Minnesota Legislature
Office of the Revisor of Statutes
Minnesota Session Laws - 2000, Regular Session
Key: (1) language to be deleted (2) new language
CHAPTER 479-H.F.No. 2891
An act relating to transportation; appropriating money
for transportation, public safety, and other purposes;
modifying previous appropriations; providing for
bonding for highways; requiring studies and reports;
establishing working group to assess impact of DM&E
rail line project; establishing major transportation
projects commission; repealing sunset of provision
authorizing certain lights on top of delivery
vehicles; providing for approval of and payment under
supplemental goods or services agreements of the
commissioner of transportation; authorizing suspension
of motor vehicle registration when tax is paid by
dishonored check; exempting dealers in firefighting
equipment from motor vehicle dealer licensing;
providing for inspection of vehicles of motor
carriers; providing for photo identification equipment
for driver's license agents; restricting expenditures
on commuter rail; restricting application for federal
aid for Hiawatha Avenue light rail transit; modifying
provisions relating to prepaid, temporary, vehicle
identification cards for motor carrier vehicles;
authorizing naming rights for light rail transit
stations; restricting expenditures from trunk highway
fund; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections
161.20, subdivision 3; 161.32, by adding a
subdivision; 167.50, subdivision 2; 168.27,
subdivision 8; 169.781, by adding a subdivision;
221.131, subdivision 4; 221.132; and 473.405,
subdivision 4; Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement,
sections 144E.29; 144E.31, subdivision 3; 168.17;
171.061, subdivision 4; 174.88; and 221.0252,
subdivision 7; Laws 1999, chapter 216, article 1,
sections 1 and 7, subdivisions 1 and 3; chapter 223,
article 1, sections 1 and 2, subdivisions 1 and 4;
chapter 238, article 1, sections 1; 2, subdivision 12;
5; and 7; article 2, section 93; chapter 241, article
10, section 5, subdivision 2; chapter 245, article 1,
sections 1 and 6; and chapter 250, article 1, sections
1 and 2, subdivisions 1 and 4; proposing coding for
new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 174.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
ARTICLE 1
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Section 1. [APPROPRIATIONS.]
The sums in the column under "APPROPRIATIONS" are
appropriated from the general fund, or another named fund, to
the state agencies or officials indicated, to be spent for the
purposes indicated, for fiscal year 2001.
SUMMARY
TRANSPORTATION $566,551,000
METROPOLITAN COUNCIL 20,000,000
PUBLIC SAFETY 119,000
TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 750,000
FINANCE 15,100,000
TOTAL $602,520,000
Trunk Highway Bond Proceeds Account 100,100,000
Trunk Highway Fund 102,298,000
General Fund 400,122,000
APPROPRIATIONS
$
Sec. 2. TRANSPORTATION
Subdivision 1. To the commissioner of
transportation for the purposes specified
in this section 566,551,000
Summary by Fund
Trunk Highway Bond
Proceeds Account 100,100,000
Trunk Highway Fund 102,179,000
General Fund 364,372,000
Subd. 2. Trunk Highway Construction 100,000,000
This appropriation is from the bond
proceeds account in the trunk highway
fund.
This appropriation is available for
expenditure beginning July 1, 2000.
The commissioner may not spend more
than $14,000,000 of this appropriation
for program delivery.
This appropriation is for
reconstruction and replacement of key
bridges on the state trunk highway
system; for construction, improvement,
and maintenance of the interregional
corridor system as identified by the
commissioner; for the improvement of
highways classified as bottlenecks by
the commissioner; for providing
highway-related advantages for transit;
and for acquisition of properties
necessary to locate, construct,
reconstruct, improve, and maintain the
trunk highway system. Before this
appropriation may be used, the
commissioner of transportation must
demonstrate to the commissioner of
finance that the proposed use of debt
financing to accelerate the project is
a cost-effective investment of state
funds.
Subd. 3. State Road Construction 359,000,000
Summary by Fund
Trunk Highway 76,500,000
General 282,500,000
(a) Of this appropriation:
(1) $177,000,000 is for state trunk
highway improvements within the
seven-county metropolitan area
primarily for the purpose of improving
traffic flow and expanding highway
capacity by eliminating traffic
bottlenecks;
(2) $177,000,000 is for improvements on
state trunk highways outside the
seven-county metropolitan area that the
commissioner designates as at-risk
interregional corridors; and
(3) $5,000,000 is for bus transit ways
or highway-related transit advantages.
(b) Of the appropriations under this
section, the commissioner may not spend
more than $50,000,000 for program
delivery.
(c) The appropriation under this
section is available through June 30,
2003. On July 1, 2003, any part of
this appropriation not spent cancels to
the trunk highway fund. The
commissioner shall report by February
1, 2003, to the chairs of the senate
and house of representatives committees
having jurisdiction over transportation
policy and transportation finance on
any projects that the department of
transportation has scheduled to be
constructed with this appropriation
that the commissioner determines will
be canceled or delayed as a result of
any part of this appropriation
canceling to the trunk highway fund.
For purposes of this paragraph, money
encumbered by the commissioner for a
trunk highway project is considered to
be spent.
Subd. 4. Report on Projects
The commissioner shall by August 1 of
each calendar year from 2000 to 2002
report to the chairs of the senate and
house of representatives committees
with jurisdiction over transportation
policy and finance on the status of
each project that is financed in whole
or in part from the money appropriated
under subdivisions 2 and 3. For each
such project the report must identify:
(1) the estimated full cost; (2) a
schedule for completion; (3) the
current status of right-of-way
acquisition and environmental review;
and (4) the project's status in the
commissioner's current statewide
transportation improvement program.
Subd. 5. Local Roads 30,000,000
Of this appropriation, the commissioner
shall transfer $23,800,000 to the
county state-aid highway fund and
$6,200,000 to the municipal state-aid
street fund. These amounts are added
to the appropriation for local roads in
Laws 1999, chapter 238, article 1,
subdivision 6. This appropriation is
available until spent.
Subd. 6. Trunk Highway Facility Projects 25,674,000
The appropriations in this subdivision
are from the trunk highway fund.
(a) St. Cloud Headquarters
Addition 10,350,000
To design, construct, furnish, and
equip an addition to and remodeling of
the St. Cloud headquarters building.
(b) Detroit Lakes
Headquarters Addition 8,724,000
To construct an addition to and remodel
the Detroit Lakes district headquarters
building.
(c) Regional Transportation
Management Center 5,000,000
To design, construct, furnish, and
equip a regional transportation
management center and integrate it with
the existing metropolitan headquarters
building in Roseville. This
appropriation anticipates up to
$15,774,000 in matching federal money.
Within three years of the date on which
occupation of the new transportation
management center has been completed,
the commissioner must sell the building
that was being used as the traffic
management center on the effective date
of this act to an entity other than the
state or a state agency. This
requirement does not apply if the
commissioner determines that no offers
made to the commissioner for purchase
of the building will return fair market
value for it.
(d) Moorhead Truck Station 1,600,000
To construct, furnish, and equip a new
truck station building in Moorhead in
partnership with the city of Moorhead
and Clay county.
(e) The $514,000 appropriation in Laws
1996, chapter 463, section 19,
subdivision 5, clause (20), for the
addition to the Dilworth truck station
is canceled.
Subd. 7. Rail Service Improvement 5,000,000
For purposes defined under the rail
service improvement program under
Minnesota Statutes, sections 222.46 to
222.63.
Subd. 8. North Star Corridor
North Extension Study 100,000
To study the feasibility of extending
the North Star commuter rail corridor
between Minneapolis and St. Cloud north
of the city of Little Falls. This
appropriation must be used to match
federal funds.
Subd. 9. DM&E Working Group 100,000
(a) The commissioner of transportation
or the commissioner's designee shall
convene a multiagency working group
consisting of the commissioners of
public safety, pollution control
agency, agriculture, trade and economic
development, and transportation, and
director of Minnesota Planning, or
their designees. The director of
Minnesota Planning or the director's
designee shall serve as chair of the
working group.
(b) The working group will complete the
following tasks:
(1) evaluate the environmental impact
statement of the surface transportation
board (STB) concerning the DM&E rail
line project, summarize its findings
and directives, and determine whether
and to what extent the STB's assessment
may have failed in identifying the DM&E
rail line project's impact on the
state; and
(2) develop and present recommendations
to the legislature of how to maximize
opportunities to move Minnesota
products to market on the DM&E railroad
while minimizing environmental, social,
and other public costs.
(c) Included in the evaluation and
recommendations must be methods to:
(1) maximize the volume of Minnesota
products shipped on the DM&E rail line
including consideration of
modifications to ports and other
infrastructure which could enhance and
benefit the state;
(2) assure appropriate environmental
protections are used to minimize land
use, protect wetlands, and mitigate
noise or other environmental impacts;
(3) involve local units of government
in siting issues and right-of-way
acquisitions; and
(4) determine what direct and indirect
costs are likely to accrue to local
units of government and private
property owners as a result of the
project, including, but not limited to,
costs for mitigation, right-of-way
acquisitions, and crossing safety.
(d) The commissioners shall directly
negotiate and advocate with the rail
line to assure timely access for
shipping Minnesota products and to
assure minimal environmental and social
impact. The working group shall
present an interim report to the
legislature by January 15, 2001, and a
final report to the legislature no
later than six months following the
date of issuance of the STB's draft
environmental impact statement.
Subd. 10. Port Development Assistance 2,000,000
For port development assistance grants.
The grants must be made to political
subdivisions for capital improvements
constructed after the effective date of
this appropriation under Minnesota
Statutes, chapter 457A. Any
improvement made with the proceeds of
these grants must be owned by a public
body.
Subd. 11. Local Bridge
Replacement and Rehabilitation 39,000,000
To match federal money and to replace
or rehabilitate local deficient bridges.
Political subdivisions may use grants
made under this subdivision to
construct or reconstruct bridges,
including:
(1) matching federal aid grants to
construct or reconstruct key bridges;
(2) paying the costs of preliminary
engineering and environmental studies
authorized under Minnesota Statutes,
section 174.50, subdivision 6a;
(3) paying the costs to abandon an
existing bridge that is deficient and
in need of replacement, but where no
replacement will be made; and
(4) paying the costs to construct a
road or street to facilitate the
abandonment of an existing bridge
determined by the commissioner to be
deficient, if the commissioner
determines that construction of the
road or street is more economical than
replacing the existing bridge.
Subd. 12. Sales Tax 4,800,000
For payment of sales tax that may not
be paid from the trunk highway fund.
Subd. 13. Transit 872,000
For grants to public transit systems
under Minnesota Statutes, section
174.24, to acquire rolling stock and
intelligent transportation system
technologies, and for operating
assistance. Priority must be given to
projects to match available federal
money. Up to $450,000 may be used for
transit operating assistance. This
appropriation does not add to the
agency's budget base.
Subd. 14. Major Projects Commission 5,000
From the trunk highway fund for
expenses relating to the major
transportation projects commission,
including expenses of nonlegislative
members.
Sec. 3. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL TRANSIT
Subdivision 1. To the metropolitan
council for the purposes specified
in this section 20,000,000
Subd. 2. Bus Garages 10,000,000
To construct bus garages. This
appropriation is available until spent.
Subd. 3. Bus Transit Ways 6,300,000
For engineering, design, and
construction of bus transit ways,
including, but not limited to,
acquisition of land and rights-of-way.
This appropriation is available until
spent.
Subd. 4. Metropolitan Transit Operations 3,700,000
This appropriation does not add to the
agency's budget base.
Sec. 4. PUBLIC SAFETY 119,000
Subdivision 1. Driver's License
Photographic Equipment 119,000
For grants to driver's license agents
to pay monthly lease and maintenance
costs of photo identification equipment.
Subd. 2. Training Facility
The unobligated balance of the
appropriation in Laws 1998, chapter
404, section 21, subdivision 2, for the
Camp Ripley training facility, is
canceled.
Sec. 5. TRADE AND
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 750,000
To the commissioner of trade and
economic development for a grant to the
Upper Minnesota Valley Regional
Development Commission for the
Minnesota River Tourism Initiative
serving six rural Minnesota counties
and multiple communities in west
central Minnesota. The grant must be
used for planning, predesign, and
design of three staffed travel
information centers. * (The preceding
section was indicated as vetoed by the
governor.)
Sec. 6. FINANCE 15,100,000
Summary by Fund
Trunk Highway Bond
Proceeds Account 100,000
General Fund 15,000,000
Subdivision 1. Bond Sale Expenses 100,000
This appropriation is from the bond
proceeds account in the trunk highway
fund for bond sale expenses under
Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.641,
subdivision 8.
Subd. 2. Transportation Revolving Loan Fund 15,000,000
For transfer to the highway account in
the transportation revolving loan fund.
Sec. 7. [BOND SALE AUTHORIZATION.]
To provide the money appropriated in this act from the
trunk highway bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of finance
shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to
$100,100,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect
prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 167.50 to 167.52, and
by the Minnesota Constitution, article XIV, section 11, at the
times and in the amounts requested by the commissioner of
transportation. The proceeds of the bonds, except accrued
interest and any premium received on the sale of the bonds, must
be credited to a bond proceeds account in the trunk highway fund.
Sec. 8. [COMMISSIONER OF TRANSPORTATION; RAMP METER
STUDY.]
(a) Notwithstanding other law to the contrary, the
commissioner shall order that all meters on access ramps to a
freeway or expressway, as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section
160.02, display flashing yellow lights for a period of time
determined by the commissioner.
This section does not prohibit temporary closure or other
traffic flow restrictions of access ramps to a freeway or
expressway in the interests of public safety.
(b) The commissioner shall study and report to the
legislature by February 1, 2001, the traffic flow and highway
safety results on expressways and freeways for the period of the
study. The department shall gather and compile any relevant
facts, comparisons, statistics, or other relevant data and
report its findings of fact and conclusions.
Sec. 9. [REPORT; METRO MOBILITY.]
(a) The metropolitan council shall report to the chairs of
the senate and house of representatives committees having
jurisdiction over transportation policy and transportation
finance on the future of the metro mobility paratransit system.
The report must include options, alternatives, and strategies
for:
(1) increasing the availability of metro mobility service
to meet present and anticipated demand;
(2) integrating metro mobility service into the new and
expanded transit services described in the council's regional
transit master plan;
(3) integration of private taxi services to provide a more
efficient pick up and delivery system, and potential savings
from doing so; and
(4) changes in state or federal law, including, but not
limited to, changes in fare structure and requirements, to
increase effectiveness of the service.
(b) In conducting the study and preparing the report, the
council shall consult with its transportation accessibility
advisory council.
(c) The council shall submit the report by February 1, 2001.
Sec. 10. [PUBLIC SAFETY RADIO SYSTEM STUDY.]
Subdivision 1. [PLANNING COMMITTEE.] The commissioners of
administration, transportation, and public safety shall convene
a planning committee to report to the legislature on a plan for
development of an 800 megahertz, statewide, shared public safety
radio system. The planning committee shall provide a means for
inclusion of input from representatives of local governments and
major system user groups.
Subd. 2. [REPORT CONTENTS.] The committee shall review:
(1) current and future needs and capacities of radio
systems in outstate areas;
(2) the potential for implementation of a multi-agency and
multijurisdictional shared radio system;
(3) potential guidelines for governance and system
participation by state and local units of government; and
(4) statutory changes required to implement a statewide,
800 megahertz, shared public safety radio system.
Subd. 3. [REVIEW CONSIDERATIONS.] In performing the duties
under this section, the planning committee may consider:
(1) assessment of current uses, needs, and capacities,
including growth and expansion capacities, by each local
government and by each major user group;
(2) estimates of future needs by each local government and
by each major user group;
(3) estimates by each local government and by each major
user group of the anticipated level and timeline for utilizing
the radio system;
(4) analysis of the expected costs of implementing the
radio system; and
(5) proposed funding mechanisms, including options for
allocating costs among local governments and user groups.
Subd. 4. [PUBLIC MEETINGS.] After completing its duties
under subdivisions 2 and 3, the planning committee shall prepare
a draft report to local governments and major user groups in all
outstate areas. The draft report must also be made available to
the public. After preparing and disseminating the draft report
and before presenting the final report to the legislature, the
planning committee shall meet with representatives of local
governments and user groups in each department of public safety
radio communication district to explain the report and seek
comment.
Subd. 5. [REPORT.] By February 1, 2001, the commissioner
of administration shall report to the legislature on the
findings and recommendations of the planning committee. The
report must also identify any changes in statutory authority and
funding options necessary to provide for implementation of the
statewide, 800 megahertz, shared, public safety radio system.
Sec. 11. [LIGHT RAIL; FEDERAL FUNDS.]
The commissioner of transportation may not apply to the
federal government for any federal funds for light rail transit
in the Hiawatha Avenue corridor other than federal funds that
under federal law or regulation may only be used for transit
capital projects. This section does not prohibit the
commissioner from using federal funds that are identified in the
2001-2003 statewide transportation improvement program for the
Hiawatha Avenue corridor highway and light rail project.
EFFECTIVE DATE: This section is effective the day
following final enactment.
Sec. 12. Laws 1999, chapter 238, article 2, section 93, is
amended to read:
Sec. 93. [EFFECTIVE DATE.]
Sections 21 and 22 are effective the day following final
enactment, and are repealed on July 31, 2000. Sections 2, 15,
32, 33, 35 to 67, 72, 74, 75, 77, and 85 are effective January
1, 2000. Sections 7 to 14 are effective July 1, 2000. Section
27 is effective July 1, 1999, for Minnesota identification cards
issued on and after that date. Sections 4, 5, and 30 are
effective July 1, 2001.
Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 161.32, is
amended by adding a subdivision to read:
Subd. 7. [APPROVAL AND PAYMENT OF SUPPLEMENTAL
AGREEMENTS.] Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, when goods
or services are provided to the commissioner under an agreement
supplemental to a contract for work on a trunk highway, the
commissioner or designee may approve the supplemental agreement.
Payment of valid state obligations must be made within 30 days
of approval of the work or submission by the contractor of an
invoice indicating completion of work, whichever occurs later.
Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 167.50,
subdivision 2, is amended to read:
Subd. 2. [ISSUANCE AND SALE.] The bonds shall be issued
and sold upon sealed competitive bids after published notice.
The bonds shall be issued and sold at the times and prices (not
less than par and accrued interest), in the form and
denominations, bearing interest at the rate or rates, maturing
on dates, with or without option of prior redemption upon notice
and at specified times and prices, payable at a bank or banks,
within or without the state, with provisions for registration,
conversion, and exchange and for the issuance of temporary bonds
or notes in anticipation of the sale and delivery of definitive
bonds, and in accordance with such further provisions, as the
commissioner of finance may determine, subject to the approval
of the attorney general (but not subject to the provisions of
chapter 14, including 14.386). Each bond shall mature within 20
years from its date of issue and shall be executed by the
commissioner of finance and attested by the state treasurer
under their official seals. The signatures of these officers on
the face of and any interest coupons appurtenant to any bond,
and their seals may be printed, lithographed, stamped, engraved,
or otherwise reproduced thereon, provided that the signature of
one of the officers, or of an authorized representative of a
corporate registrar or other agent designated by the
commissioner of finance to authenticate the bonds, shall be
manually subscribed on the face of each bond.
Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section
168.17, is amended to read:
168.17 [SUSPENSION OF REGISTRATION.]
(a) All registrations and issue of number plates shall be
subject to amendment, suspension, modification or revocation by
the registrar summarily for any violation of or neglect to
comply with the provisions of this chapter or when the
transferee fails to comply with section 168A.10, subdivision 2,
within 30 days of the date of sale.
(b) The registrar may suspend the registration of a motor
vehicle if the tax on the vehicle was paid by means of a
dishonored check to a deputy motor vehicle registrar. The
registrar may continue a suspension under this paragraph until
the registrar is informed by the deputy motor vehicle registrar
that the dishonored check has been paid in full.
(c) In any case where the proper registration of a motor
vehicle is dependent upon procuring information entailing such
delay as to unreasonably deprive the owner of the use of the
motor vehicle, the registrar may issue a tax receipt and plates
conditionally.
(d) In any case when revoking a registration for cause, the
registrar shall have authority to demand the return of the
number plates and registration certificates, and, if necessary,
to seize the number plates issued for such registration.
EFFECTIVE DATE: This section is effective the day
following final enactment.
Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 168.27,
subdivision 8, is amended to read:
Subd. 8. [EXEMPTIONS.] (1) (a) Salespeople and other
employees of licensed dealers under this section shall are not
be required to obtain individual licenses.
(2) (b) Isolated or occasional sales or leases of new or
used motor vehicles shall be are exempt from the provisions of
this section. A person who makes only isolated or occasional
sales or leases is not required to be licensed under this
section, is not considered to be in the business of selling or
leasing motor vehicles, and does not qualify to receive dealer
plates under subdivision 16. "Isolated or occasional sales or
leases" means: (i) (1) the sale or lease of a motor vehicle
with an actual cash value of $1,000 or less made by a charitable
organization; (ii) (2) the sale, purchase, or lease of not more
than five motor vehicles in a 12-month period, other than
pioneer or classic motor vehicles as defined in section 168.10,
subdivisions 1a and 1b, or (iii) (3) sales by a licensed
auctioneer selling motor vehicles at an auction if, in the
ordinary course of the auctioneer's business, the sale of motor
vehicles is incidental to the sale of other real or personal
property. For purposes of this subdivision, a charitable
organization means a nonprofit charitable organization that
qualifies for tax exemption under section 501(c)(3) of the
Internal Revenue Code.
(c) A person whose sales of new and used motor vehicles
consist solely of sales to political subdivisions and their
agencies of vehicles used solely as firefighting equipment is
not required to obtain a license under this section. The person
may apply for and receive in-transit plates under subdivision 17
in the same manner as licensed motor vehicle dealers for the
purpose of allowing firefighting equipment to be transported
from the dealer's source of supply or other place of storage to
the dealer's place of business, to another place of storage, or
directly to the purchaser.
EFFECTIVE DATE: This section is effective the day
following final enactment.
Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 169.781, is
amended by adding a subdivision to read:
Subd. 10. [EXEMPTION.] This section does not apply to a
vehicle operated by a motor carrier of passengers, as defined in
section 221.011, subdivision 48, if the vehicle has been
inspected under section 221.0252, subdivision 3, paragraph (a),
clause (2), within the previous 12 months.
EFFECTIVE DATE: This section is effective the day
following final enactment.
Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section
171.061, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
Subd. 4. [FEE; EQUIPMENT.] (a) The agent may charge and
retain a filing fee of $3.50 for each application. Except as
provided in paragraph (b), the fee shall cover all expenses
involved in receiving, accepting, or forwarding to the
department the applications and fees required under sections
171.02, subdivision 3; 171.06, subdivisions 2 and 2a; and
171.07, subdivisions 3 and 3a.
(b) An agent with photo identification equipment provided
by the department before January 1, 1999, may retain the photo
identification equipment until the agent's appointment
terminates. The department shall maintain the photo
identification equipment for these all agents appointed as of
January 1, 2000. An agent appointed before January 1, 1999, who
does not have photo identification equipment provided by the
department, and any new agent appointed after December 31, 1998,
shall procure and maintain photo identification equipment. Upon
the retirement, resignation, death, or discontinuance of an
existing agent, and if a new agent is appointed in an existing
office pursuant to Minnesota Rules, chapter 7404, and
notwithstanding the above or Minnesota Rules, part 7404.0400,
the department shall provide and maintain photo identification
equipment without additional cost to a newly appointed agent in
that office if the office was provided the equipment by the
department before January 1, 1999 2000. All photo
identification equipment must be compatible with standards
established by the department.
(c) A filing fee retained by the agent employed by a county
board must be paid into the county treasury and credited to the
general revenue fund of the county. An agent who is not an
employee of the county shall retain the filing fee in lieu of
county employment or salary and is considered an independent
contractor for pension purposes, coverage under the Minnesota
state retirement system, or membership in the public employees
retirement association.
(d) Before the end of the first working day following the
final day of the reporting period established by the department,
the agent must forward to the department all applications and
fees collected during the reporting period except as provided in
paragraph (c).
EFFECTIVE DATE: This section is effective retroactively
from January 1, 2000.
Sec. 19. [174.55] [MAJOR TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS
COMMISSION.]
Subdivision 1. [CREATION AND PURPOSE.] A major
transportation projects commission is created to review and
comment on proposed major transportation projects in which the
department of transportation is involved.
Subd. 2. [COMPOSITION.] The major transportation projects
commission is composed of the governor or the governor's
designee; four citizen members appointed by the governor and
serving at the pleasure of the governor; seven senators
appointed by the subcommittee on committees of the committee on
rules and administration, three of whom must not be members of
the senate majority party; and seven members of the house of
representatives appointed by the speaker, three of whom must not
be members of the house majority party. The commissioner of
transportation shall serve as a nonvoting member unless the
commissioner is the governor's designee. The commission shall
elect a chair from among its members. Nongovernment members of
the commission shall receive compensation in accordance with
section 15.059, subdivision 3.
Subd. 3. [DUTIES.] The major transportation projects
commission shall review each report submitted under subdivision
4 and shall make comments on the report to the governor and
legislature by September 30 of each year.
Subd. 4. [COMMISSIONER REPORT.] The commissioner of
transportation shall report to the commission not later than
July 15 of each year. The report must consist of a listing of
candidate projects that meet the criteria of major
transportation projects within the definition in subdivision 5,
and a listing of proposed projects for study that the
commissioner believes have the potential of being major
transportation projects but do not have draft environmental
impact statements. The report must include the commissioner's
plan for funding and implementation of each project.
Subd. 5. [MAJOR TRANSPORTATION PROJECT.] A major
transportation project is a project that meets each of the
following criteria:
(1) involves the department of transportation;
(2) has a total cost of more than $5,000,000;
(3) is a critical element of the transportation system of
its region and the state; and
(4) has a completed draft environmental impact statement.
Subd. 6. [CONSTRUCTION OF TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS.] The
department may not construct a major transportation project
without first submitting the project to the major transportation
projects commission. Within any six-year period, the department
may not construct a transportation project consisting of
separate contiguous projects that do not individually qualify as
major transportation projects, but which in their entirety would
constitute a major transportation project, without first
submitting the project to the major transportation projects
commission.
EFFECTIVE DATE: This section is effective July 1, 2000,
except that subdivision 6 is effective July 1, 2001.
Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section
174.88, is amended to read:
174.88 [COMMUTER RAIL FUNDING.]
Subdivision 1. [FEDERAL FUND APPLICATIONS.] The
commissioner, in cooperation with appropriate metropolitan
planning organizations, may apply for funding from federal,
state, regional, local, and private sources for commuter rail
facility construction, operation, implementation, maintenance,
and improvement.
Subd. 2. [EXPENDITURE OF STATE FUNDS.] The commissioner
shall not spend any state funds for construction or equipment of
commuter rail facilities unless the funds have been appropriated
by law specifically for those purposes.
EFFECTIVE DATE: This section is effective the day
following final enactment.
Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section
221.0252, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
Subd. 7. [EXEMPTIONS FROM REGULATION.] Notwithstanding any
other law, motor carriers of passengers are exempt from sections
221.121; 221.122; 221.123; 221.132; 221.151; 221.161; and
221.171.
EFFECTIVE DATE: This section is effective the day
following final enactment.
Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 221.131,
subdivision 4, is amended to read:
Subd. 4. [FLOATER CARD; FEE.] The department may issue to
carriers subject to subdivision 2 or 3 special "floater"
identification cards up to a maximum of five per motor carrier.
Floater cards may be freely transferred between vehicles that
have evidence of being inspected under section 221.0252,
subdivision 3, paragraph (a), clause (2), within the previous 12
months, or have a current Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance
decal, and that are used under short-term leases by the motor
carrier. The motor carrier shall pay a fee of $100 for each
floater card issued.
EFFECTIVE DATE: This section is effective the day
following final enactment.
Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 221.132, is
amended to read:
221.132 [PREPAID TEMPORARY VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION CARD.]
For special or extraordinary events, the commissioner may
issue a prepaid temporary vehicle identification card to a
permit or certificate holder subject to section 221.131,
subdivision 2 or 3, for a fee of $5 per card. The card must be
preprinted by the commissioner with the carrier's name, address,
and permit or certificate number. The card may be used by the
motor carrier to whom it is issued to identify a vehicle
temporarily added to its fleet, if the vehicle has evidence of
being inspected under section 221.0252, subdivision 3, paragraph
(a), clause (2), within the previous 12 months, or has a current
Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance decal. The card must be
executed by the motor carrier by dating and signing the card and
describing the vehicle in which it will be carried. The
identification card is valid for a period of ten days from the
date the motor carrier places on the card when the card is
executed. The card must be used within one year from the date
of issuance by the commissioner. The card may not be used if
the permit or certificate is not in full force and effect. The
card may not be transferred. The commissioner may not refund
the cost of unused prepaid temporary vehicle identification
cards.
EFFECTIVE DATE: This section is effective the day
following final enactment.
Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 473.405,
subdivision 4, is amended to read:
Subd. 4. [TRANSIT SYSTEMS.] The council may engineer,
construct, equip, and operate transit and paratransit systems,
projects, or any parts thereof, including road lanes or rights
of way, terminal facilities, maintenance and garage facilities,
ramps, parking areas, and any other facilities useful for or
related to any public transit or paratransit system or project.
The council may sell or lease naming rights with regard to light
rail transit stations and apply revenues from sales or leases to
light rail transit operating costs.
ARTICLE 2
TRUNK HIGHWAY FUND
Section 1. [PROHIBITION AGAINST APPROPRIATIONS FROM TRUNK
HIGHWAY FUND.]
To ensure compliance with the Minnesota Constitution,
article XIV, sections 2, 5, and 6, the commissioner of finance,
agency directors, and legislative commission personnel may not
include in the biennial budget for fiscal years 2002 and 2003,
or in any budget thereafter, expenditures from the trunk highway
fund for a nonhighway purpose as jointly determined by the
commissioner of finance and the attorney general. For purposes
of this section, an expenditure for a nonhighway purpose is any
expenditure not for construction, improvement, or maintenance of
highways. At the time of submission of the biennial budget
proposal to the legislature, the commissioner of finance and the
attorney general shall report to the senate and house of
representatives transportation committees concerning any
expenditure that is proposed to be appropriated from the trunk
highway fund, if that expenditure is similar to those reduced or
eliminated in sections 5 to 20. The report must explain the
highway purpose of the proposed expenditure.
Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section
144E.29, is amended to read:
144E.29 [FEES.]
(a) The board shall charge the following fees:
(1) initial application for and renewal of an ambulance
service license, $150;
(2) each ambulance operated by a licensee, $96. The
licensee shall pay an additional $96 fee for the full licensing
period or $8 per month for any fraction of the period for each
ambulance added to the ambulance service during the licensing
period;
(3) initial application for and renewal of approval for a
training program, $100; and
(4) duplicate of an original license, certification, or
approval, $25.
(b) With the exception of paragraph (a), clause (5), all
fees are for a two-year period. All fees are nonrefundable.
(c) Fees collected by the board shall be deposited as
nondedicated receipts in the trunk highway general fund.
Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section
144E.31, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
Subd. 3. [FINE.] (a) The board may order a fine
concurrently with the issuance of a correction order, or after
the licensee or training program has not corrected the violation
within the time specified in the correction order.
(b) A licensee or training program that is ordered to pay a
fine shall be notified of the order by certified mail. The
notice shall be mailed to the address shown on the application
or the last known address of the licensee or training program.
The notice shall state the reasons the fine was ordered and
shall inform the licensee or training program of the right to a
contested case hearing under chapter 14.
(c) A licensee or training program may appeal the order to
pay a fine by notifying the board by certified mail within 15
calendar days after receiving the order. A timely appeal shall
stay payment of the fine until the board issues a final order.
(d) A licensee or training program shall pay the fine
assessed on or before the payment date specified in the board's
order. If a licensee or training program fails to fully comply
with the order, the board shall suspend the license or cancel
approval until there is full compliance with the order.
(e) Fines shall be assessed as follows:
(1) $150 for violation of section 144E.123;
(2) $400 for violation of sections 144E.06, 144E.07,
144E.101, 144E.103, 144E.121, 144E.125, 144E.265, 144E.285, and
144E.305;
(3) $750 for violation of rules adopted under section
144E.16, subdivision 4, clause (8); and
(4) $50 for violation of all other sections under this
chapter or rules adopted under this chapter that are not
specifically enumerated in clauses (1) to (3).
(f) Fines collected by the board shall be deposited as
nondedicated receipts in the trunk highway general fund.
Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 161.20,
subdivision 3, is amended to read:
Subd. 3. [APPROPRIATIONS.] The commissioner may expend
trunk highway funds only for trunk highway purposes. Payment of
expenses related to sales tax, bureau of criminal apprehension
laboratory, office of tourism kiosks, Minnesota safety council,
tort claims, driver education programs, emergency medical
services board, and Mississippi River parkway commission do not
further a highway purpose and do not aid in the construction,
improvement, or maintenance of the highway system.
Sec. 5. Laws 1999, chapter 216, article 1, section 1, is
amended to read:
Section 1. [CRIMINAL JUSTICE APPROPRIATIONS.]
The sums shown in the columns marked "APPROPRIATIONS" are
appropriated from the general fund, or another fund named, to
the agencies and for the purposes specified in this act, to be
available for the fiscal years indicated for each purpose. The
figures "1999," "2000," and "2001," where used in this act, mean
that the appropriation or appropriations listed under them are
available for the year ending June 30, 1999, June 30, 2000, or
June 30, 2001, respectively.
SUMMARY BY FUND
1999 2000 2001 TOTAL
General $ 2,074,000 $ 547,845,000 $ 582,487,000 $1,130,332,000
$ 584,143,000 $1,131,988,000
Special Revenue 8,258,000 7,902,000 16,160,000
Environmental 44,000 46,000 90,000
State Government
Special Revenue 7,000 7,000 14,000
Trunk Highway 1,626,000 1,656,000 3,282,000
-0- 1,626,000
TOTAL $ 557,780,000 $ 592,098,000 $1,149,878,000
APPROPRIATIONS
Available for the Year
Ending June 30
2000 2001
Sec. 6. Laws 1999, chapter 216, article 1, section 7,
subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1. Total
Appropriation 44,595,000 41,848,000
Summary by Fund
2000 2001
General 42,398,000 39,607,000 41,263,000
Special Revenue 520,000 532,000
State Government
Special Revenue 7,000 7,000
Environmental 44,000 46,000
Trunk Highway 1,626,000 1,656,000 -0-
The amounts that may be spent from this
appropriation for each program are
specified in the following subdivisions.
Sec. 7. Laws 1999, chapter 216, article 1, section 7,
subdivision 3, is amended to read:
Subd. 3. Criminal Apprehension
Summary by Fund
General 23,327,000 23,080,000 24,736,000
Special Revenue 520,000 532,000
State Government
Special Revenue 7,000 7,000
Trunk Highway 1,626,000 1,656,000 -0-
$99,000 the first year and $99,000 the
second year from the Bureau of Criminal
Apprehension account in the special
revenue fund are for grants to local
officials for the cooperative
investigation of cross-jurisdictional
criminal activity. Any unencumbered
balance remaining in the first year
does not cancel but is available for
the second year.
$421,000 the first year and $433,000
the second year from the Bureau of
Criminal Apprehension account in the
special revenue fund are for laboratory
activities.
$5,000,000 the first year and
$4,000,000 the second year are for the
statewide criminal and juvenile justice
data information system upgrade.
$210,000 the first year and $210,000
the second year are to be transferred
to the commissioner of corrections for
a statewide probation system component
of the criminal justice information
system. This appropriation must be
included in the budget base for the
2002-2003 biennium.
$500,000 the first year and $55,000 the
second year are for a lab information
management system.
$344,000 the first year and $400,000
the second year are for laboratory
supplies and equipment. This is a
one-time appropriation.
$800,000 the second year is for
start-up costs, including employee
hiring and training, for the northern
BCA satellite laboratory facility in
the city of Bemidji, for which
predesign money was appropriated in
Laws 1998, chapter 404, section 13,
subdivision 11.
$15,000 the first year is for the
capitol security study described in
article 5, section 13. This is a
one-time appropriation.
$125,000 the second year is to expand
DNA testing of predatory offenders.
Sec. 8. Laws 1999, chapter 223, article 1, section 1, is
amended to read:
Section 1. [ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; APPROPRIATIONS.]
The sums shown in the columns marked "APPROPRIATIONS" are
appropriated from the general fund, or another named fund, to
the agencies and for the purposes specified in this act, to be
available for the fiscal years indicated for each purpose. The
figures "2000" and "2001," where used in this act, mean that the
appropriation or appropriations listed under them are available
for the year ending June 30, 2000, or June 30, 2001,
respectively. The term "first year" means the fiscal year
ending June 30, 2000, and "second year" means the fiscal year
ending June 30, 2001.
SUMMARY BY FUND
1999 2000 2001 TOTAL
General $21,000 $224,507,000 $184,543,000 $409,071,000
$185,309,000 $409,837,000
Petroleum Tank
Cleanup 1,015,000 1,045,000 2,060,000
Environmental Fund 700,000 700,000 1,400,000
TANF 6,000,000 4,000,000 10,000,000
Trunk Highway 745,000 766,000 1,511,000
-0- 745,000
Workers'
Compensation 22,217,000 22,439,000 44,656,000
Special Revenue 100,000 -0- 100,000
Workforce
Development Fund 17,993,000 12,557,000 30,550,000
TOTAL $21,000 $273,277,000 $226,050,000 $499,348,000
APPROPRIATIONS
Available for the Year
Ending June 30
2000 2001
Sec. 9. Laws 1999, chapter 223, article 1, section 2,
subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1. Total
Appropriation 56,880,000 46,056,000
Summary by Fund
General 42,985,000 32,590,000 33,356,000
Trunk Highway 745,000 766,000 -0-
TANF 1,500,000 1,500,000
Environmental Fund 700,000 700,000
Workforce
Development Fund 10,950,000 10,500,000
The amounts that may be spent from this
appropriation for each program are
specified in the following subdivisions.
Sec. 10. Laws 1999, chapter 223, article 1, section 2,
subdivision 4, is amended to read:
Subd. 4. Tourism
10,805,000 10,910,000
Summary by Fund
General 10,060,000 10,144,000 10,910,000
Trunk Highway 745,000 766,000 -0-
To develop maximum private sector
involvement in tourism, $3,500,000 the
first year and $3,500,000 the second
year of the amounts appropriated for
marketing activities are contingent on
receipt of an equal contribution from
nonstate sources that have been
certified by the commissioner. Up to
one-half of the match may be given in
in-kind contributions.
In order to maximize marketing grant
benefits, the commissioner must give
priority for joint venture marketing
grants to organizations with year-round
sustained tourism activities. For
programs and projects submitted, the
commissioner must give priority to
those that encompass two or more areas
or that attract nonresident travelers
to the state.
If an appropriation for either year for
grants is not sufficient, the
appropriation for the other year is
available for it.
The commissioner may use grant dollars
or the value of in-kind services to
provide the state contribution for the
partnership program.
Any unexpended money from general fund
appropriations made under this
subdivision does not cancel but must be
placed in a special advertising account
for use by the office of tourism to
purchase additional media.
This appropriation may be used for a
grant to Minnesota Festivals and Events
Association for the following purposes:
(1) for a partnership with the
University of Minnesota's tourism
center to build the methodology for a
low-cost economic impact model that
will allow festival and event managers
to conduct research independently in
their own communities;
(2) to promote regional workshops to
increase production value and
professionalism for events in the
state, increase event service and
entertainment value for local
residents, build community awareness of
opportunities to generate new tourism,
and assure production of high quality,
safe, and meaningful tourism products
that are in line with the vision,
mission, and growth goals of individual
towns and cities in Minnesota;
(3) for a partnership with the
University of Minnesota's tourism
center to enhance professionalism via
its certified festival manager program,
training event managers and volunteer
staff to implement value-added
festivals and events for visitors to
the state;
(4) for a partnership with the
Minnesota office of tourism to publish
a pull-out minimagazine advertising the
statewide festivals and events calendar
for the year; and
(5) to expand the Minnesota Festivals
and Events Association website, to
provide travel planners with more
festival and event intensive links to
communities hosting such activities.
$250,000 in the first year is for a
one-time grant for the purpose of the
Upper Red Lake business loan program.
$829,000 the first year and $829,000
the second year are for the Minnesota
film board. $329,000 of this
appropriation in each year is available
only upon receipt by the board of $1 in
matching contributions of money or
in-kind from nonstate sources for every
$3 provided by this appropriation. Of
this amount, $500,000 the first year
and $500,000 the second year are for
grants to the Minnesota film board for
a film production jobs fund to
stimulate feature film production in
Minnesota. This appropriation is to
reimburse film producers for two to
five percent of documented wages which
they paid to Minnesotans for film
production after January 1, 1999.
$100,000 the first year is for a grant
to promote tourism in the Mille Lacs
area. This is a one-time appropriation
and is not added to the agency's budget
base.
$100,000 the first year is for a
one-time grant to promote tourism in
the areas near the northern border of
Minnesota, including the Northwest
Angle.
$37,000 the first year is for a grant
to the Mississippi River parkway
commission.
Sec. 11. Laws 1999, chapter 238, article 1, section 1, is
amended to read:
Section 1. [TRANSPORTATION AND OTHER AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS.]
The sums shown in the columns marked "APPROPRIATIONS" are
appropriated from the general fund, or another named fund, to
the agencies and for the purposes specified in this act, to be
available for the fiscal years indicated for each purpose. The
figures "1999," "2000," and "2001," where used in this act, mean
that the appropriations listed under them are available for the
year ending June 30, 1999, June 30, 2000, or June 30, 2001,
respectively. If the figures are not used, the appropriations
are available for the year ending June 30, 2000, or June 30,
2001, respectively. The term "first year" means the year ending
June 30, 2000, and the term "second year" means the year ending
30, 2001. Appropriations for the year ending June 30, 1999, are
in addition to appropriations made in previous years.
SUMMARY BY FUND
2000 2001 TOTAL
General $ 85,231,000 $ 80,853,000 $166,084,000
$ 81,520,000 $166,751,000
Airports 19,386,000 19,469,000 38,855,000
C.S.A.H. 365,063,000 366,624,000 731,687,000
Highway User 15,480,000 15,575,000 31,055,000
M.S.A.S. 105,549,000 107,394,000 212,943,000
Special Revenue 947,000 965,000 1,912,000
Trunk
Highway 1,044,984,000 1,056,111,000 2,101,095,000
1,055,444,000 2,100,428,000
TOTAL $1,636,640,000 $1,646,991,000 $3,283,631,000
APPROPRIATIONS
Available for the Year
Ending June 30
2000 2001
Sec. 12. Laws 1999, chapter 238, article 1, section 2,
subdivision 12, is amended to read:
Subd. 12. Contingent Appropriation
The commissioner of transportation,
with the approval of the governor after
consultation with the legislative
advisory commission under Minnesota
Statutes, section 3.30, may transfer
all or part of the unappropriated
balance in the trunk highway fund to an
appropriation (1) for trunk highway
design, construction, or inspection in
order to take advantage of an
unanticipated receipt of income to the
trunk highway fund, or (2) for trunk
highway maintenance in order to meet an
emergency, or (3) to pay tort or
environmental claims. The amount
transferred is appropriated for the
purpose of the account to which it is
transferred.
Sec. 13. Laws 1999, chapter 238, article 1, section 5, is
amended to read:
Sec. 5. MINNESOTA SAFETY COUNCIL 67,000 67,000
Summary by Fund
2000 2001
Trunk Highway 67,000 -0-
General -0- 67,000
This appropriation is from the trunk
highway fund.
Sec. 14. Laws 1999, chapter 238, article 1, section 7, is
amended to read:
Sec. 7. TORT CLAIMS 600,000 600,000
Summary by Fund
2000 2001
Trunk Highway 600,000 -0-
General -0- 600,000
To be spent by the commissioner of
finance.
This appropriation is from the trunk
highway fund.
If the appropriation for either year is
insufficient, the appropriation for the
other year is available for it.
The commissioner shall transfer amounts
from this appropriation to other state
agencies as required to pay tort claims.
Sec. 15. Laws 1999, chapter 241, article 10, section 5,
subdivision 2, is amended to read:
Subd. 2. [TEACHING AND LEARNING PROGRAM.] (a) For the
teaching and learning program in the department of children,
families, and learning:
$9,979,000 ..... 2000
$9,926,000 ..... 2001
(b) Any balance the first year does not cancel but is
available in the second year.
(c) $21,000 each the first year is from the trunk highway
fund.
(d) $673,000 in 2000 and $678,000 in 2001 is for the board
of teaching.
(e) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 15.53,
subdivision 2, the commissioner of children, families, and
learning may contract with a school district for a period no
longer than five consecutive years to work in the development or
implementation of the graduation rule. The commissioner may
contract for services and expertise as necessary. The contracts
are not subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.06.
Sec. 16. Laws 1999, chapter 245, article 1, section 1, is
amended to read:
Section 1. [HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES APPROPRIATIONS.]
The sums shown in the columns marked "APPROPRIATIONS" are
appropriated from the general fund, or any other fund named, to
the agencies and for the purposes specified in the following
sections of this article, to be available for the fiscal years
indicated for each purpose. The figures "2000" and "2001" where
used in this article, mean that the appropriation or
appropriations listed under them are available for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 2000, or June 30, 2001, respectively.
Where a dollar amount appears in parentheses, it means a
reduction of an appropriation.
SUMMARY BY FUND
BIENNIAL
2000 2001 TOTAL
General $2,650,812,000 $2,774,558,000 $5,425,370,000
$2,776,331,000 $5,427,143,000
State Government
Special Revenue 36,424,000 36,103,000 72,527,000
Health Care
Access 146,224,000 175,017,000 321,241,000
Trunk Highway 1,726,000 1,773,000 3,499,000
-0- 1,726,000
Lottery Prize 1,300,000 1,300,000 2,600,000
TOTAL $2,836,486,000 $2,988,751,000 $5,825,237,000
APPROPRIATIONS
Available for the Year
Ending June 30
2000 2001
Sec. 17. Laws 1999, chapter 245, article 1, section 6, is
amended to read:
Sec. 6. EMERGENCY MEDICAL
SERVICES BOARD 2,420,000 2,467,000
Summary by Fund
General 694,000 694,000 2,467,000
Trunk Highway 1,726,000 1,773,000 -0-
[COMPREHENSIVE ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT
(CALS).] Of the general fund
appropriation, $108,000 each year is
for the board to establish a
comprehensive advanced life support
educational program under Minnesota
Statutes, section 144E.37.
[EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES GRANTS.] Of
the appropriation from the trunk
highway fund, $18,000 from the trunk
highway fund in fiscal year 2000 and
$36,000 from the general fund in fiscal
year 2001 is to the board for grants to
regional emergency medical services
programs. This The second year
appropriation shall become part of the
base for the 2002-2003 biennium.
Sec. 18. Laws 1999, chapter 250, article 1, section 1, is
amended to read:
Section 1. [STATE GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS.]
The sums shown in the columns marked "APPROPRIATIONS" are
appropriated from the general fund, or another fund named, to
the agencies and for the purposes specified in this act, to be
available for the fiscal years indicated for each purpose. The
"1999," "2000," and "2001," where used in this act, mean that
the appropriation or appropriations listed under them are
available for the year ending June 30, 1999, June 30, 2000, or
June 30, 2001, respectively.
SUMMARY BY FUND
BIENNIAL
2000 2001 TOTAL
General $349,954,000 $308,497,000 $658,451,000
$308,536,000 $658,490,000
State
Government
Special Revenue 13,986,000 13,884,000 27,870,000
For 1999 - $465,000
Health Care Access 1,842,000 1,871,000 3,713,000
Environmental 236,000 242,000 478,000
Solid Waste Fund 660,000 670,000 1,330,000
Lottery Prize
Fund 110,000 -0- 110,000
Highway User
Tax Distribution 2,129,000 2,173,000 4,302,000
Trunk Highway 39,000 39,000 78,000
-0- 39,000
Workers'
Compensation 7,024,000 6,959,000 13,983,000
TOTAL $376,420,000 $334,854,000 $711,274,000
For 1999 - $465,000
APPROPRIATIONS
Available for the Year
Ending June 30
2000 2001
Sec. 19. Laws 1999, chapter 250, article 1, section 2,
subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1. Total
Appropriation 58,340,000 63,117,000
Summary by Fund
General 58,151,000 62,928,000 $62,967,000
Health Care Access 150,000 150,000
Trunk Highway 39,000 39,000 -0-
The amounts that may be spent from this
appropriation for each program are
specified in the following subdivisions.
Sec. 20. Laws 1999, chapter 250, article 1, section 2,
subdivision 4, is amended to read:
Subd. 4. Legislative
Coordinating Commission 13,841,000 14,924,000
Summary by Fund
General 13,652,000 14,735,000 14,774,000
Health Care Access 150,000 150,000
Trunk Highway 39,000 39,000 -0-
$5,600,000 the first year and
$6,372,000 the second year are for the
office of the revisor of statutes.
$1,184,000 the first year and
$1,217,000 the second year are for the
legislative reference library.
$4,963,000 the first year and
$5,096,000 the second year are for the
office of the legislative auditor.
The legislative commission on pensions
and retirement shall study and report
to the legislature by January 15, 2000,
on the comparability of pension and
other postretirement benefits between
public sector and private sector
employees. When comparing the
benefits, the commission shall select
comparable job classifications and
salary ranges. The study must compare
pension portability, initial monthly
benefits, average annual benefit
increases, employer and employee
contribution rates, availability of
early retirement incentives,
administrative costs, and other factors
as necessary to compare benefits.
Presented to the governor May 11, 2000
Signed by the governor May 15, 2000, 6:40 p.m.
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