Minnesota Legislature
HF 712
as introduced - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026) Posted on 02/19/2025 12:40pm
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A bill for an act
relating to transportation; modifying efficiency requirements for the Department
of Transportation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 161.088, subdivision
2; 174.53.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 161.088, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
Subd. 2.
Program authority; funding.
(a) As provided in this section, the commissioner
must establish a corridors of commerce program for trunk highway construction,
reconstruction, and improvement, including maintenance operations, that improves commerce
in the state.
(b) The commissioner may expend funds under the program from appropriations to the
commissioner that are:
(1) made specifically by law for use under this section;
(2) new text begin reallocated efficiency savings from section 174.53, paragraph (b);
new text end
new text begin (3) new text end at the discretion of the commissioner, made for the budget activities in the state roads
program of operations and maintenance, program planning and delivery, or state road
construction; and
deleted text begin (3)deleted text end new text begin (4)new text end made for the corridor investment management strategy program, unless specified
otherwise.
(c) The commissioner must include in the program the cost participation policy for local
units of government.
(d) The commissioner may use up to 17 percent of any appropriation under this section
for program delivery and for project scoring, ranking, and selection under subdivision 5.
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
new text begin
This section is effective July 1, 2025, and applies to funds
reallocated on or after that date.
new text end
Sec. 2.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 174.53, is amended to read:
174.53 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION EFFICIENCIES.
(a) Beginning in fiscal years 2018 and 2019, the commissioner of transportation must
implement efficiencies equal to at least 15 percent of the appropriations made annually to
the commissioner from the trunk highway fund that are above base appropriations for fiscal
years 2018 and 2019.
(b) The efficiency savings resulting from the requirements in paragraph (a) deleted text begin aredeleted text end new text begin must be
usednew text end for the construction, maintenance, or rehabilitation of trunk highwaysdeleted text begin , including roads
and bridgesdeleted text end new text begin under the corridors of commerce program under section 161.088new text end .
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
new text begin
This section is effective July 1, 2025, and applies to funds
reallocated on or after that date.
new text end