1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transit; establishing requirements governing transit guideway funding;
1.3 	proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 473.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. [473.4487] COUNTY RESPONSIBILITY FOR GUIDEWAY FUNDING.
1.6 	(a) Counties must fund guideways, as defined in section 473.4485, subdivision 1, 
1.7 	paragraph (d), including current and future guideways, pursuant to the requirements in this 
1.8 	section.
1.9 	(b) A host county or counties must fund:
1.10 	(1) planning, design, engineering, construction, prerevenue operations, and other costs 
1.11 	associated with guideway development that exceed federal, state, local government, or other 
1.12 	funds dedicated to the guideway. This requirement pertains to all costs associated with 
1.13 	guideway development, including associated costs not eligible for federal funding;
1.14 	(2) operating costs of guideway services determined by the service operator to be 
1.15 	necessary to meet reasonable standards for access, safety, and reliability and that exceed 
1.16 	fare revenues and federal, state, local government, or other funds dedicated to the guideway; 
1.17 	and
1.18 	(3) capital maintenance, replacement, and modernization costs determined by the operator 
1.19 	of guideway services to be necessary to meet reasonable standards for access, safety, 
1.20 	reliability, and upkeep of the guideway and that exceed federal, state, local government, or 
1.21 	other funds dedicated to the guideway.
2.1 	(c) For purposes of this section, "host county or counties" means those counties where 
2.2 	the guideway is located.
2.3 	(d) The distribution of costs among host counties must be delineated through a 
2.4 	proportional methodology agreed to by the host counties.