1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to transportation; modifying power of 
  1.3             commissioner of transportation to enter into 
  1.4             agreements to share facilities; amending Minnesota 
  1.5             Statutes 2002, section 174.02, subdivision 6. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 174.02, 
  1.8   subdivision 6, is amended to read: 
  1.9      Subd. 6.  [AGREEMENTS, RECEIPTS, APPROPRIATION.] To 
  1.10  facilitate the implementation of intergovernmental efficiencies, 
  1.11  effectiveness, and cooperation, and to promote and encourage 
  1.12  economic and technological development in transportation matters 
  1.13  within and between governmental and nongovernmental entities: 
  1.14     (a) The commissioner may enter into agreements with other 
  1.15  governmental or nongovernmental entities for research and 
  1.16  experimentation; for sharing facilities, equipment, staff, data, 
  1.17  or other means of providing transportation-related services; or 
  1.18  for other cooperative programs that promote efficiencies in 
  1.19  providing governmental services or that further development of 
  1.20  innovation in transportation for the benefit of the citizens of 
  1.21  Minnesota.  An agreement to share facilities includes, but is 
  1.22  not limited to, an agreement providing for the commissioner to 
  1.23  act as a lessor or lessee of the facilities.  Notwithstanding 
  1.24  any law to the contrary, the commissioner may enter into 
  1.25  agreements to share facilities for terms of up to 25 years.  
  2.1      (b) In addition to funds otherwise appropriated by the 
  2.2   legislature, the commissioner may accept and spend funds 
  2.3   received under any agreement authorized in paragraph (a) for the 
  2.4   purposes set forth in that paragraph, subject to a report of 
  2.5   receipts to the commissioner of finance at the end of each 
  2.6   fiscal year and, if receipts from the agreements exceed $100,000 
  2.7   in a fiscal year, the commissioner shall also notify the 
  2.8   governor and the committee on finance of the senate and the 
  2.9   committee on ways and means of the house of representatives.  
  2.10     (c) Funds received under this subdivision must be deposited 
  2.11  in the special revenue fund and are appropriated to the 
  2.12  commissioner for the purposes set forth in this subdivision.