1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; limiting certain expenditures for the Southwest light rail 
1.3 	transit project.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. SOUTHWEST LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT LIMITATIONS.
 1.6 	(a) For purposes of this section, "state sources of funds" includes but is not limited to 
1.7 	(1) an appropriation enacted in law, and (2) funds in the metropolitan area transit account 
1.8 	in the transit assistance fund.
1.9 	(b) The Metropolitan Council is prohibited from expending state sources of funds for 
1.10 	the capital costs of the Southwest light rail transit (Green Line Extension) project in excess 
1.11 	of the amount identified as state sources of funds in the project budget estimate as of January 
1.12 	1, 2023.

1.13 	EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION. This section is effective the day following 
1.14 	final enactment and applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, 
1.15 	Scott, and Washington.