SF 920

as introduced - 87th Legislature (2011 - 2012) Posted on 02/23/2012 09:28am

A bill for an act
relating to transportation; requiring report on trunk highway fund expenditures;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 174.56; repealing Minnesota Statutes
2010, section 161.08, subdivision 2.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 174.56, is amended to read:

174.56 REPORT ON new text begin EXPENDITURES FROM TRUNK HIGHWAY FUND
AND new text end MAJOR HIGHWAY PROJECTS.

Subdivision 1.

Report required.

The commissioner of transportation shall submit a
report on January 15, 2009, and on January 15 of each year thereafter, on the status of
major highway projects new text begin completed during the previous two years or new text end under construction
or planned during the year of the report and for the ensuing 15 years. For purposes
of this section, a "major highway project" is a highway project that has a total cost for
all segments that the commissioner estimates at the time of the report to be at least
(1) deleted text begin $25,000,000 deleted text end new text begin $15,000,000 new text end in the metropolitan highway construction district, or (2)
deleted text begin $10,000,000 deleted text end new text begin $5,000,000 new text end in any nonmetropolitan highway construction district.

new text begin The commissioner shall also report the total expenditures from the trunk highway
fund during the previous fiscal year, for each Department of Transportation district, in
the following categories: road construction; planning; design and engineering; labor;
compliance with environmental regulations; administration; acquisition of right-of-way,
including costs for attorney fees and other compensation for property owners; litigation
costs, including payment of claims, settlements, and judgments; maintenance; and road
operations.
new text end

Subd. 2.

Report contents.

For each major highway project the report must include:

(1) a description of the project sufficient to specify its scope and location;

(2) a history of the project, including, but not limited to, previous official actions
by the department or the appropriate area transportation partnership, or both, the date on
which the project was first included in the state transportation improvement plan, the cost
of the project at that time, new text begin the planning estimate for the project, the engineer's estimate, the
award price and the final cost as of six months after substantial completion including any
supplemental agreements and cost overruns or cost savings, new text end the dates of environmental
approval, the dates of municipal approval, the date of final geometric layout, and the date
of establishment of any construction limits;

(3) the project's priority listing or rank within its construction district, if any, as
well as the reasons for that listing or rank, the criteria used in prioritization or rank, any
changes in that prioritization or rank since the project was first included in a department
work plan, and the reasons for those changes; deleted text begin and
deleted text end

(4) past and potential future reasons for delay in letting or completing the project deleted text begin . deleted text end new text begin ,
details of all changes in project cost and the impact of changes in the project cost on the
programming of other projects as a result of project delay as well as the impact of changes
in project price on the overall program;
new text end

new text begin (5) two representative trunk highway construction projects, one each from the
department's metropolitan district and from greater Minnesota, and for each project report
the cost of environmental mitigation and compliance; and
new text end

new text begin (6) the annual budget for products and services for each Department of
Transportation district with comparison to actual spending for the previous fiscal year.
new text end

Subd. 3.

Department resources.

The commissioner shall prepare and submit the
report with existing department staff and resources.

Sec. 2. new text begin 2012 REPORT.
new text end

new text begin new text end new text begin For the 2012 report required under Minnesota Statutes, section 174.56, the
commissioner shall include the results of an independent evaluation of the management
systems currently used by the Department of Transportation, including pavement
management systems, bridge management systems, and the program and project
management system and the extent to which the management of data in these systems
is consistent with existing policies and the need for statewide, reliable, and verifiable
information.
new text end

Sec. 3. new text begin REPEALER.
new text end

new text begin Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 161.08, subdivision 2, new text end new text begin is repealed.
new text end