1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; appropriating money for county highway-rail grade 
1.3 	crossing warning devices; authorizing sale and issuance of state bonds.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. HIGHWAY-RAILROAD GRADE CROSSING WARNING DEVICES.
 1.6 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation. (a) $9,000,000 is appropriated from the bond 
1.7 	proceeds fund to the commissioner of transportation for grants to counties for design, 
1.8 	engineering, and construction of highway-railroad grade crossing warning devices.
1.9 	(b) The commissioner shall establish a process to allocate grant funds. Grants 
1.10 	distributed under this section may only establish warning devices:
1.11 	(1) at crossings that do not already have active warning or signaling features such as 
1.12 	an audible bell, lights, automatic signal, or crossing gates; and
1.13 	(2) on paved county highways or paved county state-aid highways.
1.14 		Subd. 2.Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in subdivision 1 from the 
1.15 	bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue 
1.16 	bonds of the state in an amount up to $9,000,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with 
1.17 	the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the 
1.18 	Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.

1.19 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.