1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; appropriating money for transportation management 
1.3 	organizations in the Twin Cities metropolitan area.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT 
1.6 	ORGANIZATIONS.
 1.7 	(a) $150,000 in fiscal year 2020 and $150,000 in fiscal year 2021 are appropriated from 
1.8 	the general fund to the Metropolitan Council for grants to transportation management 
1.9 	organizations that provide services exclusively or primarily in the city located along the 
1.10 	marked Interstate Highway 494 corridor having the highest population as of the effective 
1.11 	date of this section. The council must not retain any portion of the funds appropriated under 
1.12 	this section. From the appropriation in each fiscal year, the council must make grant payments 
1.13 	in full by July 31.
1.14 	(b) Permissible uses of funds under this section include administrative expenses and 
1.15 	programming and service expansion, including but not limited to staffing, communications, 
1.16 	outreach and education program development, and operations management.
1.17 	(c) This section applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, 
1.18 	Scott, and Washington.