1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; requiring the Department of Transportation to adopt a 
1.3 	pavement use policy; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
1.4 	174.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [174.1855] PAVEMENT USE POLICY.
1.7 	(a) The department must adopt a policy that requires balanced use of asphalt and concrete 
1.8 	pavement surfaces for every project designed, administered, or let for bid by the department 
1.9 	for the following project types under the statewide transportation improvement program: 
1.10 	major construction, reconstruction, reconditioning, resurfacing, roadway repair, safety 
1.11 	capacity, and the highway safety improvement program.
1.12 	(b) For the purposes of this section, "balanced" means that of the total dollars spent on 
1.13 	projects under paragraph (a), 50 percent is expended on asphalt pavement and 50 percent 
1.14 	is expended on concrete pavement.

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