1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; extending a 2020 appropriation for project development 
1.3 	on the trunk highway system and related bond sale authorization;amending Laws 
1.4 	2020, Fifth Special Session chapter 3, article 2, section 2, subdivision 3.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Laws 2020, Fifth Special Session chapter 3, article 2, section 2, subdivision 3, 
1.7 	is amended to read:

1.8	Subd. 3.Project Development
 				25,000,000
	
1.9 	From the bond proceeds account in the trunk 
1.10 	highway fund for environmental analysis, 
1.11 	predesign, design and engineering and 
1.12 	right-of-way acquisition for regional and 
1.13 	community investment priority projects on the 
1.14 	trunk highway system identified in the State 
1.15 	Highway Investment Plan to prepare the 
1.16 	projects for construction and application for 
1.17 	federal grants or other funding opportunities. 
1.18 	In consultation with the commissioner of 
1.19 	Minnesota Management and Budget, the 
1.20 	commissioner of transportation is authorized 
1.21 	to use funds from this appropriation on 
1.22 	existing bond-eligible trunk highway projects 
1.23 	within the State Transportation Improvement 
2.1 	Program. Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
2.2 	section 16A.642, the bond sale authorization 
2.3 	and appropriation of bond proceeds for the 
2.4 	projects in this subdivision are available until 
2.5 	December 31, 2028.