1.1    .................... moves to amend H. F. No. 1920 as follows:
1.2Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:

1.3    "Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 161.04, is amended by adding a
1.4subdivision to read:
1.5    Subd. 5. Highway spending in metropolitan transportation area. In any year
1.6during which taxes authorized in section 297A.992, subdivision 2, are imposed, and
1.7exclusive of the expenditure of these revenues, the percentage of total trunk highway fund
1.8expenditures attributable to projects in the metropolitan transportation area, within the
1.9meaning of section 297A.992, subdivision 1, may not decrease more than two percentage
1.10points from the average of the previous five years of trunk highway fund metropolitan
1.11transportation area expenditures.

1.12    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 297A.94, is amended to read:
1.13297A.94 DEPOSIT OF REVENUES.
1.14    (a) Except as provided in this section, the commissioner shall deposit the revenues,
1.15including interest and penalties, derived from the taxes imposed by this chapter in the state
1.16treasury and credit them to the general fund.
1.17    (b) The commissioner shall deposit taxes in the Minnesota agricultural and economic
1.18account in the special revenue fund if:
1.19    (1) the taxes are derived from sales and use of property and services purchased for
1.20the construction and operation of an agricultural resource project; and
1.21    (2) the purchase was made on or after the date on which a conditional commitment
1.22was made for a loan guaranty for the project under section 41A.04, subdivision 3.
1.23The commissioner of finance shall certify to the commissioner the date on which the
1.24project received the conditional commitment. The amount deposited in the loan guaranty
1.25account must be reduced by any refunds and by the costs incurred by the Department of
1.26Revenue to administer and enforce the assessment and collection of the taxes.
2.1    (c) The commissioner shall deposit the revenues, including interest and penalties,
2.2derived from the taxes imposed on sales and purchases included in section 297A.61,
2.3subdivision 3 , paragraph (g), clauses (1) and (4), in the state treasury, and credit them
2.4as follows:
2.5    (1) first to the general obligation special tax bond debt service account in each fiscal
2.6year the amount required by section 16A.661, subdivision 3, paragraph (b); and
2.7    (2) after the requirements of clause (1) have been met, the balance to the general
2.8fund.
2.9    (d) The commissioner shall deposit the revenues, including interest and penalties,
2.10collected under section 297A.64, subdivision 5, in the state treasury and credit them to the
2.11general fund. By July 15 of each year the commissioner shall transfer to the highway user
2.12tax distribution fund an amount equal to the excess fees collected under section 297A.64,
2.13subdivision 5 , for the previous calendar year.
2.14    (e) For fiscal year 2001, 97 percent; for fiscal years 2002 and 2003, 87 percent; and
2.15for fiscal year 2004 and thereafter, 72.43 percent of the revenues, including interest and
2.16penalties, transmitted to the commissioner under section 297A.65, must be deposited by
2.17the commissioner in the state treasury as follows:
2.18    (1) 50 percent of the receipts must be deposited in the heritage enhancement account
2.19in the game and fish fund, and may be spent only on activities that improve, enhance, or
2.20protect fish and wildlife resources, including conservation, restoration, and enhancement
2.21of land, water, and other natural resources of the state;
2.22    (2) 22.5 percent of the receipts must be deposited in the natural resources fund, and
2.23may be spent only for state parks and trails;
2.24    (3) 22.5 percent of the receipts must be deposited in the natural resources fund, and
2.25may be spent only on metropolitan park and trail grants;
2.26    (4) three percent of the receipts must be deposited in the natural resources fund, and
2.27may be spent only on local trail grants; and
2.28    (5) two percent of the receipts must be deposited in the natural resources fund,
2.29and may be spent only for the Minnesota Zoological Garden, the Como Park Zoo and
2.30Conservatory, and the Duluth Zoo.
2.31    (f) The revenue dedicated under paragraph (e) may not be used as a substitute
2.32for traditional sources of funding for the purposes specified, but the dedicated revenue
2.33shall supplement traditional sources of funding for those purposes. Land acquired with
2.34money deposited in the game and fish fund under paragraph (e) must be open to public
2.35hunting and fishing during the open season, except that in aquatic management areas or
2.36on lands where angling easements have been acquired, fishing may be prohibited during
3.1certain times of the year and hunting may be prohibited. At least 87 percent of the money
3.2deposited in the game and fish fund for improvement, enhancement, or protection of fish
3.3and wildlife resources under paragraph (e) must be allocated for field operations.
3.4    (g) The revenues, including interest and penalties, collected under sections 297A.992
3.5and 297A.993 must be deposited by the commissioner as provided for in those sections.

3.6    Sec. 3. [297A.992] METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION SALES AND USE
3.7TAX.
3.8    Subdivision 1. Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms have
3.9the meanings given them:
3.10    (1) "metropolitan transportation area" means the counties of Anoka, Dakota,
3.11Hennepin, Ramsey, and Washington, and any adjacent county that is declared by resolution
3.12of its county board to be a part of the metropolitan transportation area;
3.13    (2) "eligible county" means any county that is adjacent to the counties of Anoka,
3.14Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, and Washington; and
3.15    (3) "Joint powers board" means the Metropolitan Transportation Area Joint Powers
3.16Board.
3.17    Subd. 2. Authorization; rates. (a) Notwithstanding sections 297A.99, subdivisions
3.181, 2, 3, 5, and 13; 477A.016; or any other law, the joint powers board created under
3.19this section may impose a transportation sales and use tax within the metropolitan
3.20transportation area, at a rate of one-half of one percent on retail sales and uses taxable
3.21under this chapter, and may impose an excise tax on the sale of new motor vehicles, at the
3.22rate of $20 per vehicle, occurring within the jurisdiction of the taxing authority, to fund
3.23transportation improvements, as provided in this section.
3.24    (b) The tax imposed under this section is not included in determining if the total tax
3.25on lodging in the city of Minneapolis exceeds the maximum allowed tax under Laws 1986,
3.26chapter 396, section 5, as amended by Laws 2001, First Special Session chapter 5, article
3.2712, section 87, or in determining a tax that may be imposed under any other limitations.
3.28    Subd. 3. Joint powers board. (a) Before imposing the taxes authorized under
3.29subdivision 2, all of the counties in the metropolitan transportation area shall enter into
3.30a joint powers agreement to create the joint powers board. A joint powers agreement
3.31under this section:
3.32    (1) must provide a process and timeline that allows an eligible county, by resolution
3.33of its county board, to join the joint powers board and impose the taxes authorized under
3.34subdivision 2;
4.1    (2) may provide for withdrawal of participating counties before final termination of
4.2the agreement; and
4.3    (3) may provide for a weighted-voting system for joint powers board decisions.
4.4    (b) The joint powers board must consist of one representative of each county
4.5appointed by its county board. The joint powers board has the powers and duties provided
4.6in this section and in section 471.59.
4.7(c) The joint powers board shall maximize the availability and use of federal funds in
4.8projects funded under this section. The joint powers board may not utilize proceeds of the
4.9taxes imposed, or proceeds of bonds or other obligations issued, to reimburse counties for
4.10ordinary administrative expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of this section.
4.11(d) After the deductions allowed in section 297A.99, subdivision 11, the
4.12commissioner of revenue shall remit the proceeds of the taxes imposed under this section
4.13to the joint powers board.
4.14    Subd. 4. Grants for transportation projects. (a) The joint powers board
4.15shall by resolution, and in consultation with one elected city official from each county
4.16in the metropolitan transportation area appointed by the Association of Metropolitan
4.17Municipalities, establish a grant application process and define objective criteria for the
4.18award of grants.
4.19    (b) Grant applications must be submitted in a form prescribed by the joint powers
4.20board. An applicant must provide, in addition to all other information required by the joint
4.21powers board, the estimated cost of the project; the amount of the grant sought; possible
4.22sources of funding in addition to the grant sought; and, identification of any federal funds
4.23that will be utilized if the grant is awarded.
4.24    (c) Grants must be funded by the proceeds of the taxes imposed under this section, or
4.25bonds or other obligations issued by the joint powers board. Grant awards must be made
4.26annually by July 1 and funded in the next calendar year.
4.27    Subd. 5. Use of grant awards. (a) The joint powers board may only award grants to
4.28the state and political subdivisions, for the following purposes:
4.29    (1) construction or reconstruction of trunk highways or local roads of regional
4.30significance;
4.31    (2) capital improvements to transit ways;
4.32    (3) feasibility studies, planning, alternatives analyses, environmental studies,
4.33engineering, and construction of transit ways; and
4.34    (4) after December 31, 2012, operating assistance for transit ways.
5.1    Subd. 6 Administration, collection, enforcement. The administration, collection,
5.2and enforcement provisions in section 297A.99, subdivisions 4 and 6 to 12, apply to all
5.3taxes imposed under this section.
5.4    Subd. 7. Report. In each year in which the taxes authorized in this section are
5.5imposed, the joint powers board shall report by February 1 to the house of representatives
5.6and senate committees having jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance
5.7concerning the revenues received and grants awarded.

5.8    Sec. 4. [297A.993] GREATER MINNESOTA TRANSPORTATION SALES AND
5.9USE TAX.
5.10    Subdivision 1. Authorization; rates. Notwithstanding sections 297A.99,
5.11subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 5, and 13; 477A.016; or any other law, the board of a county outside
5.12the metropolitan transportation area, as defined under section 297A.992, subdivision 1, or
5.13more than one county outside the metropolitan transportation area acting under a joint
5.14powers agreement, may impose a transportation sales tax at a rate of one-half of one
5.15percent on retail sales and uses taxable under this chapter, and may impose an excise tax
5.16on the sale of new motor vehicles, at the rate of $20 per vehicle, occurring within the
5.17jurisdiction of the taxing authority.
5.18    Subd. 2. Allocation; termination. The proceeds of the tax must be dedicated
5.19exclusively to payment of the cost of a specific transportation project or improvement.
5.20The transportation project or improvement must be designated by the board of the county,
5.21or more than one county acting under a joint powers agreement. The tax must terminate
5.22after the project or improvement has been completed.
5.23    Subd. 3. Administration, collection, enforcement. The administration, collection,
5.24and enforcement provisions in section 297A.99, subdivisions 4 and 6 to 12, apply to all
5.25taxes imposed under this section.

5.26    Sec. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.
5.27    This bill is effective for sales made on and after January 1, 2008."
5.28Amend the title accordingly