HF 2876

as introduced - 80th Legislature (1997 - 1998) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to the organization and operation of state 
  1.3             government; establishing surface transportation fund; 
  1.4             requiring deposit of receipts in fund; dedicating 30 
  1.5             percent of sales tax on motor vehicles to surface 
  1.6             transportation; appropriating money; amending 
  1.7             Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 1.13; 16A.127, by 
  1.8             adding a subdivision; 160.277, subdivision 3; 161.20, 
  1.9             subdivision 5; 161.23, subdivisions 3 and 5; 161.241, 
  1.10            subdivision 2; 161.41, subdivision 3; 161.431; 
  1.11            161.433, subdivision 2; 161.44, subdivision 9; 165.08, 
  1.12            subdivision 4; 169.781, subdivision 7; 169.86, 
  1.13            subdivision 7; 169.871, subdivision 5; 170.23; 
  1.14            171.185; 171.26; 171.36; 173.07, subdivision 2; 
  1.15            173.231; 174.30, subdivision 8; 221.0355, subdivisions 
  1.16            11, 16, and 18; 221.036, subdivision 14; 221.82; 
  1.17            221.83; 221.84, subdivision 4; 221.85, subdivision 3; 
  1.18            297B.09, subdivision 1; 299D.03, subdivision 5; and 
  1.19            299D.09; Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, sections 
  1.20            169.09, subdivision 13; 169.86, subdivision 5; 171.06, 
  1.21            subdivision 2a; 171.07, subdivision 11; and 171.29, 
  1.22            subdivision 2; Laws 1997, chapters 159, article 1, 
  1.23            sections 1; 2, subdivisions 1, 3, 4, 5, and 12; 3; 4, 
  1.24            subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5; 6; 8; 200, article 1, 
  1.25            sections 1; and 2, subdivision 4; 202, article 1, 
  1.26            sections 1; and 2, subdivision 4; 203, article 1, 
  1.27            sections 1; and 6; and 239, article 1, sections 1; and 
  1.28            7, subdivision 3; Laws 1997, First Special Session 
  1.29            chapter 4, article 10, section 3, subdivision 2; 
  1.30            proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, 
  1.31            chapter 160. 
  1.32  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.33                             ARTICLE 1 
  1.34                    SURFACE TRANSPORTATION FUND
  1.35     Section 1.  [160.035] [SURFACE TRANSPORTATION FUND.] 
  1.36     Subdivision 1.  [FUND CREATED.] A surface transportation 
  1.37  fund is created in the state treasury.  The fund consists of all 
  1.38  money appropriated or credited to the fund by law. 
  2.1      Subd. 2.  [EXPENDITURES FROM FUND.] Money in the surface 
  2.2   transportation fund may be expended by appropriation for costs 
  2.3   
  2.4   related to any state surface transportation purpose, including, 
  2.5   but not limited to: 
  2.6      (1) construction, improvement, and maintenance of public 
  2.7   highways; 
  2.8      (2) operating and capital assistance to transit; 
  2.9      (3) operating and capital assistance to rail and waterway 
  2.10  transportation systems; 
  2.11     (4) state patrol operations; 
  2.12     (5) motor carrier regulation; 
  2.13     (6) driver licensing and education; 
  2.14     (7) transportation safety; and 
  2.15     (8) hazardous materials and hazardous waste transportation. 
  2.16     Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  2.17     Section 1 is effective July 1, 1999. 
  2.18                             ARTICLE 2
  2.19                SURFACE TRANSPORTATION FUND REVENUES
  2.20     Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 1.13, is 
  2.21  amended to read: 
  2.22     1.13 [MONEYS RECEIVED CREDITED TO HIGHWAY FUND.] 
  2.23     Any payment so received for the granting of an easement 
  2.24  shall be deposited in the trunk highway surface transportation 
  2.25  fund.  
  2.26     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 160.277, 
  2.27  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
  2.28     Subd. 3.  [REVENUE.] The franchise agreement may provide 
  2.29  that a percentage of the gross revenues derived from advertising 
  2.30  shall be paid to the state for deposit in the trunk 
  2.31  highway surface transportation fund.  
  2.32     Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 161.20, 
  2.33  subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
  2.34     Subd. 5.  [ACCEPTANCE OF PRIVATE FUNDS.] Notwithstanding 
  2.35  sections 7.09 to 7.12, the commissioner may accept on behalf of 
  2.36  the state, gifts, grants, or contributions for purposes 
  2.37  pertaining to the activities of the department.  Funds received 
  3.1   under this subdivision must be deposited in the trunk 
  3.2   highway surface transportation fund and are annually 
  3.3   appropriated to the commissioner for the purpose for which they 
  3.4   are given.  
  3.5      Sec. 4.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 161.23, 
  3.6   subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
  3.7      Subd. 3.  [LEASING.] The commissioner may lease for the 
  3.8   term between the acquisition and sale thereof and for a fair 
  3.9   rental rate and upon such terms and conditions as the 
  3.10  commissioner deems proper, any excess real estate acquired under 
  3.11  the provisions of this section, and any real estate acquired in 
  3.12  fee for trunk highway purposes and not presently needed 
  3.13  therefor.  All rents received from the leases shall be paid into 
  3.14  the state treasury.  Seventy percent of the rents shall be 
  3.15  credited to the trunk highway surface transportation fund.  The 
  3.16  remaining 30 percent shall be paid to the county treasurer where 
  3.17  the real estate is located, and shall be distributed in the same 
  3.18  manner as real estate taxes.  This subdivision does not apply to 
  3.19  real estate leased for the purpose of providing commercial and 
  3.20  public service advertising pursuant to franchise agreements as 
  3.21  provided in sections 160.276 to 160.278. 
  3.22     Sec. 5.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 161.23, 
  3.23  subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
  3.24     Subd. 5.  [RECEIPTS PAID INTO TRUNK HIGHWAY SURFACE 
  3.25  TRANSPORTATION FUND.] Money received from the sale of such lands 
  3.26  and properties less any fee paid under subdivision 2a must be 
  3.27  paid into the trunk highway surface transportation fund. 
  3.28     Sec. 6.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 161.241, 
  3.29  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  3.30     Subd. 2.  [AGREEMENT.] The lands to be acquired from the 
  3.31  railroad company, and the lands necessary for the relocation of 
  3.32  the railroad tracks to be acquired by the state, shall be 
  3.33  described in a voluntary agreement between the railroad company 
  3.34  and the commissioner.  Such agreement shall set forth the 
  3.35  consideration to be paid for the lands involved.  The 
  3.36  consideration may be an even exchange of land if the market 
  4.1   value is equal, or there may be money payment or services to be 
  4.2   rendered by one party or the other to the agreement in addition 
  4.3   to the exchange of land, depending on the relative market values 
  4.4   of the lands involved.  Any money paid to the state shall be 
  4.5   credited to the trunk highway surface transportation fund. 
  4.6      Sec. 7.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 161.41, 
  4.7   subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
  4.8      Subd. 3.  [MONEY CREDITED TO TRUNK HIGHWAY SURFACE 
  4.9   TRANSPORTATION FUND.] The commissioner shall deposit all money 
  4.10  received under this section with the state treasurer to be 
  4.11  credited to the trunk highway surface transportation fund. 
  4.12     Sec. 8.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 161.431, is 
  4.13  amended to read: 
  4.14     161.431 [LEASING OF HIGHWAY EASEMENTS.] 
  4.15     The commissioner may lease to the fee owner for a fair 
  4.16  rental rate and upon terms and conditions that the commissioner 
  4.17  deems proper, an easement in real estate acquired for trunk 
  4.18  highway purposes and not then needed for trunk highway 
  4.19  purposes.  If the fee owner refuses to lease or if after 
  4.20  diligent search the fee owner cannot be found, the commissioner 
  4.21  may lease the easement to an agency or to a political 
  4.22  subdivision of the state on terms and conditions agreed upon, or 
  4.23  the commissioner may lease the easement to the highest 
  4.24  responsible bidder upon three weeks published notice of the 
  4.25  lease offering in a newspaper or other periodical of general 
  4.26  circulation in the county where the easement is located.  All 
  4.27  bids may be rejected and new bids received upon like 
  4.28  publication.  All rents received from the lease must be paid 
  4.29  into the state treasury.  Seventy percent of any rent received 
  4.30  is to be credited to the trunk highway surface transportation 
  4.31  fund.  The remaining 30 percent is to be paid to the county 
  4.32  treasurer of the county where the easement is located for 
  4.33  distribution in the same manner as real estate taxes. 
  4.34     Sec. 9.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 161.433, 
  4.35  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  4.36     Subd. 2.  [CONSIDERATION FOR USE.] The consideration paid 
  5.1   for the use of airspace or subsurface areas shall be determined 
  5.2   by the commissioner, but in no event shall it be less than a 
  5.3   fair rental rate, and shall include costs for the erection and 
  5.4   maintenance of any facilities or other costs occasioned by that 
  5.5   use.  All moneys received shall be paid into the trunk highway 
  5.6   surface transportation fund.  This subdivision does not apply to 
  5.7   real estate leased for the purpose of providing commercial and 
  5.8   public service advertising pursuant to franchise agreements as 
  5.9   provided in sections 160.276 to 160.278.  
  5.10     Sec. 10.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 161.44, 
  5.11  subdivision 9, is amended to read: 
  5.12     Subd. 9.  [RECEIPTS PAID INTO TRUNK HIGHWAY SURFACE 
  5.13  TRANSPORTATION FUND.] Moneys received from the sale of such 
  5.14  lands and properties less any fees paid under subdivision 6a, 
  5.15  must be paid into the trunk highway surface transportation fund. 
  5.16     Sec. 11.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 165.08, 
  5.17  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
  5.18     Subd. 4.  [COSTS AND TOLLS; TRUNK HIGHWAY FUND.] All costs 
  5.19  to be borne by this state of purchasing, constructing, 
  5.20  reconstructing, maintaining, improving and operating such 
  5.21  bridges, including interest and principal payments of any bond 
  5.22  obligations assumed by the commissioner shall be paid out of the 
  5.23  trunk highway fund.  Minnesota's share of all tolls collected 
  5.24  under agreement with an adjoining nation or province, and all 
  5.25  tolls collected for any toll bridge purchased entirely by this 
  5.26  state shall be paid into the trunk highway surface 
  5.27  transportation fund.  Notwithstanding this section or any other 
  5.28  provision of law to the contrary, a joint and independent 
  5.29  international authority or commission created under subdivision 
  5.30  1 is authorized to establish, collect, retain and spend all 
  5.31  tolls for the purchase, construction, reconstruction, 
  5.32  maintenance, improvement, repair and operation of any bridge or 
  5.33  bridges under its control, and such international authority or 
  5.34  commission is not required to deposit such tolls into the trunk 
  5.35  highway surface transportation fund.  
  5.36     Sec. 12.  Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 
  6.1   169.09, subdivision 13, is amended to read: 
  6.2      Subd. 13.  [REPORTS CONFIDENTIAL; EVIDENCE, FEE, PENALTY, 
  6.3   APPROPRIATION.] (a) All written reports and supplemental reports 
  6.4   required under this section shall be for the use of the 
  6.5   commissioner of public safety and other appropriate state, 
  6.6   federal, county, and municipal governmental agencies for 
  6.7   accident analysis purposes, except: 
  6.8      (1) the commissioner of public safety or any law 
  6.9   enforcement agency shall, upon written request of any person 
  6.10  involved in an accident or upon written request of the 
  6.11  representative of the person's estate, surviving spouse, or one 
  6.12  or more surviving next of kin, or a trustee appointed pursuant 
  6.13  to section 573.02, disclose to the requester, the requester's 
  6.14  legal counsel, or a representative of the requester's insurer 
  6.15  the report required under subdivision 8; 
  6.16     (2) the commissioner of public safety shall, upon written 
  6.17  request, provide the driver filing a report under subdivision 7 
  6.18  with a copy of the report filed by the driver; 
  6.19     (3) the commissioner of public safety may verify with 
  6.20  insurance companies vehicle insurance information to enforce 
  6.21  sections 65B.48, 169.792, 169.793, 169.796, and 169.797; 
  6.22     (4) the commissioner of public safety shall provide the 
  6.23  commissioner of transportation the information obtained for each 
  6.24  traffic accident involving a commercial motor vehicle, for 
  6.25  purposes of administering commercial vehicle safety regulations; 
  6.26  and 
  6.27     (5) the commissioner of public safety may give to the 
  6.28  United States Department of Transportation commercial vehicle 
  6.29  accident information in connection with federal grant programs 
  6.30  relating to safety. 
  6.31     (b) Accident reports and data contained in the reports 
  6.32  shall not be discoverable under any provision of law or rule of 
  6.33  court.  No report shall be used as evidence in any trial, civil 
  6.34  or criminal, arising out of an accident, except that the 
  6.35  commissioner of public safety shall furnish upon the demand of 
  6.36  any person who has, or claims to have, made a report, or, upon 
  7.1   demand of any court, a certificate showing that a specified 
  7.2   accident report has or has not been made to the commissioner 
  7.3   solely to prove compliance or failure to comply with the 
  7.4   requirements that the report be made to the commissioner. 
  7.5      (c) Nothing in this subdivision prevents any person who has 
  7.6   made a report pursuant to this section from providing 
  7.7   information to any persons involved in an accident or their 
  7.8   representatives or from testifying in any trial, civil or 
  7.9   criminal, arising out of an accident, as to facts within the 
  7.10  person's knowledge.  It is intended by this subdivision to 
  7.11  render privileged the reports required, but it is not intended 
  7.12  to prohibit proof of the facts to which the reports relate. 
  7.13     (d) Disclosing any information contained in any accident 
  7.14  report, except as provided in this subdivision, section 13.82, 
  7.15  subdivision 3 or 4, or other statutes, is a misdemeanor. 
  7.16     (e) The commissioner of public safety may charge authorized 
  7.17  persons a $5 fee for a copy of an accident report. 
  7.18     (f) The commissioner and law enforcement agencies may 
  7.19  charge commercial users who request access to response or 
  7.20  incident data relating to accidents a fee not to exceed 50 cents 
  7.21  per report.  "Commercial user" is a user who in one location 
  7.22  requests access to data in more than five accident reports per 
  7.23  month, unless the user establishes that access is not for a 
  7.24  commercial purpose.  Money collected by the commissioner under 
  7.25  this paragraph is appropriated to the commissioner. 
  7.26     (g) Money collected by the commissioner under this 
  7.27  subdivision shall be deposited into the surface transportation 
  7.28  fund. 
  7.29     Sec. 13.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 169.781, 
  7.30  subdivision 7, is amended to read: 
  7.31     Subd. 7.  [DISPOSITION OF REVENUES.] The commissioner shall 
  7.32  pay all revenues received under this section to the state 
  7.33  treasurer for deposit in the trunk highway surface 
  7.34  transportation fund.  
  7.35     Sec. 14.  Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 
  7.36  169.86, subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
  8.1      Subd. 5.  [FEES.] The commissioner, with respect to 
  8.2   highways under the commissioner's jurisdiction, may charge a fee 
  8.3   for each permit issued.  All such fees for permits issued by the 
  8.4   commissioner of transportation shall be deposited in the state 
  8.5   treasury and credited to the trunk highway surface 
  8.6   transportation fund.  Except for those annual permits for which 
  8.7   the permit fees are specified elsewhere in this chapter, the 
  8.8   fees shall be: 
  8.9      (a) $15 for each single trip permit. 
  8.10     (b) $36 for each job permit.  A job permit may be issued 
  8.11  for like loads carried on a specific route for a period not to 
  8.12  exceed two months.  "Like loads" means loads of the same 
  8.13  product, weight, and dimension. 
  8.14     (c) $60 for an annual permit to be issued for a period not 
  8.15  to exceed 12 consecutive months.  Annual permits may be issued 
  8.16  for: 
  8.17     (1) motor vehicles used to alleviate a temporary crisis 
  8.18  adversely affecting the safety or well-being of the public; 
  8.19     (2) motor vehicles which travel on interstate highways and 
  8.20  carry loads authorized under subdivision 1a; 
  8.21     (3) motor vehicles operating with gross weights authorized 
  8.22  under section 169.825, subdivision 11, paragraph (a), clause 
  8.23  (3); 
  8.24     (4) special pulpwood vehicles described in section 169.863; 
  8.25  and 
  8.26     (5) motor vehicles bearing snowplow blades not exceeding 
  8.27  ten feet in width. 
  8.28     (d) $120 for an oversize annual permit to be issued for a 
  8.29  period not to exceed 12 consecutive months.  Annual permits may 
  8.30  be issued for:  
  8.31     (1) mobile cranes; 
  8.32     (2) construction equipment, machinery, and supplies; 
  8.33     (3) manufactured homes; 
  8.34     (4) implements of husbandry when the movement is not made 
  8.35  according to the provisions of paragraph (i); 
  8.36     (5) double-deck buses; 
  9.1      (6) commercial boat hauling.  
  9.2      (e) For vehicles which have axle weights exceeding the 
  9.3   weight limitations of section 169.825, an additional cost added 
  9.4   to the fees listed above.  The additional cost is equal to the 
  9.5   product of the distance traveled times the sum of the overweight 
  9.6   axle group cost factors shown in the following chart:  
  9.7                  Overweight Axle Group Cost Factors 
  9.8   Weight (pounds)         Cost Per Mile For Each Group Of:
  9.9   exceeding       Two consec-     Three consec-   Four consec-
  9.10  weight          utive axles     utive axles     utive axles
  9.11  limitations     spaced within   spaced within   spaced within
  9.12  on axles        8 feet or less  9 feet or less  14 feet or less 
  9.13       0-2,000    .12             .05             .04
  9.14   2,001-4,000    .14             .06             .05
  9.15   4,001-6,000    .18             .07             .06
  9.16   6,001-8,000    .21             .09             .07
  9.17   8,001-10,000   .26             .10             .08
  9.18  10,001-12,000   .30             .12             .09
  9.19  12,001-14,000   Not permitted   .14             .11
  9.20  14,001-16,000   Not permitted   .17             .12
  9.21  16,001-18,000   Not permitted   .19             .15
  9.22  18,001-20,000   Not permitted   Not permitted   .16
  9.23  20,001-22,000   Not permitted   Not permitted   .20
  9.24     The amounts added are rounded to the nearest cent for each 
  9.25  axle or axle group.  The additional cost does not apply to 
  9.26  paragraph (c), clauses (1) and (3).  
  9.27     For a vehicle found to exceed the appropriate maximum 
  9.28  permitted weight, a cost-per-mile fee of 22 cents per ton, or 
  9.29  fraction of a ton, over the permitted maximum weight is imposed 
  9.30  in addition to the normal permit fee.  Miles must be calculated 
  9.31  based on the distance already traveled in the state plus the 
  9.32  distance from the point of detection to a transportation loading 
  9.33  site or unloading site within the state or to the point of exit 
  9.34  from the state. 
  9.35     (f) As an alternative to paragraph (e), an annual permit 
  9.36  may be issued for overweight, or oversize and overweight, 
 10.1   construction equipment, machinery, and supplies.  The fees for 
 10.2   the permit are as follows:  
 10.3   Gross Weight (pounds) of Vehicle          Annual Permit Fee
 10.4        90,000 or less                             $200
 10.5        90,001 - 100,000                           $300
 10.6       100,001 - 110,000                           $400
 10.7       110,001 - 120,000                           $500
 10.8       120,001 - 130,000                           $600
 10.9       130,001 - 140,000                           $700
 10.10      140,001 - 145,000                           $800
 10.11     If the gross weight of the vehicle is more than 145,000 
 10.12  pounds the permit fee is determined under paragraph (e). 
 10.13     (g) For vehicles which exceed the width limitations set 
 10.14  forth in section 169.80 by more than 72 inches, an additional 
 10.15  cost equal to $120 added to the amount in paragraph (a) when the 
 10.16  permit is issued while seasonal load restrictions pursuant to 
 10.17  section 169.87 are in effect. 
 10.18     (h) $85 for an annual permit to be issued for a period not 
 10.19  to exceed 12 months, for refuse compactor vehicles that carry a 
 10.20  gross weight of not more than:  22,000 pounds on a single rear 
 10.21  axle; 38,000 pounds on a tandem rear axle; or, subject to 
 10.22  section 169.825, subdivision 14, 46,000 pounds on a tridem rear 
 10.23  axle.  A permit issued for up to 46,000 pounds on a tridem rear 
 10.24  axle must limit the gross vehicle weight to not more than 62,000 
 10.25  pounds. 
 10.26     (i) For vehicles exclusively transporting implements of 
 10.27  husbandry, an annual permit fee of $24.  A vehicle operated 
 10.28  under a permit authorized by this paragraph may be moved at the 
 10.29  discretion of the permit holder without prior route approval by 
 10.30  the commissioner if: 
 10.31     (1) the total width of the transporting vehicle, including 
 10.32  load, does not exceed 14 feet; 
 10.33     (2) the vehicle is operated only between sunrise and 30 
 10.34  minutes after sunset, and is not operated at any time after 
 10.35  12:00 noon on Sundays or holidays; 
 10.36     (3) the vehicle is not operated when visibility is impaired 
 11.1   by weather, fog, or other conditions that render persons and 
 11.2   other vehicles not clearly visible at 500 feet; 
 11.3      (4) the vehicle displays at the front and rear of the load 
 11.4   or vehicle a pair of flashing amber lights, as provided in 
 11.5   section 169.59, subdivision 4, whenever the overall width of the 
 11.6   vehicle exceeds 126 inches; and 
 11.7      (5) the vehicle is not operated on a trunk highway with a 
 11.8   surfaced roadway width of less than 24 feet unless such 
 11.9   operation is authorized by the permit. 
 11.10     A permit under this paragraph authorizes movements of the 
 11.11  permitted vehicle on an interstate highway, and movements of 75 
 11.12  miles or more on other highways. 
 11.13     Sec. 15.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 169.86, 
 11.14  subdivision 7, is amended to read: 
 11.15     Subd. 7.  [AGREEMENTS WITH OTHER STATES.] (a) On behalf of 
 11.16  the state of Minnesota, the commissioner may enter into 
 11.17  agreements with authorized representatives of other states for 
 11.18  the reciprocal administration and granting of permits to allow 
 11.19  the movement of vehicles of sizes and weights that do not 
 11.20  conform to Minnesota law.  The agreement may authorize 
 11.21  representatives of other states to issue permits to allow 
 11.22  vehicles that do not conform to the size and weight provisions 
 11.23  of this chapter to travel on highways under the jurisdiction of 
 11.24  the commissioner. 
 11.25     (b) An agreement entered into under paragraph (a), and all 
 11.26  amendments to it, must be in writing and may provide for 
 11.27  exchanging information for audit and enforcement activities, 
 11.28  collecting fees established under this chapter, and distributing 
 11.29  fees collected under the agreement.  It must state that no 
 11.30  permit issued under the agreement excuses a vehicle operator 
 11.31  from compliance with a law of this state other than the laws 
 11.32  governing size and weight of vehicles. 
 11.33     (c) For purposes of paragraphs (a) and (b), "state" means a 
 11.34  state, territory, or possession of the United States, the 
 11.35  District of Columbia, a foreign country, and a state or province 
 11.36  of a foreign country. 
 12.1      (d) Fees collected under authority of the agreement must be 
 12.2   deposited in the Minnesota state treasury and credited to the 
 12.3   trunk highway surface transportation fund.  
 12.4      Sec. 16.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 169.871, 
 12.5   subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
 12.6      Subd. 5.  [FINES.] Any penalty imposed and fines collected 
 12.7   pursuant to this section shall be disposed of as provided in 
 12.8   section 299D.03, subdivision 5, with the following exceptions: 
 12.9      (a) If the violation occurs in the county, and the county 
 12.10  attorney appears in the action, the remaining five-eighths shall 
 12.11  be credited to the highway user tax distribution surface 
 12.12  transportation fund.  
 12.13     (b) If the violation occurs within the municipality, and 
 12.14  the city attorney appears in the action, the remaining one-third 
 12.15  shall be paid to the highway user tax distribution surface 
 12.16  transportation fund.  
 12.17     (c) Except as provided in paragraph (d), when the attorney 
 12.18  general appears in the action, all penalties imposed and fines 
 12.19  collected shall be credited to the highway user tax distribution 
 12.20  surface transportation fund.  
 12.21     (d) If the violation occurs in Hennepin county, and the 
 12.22  arrest or apprehension is made by the county sheriff, 
 12.23  three-eighths of the civil penalty shall be credited to the 
 12.24  general revenue fund of the county and the remaining 
 12.25  five-eighths shall be credited to the highway user tax 
 12.26  distribution surface transportation fund.  
 12.27     Sec. 17.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 170.23, is 
 12.28  amended to read: 
 12.29     170.23 [ABSTRACTS; FEE; ADMISSIBLE IN EVIDENCE.] 
 12.30     The commissioner shall upon request furnish any person a 
 12.31  certified abstract of the operating record of any person subject 
 12.32  to the provisions of this chapter, and, if there shall be no 
 12.33  record of any conviction of such person of violating any law 
 12.34  relating to the operation of a motor vehicle or of any injury or 
 12.35  damage caused by such person, the commissioner shall so 
 12.36  certify.  Such abstracts shall not be admissible as evidence in 
 13.1   any action for damages or criminal proceedings arising out of a 
 13.2   motor vehicle accident.  A fee of $5 shall be paid for each such 
 13.3   abstract.  The commissioner shall permit a person to inquire 
 13.4   into the operating record of any person by means of the 
 13.5   inquiring person's own computer facilities for a fee to be 
 13.6   determined by the commissioner of at least $2 for each inquiry. 
 13.7   The commissioner shall furnish an abstract that is not certified 
 13.8   for a fee to be determined by the commissioner in an amount less 
 13.9   than the fee for a certified abstract but more than the fee for 
 13.10  an inquiry by computer.  Fees collected under this section must 
 13.11  be paid into the state treasury with 90 percent of the money 
 13.12  credited to the trunk highway surface transportation fund and 
 13.13  ten percent credited to the general fund. 
 13.14     Sec. 18.  Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 
 13.15  171.06, subdivision 2a, is amended to read: 
 13.16     Subd. 2a.  [TWO-WHEELED VEHICLE ENDORSEMENT FEE INCREASED.] 
 13.17  (a) The fee for any duplicate driver's license which is obtained 
 13.18  for the purpose of adding a two-wheeled vehicle endorsement is 
 13.19  increased by $18.50 for each first such duplicate license and 
 13.20  $13 for each renewal thereof.  The additional fee shall be paid 
 13.21  into the state treasury and credited as follows: 
 13.22     (1) $11 of the additional fee for each first duplicate 
 13.23  license, and $7 of the additional fee for each renewal, must be 
 13.24  credited to the motorcycle safety fund which is hereby created; 
 13.25  provided that any fee receipts in excess of $750,000 in a fiscal 
 13.26  year shall be credited 90 percent to the trunk highway surface 
 13.27  transportation fund and ten percent to the general fund, as 
 13.28  provided in section 171.26. 
 13.29     (2) The remainder of the additional fee must be credited to 
 13.30  the general fund. 
 13.31     (b) All application forms prepared by the commissioner for 
 13.32  two-wheeled vehicle endorsements shall clearly state the amount 
 13.33  of the total fee that is dedicated to the motorcycle safety fund.
 13.34     Sec. 19.  Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 
 13.35  171.07, subdivision 11, is amended to read: 
 13.36     Subd. 11.  [DESIGNATED CAREGIVER.] (a) Upon the written 
 14.1   request of the applicant on a form developed by the department, 
 14.2   which contains the information specified in paragraph (b), and 
 14.3   upon payment of an additional fee of $3.50, the department shall 
 14.4   issue a driver's license or Minnesota identification card 
 14.5   bearing a symbol or other appropriate identifier indicating that 
 14.6   the license holder has appointed an individual to serve as a 
 14.7   designated caregiver under chapter 257A. 
 14.8      (b) The form shall provide as follows:  
 14.9      "...(Name of parent(s))... appoints ...(name of designated 
 14.10  caregiver)... to provide care for ...(name of child or 
 14.11  children)... when requested by the parent(s) or when the 
 14.12  parent(s) is unable to care for the child (children) and unable 
 14.13  to request the designated caregiver's assistance. 
 14.14     The designated caregiver will care for the child (children) 
 14.15  named in this form for (choose one of the following): 
 14.16     (indicate a specified period of time that is less than one 
 14.17  year); or 
 14.18     (indicate that care is to be provided for one year). 
 14.19     The designated caregiver has the powers and duties to make 
 14.20  decisions and meet the child's (children's) needs in the areas 
 14.21  checked or specified below: 
 14.22     education ..... 
 14.23     health care ..... 
 14.24     religion ..... 
 14.25     day care ..... 
 14.26     recreation ..... 
 14.27     other ..... 
 14.28   ........................................................... 
 14.29   ........................................................... 
 14.30   ........................................................... 
 14.31     The designated caregiver (choose one of the following): 
 14.32     is ... 
 14.33     is not ... 
 14.34     authorized to make decisions about financial issues and 
 14.35  control financial resources provided for the child (children) by 
 14.36  the parent. 
 15.1      This designated caregiver agreement is effective for four 
 15.2   years following the date it is signed by the parent(s), 
 15.3   designated caregiver, and any alternate designated caregiver.  
 15.4   However, the agreement may be canceled by a parent, a designated 
 15.5   caregiver, or an alternate designated caregiver at any time 
 15.6   before that date, upon notice to the other parties to the 
 15.7   agreement.  All parents who have court-ordered visitation rights 
 15.8   to the child must consent to the agreement. 
 15.9      (Signature(s) of parent(s) with legal custody and Minnesota 
 15.10  driver's license(s) or Minnesota identification card number(s)) 
 15.11     (Designated caregiver signature, Minnesota driver's license 
 15.12  or Minnesota identification card number, address, and telephone 
 15.13  number) 
 15.14     (Alternate designated caregiver signature, Minnesota 
 15.15  driver's license or Minnesota identification card number, 
 15.16  address, and telephone number) 
 15.17     (Date .....) 
 15.18     (Notarization .....)" 
 15.19     (c) The department shall maintain a computerized records 
 15.20  system of all persons listed as designated caregivers by 
 15.21  driver's license and identification card applicants.  This data 
 15.22  shall be released to appropriate law enforcement agencies under 
 15.23  section 13.69.  Upon a parent's request and payment of a fee of 
 15.24  $3.50, the department shall revise its list of designated 
 15.25  caregivers and alternates to reflect a change in the appointment 
 15.26  of a designated caregiver. 
 15.27     (d) At the request of the license or card holder, the 
 15.28  department shall cancel the designated caregiver indication 
 15.29  without additional charge.  However, this paragraph does not 
 15.30  prohibit a fee that may be applicable for a duplicate or 
 15.31  replacement license or card, renewal of a license, or other 
 15.32  service applicable to a driver's license or identification card. 
 15.33     (e) Notwithstanding sections 13.08, subdivision 1, and 
 15.34  13.69, the department and department employees are conclusively 
 15.35  presumed to be acting in good faith when employees rely on 
 15.36  statements made, in person or by telephone, by persons 
 16.1   purporting to be law enforcement and subsequently release 
 16.2   information described in paragraph (b).  When acting in good 
 16.3   faith, the department and department personnel are immune from 
 16.4   civil liability and not subject to suit for damages resulting 
 16.5   from the release of this information. 
 16.6      (f) The department and its employees: 
 16.7      (1) have no duty to inquire or otherwise determine whether 
 16.8   a form submitted under this subdivision contains the signatures 
 16.9   of all parents who have legal custody of a child or whether all 
 16.10  parents who have court-ordered visitation rights to the child 
 16.11  have consented to the agreement; and 
 16.12     (2) are immune from all civil liability and not subject to 
 16.13  suit for damages resulting from a claim that any parent with 
 16.14  legal custody of a child has not signed the form or that a 
 16.15  parent who has court-ordered visitation rights to the child did 
 16.16  not consent to the agreement. 
 16.17     (g) Of the fees received by the department under this 
 16.18  subdivision: 
 16.19     (1) Up to $111,000 received in fiscal year 1997 and up to 
 16.20  $61,000 received in subsequent fiscal years must be deposited in 
 16.21  the general fund. 
 16.22     (2) All other fees must be deposited in the trunk highway 
 16.23  surface transportation fund. 
 16.24     Sec. 20.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 171.185, is 
 16.25  amended to read: 
 16.26     171.185 [COSTS PAID FROM TRUNK HIGHWAY SURFACE 
 16.27  TRANSPORTATION FUND.] 
 16.28     All costs incurred by the commissioner in carrying out the 
 16.29  provisions of sections 171.182 to 171.184 shall be paid from the 
 16.30  trunk highway surface transportation fund.  
 16.31     Sec. 21.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 171.26, is 
 16.32  amended to read: 
 16.33     171.26 [MONEY CREDITED TO FUNDS.] 
 16.34     All money received under this chapter must be paid into the 
 16.35  state treasury and credited to the trunk highway surface 
 16.36  transportation fund, except as provided in sections 171.06, 
 17.1   subdivision 2a; 171.07, subdivision 11, paragraph (g); 171.12, 
 17.2   subdivision 8; and 171.29, subdivision 2, paragraph (b). 
 17.3      Sec. 22.  Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 
 17.4   171.29, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 17.5      Subd. 2.  [FEES, ALLOCATION.] (a) A person whose driver's 
 17.6   license has been revoked as provided in subdivision 1, except 
 17.7   under section 169.121 or 169.123, shall pay a $30 fee before the 
 17.8   driver's license is reinstated. 
 17.9      (b) A person whose driver's license has been revoked as 
 17.10  provided in subdivision 1 under section 169.121 or 169.123 shall 
 17.11  pay a $250 fee plus a $10 surcharge before the driver's license 
 17.12  is reinstated.  The $250 fee is to be credited as follows: 
 17.13     (1) Twenty percent shall be credited to the trunk highway 
 17.14  surface transportation fund. 
 17.15     (2) Fifty-five percent shall be credited to the general 
 17.16  fund. 
 17.17     (3) Eight percent shall be credited to a separate account 
 17.18  to be known as the bureau of criminal apprehension account.  
 17.19  Money in this account may be appropriated to the commissioner of 
 17.20  public safety and the appropriated amount shall be apportioned 
 17.21  80 percent for laboratory costs and 20 percent for carrying out 
 17.22  the provisions of section 299C.065. 
 17.23     (4) Twelve percent shall be credited to a separate account 
 17.24  to be known as the alcohol-impaired driver education account.  
 17.25  Money in the account is appropriated as follows: 
 17.26     (i) The first $200,000 in a fiscal year is to the 
 17.27  commissioner of children, families, and learning for programs in 
 17.28  elementary and secondary schools. 
 17.29     (ii) The remainder credited in a fiscal year is 
 17.30  appropriated to the commissioner of transportation to be spent 
 17.31  as grants to the Minnesota highway safety center at St. Cloud 
 17.32  State University for programs relating to alcohol and highway 
 17.33  safety education in elementary and secondary schools. 
 17.34     (5) Five percent shall be credited to a separate account to 
 17.35  be known as the traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury 
 17.36  account.  $100,000 is annually appropriated from the account to 
 18.1   the commissioner of human services for traumatic brain injury 
 18.2   case management services.  The remaining money in the account is 
 18.3   annually appropriated to the commissioner of health to establish 
 18.4   and maintain the traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury 
 18.5   registry created in section 144.662 and to reimburse the 
 18.6   commissioner of economic security for the reasonable cost of 
 18.7   services provided under section 268A.03, clause (o). 
 18.8      (c) The $10 surcharge shall be credited to a separate 
 18.9   account to be known as the remote electronic alcohol monitoring 
 18.10  pilot program account.  The commissioner shall transfer the 
 18.11  balance of this account to the commissioner of finance on a 
 18.12  monthly basis for deposit in the general fund. 
 18.13     Sec. 23.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 171.36, is 
 18.14  amended to read: 
 18.15     171.36 [LICENSE RENEWAL AND FEES.] 
 18.16     All licenses shall expire one year from date of issuance 
 18.17  and may be renewed upon application to the commissioner.  Each 
 18.18  application for an original or renewal school license shall be 
 18.19  accompanied by a fee of $150 and each application for an 
 18.20  original or renewal instructor's license shall be accompanied by 
 18.21  a fee of $50.  The license fees collected under sections 171.33 
 18.22  to 171.41 shall be paid into the trunk highway surface 
 18.23  transportation fund.  No license fee shall be refunded in the 
 18.24  event that the license is rejected or revoked. 
 18.25     Sec. 24.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 173.07, 
 18.26  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 18.27     Subd. 2.  [PERMIT RENEWAL; FEE; REVOCATION.] The 
 18.28  commissioner of transportation may renew each permit for 
 18.29  additional one year periods upon the receipt of an application 
 18.30  therefor made within 30 days of the expiration date of such 
 18.31  permit together with the payment of an annual fee of $30.  The 
 18.32  permit or renewal thereof shall be revocable for any violation 
 18.33  of sections 173.01 to 173.11 or rules adopted thereunder at any 
 18.34  time by the commissioner of transportation on 30 days written 
 18.35  notice to the permit holder.  All fees collected shall be paid 
 18.36  into the trunk highway surface transportation fund.  
 19.1      Sec. 25.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 173.231, is 
 19.2   amended to read: 
 19.3      173.231 [FEES.] 
 19.4      All fees collected under sections 173.07 and 173.13, shall 
 19.5   be paid into the trunk highway surface transportation fund. 
 19.6      Sec. 26.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 174.30, 
 19.7   subdivision 8, is amended to read: 
 19.8      Subd. 8.  [ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES.] The commissioner may 
 19.9   issue an order requiring violations of this section and the 
 19.10  operating standards adopted under this section to be corrected 
 19.11  and assessing monetary penalties of up to $1,000 for all 
 19.12  violations identified during a single inspection, investigation, 
 19.13  or audit.  Section 221.036 applies to administrative penalty 
 19.14  orders issued under this section or section 174.315.  The 
 19.15  commissioner shall suspend, without a hearing, a special 
 19.16  transportation service provider's certificate of compliance for 
 19.17  failure to pay, or make satisfactory arrangements to pay, an 
 19.18  administrative penalty when due. 
 19.19     Penalties collected under this section must be deposited in 
 19.20  the state treasury and credited to the trunk highway surface 
 19.21  transportation fund.  
 19.22     Sec. 27.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 221.0355, 
 19.23  subdivision 11, is amended to read: 
 19.24     Subd. 11.  [ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES.] The commissioner may 
 19.25  issue an order requiring violations of this section to be 
 19.26  corrected.  An order may include the administrative assessment 
 19.27  of a monetary penalty up to a maximum of $10,000 for all 
 19.28  violations of this section identified during a single 
 19.29  inspection, investigation, or audit.  Section 221.036 applies to 
 19.30  administrative penalty orders issued under this section.  
 19.31  Penalties collected under this section must be deposited in the 
 19.32  state treasury and credited to the trunk highway surface 
 19.33  transportation fund.  
 19.34     Sec. 28.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 221.0355, 
 19.35  subdivision 16, is amended to read: 
 19.36     Subd. 16.  [REVOLVING ACCOUNT.] (a) The commissioner shall 
 20.1   deposit in a separate account in the trunk highway surface 
 20.2   transportation fund all federal funds received for implementing, 
 20.3   administering, and enforcing this section.  Money in the account 
 20.4   is appropriated to the commissioner for those purposes. 
 20.5      (b) The commissioner shall accept and disburse federal 
 20.6   funds available for the purpose of implementing, administering, 
 20.7   and enforcing the uniform program. 
 20.8      Sec. 29.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 221.0355, 
 20.9   subdivision 18, is amended to read: 
 20.10     Subd. 18.  [DEPOSIT AND USE OF FEES.] Fees received by the 
 20.11  commissioner for administrative processing and investigating 
 20.12  information in a disclosure statement must be deposited in the 
 20.13  state treasury and credited to the trunk highway surface 
 20.14  transportation fund.  Notwithstanding section 221.82, 
 20.15  registration fees collected under subdivisions 4, 5, 7, and 7a 
 20.16  must be deposited in the state treasury, credited to the general 
 20.17  fund, and used to cover the costs of hazardous materials 
 20.18  incident response capability under sections 299A.48 to 299A.52 
 20.19  and 299K.095. 
 20.20     Sec. 30.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 221.036, 
 20.21  subdivision 14, is amended to read: 
 20.22     Subd. 14.  [TRUNK HIGHWAY SURFACE TRANSPORTATION FUND.] 
 20.23  Penalties collected under this section must be deposited in the 
 20.24  state treasury and credited to the trunk highway surface 
 20.25  transportation fund.  
 20.26     Sec. 31.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 221.82, is 
 20.27  amended to read: 
 20.28     221.82 [RECEIPTS CREDITED TO TRUNK HIGHWAY SURFACE 
 20.29  TRANSPORTATION FUND.] 
 20.30     Money received by the commissioner under the provisions of 
 20.31  this chapter shall be paid into the state treasury and credited 
 20.32  to the trunk highway surface transportation fund.  
 20.33     Sec. 32.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 221.83, is 
 20.34  amended to read: 
 20.35     221.83 [COSTS PAID FROM TRUNK HIGHWAY SURFACE 
 20.36  TRANSPORTATION FUND.] 
 21.1      The costs of administering the provisions of this chapter 
 21.2   shall be paid from the trunk highway surface transportation fund.
 21.3      Sec. 33.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 221.84, 
 21.4   subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
 21.5      Subd. 4.  [PERMITS; DECALS; FEES.] (a) The commissioner 
 21.6   shall design a distinctive decal to be issued to permit holders 
 21.7   under this section.  Each decal is valid for one year from the 
 21.8   date of issuance.  No person may operate a limousine that 
 21.9   provides limousine service unless the limousine has such a decal 
 21.10  conspicuously displayed.  
 21.11     (b) During the period July 1, 1991, to June 30, 1992, the 
 21.12  fee for each decal issued under this section is $150.  After 
 21.13  June 30, 1992, the fee for each decal is $80.  The fee for each 
 21.14  permit issued under this section is $150.  The commissioner 
 21.15  shall deposit all fees under this section in the trunk highway 
 21.16  surface transportation fund.  
 21.17     Sec. 34.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 221.85, 
 21.18  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 21.19     Subd. 3.  [PERMITS; DECALS.] (a) The commissioner shall 
 21.20  design a distinctive decal to be issued to permit holders under 
 21.21  this section.  A decal is valid for one year from the date of 
 21.22  issuance.  No person may provide personal transportation service 
 21.23  in a personal transportation service vehicle that does not 
 21.24  conspicuously display a decal issued under this subdivision. 
 21.25     (b) From August 1, 1992, to June 30, 1993, the fee for each 
 21.26  decal issued under this section is $150.  On and after July 1, 
 21.27  1993, the fee for each decal issued under this section is $80.  
 21.28  The fee for each permit issued under this section is $150.  The 
 21.29  commissioner shall deposit all fees under this subdivision in 
 21.30  the trunk highway surface transportation fund.  
 21.31     Sec. 35.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 297B.09, 
 21.32  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 21.33     Subdivision 1.  [GENERAL FUND SHARE ALLOCATION OF 
 21.34  RECEIPTS.] (a) Money collected and received under this chapter 
 21.35  must be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the 
 21.36  general fund.  The amounts collected and received shall be 
 22.1   credited as provided in this subdivision, and transferred from 
 22.2   the general fund on July 15 and February 15 of each fiscal 
 22.3   year.  The commissioner of finance must make each transfer based 
 22.4   upon the actual receipts of the preceding six calendar months 
 22.5   and include the interest earned during that six-month period.  
 22.6   The commissioner of finance may establish a quarterly or other 
 22.7   schedule providing for more frequent payments to the transit 
 22.8   assistance fund if the commissioner determines it is necessary 
 22.9   or desirable to provide for the cash flow needs of the 
 22.10  recipients of money from the transit assistance fund.  
 22.11     (b) Twenty-five percent of the money collected and received 
 22.12  under this chapter after June 30, 1990, and before July 1, 1991, 
 22.13  must be transferred to the highway user tax distribution fund 
 22.14  and the transit assistance fund for apportionment as follows:  
 22.15  75 percent must be transferred to the highway user tax 
 22.16  distribution fund for apportionment in the same manner and for 
 22.17  the same purposes as other money in that fund, and the remaining 
 22.18  25 percent of the money must be transferred to the transit 
 22.19  assistance fund to be appropriated to the commissioner of 
 22.20  transportation for transit assistance within the state and to 
 22.21  the metropolitan council.  
 22.22     (c) The distributions under this subdivision to the highway 
 22.23  user tax distribution fund until June 30, 1991, and to the trunk 
 22.24  highway fund thereafter, must be reduced by the amount necessary 
 22.25  to fund the appropriation under section 41A.09, subdivision 1.  
 22.26  For the fiscal years ending June 30, 1988, and June 30, 1989, 
 22.27  the commissioner of finance, before making the transfers 
 22.28  required on July 15 and January 15 of each year, shall estimate 
 22.29  the amount required to fund the appropriation under section 
 22.30  41A.09, subdivision 1, for the six-month period for which the 
 22.31  transfer is being made.  The commissioner shall then reduce the 
 22.32  amount transferred to the highway user tax distribution fund by 
 22.33  the amount of that estimate.  The commissioner shall reduce the 
 22.34  estimate for any six-month period by the amount by which the 
 22.35  estimate for the previous six-month period exceeded the amount 
 22.36  needed to fund the appropriation under section 41A.09, 
 23.1   subdivision 1, for that previous six-month period.  If at any 
 23.2   time during a six-month period in those fiscal years the amount 
 23.3   of reduction in the transfer to the highway user tax 
 23.4   distribution fund is insufficient to fund the appropriation 
 23.5   under section 41A.09, subdivision 1, for that period, the 
 23.6   commissioner shall transfer to the general fund from the highway 
 23.7   user tax distribution fund an additional amount sufficient to 
 23.8   fund the appropriation for that period, but the additional 
 23.9   amount so transferred to the general fund in a six-month period 
 23.10  may not exceed the amount transferred to the highway user tax 
 23.11  distribution fund for that six-month period.  Receipts from the 
 23.12  tax imposed under this chapter must be deposited in the state 
 23.13  treasury and credited as follows: 
 23.14     (1) 30 percent to the surface transportation fund 
 23.15  established under section 160.035; and 
 23.16     (2) the remainder to the general fund. 
 23.17     Sec. 36.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 299D.03, 
 23.18  subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
 23.19     Subd. 5.  [FINES AND FORFEITED BAIL MONEY.] (a) All fines 
 23.20  and forfeited bail money, from traffic and motor vehicle law 
 23.21  violations, collected from persons apprehended or arrested by 
 23.22  officers of the state patrol, shall be paid by the person or 
 23.23  officer collecting the fines, forfeited bail money or 
 23.24  installments thereof, on or before the tenth day after the last 
 23.25  day of the month in which these moneys were collected, to the 
 23.26  county treasurer of the county where the violation occurred.  
 23.27  Three-eighths of these receipts shall be credited to the general 
 23.28  revenue fund of the county.  The other five-eighths of these 
 23.29  receipts shall be transmitted by that officer to the state 
 23.30  treasurer and shall be credited as follows: 
 23.31     (1) In the fiscal year ending June 30, 1991, the first 
 23.32  $275,000 in money received by the state treasurer after June 4, 
 23.33  1991, must be credited to the transportation services fund, and 
 23.34  the remainder in the fiscal year credited to the trunk highway 
 23.35  fund. 
 23.36     (2) In fiscal year 1992, the first $215,000 in money 
 24.1   received by the state treasurer in the fiscal year must be 
 24.2   credited to the transportation services fund, and the remainder 
 24.3   credited to the trunk highway fund. 
 24.4      (3) In fiscal years 1993 and subsequent years, the entire 
 24.5   amount received by the state treasurer must be credited to the 
 24.6   trunk highway surface transportation fund.  If, however, the 
 24.7   violation occurs within a municipality and the city attorney 
 24.8   prosecutes the offense, and a plea of not guilty is entered, 
 24.9   one-third of the receipts shall be credited to the general 
 24.10  revenue fund of the county, one-third of the receipts shall be 
 24.11  paid to the municipality prosecuting the offense, and one-third 
 24.12  shall be transmitted to the state treasurer as provided in this 
 24.13  subdivision.  All costs of participation in a nationwide police 
 24.14  communication system chargeable to the state of Minnesota shall 
 24.15  be paid from appropriations for that purpose. 
 24.16     (b) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, all fines 
 24.17  and forfeited bail money from violations of statutes governing 
 24.18  the maximum weight of motor vehicles, collected from persons 
 24.19  apprehended or arrested by employees of the state of Minnesota, 
 24.20  by means of stationary or portable scales operated by these 
 24.21  employees, shall be paid by the person or officer collecting the 
 24.22  fines or forfeited bail money, on or before the tenth day after 
 24.23  the last day of the month in which the collections were made, to 
 24.24  the county treasurer of the county where the violation 
 24.25  occurred.  Five-eighths of these receipts shall be transmitted 
 24.26  by that officer to the state treasurer and shall be credited to 
 24.27  the highway user tax distribution surface transportation fund.  
 24.28  Three-eighths of these receipts shall be credited to the general 
 24.29  revenue fund of the county. 
 24.30     Sec. 37.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 299D.09, is 
 24.31  amended to read: 
 24.32     299D.09 [ESCORT SERVICES; APPROPRIATION; RECEIPTS.] 
 24.33     Fees charged for escort services provided by the state 
 24.34  patrol are annually appropriated to the commissioner of public 
 24.35  safety to administer and provide these services shall be 
 24.36  deposited in the state treasury and credited to the surface 
 25.1   transportation fund.  
 25.2                              ARTICLE 3
 25.3              SURFACE TRANSPORTATION FUND APPROPRIATIONS
 25.4      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 16A.127, is 
 25.5   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 25.6      Subd. 10.  [HIGHWAY FUNDS.] Statewide indirect cost 
 25.7   liabilities may not be accrued to the highway user tax 
 25.8   distribution fund, trunk highway fund, county state-aid highway 
 25.9   fund, or municipal state-aid street fund with respect to 
 25.10  expenditures from those funds.  These liabilities must be 
 25.11  accrued to another source of state funds. 
 25.12     Sec. 2.  [PROHIBITION AGAINST APPROPRIATIONS FROM TRUNK 
 25.13  HIGHWAY FUND.] 
 25.14     To ensure compliance with the Minnesota Constitution, 
 25.15  article XIV, sections 2, 5, and 6, the commissioner of finance, 
 25.16  agency directors, and legislative commission personnel may not 
 25.17  include in the biennial budget for fiscal years 2000 and 2001, 
 25.18  or in any budget thereafter, expenditures from the trunk highway 
 25.19  fund for a nonhighway purpose.  Prohibited expenditures include, 
 25.20  without limitation, statewide indirect costs and those trunk 
 25.21  highway fund appropriations that are reduced or eliminated in 
 25.22  sections 3 to 24 of this article. 
 25.23     Sec. 3.  Laws 1997, chapter 159, article 1, section 1, is 
 25.24  amended to read: 
 25.25  Section 1.  [TRANSPORTATION AND OTHER AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS.] 
 25.26     The sums shown in the columns marked "APPROPRIATIONS" are 
 25.27  appropriated from the general fund, or another named fund, to 
 25.28  the agencies and for the purposes specified in this act, to be 
 25.29  available for the fiscal years indicated for each purpose.  The 
 25.30  figures "1997," "1998," and "1999," where used in this act, mean 
 25.31  that the appropriation or appropriations listed under them are 
 25.32  available for the year ending June 30, 1997, June 30, 1998, or 
 25.33  June 30, 1999, respectively.  If the figures are not used, the 
 25.34  appropriations are available for the year ending June 30, 1998, 
 25.35  or June 30, 1999, respectively.  The term "first year" means the 
 25.36  year ending June 30, 1998, and the term "second year" means the 
 26.1   year ending June 30, 1999.  Appropriations for the year ending 
 26.2   June 30, 1997, are in addition to appropriations made in 
 26.3   previous years. 
 26.4                           SUMMARY BY FUND
 26.5              1997         1998          1999           TOTAL
 26.6   General $  226,000   $ 76,868,000   $ 73,890,000   $150,984,000
 26.7                                          8,223,000     85,782,000 
 26.8   Airports               18,016,000     18,078,000     36,094,000
 26.9   C.S.A.H.              318,289,000    327,512,000    645,801,000 
 26.10  Highway User           14,199,000     14,269,000     28,468,000 
 26.11                                        13,569,000     27,768,000 
 26.12  M.S.A.S.               96,580,000     99,264,000    195,844,000 
 26.13  Special Revenue           912,000        927,000      1,839,000 
 26.14  Trunk 
 26.15  Highway  9,000,000   936,783,000     936,772,000  1,882,555,000
 26.16                                       857,158,000  1,802,941,000 
 26.17  Surface
 26.18  Transportation           -0-         143,474,000    143,009,000 
 26.19  TOTAL  $ 9,226,000 $1,461,647,000 $1,470,712,000 $2,941,585,000
 26.20                                    $1,468,205,000 $2,939,078,000
 26.21     Sec. 4.  Laws 1997, chapter 159, article 1, section 2, 
 26.22  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 26.23  Subdivision 1.  Total 
 26.24  Appropriation         $ 9,000,000 $1,311,399,000 $1,320,220,000
 26.25  The appropriations in this section are 
 26.26  from the trunk highway fund, except 
 26.27  when another fund is named. 
 26.28                          Summary by Fund
 26.29                    1997          1998           1999 
 26.30  General                       16,844,000     14,537,000
 26.31                                                  516,000
 26.32  Airports                      17,966,000     18,028,000
 26.33  C.S.A.H.                     318,289,000    327,512,000
 26.34  M.S.A.S.                      96,580,000     99,264,000
 26.35  Trunk Highway    9,000,000   861,720,000    860,879,000
 26.36                                              856,958,000
 26.37  Surface 
 26.38  Transportation                   -0-         17,942,000
 26.39  The amounts that may be spent from this 
 26.40  appropriation for each program are 
 26.41  specified in the following subdivisions.
 26.42     Sec. 5.  Laws 1997, chapter 159, article 1, section 2, 
 26.43  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 27.1   Subd. 3.  Transit                    15,248,000     14,337,000
 27.2                 Summary by Fund
 27.3   General              14,937,000    14,021,000
 27.4                                         -0-
 27.5   Trunk Highway           311,000       316,000
 27.6                                         -0-
 27.7   Surface 
 27.8   Transportation          -0-        14,337,000
 27.9   The amounts that may be spent from this 
 27.10  appropriation for each activity are as 
 27.11  follows:  
 27.12  (a) Greater Minnesota Transit
 27.13  Assistance 
 27.14      13,556,000    13,556,000
 27.15  This appropriation is from the general 
 27.16  fund in the first year and from the 
 27.17  surface transportation fund in the 
 27.18  second year.  Any unencumbered balance 
 27.19  the first year does not cancel but is 
 27.20  available for the second year. 
 27.21  (b) Transit Administration   
 27.22         767,000       781,000
 27.23                Summary by Fund
 27.24  General                 456,000       465,000
 27.25                                        -0-
 27.26  Trunk Highway           311,000       316,000 
 27.27                                        -0- 
 27.28  Surface 
 27.29  Transportation          -0-           781,000
 27.30  (c) Access to Jobs and Training
 27.31  in Greater Minnesota
 27.32         925,000          -0- 
 27.33  This appropriation is from the general 
 27.34  fund. 
 27.35  The commissioner shall make grants 
 27.36  under this subdivision to counties 
 27.37  located outside the metropolitan area 
 27.38  and to eligible recipients of the 
 27.39  public transit subsidy program under 
 27.40  Minnesota Statutes, section 174.24, 
 27.41  subdivision 2, to facilitate the 
 27.42  transition between public assistance 
 27.43  and employment.  Grant recipients under 
 27.44  this subdivision shall, to the greatest 
 27.45  extent possible, seek federal or 
 27.46  private sector funding to transport 
 27.47  economically disadvantaged persons to 
 27.48  jobs and employment-related activities, 
 27.49  including child care facilities. 
 27.50  Recipients of grants from this 
 27.51  appropriation may spend the grants on 
 27.52  the following activities: 
 28.1   (1) providing transportation service or 
 28.2   arranging for service by contract with 
 28.3   a transportation provider; 
 28.4   (2) enhancing existing public transit 
 28.5   service; 
 28.6   (3) providing full or partial bus fare 
 28.7   reimbursement; 
 28.8   (4) facilitating employer efforts to 
 28.9   provide or coordinate transportation 
 28.10  services; 
 28.11  (5) coordinating transportation service 
 28.12  already being provided; 
 28.13  (6) providing or contracting for 
 28.14  transportation links between public 
 28.15  transportation routes and major 
 28.16  employment locations; and 
 28.17  (7) providing, through other programs, 
 28.18  cost-effective transportation to the 
 28.19  target population. 
 28.20  This appropriation is available for 
 28.21  expenditure in either year of the 
 28.22  biennium. 
 28.23     Sec. 6.  Laws 1997, chapter 159, article 1, section 2, 
 28.24  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
 28.25  Subd. 4.  Railroads and Waterways    2,452,000      1,484,000
 28.26                Summary by Fund
 28.27  General               1,247,000       253,000
 28.28  Trunk Highway         1,205,000     1,231,000
 28.29                                        -0-
 28.30  Surface 
 28.31  Transportation          -0-         1,231,000
 28.32  $1,000,000 the first year is from the 
 28.33  general fund for the study of commuter 
 28.34  rail service under article 2, section 
 28.35  51.  This appropriation is available 
 28.36  until June 30, 1999. Of this amount the 
 28.37  commissioner may spend up to $100,000 
 28.38  for the costs of managing the study. 
 28.39     Sec. 7.  Laws 1997, chapter 159, article 1, section 2, 
 28.40  subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
 28.41  Subd. 5.  Motor Carrier Regulation   2,437,000      2,487,000
 28.42                Summary by Fund
 28.43  General                 110,000       113,000
 28.44  Trunk Highway         2,327,000     2,374,000
 28.45                                        -0-
 28.46  Surface 
 28.47  Transportation          -0-         2,374,000
 28.48     Sec. 8.  Laws 1997, chapter 159, article 1, section 2, 
 29.1   subdivision 12, is amended to read: 
 29.2   Subd. 12.  Contingent Appropriation 
 29.3   Until June 30, 1999, the commissioner 
 29.4   of transportation, with the approval of 
 29.5   the governor after consultation with 
 29.6   the legislative advisory commission 
 29.7   under Minnesota Statutes, section 3.30, 
 29.8   may transfer all or part of the 
 29.9   unappropriated balance in the trunk 
 29.10  highway fund to an appropriation (1) 
 29.11  for trunk highway design, construction, 
 29.12  or inspection in order to take 
 29.13  advantage of an unanticipated receipt 
 29.14  of income to the trunk highway fund, or 
 29.15  (2) for trunk highway maintenance in 
 29.16  order to meet an emergency, or (3) to 
 29.17  pay tort or environmental claims.  The 
 29.18  amount transferred is appropriated for 
 29.19  the purpose of the account to which it 
 29.20  is transferred. 
 29.21     Sec. 9.  Laws 1997, chapter 159, article 1, section 3, is 
 29.22  amended to read: 
 29.23  Sec. 3.  METROPOLITAN COUNCIL  
 29.24  TRANSIT                               51,351,000     49,351,000
 29.25              Summary by Fund
 29.26  General              51,351,000       -0- 
 29.27  Surface 
 29.28  Transportation          -0-        49,351,000
 29.29  Subdivision 1.  Access to Jobs 
 29.30  and Training                           2,000,000          -0-  
 29.31  The metropolitan council shall spend 
 29.32  all of this appropriation as grants 
 29.33  under this subdivision to counties 
 29.34  located in the metropolitan area to 
 29.35  facilitate the transition between 
 29.36  public assistance and employment.  
 29.37  Counties receiving grants under this 
 29.38  subdivision shall, to the greatest 
 29.39  extent possible, seek federal or 
 29.40  private sector funding to transport 
 29.41  economically disadvantaged persons to 
 29.42  jobs and employment-related activities, 
 29.43  including child care facilities. 
 29.44  Counties receiving grants from this 
 29.45  appropriation may spend the grants on 
 29.46  the following activities: 
 29.47  (1) providing transportation service or 
 29.48  arranging for service by contract with 
 29.49  a transportation provider; 
 29.50  (2) providing full or partial bus fare 
 29.51  reimbursement; 
 29.52  (3) facilitating employer efforts to 
 29.53  provide or coordinate transportation 
 29.54  services; 
 29.55  (4) coordinating transportation service 
 29.56  already being provided; 
 30.1   (5) providing or contracting for 
 30.2   transportation links between public 
 30.3   transportation routes and major 
 30.4   employment locations; and 
 30.5   (6) providing, through other programs, 
 30.6   cost-effective transportation to the 
 30.7   target population.  
 30.8   The council shall report by January 15, 
 30.9   1999, to the chairs of the senate and 
 30.10  house of representatives transportation 
 30.11  policy committees on activities under 
 30.12  this subdivision. 
 30.13  This appropriation is available for 
 30.14  expenditure in either year of the 
 30.15  biennium. 
 30.16  Subd. 2.  School 
 30.17  Transportation 
 30.18  (a) The metropolitan council, the 
 30.19  school board of special school district 
 30.20  No. 1, Minneapolis, and the school 
 30.21  board of independent school district 
 30.22  No. 625, St. Paul, in consultation with 
 30.23  an advisory board, shall develop a 
 30.24  school transportation plan, the goal of 
 30.25  which is to make available school 
 30.26  transportation through the metropolitan 
 30.27  council's public transit system, at no 
 30.28  cost to students, to no fewer than 75 
 30.29  percent of the students transported by 
 30.30  Minneapolis public schools and no fewer 
 30.31  than 75 percent of the students 
 30.32  transported by St. Paul public schools, 
 30.33  in grades 9 to 12, during the 1998-1999 
 30.34  school year.  The plan shall consider 
 30.35  the feasibility of extending the plan, 
 30.36  for 1998-1999 implementation or in 
 30.37  subsequent years, to students in grades 
 30.38  7 and 8. 
 30.39  (b) The metropolitan council and the 
 30.40  school boards shall appoint, convene, 
 30.41  and consult with an advisory board 
 30.42  concerning the development of the 
 30.43  school transportation plan.  The 
 30.44  advisory board shall include, without 
 30.45  limitation, the school transportation 
 30.46  directors from the Minneapolis and St. 
 30.47  Paul school districts; a member of the 
 30.48  Amalgamated Transit Union; secondary 
 30.49  students and parents of secondary 
 30.50  students who use school transportation 
 30.51  in those school districts; a 
 30.52  representative of the department of 
 30.53  public safety; representatives of 
 30.54  nonpublic schools located within the 
 30.55  districts; a representative of the 
 30.56  department of children, families, and 
 30.57  learning; and administrators of 
 30.58  secondary schools within the 
 30.59  districts.  The advisory board expires 
 30.60  upon submission of the report required 
 30.61  by paragraph (d). 
 30.62  (c) The transportation plan must 
 30.63  include, without being limited to: 
 31.1   (1) a plan for service of the maximum 
 31.2   possible number of students, with a 
 31.3   goal of transporting no less than 75 
 31.4   percent of the students in grades 9 to 
 31.5   12 who are transported in each 
 31.6   district, with a minimum number of new 
 31.7   transit routes; 
 31.8   (2) a recommendation for school day 
 31.9   start and end times to optimize use of 
 31.10  public transit for school 
 31.11  transportation; 
 31.12  (3) an analysis of availability of 
 31.13  public transit for special education 
 31.14  students; open enrollment students; 
 31.15  students enrolled in nonpublic schools, 
 31.16  charter schools, post-secondary 
 31.17  enrollment options programs, area 
 31.18  learning centers, and other 
 31.19  nontraditional programs; and students 
 31.20  participating in school activities 
 31.21  before or after the school day; 
 31.22  (4) a description of the quality of 
 31.23  service to be available to students, 
 31.24  including maximum length of ride, 
 31.25  number of transfers required, and 
 31.26  maximum distance between home or school 
 31.27  and bus stop; 
 31.28  (5) a recommendation concerning 
 31.29  policies applicable to fares for 
 31.30  student ridership throughout the school 
 31.31  day and identification by public 
 31.32  transit drivers of students entitled to 
 31.33  free school transportation; 
 31.34  (6) a plan to extend the goals and 
 31.35  requirements of the state's school 
 31.36  transportation safety program to the 
 31.37  transportation of students on public 
 31.38  transit, to the maximum feasible 
 31.39  extent; 
 31.40  (7) a method for communicating 
 31.41  information to students whose school 
 31.42  transportation will be provided by 
 31.43  public transit, and their parents and 
 31.44  guardians, of the school transportation 
 31.45  plan prior to any implementation and 
 31.46  identification of a contact person to 
 31.47  answer resulting questions; 
 31.48  (8) recommendations concerning any 
 31.49  legislation required to implement the 
 31.50  school transportation plan; 
 31.51  (9) an analysis of the cost to the 
 31.52  metropolitan council of providing the 
 31.53  service outlined in the school 
 31.54  transportation plan; 
 31.55  (10) an analysis of the cost to the 
 31.56  Minneapolis and St. Paul school 
 31.57  districts for providing transportation 
 31.58  and transportation-related services to 
 31.59  students in grades 9 to 12 under the 
 31.60  school transportation plan developed as 
 31.61  provided in paragraph (a), which must 
 31.62  not exceed the projected cost, as 
 32.1   determined by the districts, of 
 32.2   providing equivalent transportation and 
 32.3   transportation-related services using 
 32.4   district-provided transportation; 
 32.5   (11) a description of the services that 
 32.6   the districts will be able to 
 32.7   discontinue by virtue of the 
 32.8   implementation of the school 
 32.9   transportation plan, and the financial 
 32.10  impact to the school districts of 
 32.11  discontinuing these services; and 
 32.12  (12) an analysis of the safety 
 32.13  implications of the plan. 
 32.14  (d) The metropolitan council and school 
 32.15  boards for the Minneapolis and St. Paul 
 32.16  school districts shall report the 
 32.17  school transportation plan to the 
 32.18  senate children, families and learning 
 32.19  K-12 committee and transportation 
 32.20  committee, and to the house of 
 32.21  representatives education committee and 
 32.22  transportation and transit committee 
 32.23  before January 30, 1998. 
 32.24  Subd. 3.  Transit 
 32.25  Operations 
 32.26  (a) The council may not spend more than 
 32.27  $34,600,000 for metro mobility in the 
 32.28  1998-1999 biennium except for proceeds 
 32.29  from bond sales when use of those 
 32.30  proceeds for metro mobility capital 
 32.31  expenditures is authorized by law.  
 32.32  (b) The council may not raise fares for 
 32.33  regular route service it provides 
 32.34  during the 1998-1999 biennium. 
 32.35  (c) The council shall use this 
 32.36  appropriation to provide at least 
 32.37  131,000,000 riders per biennium. 
 32.38     Sec. 10.  Laws 1997, chapter 159, article 1, section 4, 
 32.39  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 32.40  Subdivision 1.  Total       
 32.41  Appropriation             226,000    97,830,000   100,099,000 
 32.42                                                     97,659,000
 32.43                          Summary by Fund
 32.44                    1997          1998           1999 
 32.45  General           226,000      8,673,000     10,002,000
 32.46                                                8,172,000
 32.47  Trunk
 32.48  Highway           -0-         74,196,000     75,026,000
 32.49                                                  -0- 
 32.50  Highway User      -0-         14,049,000     14,144,000
 32.51                                               13,444,000
 32.52  Special 
 32.53  Revenue           -0-            912,000        927,000
 32.54  Surface 
 33.1   Transportation                   -0-         75,116,000
 33.2      Sec. 11.  Laws 1997, chapter 159, article 1, section 4, 
 33.3   subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 33.4   Subd. 2.  Administration 
 33.5   and Related Services          10,685,000     11,914,000
 33.6                                                 9,474,000
 33.7                 Summary by Fund
 33.8   General               2,830,000     3,953,000
 33.9                                       2,123,000
 33.10  Trunk Highway         6,490,000     6,616,000
 33.11                                        -0-
 33.12  Highway User          1,365,000     1,345,000
 33.13                                        735,000
 33.14  Surface 
 33.15  Transportation          -0-         6,616,000
 33.16  $326,000 the first year and $326,000 
 33.17  the second year are for payment of 
 33.18  public safety officer survivor benefits 
 33.19  under Minnesota Statutes, section 
 33.20  299A.44.  If the appropriation for 
 33.21  either year is insufficient, the 
 33.22  appropriation for the other year is 
 33.23  available for it. 
 33.24  $1,128,000 the second year from the 
 33.25  general fund and, $575,000 the first 
 33.26  year from the trunk highway fund, 
 33.27  $1,128,000 the second year from the 
 33.28  general fund, and $575,000 the second 
 33.29  year from the trunk highway surface 
 33.30  transportation fund are to enhance the 
 33.31  criminal justice computer systems. 
 33.32  $299,000 the first year and $308,000 
 33.33  the second year are for soft body armor 
 33.34  reimbursements under Minnesota 
 33.35  Statutes, section 299A.38.  
 33.36  $50,000 the first year from the highway 
 33.37  user tax distribution fund is for the 
 33.38  public awareness campaign on vehicle 
 33.39  forfeiture and administrative plate 
 33.40  impoundment.  This appropriation 
 33.41  cancels unless a law is enacted in 1997 
 33.42  which requires the department of public 
 33.43  safety to implement this campaign. 
 33.44  $1,851,000 the first year and 
 33.45  $1,830,000 the second year are is 
 33.46  appropriated from the general fund for 
 33.47  transfer by the commissioner of finance 
 33.48  to the trunk highway fund on January 1, 
 33.49  1998, and January 1, 1999, 
 33.50  respectively, in order to reimburse the 
 33.51  trunk highway fund for expenses not 
 33.52  related to the fund.  These represent 
 33.53  amounts This represents an amount 
 33.54  appropriated out of the trunk highway 
 33.55  fund for general fund purposes in the 
 33.56  administration and related services 
 33.57  program.  
 34.1   $580,000 the first year and $610,000 
 34.2   the second year are is appropriated 
 34.3   from the highway user tax distribution 
 34.4   fund for transfer by the commissioner 
 34.5   of finance to the trunk highway fund on 
 34.6   January 1, 1998, and January 1, 1999, 
 34.7   respectively, in order to reimburse the 
 34.8   trunk highway fund for expenses not 
 34.9   related to the fund.  These represent 
 34.10  amounts This represents an amount 
 34.11  appropriated out of the trunk highway 
 34.12  fund for highway user tax distribution 
 34.13  fund purposes in the administration and 
 34.14  related services program.  
 34.15  $716,000 the first year and $716,000 
 34.16  the second year are appropriated from 
 34.17  the highway user tax distribution fund 
 34.18  for transfer by the commissioner of 
 34.19  finance to the general fund on January 
 34.20  1, 1998, and January 1, 1999, 
 34.21  respectively, in order to reimburse the 
 34.22  general fund for expenses not related 
 34.23  to the fund.  These represent amounts 
 34.24  appropriated out of the general fund 
 34.25  for operation of the criminal justice 
 34.26  data network related to driver and 
 34.27  motor vehicle licensing registrations. 
 34.28     Sec. 12.  Laws 1997, chapter 159, article 1, section 4, 
 34.29  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 34.30  Subd. 3.  State Patrol    226,000     51,215,000     51,717,000
 34.31                          Summary by Fund
 34.32                    1997          1998           1999 
 34.33  General           226,000      2,058,000      2,181,000
 34.34  Trunk Highway                 49,067,000     49,446,000
 34.35                                                  -0-
 34.36  Highway User                      90,000         90,000 
 34.37                                                  -0-
 34.38  Surface 
 34.39  Transportation                    -0-        49,536,000
 34.40  The commissioner of finance shall 
 34.41  reduce the appropriations for the 
 34.42  division of state patrol from the trunk 
 34.43  highway fund, surface transportation 
 34.44  fund, and general fund as necessary to 
 34.45  reflect legislation enacted in 1997 
 34.46  that (1) reduces state contributions 
 34.47  for pensions for employees under the 
 34.48  division of state patrol from the trunk 
 34.49  highway fund, surface transportation 
 34.50  fund, or general fund, or (2) provides 
 34.51  money for those pensions from police 
 34.52  state aid. 
 34.53  Of the appropriation for fiscal year 
 34.54  1997, $76,000 is for transfer to the 
 34.55  trunk highway fund and $150,000 is to 
 34.56  reimburse the state patrol for general 
 34.57  fund expenditures to cover the costs of 
 34.58  deploying state patrol troopers to the 
 34.59  city of Minneapolis to assist the city 
 35.1   in combating violent crime. 
 35.2   $600,000 the first year from the trunk 
 35.3   highway fund and $1,200,000 the second 
 35.4   year from the trunk highway surface 
 35.5   transportation fund are to implement 
 35.6   wage increases for state patrol 
 35.7   troopers, trooper 1s, and corporals.  
 35.8   The wage adjustments are based on an 
 35.9   internal Hay study conducted by the 
 35.10  department of employee relations. 
 35.11  $1,675,000 the first year from the 
 35.12  trunk highway fund and $424,000 the 
 35.13  second year from the trunk highway 
 35.14  surface transportation fund and $93,000 
 35.15  the first year and $22,000 the second 
 35.16  year from the general fund are for the 
 35.17  development and operational costs of 
 35.18  computer-aided dispatching, records 
 35.19  management, and station office 
 35.20  automation systems. 
 35.21  $78,000 the first year and $78,000 the 
 35.22  second year from the general fund are 
 35.23  for additional capitol complex security 
 35.24  positions. 
 35.25  The commissioner of public safety shall 
 35.26  identify and implement measures to 
 35.27  increase the representation of females 
 35.28  and minorities in the state patrol so 
 35.29  that the trooper population more 
 35.30  accurately reflects the population 
 35.31  served by the state patrol.  These 
 35.32  measures must include: 
 35.33  (1) evaluation of hiring and training 
 35.34  programs to identify and eliminate any 
 35.35  biases against underutilized, protected 
 35.36  groups; 
 35.37  (2) expansion of outreach programs to 
 35.38  high schools to include informational 
 35.39  presentations on law enforcement 
 35.40  careers and law enforcement degree 
 35.41  programs; 
 35.42  (3) intensification of recruitment 
 35.43  efforts toward qualified members of 
 35.44  protected groups; 
 35.45  (4) provision of guidance and support 
 35.46  to students in law enforcement degree 
 35.47  programs; 
 35.48  (5) publication of employment 
 35.49  opportunities in newspapers with 
 35.50  substantial readership among protected 
 35.51  groups; and 
 35.52  (6) development of other innovative 
 35.53  ways to promote awareness, acceptance, 
 35.54  and appreciation for diversity and 
 35.55  affirmative action in the state patrol. 
 35.56  The commissioner shall report to the 
 35.57  senate transportation committee and the 
 35.58  house of representatives transportation 
 35.59  and transit committee by January 30, 
 35.60  1998, on the measures implemented, 
 36.1   results achieved, progress made in 
 36.2   reaching affirmative action goals, and 
 36.3   recommendations for future action. 
 36.4   When an otherwise qualified candidate 
 36.5   does not have the educational credits 
 36.6   to meet the current peace officer 
 36.7   standards and training board licensing 
 36.8   standards, the commissioner may provide 
 36.9   the financial resources to obtain the 
 36.10  education necessary to meet the 
 36.11  licensing requirements.  Of this 
 36.12  appropriation, $150,000 the second year 
 36.13  from the general fund is for assistance 
 36.14  to these otherwise qualified 
 36.15  individuals to prepare them for the 
 36.16  trooper candidate school beginning in 
 36.17  January 1999. 
 36.18     Sec. 13.  Laws 1997, chapter 159, article 1, section 4, 
 36.19  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
 36.20  Sec. 4.  PUBLIC SAFETY
 36.21  Subd. 4.  Driver and
 36.22  Vehicle Services                      34,666,000     35,185,000
 36.23                Summary by Fund
 36.24  General               3,724,000      3,807,000
 36.25  Trunk Highway        18,348,000     18,669,000
 36.26                                         -0-
 36.27  Surface 
 36.28  Transportation          -0-         18,669,000
 36.29  Highway User         12,594,000     12,709,000
 36.30  $867,000 the first year and $777,000 
 36.31  the second year from the highway user 
 36.32  tax distribution fund are for 
 36.33  purchasing manufactured license plates 
 36.34  from the department of corrections. 
 36.35  $24,000 the first year from the trunk 
 36.36  highway fund and $19,000 the second 
 36.37  year from the trunk highway surface 
 36.38  transportation fund are for the costs 
 36.39  related to adding blood alcohol 
 36.40  concentration to drivers' records.  
 36.41  This appropriation cancels unless a law 
 36.42  is enacted in 1997 which requires the 
 36.43  department of public safety to record 
 36.44  blood alcohol concentration on a 
 36.45  driver's record. 
 36.46  $89,000 the first year and $135,000 the 
 36.47  second year from the highway user tax 
 36.48  distribution fund are for implementing 
 36.49  the plate impoundments.  This 
 36.50  appropriation cancels unless a law is 
 36.51  enacted in 1997 which requires the 
 36.52  commissioner of public safety to 
 36.53  impound a vehicle's license plates upon 
 36.54  a second DWI conviction within five 
 36.55  years on the part of the vehicle's 
 36.56  owner. 
 36.57     Sec. 14.  Laws 1997, chapter 159, article 1, section 4, 
 37.1   subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
 37.2   Subd. 5.  Traffic
 37.3   Safety                                   352,000        356,000
 37.4                 Summary by Fund
 37.5   General                  61,000        61,000
 37.6   Trunk Highway           291,000        295,000
 37.7                                          -0-
 37.8   Surface 
 37.9   Transportation          -0-            295,000
 37.10     Sec. 15.  Laws 1997, chapter 159, article 1, section 6, is 
 37.11  amended to read: 
 37.12  Sec. 6.  MINNESOTA SAFETY COUNCIL         67,000      67,000
 37.13                                                       -0-
 37.14  This appropriation is from the trunk 
 37.15  highway fund. 
 37.16     Sec. 16.  Laws 1997, chapter 159, article 1, section 8, is 
 37.17  amended to read: 
 37.18  Sec. 8.  TORT CLAIMS                     600,000       600,000
 37.19  To be spent by the commissioner of 
 37.20  finance.  
 37.21  This appropriation is from the trunk 
 37.22  highway fund for fiscal year 1998 and 
 37.23  is from the surface transportation fund 
 37.24  for fiscal year 1999. 
 37.25  If the appropriation for either year is 
 37.26  insufficient, the appropriation for the 
 37.27  other year is available for it. 
 37.28                Summary by Fund
 37.29  Trunk Highway           600,000          -0-  
 37.30  Surface 
 37.31  Transportation          -0-              600,000
 37.32     Sec. 17. Laws 1997, chapter 200, article 1, section 1, is 
 37.33  amended to read: 
 37.34  Section 1.  [ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; APPROPRIATIONS.] 
 37.35     The sums shown in the columns marked "APPROPRIATIONS" are 
 37.36  appropriated from the general fund, or another named fund, to 
 37.37  the agencies and for the purposes specified in this act, to be 
 37.38  available for the fiscal years indicated for each purpose.  The 
 37.39  figures "1998" and "1999," where used in this act, mean that the 
 37.40  appropriation or appropriations listed under them are available 
 37.41  for the year ending June 30, 1998, or June 30, 1999, 
 37.42  respectively.  The term "first year" means the fiscal year 
 38.1   ending June 30, 1998, and "second year" means the fiscal year 
 38.2   ending June 30, 1999. 
 38.3                           SUMMARY BY FUND
 38.4                             1998          1999           TOTAL
 38.5   General              $195,977,000   $163,741,000   $359,718,000
 38.6   Petroleum Tank
 38.7   Cleanup                   957,000        969,000      1,926,000
 38.8   Trunk Highway             706,000        723,000      1,429,000 
 38.9                                            -0-            706,000
 38.10  Workers' 
 38.11  Compensation           23,095,000     23,130,000     46,225,000
 38.12  Special Revenue         1,120,000      1,125,000      2,245,000
 38.13  Taconite Environmental
 38.14  Protection              1,410,000        -0-          1,410,000
 38.15  Surface 
 38.16  Transportation            -0-            723,000        723,000
 38.17  TOTAL                $223,265,000   $189,688,000   $412,953,000
 38.18     Sec. 18.  Laws 1997, chapter 200, article 1, section 2, 
 38.19  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
 38.20  Subd. 4.  Tourism 
 38.21       8,625,000      8,205,000
 38.22                Summary by Fund
 38.23  General               7,919,000     7,482,000
 38.24  Trunk Highway           706,000       723,000
 38.25                                        -0-
 38.26  Surface 
 38.27  Transportation          -0-           723,000
 38.28  To develop maximum private sector 
 38.29  involvement in tourism, $2,500,000 the 
 38.30  first year and $2,500,00 the second 
 38.31  year of the amounts appropriated for 
 38.32  marketing activities are contingent on 
 38.33  receipt of an equal contribution from 
 38.34  nonstate sources that have been 
 38.35  certified by the commissioner.  Up to 
 38.36  one-half of the match may be given in 
 38.37  in-kind contributions.  This 
 38.38  appropriation may not be spent until 
 38.39  the money is matched. 
 38.40  In order to maximize marketing grant 
 38.41  benefits, the commissioner must give 
 38.42  priority for joint venture marketing 
 38.43  grants to organizations with year-round 
 38.44  sustained tourism activities.  For 
 38.45  programs and projects submitted, the 
 38.46  commissioner must give priority to 
 38.47  those that encompass two or more areas 
 38.48  or that attract nonresident travelers 
 38.49  to the state. 
 39.1   If an appropriation for either year for 
 39.2   grants is not sufficient, the 
 39.3   appropriation for the other year is 
 39.4   available for it. 
 39.5   The commissioner may use grant dollars 
 39.6   or the value of in-kind services to 
 39.7   provide the state contribution for the 
 39.8   partnership program. 
 39.9   Any unexpended money from general fund 
 39.10  appropriations made under this 
 39.11  subdivision does not cancel but must be 
 39.12  placed in a special advertising account 
 39.13  for use by the office of tourism to 
 39.14  purchase additional media. 
 39.15  $329,000 the first year and $329,000 
 39.16  the second year is for the Minnesota 
 39.17  film board.  This appropriation is 
 39.18  available only upon receipt by the 
 39.19  board of $1 in matching contributions 
 39.20  of money or in-kind from nonstate 
 39.21  sources for every $3 provided by this 
 39.22  appropriation. 
 39.23  $500,000 the first year and $500,000 
 39.24  the second year is for grants to the 
 39.25  Minnesota film board for a film 
 39.26  production jobs fund to stimulate 
 39.27  feature film production in Minnesota.  
 39.28  This appropriation is to reimburse film 
 39.29  producers for two to five percent of 
 39.30  documented wages which they paid to 
 39.31  Minnesotans for film production after 
 39.32  January 1, 1997. 
 39.33  $500,000 the first year is for a 
 39.34  one-time grant to the Leroy Neiman 
 39.35  museum of art.  This appropriation is 
 39.36  available on documentation of a 
 39.37  dollar-for-dollar match from other 
 39.38  sources.  This amount may not be added 
 39.39  to the agency's budget base. 
 39.40  $10,000 the first year is for a 
 39.41  one-time grant to the city of St. Louis 
 39.42  Park for public art.  This 
 39.43  appropriation is available on 
 39.44  documentation of a dollar-for-dollar 
 39.45  match from other sources and is 
 39.46  available until June 30, 1999.  $25,000 
 39.47  in the first year is for a one-time 
 39.48  grant to the city of Bloomington for 
 39.49  planning, development, and site 
 39.50  selection of a community tourism center 
 39.51  and theater. 
 39.52  The office of tourism shall expand its 
 39.53  efforts in the 1998-1999 biennium to 
 39.54  market and promote tourism within 
 39.55  Minnesota that emphasizes multicultural 
 39.56  areas and neighborhoods and those areas 
 39.57  and neighborhoods with a high 
 39.58  concentration of recent immigrants. 
 39.59     Sec. 19.  Laws 1997, chapter 202, article 1, section 1, is 
 39.60  amended to read: 
 39.61  Section 1.  [STATE GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS.] 
 40.1      The sums shown in the columns marked "APPROPRIATIONS" are 
 40.2   appropriated from the general fund, or another fund named, to 
 40.3   the agencies and for the purposes specified in this act, to be 
 40.4   available for the fiscal years indicated for each purpose.  The 
 40.5   figures "1998" and "1999," where used in this act, mean that the 
 40.6   appropriation or appropriations listed under them are available 
 40.7   for the year ending June 30, 1998, or June 30, 1999, 
 40.8   respectively.  
 40.9                           SUMMARY BY FUND 
 40.10                                                       BIENNIAL
 40.11                            1998          1999           TOTAL
 40.12  General              $338,665,000   $309,544,000   $648,209,000
 40.13                                      $309,581,000   $648,246,000
 40.14  State 
 40.15  Government 
 40.16  Special Revenue        11,866,000     13,311,000     25,177,000 
 40.17  Environmental             224,000        229,000        453,000
 40.18  Solid Waste Fund          445,000        450,000        895,000
 40.19  Lottery Prize 
 40.20  Fund                    1,300,000      1,150,000      2,450,000
 40.21  Highway User
 40.22  Tax Distribution        2,044,000      2,091,000      4,135,000
 40.23  Trunk Highway              37,000         37,000         74,000 
 40.24                                           -0-             37,000
 40.25  Workers'
 40.26  Compensation            4,207,000      4,295,000      8,502,000 
 40.27  TOTAL                $358,788,000   $331,107,000   $689,895,000
 40.28     Sec. 20.  Laws 1997, chapter 202, article 1, section 2, 
 40.29  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
 40.30  Subd. 4.  Legislative 
 40.31  Coordinating Commission               12,158,000     12,757,000
 40.32                Summary by Fund
 40.33  General              12,121,000    12,720,000
 40.34                                     12,757,000
 40.35  Trunk Highway            37,000        37,000
 40.36                                        -0-
 40.37  $4,754,000 the first year and 
 40.38  $5,362,000 the second year are for the 
 40.39  office of the revisor of statutes. 
 40.40  $1,030,000 the first year and 
 40.41  $1,052,000 the second year are for the 
 40.42  legislative reference library. 
 40.43  $4,615,000 the first year and 
 41.1   $4,622,000 the second year are for the 
 41.2   office of the legislative auditor. 
 41.3   $8,000 the first year and $8,000 the 
 41.4   second year are to provide additional 
 41.5   funding for the legislative 
 41.6   coordinating commission to contract for 
 41.7   sign language interpreter services for 
 41.8   meetings in Minnesota with legislators. 
 41.9   $18,000 the first year is for the 
 41.10  corporate subsidy reform commission 
 41.11  created by this act and is available 
 41.12  until June 30, 1999. 
 41.13  $65,000 the first year is for expenses 
 41.14  of the information policy task force 
 41.15  created by this act and is available 
 41.16  until June 30, 1999. 
 41.17     Sec. 21.  Laws 1997, chapter 203, article 1, section 1, is 
 41.18  amended to read: 
 41.19  Section 1.  [HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES APPROPRIATIONS.] 
 41.20     The sums shown in the columns marked "APPROPRIATIONS" are 
 41.21  appropriated from the general fund, or any other fund named, to 
 41.22  the agencies and for the purposes specified in the following 
 41.23  sections of this article, to be available for the fiscal years 
 41.24  indicated for each purpose.  The figures "1998" and "1999" where 
 41.25  used in this article, mean that the appropriation or 
 41.26  appropriations listed under them are available for the fiscal 
 41.27  year ending June 30, 1998, or June 30, 1999, respectively.  
 41.28  Where a dollar amount appears in parentheses, it means a 
 41.29  reduction of an appropriation.  
 41.30                          SUMMARY BY FUND 
 41.31  APPROPRIATIONS                                      BIENNIAL
 41.32                            1998          1999           TOTAL
 41.33  General          $2,587,119,000 $2,738,148,000 $5,325,267,000
 41.34                                  $2,739,826,000 $5,326,945,000
 41.35  State Government
 41.36  Special Revenue      31,911,000     32,150,000     64,061,000
 41.37  Metropolitan 
 41.38  Landfill Contingency
 41.39  Action Fund             193,000        193,000        386,000
 41.40  Trunk Highway         1,652,000     1,678,000       3,330,000
 41.41                                        -0-           1,652,000
 41.42  TOTAL            $2,620,875,000 $2,772,169,000 $5,393,044,000
 41.43     Sec. 22.  Laws 1997, chapter 203, article 1, section 6, is 
 41.44  amended to read: 
 41.45  Sec. 6.  EMERGENCY MEDICAL
 42.1   SERVICES BOARD                         2,494,000      2,262,000 
 42.2                 Summary by Fund
 42.3   General                 842,000       584,000
 42.4                                       2,262,000
 42.5   Trunk Highway         1,652,000     1,678,000
 42.6                                         -0-
 42.7   [COMPREHENSIVE ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT 
 42.8   (CALS).] Of this appropriation, 
 42.9   $200,000 in fiscal year 1998 shall be 
 42.10  disbursed to implement the 
 42.11  comprehensive advanced life support 
 42.12  (CALS) program or similar program and 
 42.13  $6,000 is for administrative costs of 
 42.14  implementing the CALS program. 
 42.15  [EMS BOARD DATA COLLECTION.] Of this 
 42.16  appropriation, $52,000 for the biennium 
 42.17  ending June 30, 1999, is from the 
 42.18  general fund to the emergency medical 
 42.19  services regulatory to be used as 
 42.20  start-up costs for the financial data 
 42.21  collection system. 
 42.22     Sec. 23.  Laws 1997, chapter 239, article 1, section 1, is 
 42.23  amended to read: 
 42.24  Section 1.  [CRIMINAL JUSTICE APPROPRIATIONS.] 
 42.25     The sums shown in the columns marked "APPROPRIATIONS" are 
 42.26  appropriated from the general fund, or another fund named, to 
 42.27  the agencies and for the purposes specified in this act, to be 
 42.28  available for the fiscal years indicated for each purpose.  The 
 42.29  figures "1997," "1998," and "1999," where used in this act, mean 
 42.30  that the appropriation or appropriations listed under them are 
 42.31  available for the year ending June 30, 1997, June 30, 1998, or 
 42.32  June 30, 1999, respectively. 
 42.33                          SUMMARY BY FUND
 42.34                 1997           1998          1999          TOTAL
 42.35  General $  1,393,000  $ 481,929,000 $ 496,133,000 $ 979,455,000
 42.36                                      $ 497,720,000 $ 981,042,000
 42.37  Special Revenue           7,254,000     7,479,000    14,733,000
 42.38  State Government
 42.39  Special Revenue               7,000         7,000        14,000
 42.40  Environmental                42,000        43,000        85,000
 42.41  Trunk Highway             1,557,000     1,587,000     3,144,000
 42.42                                            -0-         1,557,000
 42.43  TOTAL   $  1,393,000  $ 490,789,000 $ 500,249,000 $ 997,431,000
 42.44     Sec. 24.  Laws 1997, chapter 239, article 1, section 7, 
 42.45  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 43.1   Subd. 3.  Criminal Apprehension 
 43.2                 Summary by Fund
 43.3   General              23,596,000    21,768,000
 43.4                                      23,355,000
 43.5   Special Revenue       1,808,000     1,809,000       
 43.6   State Government
 43.7   Special Revenue           7,000         7,000
 43.8   Trunk Highway         1,557,000     1,587,000
 43.9                                         -0-
 43.10  The commissioner of finance shall 
 43.11  reduce the appropriations for the 
 43.12  division of the Bureau of Criminal 
 43.13  Apprehension from the general fund as 
 43.14  necessary to reflect legislation 
 43.15  enacted in 1997 that (1) reduces state 
 43.16  contributions for pensions for 
 43.17  employees under the division of the 
 43.18  Bureau of Criminal Apprehension from 
 43.19  the general fund, or (2) provides money 
 43.20  for those pensions from police state 
 43.21  aid. 
 43.22  $4,494,000 the first year and 
 43.23  $2,560,000 the second year are to begin 
 43.24  development and implementation of the 
 43.25  infrastructure for a coordinated and 
 43.26  integrated statewide criminal and 
 43.27  juvenile justice information system.  
 43.28  Of this appropriation, $1,554,000 the 
 43.29  first year and $1,350,000 the second 
 43.30  year are to be transferred to the 
 43.31  supreme court for the judicial branch 
 43.32  justice network.  This transfer 
 43.33  appropriation must be included in the 
 43.34  budget base for the 2000-2001 biennium. 
 43.35  $100,000 the first year and $100,000 
 43.36  the second year from the Bureau of 
 43.37  Criminal Apprehension account in the 
 43.38  special revenue fund are for grants to 
 43.39  local officials for the cooperative 
 43.40  investigation of cross-jurisdictional 
 43.41  criminal activity.  Any unencumbered 
 43.42  balance remaining in the first year 
 43.43  does not cancel but is available for 
 43.44  the second year. 
 43.45  $408,000 the first year and $409,000 
 43.46  the second year from the Bureau of 
 43.47  Criminal Apprehension account in the 
 43.48  special revenue fund are for laboratory 
 43.49  activities. 
 43.50  $50,000 the first year and $50,000 the 
 43.51  second year are for the Bureau of 
 43.52  Criminal Apprehension to hire an 
 43.53  additional forensic scientist. 
 43.54  $75,000 the first year is for a grant 
 43.55  to Hennepin county and $75,000 the 
 43.56  first year is for a grant to the city 
 43.57  of Minneapolis.  These appropriations 
 43.58  must be used for costs associated with 
 43.59  the drugfire program. 
 44.1   $3,936,000 the first year and 
 44.2   $3,936,000 the second year are: 
 44.3   (1) for grants under Minnesota 
 44.4   Statutes, section 299C.065, 
 44.5   subdivisions 1 and 1a; 
 44.6   (2) for the grants authorized in 
 44.7   Minnesota Statutes, section 299A.627, 
 44.8   subdivisions 1 and 2, and to fund the 
 44.9   organization and operation of the 
 44.10  criminal gang oversight council and 
 44.11  strike force described in Minnesota 
 44.12  Statutes, section 299A.625; 
 44.13  (3) to hire five new agents to replace 
 44.14  those assigned to the criminal gang 
 44.15  strike force; 
 44.16  (4) to develop the criminal gang 
 44.17  investigative data system; 
 44.18  (5) to hire ten new agents to fill 
 44.19  existing vacancies statewide; and 
 44.20  (6) for overtime expenses for the 
 44.21  Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. 
 44.22  Money expended for the purposes 
 44.23  described in clauses (1) to (4) and 
 44.24  (6), shall not be included in the 
 44.25  agency's base budget for the 2000-2001 
 44.26  biennium. 
 44.27  The commissioner may use part of the 
 44.28  appropriation described in clause (2) 
 44.29  to procure necessary equipment and pay 
 44.30  other expenses deemed necessary by the 
 44.31  criminal gang oversight council.  
 44.32  However, the commissioner shall seek to 
 44.33  minimize expenses related to equipment 
 44.34  by encouraging local entities to 
 44.35  contribute equipment and other support 
 44.36  to the strike force. 
 44.37  The appropriation to hire additional 
 44.38  agents under clause (3) may not be used 
 44.39  to purchase or lease vehicles. 
 44.40  If new agents are hired under clause 
 44.41  (5), the superintendent shall cooperate 
 44.42  with the department of corrections in 
 44.43  capturing fugitives. 
 44.44     Sec. 25.  Laws 1997, First Special Session chapter 4, 
 44.45  article 10, section 3, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 44.46     Subd. 2.  [DEPARTMENT.] For the department of children, 
 44.47  families, and learning: 
 44.48       $24,360,000    .....      1998
 44.49       $23,978,000    .....      1999
 44.50       $23,957,000 
 44.51     (a) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is 
 44.52  available in the second year. 
 45.1      (b) $21,000 each in the first year is from the trunk 
 45.2   highway fund. 
 45.3      (c) $622,000 in 1998 and $627,000 in 1999 is for the 
 45.4   academic excellence foundation. 
 45.5      Up to $50,000 each year is contingent upon the match of $1 
 45.6   in the previous year from private sources consisting of either 
 45.7   direct monetary contributions or in-kind contributions of 
 45.8   related goods or services, for each $1 of the appropriation.  
 45.9   The commissioner of children, families, and learning must 
 45.10  certify receipt of the money or documentation for the private 
 45.11  matching funds or in-kind contributions.  The unencumbered 
 45.12  balance from the amount actually appropriated from the 
 45.13  contingent amount in 1998 does not cancel but is available in 
 45.14  1999.  The amount carried forward must not be used to establish 
 45.15  a larger annual base appropriation for later fiscal years. 
 45.16     (d) $207,000 in 1998 and $210,000 in 1999 is for the state 
 45.17  board of education. 
 45.18     (e) $230,000 in 1998 and $234,000 in 1999 is for the board 
 45.19  of teaching. 
 45.20     (f) The expenditures of federal grants and aids as shown in 
 45.21  the biennial budget document and its supplements are approved 
 45.22  and appropriated and shall be spent as indicated. 
 45.23     (g) The department of children, families, and learning 
 45.24  shall develop a performance report on the quality of its 
 45.25  programs and services.  The report must be consistent with the 
 45.26  process specified in Minnesota Statutes, sections 15.90 to 
 45.27  15.92.  The goals, objectives, and measures of this report must 
 45.28  be developed in cooperation with the chairs of the finance 
 45.29  divisions of the education committees of the house of 
 45.30  representatives and senate, the department of finance, and the 
 45.31  office of legislative auditor.  The report must include data to 
 45.32  indicate the progress of the department in meeting its goals and 
 45.33  objectives. 
 45.34     (h) At least $50,000 is to ensure compliance with state and 
 45.35  federal laws prohibiting discrimination because of race, 
 45.36  religion, or sex.  The department shall use the appropriation to 
 46.1   provide state-level leadership on equal education opportunities 
 46.2   which promote elimination of discriminatory practices in the 
 46.3   areas of race, religion, and sex in public schools and public 
 46.4   educational agencies under its general supervision and on 
 46.5   activities including, at least, compliance monitoring and 
 46.6   voluntary compliance when local school district deficiencies are 
 46.7   found. 
 46.8      (i) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 15.53, 
 46.9   subdivision 2, the commissioner of children, families, and 
 46.10  learning may contract with a school district for a period no 
 46.11  longer than five consecutive years to work in the development or 
 46.12  implementation of the graduation rule.  The commissioner may 
 46.13  contract for services and expertise as necessary.  The contracts 
 46.14  are not subject to Minnesota Statutes, sections 16B.06 to 16B.08.
 46.15     (j) In preparing the department budget for fiscal years 
 46.16  2000-2001, the department shall shift all administrative funding 
 46.17  from aids appropriations into the appropriation for the 
 46.18  department. 
 46.19     (k) Reallocations of excesses under Minnesota Statutes, 
 46.20  section 124.14, subdivision 7, from appropriations within this 
 46.21  act shall only be made to deficiencies in programs with 
 46.22  appropriations contained within this act. 
 46.23     (l) $850,000 each year is for litigation costs and may only 
 46.24  be used for those purposes.  These appropriations are one-time 
 46.25  only. 
 46.26     (m) Collaborative efforts between the department of 
 46.27  children, families, and learning and the office of technology, 
 46.28  as specified in Minnesota Statutes, section 237A.015, include: 
 46.29     (1) advising the commissioner of children, families, and 
 46.30  learning on new and emerging technologies, potential business 
 46.31  partnerships, and technical standards; 
 46.32     (2) assisting the commissioner of children, families, and 
 46.33  learning in the sharing of data between state agencies relative 
 46.34  to children's programs; and 
 46.35     (3) as requested by the commissioner of children, families, 
 46.36  and learning, assisting in collaborative efforts for joint 
 47.1   prekindergarten through grade 12 and higher education projects, 
 47.2   including the learning network. 
 47.3   The commissioner of children, families, and learning shall have 
 47.4   final approval for prekindergarten through grade 12 programs and 
 47.5   lifelong learning programs, grant awards, and funding decisions. 
 47.6      Sec. 26.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
 47.7      This act is effective July 1, 1998.