1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation appropriations; appropriating money for transportation, 
1.3 	Metropolitan Council, and public safety activities and programs; providing for 
1.4 	fund transfers, contingent appropriations, and tort claims; providing for various 
1.5 	fees and accounts; reducing appropriation for bridge collapse and other highway 
1.6 	construction projects for fiscal year 2009; making technical and clarifying 
1.7 	changes;amending Laws 2008, chapter 152, article 1, section 5.
1.8 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.9	Section 1.  SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
1.10 	The amounts shown in this section summarize direct appropriations, by fund, made 
1.11 	in this article.

1.12			2010
		2011
		Total
	
1.13	General
	$
	103,866,000
	$
	103,866,000
	$
	207,732,000
	
1.14	Airports
		21,909,000
		19,659,000
		41,568,000
	
1.15	C.S.A.H.
		505,882,000
		547,425,000
		1,053,307,000
	
1.16	M.S.A.S.
		136,824,000
		146,956,000
		283,780,000
	
1.17	Special Revenue
		49,038,000
		49,038,000
		98,076,000
	
1.18	Highway User
		9,538,000
		9,838,000
		19,376,000
	
1.19	Trunk Highway
		1,311,721,000
		1,451,485,000
		2,763,206,000
	
1.20	Total
	$
	2,138,778,000
	$
	2,328,267,000
	$
	4,467,045,000

1.21	Sec. 2. TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
1.22 	The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the 
1.23 	agencies and for the purposes specified in this article.  The appropriations are from the 
1.24 	general fund, or another named fund, and are available for the fiscal years indicated 
1.25 	for each purpose.  The figures "2010" and "2011" used in this article mean that the 
1.26 	appropriations listed under them are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2010, or 
2.1 	June 30, 2011, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2010. "The second year" is fiscal 
2.2 	year 2011. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2010 and 2011.  Appropriations for the fiscal 
2.3 	year ending June 30, 2009, are effective the day following final enactment.

2.4				APPROPRIATIONS
	
2.5				Available for the Year
	
2.6				Ending June 30
	
2.7					2010
		2011

2.8	Sec. 3. TRANSPORTATION

2.9	Subdivision 1. Total Appropriation
 	$
	1,906,933,000
	$
	2,096,122,000
	
2.10 	The appropriations in this section are from 
2.11 	the trunk highway fund, except when another 
2.12 	fund is named.

2.13	Appropriations by Fund
	
2.14		2010
	2011
	
2.15	General
	17,290,000
	17,290,000
	
2.16	Airports
	21,859,000
	19,609,000
	
2.17	C.S.A.H.
	505,882,000
	547,425,000
	
2.18	M.S.A.S.
	136,824,000
	146,956,000
	
2.19	Trunk Highway
	1,225,078,000
	1,364,842,000
	
2.20 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
2.21 	purpose are specified in the following 
2.22 	subdivisions.

2.23	Subd.  2.Multimodal Systems

2.24	(a) Aeronautics

2.25	(1) Airport Development and Assistance
		16,548,000
		14,298,000
	
2.26 	This appropriation is from the state 
2.27 	airports fund and must be spent according 
2.28 	to Minnesota Statutes, section 360.305, 
2.29 	subdivision 4.
2.30 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
2.31 	16A.28, subdivision 6, this appropriation is 
2.32 	available for five years after appropriation. 
2.33 	If the appropriation for either year is 
2.34 	insufficient, the appropriation for the other 
2.35 	year is available for it.

3.1	(2) Aviation Support and Services

3.2	Appropriations by Fund
	
3.3	Airports
	5,286,000
	5,286,000
	
3.4	Trunk Highway
	837,000
	837,000
	
3.5 	$65,000 the first year and $65,000 the second 
3.6 	year from the state airports fund are for the 
3.7 	Civil Air Patrol.

3.8	(b) Transit

3.9	Appropriations by Fund
	
3.10	General
	16,860,000
	16,860,000
	
3.11	Trunk Highway
	775,000
	775,000

3.12	(c) Freight

3.13	Appropriations by Fund
	
3.14	General
	365,000
	365,000
	
3.15	Trunk Highway
	4,897,000
	4,897,000

3.16	Subd. 3.State Roads

3.17	(a) Infrastructure Investment and Planning

3.18	(1) Infrastructure Investment Support
		203,988,000
		203,988,000
	
3.19 	$266,000 the first year and $266,000 the 
3.20 	second year are available for grants to 
3.21 	metropolitan planning organizations outside 
3.22 	the seven-county metropolitan area.
3.23 	$75,000 the first year and $75,000 the 
3.24 	second year are for a transportation research 
3.25 	contingent account to finance research 
3.26 	projects that are reimbursable from the 
3.27 	federal government or from other sources. 
3.28 	If the appropriation for either year is 
3.29 	insufficient, the appropriation for the other 
3.30 	year is available for it.
3.31 	$600,000 the first year and $600,000 
3.32 	the second year are available for grants 
3.33 	for transportation studies outside the 
4.1 	metropolitan area to identify critical 
4.2 	concerns, problems, and issues. These grants 
4.3 	are available (1) to regional development 
4.4 	commissions and (2) in regions where 
4.5 	no regional development commission 
4.6 	is functioning, to joint powers boards 
4.7 	established under agreement of two or 
4.8 	more political subdivisions in the region to 
4.9 	exercise the planning functions of a regional 
4.10 	development commission, and (3) in regions 
4.11 	where no regional development commission 
4.12 	or joint powers board is functioning, to the 
4.13 	department's district office for that region.

4.14	(2) State Road Construction
		591,300,000
		678,700,000
	
4.15 	The base for this appropriation for fiscal year 
4.16 	2012 is $635,000,000.
4.17 	It is estimated that these appropriations will 
4.18 	be funded as follows:

4.19	Appropriations by Fund
	
4.20
4.21	Federal Highway 
Aid
	301,100,000 
	388,500,000
	
4.22	Highway User Taxes
	290,200,000
	290,200,000
	
4.23 	The commissioner of transportation shall 
4.24 	notify the chair of the Transportation Budget 
4.25 	Division of the senate and the chair of the 
4.26 	Transportation Finance Division of the house 
4.27 	of representatives of any significant events 
4.28 	that should cause these estimates to change.
4.29 	This appropriation is for the actual 
4.30 	construction, reconstruction, and 
4.31 	improvement of trunk highways, including 
4.32 	design-build contracts and consultant usage 
4.33 	to support these activities. This includes the 
4.34 	cost of actual payment to landowners for 
4.35 	lands acquired for highway rights-of-way, 
5.1 	payment to lessees, interest subsidies, and 
5.2 	relocation expenses.
5.3 	The commissioner may transfer up to 
5.4 	$15,000,000 each year to the transportation 
5.5 	revolving loan fund.
5.6 	The commissioner may receive money 
5.7 	covering other shares of the cost of 
5.8 	partnership projects. These receipts are 
5.9 	appropriated to the commissioner for these 
5.10 	projects.

5.11	(3) Highway Debt Service
		101,027,000
		153,391,000
	
5.12 	$86,374,000 the first year and $137,295,000 
5.13 	the second year are for transfer to the state 
5.14 	bond fund. If this appropriation is insufficient 
5.15 	to make all transfers required in the year for 
5.16 	which it is made, the commissioner of finance 
5.17 	shall notify the Committee on Finance of 
5.18 	the senate and the Committee on Ways and 
5.19 	Means of the house of representatives of 
5.20 	the amount of the deficiency and shall then 
5.21 	transfer that amount under the statutory open 
5.22 	appropriation. Any excess appropriation 
5.23 	cancels to the trunk highway fund.

5.24	(b) Infrastructure Operations and Maintenance
		254,895,000 
		254,895,000

5.25	(c) Electronic Communications

5.26	Appropriations by Fund
	
5.27	General
	9,000
	9,000
	
5.28	Trunk Highway
	5,168,000
	5,168,000
	
5.29 	The general fund appropriation is to equip 
5.30 	and operate the Roosevelt signal tower for 
5.31 	Lake of the Woods weather broadcasting.

5.32	Subd.  4.Local Roads  

5.33	(a) County State Aids
		505,882,000
		547,425,000
	
6.1 	This appropriation is from the county 
6.2 	state-aid highway fund and is available until 
6.3 	spent.

6.4	(b) Municipal State Aids
		136,824,000
		146,956,000
	
6.5 	This appropriation is from the municipal 
6.6 	state-aid street fund and is available until 
6.7 	spent.
6.8 	If an appropriation for either county state 
6.9 	aids or municipal state aids does not exhaust 
6.10 	the balance in the fund from which it is 
6.11 	made in the year for which it is made, the 
6.12 	commissioner of finance, upon request of 
6.13 	the commissioner of transportation, shall 
6.14 	notify the chair of the Transportation Finance 
6.15 	Division of the house of representatives 
6.16 	and the chair of the Transportation Budget 
6.17 	Division of the senate of the amount of the 
6.18 	remainder and shall then add that amount 
6.19 	to the appropriation. The amount added is 
6.20 	appropriated for the purposes of county state 
6.21 	aids or municipal state aids, as appropriate.
6.22 	If the appropriation for either county state 
6.23 	aids or municipal state aids does exhaust 
6.24 	the balance in the fund from which it is 
6.25 	made in the year for which it is made, the 
6.26 	commissioner of finance shall notify the chair 
6.27 	of the Transportation Finance Division of the 
6.28 	house of representatives and the chair of the 
6.29 	Transportation Budget Division of the senate 
6.30 	of the amount by which the appropriation 
6.31 	exceeds the balance and shall then reduce 
6.32 	that amount from the appropriation.

6.33	Subd.  5.General Support and Services 

6.34	(a) Department Support

7.1	Appropriations by Fund
	
7.2	Airports
	25,000
	25,000
	
7.3	Trunk Highway
	44,407,000
	44,407,000

7.4	(b) Buildings

7.5	Appropriations by Fund
	
7.6	General
	56,000
	56,000
	
7.7	Trunk Highway
	17,784,000
	17,784,000
	
7.8 	If the appropriation for either year is 
7.9 	insufficient, the appropriation for the other 
7.10 	year is available for it.

7.11	Subd. 6.Transfers
 					
7.12 	(a) With the approval of the commissioner of 
7.13 	finance, the commissioner of transportation 
7.14 	may transfer unencumbered balances among 
7.15 	the appropriations from the trunk highway 
7.16 	fund and the state airports fund made in this 
7.17 	section. No transfer may be made from the 
7.18 	appropriation for state road construction. No 
7.19 	transfer may be made from the appropriations 
7.20 	for debt service to any other appropriation. 
7.21 	Transfers under this paragraph may not be 
7.22 	made between funds. Transfers between 
7.23 	programs must be reported immediately 
7.24 	to the chair of the Transportation Budget 
7.25 	Division of the senate and the chair of the 
7.26 	Transportation Finance Division of the house 
7.27 	of representatives.
7.28 	(b) The commissioner of finance shall 
7.29 	transfer from the flexible account in the 
7.30 	county state-aid highway fund $8,440,000 
7.31 	the first year and $1,550,000 the second year 
7.32 	to the municipal turnback account in the 
7.33 	municipal state-aid street fund.

7.34
7.35	Subd. 7.Use of State Road Construction 
Appropriations
 					
8.1 	Any money appropriated to the commissioner 
8.2 	of transportation for state road construction 
8.3 	for any fiscal year before fiscal year 2010 is 
8.4 	available to the commissioner during fiscal 
8.5 	years 2010 and 2011 to the extent that the 
8.6 	commissioner spends the money on the 
8.7 	state road construction project for which the 
8.8 	money was originally encumbered during the 
8.9 	fiscal year for which it was appropriated. The 
8.10 	commissioner of transportation shall report 
8.11 	to the commissioner of finance by August 
8.12 	1, 2009, and August 1, 2010, on a form 
8.13 	the commissioner of finance provides, on 
8.14 	expenditures made during the previous fiscal 
8.15 	year that are authorized by this subdivision.

8.16	Subd. 8.Contingent Appropriation
 					
8.17 	The commissioner of transportation, with 
8.18 	the approval of the governor and the written 
8.19 	approval of at least five members of a 
8.20 	group consisting of the members of the 
8.21 	Legislative Advisory Commission under 
8.22 	Minnesota Statutes, section 3.30, and the 
8.23 	ranking minority members of the house of 
8.24 	representatives and senate committees with 
8.25 	jurisdiction over transportation finance, may 
8.26 	transfer all or part of the unappropriated 
8.27 	balance in the trunk highway fund to an 
8.28 	appropriation (1) for trunk highway design, 
8.29 	construction, or inspection in order to 
8.30 	take advantage of an unanticipated receipt 
8.31 	of income to the trunk highway fund or 
8.32 	to take advantage of federal advanced 
8.33 	construction funding, (2) for trunk highway 
8.34 	maintenance in order to meet an emergency, 
8.35 	or (3) to pay tort or environmental claims. 
8.36 	Nothing in this subdivision authorizes the 
9.1 	commissioner to increase the use of federal 
9.2 	advanced construction funding beyond 
9.3 	amounts specifically authorized. Any 
9.4 	transfer as a result of the use of federal 
9.5 	advanced construction funding must include 
9.6 	an analysis of the effects on the long-term 
9.7 	trunk highway fund balance. The amount 
9.8 	transferred is appropriated for the purpose of 
9.9 	the account to which it is transferred.

9.10	Sec. 4. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL 

9.11	Subdivision 1. Total Appropriation
 	$
	78,617,000
	$
	78,617,000
	
9.12 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
9.13 	purpose are specified in the following 
9.14 	subdivisions.

9.15	Subd. 2.Bus Transit
 		73,324,000
		73,324,000
	
9.16 	This appropriation is for bus system 
9.17 	operations.

9.18	Subd. 3.Rail Operations
 		5,293,000
		5,293,000

9.19	Sec. 5. PUBLIC SAFETY

9.20	Subdivision 1. Total Appropriation
 	$
	152,253,000
	$
	152,553,000

9.21	Appropriations by Fund
	
9.22		2010
	2011
	
9.23	General
	7,959,000
	7,959,000
	
9.24	Trunk Highway
	 85,843,000
	85,843,000
	
9.25	Highway User
	9,413,000
	9,713,000
	
9.26	Special Revenue 
	49,038,000
	49,038,000
	
9.27 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
9.28 	purpose are specified in the following 
9.29 	subdivisions.

9.30	Subd.  2.Administration and Related Services 

9.31	(a) Office of Communications

10.1	Appropriations by Fund
	
10.2	General
	41,000
	41,000
	
10.3	Trunk Highway
	393,000
	393,000

10.4	(b) Public Safety Support

10.5	Appropriations by Fund
	
10.6	General
	3,296,000
	3,296,000
	
10.7	Trunk Highway
	3,506,000
	3,506,000
	
10.8	Highway User 
	1,366,000
	1,366,000
	
10.9 	$380,000 the first year and $380,000 the 
10.10 	second year are for payment of public 
10.11 	safety officer survivor benefits under 
10.12 	Minnesota Statutes, section 299A.44. If the 
10.13 	appropriation for either year is insufficient, 
10.14 	the appropriation for the other year is 
10.15 	available for it.
10.16 	$1,367,000 the first year and $1,367,000 
10.17 	the second year are to be deposited in the 
10.18 	public safety officer's benefit account. This 
10.19 	money is available for reimbursements under 
10.20 	Minnesota Statutes, section 299A.465.
10.21 	$508,000 the first year and $508,000 
10.22 	the second year are for soft body armor 
10.23 	reimbursements under Minnesota Statutes, 
10.24 	section 299A.38.
10.25 	$792,000 the first year and $792,000 
10.26 	the second year are appropriated from the 
10.27 	general fund for transfer by the commissioner 
10.28 	of finance to the trunk highway fund on 
10.29 	December 31, 2009, and December 31, 2010, 
10.30 	respectively, in order to reimburse the trunk 
10.31 	highway fund for expenses not related to the 
10.32 	fund. These represent amounts appropriated 
10.33 	out of the trunk highway fund for general 
10.34 	fund purposes in the administration and 
10.35 	related services program.
11.1 	$610,000 the first year and $610,000 the 
11.2 	second year are appropriated from the 
11.3 	highway user tax distribution fund for 
11.4 	transfer by the commissioner of finance to 
11.5 	the trunk highway fund on December 31, 
11.6 	2009, and December 31, 2010, respectively, 
11.7 	in order to reimburse the trunk highway 
11.8 	fund for expenses not related to the fund. 
11.9 	These represent amounts appropriated out 
11.10 	of the trunk highway fund for highway 
11.11 	user tax distribution fund purposes in the 
11.12 	administration and related services program.
11.13 	$716,000 the first year and $716,000 the 
11.14 	second year are appropriated from the 
11.15 	highway user tax distribution fund for 
11.16 	transfer by the commissioner of finance to 
11.17 	the general fund on December 31, 2009, and 
11.18 	December 31, 2010, respectively, in order to 
11.19 	reimburse the general fund for expenses not 
11.20 	related to the fund. These represent amounts 
11.21 	appropriated out of the general fund for 
11.22 	operation of the criminal justice data network 
11.23 	related to driver and motor vehicle licensing.

11.24	(c) Technical Support Services

11.25	Appropriations by Fund
	
11.26	General
	1,472,000
	1,472,000
	
11.27	Trunk Highway
	2,344,000
	2,344,000
	
11.28	Highway User 
	19,000
	19,000

11.29	Subd.  3.State Patrol

11.30	(a) Patrolling Highways

11.31	Appropriations by Fund
	
11.32	General
	37,000
	37,000
	
11.33	Trunk Highway
	71,393,000
	71,393,000
	
11.34	Highway User 
	92,000
	92,000

11.35	(b) Commercial Vehicle Enforcement
		7,771,000
		7,771,000
	
12.1 	This appropriation is from the trunk highway 
12.2 	fund.

12.3	(c) Capitol Security
		3,113,000
		3,113,000

12.4	Subd. 4.Driver and Vehicle Services

12.5	(a) Vehicle Services

12.6	Appropriations by Fund
	
12.7	Highway User 
	7,936,000
	8,236,000
	
12.8	Special Revenue
	18,973,000
	18,973,000
	
12.9 	The special revenue fund appropriation is 
12.10 	from the vehicle services operating account.

12.11	(b) Driver Services

12.12	Appropriations by Fund
	
12.13	Special Revenue
	28,711,000
	28,711,000
	
12.14	Trunk Highway
	1,000
	1,000
	
12.15 	The special revenue fund appropriation is 
12.16 	from the driver services operating account.

12.17	Subd. 5.Traffic Safety
 		435,000
		435,000
	
12.18 	This appropriation is from the trunk highway 
12.19 	fund.

12.20	Subd. 6.Pipeline Safety
 		1,354,000
		1,354,000
	
12.21 	This appropriation is from the pipeline safety 
12.22 	account in the special revenue fund.

12.23
12.24	Sec. 6. GENERAL CONTINGENT 
ACCOUNTS
 	$
	375,000
	$
	375,000

12.25	Appropriations by Fund
	
12.26	Trunk Highway
	200,000
	200,000
	
12.27	Highway User 
	125,000
	125,000
	
12.28	Airports
	50,000
	50,000
	
12.29 	The appropriations in this section may 
12.30 	only be spent with the approval of the 
12.31 	governor and the written approval of at least 
12.32 	five members of a group consisting of (1) 
12.33 	the members of the Legislative Advisory 
13.1 	Commission under Minnesota Statutes, 
13.2 	section 3.30, and (2) the ranking minority 
13.3 	members of the house of representatives and 
13.4 	senate committees with jurisdiction over 
13.5 	transportation finance.
13.6 	If an appropriation in this section for either 
13.7 	year is insufficient, the appropriation for the 
13.8 	other year is available for it.

13.9	Sec. 7. TORT CLAIMS
 	$
	600,000
	$
	600,000
	
13.10 	To be spent by the commissioner of finance.
13.11 	This appropriation is from the trunk highway 
13.12 	fund.
13.13 	If the appropriation for either year is 
13.14 	insufficient, the appropriation for the other 
13.15 	year is available for it.

13.16 	Sec. 8. Laws 2008, chapter 152, article 1, section 5, is amended to read:
13.17 	Sec. 5. APPROPRIATION; TRANSPORTATION EMERGENCY RELIEF.
 13.18 	$55,000,000 in fiscal year 2008 and $77,000,000 $33,000,000 in fiscal year 2009 
13.19 	are appropriated to the commissioner of transportation from the trunk highway fund for 
13.20 	the purposes specified in the federal grants and aids related to the I-35W bridge collapse 
13.21 	on marked Interstate Highway I-35W in Minneapolis. The appropriation in fiscal year 
13.22 	2009 is available for other trunk highway construction projects. This appropriation is in 
13.23 	addition to appropriations under Laws 2007, chapter 143, article 1, section 3, and Laws 
13.24 	2007, First Special Session chapter 2, article 2, section 2.

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