1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; allowing state funds to be used for light rail operating 
1.3 	and capital maintenance costs;amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 
1.4 	473.4051, subdivision 2.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 473.4051, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 2.Operating costs. ~~(a)~~ After operating revenue and federal money have been 
1.8 	used to pay for light rail transit operations, 50 percent of the remaining operating costs must 
1.9 	be paid by the state.
1.10 	~~(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), all operating and ongoing capital maintenance costs~~ 
1.11 	~~must be paid from nonstate sources for a segment of a light rail transit line or line extension~~ 
1.12 	~~project that formally entered the engineering phase of the Federal Transit Administration's~~ 
1.13 	~~"New Starts" capital investment grant program between August 1, 2016, and December 31,~~ 
1.14 	~~2016.~~