1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to the organization and operation of state 
  1.3             government; appropriating money for the department of 
  1.4             transportation and other agencies with certain 
  1.5             conditions; amending Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 
  1.6             611A.57, by adding a subdivision. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  [TRANSPORTATION AND OTHER AGENCIES 
  1.9   APPROPRIATIONS.] 
  1.10     The sums shown in the columns marked "APPROPRIATIONS" are 
  1.11  appropriated from the general fund, or another named fund, to 
  1.12  the agencies and for the purposes specified in this act, to be 
  1.13  available for the fiscal years indicated for each purpose.  The 
  1.14  figures "1995," "1996," and "1997," where used in this act, mean 
  1.15  that the appropriation or appropriations listed under them are 
  1.16  available for the year ending June 30, 1995, June 30, 1996, or 
  1.17  June 30, 1997, respectively.  
  1.18                          SUMMARY BY FUND
  1.19              1995        1996          1997           TOTAL
  1.20  General    $...,...  $ ..,...,...   $ ..,...,...   $...,...,...
  1.21  Airports    ...,...    ..,...,...     ..,...,...     ..,...,... 
  1.22  C.S.A.H.              ...,...,...    ...,...,...    ...,...,... 
  1.23  Environmental             ...,...        ...,...        ...,... 
  1.24  Highway User           ..,...,...     ..,...,...     ..,...,... 
  1.25  M.S.A.S.               ..,...,...     ..,...,...    ...,...,... 
  1.26  Special Revenue         .,...,...      .,...,...      .,...,... 
  2.1   Trunk Highway         ...,...,...    ...,...,...  .,...,...,... 
  2.2   Transfers to Other
  2.3   Direct                 (.,...,...)    (.,...,...)    (.,...,...)
  2.4   TOTAL    .,...,...  .,...,...,...  .,...,...,...  .,...,...,...
  2.5                                              APPROPRIATIONS 
  2.6                                          Available for the Year 
  2.7                                              Ending June 30 
  2.8                                             1996         1997 
  2.9   Sec. 2.  TRANSPORTATION 
  2.10  Subdivision 1.  Total 
  2.11  Appropriation             ...,...  .,...,...,...  .,...,...,...
  2.12  The appropriations in this section are 
  2.13  from the trunk highway fund, except 
  2.14  when another fund is named. 
  2.15                Summary by Fund
  2.16  General              ..,...,...     .,...,...
  2.17  Airports   ...,...   ..,...,...    ..,...,...
  2.18  C.S.A.H.            ...,...,...   ...,...,...
  2.19  M.S.A.S.             ..,...,...    ..,...,...
  2.20  Trunk Highway       ...,...,...   ...,...,...
  2.21  The amounts that may be spent from this 
  2.22  appropriation for each program are 
  2.23  specified in the following subdivisions.
  2.24  Subd. 2.  Aeronautics     ...,...     ..,...,...     ..,...,...
  2.25  This appropriation is from the state 
  2.26  airports fund.  
  2.27  The amounts that may be spent from this 
  2.28  appropriation for each activity are as 
  2.29  follows:  
  2.30  (a) Airport Development and Assistance 
  2.31     1995       1996           1997
  2.32    ...,...  ..,...,...     ..,...,...
  2.33  $.,...,... the first year and 
  2.34  $.,...,... the second year are for 
  2.35  navigational aids.  
  2.36  $.,...,... the first year and 
  2.37  $.,...,... the second year are for 
  2.38  airport construction grants.  
  2.39  $.,...,... the first year and 
  2.40  $.,...,... the second year are for 
  2.41  airport maintenance grants. 
  2.42  If the appropriation for either year 
  2.43  for navigational aids, airport 
  2.44  construction grants, or airport 
  2.45  maintenance grants is insufficient, the 
  2.46  appropriation for the other year is 
  2.47  available for it.  The appropriations 
  3.1   for construction grants and maintenance 
  3.2   grants may be spent only for 
  3.3   grant-in-aid programs for airports that 
  3.4   are not state owned. 
  3.5   These appropriations must be spent in 
  3.6   accordance with Minnesota Statutes, 
  3.7   section 360.305, subdivision 4. 
  3.8   The commissioner of transportation may 
  3.9   transfer unencumbered balances among 
  3.10  the appropriations for airport 
  3.11  development and assistance with the 
  3.12  approval of the governor after 
  3.13  consultation with the legislative 
  3.14  advisory commission.  
  3.15  $..,... the first year and $12,000 the 
  3.16  second year are for maintenance of the 
  3.17  Pine Creek Airport.  
  3.18  $..,... the first year and $90,000 the 
  3.19  second year are for air service grants. 
  3.20  (b) Aviation Support 
  3.21       .,...,...      .,...,...
  3.22  $..,... the first year and $..,... the 
  3.23  second year are for the civil air 
  3.24  patrol. 
  3.25  $..,... the first year and $..,... the 
  3.26  second year are for the advisory 
  3.27  council on metropolitan airport 
  3.28  planning.  The commissioner of 
  3.29  transportation shall transfer these 
  3.30  funds to the legislative coordinating 
  3.31  commission by July 15 of each year. 
  3.32  (c) Air Transportation Services 
  3.33          ..,...         ..,...
  3.34  This appropriation is from the state 
  3.35  airports fund. 
  3.36  Subd. 3.  Transit                    ..,...,...     ..,...,...
  3.37                Summary by Fund
  3.38  General              ..,...,...     ..,...,...
  3.39  Trunk Highway           ...,...        ...,...
  3.40  The amounts that may be spent from this 
  3.41  appropriation for each activity are as 
  3.42  follows:  
  3.43  (a) Greater Minnesota Transit
  3.44  Assistance 
  3.45      ..,...,...    ..,...,...
  3.46  This appropriation is from the general 
  3.47  fund.  
  3.48  (b) Transit Administration   
  3.49         ...,...       ...,...
  4.1                 Summary by Fund
  4.2   General                 ...,...       ...,...
  4.3   Trunk Highway           ...,...       ...,... 
  4.4   Subd. 4.  Railroads and Waterways  
  4.5        .,...,...      .,...,...
  4.6                 Summary by Fund
  4.7   General                 ...,...       ...,...
  4.8   Trunk Highway           ...,...       ...,... 
  4.9   Subd. 5.  Motor Carrier Regulation
  4.10       .,...,...      .,...,...
  4.11                Summary by Fund
  4.12  General                 ...,...        ...,...
  4.13  Trunk Highway         .,...,...      .,...,...
  4.14  Subd. 6.  Local Roads        
  4.15     ...,...,...    ...,...,...
  4.16                Summary by Fund
  4.17  C.S.A.H.            ...,...,...   ...,...,...
  4.18  M.S.A.S.             ..,...,...    ..,...,...
  4.19  The amounts that may be spent from this 
  4.20  appropriation for each activity are as 
  4.21  follows:  
  4.22  (a) County State Aids 
  4.23     ...,...,...    ...,...,...
  4.24  This appropriation is from the county 
  4.25  state-aid highway fund and is available 
  4.26  until spent.  
  4.27  (b) Municipal State Aids 
  4.28      ..,...,...    ..,...,...
  4.29  This appropriation is from the 
  4.30  municipal state-aid street fund and is 
  4.31  available until spent.  
  4.32  If an appropriation for either county 
  4.33  state aids or municipal state aids does 
  4.34  not exhaust the balance in the fund 
  4.35  from which it is made in the year for 
  4.36  which it is made, the commissioner of 
  4.37  finance, upon request of the 
  4.38  commissioner of transportation, shall 
  4.39  notify the committee on finance of the 
  4.40  senate and the committee on ways and 
  4.41  means of the house of representatives 
  4.42  of the amount of the remainder and 
  4.43  shall then add that amount to the 
  4.44  appropriation.  The amount added is 
  4.45  appropriated for the purposes of county 
  4.46  state aids or municipal state aids, as 
  5.1   appropriate.  
  5.2   (c) State Aid Technical Assistance 
  5.3        .,...,...      .,...,...
  5.4                 Summary by Fund
  5.5   C.S.A.H.              .,...,...     .,...,...
  5.6   M.S.A.S.              .,...,...     .,...,...
  5.7   Subd. 7.  State Road Construction    ...,...,...    ...,...,...
  5.8   Trunk Highway       ...,...,...   ...,...,... 
  5.9   The amounts that may be spent from this 
  5.10  appropriation for each activity are as 
  5.11  follows:  
  5.12  (a) State Road Construction 
  5.13     ...,...,...    ...,...,...
  5.14  It is estimated that the appropriation 
  5.15  from the trunk highway fund will be 
  5.16  funded as follows:  
  5.17  Federal Highway Aid 
  5.18     ...,...,...    ...,...,...
  5.19  Highway User Taxes 
  5.20     ...,...,...    ...,...,...
  5.21  The commissioner of transportation 
  5.22  shall notify the chair of the committee 
  5.23  on finance of the senate and chair of 
  5.24  the committee on ways and means of the 
  5.25  house of representatives quarterly of 
  5.26  any events that should cause these 
  5.27  estimates to change. 
  5.28  This appropriation is for the actual 
  5.29  construction, reconstruction, and 
  5.30  improvement of trunk highways.  This 
  5.31  includes the cost of actual payment to 
  5.32  landowners for lands acquired for 
  5.33  highway right-of-way, payment to 
  5.34  lessees, interest subsidies, and 
  5.35  relocation expenses.  
  5.36  (b) Highway Debt Service 
  5.37      ..,...,...     ..,...,...
  5.38  $..,...,... the first year and 
  5.39  $.,...,... the second year are for 
  5.40  transfer to the state bond fund. 
  5.41  If this appropriation is insufficient 
  5.42  to make all transfers required in the 
  5.43  year for which it is made, the 
  5.44  commissioner of finance shall notify 
  5.45  the committee on finance of the senate 
  5.46  and the committee on ways and means of 
  5.47  the house of representatives of the 
  5.48  amount of the deficiency and shall then 
  5.49  transfer that amount under the 
  5.50  statutory open appropriation.  
  6.1   Any excess appropriation must be 
  6.2   canceled to the trunk highway fund. 
  6.3   (c) Research and Investment Management 
  6.4       ..,...,...     ..,...,...
  6.5   $...,... the first year and $...,... 
  6.6   the second year are available for 
  6.7   grants for transportation studies 
  6.8   outside the metropolitan area for 
  6.9   transportation studies to identify 
  6.10  critical concerns, problems, and 
  6.11  issues.  These grants are available to 
  6.12  (1) regional development commissions, 
  6.13  and (2) in regions where no regional 
  6.14  development commission is functioning, 
  6.15  joint-powers boards established under 
  6.16  agreement of two or more political 
  6.17  subdivisions in the region to exercise 
  6.18  the planning functions of a regional 
  6.19  development commission. 
  6.20  $...,... the first year and $...,... 
  6.21  the second year are available for 
  6.22  grants to metropolitan planning 
  6.23  organizations outside the seven-county 
  6.24  metropolitan area. 
  6.25  $..,... the first year and $..,... the 
  6.26  second year are for a transportation 
  6.27  research contingent account to finance 
  6.28  research projects that are reimbursable 
  6.29  from the federal government or from 
  6.30  other sources.  If the appropriation 
  6.31  for either year is insufficient, the 
  6.32  appropriation for the other year is 
  6.33  available for it. 
  6.34  (d) Design Engineering
  6.35      ..,...,...     ..,...,...
  6.36  Of these appropriations, $.,...,... the 
  6.37  first year and $.,...,... the second 
  6.38  year are for equipment.  If the 
  6.39  appropriation for either year is 
  6.40  insufficient, the appropriation for the 
  6.41  other year is available for it. 
  6.42                Summary by Fund
  6.43  General                  ..,...        ..,...
  6.44  Trunk Highway        ..,...,...    ..,...,... 
  6.45  Of these appropriations, no more than 
  6.46  $..,...,... the first year and 
  6.47  $..,...,... the second year, may be 
  6.48  used for design engineering 
  6.49  expenses/contractual services. 
  6.50  (e) Construction Engineering
  6.51      ..,...,...     ..,...,...
  6.52  Of these appropriations, no more than 
  6.53  $...,... the first year and $...,... 
  6.54  the second year may be used for 
  6.55  construction engineering 
  6.56  expenses/contractual services. 
  7.1   Subd. 8.  State Road Operations      ...,...,...    ...,...,...
  7.2                 Summary by Fund
  7.3   Trunk Highway       ...,...,...   ...,...,...
  7.4   General                   .,...         .,...
  7.5   (a) State Road Operations
  7.6      ...,...,...    ...,...,...
  7.7   $..,...,... the first year and 
  7.8   $..,...,... the second year are for 
  7.9   equipment.  If the appropriation for 
  7.10  either year is insufficient, the 
  7.11  appropriation for the other year is 
  7.12  available for it. 
  7.13  (b) Electronic Communications
  7.14       .,...,...      .,...,...
  7.15                Summary by Fund
  7.16  General                   .,...         .,...
  7.17  Trunk Highway         .,...,...     .,...,...
  7.18  $.,... the first year and $.,... the 
  7.19  second year are from the general fund 
  7.20  for equipment and operation of the 
  7.21  Roosevelt signal tower for Lake of the 
  7.22  Woods weather broadcasting. 
  7.23  Subd. 9.  General Administration      ..,...,...     ..,...,...
  7.24                Summary by Fund
  7.25  General                  ..,...        ..,...
  7.26  Airports                 ..,...        ..,... 
  7.27  Trunk Highway        ..,...,...    ..,...,...
  7.28  The amounts that may be spent from this 
  7.29  appropriation for each activity are as 
  7.30  follows:  
  7.31  (a) General Management       
  7.32      ..,...,...     ..,...,...
  7.33  (b) General Services 
  7.34      ..,...,...     ..,...,...
  7.35                Summary by Fund
  7.36  General                  ..,...        ..,...
  7.37  Airports                 ..,...        ..,... 
  7.38  Trunk Highway        ..,...,...    ..,...,... 
  7.39  $.,...,... the first year and 
  7.40  $.,...,... the second year are for data 
  7.41  processing development.  If the 
  7.42  appropriation for either year is 
  7.43  insufficient, the appropriation for the 
  7.44  other year is available for it. 
  8.1   The commissioner of transportation 
  8.2   shall manage the department of 
  8.3   transportation in such a manner as to 
  8.4   provide seasonal employees of the 
  8.5   department with the maximum feasible 
  8.6   amount of employment security 
  8.7   consistent with the efficient delivery 
  8.8   of department programs. 
  8.9   Subd. 10.  Transfers
  8.10  The commissioner of transportation with 
  8.11  the approval of the commissioner of 
  8.12  finance may transfer unencumbered 
  8.13  balances among the appropriations from 
  8.14  the trunk highway fund and the state 
  8.15  airports fund made in this section.  No 
  8.16  transfer may be made from the 
  8.17  appropriation for state road 
  8.18  construction. No transfer may be made 
  8.19  from the appropriations for debt 
  8.20  service to any other appropriation.  
  8.21  Transfers may not be made between funds.
  8.22  Transfers must be reported immediately 
  8.23  to the committee on finance of the 
  8.24  senate and the committee on ways and 
  8.25  means of the house of representatives.  
  8.26  Sec. 3.  METROPOLITAN COUNCIL TRANSIT 
  8.27  Subdivision 1.  Total 
  8.28  Appropriation                         ..,...,...     ..,...,...
  8.29  Subd. 2.  Regular Route
  8.30      ..,...,...     ..,...,... 
  8.31  Subd. 3.  Metro Mobility
  8.32      ..,...,...     ..,...,...
  8.33  The metropolitan council must not spend 
  8.34  any money for metro mobility outside 
  8.35  this appropriation. 
  8.36  Subd. 4.  Community-based
  8.37  and Agency Costs
  8.38       .,...,...      .,...,...
  8.39  Sec. 4.  TRANSPORTATION 
  8.40  REGULATION BOARD                         ...,...        
  8.41  This appropriation is from the trunk 
  8.42  highway fund. 
  8.43  Sec. 5.  PUBLIC SAFETY
  8.44  Subdivision 1.  Total 
  8.45  Appropriation             ...,...    ...,...,...    ...,...,...
  8.46                Summary by Fund
  8.47                1995      1996          1997
  8.48  General    ...,...   ..,...,...    ..,...,...
  8.49  Highway User         ..,...,...    ..,...,... 
  8.50  Special Revenue       .,...,...     .,...,... 
  9.1   Trunk Highway        ..,...,...    ..,...,... 
  9.2   Environmental            ..,...        ..,... 
  9.3   Transfers to Other 
  9.4   Direct               (.,...,...)   (.,...,...)
  9.5   The amounts that may be spent from this 
  9.6   appropriation for each program are 
  9.7   specified in the following subdivisions.
  9.8   Subd. 2.  Administration and 
  9.9   Related Services 
  9.10       .,...,...      .,...,...
  9.11                Summary by Fund
  9.12  General                 ...,...       ...,...
  9.13  Highway User             ..,...        ..,... 
  9.14  Trunk Highway         .,...,...     .,...,... 
  9.15  $...,... the first year and $...,... 
  9.16  the second year are for payment of 
  9.17  public safety officer survivor benefits 
  9.18  under Minnesota Statutes, section 
  9.19  299A.44.  If the appropriation for 
  9.20  either year is insufficient, the 
  9.21  appropriation for the other year is 
  9.22  available for it. 
  9.23  Subd. 3.  State Patrol 
  9.24      ..,...,...     ..,...,... 
  9.25                Summary by Fund
  9.26  General                 ...,...       ...,...
  9.27  Highway User             ..,...        ..,...
  9.28  Trunk Highway        ..,...,...    ..,...,...
  9.29  During the biennium ending June 30, 
  9.30  1997, no more than five positions, 
  9.31  excluding the chief patrol officer, in 
  9.32  the state patrol support activity may 
  9.33  be filled by state troopers. 
  9.34  During the biennium ending June 30, 
  9.35  1997, the commissioner may purchase 
  9.36  other motor fuel when gasohol is not 
  9.37  available for the operation of state 
  9.38  patrol vehicles. 
  9.39  Subd. 4.  Driver and Vehicle Services 
  9.40      ..,...,...     ..,...,...
  9.41                Summary by Fund
  9.42  General               .,...,...     .,...,...
  9.43  Highway User         ..,...,...    ..,...,... 
  9.44  Trunk Highway        ..,...,...    ..,...,... 
  9.45  Special Revenue          ..,...        ..,... 
 10.1   The appropriation from the special 
 10.2   revenue fund is from the bicycle 
 10.3   transportation account. 
 10.4   Subd. 5.  Traffic Safety    
 10.5          ...,...        ...,...
 10.6                 Summary by Fund
 10.7   General                  ..,...        ..,...
 10.8   Trunk Highway           ...,...       ...,...
 10.9   Subd. 6.  Pipeline Safety 
 10.10         ...,...        ...,...
 10.11  This appropriation is from the pipeline 
 10.12  safety account in the special revenue 
 10.13  fund. 
 10.14  Subd. 7.  Reimbursements 
 10.15  (a) $.,...,... the first year and 
 10.16  $.,...,... the second year are 
 10.17  appropriated from the general fund for 
 10.18  transfer by the commissioner of finance 
 10.19  to the trunk highway fund on January 1, 
 10.20  1996, and January 1, 1997, 
 10.21  respectively, in order to reimburse the 
 10.22  trunk highway fund for expenses not 
 10.23  related to the fund.  These represent 
 10.24  amounts appropriated out of the trunk 
 10.25  highway fund for general fund purposes 
 10.26  in the administration and related 
 10.27  services program.  
 10.28  (b) $...,... the first year and 
 10.29  $...,... the second year are 
 10.30  appropriated from the highway user tax 
 10.31  distribution fund for transfer by the 
 10.32  commissioner of finance to the trunk 
 10.33  highway fund on January 1, 1996, and 
 10.34  January 1, 1997, respectively, in order 
 10.35  to reimburse the trunk highway fund for 
 10.36  expenses not related to the fund.  
 10.37  These represent amounts appropriated 
 10.38  out of the trunk highway fund for 
 10.39  highway user fund purposes in the 
 10.40  administration and related services 
 10.41  program. 
 10.42  (c) $...,... the first year and 
 10.43  $...,... the second year are 
 10.44  appropriated from the highway user tax 
 10.45  distribution fund for transfer by the 
 10.46  commissioner of finance to the general 
 10.47  fund on January 1, 1996, and January 1, 
 10.48  1997, respectively, in order to 
 10.49  reimburse the general fund for expenses 
 10.50  not related to the fund.  These 
 10.51  represent amounts appropriated out of 
 10.52  the general fund for operation of the 
 10.53  criminal justice data network related 
 10.54  to driver and motor vehicle licensing. 
 10.55  Sec. 6.  SUPREME COURT                .,...,...        ...,...
 10.56  This appropriation is from the general 
 10.57  fund for the following purposes: 
 11.1   $...,... the first year and $..,... the 
 11.3   second year are for the statewide 
 11.4   juvenile criminal history system, 
 11.5   extended juvenile justice data, 
 11.6   statewide misdemeanor system, and the 
 11.7   tracking system for domestic abuse 
 11.8   orders for protection. 
 11.9   $..,... the first year and $..,... the 
 11.10  second year are to administer the 
 11.11  statewide criminal and juvenile justice 
 11.12  community model including salary 
 11.13  expenses. 
 11.14  $...,... the first year is to implement 
 11.15  the electronic livescan/cardscan 
 11.16  fingerprint technology for the 
 11.17  statewide arrest/booking locations in 
 11.18  accordance with the Minnesota criminal 
 11.19  and juvenile justice task force 
 11.20  recommendations. 
 11.21  Sec. 7.  MINNESOTA SAFETY  
 11.22  COUNCIL                                   ..,...        ..,...
 11.23  This appropriation is from the trunk 
 11.24  highway fund. 
 11.25  Sec. 8.  GENERAL CONTINGENT 
 11.26  ACCOUNTS                                 ...,...       ...,...
 11.27  The appropriations in this section may 
 11.28  only be spent with the approval of the 
 11.29  governor after consultation with the 
 11.30  legislative advisory commission 
 11.31  pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 
 11.32  3.30. 
 11.33  If an appropriation in this section for 
 11.34  either year is insufficient, the 
 11.35  appropriation for the other year is 
 11.36  available for it.  
 11.37                Summary by Fund
 11.38  Trunk Highway Fund  
 11.39         ...,...        ...,...
 11.40  Highway User Tax Distribution Fund 
 11.41         ...,...        ...,...
 11.42  State Airports Fund 
 11.43          ..,...         ..,...
 11.44  Sec. 9.  TORT CLAIMS                    ...,...        ...,...
 11.45  To be spent by the commissioner of 
 11.46  finance.  
 11.47  This appropriation is from the trunk 
 11.48  highway fund. 
 11.49  If the appropriation for either year is 
 11.50  insufficient, the appropriation for the 
 11.51  other year is available for it. 
 11.52     Sec. 10.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 611A.57, is 
 12.1   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 12.2      Subd. 3a.  [TIMING OF GRANTS; LIMIT.] The board shall, to 
 12.3   the extent possible, schedule the award of grants so that its 
 12.4   annual appropriation becomes obligated in equal monthly 
 12.5   increments.  The total amount awarded must not exceed the amount 
 12.6   appropriated.