1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to local government; transportation; requiring temporary halt to public 
1.3 	transit in metropolitan area during a public health emergency.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. TEMPORARY HALT TO PUBLIC TRANSIT.
 1.6 	(a) The Metropolitan Council shall temporarily halt regular route transit, as defined 
1.7 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 473.385, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), in the metropolitan 
1.8 	transit area to curb the spread of the infectious disease known as COVID-19 during the 
1.9 	peacetime public health emergency.
1.10 	(b) For purposes of this section, "peacetime public health emergency" means any 
1.11 	peacetime emergency declared by the governor in an executive order that relates to the 
1.12 	infectious disease known as COVID-19.

1.13 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.