1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to metropolitan government; requiring the Metropolitan Council to 
1.3 	include the Penn Avenue North bus rapid transit corridor in the transit capital 
1.4 	improvement program. 
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. PENN AVENUE NORTH BRT.
 1.7 	The Metropolitan Council's transit capital improvement program must include 
1.8 	funding for preliminary and final design, engineering, and construction of infrastructure 
1.9 	improvements for bus rapid transit along Penn Avenue North in the city of Minneapolis.

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