1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; requiring certain programming for expansion along a 
1.3 	segment of marked Interstate Highway 94.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 94 LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY.
 1.6 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms have 
1.7 	the meanings given:
1.8 	(1) "commissioner" means the commissioner of the Department of Transportation; 
1.9 	and
1.10 	(2) "Interstate Highway 94 project" means construction or reconstruction of marked 
1.11 	Interstate Highway 94 with an additional general purpose lane of travel in each direction, 
1.12 	from the interchange at marked Trunk Highway 101 and Hennepin County State-Aid 
1.13 	Highway 81 in the city of Rogers, to the interchange at marked Trunk Highway 241 
1.14 	and Wright County State-Aid Highway 36.
1.15 		Subd. 2.Project programming. The commissioner shall include the Interstate 
1.16 	Highway 94 project in the next regular update to the statewide transportation improvement 
1.17 	program. The Interstate Highway 94 project must remain in the statewide transportation 
1.18 	improvement program until it is completed, and it may not be delayed from the initial date 
1.19 	of scheduled commencement unless the commissioner (1) identifies special unforeseen 
1.20 	circumstances; and (2) submits a notification, including specific reasons for the delay, to 
1.21 	the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction 
1.22 	over transportation policy and finance.

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