Minnesota Legislature
HF 2234
as introduced - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026) Posted on 03/12/2025 11:39am
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A bill for an act
relating to transportation; modifying requirements on use of certain state and
regional sources of funds allocated to metropolitan counties; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2024, section 174.49, subdivision 6.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 174.49, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
Subd. 6.
Metropolitan counties; use of funds.
(a) A metropolitan county must use
funds that are received under subdivision 5 as follows:
(1)new text begin not more thannew text end 41.5 percent for deleted text begin active transportation and transportation corridor safety
studiesdeleted text end new text begin multimodal purposes as specified in paragraph (b)new text end ;new text begin and
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(2) deleted text begin 41.5deleted text end new text begin not less than 58.5new text end percent for:
(i) repair, preservation, and rehabilitation of transportation systems; and
(ii) roadway replacement to reconstruct, reclaim, or modernize a corridor deleted text begin without adding
traffic capacity, except for auxiliary lanes with a length of less than 2,500 feet; anddeleted text end new text begin .
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(3) 17 percent for any of the following:
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(b) A metropolitan county may use the amount under paragraph (a), clause (1), for:
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(1) active transportation;
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(2) transportation corridor safety studies;
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deleted text begin (i)deleted text end new text begin (3)new text end transit purposes, including but not limited to operations, maintenance, capital
maintenance, demand response service, and assistance to replacement service providers
under section 473.388;
deleted text begin (ii)deleted text end new text begin (4)new text end complete streets projects, as provided under section 174.75; and
deleted text begin (iii)deleted text end new text begin (5)new text end projects, programs, or operations activities that meet the requirements of deleted text begin a
mitigationdeleted text end new text begin an offsetnew text end action under section 161.178, subdivision 4.
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(b) Funds under paragraph (a), clause (3), must supplement and not supplant existing
sources of revenue.
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(c) A metropolitan county may use funds that are received under subdivision 5 as debt
service for obligations issued by the county in accordance with chapter 475, provided that
the obligations are issued for a use allowable under this section.
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This section is effective January 1, 2026, for funds received on
or after that date.
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