected
27.32under this paragraph must be deposited in the special revenue fund and credited to the
27.33public safety motor vehicle account established in section
27.34 Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 169.345, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
28.1 Subdivision 1. Scope of privilege. (a) A
28.2subdivision 1, paragraph (a), that prominently displays the certificate authorized by this
28.3section or that bears the disability plate or plates issued under section
28.4parked by or solely for the benefit of a physically disabled person:
28.5(1) in a designated parking space for disabled persons, as provided in section
28.7(2) in a metered parking space without obligation to pay the meter fee and without
28.8time restrictions unless time restrictions are separately posted on official signs; and
28.9(3) without time restrictions in a nonmetered space where parking is otherwise
28.10allowed for passenger vehicles but restricted to a maximum period of time and that does
28.11not specifically prohibit the exercise of disabled parking privileges in that space.
28.12A person may park
28.13described in clause (1) or (2) only when actually transporting the physically disabled
28.14person for the sole benefit of that person and when the parking space is within a reasonable
28.15distance from the drop-off point.
28.16(b) For purposes of this subdivision, a certificate is prominently displayed if it is
28.17displayed so that it may be viewed from the front and rear of the motor vehicle by hanging
28.18it from the rearview mirror attached to the front windshield of the motor vehicle or, in
28.19the case of a motorcycle, is secured to the vehicle. If there is no rearview mirror or if the
28.20certificate holder's disability precludes placing the certificate on the mirror, the certificate
28.21must be displayed on the dashboard on the driver's side of the vehicle. No part of the
28.22certificate may be obscured.
28.23(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), clauses (1), (2), and (3), this section does not
28.24permit parking in areas prohibited by sections
28.25parking spaces, or in parking spaces reserved for specified purposes or vehicles. A local
28.26governmental unit may, by ordinance, prohibit parking on any street or highway to create
28.27a fire lane, or to accommodate heavy traffic during morning and afternoon rush hours and
28.28these ordinances also apply to physically disabled persons.
28.29 Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 169.345, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
28.30 Subd. 3. Identifying certificate. (a) The commissioner shall issue (1) immediately,
28.31a permit valid for 30 days if the person is eligible for the certificate issued under this
28.32section and (2) an identifying certificate for a
28.33subdivision 1, paragraph (a), when a physically disabled applicant submits proof of
28.34physical disability under subdivision 2a. The commissioner shall design separate
28.35certificates for persons with permanent and temporary disabilities that can be readily
29.1distinguished from each other from outside a
29.2the case of a motorcycle, can be readily secured to the motorcycle. An applicant may be
29.3issued up to two certificates if the applicant has not been issued disability plates under
29.4section
29.5(b) The operator of a
29.6privileges provided in subdivision 1 only while the
29.7transporting a physically disabled person.
29.8(c) The commissioner shall cancel all certificates issued to an applicant who fails to
29.9comply with the requirements of this subdivision.
29.10 Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 169.86, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
29.11 Subd. 5. Fees; proceeds deposited; appropriation. The commissioner, with
29.12respect to highways under the commissioner's jurisdiction, may charge a fee for each
29.13permit issued. All such fees for permits issued by the commissioner of transportation shall
29.14be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the trunk highway fund. Except for
29.15those annual permits for which the permit fees are specified elsewhere in this chapter, the
29.16fees shall be:
29.17 (a) $15 for each single trip permit.
29.18 (b) $36 for each job permit. A job permit may be issued for like loads carried on
29.19a specific route for a period not to exceed two months. "Like loads" means loads of the
29.20same product, weight, and dimension.
29.21 (c) $60 for an annual permit to be issued for a period not to exceed 12 consecutive
29.22months. Annual permits may be issued for:
29.23 (1) motor vehicles used to alleviate a temporary crisis adversely affecting the safety
29.24or well-being of the public;
29.25 (2) motor vehicles which travel on interstate highways and carry loads authorized
29.26under subdivision 1a;
29.27 (3) motor vehicles operating with gross weights authorized under section
29.28subdivision 1a
29.29 (4) special pulpwood vehicles described in section
29.30 (5) motor vehicles bearing snowplow blades not exceeding ten feet in width;
29.31 (6) noncommercial transportation of a boat by the owner or user of the boat;
29.32 (7) motor vehicles carrying bales of agricultural products authorized under section
29.34(8) special milk-hauling vehicles authorized under section
30.1 (d) $120 for an oversize annual permit to be issued for a period not to exceed 12
30.2consecutive months. Annual permits may be issued for:
30.3 (1) mobile cranes;
30.4 (2) construction equipment, machinery, and supplies;
30.5 (3) manufactured homes and manufactured storage buildings;
30.6 (4) implements of husbandry;
30.7 (5) double-deck buses;
30.8 (6) commercial boat hauling and transporting waterfront structures, including, but
30.9not limited to, portable boat docks and boat lifts;
30.10 (7) three-vehicle combinations consisting of two empty, newly manufactured trailers
30.11for cargo, horses, or livestock, not to exceed 28-1/2 feet per trailer; provided, however,
30.12the permit allows the vehicles to be moved from a trailer manufacturer to a trailer dealer
30.13only while operating on twin-trailer routes designated under section
30.14paragraph (c); and
30.15(8) vehicles operating on that portion of marked Trunk Highway 36 described in
30.16section
30.17 (e) For vehicles which have axle weights exceeding the weight limitations of
30.18sections
30.19this paragraph applies to any vehicle described in section
30.20paragraph (b), but only when the vehicle exceeds its gross weight allowance set forth in
30.21that paragraph, and then the additional cost is for all weight, including the allowance
30.22weight, in excess of the permitted maximum axle weight. The additional cost is equal
30.23to the product of the distance traveled times the sum of the overweight axle group cost
30.24factors shown in the following chart:
31.9The amounts added are rounded to the nearest cent for each axle or axle group. The
31.10additional cost does not apply to paragraph (c), clauses (1) and (3).
31.11For a vehicle found to exceed the appropriate maximum permitted weight, a cost-per-mile
31.12fee of 22 cents per ton, or fraction of a ton, over the permitted maximum weight is imposed
31.13in addition to the normal permit fee. Miles must be calculated based on the distance
31.14already traveled in the state plus the distance from the point of detection to a transportation
31.15loading site or unloading site within the state or to the point of exit from the state.
31.16 (f) As an alternative to paragraph (e), an annual permit may be issued for overweight,
31.17or oversize and overweight, mobile cranes; construction equipment, machinery, and
31.18supplies; implements of husbandry; and commercial boat hauling. The fees for the permit
31.19are as follows:
31.28If the gross weight of the vehicle is more than 145,000 pounds the permit fee is determined
31.29under paragraph (e).
31.30 (g) For vehicles which exceed the width limitations set forth in section
31.31more than 72 inches, an additional cost equal to $120 added to the amount in paragraph (a)
31.32when the permit is issued while seasonal load restrictions pursuant to section
31.33in effect.
31.34 (h) $85 for an annual permit to be issued for a period not to exceed 12 months, for
31.35refuse-compactor vehicles that carry a gross weight of not more than: 22,000 pounds on
31.36a single rear axle; 38,000 pounds on a tandem rear axle; or, subject to section
31.37subdivision 2
32.1pounds on a tridem rear axle must limit the gross vehicle weight to not more than 62,000
32.2pounds.
32.3 (i) $300 for a motor vehicle described in section
32.4paragraph must be deposited as follows:
32.5 (1) in fiscal years 2005 through 2010:
32.6 (i) the first $50,000 in each fiscal year must be deposited in the trunk highway fund
32.7for costs related to administering the permit program and inspecting and posting bridges;
32.8 (ii) all remaining money in each fiscal year must be deposited in a bridge inspection
32.9and signing account in the special revenue fund. Money in the account is appropriated
32.10to the commissioner for:
32.11 (A) inspection of local bridges and identification of local bridges to be posted,
32.12including contracting with a consultant for some or all of these functions; and
32.13 (B) erection of weight-posting signs on local bridges; and
32.14 (2) in fiscal year 2011 and subsequent years must be deposited in the trunk highway
32.15fund.
32.16 (j) Beginning August 1, 2006, $200 for an annual permit for a vehicle operating
32.17under authority of section
32.18EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
32.19 Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 171.06, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
32.20 Subd. 2. Fees. (a) The fees for a license and Minnesota identification card are
32.21as follows:
33.10In addition to each fee required in this paragraph, the commissioner shall collect a
33.11surcharge of $1.75 until June 30,
33.12must be credited to the driver and vehicle services technology account in the special
33.13revenue fund under section
33.14 (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), an individual who holds a provisional license and
33.15has a driving record free of (1) convictions for a violation of section
33.17violations, and (3) convictions for moving violations that are not crash related, shall have a
33.18$3.50 credit toward the fee for any classified under-21 driver's license. "Moving violation"
33.19has the meaning given it in section
33.20 (c) In addition to the driver's license fee required under paragraph (a), the
33.21commissioner shall collect an additional $4 processing fee from each new applicant
33.22or individual renewing a license with a school bus endorsement to cover the costs for
33.23processing an applicant's initial and biennial physical examination certificate. The
33.24department shall not charge these applicants any other fee to receive or renew the
33.25endorsement.
33.26(d) In addition to the fee required under paragraph (a), a driver's license agent may
33.27charge and retain a filing fee under section 171.061, subdivision 4. The department shall
33.28charge the same amount as an agent under section 171.061, which must be credited to the
33.29driver services operating account in section 299A.705, subdivision 2.
33.30(e) An application for a Minnesota identification card, instruction permit, provisional
33.31license, or driver's license, including an application for renewal, must contain a provision
33.32that allows the applicant to add to the fee under paragraph (a), a $2 donation for the
33.33purposes of public information and education on anatomical gifts under section 171.07.
33.34EFFECTIVE DATE.Paragraph (e) is effective January 1, 2012.
33.35 Sec. 17. [171.075] ANATOMICAL GIFTS.
33.36 Subdivision 1. Anatomical gift account. An anatomical gift account is established
33.37in the special revenue fund. The account consists of funds donated under sections
34.1168.12, subdivision 5, and 171.06, subdivision 2, and any other money donated,
34.2allotted, transferred, or otherwise provided to the account. Money in the account is
34.3annually appropriated to the commissioner for: (1) grants under subdivision 2; and (2)
34.4administrative expenses in implementing the donation and grant program.
34.5 Subd. 2. Anatomical gift education grants. (a) The commissioner shall make
34.6grants to: (1) a Minnesota organ procurement organization that is certified by the federal
34.7Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; or (2) an entity that is a charitable entity
34.8under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, as defined in section 289A.02,
34.9subdivision 7, and is dedicated to advocacy for organ, tissue, and eye donation.
34.10(b) From a grant under this section, the recipient shall provide resources and
34.11implement programs designed to increase the number of Minnesotans who register to
34.12be organ, tissue, and eye donors.
34.13EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective January 1, 2012.
34.14 Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 174.93, is amended to read:
34.15174.93 GUIDEWAY INVESTMENT.
34.16 Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms
34.17have the meanings given:
34.18(1) "commissioner" means the commissioner of transportation;
34.19(2) "guideway" means a form of transportation service provided to the public on a
34.20regular and ongoing basis, that operates on exclusive or controlled rights-of-way or rails
34.21in whole or in part, and includes each line for intercity passenger rail, commuter rail, light
34.22rail transit, streetcars, and bus rapid transit; and
34.23(3) "local unit of government" means a county, statutory or home rule charter city,
34.24town, or other political subdivision, including, but not limited to, a regional railroad
34.25authority or joint powers board.
34.26(b) For purposes of this section, "sources of funds" includes, but is not limited to,
34.27money from federal aid, state appropriations, the Metropolitan Council, special taxing
34.28districts, local units of government, fare box recovery, and nonpublic sources.
34.29(c) For purposes of this section, "budget activity" includes, but is not limited
34.30to, environmental analysis, land acquisition, easements, design, preliminary and
34.31final engineering, acquisition of vehicles and rolling stock, track improvement and
34.32rehabilitation, and construction.
34.33 Subd. 1a. Capital project requests to legislature. A state agency or local unit of
34.34government that submits a request to the legislature to obtain state funds for a guideway
35.1project shall, as part of the request, provide a summary financial plan for the project that
35.2presents the following information as reflected by the data and level of detail available in
35.3the latest phase of project development:
35.4(1) capital expenditures and funding sources for the project, including expenditures
35.5to date and total projected or estimated expenditures, with a breakdown by committed and
35.6proposed sources of funds; and
35.7(2) estimated annual operations and maintenance expenditures for the project, with a
35.8breakdown by committed and proposed sources of funds.
35.9 Subd. 2. Legislative report. (a) By November 15 in every odd-numbered year,
35.10the commissioner shall prepare, in collaboration with the Metropolitan Council, and
35.11submit a report electronically to the chairs and ranking minority members of the house
35.12of representatives and senate committees with jurisdiction over transportation policy
35.13and finance concerning the status of guideway projects (1) currently in study, planning,
35.14development, or construction; (2) identified in the transportation policy plan under section
35.16under section
35.17(b) At a minimum, the report must include, for each guideway project:
35.18(1) a brief description of the project, including projected ridership;
35.19(2) a summary of the overall status and current phase of the project;
35.20(3) a timeline that includes (i) project phases or milestones; (ii) expected and known
35.21dates of commencement of each phase or milestone; and (iii) expected and known dates
35.22of completion of each phase or milestone;
35.23(4) a brief progress update on specific project phases or milestones completed since
35.24the last previous submission of a report under this subdivision; and
35.25(5) a summary financial plan that identifies, as reflected by the data and level of
35.26detail available in the latest phase of project development and to the extent available:
35.27(i) capital expenditures, including expenditures to date and total projected
35.28expenditures, with a breakdown by committed and proposed sources of funds for the
35.29project;
35.30(ii) estimated annual operations and maintenance expenditures
35.31
35.32committed and proposed sources of funds for the
35.33
35.34(iii) if feasible, project expenditures by budget activity.
35.35(c) The report must also include a systemwide capacity analysis for investment in
35.36guideway expansion and maintenance that:
36.1(1) provides a funding projection, annually over the ensuing 20 years, and with a
36.2breakdown by committed and proposed sources of funds, of:
36.3(i) total capital expenditures for guideways;
36.4(ii) total operations and maintenance expenditures for guideways;
36.5(iii) total funding available for guideways, including from projected or estimated
36.6farebox recovery; and
36.7(iv) total funding available for transit service in the metropolitan area; and
36.8(2) evaluates the availability of funds and distribution of sources of funds for
36.9guideway investments.
36.10(d) The projection under paragraph (c), clause (1), must be for all guideway lines
36.11for which state funds are reasonably expected to be expended in planning, development,
36.12construction, or revenue operation during the ensuing 20 years.
36.13(e) Local units of government shall provide assistance and information in a timely
36.14manner as requested by the commissioner or council for completion of the report.
36.15 Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 299A.705, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
36.16 Subd. 3. Driver and vehicle services technology account. (a) The driver and
36.17vehicle services technology account is created in the special revenue fund, consisting of
36.18the technology surcharge collected as specified in chapters 168, 168A, and 171, and any
36.19other money otherwise donated, allotted, appropriated, or legislated to this account.
36.20 (b) Money in the account is annually appropriated to the commissioner of public
36.21safety to support the research, development, deployment, and maintenance of a driver
36.22and vehicle services information system.
36.23(c) This subdivision expires on June 30, 2015.
36.24 Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 473.388, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
36.25 Subd. 4. Financial assistance. (a) The council must grant the requested financial
36.26assistance if it determines that the proposed service is intended to replace the service to
36.27the applying city or town or combination thereof by the council and that the proposed
36.28service will meet the needs of the applicant at least as efficiently and effectively as the
36.29existing service.
36.30 (b) The amount of assistance
36.31this section may not be less than the sum of the amounts determined for each municipality
36.32comprising the system, except as provided in paragraph (c), as follows:
36.33 (1) the transit operating assistance grants received under this subdivision by the
36.34municipality in calendar year 2001 or the tax revenues for transit services levied by the
37.1municipality for taxes payable in 2001, including that portion of the levy derived from
37.2the areawide pool under section
37.3the municipality's aid under section
37.4levy; times
37.5 (2) the ratio of (i) an amount equal to 3.74 percent of the state revenues generated
37.6from the taxes imposed under chapter 297B for the current fiscal year to (ii) the total
37.7transit operating assistance grants received under this subdivision in calendar year 2001 or
37.8the tax revenues for transit services levied by all replacement service municipalities under
37.9this section for taxes payable in 2001, including that portion of the levy derived from
37.10the areawide pool under section
37.11homestead and agricultural credit aid under section
37.12to nondebt transit levies, times
37.13 (3) the ratio of (i) the municipality's total taxable market value for taxes payable
37.14in 2006 divided by the municipality's total taxable market value for taxes payable in
37.152001, to (ii) the total taxable market value of all property located in replacement service
37.16municipalities for taxes payable in 2006 divided by the total taxable market value of all
37.17property located in replacement service municipalities for taxes payable in 2001.
37.18 (c) The amount of financial assistance calculated under paragraph (b) for each
37.19system must be reduced proportionally in fiscal years 2012 and 2013 so that the total
37.20financial assistance paid by the council to recipients is reduced by $4,000,000 in each year.
37.21(d) The council shall pay the amount to be provided to the recipient from the funds
37.22the council receives in the metropolitan area transit account under section
37.23 Sec. 21. METROPOLITAN LIVABLE COMMUNITIES FUND; TRANSFERS.
37.24 Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections
37.25the Metropolitan Council may transfer to its transit operating budget in 2012 and 2013,
37.26money that is not committed to grant or loan awards made by the council as follows:
37.27(1) up to 50 percent of the revenues and amounts credited, transferred, or distributed
37.28to the tax base revitalization account in 2012 and 2013, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes,
37.29section
37.30 (2) up to 50 percent of the revenues and amounts credited, transferred, or distributed
37.31to the metropolitan livable communities demonstration account in 2012 and 2013,
37.32pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section
37.33 (3) balances in the metropolitan livable communities fund accounts in 2012 and
37.342013.
38.1 The council shall use the amounts transferred to cover operating deficits for the
38.2transit, paratransit, and light rail and commuter rail services provided or assisted by the
38.3council under Minnesota Statutes, sections
38.4funds pursuant to this section, the council shall amend the annual distribution plan
38.5described in Minnesota Statutes, section
38.6about the transfer in the annual report required under Minnesota Statutes, section
38.7paragraph (e).
38.8 Sec. 22. RIGHT-OF-WAY ACQUISITION LOAN FUND; TRANSFERS.
38.9Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 473.167, or any other law, the
38.10Metropolitan Council may transfer to its transit operating budget in 2012 and 2013 up
38.11to 75 percent of the amounts levied and collected in 2012 and 2013, under Minnesota
38.12Statutes, section 473.167, subdivision 3. The council shall use the amounts transferred to
38.13cover operating deficits for the transit, paratransit, and light rail and commuter rail services
38.14provided or assisted by the council under Minnesota Statutes, sections 473.371 to 473.449.
38.15 Sec. 23. REPORT ON ANATOMICAL GIFT ACCOUNT.
38.16The commissioner of public safety shall report to the chairs of the legislative
38.17committees having jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance on the receipts and
38.18expenditures under Minnesota Statutes, section 171.075. The commissioner shall submit
38.19the report by February 1, 2013.