Minnesota Session Laws - 2023, Regular Session

CHAPTER 6--H.F.No. 26

An act

relating to transportation; appropriating money related to the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

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

Section 1.

new text begin APPROPRIATION; INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AND JOBS ACT. new text end

new text begin (a) $315,500,000 in fiscal year 2023 is appropriated from the trunk highway fund to the commissioner of transportation for state road construction to provide for the actual construction, reconstruction, and improvement of trunk highways, including design-build contracts, internal department costs associated with delivering the construction program, consultant usage to support these activities, and the cost of actual payments to landowners for lands acquired for highway rights-of-way, payment to lessees, interest subsidies, and relocation expenses. The commissioner may use up to 17 percent of the amount for program delivery. new text end

new text begin (b) This appropriation is for the purposes of formula and discretionary grant programs enacted in the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), Public Law 117-58. This is a onetime appropriation and is available until June 30, 2025. new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

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

Presented to the governor February 7, 2023

Signed by the governor February 7, 2023, 1:53 p.m.