Minnesota Legislature
HF 2765
as introduced - 91st Legislature (2019 - 2020) Posted on 04/01/2019 02:53pm
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A bill for an act
relating to transportation; amending certain requirements governing the corridors
of commerce program; appropriating money; authorizing the sale and issuance of
state bonds; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 161.088, subdivision 5.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 161.088, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
Subd. 5.
Project selection processdeleted text begin ; criteriadeleted text end .
(a) The commissioner must establish a
process to identify, evaluate, and select projects under the program. The process must be
consistent with the requirements of this deleted text begin subdivisiondeleted text end new text begin sectionnew text end and must not include any
additional evaluation criteria.
(b) new text begin The commissioner must maintain an ongoing priority ranking list of projects that are
classified and evaluated. For all funds available under this section, the commissioner must
select projects in order based on the priority ranking.
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(c) By January 15, 2020, and by January 15 of every five years thereafter, the
commissioner must perform a reevaluation of each project on the priority ranking list.
Annually by January 15, the commissioner must revise the priority ranking list to the extent
necessary to remove projects that are completed or no longer eligible. The commissioner
may reevaluate a project that is on the priority ranking list if the commissioner identifies a
change in circumstances that is reasonably likely to materially impact the project's ranking.
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new text begin (d) new text end As part of deleted text begin the project selection processdeleted text end new text begin each reevaluation under paragraph (c)new text end , the
commissioner must deleted text begin annuallydeleted text end accept recommendations on candidate projects from area
transportation partnerships and other interested stakeholders in each Department of
Transportation district. The commissioner must determine the eligibility for each candidate
project identified under this paragraph. For each eligible project, the commissioner must
classify and evaluate the project for the deleted text begin programdeleted text end new text begin priority ranking listnew text end , using all of the criteria
established under deleted text begin paragraph (c)deleted text end new text begin subdivision 5anew text end .
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(e) As part of the project selection process, the commissioner may divide funding to be
separately available among projects within each classification under subdivision 3.
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(f) The priority ranking list and all projects evaluated must be made public and must
include the score of each project.
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new text begin Subd. 5a. new text end
new text begin Evaluation criteria. new text end
deleted text begin (c)deleted text end new text begin (a)new text end Projects must be evaluated using all of the following
criteria:
(1) a return on investment measure that provides for comparison across eligible projects;
(2) deleted text begin measurable impacts on commerce and economic competitivenessdeleted text end new text begin weighting for a
project that is:
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(i) uncompleted and for which funds have previously been provided or awarded under
this section; or
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new text begin (ii) located adjacent or in close proximity to the project limits of a project previously
funded under this sectionnew text end ;
(3) efficiency in the movement of freight, including but not limited to:
(i) measures of annual average daily traffic and commercial vehicle miles traveled, which
may include data near the project location on that trunk highway or on connecting trunk
and local highways; deleted text begin and
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(ii) measures of congestion or travel time reliability, which may be within or near the
project limits, or both;new text begin and
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(iii) for projects located outside of the Department of Transportation metropolitan district,
weighting based on a higher rate of heavy commercial annual average daily traffic as a
percentage of annual average daily traffic;
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(4) improvements to traffic safety;
(5) connections to regional trade centers, local highway systems, and other transportation
modes;
(6) the extent to which the project addresses multiple transportation system policy
objectives and principles;
(7) support and consensus for the project among members of the surrounding community;
deleted text begin and
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(8) regional balance throughout the statenew text begin ; and
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new text begin (9) project readinessnew text end .
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(d) The list of all projects evaluated must be made public and must include the score of
each project.
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deleted text begin (e) As part of the project selection process,deleted text end new text begin (b)new text end The commissioner deleted text begin may divide funding
to be separately available among projects within each classification under subdivision 3,
anddeleted text end may apply separate or modified criteria among those projects falling within each
classificationnew text begin under subdivision 3new text end .
Sec. 2. new text begin CORRIDORS OF COMMERCE; PROJECT SELECTION.
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The project selection requirements under Minnesota Statutes, section 161.088, subdivision
5, paragraph (b), do not apply to appropriations for the corridors of commerce program
under Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 3, article 2, section 2, subdivision 1, or
under Laws 2018, chapter 214, article 1, section 16, subdivision 11, as amended by Laws
2019, chapter 2, article 2, section 4.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
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This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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Sec. 3. new text begin CORRIDORS OF COMMERCE; APPROPRIATION AND BOND SALE
AUTHORIZATION.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end
new text begin Appropriation. new text end
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$300,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds
account in the trunk highway fund to the commissioner of transportation for the corridors
of commerce program under Minnesota Statutes, section 161.088.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end
new text begin Bond sale. new text end
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To provide the money appropriated in subdivision 1 from the bond
proceeds account in the trunk highway fund, the commissioner of management and budget
shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to $300,000,000 in the manner, upon
the terms, and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 167.50 to 167.52,
and by the Minnesota Constitution, article XIV, section 11, at the times and in the amounts
requested by the commissioner of transportation. The proceeds of the bonds, except accrued
interest and any premium received from the sale of the bonds, must be deposited in the bond
proceeds account in the trunk highway fund.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
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This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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