HF 2835

as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 03/13/2023 10:12am

A bill for an act
relating to transportation; prohibiting inclusion of highway spending for
nonhighway purposes in governor's budget; requiring a report; proposing coding
for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 161.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

new text begin [161.0895] HIGHWAY PURPOSE; REPORT.
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new text begin (a) To ensure compliance with the Minnesota Constitution, article XIV, sections 2, 5,
and 6, commissioners of state agencies must not include in a biennial budget any expenditures
from the trunk highway fund or the highway user tax distribution fund for a nonhighway
purpose or for any purpose prohibited by section 161.20.
new text end

new text begin (b) No later than 45 days following the submission of the governor's biennial budget to
the legislature under section 16A.11, the commissioner of management and budget and the
attorney general must jointly submit a report to the chairs and ranking minority members
of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance. The
report must examine proposed appropriations from the trunk highway fund and the highway
user tax distribution fund, explain the highway purpose of the proposed appropriations,
determine if any proposed appropriation is for a nonhighway purpose, and, for nonhighway
purposes, recommend the fund to be used.
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new text begin (c) For the purposes of this section, an appropriation for a nonhighway purpose is any
appropriation not for construction, improvement, or maintenance of highways or for any
purpose prohibited by section 161.20.
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