1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 1444 as follows:
1.2Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:

1.3"ARTICLE 1
1.4APPROPRIATIONS

1.5
 Section 1. TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS.
1.6The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to
1.7the agencies and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from
1.8the trunk highway fund, or another named fund, and are available for the fiscal years
1.9indicated for each purpose. The figures "2014" and "2015" used in this article mean that
1.10the appropriations listed under them are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014,
1.11or June 30, 2015, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2014. "The second year" is
1.12fiscal year 2015. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2014 and 2015. Appropriations for the
1.13fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, are effective the day following final enactment.
1.14
 APPROPRIATIONS
1.15
 Available for the Year
1.16
 Ending June 30
1.17
 2014
 2015

1.18
 Sec. 2. SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS.
1.19The amounts shown in this section summarize direct appropriations, by fund, made
1.20in this article.
1.21
 2014
 2015
 Total
1.22
 General
 $
 104,136,000
 $
 102,714,000
 $
 206,850,000
1.23
 Airports
 18,959,000
 18,959,000
 37,918,000
1.24
 C.S.A.H.
 593,022,000
 603,850,000
 1,196,872,000
1.25
 M.S.A.S.
 152,173,000
 154,491,000
 306,664,000
1.26
 Special Revenue
 49,738,000
 49,959,000
 99,697,000
2.1
 H.U.T.D.
 10,406,000
 10,406,000
 20,812,000
2.2
 Trunk Highway
 1,692,846,000
 1,630,450,000
 3,323,296,000
2.3
 Total
 $
 2,621,280,000
 $
 2,570,829,000
 $
 5,192,109,000

2.4
2.5
 Sec. 3. DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION
2.6
 Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 $
 2,401,507,000
 $
 2,350,854,000
2.7
 Appropriations by Fund
2.8
 2014
 2015
2.9
 General
 29,575,000
 28,172,000
2.10
 Airports
 18,959,000
 18,959,000
2.11
 C.S.A.H.
 593,022,000
 603,850,000
2.12
 M.S.A.S
 152,173,000
 154,491,000
2.13
 Special Revenue
 2,500,000
 2,500,000
2.14
 Trunk Highway
 1,605,278,000
 1,542,882,000
2.15The amounts that may be spent for each
2.16purpose are specified in the following
2.17subdivisions.
2.18
 Subd. 2.Multimodal Systems
2.19(a) Aeronautics
2.20
 (1) Airport Development and Assistance
 13,648,000
 13,648,000
2.21This appropriation is from the state
2.22airports fund and must be spent according
2.23to Minnesota Statutes, section 360.305,
2.24subdivision 4.
2.25The base appropriation is $14,298,000 in
2.26each year for fiscal years 2016 and 2017.
2.27Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section
2.2816A.28, subdivision 6, this appropriation
2.29is available until expended. If the
2.30appropriation for either year is insufficient,
2.31the appropriation for the other year is
2.32available for it.
2.33
 (2) Aviation Support and Services
 6,123,000
 6,123,000
3.1
 Appropriations by Fund
3.2
 2014
 2015
3.3
 Airports
 5,286,000
 5,286,000
3.4
 Trunk Highway
 837,000
 837,000
3.5$65,000 in each year is from the state airports
3.6fund for the Civil Air Patrol.
3.7
 (b) Transit
 25,462,000
 25,384,000
3.8
 Appropriations by Fund
3.9
 2014
 2015
3.10
 General
 22,187,000
 22,109,000
3.11
 Special Revenue
 2,500,000
 2,500,000
3.12
 Trunk Highway
 775,000
 775,000
3.13The special revenue fund appropriation is
3.14from the vehicle services operating account.
3.15This is a onetime appropriation.
3.16The base appropriation from the general fund
3.17is $22,908,000 in each year for fiscal years
3.182016 and 2017.
3.19$100,000 in each year is from the general
3.20fund for the administrative expenses of the
3.21Minnesota Council on Transportation Access
3.22under Minnesota Statutes, section 174.285.
3.23
 (c) Safe Routes to School
 250,000
 250,000
3.24This appropriation is from the general fund
3.25for non-infrastructure activities in the safe
3.26routes to school program under Minnesota
3.27Statutes, section 174.40, subdivision 7a.
3.28
 (d) Passenger Rail
 500,000
 500,000
3.29This appropriation is from the general
3.30fund for passenger rail system planning,
3.31alternatives analysis, environmental analysis,
3.32design, and preliminary engineering under
3.33Minnesota Statutes, sections 174.632 to
3.34174.636.
4.1
 (e) Freight
 6,153,000
 5,153,000
4.2
 Appropriations by Fund
4.3
 2014
 2015
4.4
 General
 1,256,000
 256,000
4.5
 Trunk Highway
 4,897,000
 4,897,000
4.6$1,000,000 from the general fund in fiscal
4.7year 2014 is for the department's share of
4.8costs associated with soil and groundwater
4.9remediation of contaminated railroad
4.10property that has been abandoned. This is a
4.11onetime appropriation and is available until
4.12expended.
4.13
 Subd. 3.State Roads
4.14
 (a) Operations and Maintenance
 262,395,000
 262,395,000
4.15
 (b) Program Planning and Delivery Activity
4.16
 (1) Program Planning and Delivery
 207,008,000
 206,733,000
4.17
 Appropriations by Fund
4.18
 2014
 2015
4.19
 General
 175,000
 0
4.20
 Trunk Highway
 206,833,000
 206,733,000
4.21$130,000 in each year is available for
4.22administrative costs of the department's
4.23targeted group business program.
4.24$266,000 in each year is available for grants
4.25to metropolitan planning organizations
4.26outside the seven-county metropolitan area.
4.27$75,000 in each year is available for a
4.28transportation research contingent account
4.29to finance research projects that are
4.30reimbursable from the federal government or
4.31from other sources. If the appropriation for
4.32either year is insufficient, the appropriation
4.33for the other year is available for it.
5.1$75,000 in the first year from the general
5.2fund, and $100,000 in the first year from
5.3the trunk highway fund, is for a Rochester
5.4area development and transportation impacts
5.5study as specified in article 2, section 18.
5.6This is a onetime appropriation.
5.7$100,000 in the first year is from the
5.8general fund for development and initial
5.9implementation of the Corridors of
5.10Commerce program established under
5.11Minnesota Statutes, section 161.088,
5.12including but not limited to establishment
5.13of program requirements, identification and
5.14analysis of candidate projects, and legislative
5.15reporting. This is a onetime appropriation.
5.16
 (2) Transportation Research
 150,000
 150,000
5.17This appropriation is from the general fund
5.18for grants to the Humphrey School of Public
5.19Affairs at the University of Minnesota,
5.20for research on transportation policy and
5.21economic competitiveness, including but
5.22not limited to innovative transportation
5.23finance options and economic development,
5.24transportation impacts of industry clusters
5.25and freight, and transportation technology
5.26impacts on economic competitiveness.
5.27The base appropriation is $150,000 in each
5.28year for fiscal years 2016 through 2018, and
5.29$0 in each fiscal year thereafter.
5.30
 (3) Transportation Planning
 900,000
 900,000
5.31This appropriation is for grants for
5.32transportation studies outside the
5.33metropolitan area to identify critical
5.34concerns, problems, and issues. These
6.1grants are available: (i) to regional
6.2development commissions; (ii) in regions
6.3where no regional development commission
6.4is functioning, to joint powers boards
6.5established under agreement of two or
6.6more political subdivisions in the region to
6.7exercise the planning functions of a regional
6.8development commission; and (iii) in regions
6.9where no regional development commission
6.10or joint powers board is functioning, to the
6.11department's district office for that region.
6.12
 (c) State Road Construction Activity
6.13
 (1) State Road Construction
 899,400,000
 805,600,000
6.14It is estimated that these appropriations will
6.15be funded as follows:
6.16
 Appropriations by Fund
6.17
 2014
 2015
6.18
6.19
 Federal Highway
Aid
 489,200,000
 482,200,000
6.20
 Highway User Taxes
 410,200,000
 323,400,000
6.21The commissioner of transportation shall
6.22notify the chairs and ranking minority
6.23members of the legislative committees with
6.24jurisdiction over transportation finance of
6.25any significant events that should cause these
6.26estimates to change.
6.27This appropriation is for the actual
6.28construction, reconstruction, and
6.29improvement of trunk highways, including
6.30design-build contracts and consultant usage
6.31to support these activities. This includes the
6.32cost of actual payment to landowners for
6.33lands acquired for highway rights-of-way,
6.34payment to lessees, interest subsidies, and
6.35relocation expenses.
7.1The base appropriation is $668,000,000 in
7.2each year for fiscal years 2016 and 2017.
7.3The commissioner may expend up to one-half
7.4of one percent of the federal appropriations
7.5under this clause as grants to opportunity
7.6industrialization centers and other nonprofit
7.7job training centers for job training programs
7.8related to highway construction.
7.9The commissioner may transfer up to
7.10$15,000,000 each year to the transportation
7.11revolving loan fund.
7.12The commissioner may receive money
7.13covering other shares of the cost of
7.14partnership projects. These receipts are
7.15appropriated to the commissioner for these
7.16projects.
7.17
7.18
 (2) Economic Recovery Funds - Federal
Highway Aid
 1,000,000
 1,000,000
7.19This appropriation is to complete projects
7.20using funds made available to the
7.21commissioner of transportation under
7.22title XII of the American Recovery and
7.23Reinvestment Act of 2009, Public Law 111-5
7.24and implemented under Minnesota Statutes,
7.25section 161.36, subdivision 7. The base
7.26appropriation is $1,000,000 in fiscal year
7.272016, and $0 in each fiscal year thereafter.
7.28
7.29
 (3) Transportation Economic Development
(TED)
 10,000,000
 10,000,000
7.30
 Appropriations by Fund
7.31
 2014
 2015
7.32
 General
 5,000,000
 5,000,000
7.33
 Trunk Highway
 5,000,000
 5,000,000
8.1This appropriation is for the Transportation
8.2Economic Development program under
8.3Minnesota Statutes, section 174.12.
8.4
 (d) Highway Debt Service
 158,417,000
 189,821,000
8.5$148,917,000 the first year and $180,321,000
8.6the second year are for transfer to the state
8.7bond fund. If an appropriation is insufficient
8.8to make all transfers required in the year
8.9for which it is made, the commissioner of
8.10management and budget shall notify the
8.11Committee on Finance of the senate and
8.12the Committee on Ways and Means of the
8.13house of representatives of the amount of the
8.14deficiency and shall then transfer that amount
8.15under the statutory open appropriation. Any
8.16excess appropriation cancels to the trunk
8.17highway fund.
8.18
 (e) Electronic Communications
 5,171,000
 5,171,000
8.19
 Appropriations by Fund
8.20
 2014
 2015
8.21
 General
 3,000
 3,000
8.22
 Trunk Highway
 5,168,000
 5,168,000
8.23The general fund appropriation is to equip
8.24and operate the Roosevelt signal tower for
8.25Lake of the Woods weather broadcasting.
8.26
 Subd. 4.Local Roads
8.27
 (a) County State Aid Roads
 593,022,000
 603,850,000
8.28This appropriation is from the county
8.29state-aid highway fund under Minnesota
8.30Statutes, sections 161.082 to 161.085, and
8.31chapter 162, and is available until spent.
8.32If the commissioner of transportation
8.33determines that a balance remains in the
8.34county state-aid highway fund following
9.1the appropriations and transfers made in
9.2this subdivision, and that the appropriations
9.3made are insufficient for advancing county
9.4state-aid highway projects, an amount
9.5necessary to advance the projects, not to
9.6exceed the balance in the county state-aid
9.7highway fund, is appropriated in each year
9.8to the commissioner. Within two weeks
9.9of a determination under this contingent
9.10appropriation, the commissioner of
9.11transportation shall notify the commissioner
9.12of management and budget and the chairs
9.13and ranking minority members of the
9.14legislative committees with jurisdiction over
9.15transportation finance concerning funds
9.16appropriated.
9.17
 (b) Municipal State Aid Roads
 152,173,000
 154,491,000
9.18This appropriation is from the municipal
9.19state-aid street fund for the purposes under
9.20Minnesota Statutes, chapter 162, and is
9.21available until spent.
9.22If the commissioner of transportation
9.23determines that a balance remains in the
9.24municipal state-aid street fund following
9.25the appropriations made in this subdivision,
9.26and that the appropriations made are
9.27insufficient for advancing municipal state-aid
9.28street projects, an amount necessary to
9.29advance the projects, not to exceed the
9.30balance in the municipal state-aid street
9.31fund, is appropriated in each year to
9.32the commissioner. Within two weeks
9.33of a determination under this contingent
9.34appropriation, the commissioner of
9.35transportation shall notify the commissioner
10.1of management and budget and the chairs
10.2and ranking minority members of the
10.3legislative committees with jurisdiction over
10.4transportation finance concerning funds
10.5appropriated.
10.6
 Subd. 5.Agency Management
10.7
 (a) Agency Services
 41,997,000
 41,997,000
10.8
 Appropriations by Fund
10.9
 2014
 2015
10.10
 Airports
 25,000
 25,000
10.11
 Trunk Highway
 41,972,000
 41,972,000
10.12
 (b) Buildings
 17,838,000
 17,838,000
10.13
 Appropriations by Fund
10.14
 2014
 2015
10.15
 General
 54,000
 54,000
10.16
 Trunk Highway
 17,784,000
 17,784,000
10.17If the appropriation for either year is
10.18insufficient, the appropriation for the other
10.19year is available for it.
10.20
 Subd. 6.Transfers
10.21(a) With the approval of the commissioner of
10.22management and budget, the commissioner
10.23of transportation may transfer unencumbered
10.24balances among the appropriations from the
10.25trunk highway fund and the state airports
10.26fund made in this section. No transfer
10.27may be made from the appropriation for
10.28state road construction. No transfer may
10.29be made from the appropriations for debt
10.30service to any other appropriation. Transfers
10.31under this subdivision may not be made
10.32between funds. Transfers between programs
10.33must be reported immediately to the chairs
10.34and ranking minority members of the
11.1legislative committees with jurisdiction over
11.2transportation finance.
11.3(b) The commissioner shall transfer from
11.4the flexible highway account in the county
11.5state-aid highway fund: (1) $3,700,000 in
11.6the first year to the trunk highway fund; and
11.7(2) the remainder in each year to the county
11.8turnback account in the county state-aid
11.9highway fund. The funds transferred are
11.10for highway turnback purposes as provided
11.11under Minnesota Statutes, section 161.081,
11.12subdivision 3.
11.13
11.14
 Subd. 7.Previous State Road Construction
Appropriations
11.15Any money appropriated to the commissioner
11.16of transportation for state road construction
11.17for any fiscal year before the first year is
11.18available to the commissioner during the
11.19biennium to the extent that the commissioner
11.20spends the money on the state road
11.21construction project for which the money
11.22was originally encumbered during the fiscal
11.23year for which it was appropriated. The
11.24commissioner of transportation shall report to
11.25the commissioner of management and budget
11.26by August 1, 2013, and August 1, 2014, on
11.27a form the commissioner of management
11.28and budget provides, on expenditures made
11.29during the previous fiscal year that are
11.30authorized by this subdivision.
11.31
 Subd. 8.Contingent Appropriation
11.32The commissioner of transportation, with
11.33the approval of the governor and the
11.34written approval of at least five members
11.35of a group consisting of the members of
12.1the Legislative Advisory Commission
12.2under Minnesota Statutes, section 3.30,
12.3and the ranking minority members of the
12.4legislative committees with jurisdiction over
12.5transportation finance, may transfer all or
12.6part of the unappropriated balance in the
12.7trunk highway fund to an appropriation:
12.8(1) for trunk highway design, construction,
12.9or inspection in order to take advantage of
12.10an unanticipated receipt of income to the
12.11trunk highway fund or to take advantage
12.12of federal advanced construction funding;
12.13(2) for trunk highway maintenance in order
12.14to meet an emergency; or (3) to pay tort
12.15or environmental claims. Nothing in this
12.16subdivision authorizes the commissioner
12.17to increase the use of federal advanced
12.18construction funding beyond amounts
12.19specifically authorized. Any transfer as
12.20a result of the use of federal advanced
12.21construction funding must include an
12.22analysis of the effects on the long-term
12.23trunk highway fund balance. The amount
12.24transferred is appropriated for the purpose of
12.25the account to which it is transferred.

12.26
 Sec. 4. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL
 $
 64,989,000
 $
 64,970,000
12.27This appropriation is from the general fund
12.28for transit system operations under Minnesota
12.29Statutes, sections 473.371 to 473.449.
12.30$100,000 in the first year is for a transit way
12.31expansion implementation plan as specified
12.32in article 2, section 19. This is a onetime
12.33appropriation.

12.34
 Sec. 5. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
13.1
 Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 $
 156,654,000
 $
 156,875,000
13.2
 Appropriations by Fund
13.3
 2014
 2015
13.4
 General
 9,542,000
 9,542,000
13.5
 Special Revenue
49,738,000
 49,959,000
13.6
 H.U.T.D.
 10,406,000
 10,406,000
13.7
 Trunk Highway
 86,968,000
 86,968,000
13.8The amounts that may be spent for each
13.9purpose are specified in the following
13.10subdivisions.
13.11
 Subd. 2.Administration and Related Services
13.12
 (a) Office of Communications
 434,000
 434,000
13.13
 Appropriations by Fund
13.14
 2014
 2015
13.15
 General
 41,000
 41,000
13.16
 Trunk Highway
 393,000
 393,000
13.17
 (b) Public Safety Support Activity
13.18
 (1) Public Safety Support
 7,660,000
 7,660,000
13.19
 Appropriations by Fund
13.20
 2014
 2015
13.21
 General
 2,788,000
 2,788,000
13.22
 H.U.T.D.
 1,366,000
 1,366,000
13.23
 Trunk Highway
 3,506,000
 3,506,000
13.24$380,000 in each year is from the general
13.25fund for payment of public safety officer
13.26survivor benefits under Minnesota Statutes,
13.27section 299A.44. If the appropriation for
13.28either year is insufficient, the appropriation
13.29for the other year is available for it.
13.30$1,367,000 in each year is from the general
13.31fund to be deposited in the public safety
13.32officer's benefit account. This money
13.33is available for reimbursements under
13.34Minnesota Statutes, section 299A.465.
14.1$792,000 in each year is from the general
14.2fund for transfer by the commissioner of
14.3management and budget to the trunk highway
14.4fund on December 31, 2013, and December
14.531, 2014, respectively, in order to reimburse
14.6the trunk highway fund for expenses not
14.7related to the fund. These represent amounts
14.8appropriated out of the trunk highway
14.9fund for general fund purposes in the
14.10administration and related services program.
14.11$610,000 in each year is from the highway
14.12user tax distribution fund for transfer by the
14.13commissioner of management and budget
14.14to the trunk highway fund on December 31,
14.152013, and December 31, 2014, respectively,
14.16in order to reimburse the trunk highway
14.17fund for expenses not related to the fund.
14.18These represent amounts appropriated out
14.19of the trunk highway fund for highway
14.20user tax distribution fund purposes in the
14.21administration and related services program.
14.22$716,000 in each year is from the highway
14.23user tax distribution fund for transfer by the
14.24commissioner of management and budget to
14.25the general fund on December 31, 2013, and
14.26December 31, 2014, respectively, in order to
14.27reimburse the general fund for expenses not
14.28related to the fund. These represent amounts
14.29appropriated out of the general fund for
14.30operation of the criminal justice data network
14.31related to driver and motor vehicle licensing.
14.32
 (2) Soft Body Armor
 700,000
 700,000
14.33
 Appropriations by Fund
14.34
 2014
 2015
15.1
 General
 600,000
 600,000
15.2
 Trunk Highway
 100,000
 100,000
15.3This appropriation is for soft body armor
15.4reimbursements under Minnesota Statutes,
15.5section 299A.38.
15.6
 (c) Technical Support Services
 3,834,000
 3,834,000
15.7
 Appropriations by Fund
15.8
 2014
 2015
15.9
 General
 1,471,000
 1,471,000
15.10
 H.U.T.D.
19,000
 19,000
15.11
 Trunk Highway
 2,344,000
 2,344,000
15.12
 Subd. 3.State Patrol
15.13
 (a) Patrolling Highways
 72,522,000
 72,522,000
15.14
 Appropriations by Fund
15.15
 2014
 2015
15.16
 General
 37,000
 37,000
15.17
 H.U.T.D.
92,000
 92,000
15.18
 Trunk Highway
 72,393,000
 72,393,000
15.19
 (b) Commercial Vehicle Enforcement
 7,796,000
 7,796,000
15.20
 (c) Capitol Security
 4,605,000
 4,605,000
15.21This appropriation is from the general fund.
15.22$1,500,000 in each year is to implement the
15.23recommendations of the advisory committee
15.24on Capitol Area Security under Minnesota
15.25Statutes, section 299E.04.
15.26The commissioner may not: (1) spend
15.27any money from the trunk highway fund
15.28for capitol security; or (2) permanently
15.29transfer any state trooper from the patrolling
15.30highways activity to capitol security.
15.31The commissioner may not transfer any
15.32money appropriated to the commissioner
16.1under this section: (1) to capitol security; or
16.2(2) from capitol security.
16.3
 (d) Vehicle Crimes Unit
 693,000
 693,000
16.4This appropriation is from the highway user
16.5tax distribution fund.
16.6This appropriation is to investigate: (1)
16.7registration tax and motor vehicle sales tax
16.8liabilities from individuals and businesses
16.9that currently do not pay all taxes owed;
16.10and (2) illegal or improper activity related
16.11to sale, transfer, titling, and registration of
16.12motor vehicles.
16.13
 Subd. 4.Driver and Vehicle Services
16.14
 (a) Vehicle Services
 27,909,000
 28,007,000
16.15
 Appropriations by Fund
16.16
 2014
 2015
16.17
 Special Revenue
 19,673,000
 19,771,000
16.18
 H.U.T.D.
8,236,000
 8,236,000
16.19The special revenue fund appropriation is
16.20from the vehicle services operating account.
16.21$650,000 in each year is from the special
16.22revenue fund for seven additional positions
16.23to enhance customer service related to
16.24vehicle title issuance.
16.25$98,000 in the second year is from the special
16.26revenue fund for the vehicle services portion
16.27of a new telephone system, for transfer to
16.28the Office of Enterprise Technology for
16.29construction and development of the system.
16.30This is a onetime appropriation and is
16.31available until expended.
17.1The base appropriation from the special
17.2revenue fund is $19,933,000 for fiscal year
17.32016 and $19,836,000 for fiscal year 2017.
17.4
 (b) Driver Services
 28,712,000
 28,835,000
17.5
 Appropriations by Fund
17.6
 2014
 2015
17.7
 Special Revenue
 28,711,000
 28,834,000
17.8
 Trunk Highway
 1,000
 1,000
17.9The special revenue fund appropriation is
17.10from the driver services operating account.
17.11$71,000 in the second year is from the special
17.12revenue fund for one additional position
17.13related to facial recognition.
17.14$52,000 in the second year is from the special
17.15revenue fund for the driver services portion
17.16of a new telephone system, for transfer to
17.17the Office of Enterprise Technology for
17.18construction and development of the system.
17.19This is a onetime appropriation and is
17.20available until expended.
17.21The base appropriation from the special
17.22revenue fund is $28,923,000 for fiscal year
17.232016 and $28,870,00 for fiscal year 2017.
17.24
 Subd. 5.Traffic Safety
 435,000
 435,000
17.25The commissioner of public safety shall
17.26spend 50 percent of the money available to
17.27the state under United States Code, title 23,
17.28section 164, and the remaining 50 percent
17.29must be transferred to the commissioner
17.30of transportation for hazard elimination
17.31activities under United States Code, title 23,
17.32section 152.
17.33
 Subd. 6.Pipeline Safety
 1,354,000
 1,354,000
18.1This appropriation is from the pipeline safety
18.2account in the special revenue fund.
18.3
 Subd. 7.Transfers
18.4Before July 15 each year in fiscal years 2014
18.5and 2015, the commissioner of public safety
18.6shall transfer $2,500,000 from the vehicle
18.7services operating account in the special
18.8revenue fund to the greater Minnesota transit
18.9account in the transit assistance fund.

18.10
 Sec. 6. TORT CLAIMS
 $
 600,000
 $
 600,000
18.11This appropriation is to the commissioner of
18.12management and budget.
18.13If the appropriation for either year is
18.14insufficient, the appropriation for the other
18.15year is available for it.

18.16    Sec. 7. REAUTHORIZATION; 2008, BOND SALE EXPENSES FOR TRUNK
18.17HIGHWAY BONDS.
18.18$1,414,600 of the amount appropriated in Laws 2008, chapter 152, article 2, section
18.196, for trunk highway bond sale expenses, which was reported to the legislature according
18.20to Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642, subdivision 1, is reauthorized and does not cancel
18.21under the terms of that subdivision. This appropriation for the bond sale expenses and the
18.22bond sale authorization in Laws 2008, chapter 152, article 2, section 7, subdivision 1, as
18.23amended, are available until December 31, 2019.
18.24EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.

18.25ARTICLE 2
18.26TRANSPORTATION FINANCE AND POLICY

18.27    Section 1. [161.088] CORRIDORS OF COMMERCE PROGRAM.
18.28    Subdivision 1. Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms have
18.29the meanings given:
18.30(1) "beyond the project limits" means any point that is located outside of the project
18.31limits and along the same trunk highway, and is located within the same region of the state;
18.32(2) "city" means a statutory or home rule charter city;
19.1(3) "program" means the corridors of commerce program established in this section;
19.2and
19.3(4) "project limits" means the estimated construction limits of a project for trunk
19.4highway construction, reconstruction, or maintenance, that is a candidate for selection
19.5under the corridors of commerce program.
19.6    Subd. 2. Program authority, funding. (a) As provided in this section and subject
19.7to available funds, the commissioner shall establish a corridors of commerce program for
19.8trunk highway construction, reconstruction, and improvement, including maintenance
19.9operations, that improves commerce in the state.
19.10(b) The commissioner may expend funds under the program from appropriations
19.11to the commissioner that are (1) made specifically by law for use under this section; (2)
19.12at the discretion of the commissioner, made for the budget activities in the state roads
19.13program of operations and maintenance, program planning and delivery, or state road
19.14construction; and (3) made for the corridor investment management strategy program,
19.15unless specified otherwise.
19.16(c) The commissioner shall include in the program the cost participation policy for
19.17local units of government.
19.18    Subd. 3. Project classification. The commissioner shall determine whether each
19.19candidate project can be classified into at least one of the following classifications:
19.20(1) capacity development, for a project on a segment of a trunk highway where the
19.21segment:
19.22(i) is not a divided highway, and that highway is an expressway or freeway beyond
19.23the project limits;
19.24(ii) contains a highway terminus that lacks an intersection or interchange with
19.25another trunk highway;
19.26(iii) contains fewer lanes of travel compared to that highway beyond the project
19.27limits; or
19.28(iv) contains a location that is proposed as a new interchange or to be reconstructed
19.29from an intersection to an interchange; or
19.30(2) freight improvement, for an asset preservation or replacement project that
19.31can result in: removing or reducing barriers to commerce, easing or preserving freight
19.32movement, supporting emerging industries, or providing connections between the trunk
19.33highway system and other transportation modes for the movement of freight.
19.34    Subd. 4. Project eligibility. (a) The commissioner shall establish eligibility
19.35requirements for projects that can be funded under the program. Eligibility must include:
20.1(1) consistency with the statewide multimodal transportation plan under section
20.2174.03;
20.3(2) location of the project on an interregional corridor, for a project located outside
20.4of the department of transportation metropolitan district;
20.5(3) placement into at least one project classification under subdivision 3;
20.6(4) a maximum length of time, as determined by the commissioner, until
20.7commencement of construction work on the project; and
20.8(5) for each type of project classification under subdivision 3, a maximum allowable
20.9amount for the total project cost estimate, as determined by the commissioner with
20.10available data.
20.11(b) A project whose construction is programmed in the state transportation
20.12improvement program is not eligible for funding under the program. This paragraph does
20.13not apply to a project that is programmed as result of selection under this section.
20.14(c) A project may be, but is not required to be, identified in the 20-year state highway
20.15capital investment plan under section 174.03.
20.16    Subd. 5. Project selection process; criteria. (a) The commissioner shall establish a
20.17process for identification, evaluation, and selection of projects under the program.
20.18(b) As part of the project selection process, the commissioner shall annually accept
20.19recommendations on candidate projects from area transportation partnerships and other
20.20interested stakeholders in each department of transportation district. For each candidate
20.21project identified under this paragraph, the commissioner shall determine eligibility,
20.22classify, and if appropriate, evaluate the project for the program.
20.23(c) Project evaluation and prioritization must be performed on the basis of objective
20.24criteria, which must include:
20.25(1) a return on investment measure that provides for comparison across eligible
20.26projects;
20.27(2) measurable impacts on commerce and economic competitiveness;
20.28(3) efficiency in the movement of freight, including but not limited to:
20.29(i) measures of annual average daily traffic and commercial vehicle miles traveled,
20.30which may include data near the project location on that trunk highway or on connecting
20.31trunk and local highways; and
20.32(ii) measures of congestion or travel time reliability, which may be within or near
20.33the project limits, or both;
20.34(4) improvements to traffic safety;
20.35(5) connections to regional trade centers, local highway systems, and other
20.36transportation modes;
21.1(6) extent to which the project addresses multiple transportation system policy
21.2objectives and principles; and
21.3(7) support and consensus for the project among members of the surrounding
21.4community.
21.5(d) As part of the project selection process, the commissioner may divide funding
21.6to be separately available among projects within each classification under subdivision 3,
21.7and may apply separate or modified criteria among those projects falling within each
21.8classification.
21.9    Subd. 6. Funding allocations; operations and maintenance. In identifying the
21.10amount of funding allocated to a project under the program, the commissioner may
21.11include allocations of funds for operations and maintenance resulting from that project,
21.12that are assigned in future years following completion of the project, subject to available
21.13funds for the program in those years from eligible sources.
21.14    Subd. 7. Legislative report, evaluation. (a) By January 15, 2014, and annually
21.15by November 1 starting in 2015, the commissioner shall electronically submit a report
21.16on the corridors of commerce program to the chairs and ranking minority members of
21.17the legislative committees with jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance. At a
21.18minimum, the report must include:
21.19(1) a summary of program implementation, including a review of the project
21.20selection process, eligibility and criteria, funds expended in the previous selection cycle,
21.21and total funds expended since program inception;
21.22(2) a listing of projects funded under the program in the previous selection cycle,
21.23including: project classification; a breakdown of project costs and funding sources;
21.24any future operating costs assigned under subdivision 6; and a brief description that is
21.25comprehensible to a lay audience;
21.26(3) a listing of candidate project recommendations required under subdivision 5,
21.27paragraph (b), including project classification and disposition in the selection process;
21.28(4) financial analysis of unfunded candidate projects; and
21.29(5) any recommendations for changes to statutory requirements of the program.
21.30(b) Starting in 2017, and in every odd-numbered year thereafter, the commissioner
21.31shall incorporate into the report the results of an independent evaluation of impacts and
21.32effectiveness of the program. The evaluation must be performed by agency staff or a
21.33consultant with experience in program evaluation who have no regular involvement in
21.34program implementation.
21.35EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.

22.1    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 161.20, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
22.2    Subd. 3. Trunk highway fund appropriations. The commissioner may expend
22.3trunk highway funds only for trunk highway purposes. Payment of expenses related
22.4to Bureau of Criminal Apprehension laboratory, Explore Minnesota Tourism kiosks,
22.5Minnesota Safety Council, tort claims, driver education programs, Emergency Medical
22.6Services Board, Mississippi River Parkway Commission, payments to MN.IT Services in
22.7excess of actual costs incurred for trunk highway purposes, and personnel costs incurred
22.8on behalf of the Governor's Office do not further a highway purpose and do not aid in the
22.9construction, improvement, or maintenance of the highway system.

22.10    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 161.44, is amended by adding a subdivision
22.11to read:
22.12    Subd. 12. Periodic review; appropriation. (a) The commissioner shall examine
22.13all real property owned by the state and under the custodial control of the department,
22.14to identify whether any may be no longer needed and is suitable for sale or some other
22.15means of disposal.
22.16(b) From the proceeds of the sale of land under this subdivision, there is annually
22.17appropriated from the trunk highway fund to the commissioner, an amount sufficient to
22.18carry out the requirements of this subdivision and related activities under this section and
22.19sections 117.226, 117.135, 161.16, 161.23, 161.43, 161.431, 161.433, 161.442, and 272.68.
22.20(c) The commissioner shall report on its findings under paragraph (a), and on
22.21revenues and expenditures under this subdivision, to the legislative committees with
22.22jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance by March 1 of 2015, and March 1 of
22.232017. The report may be submitted electronically.

22.24    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 163.051, is amended to read:
22.25163.051 METROPOLITAN COUNTY WHEELAGE TAX.
22.26    Subdivision 1. Tax authorized. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) (c), the
22.27board of commissioners of each metropolitan county is authorized to levy by resolution a
22.28wheelage tax of $5 for the year 1972 and each subsequent year thereafter by resolution
22.29 at the rate specified in paragraph (b), on each motor vehicle that is kept in such county
22.30when not in operation and that is subject to annual registration and taxation under chapter
22.31168. The board may provide by resolution for collection of the wheelage tax by county
22.32officials or it may request that the tax be collected by the state registrar of motor vehicles,
22.33and. The state registrar of motor vehicles shall collect such tax on behalf of the county if
22.34requested, as provided in subdivision 2.
23.1    (b) The wheelage tax under this section is at the rate of:
23.2(1) from January 1, 2014, through December 31, 2017, $10 per year for each county
23.3that authorizes the tax; and
23.4(2) on and after January 1, 2018, up to $20 per year, in any increment of a whole
23.5dollar, as specified by each county that authorizes the tax.
23.6    (c) The following vehicles are exempt from the wheelage tax:
23.7    (1) motorcycles, as defined in section 169.011, subdivision 44;
23.8    (2) motorized bicycles, as defined in section 169.011, subdivision 45; and
23.9    (3) electric-assisted bicycles, as defined in section 169.011, subdivision 27; and
23.10    (4) (3) motorized foot scooters, as defined in section 169.011, subdivision 46.
23.11(d) For any county that authorized the tax prior to the effective date of this section,
23.12the wheelage tax continues at the rate provided under paragraph (b).
23.13    Subd. 2. Collection by registrar of motor vehicles. The wheelage tax levied by
23.14any metropolitan county, if made collectible by the state registrar of motor vehicles,
23.15shall be certified by the county auditor to the registrar not later than August 1 in the year
23.16before the calendar year or years for which the tax is levied, and the registrar shall collect
23.17such tax with the motor vehicle taxes on the affected vehicles for such year or years.
23.18Every owner and every operator of such a motor vehicle shall furnish to the registrar all
23.19information requested by the registrar. No state motor vehicle tax on any such motor
23.20vehicle for any such year shall be received or deemed paid unless the applicable wheelage
23.21tax is paid therewith. The proceeds of the wheelage tax levied by any metropolitan county,
23.22less any amount retained by the registrar to pay costs of collection of the wheelage tax,
23.23shall be paid to the commissioner of management and budget and deposited in the state
23.24treasury to the credit of the county wheelage tax fund of each metropolitan county.
23.25    Subd. 2a. Tax proceeds deposited; costs of collection; appropriation.
23.26Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, the state registrar of motor vehicles shall
23.27deposit the proceeds of the wheelage tax imposed by subdivision 2, to the credit of the
23.28county wheelage tax fund account of each metropolitan county. The amount necessary to
23.29pay the costs of collection of said tax is appropriated from the county wheelage tax fund
23.30 account of each metropolitan county to the state registrar of motor vehicles.
23.31    Subd. 3. Distribution to metropolitan county; appropriation. On or before
23.32April 1 in 1972 and each subsequent year, the commissioner of management and budget
23.33 On a monthly basis, the registrar of motor vehicles shall issue a warrant in favor of the
23.34treasurer of each metropolitan county for which the registrar has collected a wheelage tax
23.35in the amount of such tax then on hand in the county wheelage tax fund account. There
23.36is hereby appropriated from the county wheelage tax fund account each year, to each
24.1metropolitan county entitled to payments authorized by this section, sufficient moneys
24.2to make such payments.
24.3    Subd. 4. Use of tax. The treasurer of each metropolitan county receiving moneys
24.4 payments under subdivision 3 shall deposit such moneys payments in the county road and
24.5bridge fund. The moneys shall be used for purposes authorized by law which are highway
24.6purposes within the meaning of the Minnesota Constitution, article 14.
24.7    Subd. 6. Metropolitan county defined. "Metropolitan county" means any of the
24.8counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington.
24.9    Subd. 7. Offenses; penalties; application of other laws. (a) Any owner or operator
24.10of a motor vehicle who shall willfully give gives any false information relative to the tax
24.11herein authorized by this section to the registrar of motor vehicles or any metropolitan
24.12 county, or who shall willfully fail or refuse fails or refuses to furnish any such information,
24.13shall be is guilty of a misdemeanor.
24.14(b) Except as otherwise herein provided in this section, the collection and payment
24.15of a wheelage tax and all matters relating thereto shall be are subject to all provisions of
24.16law relating to collection and payment of motor vehicle taxes so far as applicable.
24.17EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment
24.18and applies to a registration period under chapter 168 starting on or after January 1, 2014.

24.19    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 168A.01, subdivision 6a, is amended to read:
24.20    Subd. 6a. High-value vehicle. "High-value vehicle" means a vehicle that had an
24.21actual cash value in excess of $5,000 $9,000 before being damaged, or a vehicle with a
24.22manufacturer's rating of over 26,000 pounds gross vehicle weight that is not a late-model
24.23vehicle.

24.24    Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 171.061, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
24.25    Subd. 4. Fee; equipment. (a) The agent may charge and retain a filing fee of $5 $8
24.26 for each application. Except as provided in paragraph (c), the fee shall cover all expenses
24.27involved in receiving, accepting, or forwarding to the department the applications and
24.28fees required under sections 171.02, subdivision 3; 171.06, subdivisions 2 and 2a; and
24.29171.07 , subdivisions 3 and 3a.
24.30(b) The statutory fees and the filing fees imposed under paragraph (a) may be paid
24.31by credit card or debit card. The driver's license agent may collect a convenience fee on
24.32the statutory fees and filing fees not greater than the cost of processing a credit card or
24.33debit card transaction. The convenience fee must be used to pay the cost of processing
24.34credit card and debit card transactions. The commissioner shall adopt rules to administer
25.1this paragraph using the exempt procedures of section 14.386, except that section 14.386,
25.2paragraph (b), does not apply.
25.3(c) The department shall maintain the photo identification equipment for all
25.4agents appointed as of January 1, 2000. Upon the retirement, resignation, death, or
25.5discontinuance of an existing agent, and if a new agent is appointed in an existing office
25.6pursuant to Minnesota Rules, chapter 7404, and notwithstanding the above or Minnesota
25.7Rules, part 7404.0400, the department shall provide and maintain photo identification
25.8equipment without additional cost to a newly appointed agent in that office if the office
25.9was provided the equipment by the department before January 1, 2000. All photo
25.10identification equipment must be compatible with standards established by the department.
25.11(d) A filing fee retained by the agent employed by a county board must be paid into
25.12the county treasury and credited to the general revenue fund of the county. An agent who
25.13is not an employee of the county shall retain the filing fee in lieu of county employment
25.14or salary and is considered an independent contractor for pension purposes, coverage
25.15under the Minnesota State Retirement System, or membership in the Public Employees
25.16Retirement Association.
25.17(e) Before the end of the first working day following the final day of the reporting
25.18period established by the department, the agent must forward to the department all
25.19applications and fees collected during the reporting period except as provided in paragraph
25.20(d).
25.21EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective January 1, 2014.

25.22    Sec. 7. [174.12] TRANSPORTATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
25.23PROGRAM.
25.24    Subdivision 1. Program established. (a) The commissioners of transportation and
25.25employment and economic development shall develop and implement a transportation
25.26economic development program as provided in this section, for providing financial
25.27assistance on a geographically balanced basis through competitive grants for projects in
25.28all modes of transportation that provide measurable local, regional, or statewide economic
25.29benefit.
25.30(b) The commissioners of transportation and employment and economic
25.31development may provide financial assistance for a transportation project at their
25.32discretion, subject to the requirements of this section.
25.33    Subd. 2. Transportation economic development accounts. (a) A transportation
25.34economic development account is established in the special revenue fund under the
25.35budgetary jurisdiction of the legislative committees having jurisdiction over transportation
26.1finance. Money in the account may be expended only as appropriated by law. The account
26.2may not contain money transferred or otherwise provided from the trunk highway fund.
26.3(b) A transportation economic development account is established in the trunk
26.4highway fund. The account consists of funds donated, allotted, transferred, or otherwise
26.5provided to the account.
26.6    Subd. 3. Program administration. In implementing the transportation economic
26.7development program, the commissioners of transportation and employment and
26.8economic development shall make reasonable efforts to (1) publicize each solicitation for
26.9applications among all eligible recipients, and (2) provide technical and informational
26.10assistance in creating and submitting applications.
26.11    Subd. 4. Economic impact performance measures. The commissioner of
26.12employment and economic development shall develop economic impact performance
26.13measures to analyze projects for which financial assistance under this section is being
26.14applied for or has been previously provided.
26.15    Subd. 5. Financial assistance; criteria. The commissioners of transportation and
26.16employment and economic development shall establish criteria for evaluating projects
26.17for financial assistance under this section. At a minimum, the criteria must provide an
26.18objective method to prioritize and select projects on the basis of:
26.19(1) the extent to which the project provides measurable economic benefit;
26.20(2) consistency with relevant state and local transportation plans;
26.21(3) the availability and commitment of funding or in-kind assistance for the project
26.22from nonpublic sources;
26.23(4) the need for the project as part of the overall transportation system;
26.24(5) the extent to which completion of the project will improve the movement of
26.25people and freight; and
26.26(6) geographic balance as required under subdivision 7, paragraph (b).
26.27    Subd. 6. Financial assistance; project evaluation process. (a) Following the
26.28criteria established under subdivision 5, the commissioner of employment and economic
26.29development shall (1) evaluate proposed projects, and (2) certify those that may receive
26.30financial assistance.
26.31(b) As part of the project evaluation process, the commissioner of transportation
26.32shall certify that a project constitutes an eligible and appropriate transportation project.
26.33    Subd. 7. Financial assistance; awards. (a) The financial assistance awarded by the
26.34commissioners of transportation and employment and economic development may not
26.35exceed 70 percent of a project's total costs.
27.1(b) The commissioners of transportation and employment and economic development
27.2shall ensure that financial assistance is provided in a manner that is balanced throughout
27.3the state, including with respect to (1) the number of projects receiving funding in a
27.4particular geographic location or region of the state, and (2) the total amount of financial
27.5assistance provided for projects in a particular geographic location or region of the state.
27.6    Subd. 8. Legislative report. (a) By February 1 of each odd-numbered year, the
27.7commissioner of transportation, with assistance from the commissioner of employment and
27.8economic development, shall submit a report on the transportation economic development
27.9program to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with
27.10jurisdiction over transportation and economic development policy and finance.
27.11(b) At a minimum, the report must:
27.12(1) summarize the requirements and implementation of the transportation economic
27.13development program established in this section;
27.14(2) review the criteria and economic impact performance measures used for
27.15evaluation, prioritization, and selection of projects;
27.16(3) provide a brief overview of each project that received financial assistance under
27.17the program, which must at a minimum identify:
27.18(i) basic project characteristics, such as funding recipient, geographic location,
27.19and type of transportation modes served;
27.20(ii) sources and respective amounts of project funding; and
27.21(iii) the degree of economic benefit anticipated or observed, following the economic
27.22impact performance measures established under subdivision 4;
27.23(4) identify the allocation of funds, including but not limited to a breakdown of total
27.24project funds by transportation mode, the amount expended for administrative costs, and
27.25the amount transferred to the transportation economic development assistance account;
27.26(5) evaluate the overall economic impact of the program consistent with the
27.27accountability measurement requirements under section 116J.997; and
27.28(6) provide recommendations for any legislative changes related to the program.

27.29    Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 174.40, is amended by adding a subdivision
27.30to read:
27.31    Subd. 7a. Related non-infrastructure activities. (a) The commissioner may not
27.32expend an appropriation from the bond proceeds fund, or provide financial assistance from
27.33such appropriations, for the purposes specified in this subdivision.
28.1(b) Subject to appropriations made specifically for the purposes of this subdivision,
28.2the commissioner may expend funds for non-infrastructure activities to encourage walking
28.3and bicycling to school, including:
28.4(1) planning activities;
28.5(2) public awareness campaigns and outreach to press and community leaders;
28.6(3) traffic education and enforcement in the vicinity of schools;
28.7(4) student sessions on bicycle and pedestrian safety, health, and the environment; and
28.8(5) financial assistance for training, volunteers, and managers of safe routes to
28.9school programs.

28.10    Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 219.1651, is amended to read:
28.11219.1651 GRADE CROSSING SAFETY ACCOUNT.
28.12A Minnesota grade crossing safety account is created in the special revenue fund,
28.13consisting of money credited to the account by law. Money in the account is appropriated
28.14to the commissioner of transportation for rail-highway grade crossing safety projects
28.15on public streets and highways, including engineering costs. At the discretion of the
28.16commissioner of transportation, money in the account at the end of each fiscal year cancels
28.17 biennium may cancel to the trunk highway fund.

28.18    Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297A.993, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
28.19    Subdivision 1. Authorization; rates. Notwithstanding section 297A.99,
28.20subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 5, and 13, or 477A.016, or any other law, the board of a county outside
28.21the metropolitan transportation area, as defined under section 297A.992, subdivision 1, or
28.22more than one county outside the metropolitan transportation area acting under a joint
28.23powers agreement, may by resolution of the county board, or each of the county boards,
28.24following a public hearing impose (1) a transportation sales tax at a rate of up to one-half
28.25of one percent on retail sales and uses taxable under this chapter, and (2) an excise tax
28.26of $20 per motor vehicle, as defined in section 297B.01, subdivision 11, purchased or
28.27acquired from any person engaged in the business of selling motor vehicles at retail,
28.28occurring within the jurisdiction of the taxing authority. The taxes imposed under this
28.29section are subject to approval by a majority of the voters in each of the counties affected
28.30at a general election who vote on the question to impose the taxes.
28.31EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.

28.32    Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297A.993, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
29.1    Subd. 2. Allocation; termination. The proceeds of the taxes must be dedicated
29.2exclusively to: (1) payment of the capital cost of a specific transportation project or
29.3improvement; (2) payments of the costs, which may include both capital and operating
29.4costs, of a specific transit project or improvement; or (3) payment of transit operating
29.5costs. The transportation project or improvement must be designated by the board of the
29.6county, or more than one county acting under a joint powers agreement. Except for taxes
29.7for operating costs of a transit project or improvement, or for transit operations, the taxes
29.8must terminate after the project or improvement has been completed when revenues
29.9raised are sufficient to finance the project.
29.10EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.

29.11    Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 299E.01, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
29.12    Subd. 2. Responsibilities. (a) The division shall be responsible and shall utilize
29.13state employees for security and public information services in state-owned buildings and
29.14state leased-to-own buildings in the Capitol area, as described in section 15B.02;. It shall
29.15provide such personnel as are required by the circumstances to insure the orderly conduct
29.16of state business and the convenience of the public.
29.17(b) As part of the division permanent staff, the director must establish the position of
29.18emergency manager that includes, at a minimum, the following duties:
29.19(1) oversight of the consolidation, development, and maintenance of plans and
29.20procedures that provide continuity of security operations;
29.21(2) the development and implementation of tenant training that addresses threats
29.22and emergency procedures; and
29.23(3) the development and implementation of threat and emergency exercises.
29.24(c) The director must provide a minimum of one state trooper assigned to the Capitol
29.25complex at all times.
29.26(d) The director, in consultation with the advisory committee under section 299E.04,
29.27shall, at least annually, hold a meeting or meetings to discuss, among other issues, Capitol
29.28complex security, emergency planning, public safety, and public access to the Capitol
29.29complex. The meetings must include, at a minimum:
29.30(1) Capitol complex tenants and state employees;
29.31(2) nongovernmental entities, such as lobbyists, vendors, and the media; and
29.32(3) the public and public advocacy groups.

29.33    Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 299E.01, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
30.1    Subd. 3. Powers and duties transferred. All powers, duties and responsibilities
30.2heretofore assigned by law to the commissioner of administration relating to the general
30.3function of security in such Capitol complex state-owned buildings are hereby transferred
30.4to the commissioner of public safety. The commissioner of public safety shall have
30.5the final authority regarding public safety and security in the Capitol complex. The
30.6commissioner of administration shall have the powers, duties, and responsibilities relating
30.7to the Capitol complex of state-owned buildings as provided under chapter 16B.

30.8    Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 398A.10, is amended by adding a
30.9subdivision to read:
30.10    Subd. 4. Definition. For purposes of this section, "project" means the initial
30.11construction of a minimum operable segment of a new light rail transit or commuter rail
30.12line, but does not include infill stations, project enhancements, extensions, or supportive
30.13infrastructure, constructed after the rail transit is operational.
30.14EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.

30.15    Sec. 15. Laws 2009, chapter 9, section 1, the effective date, is amended to read:
30.16EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment,
30.17and expires on June 30, 2013 2016.

30.18    Sec. 16. CENTRAL CORRIDOR LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT; CENTRAL
30.19STATION ACCESSIBILITY.
30.20(a) For purposes of this section:
30.21(1) "city" means the city of St. Paul;
30.22(2) "council" has the meaning given in Minnesota Statutes, section 473.121,
30.23subdivision 3; and
30.24(3) "pedestrian skyway system" has the meaning given in Minnesota Statutes,
30.25section 469.125, subdivision 4.
30.26(b) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, for the Central Station on the
30.27Central Corridor light rail transit line, the council and city shall include construction or
30.28establishment of access to a pedestrian skyway system as part of the initial transit line
30.29construction project. The council and city shall ensure that public access to the pedestrian
30.30skyway system is provided by an elevator located at the site of the station.
30.31(c) The council and city shall meet the requirements under this section at the time of
30.32initial construction of the Central Corridor light rail transit line and the Central Station.
31.1EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION.As to the Metropolitan Council, this
31.2section is effective the day following final enactment and applies in the counties of
31.3Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington. As to the city of St.
31.4Paul, this section is effective the day after the city council of the city of St. Paul and its
31.5chief clerical officer timely complete their compliance with Minnesota Statutes, section
31.6645.021, subdivisions 2 and 3.

31.7    Sec. 17. BUS RAPID TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT AUTHORIZED.
31.8Washington County Regional Rail Authority may exercise the powers conferred
31.9by Minnesota Statutes, section 398A.04, to plan, establish, acquire, develop, construct,
31.10purchase, enlarge, extend, improve, maintain, equip, operate, regulate, and protect a bus
31.11rapid transit system located within Washington County on transitways included in and
31.12approved by the Metropolitan Council's 2030 Transportation Policy Plan, including the
31.13Rush Line, Highway 36, Gateway, and Red Rock transit corridors.
31.14EFFECTIVE DATE.Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 645.023, subdivision
31.151, paragraph (a), this section is effective without local approval the day following final
31.16enactment.

31.17    Sec. 18. ROCHESTER AREA DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION
31.18IMPACTS STUDY.
31.19(a) From funds appropriated by law for the purposes of this section, the
31.20commissioner shall in consultation with the Rochester-Olmsted Council of Governments
31.21enter into an agreement with a consultant to perform a study of economic development
31.22and transportation impacts in the Rochester metropolitan area. To be eligible, a consultant
31.23must have experience and expertise in a majority of the following: economics, economic
31.24development, demography, urban planning, engineering, and transportation.
31.25(c) At a minimum, the study under this section must:
31.26(1) utilize at least a 20-year planning horizon;
31.27(2) perform a comprehensive planning assessment of key transportation
31.28infrastructure throughout the Rochester metropolitan area based on (i) long-range
31.29transportation plans developed by the Rochester-Olmsted Council of Governments, and
31.30(ii) expected and potential economic development patterns;
31.31(3) analyze major roadways across all jurisdictions, including but not limited to
31.32trunk highways, county highways, and arterial city streets, and interconnections with other
31.33modes in conjunction with ongoing rail and airports studies;
32.1(4) to the extent feasible, take into account available data, forecasts, available
32.2transportation demand modeling information, and transportation impacts of major
32.3economic initiatives and proposals, including but not limited to expansion of the Mayo
32.4Clinic; and
32.5(5) provide scenarios and identify revenue shortfalls to address both short-term and
32.6long-term deficiencies in safety, mobility, congestion, and transportation infrastructure
32.7condition.
32.8(b) By January 15, 2014, the commissioner shall provide an electronic copy of the
32.9study to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with
32.10jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance, as provided in Minnesota Statutes,
32.11section 174.02, subdivision 8.

32.12    Sec. 19. TRANSIT WAY EXPANSION IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
32.13(a) For purposes of this section, "transit way" includes but is not limited to light rail
32.14transit, commuter rail, bus rapid transit whether arterial or highway, and streetcars.
32.15(b) From funds appropriated by law for the purposes of this section, the Metropolitan
32.16Council shall, in consultation with interested stakeholders, develop an implementation
32.17plan for accelerated development of transit ways in the metropolitan area.
32.18(c) At a minimum, the plan must:
32.19(1) address implementation management issues and identify roles, responsibilities,
32.20and lead agencies for each component of the plan;
32.21(2) create a program of transit way projects to develop and construct in a concurrent
32.22manner under the plan;
32.23(3) establish a timeline and preliminary schedule for coordinated and accelerated
32.24project development of the transit ways;
32.25(4) establish a financial plan that includes but is not limited to:
32.26(i) identification of capital and operating costs for each transit way;
32.27(ii) allocation of cost shares; and
32.28(iii) a proposal for fully funding the plan; and
32.29(5) identify any legislative changes relevant to the plan.
32.30(d) By January 15, 2014, the Metropolitan Council shall submit an electronic copy
32.31of the implementation plan to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative
32.32committees with jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance, and as provided under
32.33Minnesota Statutes, section 3.195, subdivision 1.

32.34    Sec. 20. REPEALER.
33.1(a) Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 161.04, subdivision 6, is repealed.
33.2(b) Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 174.285, subdivision 8, is repealed."
33.3Delete the title and insert:
33.4"A bill for an act
33.5relating to government finance; appropriating money for transportation,
33.6Metropolitan Council, and public safety activities and programs; providing for
33.7fund transfers, tort claims, and certain contingent appropriations; modifying
33.8various provisions related to transportation finance and policy; making technical
33.9and clarifying changes;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 161.20,
33.10subdivision 3; 161.44, by adding a subdivision; 163.051; 168A.01, subdivision
33.116a; 171.061, subdivision 4; 174.40, by adding a subdivision; 219.1651;
33.12297A.993, subdivisions 1, 2; 299E.01, subdivisions 2, 3; 398A.10, by adding
33.13a subdivision; Laws 2009, chapter 9, section 1; proposing coding for new law
33.14in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 161; 174; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2012,
33.15sections 161.04, subdivision 5; 174.285, subdivision 8."