1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; eliminating a sunset on requirements for certain regional 
1.3 	allocation of motor vehicle sales tax revenue to replacement service providers; 
1.4 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 473.388, subdivision 4a.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 473.388, subdivision 4a, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 4a.Financial assistance; regional allocation. (a) In addition to the assistance 
1.8 	under subdivision 4, paragraph (c), ~~for fiscal years 2018 and 2019~~ the council must annually 
1.9 	provide financial assistance through regional allocation to replacement service municipalities. 
1.10 	The amount of financial assistance under this paragraph must equal at least 0.35 percent of 
1.11 	the total state revenues generated from the taxes imposed under chapter 297B for the current 
1.12 	fiscal year.
1.13 	(b) The council must establish a process to regionally allocate financial assistance under 
1.14 	this subdivision. At a minimum, the council must:
1.15 	(1) adopt and implement a regional allocation policy that specifies funding priorities, 
1.16 	identifies decision-making procedures, and establishes criteria to determine the amount 
1.17 	allocated to a replacement service municipality; and
1.18 	(2) ensure transparency and stakeholder input, which must include publishing on the 
1.19 	council's website the policy adopted under clause (1), a summary of the regional allocation 
1.20 	process, and financial information on the allocations.
1.21 	(c) The regional allocation policy may specify eligibility requirements based on a 
1.22 	replacement service municipality's transit service operating reserves.
2.1 	(d) The council must provide financial assistance under this subdivision using funds 
2.2 	appropriated to the council from the metropolitan area transit account in the transit assistance 
2.3 	fund.

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