1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; appropriating money for feasibility study of marked 
1.3 	Interstate Highway 35W corridor transit way.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION.
 1.6 	$500,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the Metropolitan Council for 
1.7 	fiscal year 2007 for a feasibility study, environmental studies, and preliminary engineering 
1.8 	of rail transit way options including, but not limited to, commuter rail and light rail, along 
1.9 	a corridor on or near marked Interstate Highway 35W. This is a onetime appropriation. 
1.10 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.28, this appropriation is available until 
1.11 	June 30, 2009.

1.12 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2007.