1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to local government; providing that the state shall indemnify Ramsey 
1.3 	County and Ramsey County Regional Railroad Authority for excess liability 
1.4 	resulting from rail-related incidents occurring at Union Depot in the city of St. 
1.5 	Paul;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 383A.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. [383A.51] RAILROAD MONEY.
1.8 	(a) Provided that Ramsey County and the Ramsey County Regional Railroad Authority, 
1.9 	together or separately, procure and maintain insurance to cover a total amount of no less 
1.10 	than $50,000,000 in liability arising from rail-related incidents occurring at Union Depot 
1.11 	in the city of St. Paul, the state shall, after applying all applicable insurance proceeds paid 
1.12 	on behalf of Ramsey County and the Ramsey County Regional Railroad Authority, indemnify 
1.13 	Ramsey County and the Ramsey County Regional Railroad Authority for any excess liability 
1.14 	arising from rail-related incidents occurring at Union Depot in the city of St. Paul up to the 
1.15 	amount of the damages limitation established under United States Code, title 49, section 
1.16 	28103(a)(2), as indexed under Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act, Public Law 
1.17 	114-94, section 11415.
1.18 	(b) Insurance procured by Ramsey County and the Ramsey County Regional Railroad 
1.19 	Authority under paragraph (a) does not constitute a waiver of the liability limits under 
1.20 	sections 466.04 and 466.06.

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