1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to metropolitan government; modifying provisions governing 
1.3 	metropolitan transportation planning; creating a metropolitan transportation 
1.4 	board; designating the board as the metropolitan planning organization for 
1.5 	purposes of federal transportation law;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, 
1.6 	section 473.146, subdivision 4.
1.7 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.8 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 473.146, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
1.9 		Subd. 4.Transportation planning. (a) The Metropolitan ~~Council~~Transportation 
1.10 	Board is created. The board is the designated planning agency for any long-range 
1.11 	comprehensive transportation planning required by section 134 of the Federal Highway 
1.12 	Act of 1962, Section 4 of Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 and Section 112 of 
1.13 	Federal Aid Highway Act of 1973 and other federal transportation laws. The ~~council~~
1.14 	board shall assure administration and coordination of ~~transportation~~ transit planning with 
1.15 	appropriate state, regional and other agencies, counties, and municipalities.
1.16 	(b) ~~The council shall establish an advisory body consisting of citizens and~~ 
1.17 	~~representatives ofmunicipalities, counties, and state agencies in fulfillment of the planning~~ 
1.18 	~~responsibilities of the council.~~ The membership of the ~~advisory body~~board must consist 
1.19 	of:
1.20 	(1) the commissioner of transportation or the commissioner's designee;
1.21 	(2) the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency or the commissioner's 
1.22 	designee;
1.23 	(3) one member of the Metropolitan Airports Commission appointed by the 
1.24 	commission;
2.1 	(4) one person appointed by the Metropolitan Council to represent nonmotorized 
2.2 	transportation;
2.3 	(5) one person appointed by the commissioner of transportation to represent the 
2.4 	freight transportation industry;
2.5 	(6) two persons appointed by the Metropolitan Council to represent public transit;
2.6 	(7) ten elected officials of cities within the metropolitan area, including one 
2.7 	representative from each first-class city, appointed by the association of metropolitan 
2.8 	municipalities; and
2.9 	(8) one member of the county board of each county in the seven-county metropolitan 
2.10 	area, appointed by the respective county boards~~;~~.
2.11 	~~(9) eight citizens appointed by the council, one from each council precinct; and~~
2.12 	~~(10) one member of the council, appointed by the council.~~
2.13 	The ~~council~~ board shall appoint a chair from among ~~the~~its members ~~of the advisory body~~.