1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education finance; defining a locally controlled process for 
1.3 	establishing hazardous traffic condition pupil transportation zones; authorizing a 
1.4 	levy for certain hazardous pupil transportation services;amending Minnesota 
1.5 	Statutes 2008, section 123B.92, by adding a subdivision.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 123B.92, is amended by adding a 
1.8 	subdivision to read:
1.9 		Subd. 11.Hazardous transportation levy. (a) A school board may annually levy 
1.10 	the amounts necessary to provide transportation services to students facing hazardous 
1.11 	transportation conditions. A district's hazardous transportation levy must not exceed 30 
1.12 	percent of the district's total regular to and from school transportation costs for that year.
1.13 	(b) For any year, a school board may levy the hazardous transportation levy 
1.14 	authorized in paragraph (a) only after the school board has considered the comprehensive 
1.15 	plan for hazardous transportation submitted by the district's pupil transportation safety 
1.16 	committee at a regularly scheduled meeting of the school board. The comprehensive 
1.17 	plan may not be adopted until after the board has allowed the public reasonable time to 
1.18 	testify on the plan.

1.19 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for taxes payable in 2010.