Minnesota Session Laws - 2024, Regular Session

CHAPTER 86--H.F.No. 3613

An act

relating to technical corrections; providing for clarifications on forecasted Metro Mobility funding; providing an effective date for education forecast adjustments; appropriating money;

amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 473.386, subdivision 10; Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 5, article 4, section 114.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 473.386, subdivision 10, is amended to read:

Subd. 10.

Forecasted funding.

(a) For purposes of this subdivision, "biennium" and "fiscal year" have the meanings given in section 16A.011, subdivisions 6 and 14, respectively.

(b) In each February and November forecast of state revenues and expenditures under section 16A.103, the commissioner of management and budget must incorporate a state obligation from the general fund for the annual net costs to the council to implement the special transportation service under this section. Notwithstanding section 16A.11, subdivision 3, the appropriation base in each fiscal year of the upcoming biennium is as determined in this subdivision.

(c) The commissioner must determine net costs under paragraph (b) as:

(1) the amount necessary to:

(i) maintain service levels accounting for expected demand, including service area, hours of service, ride scheduling requirements, and fares per council policy;

(ii) maintain the general existing condition of the special transportation service bus fleet, including bus maintenance and replacement; and

(iii) meet the requirements of this section; plus

(2) the amount of forecast adjustments, as determined by the commissioner of management and budget in consultation with the council, necessary to match (i) actual special transportation service program costs in the prior fiscal year, and (ii) adjusted program costs forecasted for the second year of the current biennium, for a forecast prepared in the first year of the biennium; less

(3) funds identified for the special transportation service from nonstate sources.

(d) In conjunction with each February and November forecast, the council must submit a financial review of the special transportation service to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance and to the commissioner of management and budget. At a minimum, the financial review must include:

(1) a summary of special transportation service sources of funds and expenditures for the prior two fiscal years and each fiscal year of the forecast period, which must include:

(i) a breakout by expenditures categories; and

(ii) information that is sufficient to identify a conversion between state fiscal years and the fiscal years of the council;

(2) details on cost assumptions used in the forecast;

(3) information on ridership and farebox recovery rates for the prior two fiscal years and each fiscal year of the forecast period;

(4) identification of the amount of appropriations necessary for any forecast adjustments as identified under paragraph deleted text begin (d) deleted text end new text begin (c), clause (2) new text end ; and

(5) information as prescribed by the commissioner.

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Sec. 2.

Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 5, article 4, section 114, the effective date, is amended to read:

EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION.

This section is effective July 1, deleted text begin 2024, and applies deleted text end new text begin 2023. Paragraphs (a) to (c) apply new text end beginning with the November deleted text begin 2024 deleted text end new text begin 2023 new text end forecast for each fiscal year beginning on or after July 1, 2025. new text begin Paragraph (d) applies beginning with the November 2024 forecast for each fiscal year beginning on or after July 1, 2025. new text end This section applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective retroactively from July 1, 2023. new text end

Sec. 3.

new text begin CHAPTER 81 EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, Laws 2024, chapter 81, is effective retroactively from March 26, 2024. new text end

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new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment. new text end

Presented to the governor April 10, 2024

Signed by the governor April 10, 2024, 2:45 p.m.