{\rtf1\ansi\deff0{\fonttbl{\f0 Times New Roman;}}\margl480\margr0\margt0\margb0\fs20\n\line \line\n\line \line\n\line \line\n\line {\pard\n\line \n\line \n\line 1.1 A bill for an act \n\line 1.2 relating to transportation; appropriating money for \n\line 1.3 transportation, public safety, and other purposes; \n\line 1.4 modifying previous appropriations; providing for \n\line 1.5 bonding for highways; requiring studies and reports; \n\line 1.6 establishing working group to assess impact of DM&E \n\line 1.7 rail line project; establishing major transportation \n\line 1.8 projects commission; repealing sunset of provision \n\line 1.9 authorizing certain lights on top of delivery \n\line 1.10 vehicles; providing for approval of and payment under \n\line 1.11 supplemental goods or services agreements of the \n\line 1.12 commissioner of transportation; authorizing suspension \n\line 1.13 of motor vehicle registration when tax is paid by \n\line 1.14 dishonored check; exempting dealers in firefighting \n\line 1.15 equipment from motor vehicle dealer licensing; \n\line 1.16 providing for inspection of vehicles of motor \n\line 1.17 carriers; providing for photo identification equipment \n\line 1.18 for driver's license agents; restricting expenditures \n\line 1.19 on commuter rail; restricting application for federal \n\line 1.20 aid for Hiawatha Avenue light rail transit; modifying \n\line 1.21 provisions relating to prepaid, temporary, vehicle \n\line 1.22 identification cards for motor carrier vehicles; \n\line 1.23 authorizing naming rights for light rail transit \n\line 1.24 stations; restricting expenditures from trunk highway \n\line 1.25 fund; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections \n\line 1.26 161.20, subdivision 3; 161.32, by adding a \n\line 1.27 subdivision; 167.50, subdivision 2; 168.27, \n\line 1.28 subdivision 8; 169.781, by adding a subdivision; \n\line 1.29 221.131, subdivision 4; 221.132; and 473.405, \n\line 1.30 subdivision 4; Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, \n\line 1.31 sections 144E.29; 144E.31, subdivision 3; 168.17; \n\line 1.32 171.061, subdivision 4; 174.88; and 221.0252, \n\line 1.33 subdivision 7; Laws 1999, chapter 216, article 1, \n\line 1.34 sections 1 and 7, subdivisions 1 and 3; chapter 223, \n\line 1.35 article 1, sections 1 and 2, subdivisions 1 and 4; \n\line 1.36 chapter 238, article 1, sections 1; 2, subdivision 12; \n\line 1.37 5; and 7; article 2, section 93; chapter 241, article \n\line 1.38 10, section 5, subdivision 2; chapter 245, article 1, \n\line 1.39 sections 1 and 6; and chapter 250, article 1, sections \n\line 1.40 1 and 2, subdivisions 1 and 4; proposing coding for \n\line 1.41 new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 174. \n\line 1.42 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: \n\line 1.43 ARTICLE 1 \n\line 2.1 TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS \n\line 2.2 Section 1. [APPROPRIATIONS.] \n\line 2.3 The sums in the column under "APPROPRIATIONS" are \n\line 2.4 appropriated from the general fund, or another named fund, to \n\line 2.5 the state agencies or officials indicated, to be spent for the \n\line 2.6 purposes indicated, for fiscal year 2001. \n\line 2.7 SUMMARY \n\line 2.8 TRANSPORTATION $566,551,000\n\line 2.9 METROPOLITAN COUNCIL 20,000,000 \n\line 2.10 PUBLIC SAFETY 119,000 \n\line 2.11 TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 750,000 \n\line 2.12 FINANCE 15,100,000\n\line 2.13 TOTAL $602,520,000\n\line 2.14 Trunk Highway Bond Proceeds Account 100,100,000\n\line 2.15 Trunk Highway Fund 102,298,000 \n\line 2.16 General Fund 400,122,000 \n\line 2.17 APPROPRIATIONS\n\line 2.18 $ \n\line 2.19 Sec. 2. TRANSPORTATION \n\line 2.20 Subdivision 1. To the commissioner of\n\line 2.21 transportation for the purposes specified \n\line 2.22 in this section 566,551,000 \n\line 2.23 Summary by Fund\n\line 2.24 Trunk Highway Bond \n\line 2.25 Proceeds Account 100,100,000\n\line 2.26 Trunk Highway Fund 102,179,000\n\line 2.27 General Fund 364,372,000\n\line 2.28 Subd. 2. Trunk Highway Construction 100,000,000 \n\line 2.29 This appropriation is from the bond \n\line 2.30 proceeds account in the trunk highway \n\line 2.31 fund. \n\line 2.32 This appropriation is available for \n\line 2.33 expenditure beginning July 1, 2000. \n\line 2.34 The commissioner may not spend more \n\line 2.35 than $14,000,000 of this appropriation \n\line 2.36 for program delivery. \n\line 2.37 This appropriation is for \n\line 2.38 reconstruction and replacement of key \n\line 2.39 bridges on the state trunk highway \n\line 2.40 system; for construction, improvement, \n\line 2.41 and maintenance of the interregional \n\line 2.42 corridor system as identified by the \n\line 2.43 commissioner; for the improvement of \n\line 2.44 highways classified as bottlenecks by \n\line 2.45 the commissioner; for providing \n\line 2.46 highway-related advantages for transit; \n\line 3.1 and for acquisition of properties \n\line 3.2 necessary to locate, construct, \n\line 3.3 reconstruct, improve, and maintain the \n\line 3.4 trunk highway system. Before this \n\line 3.5 appropriation may be used, the \n\line 3.6 commissioner of transportation must \n\line 3.7 demonstrate to the commissioner of \n\line 3.8 finance that the proposed use of debt \n\line 3.9 financing to accelerate the project is \n\line 3.10 a cost-effective investment of state \n\line 3.11 funds. \n\line 3.12 Subd. 3. State Road Construction 359,000,000 \n\line 3.13 Summary by Fund\n\line 3.14 Trunk Highway 76,500,000\n\line 3.15 General 282,500,000\n\line 3.16 (a) Of this appropriation: \n\line 3.17 (1) $177,000,000 is for state trunk \n\line 3.18 highway improvements within the \n\line 3.19 seven-county metropolitan area \n\line 3.20 primarily for the purpose of improving \n\line 3.21 traffic flow and expanding highway \n\line 3.22 capacity by eliminating traffic \n\line 3.23 bottlenecks; \n\line 3.24 (2) $177,000,000 is for improvements on \n\line 3.25 state trunk highways outside the \n\line 3.26 seven-county metropolitan area that the \n\line 3.27 commissioner designates as at-risk \n\line 3.28 interregional corridors; and \n\line 3.29 (3) $5,000,000 is for bus transit ways \n\line 3.30 or highway-related transit advantages. \n\line 3.31 (b) Of the appropriations under this \n\line 3.32 section, the commissioner may not spend \n\line 3.33 more than $50,000,000 for program \n\line 3.34 delivery. \n\line 3.35 (c) The appropriation under this \n\line 3.36 section is available through June 30, \n\line 3.37 2003. On July 1, 2003, any part of \n\line 3.38 this appropriation not spent cancels to \n\line 3.39 the trunk highway fund. The \n\line 3.40 commissioner shall report by February \n\line 3.41 1, 2003, to the chairs of the senate \n\line 3.42 and house of representatives committees \n\line 3.43 having jurisdiction over transportation \n\line 3.44 policy and transportation finance on \n\line 3.45 any projects that the department of \n\line 3.46 transportation has scheduled to be \n\line 3.47 constructed with this appropriation \n\line 3.48 that the commissioner determines will \n\line 3.49 be canceled or delayed as a result of \n\line 3.50 any part of this appropriation \n\line 3.51 canceling to the trunk highway fund. \n\line 3.52 For purposes of this paragraph, money \n\line 3.53 encumbered by the commissioner for a \n\line 3.54 trunk highway project is considered to \n\line 3.55 be spent. \n\line 3.56 Subd. 4. Report on Projects \n\line 3.57 The commissioner shall by August 1 of \n\line 3.58 each calendar year from 2000 to 2002 \n\line 3.59 report to the chairs of the senate and \n\line 4.1 house of representatives committees \n\line 4.2 with jurisdiction over transportation \n\line 4.3 policy and finance on the status of \n\line 4.4 each project that is financed in whole \n\line 4.5 or in part from the money appropriated \n\line 4.6 under subdivisions 2 and 3. For each \n\line 4.7 such project the report must identify: \n\line 4.8 (1) the estimated full cost; (2) a \n\line 4.9 schedule for completion; (3) the \n\line 4.10 current status of right-of-way \n\line 4.11 acquisition and environmental review; \n\line 4.12 and (4) the project's status in the \n\line 4.13 commissioner's current statewide \n\line 4.14 transportation improvement program. \n\line 4.15 Subd. 5. Local Roads 30,000,000\n\line 4.16 Of this appropriation, the commissioner \n\line 4.17 shall transfer $23,800,000 to the \n\line 4.18 county state-aid highway fund and \n\line 4.19 $6,200,000 to the municipal state-aid \n\line 4.20 street fund. These amounts are added \n\line 4.21 to the appropriation for local roads in \n\line 4.22 Laws 1999, chapter 238, article 1, \n\line 4.23 subdivision 6. This appropriation is \n\line 4.24 available until spent. \n\line 4.25 Subd. 6. Trunk Highway Facility Projects 25,674,000\n\line 4.26 The appropriations in this subdivision \n\line 4.27 are from the trunk highway fund. \n\line 4.28 (a) St. Cloud Headquarters\n\line 4.29 Addition 10,350,000\n\line 4.30 To design, construct, furnish, and \n\line 4.31 equip an addition to and remodeling of \n\line 4.32 the St. Cloud headquarters building. \n\line 4.33 (b) Detroit Lakes\n\line 4.34 Headquarters Addition 8,724,000\n\line 4.35 To construct an addition to and remodel \n\line 4.36 the Detroit Lakes district headquarters \n\line 4.37 building. \n\line 4.38 (c) Regional Transportation\n\line 4.39 Management Center 5,000,000\n\line 4.40 To design, construct, furnish, and \n\line 4.41 equip a regional transportation \n\line 4.42 management center and integrate it with \n\line 4.43 the existing metropolitan headquarters \n\line 4.44 building in Roseville. This \n\line 4.45 appropriation anticipates up to \n\line 4.46 $15,774,000 in matching federal money. \n\line 4.47 Within three years of the date on which \n\line 4.48 occupation of the new transportation \n\line 4.49 management center has been completed, \n\line 4.50 the commissioner must sell the building \n\line 4.51 that was being used as the traffic \n\line 4.52 management center on the effective date \n\line 4.53 of this act to an entity other than the \n\line 4.54 state or a state agency. This \n\line 4.55 requirement does not apply if the \n\line 4.56 commissioner determines that no offers \n\line 4.57 made to the commissioner for purchase \n\line 4.58 of the building will return fair market \n\line 4.59 value for it. \n\line 4.60 (d) Moorhead Truck Station 1,600,000 \n\line 5.1 To construct, furnish, and equip a new \n\line 5.2 truck station building in Moorhead in \n\line 5.3 partnership with the city of Moorhead \n\line 5.4 and Clay county. \n\line 5.5 (e) The $514,000 appropriation in Laws \n\line 5.6 1996, chapter 463, section 19, \n\line 5.7 subdivision 5, clause (20), for the \n\line 5.8 addition to the Dilworth truck station \n\line 5.9 is canceled. \n\line 5.10 Subd. 7. Rail Service Improvement 5,000,000\n\line 5.11 For purposes defined under the rail \n\line 5.12 service improvement program under \n\line 5.13 Minnesota Statutes, sections 222.46 to \n\line 5.14 222.63. \n\line 5.15 Subd. 8. North Star Corridor\n\line 5.16 North Extension Study 100,000\n\line 5.17 To study the feasibility of extending \n\line 5.18 the North Star commuter rail corridor \n\line 5.19 between Minneapolis and St. Cloud north \n\line 5.20 of the city of Little Falls. This \n\line 5.21 appropriation must be used to match \n\line 5.22 federal funds. \n\line 5.23 Subd. 9. DM&E Working Group 100,000\n\line 5.24 (a) The commissioner of transportation \n\line 5.25 or the commissioner's designee shall \n\line 5.26 convene a multiagency working group \n\line 5.27 consisting of the commissioners of \n\line 5.28 public safety, pollution control \n\line 5.29 agency, agriculture, trade and economic \n\line 5.30 development, and transportation, and \n\line 5.31 director of Minnesota Planning, or \n\line 5.32 their designees. The director of \n\line 5.33 Minnesota Planning or the director's \n\line 5.34 designee shall serve as chair of the \n\line 5.35 working group. \n\line 5.36 (b) The working group will complete the \n\line 5.37 following tasks: \n\line 5.38 (1) evaluate the environmental impact \n\line 5.39 statement of the surface transportation \n\line 5.40 board (STB) concerning the DM&E rail \n\line 5.41 line project, summarize its findings \n\line 5.42 and directives, and determine whether \n\line 5.43 and to what extent the STB's assessment \n\line 5.44 may have failed in identifying the DM&E \n\line 5.45 rail line project's impact on the \n\line 5.46 state; and \n\line 5.47 (2) develop and present recommendations \n\line 5.48 to the legislature of how to maximize \n\line 5.49 opportunities to move Minnesota \n\line 5.50 products to market on the DM&E railroad \n\line 5.51 while minimizing environmental, social, \n\line 5.52 and other public costs. \n\line 5.53 (c) Included in the evaluation and \n\line 5.54 recommendations must be methods to: \n\line 5.55 (1) maximize the volume of Minnesota \n\line 5.56 products shipped on the DM&E rail line \n\line 5.57 including consideration of \n\line 5.58 modifications to ports and other \n\line 5.59 infrastructure which could enhance and \n\line 6.1 benefit the state; \n\line 6.2 (2) assure appropriate environmental \n\line 6.3 protections are used to minimize land \n\line 6.4 use, protect wetlands, and mitigate \n\line 6.5 noise or other environmental impacts; \n\line 6.6 (3) involve local units of government \n\line 6.7 in siting issues and right-of-way \n\line 6.8 acquisitions; and \n\line 6.9 (4) determine what direct and indirect \n\line 6.10 costs are likely to accrue to local \n\line 6.11 units of government and private \n\line 6.12 property owners as a result of the \n\line 6.13 project, including, but not limited to, \n\line 6.14 costs for mitigation, right-of-way \n\line 6.15 acquisitions, and crossing safety. \n\line 6.16 (d) The commissioners shall directly \n\line 6.17 negotiate and advocate with the rail \n\line 6.18 line to assure timely access for \n\line 6.19 shipping Minnesota products and to \n\line 6.20 assure minimal environmental and social \n\line 6.21 impact. The working group shall \n\line 6.22 present an interim report to the \n\line 6.23 legislature by January 15, 2001, and a \n\line 6.24 final report to the legislature no \n\line 6.25 later than six months following the \n\line 6.26 date of issuance of the STB's draft \n\line 6.27 environmental impact statement. \n\line 6.28 Subd. 10. Port Development Assistance 2,000,000 \n\line 6.29 For port development assistance grants. \n\line 6.30 The grants must be made to political \n\line 6.31 subdivisions for capital improvements \n\line 6.32 constructed after the effective date of \n\line 6.33 this appropriation under Minnesota \n\line 6.34 Statutes, chapter 457A. Any \n\line 6.35 improvement made with the proceeds of \n\line 6.36 these grants must be owned by a public \n\line 6.37 body. \n\line 6.38 Subd. 11. Local Bridge\n\line 6.39 Replacement and Rehabilitation 39,000,000\n\line 6.40 To match federal money and to replace \n\line 6.41 or rehabilitate local deficient bridges.\n\line 6.42 Political subdivisions may use grants \n\line 6.43 made under this subdivision to \n\line 6.44 construct or reconstruct bridges, \n\line 6.45 including: \n\line 6.46 (1) matching federal aid grants to \n\line 6.47 construct or reconstruct key bridges; \n\line 6.48 (2) paying the costs of preliminary \n\line 6.49 engineering and environmental studies \n\line 6.50 authorized under Minnesota Statutes, \n\line 6.51 section 174.50, subdivision 6a; \n\line 6.52 (3) paying the costs to abandon an \n\line 6.53 existing bridge that is deficient and \n\line 6.54 in need of replacement, but where no \n\line 6.55 replacement will be made; and \n\line 6.56 (4) paying the costs to construct a \n\line 6.57 road or street to facilitate the \n\line 6.58 abandonment of an existing bridge \n\line 7.1 determined by the commissioner to be \n\line 7.2 deficient, if the commissioner \n\line 7.3 determines that construction of the \n\line 7.4 road or street is more economical than \n\line 7.5 replacing the existing bridge. \n\line 7.6 Subd. 12. Sales Tax 4,800,000 \n\line 7.7 For payment of sales tax that may not \n\line 7.8 be paid from the trunk highway fund. \n\line 7.9 Subd. 13. Transit 872,000\n\line 7.10 For grants to public transit systems \n\line 7.11 under Minnesota Statutes, section \n\line 7.12 174.24, to acquire rolling stock and \n\line 7.13 intelligent transportation system \n\line 7.14 technologies, and for operating \n\line 7.15 assistance. Priority must be given to \n\line 7.16 projects to match available federal \n\line 7.17 money. Up to $450,000 may be used for \n\line 7.18 transit operating assistance. This \n\line 7.19 appropriation does not add to the \n\line 7.20 agency's budget base. \n\line 7.21 Subd. 14. Major Projects Commission 5,000 \n\line 7.22 From the trunk highway fund for \n\line 7.23 expenses relating to the major \n\line 7.24 transportation projects commission, \n\line 7.25 including expenses of nonlegislative \n\line 7.26 members. \n\line 7.27 Sec. 3. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL TRANSIT \n\line 7.28 Subdivision 1. To the metropolitan \n\line 7.29 council for the purposes specified\n\line 7.30 in this section 20,000,000\n\line 7.31 Subd. 2. Bus Garages 10,000,000\n\line 7.32 To construct bus garages. This \n\line 7.33 appropriation is available until spent. \n\line 7.34 Subd. 3. Bus Transit Ways 6,300,000\n\line 7.35 For engineering, design, and \n\line 7.36 construction of bus transit ways, \n\line 7.37 including, but not limited to, \n\line 7.38 acquisition of land and rights-of-way. \n\line 7.39 This appropriation is available until \n\line 7.40 spent. \n\line 7.41 Subd. 4. Metropolitan Transit Operations 3,700,000 \n\line 7.42 This appropriation does not add to the \n\line 7.43 agency's budget base. \n\line 7.44 Sec. 4. PUBLIC SAFETY 119,000 \n\line 7.45 Subdivision 1. Driver's License\n\line 7.46 Photographic Equipment 119,000\n\line 7.47 For grants to driver's license agents \n\line 7.48 to pay monthly lease and maintenance \n\line 7.49 costs of photo identification equipment.\n\line 7.50 Subd. 2. Training Facility \n\line 7.51 The unobligated balance of the \n\line 7.52 appropriation in Laws 1998, chapter \n\line 8.1 404, section 21, subdivision 2, for the \n\line 8.2 Camp Ripley training facility, is \n\line 8.3 canceled. \n\line 8.4 Sec. 5. TRADE AND \n\line 8.5 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 750,000\n\line 8.6 To the commissioner of trade and \n\line 8.7 economic development for a grant to the \n\line 8.8 Upper Minnesota Valley Regional \n\line 8.9 Development Commission for the \n\line 8.10 Minnesota River Tourism Initiative \n\line 8.11 serving six rural Minnesota counties \n\line 8.12 and multiple communities in west \n\line 8.13 central Minnesota. The grant must be \n\line 8.14 used for planning, predesign, and \n\line 8.15 design of three staffed travel \n\line 8.16 information centers. \n\line 8.17 Sec. 6. FINANCE 15,100,000\n\line 8.18 Summary by Fund\n\line 8.19 Trunk Highway Bond \n\line 8.20 Proceeds Account 100,000 \n\line 8.21 General Fund 15,000,000 \n\line 8.22 Subdivision 1. Bond Sale Expenses 100,000 \n\line 8.23 This appropriation is from the bond \n\line 8.24 proceeds account in the trunk highway \n\line 8.25 fund for bond sale expenses under \n\line 8.26 Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.641, \n\line 8.27 subdivision 8. \n\line 8.28 Subd. 2. Transportation Revolving Loan Fund 15,000,000 \n\line 8.29 For transfer to the highway account in \n\line 8.30 the transportation revolving loan fund. \n\line 8.31 Sec. 7. [BOND SALE AUTHORIZATION.] \n\line 8.32 {\ul To provide the money appropriated in this act from the} \n\line 8.33 {\ul trunk highway bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of finance} \n\line 8.34 {\ul shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to} \n\line 8.35 {\ul $100,100,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect} \n\line 8.36 {\ul prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 167.50 to 167.52, and} \n\line 8.37 {\ul by the Minnesota Constitution, article XIV, section 11, at the} \n\line 8.38 {\ul times and in the amounts requested by the commissioner of} \n\line 8.39 {\ul transportation. The proceeds of the bonds, except accrued} \n\line 8.40 {\ul interest and any premium received on the sale of the bonds, must} \n\line 8.41 {\ul be credited to a bond proceeds account in the trunk highway fund.}\n\line 8.42 Sec. 8. [COMMISSIONER OF TRANSPORTATION; RAMP METER \n\line 8.43 STUDY.] \n\line 8.44 {\ul (a) Notwithstanding other law to the contrary, the} \n\line 8.45 {\ul commissioner shall order that all meters on access ramps to a} \n\line 8.46 {\ul freeway or expressway, as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section} \n\line 9.1 {\ul 160.02, display flashing yellow lights for a period of time} \n\line 9.2 {\ul determined by the commissioner.} \n\line 9.3 {\ul This section does not prohibit temporary closure or other} \n\line 9.4 {\ul traffic flow restrictions of access ramps to a freeway or} \n\line 9.5 {\ul expressway in the interests of public safety.} \n\line 9.6 {\ul (b) The commissioner shall study and report to the} \n\line 9.7 {\ul legislature by February 1, 2001, the traffic flow and highway} \n\line 9.8 {\ul safety results on expressways and freeways for the period of the} \n\line 9.9 {\ul study. The department shall gather and compile any relevant} \n\line 9.10 {\ul facts, comparisons, statistics, or other relevant data and} \n\line 9.11 {\ul report its findings of fact and conclusions.} \n\line 9.12 Sec. 9. [REPORT; METRO MOBILITY.] \n\line 9.13 {\ul (a) The metropolitan council shall report to the chairs of} \n\line 9.14 {\ul the senate and house of representatives committees having} \n\line 9.15 {\ul jurisdiction over transportation policy and transportation} \n\line 9.16 {\ul finance on the future of the metro mobility paratransit system.} \n\line 9.17 {\ul The report must include options, alternatives, and strategies} \n\line 9.18 {\ul for:} \n\line 9.19 {\ul (1) increasing the availability of metro mobility service} \n\line 9.20 {\ul to meet present and anticipated demand;} \n\line 9.21 {\ul (2) integrating metro mobility service into the new and} \n\line 9.22 {\ul expanded transit services described in the council's regional} \n\line 9.23 {\ul transit master plan;} \n\line 9.24 {\ul (3) integration of private taxi services to provide a more} \n\line 9.25 {\ul efficient pick up and delivery system, and potential savings} \n\line 9.26 {\ul from doing so; and} \n\line 9.27 {\ul (4) changes in state or federal law, including, but not} \n\line 9.28 {\ul limited to, changes in fare structure and requirements, to} \n\line 9.29 {\ul increase effectiveness of the service.} \n\line 9.30 {\ul (b) In conducting the study and preparing the report, the} \n\line 9.31 {\ul council shall consult with its transportation accessibility} \n\line 9.32 {\ul advisory council.} \n\line 9.33 {\ul (c) The council shall submit the report by February 1, 2001.}\n\line 9.34 Sec. 10. [PUBLIC SAFETY RADIO SYSTEM STUDY.] \n\line 9.35 {\ul Subdivision 1.} [PLANNING COMMITTEE.] {\ul The commissioners of} \n\line 9.36 {\ul administration, transportation, and public safety shall convene} \n\line 10.1 {\ul a planning committee to report to the legislature on a plan for} \n\line 10.2 {\ul development of an 800 megahertz, statewide, shared public safety} \n\line 10.3 {\ul radio system. The planning committee shall provide a means for} \n\line 10.4 {\ul inclusion of input from representatives of local governments and} \n\line 10.5 {\ul major system user groups.} \n\line 10.6 {\ul Subd. 2.} [REPORT CONTENTS.] {\ul The committee shall review:} \n\line 10.7 {\ul (1) current and future needs and capacities of radio} \n\line 10.8 {\ul systems in outstate areas;} \n\line 10.9 {\ul (2) the potential for implementation of a multi-agency and} \n\line 10.10 {\ul multijurisdictional shared radio system;} \n\line 10.11 {\ul (3) potential guidelines for governance and system} \n\line 10.12 {\ul participation by state and local units of government; and} \n\line 10.13 {\ul (4) statutory changes required to implement a statewide,} \n\line 10.14 {\ul 800 megahertz, shared public safety radio system.} \n\line 10.15 {\ul Subd. 3.} [REVIEW CONSIDERATIONS.] {\ul In performing the duties} \n\line 10.16 {\ul under this section, the planning committee may consider:} \n\line 10.17 {\ul (1) assessment of current uses, needs, and capacities,} \n\line 10.18 {\ul including growth and expansion capacities, by each local} \n\line 10.19 {\ul government and by each major user group;} \n\line 10.20 {\ul (2) estimates of future needs by each local government and} \n\line 10.21 {\ul by each major user group;} \n\line 10.22 {\ul (3) estimates by each local government and by each major} \n\line 10.23 {\ul user group of the anticipated level and timeline for utilizing} \n\line 10.24 {\ul the radio system;} \n\line 10.25 {\ul (4) analysis of the expected costs of implementing the} \n\line 10.26 {\ul radio system; and} \n\line 10.27 {\ul (5) proposed funding mechanisms, including options for} \n\line 10.28 {\ul allocating costs among local governments and user groups.} \n\line 10.29 {\ul Subd. 4.} [PUBLIC MEETINGS.] {\ul After completing its duties} \n\line 10.30 {\ul under subdivisions 2 and 3, the planning committee shall prepare} \n\line 10.31 {\ul a draft report to local governments and major user groups in all} \n\line 10.32 {\ul outstate areas. The draft report must also be made available to} \n\line 10.33 {\ul the public. After preparing and disseminating the draft report} \n\line 10.34 {\ul and before presenting the final report to the legislature, the} \n\line 10.35 {\ul planning committee shall meet with representatives of local} \n\line 10.36 {\ul governments and user groups in each department of public safety} \n\line 11.1 {\ul radio communication district to explain the report and seek} \n\line 11.2 {\ul comment.} \n\line 11.3 {\ul Subd. 5.} [REPORT.] {\ul By February 1, 2001, the commissioner} \n\line 11.4 {\ul of administration shall report to the legislature on the} \n\line 11.5 {\ul findings and recommendations of the planning committee. The} \n\line 11.6 {\ul report must also identify any changes in statutory authority and} \n\line 11.7 {\ul funding options necessary to provide for implementation of the} \n\line 11.8 {\ul statewide, 800 megahertz, shared, public safety radio system.} \n\line 11.9 Sec. 11. [LIGHT RAIL; FEDERAL FUNDS.] \n\line 11.10 {\ul The commissioner of transportation may not apply to the} \n\line 11.11 {\ul federal government for any federal funds for light rail transit} \n\line 11.12 {\ul in the Hiawatha Avenue corridor other than federal funds that} \n\line 11.13 {\ul under federal law or regulation may only be used for transit} \n\line 11.14 {\ul capital projects. This section does not prohibit the} \n\line 11.15 {\ul commissioner from using federal funds that are identified in the} \n\line 11.16 {\ul 2001-2003 statewide transportation improvement program for the} \n\line 11.17 {\ul Hiawatha Avenue corridor highway and light rail project.} \n\line 11.18 EFFECTIVE DATE: {\ul This section is effective the day} \n\line 11.19 {\ul following final enactment.} \n\line 11.20 Sec. 12. Laws 1999, chapter 238, article 2, section 93, is \n\line 11.21 amended to read: \n\line 11.22 Sec. 93. [EFFECTIVE DATE.] \n\line 11.23 Sections 21 and 22 are effective the day following final \n\line 11.24 enactment{\strike , and are repealed on July 31, 2000}. Sections 2, 15, \n\line 11.25 32, 33, 35 to 67, 72, 74, 75, 77, and 85 are effective January \n\line 11.26 1, 2000. Sections 7 to 14 are effective July 1, 2000. Section \n\line 11.27 27 is effective July 1, 1999, for Minnesota identification cards \n\line 11.28 issued on and after that date. Sections 4, 5, and 30 are \n\line 11.29 effective July 1, 2001. \n\line 11.30 Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 161.32, is \n\line 11.31 amended by adding a subdivision to read: \n\line 11.32 {\ul Subd. 7.} [APPROVAL AND PAYMENT OF SUPPLEMENTAL \n\line 11.33 AGREEMENTS.] {\ul Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, when goods} \n\line 11.34 {\ul or services are provided to the commissioner under an agreement} \n\line 11.35 {\ul supplemental to a contract for work on a trunk highway, the} \n\line 11.36 {\ul commissioner or designee may approve the supplemental agreement.} \n\line 12.1 {\ul Payment of valid state obligations must be made within 30 days} \n\line 12.2 {\ul of approval of the work or submission by the contractor of an} \n\line 12.3 {\ul invoice indicating completion of work, whichever occurs later.} \n\line 12.4 Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 167.50, \n\line 12.5 subdivision 2, is amended to read: \n\line 12.6 Subd. 2. [ISSUANCE AND SALE.] The bonds shall be issued \n\line 12.7 and sold upon {\strike sealed} {\ul competitive} bids after published notice. \n\line 12.8 The bonds shall be issued and sold at the times and prices (not \n\line 12.9 less than par and accrued interest), in the form and \n\line 12.10 denominations, bearing interest at the rate or rates, maturing \n\line 12.11 on dates, with or without option of prior redemption upon notice \n\line 12.12 and at specified times and prices, payable at a bank or banks, \n\line 12.13 within or without the state, with provisions for registration, \n\line 12.14 conversion, and exchange and for the issuance of temporary bonds \n\line 12.15 or notes in anticipation of the sale and delivery of definitive \n\line 12.16 bonds, and in accordance with such further provisions, as the \n\line 12.17 commissioner of finance may determine, subject to the approval \n\line 12.18 of the attorney general (but not subject to the provisions of \n\line 12.19 chapter 14, including 14.386). Each bond shall mature within 20 \n\line 12.20 years from its date of issue and shall be executed by the \n\line 12.21 commissioner of finance and attested by the state treasurer \n\line 12.22 under their official seals. The signatures of these officers on \n\line 12.23 the face of and any interest coupons appurtenant to any bond, \n\line 12.24 and their seals may be printed, lithographed, stamped, engraved, \n\line 12.25 or otherwise reproduced thereon, provided that the signature of \n\line 12.26 one of the officers, or of an authorized representative of a \n\line 12.27 corporate registrar or other agent designated by the \n\line 12.28 commissioner of finance to authenticate the bonds, shall be \n\line 12.29 manually subscribed on the face of each bond. \n\line 12.30 Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section \n\line 12.31 168.17, is amended to read: \n\line 12.32 168.17 [SUSPENSION OF REGISTRATION.] \n\line 12.33 {\ul (a)} All registrations and issue of number plates shall be \n\line 12.34 subject to amendment, suspension, modification or revocation by \n\line 12.35 the registrar summarily for any violation of or neglect to \n\line 12.36 comply with the provisions of this chapter or when the \n\line 13.1 transferee fails to comply with section 168A.10, subdivision 2, \n\line 13.2 within 30 days of the date of sale. \n\line 13.3 {\ul (b) The registrar may suspend the registration of a motor} \n\line 13.4 {\ul vehicle if the tax on the vehicle was paid by means of a} \n\line 13.5 {\ul dishonored check to a deputy motor vehicle registrar. The} \n\line 13.6 {\ul registrar may continue a suspension under this paragraph until} \n\line 13.7 {\ul the registrar is informed by the deputy motor vehicle registrar} \n\line 13.8 {\ul that the dishonored check has been paid in full.} \n\line 13.9 {\ul (c)} In any case where the proper registration of a motor \n\line 13.10 vehicle is dependent upon procuring information entailing such \n\line 13.11 delay as to unreasonably deprive the owner of the use of the \n\line 13.12 motor vehicle, the registrar may issue a tax receipt and plates \n\line 13.13 conditionally. \n\line 13.14 {\ul (d)} In any case when revoking a registration for cause, the \n\line 13.15 registrar shall have authority to demand the return of the \n\line 13.16 number plates and registration certificates, and, if necessary, \n\line 13.17 to seize the number plates issued for such registration. \n\line 13.18 EFFECTIVE DATE: {\ul This section is effective the day} \n\line 13.19 {\ul following final enactment.} \n\line 13.20 Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 168.27, \n\line 13.21 subdivision 8, is amended to read: \n\line 13.22 Subd. 8. [EXEMPTIONS.] {\strike (1)} {\ul (a)} Salespeople and other \n\line 13.23 employees of licensed dealers under this section {\strike shall} {\ul are} not \n\line 13.24 {\strike be} required to obtain individual licenses. \n\line 13.25 {\strike (2)} {\ul (b)} Isolated or occasional sales or leases of new or \n\line 13.26 used motor vehicles {\strike shall be} {\ul are} exempt from {\strike the provisions of} \n\line 13.27 this section. A person who makes only isolated or occasional \n\line 13.28 sales or leases is not required to be licensed under this \n\line 13.29 section, is not considered to be in the business of selling or \n\line 13.30 leasing motor vehicles, and does not qualify to receive dealer \n\line 13.31 plates under subdivision 16. "Isolated or occasional sales or \n\line 13.32 leases" means: {\strike (i)} {\ul (1)} the sale or lease of a motor vehicle \n\line 13.33 with an actual cash value of $1,000 or less made by a charitable \n\line 13.34 organization; {\strike (ii)} {\ul (2)} the sale, purchase, or lease of not more \n\line 13.35 than five motor vehicles in a 12-month period, other than \n\line 13.36 pioneer or classic motor vehicles as defined in section 168.10, \n\line 14.1 subdivisions 1a and 1b, or {\strike (iii)} {\ul (3)} sales by a licensed \n\line 14.2 auctioneer selling motor vehicles at an auction if, in the \n\line 14.3 ordinary course of the auctioneer's business, the sale of motor \n\line 14.4 vehicles is incidental to the sale of other real or personal \n\line 14.5 property. For purposes of this subdivision, {\strike a} charitable \n\line 14.6 organization means a nonprofit charitable organization that \n\line 14.7 qualifies for tax exemption under section 501(c)(3) of the \n\line 14.8 Internal Revenue Code. \n\line 14.9 {\ul (c) A person whose sales of new and used motor vehicles} \n\line 14.10 {\ul consist solely of sales to political subdivisions and their} \n\line 14.11 {\ul agencies of vehicles used solely as firefighting equipment is} \n\line 14.12 {\ul not required to obtain a license under this section. The person} \n\line 14.13 {\ul may apply for and receive in-transit plates under subdivision 17} \n\line 14.14 {\ul in the same manner as licensed motor vehicle dealers for the} \n\line 14.15 {\ul purpose of allowing firefighting equipment to be transported} \n\line 14.16 {\ul from the dealer's source of supply or other place of storage to} \n\line 14.17 {\ul the dealer's place of business, to another place of storage, or} \n\line 14.18 {\ul directly to the purchaser.} \n\line 14.19 EFFECTIVE DATE: {\ul This section is effective the day} \n\line 14.20 {\ul following final enactment.} \n\line 14.21 Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 169.781, is \n\line 14.22 amended by adding a subdivision to read: \n\line 14.23 {\ul Subd. 10.} [EXEMPTION.] {\ul This section does not apply to a} \n\line 14.24 {\ul vehicle operated by a motor carrier of passengers, as defined in} \n\line 14.25 {\ul section 221.011, subdivision 48, if the vehicle has been} \n\line 14.26 {\ul inspected under section 221.0252, subdivision 3, paragraph (a),} \n\line 14.27 {\ul clause (2), within the previous 12 months.} \n\line 14.28 EFFECTIVE DATE: {\ul This section is effective the day} \n\line 14.29 {\ul following final enactment.} \n\line 14.30 Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section \n\line 14.31 171.061, subdivision 4, is amended to read: \n\line 14.32 Subd. 4. [FEE; EQUIPMENT.] (a) The agent may charge and \n\line 14.33 retain a filing fee of $3.50 for each application. Except as \n\line 14.34 provided in paragraph (b), the fee shall cover all expenses \n\line 14.35 involved in receiving, accepting, or forwarding to the \n\line 14.36 department the applications and fees required under sections \n\line 15.1 171.02, subdivision 3; 171.06, subdivisions 2 and 2a; and \n\line 15.2 171.07, subdivisions 3 and 3a. \n\line 15.3 (b) {\strike An agent with photo identification equipment provided} \n\line 15.4 {\strike by the department before January 1, 1999, may retain the photo} \n\line 15.5 {\strike identification equipment until the agent's appointment} \n\line 15.6 {\strike terminates.} The department shall maintain the photo \n\line 15.7 identification equipment for {\strike these} {\ul all} agents {\ul appointed as of} \n\line 15.8 {\ul January 1, 2000}. {\strike An agent appointed before January 1, 1999, who} \n\line 15.9 {\strike does not have photo identification equipment provided by the} \n\line 15.10 {\strike department, and any new agent appointed after December 31, 1998,} \n\line 15.11 {\strike shall procure and maintain photo identification equipment.} Upon \n\line 15.12 the retirement, resignation, death, or discontinuance of an \n\line 15.13 existing agent, and if a new agent is appointed in an existing \n\line 15.14 office pursuant to Minnesota Rules, chapter 7404, and \n\line 15.15 notwithstanding the above or Minnesota Rules, part 7404.0400, \n\line 15.16 the department shall provide and maintain photo identification \n\line 15.17 equipment without additional cost to a newly appointed agent in \n\line 15.18 that office if the office was provided the equipment by the \n\line 15.19 department before January 1, {\strike 1999} {\ul 2000}. All photo \n\line 15.20 identification equipment must be compatible with standards \n\line 15.21 established by the department. \n\line 15.22 (c) A filing fee retained by the agent employed by a county \n\line 15.23 board must be paid into the county treasury and credited to the \n\line 15.24 general revenue fund of the county. An agent who is not an \n\line 15.25 employee of the county shall retain the filing fee in lieu of \n\line 15.26 county employment or salary and is considered an independent \n\line 15.27 contractor for pension purposes, coverage under the Minnesota \n\line 15.28 state retirement system, or membership in the public employees \n\line 15.29 retirement association. \n\line 15.30 (d) Before the end of the first working day following the \n\line 15.31 final day of the reporting period established by the department, \n\line 15.32 the agent must forward to the department all applications and \n\line 15.33 fees collected during the reporting period except as provided in \n\line 15.34 paragraph (c). \n\line 15.35 EFFECTIVE DATE: {\ul This section is effective retroactively} \n\line 15.36 {\ul from January 1, 2000.} \n\line 16.1 Sec. 19. [174.55] [MAJOR TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS \n\line 16.2 COMMISSION.] \n\line 16.3 {\ul Subdivision 1.} [CREATION AND PURPOSE.] {\ul A major} \n\line 16.4 {\ul transportation projects commission is created to review and} \n\line 16.5 {\ul comment on proposed major transportation projects in which the} \n\line 16.6 {\ul department of transportation is involved.} \n\line 16.7 {\ul Subd. 2.} [COMPOSITION.] {\ul The major transportation projects} \n\line 16.8 {\ul commission is composed of the governor or the governor's} \n\line 16.9 {\ul designee; four citizen members appointed by the governor and} \n\line 16.10 {\ul serving at the pleasure of the governor; seven senators} \n\line 16.11 {\ul appointed by the subcommittee on committees of the committee on} \n\line 16.12 {\ul rules and administration, three of whom must not be members of} \n\line 16.13 {\ul the senate majority party; and seven members of the house of} \n\line 16.14 {\ul representatives appointed by the speaker, three of whom must not} \n\line 16.15 {\ul be members of the house majority party. The commissioner of} \n\line 16.16 {\ul transportation shall serve as a nonvoting member unless the} \n\line 16.17 {\ul commissioner is the governor's designee. The commission shall} \n\line 16.18 {\ul elect a chair from among its members. Nongovernment members of} \n\line 16.19 {\ul the commission shall receive compensation in accordance with} \n\line 16.20 {\ul section 15.059, subdivision 3.} \n\line 16.21 {\ul Subd. 3.} [DUTIES.] {\ul The major transportation projects} \n\line 16.22 {\ul commission shall review each report submitted under subdivision} \n\line 16.23 {\ul 4 and shall make comments on the report to the governor and} \n\line 16.24 {\ul legislature by September 30 of each year.} \n\line 16.25 {\ul Subd. 4.} [COMMISSIONER REPORT.] {\ul The commissioner of} \n\line 16.26 {\ul transportation shall report to the commission not later than} \n\line 16.27 {\ul July 15 of each year. The report must consist of a listing of} \n\line 16.28 {\ul candidate projects that meet the criteria of major} \n\line 16.29 {\ul transportation projects within the definition in subdivision 5,} \n\line 16.30 {\ul and a listing of proposed projects for study that the} \n\line 16.31 {\ul commissioner believes have the potential of being major} \n\line 16.32 {\ul transportation projects but do not have draft environmental} \n\line 16.33 {\ul impact statements. The report must include the commissioner's} \n\line 16.34 {\ul plan for funding and implementation of each project.} \n\line 16.35 {\ul Subd. 5.} [MAJOR TRANSPORTATION PROJECT.] {\ul A major} \n\line 16.36 {\ul transportation project is a project that meets each of the} \n\line 17.1 {\ul following criteria:} \n\line 17.2 {\ul (1) involves the department of transportation;} \n\line 17.3 {\ul (2) has a total cost of more than $5,000,000;} \n\line 17.4 {\ul (3) is a critical element of the transportation system of} \n\line 17.5 {\ul its region and the state; and} \n\line 17.6 {\ul (4) has a completed draft environmental impact statement.} \n\line 17.7 {\ul Subd. 6.} [CONSTRUCTION OF TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS.] {\ul The} \n\line 17.8 {\ul department may not construct a major transportation project} \n\line 17.9 {\ul without first submitting the project to the major transportation} \n\line 17.10 {\ul projects commission. Within any six-year period, the department} \n\line 17.11 {\ul may not construct a transportation project consisting of} \n\line 17.12 {\ul separate contiguous projects that do not individually qualify as} \n\line 17.13 {\ul major transportation projects, but which in their entirety would} \n\line 17.14 {\ul constitute a major transportation project, without first} \n\line 17.15 {\ul submitting the project to the major transportation projects} \n\line 17.16 {\ul commission.} \n\line 17.17 EFFECTIVE DATE: {\ul This section is effective July 1, 2000,} \n\line 17.18 {\ul except that subdivision 6 is effective July 1, 2001.} \n\line 17.19 Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section \n\line 17.20 174.88, is amended to read: \n\line 17.21 174.88 [COMMUTER RAIL FUNDING.] \n\line 17.22 {\ul Subdivision 1.} [FEDERAL FUND APPLICATIONS.] The \n\line 17.23 commissioner, in cooperation with appropriate metropolitan \n\line 17.24 planning organizations, may apply for funding from federal, \n\line 17.25 state, regional, local, and private sources for commuter rail \n\line 17.26 facility construction, operation, implementation, maintenance, \n\line 17.27 and improvement. \n\line 17.28 {\ul Subd. 2.} [EXPENDITURE OF STATE FUNDS.] {\ul The commissioner} \n\line 17.29 {\ul shall not spend any state funds for construction or equipment of} \n\line 17.30 {\ul commuter rail facilities unless the funds have been appropriated} \n\line 17.31 {\ul by law specifically for those purposes.} \n\line 17.32 EFFECTIVE DATE: {\ul This section is effective the day} \n\line 17.33 {\ul following final enactment.} \n\line 17.34 Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section \n\line 17.35 221.0252, subdivision 7, is amended to read: \n\line 17.36 Subd. 7. [EXEMPTIONS FROM REGULATION.] Notwithstanding any \n\line 18.1 other law, motor carriers of passengers are exempt from sections \n\line 18.2 221.121; 221.122; 221.123; {\strike 221.132;} 221.151; 221.161; and \n\line 18.3 221.171. \n\line 18.4 EFFECTIVE DATE: {\ul This section is effective the day} \n\line 18.5 {\ul following final enactment.} \n\line 18.6 Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 221.131, \n\line 18.7 subdivision 4, is amended to read: \n\line 18.8 Subd. 4. [FLOATER CARD; FEE.] The department may issue to \n\line 18.9 carriers subject to subdivision 2 or 3 special "floater" \n\line 18.10 identification cards up to a maximum of five per motor carrier. \n\line 18.11 Floater cards may be freely transferred between vehicles {\ul that} \n\line 18.12 {\ul have evidence of being inspected under section 221.0252,} \n\line 18.13 {\ul subdivision 3, paragraph (a), clause (2), within the previous 12} \n\line 18.14 {\ul months, or have a current Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance} \n\line 18.15 {\ul decal, and that are} used under short-term leases by the motor \n\line 18.16 carrier. The motor carrier shall pay a fee of $100 for each \n\line 18.17 floater card issued. \n\line 18.18 EFFECTIVE DATE: {\ul This section is effective the day} \n\line 18.19 {\ul following final enactment.} \n\line 18.20 Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 221.132, is \n\line 18.21 amended to read: \n\line 18.22 221.132 [PREPAID TEMPORARY VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION CARD.] \n\line 18.23 {\ul For special or extraordinary events,} the commissioner may \n\line 18.24 issue a prepaid temporary vehicle identification card to a \n\line 18.25 permit or certificate holder subject to section 221.131, \n\line 18.26 subdivision 2 or 3, for a fee of $5 per card. The card must be \n\line 18.27 preprinted by the commissioner with the carrier's name, address, \n\line 18.28 and permit or certificate number. The card may be used by the \n\line 18.29 motor carrier to whom it is issued to identify a vehicle \n\line 18.30 temporarily added to its fleet{\ul , if the vehicle has evidence of} \n\line 18.31 {\ul being inspected under section 221.0252, subdivision 3, paragraph} \n\line 18.32 {\ul (a), clause (2), within the previous 12 months, or has a current} \n\line 18.33 {\ul Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance decal}. The card must be \n\line 18.34 executed by the motor carrier by dating and signing the card and \n\line 18.35 describing the vehicle in which it will be carried. The \n\line 18.36 identification card is valid for a period of ten days from the \n\line 19.1 date the motor carrier places on the card when the card is \n\line 19.2 executed. The card must be used within one year from the date \n\line 19.3 of issuance by the commissioner. The card may not be used if \n\line 19.4 the permit or certificate is not in full force and effect. The \n\line 19.5 card may not be transferred. The commissioner may not refund \n\line 19.6 the cost of unused prepaid temporary vehicle identification \n\line 19.7 cards. \n\line 19.8 EFFECTIVE DATE: {\ul This section is effective the day} \n\line 19.9 {\ul following final enactment.} \n\line 19.10 Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 473.405, \n\line 19.11 subdivision 4, is amended to read: \n\line 19.12 Subd. 4. [TRANSIT SYSTEMS.] The council may engineer, \n\line 19.13 construct, equip, and operate transit and paratransit systems, \n\line 19.14 projects, or any parts thereof, including road lanes or rights \n\line 19.15 of way, terminal facilities, maintenance and garage facilities, \n\line 19.16 ramps, parking areas, and any other facilities useful for or \n\line 19.17 related to any public transit or paratransit system or project. \n\line 19.18 {\ul The council may sell or lease naming rights with regard to light} \n\line 19.19 {\ul rail transit stations and apply revenues from sales or leases to} \n\line 19.20 {\ul light rail transit operating costs.} \n\line 19.21 ARTICLE 2 \n\line 19.22 TRUNK HIGHWAY FUND \n\line 19.23 Section 1. [PROHIBITION AGAINST APPROPRIATIONS FROM TRUNK \n\line 19.24 HIGHWAY FUND.] \n\line 19.25 {\ul To ensure compliance with the Minnesota Constitution,} \n\line 19.26 {\ul article XIV, sections 2, 5, and 6, the commissioner of finance,} \n\line 19.27 {\ul agency directors, and legislative commission personnel may not} \n\line 19.28 {\ul include in the biennial budget for fiscal years 2002 and 2003,} \n\line 19.29 {\ul or in any budget thereafter, expenditures from the trunk highway} \n\line 19.30 {\ul fund for a nonhighway purpose as jointly determined by the} \n\line 19.31 {\ul commissioner of finance and the attorney general. For purposes} \n\line 19.32 {\ul of this section, an expenditure for a nonhighway purpose is any} \n\line 19.33 {\ul expenditure not for construction, improvement, or maintenance of} \n\line 19.34 {\ul highways. At the time of submission of the biennial budget} \n\line 19.35 {\ul proposal to the legislature, the commissioner of finance and the} \n\line 19.36 {\ul attorney general shall report to the senate and house of} \n\line 20.1 {\ul representatives transportation committees concerning any} \n\line 20.2 {\ul expenditure that is proposed to be appropriated from the trunk} \n\line 20.3 {\ul highway fund, if that expenditure is similar to those reduced or} \n\line 20.4 {\ul eliminated in sections 5 to 20. The report must explain the} \n\line 20.5 {\ul highway purpose of the proposed expenditure.} \n\line 20.6 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section \n\line 20.7 144E.29, is amended to read: \n\line 20.8 144E.29 [FEES.] \n\line 20.9 (a) The board shall charge the following fees: \n\line 20.10 (1) initial application for and renewal of an ambulance \n\line 20.11 service license, $150; \n\line 20.12 (2) each ambulance operated by a licensee, $96. The \n\line 20.13 licensee shall pay an additional $96 fee for the full licensing \n\line 20.14 period or $8 per month for any fraction of the period for each \n\line 20.15 ambulance added to the ambulance service during the licensing \n\line 20.16 period; \n\line 20.17 (3) initial application for and renewal of approval for a \n\line 20.18 training program, $100; and \n\line 20.19 (4) duplicate of an original license, certification, or \n\line 20.20 approval, $25. \n\line 20.21 (b) With the exception of paragraph (a), clause (5), all \n\line 20.22 fees are for a two-year period. All fees are nonrefundable. \n\line 20.23 (c) Fees collected by the board shall be deposited as \n\line 20.24 nondedicated receipts in the {\strike trunk highway} {\ul general} fund. \n\line 20.25 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section \n\line 20.26 144E.31, subdivision 3, is amended to read: \n\line 20.27 Subd. 3. [FINE.] (a) The board may order a fine \n\line 20.28 concurrently with the issuance of a correction order, or after \n\line 20.29 the licensee or training program has not corrected the violation \n\line 20.30 within the time specified in the correction order. \n\line 20.31 (b) A licensee or training program that is ordered to pay a \n\line 20.32 fine shall be notified of the order by certified mail. The \n\line 20.33 notice shall be mailed to the address shown on the application \n\line 20.34 or the last known address of the licensee or training program. \n\line 20.35 The notice shall state the reasons the fine was ordered and \n\line 20.36 shall inform the licensee or training program of the right to a \n\line 21.1 contested case hearing under chapter 14. \n\line 21.2 (c) A licensee or training program may appeal the order to \n\line 21.3 pay a fine by notifying the board by certified mail within 15 \n\line 21.4 calendar days after receiving the order. A timely appeal shall \n\line 21.5 stay payment of the fine until the board issues a final order. \n\line 21.6 (d) A licensee or training program shall pay the fine \n\line 21.7 assessed on or before the payment date specified in the board's \n\line 21.8 order. If a licensee or training program fails to fully comply \n\line 21.9 with the order, the board shall suspend the license or cancel \n\line 21.10 approval until there is full compliance with the order. \n\line 21.11 (e) Fines shall be assessed as follows: \n\line 21.12 (1) $150 for violation of section 144E.123; \n\line 21.13 (2) $400 for violation of sections 144E.06, 144E.07, \n\line 21.14 144E.101, 144E.103, 144E.121, 144E.125, 144E.265, 144E.285, and \n\line 21.15 144E.305; \n\line 21.16 (3) $750 for violation of rules adopted under section \n\line 21.17 144E.16, subdivision 4, clause (8); and \n\line 21.18 (4) $50 for violation of all other sections under this \n\line 21.19 chapter or rules adopted under this chapter that are not \n\line 21.20 specifically enumerated in clauses (1) to (3). \n\line 21.21 (f) Fines collected by the board shall be deposited as \n\line 21.22 nondedicated receipts in the {\strike trunk highway} {\ul general} fund. \n\line 21.23 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 161.20, \n\line 21.24 subdivision 3, is amended to read: \n\line 21.25 Subd. 3. [APPROPRIATIONS.] The commissioner may expend \n\line 21.26 trunk highway funds only for trunk highway purposes. {\ul Payment of} \n\line 21.27 {\ul expenses related to sales tax, bureau of criminal apprehension} \n\line 21.28 {\ul laboratory, office of tourism kiosks, Minnesota safety council,} \n\line 21.29 {\ul tort claims, driver education programs, emergency medical} \n\line 21.30 {\ul services board, and Mississippi River parkway commission do not} \n\line 21.31 {\ul further a highway purpose and do not aid in the construction,} \n\line 21.32 {\ul improvement, or maintenance of the highway system.} \n\line 21.33 Sec. 5. Laws 1999, chapter 216, article 1, section 1, is \n\line 21.34 amended to read: \n\line 21.35 Section 1. [CRIMINAL JUSTICE APPROPRIATIONS.] \n\line 21.36 The sums shown in the columns marked "APPROPRIATIONS" are \n\line 22.1 appropriated from the general fund, or another fund named, to \n\line 22.2 the agencies and for the purposes specified in this act, to be \n\line 22.3 available for the fiscal years indicated for each purpose. The \n\line 22.4 figures "1999," "2000," and "2001," where used in this act, mean \n\line 22.5 that the appropriation or appropriations listed under them are \n\line 22.6 available for the year ending June 30, 1999, June 30, 2000, or \n\line 22.7 June 30, 2001, respectively. \n\line 22.8 SUMMARY BY FUND\n\line 22.9 1999 2000 2001 TOTAL\n\line 22.10 General $ 2,074,000 $ 547,845,000 {\strike $ 582,487,000} {\strike $1,130,332,000}\n\line 22.11 {\ul $ 584,143,000} {\ul $1,131,988,000}\n\line 22.12 Special Revenue 8,258,000 7,902,000 16,160,000\n\line 22.13 Environmental 44,000 46,000 90,000\n\line 22.14 State Government\n\line 22.15 Special Revenue 7,000 7,000 14,000\n\line 22.16 Trunk Highway 1,626,000 {\strike 1,656,000} {\strike 3,282,000}\n\line 22.17 {\ul -0-} {\ul 1,626,000}\n\line 22.18 TOTAL $ 557,780,000 $ 592,098,000 $1,149,878,000\n\line 22.19 APPROPRIATIONS \n\line 22.20 Available for the Year \n\line 22.21 Ending June 30 \n\line 22.22 2000 2001 \n\line 22.23 Sec. 6. Laws 1999, chapter 216, article 1, section 7, \n\line 22.24 subdivision 1, is amended to read: \n\line 22.25 Subdivision 1. Total \n\line 22.26 Appropriation 44,595,000 41,848,000\n\line 22.27 Summary by Fund\n\line 22.28 2000 2001\n\line 22.29 General 42,398,000 {\strike 39,607,000} {\ul 41,263,000}\n\line 22.30 Special Revenue 520,000 532,000 \n\line 22.31 State Government \n\line 22.32 Special Revenue 7,000 7,000 \n\line 22.33 Environmental 44,000 46,000 \n\line 22.34 Trunk Highway 1,626,000 {\strike 1,656,000} {\ul -0-}\n\line 22.35 The amounts that may be spent from this \n\line 22.36 appropriation for each program are \n\line 22.37 specified in the following subdivisions.\n\line 22.38 Sec. 7. Laws 1999, chapter 216, article 1, section 7, \n\line 22.39 subdivision 3, is amended to read: \n\line 22.40 Subd. 3. Criminal Apprehension \n\line 22.41 Summary by Fund\n\line 23.1 General 23,327,000 {\strike 23,080,000} {\ul 24,736,000}\n\line 23.2 Special Revenue 520,000 532,000\n\line 23.3 State Government\n\line 23.4 Special Revenue 7,000 7,000\n\line 23.5 Trunk Highway 1,626,000 {\strike 1,656,000} {\ul -0-}\n\line 23.6 $99,000 the first year and $99,000 the \n\line 23.7 second year from the Bureau of Criminal \n\line 23.8 Apprehension account in the special \n\line 23.9 revenue fund are for grants to local \n\line 23.10 officials for the cooperative \n\line 23.11 investigation of cross-jurisdictional \n\line 23.12 criminal activity. Any unencumbered \n\line 23.13 balance remaining in the first year \n\line 23.14 does not cancel but is available for \n\line 23.15 the second year. \n\line 23.16 $421,000 the first year and $433,000 \n\line 23.17 the second year from the Bureau of \n\line 23.18 Criminal Apprehension account in the \n\line 23.19 special revenue fund are for laboratory \n\line 23.20 activities. \n\line 23.21 $5,000,000 the first year and \n\line 23.22 $4,000,000 the second year are for the \n\line 23.23 statewide criminal and juvenile justice \n\line 23.24 data information system upgrade. \n\line 23.25 $210,000 the first year and $210,000 \n\line 23.26 the second year are to be transferred \n\line 23.27 to the commissioner of corrections for \n\line 23.28 a statewide probation system component \n\line 23.29 of the criminal justice information \n\line 23.30 system. This appropriation must be \n\line 23.31 included in the budget base for the \n\line 23.32 2002-2003 biennium. \n\line 23.33 $500,000 the first year and $55,000 the \n\line 23.34 second year are for a lab information \n\line 23.35 management system. \n\line 23.36 $344,000 the first year and $400,000 \n\line 23.37 the second year are for laboratory \n\line 23.38 supplies and equipment. This is a \n\line 23.39 one-time appropriation. \n\line 23.40 $800,000 the second year is for \n\line 23.41 start-up costs, including employee \n\line 23.42 hiring and training, for the northern \n\line 23.43 BCA satellite laboratory facility in \n\line 23.44 the city of Bemidji, for which \n\line 23.45 predesign money was appropriated in \n\line 23.46 Laws 1998, chapter 404, section 13, \n\line 23.47 subdivision 11. \n\line 23.48 $15,000 the first year is for the \n\line 23.49 capitol security study described in \n\line 23.50 article 5, section 13. This is a \n\line 23.51 one-time appropriation. \n\line 23.52 $125,000 the second year is to expand \n\line 23.53 DNA testing of predatory offenders. \n\line 23.54 Sec. 8. Laws 1999, chapter 223, article 1, section 1, is \n\line 23.55 amended to read: \n\line 23.56 Section 1. [ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; APPROPRIATIONS.] \n\line 24.1 The sums shown in the columns marked "APPROPRIATIONS" are \n\line 24.2 appropriated from the general fund, or another named fund, to \n\line 24.3 the agencies and for the purposes specified in this act, to be \n\line 24.4 available for the fiscal years indicated for each purpose. The \n\line 24.5 figures "2000" and "2001," where used in this act, mean that the \n\line 24.6 appropriation or appropriations listed under them are available \n\line 24.7 for the year ending June 30, 2000, or June 30, 2001, \n\line 24.8 respectively. The term "first year" means the fiscal year \n\line 24.9 ending June 30, 2000, and "second year" means the fiscal year \n\line 24.10 ending June 30, 2001. \n\line 24.11 SUMMARY BY FUND\n\line 24.12 1999 2000 2001 TOTAL\n\line 24.13 General $21,000 $224,507,000 {\strike $184,543,000} {\strike $409,071,000}\n\line 24.14 {\ul $185,309,000} {\ul $409,837,000}\n\line 24.15 Petroleum Tank\n\line 24.16 Cleanup 1,015,000 1,045,000 2,060,000\n\line 24.17 Environmental Fund 700,000 700,000 1,400,000\n\line 24.18 TANF 6,000,000 4,000,000 10,000,000\n\line 24.19 Trunk Highway 745,000 {\strike 766,000} {\strike 1,511,000}\n\line 24.20 {\ul -0-} {\ul 745,000}\n\line 24.21 Workers' \n\line 24.22 Compensation 22,217,000 22,439,000 44,656,000\n\line 24.23 Special Revenue 100,000 -0- 100,000\n\line 24.24 Workforce\n\line 24.25 Development Fund 17,993,000 12,557,000 30,550,000 \n\line 24.26 TOTAL $21,000 $273,277,000 $226,050,000 $499,348,000\n\line 24.27 APPROPRIATIONS \n\line 24.28 Available for the Year \n\line 24.29 Ending June 30 \n\line 24.30 2000 2001 \n\line 24.31 Sec. 9. Laws 1999, chapter 223, article 1, section 2, \n\line 24.32 subdivision 1, is amended to read: \n\line 24.33 Subdivision 1. Total \n\line 24.34 Appropriation 56,880,000 46,056,000\n\line 24.35 Summary by Fund\n\line 24.36 General 42,985,000 {\strike 32,590,000} {\ul 33,356,000}\n\line 24.37 Trunk Highway 745,000 {\strike 766,000} {\ul -0-}\n\line 24.38 TANF 1,500,000 1,500,000\n\line 24.39 Environmental Fund 700,000 700,000 \n\line 24.40 Workforce \n\line 24.41 Development Fund 10,950,000 10,500,000 \n\line 25.1 The amounts that may be spent from this \n\line 25.2 appropriation for each program are \n\line 25.3 specified in the following subdivisions.\n\line 25.4 Sec. 10. Laws 1999, chapter 223, article 1, section 2, \n\line 25.5 subdivision 4, is amended to read: \n\line 25.6 Subd. 4. Tourism \n\line 25.7 10,805,000 10,910,000\n\line 25.8 Summary by Fund\n\line 25.9 General 10,060,000 {\strike 10,144,000} {\ul 10,910,000}\n\line 25.10 Trunk Highway 745,000 {\strike 766,000} {\ul -0-}\n\line 25.11 To develop maximum private sector \n\line 25.12 involvement in tourism, $3,500,000 the \n\line 25.13 first year and $3,500,000 the second \n\line 25.14 year of the amounts appropriated for \n\line 25.15 marketing activities are contingent on \n\line 25.16 receipt of an equal contribution from \n\line 25.17 nonstate sources that have been \n\line 25.18 certified by the commissioner. Up to \n\line 25.19 one-half of the match may be given in \n\line 25.20 in-kind contributions. \n\line 25.21 In order to maximize marketing grant \n\line 25.22 benefits, the commissioner must give \n\line 25.23 priority for joint venture marketing \n\line 25.24 grants to organizations with year-round \n\line 25.25 sustained tourism activities. For \n\line 25.26 programs and projects submitted, the \n\line 25.27 commissioner must give priority to \n\line 25.28 those that encompass two or more areas \n\line 25.29 or that attract nonresident travelers \n\line 25.30 to the state. \n\line 25.31 If an appropriation for either year for \n\line 25.32 grants is not sufficient, the \n\line 25.33 appropriation for the other year is \n\line 25.34 available for it. \n\line 25.35 The commissioner may use grant dollars \n\line 25.36 or the value of in-kind services to \n\line 25.37 provide the state contribution for the \n\line 25.38 partnership program. \n\line 25.39 Any unexpended money from general fund \n\line 25.40 appropriations made under this \n\line 25.41 subdivision does not cancel but must be \n\line 25.42 placed in a special advertising account \n\line 25.43 for use by the office of tourism to \n\line 25.44 purchase additional media. \n\line 25.45 This appropriation may be used for a \n\line 25.46 grant to Minnesota Festivals and Events \n\line 25.47 Association for the following purposes: \n\line 25.48 (1) for a partnership with the \n\line 25.49 University of Minnesota's tourism \n\line 25.50 center to build the methodology for a \n\line 25.51 low-cost economic impact model that \n\line 25.52 will allow festival and event managers \n\line 25.53 to conduct research independently in \n\line 25.54 their own communities; \n\line 25.55 (2) to promote regional workshops to \n\line 26.1 increase production value and \n\line 26.2 professionalism for events in the \n\line 26.3 state, increase event service and \n\line 26.4 entertainment value for local \n\line 26.5 residents, build community awareness of \n\line 26.6 opportunities to generate new tourism, \n\line 26.7 and assure production of high quality, \n\line 26.8 safe, and meaningful tourism products \n\line 26.9 that are in line with the vision, \n\line 26.10 mission, and growth goals of individual \n\line 26.11 towns and cities in Minnesota; \n\line 26.12 (3) for a partnership with the \n\line 26.13 University of Minnesota's tourism \n\line 26.14 center to enhance professionalism via \n\line 26.15 its certified festival manager program, \n\line 26.16 training event managers and volunteer \n\line 26.17 staff to implement value-added \n\line 26.18 festivals and events for visitors to \n\line 26.19 the state; \n\line 26.20 (4) for a partnership with the \n\line 26.21 Minnesota office of tourism to publish \n\line 26.22 a pull-out minimagazine advertising the \n\line 26.23 statewide festivals and events calendar \n\line 26.24 for the year; and \n\line 26.25 (5) to expand the Minnesota Festivals \n\line 26.26 and Events Association website, to \n\line 26.27 provide travel planners with more \n\line 26.28 festival and event intensive links to \n\line 26.29 communities hosting such activities. \n\line 26.30 $250,000 in the first year is for a \n\line 26.31 one-time grant for the purpose of the \n\line 26.32 Upper Red Lake business loan program. \n\line 26.33 $829,000 the first year and $829,000 \n\line 26.34 the second year are for the Minnesota \n\line 26.35 film board. $329,000 of this \n\line 26.36 appropriation in each year is available \n\line 26.37 only upon receipt by the board of $1 in \n\line 26.38 matching contributions of money or \n\line 26.39 in-kind from nonstate sources for every \n\line 26.40 $3 provided by this appropriation. Of \n\line 26.41 this amount, $500,000 the first year \n\line 26.42 and $500,000 the second year are for \n\line 26.43 grants to the Minnesota film board for \n\line 26.44 a film production jobs fund to \n\line 26.45 stimulate feature film production in \n\line 26.46 Minnesota. This appropriation is to \n\line 26.47 reimburse film producers for two to \n\line 26.48 five percent of documented wages which \n\line 26.49 they paid to Minnesotans for film \n\line 26.50 production after January 1, 1999. \n\line 26.51 $100,000 the first year is for a grant \n\line 26.52 to promote tourism in the Mille Lacs \n\line 26.53 area. This is a one-time appropriation \n\line 26.54 and is not added to the agency's budget \n\line 26.55 base. \n\line 26.56 $100,000 the first year is for a \n\line 26.57 one-time grant to promote tourism in \n\line 26.58 the areas near the northern border of \n\line 26.59 Minnesota, including the Northwest \n\line 26.60 Angle. \n\line 26.61 $37,000 the first year is for a grant \n\line 26.62 to the Mississippi River parkway \n\line 26.63 commission. \n\line 27.1 Sec. 11. Laws 1999, chapter 238, article 1, section 1, is \n\line 27.2 amended to read: \n\line 27.3 Section 1. [TRANSPORTATION AND OTHER AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS.] \n\line 27.4 The sums shown in the columns marked "APPROPRIATIONS" are \n\line 27.5 appropriated from the general fund, or another named fund, to \n\line 27.6 the agencies and for the purposes specified in this act, to be \n\line 27.7 available for the fiscal years indicated for each purpose. The \n\line 27.8 figures "1999," "2000," and "2001," where used in this act, mean \n\line 27.9 that the appropriations listed under them are available for the \n\line 27.10 year ending June 30, 1999, June 30, 2000, or June 30, 2001, \n\line 27.11 respectively. If the figures are not used, the appropriations \n\line 27.12 are available for the year ending June 30, 2000, or June 30, \n\line 27.13 2001, respectively. The term "first year" means the year ending \n\line 27.14 June 30, 2000, and the term "second year" means the year ending \n\line 27.15 30, 2001. Appropriations for the year ending June 30, 1999, are \n\line 27.16 in addition to appropriations made in previous years. \n\line 27.17 SUMMARY BY FUND\n\line 27.18 2000 2001 TOTAL\n\line 27.19 General $ 85,231,000 {\strike $ 80,853,000} {\strike $166,084,000}\n\line 27.20 {\ul $ 81,520,000} {\ul $166,751,000}\n\line 27.21 Airports 19,386,000 19,469,000 38,855,000 \n\line 27.22 C.S.A.H. 365,063,000 366,624,000 731,687,000 \n\line 27.23 Highway User 15,480,000 15,575,000 31,055,000 \n\line 27.24 M.S.A.S. 105,549,000 107,394,000 212,943,000 \n\line 27.25 Special Revenue 947,000 965,000 1,912,000 \n\line 27.26 Trunk \n\line 27.27 Highway 1,044,984,000 {\strike 1,056,111,000} {\strike 2,101,095,000} \n\line 27.28 {\ul 1,055,444,000} {\ul 2,100,428,000}\n\line 27.29 TOTAL $1,636,640,000 $1,646,991,000 $3,283,631,000\n\line 27.30 APPROPRIATIONS \n\line 27.31 Available for the Year \n\line 27.32 Ending June 30 \n\line 27.33 2000 2001 \n\line 27.34 Sec. 12. Laws 1999, chapter 238, article 1, section 2, \n\line 27.35 subdivision 12, is amended to read: \n\line 27.36 Subd. 12. Contingent Appropriation \n\line 27.37 The commissioner of transportation, \n\line 27.38 with the approval of the governor after \n\line 27.39 consultation with the legislative \n\line 27.40 advisory commission under Minnesota \n\line 27.41 Statutes, section 3.30, may transfer \n\line 28.1 all or part of the unappropriated \n\line 28.2 balance in the trunk highway fund to an \n\line 28.3 appropriation (1) for trunk highway \n\line 28.4 design, construction, or inspection in \n\line 28.5 order to take advantage of an \n\line 28.6 unanticipated receipt of income to the \n\line 28.7 trunk highway fund, {\ul or} (2) for trunk \n\line 28.8 highway maintenance in order to meet an \n\line 28.9 emergency{\strike , or (3) to pay tort or} \n\line 28.10 {\strike environmental claims}. The amount \n\line 28.11 transferred is appropriated for the \n\line 28.12 purpose of the account to which it is \n\line 28.13 transferred. \n\line 28.14 Sec. 13. Laws 1999, chapter 238, article 1, section 5, is \n\line 28.15 amended to read: \n\line 28.16 Sec. 5. MINNESOTA SAFETY COUNCIL 67,000 67,000\n\line 28.17 {\ul Summary by Fund}\n\line 28.18 {\ul 2000} {\ul 2001}\n\line 28.19 {\ul Trunk Highway} {\ul 67,000} {\ul -0-}\n\line 28.20 {\ul General} {\ul -0-} {\ul 67,000}\n\line 28.21 {\strike This appropriation is from the trunk} \n\line 28.22 {\strike highway fund.} \n\line 28.23 Sec. 14. Laws 1999, chapter 238, article 1, section 7, is \n\line 28.24 amended to read: \n\line 28.25 Sec. 7. TORT CLAIMS 600,000 600,000\n\line 28.26 {\ul Summary by Fund}\n\line 28.27 {\ul 2000} {\ul 2001}\n\line 28.28 {\ul Trunk Highway} {\ul 600,000} {\ul -0-}\n\line 28.29 {\ul General} {\ul -0-} {\ul 600,000}\n\line 28.30 To be spent by the commissioner of \n\line 28.31 finance. \n\line 28.32 {\strike This appropriation is from the trunk} \n\line 28.33 {\strike highway fund.} \n\line 28.34 {\strike If the appropriation for either year is} \n\line 28.35 {\strike insufficient, the appropriation for the} \n\line 28.36 {\strike other year is available for it.} \n\line 28.37 {\ul The commissioner shall transfer amounts} \n\line 28.38 {\ul from this appropriation to other state} \n\line 28.39 {\ul agencies as required to pay tort claims.}\n\line 28.40 Sec. 15. Laws 1999, chapter 241, article 10, section 5, \n\line 28.41 subdivision 2, is amended to read: \n\line 28.42 Subd. 2. [TEACHING AND LEARNING PROGRAM.] (a) For the \n\line 28.43 teaching and learning program in the department of children, \n\line 28.44 families, and learning: \n\line 28.45 $9,979,000 ..... 2000 \n\line 29.1 $9,926,000 ..... 2001 \n\line 29.2 (b) Any balance the first year does not cancel but is \n\line 29.3 available in the second year. \n\line 29.4 (c) $21,000 {\strike each} {\ul the first} year is from the trunk highway \n\line 29.5 fund. \n\line 29.6 (d) $673,000 in 2000 and $678,000 in 2001 is for the board \n\line 29.7 of teaching. \n\line 29.8 (e) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 15.53, \n\line 29.9 subdivision 2, the commissioner of children, families, and \n\line 29.10 learning may contract with a school district for a period no \n\line 29.11 longer than five consecutive years to work in the development or \n\line 29.12 implementation of the graduation rule. The commissioner may \n\line 29.13 contract for services and expertise as necessary. The contracts \n\line 29.14 are not subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.06. \n\line 29.15 Sec. 16. Laws 1999, chapter 245, article 1, section 1, is \n\line 29.16 amended to read: \n\line 29.17 Section 1. [HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES APPROPRIATIONS.] \n\line 29.18 The sums shown in the columns marked "APPROPRIATIONS" are \n\line 29.19 appropriated from the general fund, or any other fund named, to \n\line 29.20 the agencies and for the purposes specified in the following \n\line 29.21 sections of this article, to be available for the fiscal years \n\line 29.22 indicated for each purpose. The figures "2000" and "2001" where \n\line 29.23 used in this article, mean that the appropriation or \n\line 29.24 appropriations listed under them are available for the fiscal \n\line 29.25 year ending June 30, 2000, or June 30, 2001, respectively. \n\line 29.26 Where a dollar amount appears in parentheses, it means a \n\line 29.27 reduction of an appropriation. \n\line 29.28 SUMMARY BY FUND \n\line 29.29 BIENNIAL\n\line 29.30 2000 2001 TOTAL\n\line 29.31 General $2,650,812,000 {\strike $2,774,558,000} {\strike $5,425,370,000}\n\line 29.32 {\ul $2,776,331,000} {\ul $5,427,143,000}\n\line 29.33 State Government\n\line 29.34 Special Revenue 36,424,000 36,103,000 72,527,000\n\line 29.35 Health Care\n\line 29.36 Access 146,224,000 175,017,000 321,241,000\n\line 29.37 Trunk Highway 1,726,000 {\strike 1,773,000} {\strike 3,499,000}\n\line 29.38 {\ul -0-} {\ul 1,726,000}\n\line 30.1 Lottery Prize 1,300,000 1,300,000 2,600,000\n\line 30.2 TOTAL $2,836,486,000 $2,988,751,000 $5,825,237,000\n\line 30.3 APPROPRIATIONS \n\line 30.4 Available for the Year \n\line 30.5 Ending June 30 \n\line 30.6 2000 2001 \n\line 30.7 Sec. 17. Laws 1999, chapter 245, article 1, section 6, is \n\line 30.8 amended to read: \n\line 30.9 Sec. 6. EMERGENCY MEDICAL\n\line 30.10 SERVICES BOARD 2,420,000 2,467,000 \n\line 30.11 Summary by Fund\n\line 30.12 General 694,000 {\strike 694,000} {\ul 2,467,000}\n\line 30.13 Trunk Highway 1,726,000 {\strike 1,773,000} {\ul -0-}\n\line 30.14 [COMPREHENSIVE ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT \n\line 30.15 (CALS).] Of the general fund \n\line 30.16 appropriation, $108,000 each year is \n\line 30.17 for the board to establish a \n\line 30.18 comprehensive advanced life support \n\line 30.19 educational program under Minnesota \n\line 30.20 Statutes, section 144E.37. \n\line 30.21 [EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES GRANTS.] {\strike Of} \n\line 30.22 {\strike the appropriation from the trunk} \n\line 30.23 {\strike highway fund,} $18,000 {\ul from the trunk} \n\line 30.24 {\ul highway fund} in fiscal year 2000 and \n\line 30.25 $36,000 {\ul from the general fund} in fiscal \n\line 30.26 year 2001 is to the board for grants to \n\line 30.27 regional emergency medical services \n\line 30.28 programs. {\strike This} {\ul The second year} \n\line 30.29 appropriation shall become part of the \n\line 30.30 base for the 2002-2003 biennium. \n\line 30.31 Sec. 18. Laws 1999, chapter 250, article 1, section 1, is \n\line 30.32 amended to read: \n\line 30.33 Section 1. [STATE GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS.] \n\line 30.34 The sums shown in the columns marked "APPROPRIATIONS" are \n\line 30.35 appropriated from the general fund, or another fund named, to \n\line 30.36 the agencies and for the purposes specified in this act, to be \n\line 30.37 available for the fiscal years indicated for each purpose. The \n\line 30.38 "1999," "2000," and "2001," where used in this act, mean that \n\line 30.39 the appropriation or appropriations listed under them are \n\line 30.40 available for the year ending June 30, 1999, June 30, 2000, or \n\line 30.41 June 30, 2001, respectively. \n\line 30.42 SUMMARY BY FUND \n\line 30.43 BIENNIAL\n\line 30.44 2000 2001 TOTAL\n\line 30.45 General $349,954,000 {\strike $308,497,000} {\strike $658,451,000}\n\line 30.46 {\ul $308,536,000} {\ul $658,490,000}\n\line 31.1 State \n\line 31.2 Government \n\line 31.3 Special Revenue 13,986,000 13,884,000 27,870,000 \n\line 31.4 For 1999 - $465,000\n\line 31.5 Health Care Access 1,842,000 1,871,000 3,713,000\n\line 31.6 Environmental 236,000 242,000 478,000\n\line 31.7 Solid Waste Fund 660,000 670,000 1,330,000\n\line 31.8 Lottery Prize \n\line 31.9 Fund 110,000 -0- 110,000\n\line 31.10 Highway User\n\line 31.11 Tax Distribution 2,129,000 2,173,000 4,302,000\n\line 31.12 Trunk Highway 39,000 {\strike 39,000} {\strike 78,000} \n\line 31.13 {\ul -0-} {\ul 39,000}\n\line 31.14 Workers'\n\line 31.15 Compensation 7,024,000 6,959,000 13,983,000 \n\line 31.16 TOTAL $376,420,000 $334,854,000 $711,274,000\n\line 31.17 For 1999 - $465,000\n\line 31.18 APPROPRIATIONS \n\line 31.19 Available for the Year \n\line 31.20 Ending June 30 \n\line 31.21 2000 2001 \n\line 31.22 Sec. 19. Laws 1999, chapter 250, article 1, section 2, \n\line 31.23 subdivision 1, is amended to read: \n\line 31.24 Subdivision 1. Total \n\line 31.25 Appropriation 58,340,000 63,117,000\n\line 31.26 Summary by Fund\n\line 31.27 General 58,151,000 {\strike 62,928,000} {\ul $62,967,000}\n\line 31.28 Health Care Access 150,000 150,000\n\line 31.29 Trunk Highway 39,000 {\strike 39,000} {\ul -0-}\n\line 31.30 The amounts that may be spent from this \n\line 31.31 appropriation for each program are \n\line 31.32 specified in the following subdivisions.\n\line 31.33 Sec. 20. Laws 1999, chapter 250, article 1, section 2, \n\line 31.34 subdivision 4, is amended to read: \n\line 31.35 Subd. 4. Legislative \n\line 31.36 Coordinating Commission 13,841,000 14,924,000\n\line 31.37 Summary by Fund\n\line 31.38 General 13,652,000 {\strike 14,735,000} {\ul 14,774,000}\n\line 31.39 Health Care Access 150,000 150,000\n\line 31.40 Trunk Highway 39,000 {\strike 39,000} {\ul -0-}\n\line 31.41 $5,600,000 the first year and \n\line 31.42 $6,372,000 the second year are for the \n\line 31.43 office of the revisor of statutes. \n\line 32.1 $1,184,000 the first year and \n\line 32.2 $1,217,000 the second year are for the \n\line 32.3 legislative reference library. \n\line 32.4 $4,963,000 the first year and \n\line 32.5 $5,096,000 the second year are for the \n\line 32.6 office of the legislative auditor. \n\line 32.7 The legislative commission on pensions \n\line 32.8 and retirement shall study and report \n\line 32.9 to the legislature by January 15, 2000, \n\line 32.10 on the comparability of pension and \n\line 32.11 other postretirement benefits between \n\line 32.12 public sector and private sector \n\line 32.13 employees. When comparing the \n\line 32.14 benefits, the commission shall select \n\line 32.15 comparable job classifications and \n\line 32.16 salary ranges. The study must compare \n\line 32.17 pension portability, initial monthly \n\line 32.18 benefits, average annual benefit \n\line 32.19 increases, employer and employee \n\line 32.20 contribution rates, availability of \n\line 32.21 early retirement incentives, \n\line 32.22 administrative costs, and other factors \n\line 32.23 as necessary to compare benefits.\n\line \n\line \par}
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