1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; modifying source of funding for required post-COVID 
1.3 	transportation study;amending Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 5, article 
1.4 	4, section 143.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 5, article 4, section 143, is amended 
1.7 	to read:
1.8 	Sec. 143. STUDY ON POST-COVID PANDEMIC PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
 1.9 	(a) ~~From funds specified under Minnesota Statutes, section 161.53, paragraph (b), the~~ 
1.10 	~~commissioner of transportation~~ Using existing resources, the Metropolitan Council must 
1.11 	arrange and pay for a study by the Center for Transportation Studies at the University of 
1.12 	Minnesota that examines public transportation after the COVID-19 pandemic is substantially 
1.13 	curtailed in the United States. At a minimum, the study must:
1.14 	(1) focus primarily on transit service for commuters in the metropolitan area, as defined 
1.15 	in Minnesota Statutes, section 473.121, subdivision 2;
1.16 	(2) specifically review Northstar Commuter Rail and commuter-oriented transit service 
1.17 	by the Metropolitan Council and by the suburban transit providers; and
1.18 	(3) provide analysis and projections on anticipated changes in:
1.19 	(i) ridership;
1.20 	(ii) demand for different modes and forms of active and public transportation;
1.21 	(iii) transit service levels and features;
2.1 	(iv) revenue and expenditures; and
2.2 	(v) long-term impacts.
2.3 	(b) By February 1, 2023, the ~~commissioner~~ chair of the Metropolitan Council must 
2.4 	provide a copy of the study to the members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction 
2.5 	over transportation policy and finance.