1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; providing contingent appropriation for highway safety 
1.3 	rest areas; appropriating money;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota 
1.4 	Statutes, chapter 160.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [160.2751] CONTINGENT APPROPRIATION TO FUND ONGOING 
1.7 	OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE.
1.8 	If, before July 1 of an odd-numbered year, legislation is not enacted to appropriate 
1.9 	money to the commissioner of transportation for state roads operations and maintenance 
1.10 	in the next fiscal year, an amount equal to the expenditures in the previous fiscal year 
1.11 	for operation and maintenance of the state highway rest area system is appropriated 
1.12 	from the trunk highway fund to the commissioner of transportation for operation and 
1.13 	maintenance of state highway safety rest areas, including costs of employees needed to 
1.14 	carry out these functions. The commissioner of management and budget shall ensure that 
1.15 	the commissioner of transportation is able to access money under this appropriation.