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H.F. No. 946, 5th Engrossment - 85th Legislative Session (2007-2008) Posted on May 14, 2007
1.2relating to transportation finance; appropriating money for transportation,
1.3Metropolitan Council, and public safety activities; providing for grants, a pilot 1.4project, a task force, fund transfers, general contingent accounts, highway debt 1.5service, local roads, town road signs, planning for the Republican National 1.6Convention, and tort claims; authorizing sale and issuance of trunk highway 1.7bonds for highways, transportation facilities, and transit facilities; modifying 1.8motor fuel and registration taxes; allocating motor vehicle sales and lease 1.9tax revenues; modifying county state-aid allocation formula; modifying 1.10metropolitan county wheelage tax; authorizing local transportation sales and 1.11use taxes; modifying fees for license plates, drivers' licenses, identification 1.12cards, and state patrol escort and flight services; modifying provisions relating 1.13to various transportation-related funds and accounts; providing for transit and 1.14other transportation-related activities; making technical and clarifying changes; 1.15amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 16A.88; 161.081, subdivision 1.163; 162.06; 162.07, subdivision 1, by adding subdivisions; 163.051; 168.011, 1.17subdivision 6; 168.013, subdivisions 1, 1a; 168.017, subdivision 3; 168.12, 1.18subdivision 5; 168A.29, subdivision 1; 171.02, subdivision 3; 171.06, subdivision 1.192; 171.07, subdivisions 3a, 11; 171.20, subdivision 4; 171.29, subdivision 2; 1.20174.03, subdivision 9; 174.24, subdivisions 1, 3b, 5; 296A.07, subdivision 1.213; 296A.08, subdivision 2; 297A.64, subdivision 2; 297A.815, by adding a 1.22subdivision; 297A.94; 297B.09, subdivision 1; 299D.09; 473.388, subdivision 4; 1.23473.446, subdivision 1; Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 6, article 1, 1.24section 4, subdivision 4; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, 1.25chapters 296A; 297A; 398A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 174.32. 1.26BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.31in this article.
2.12the agencies and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from 2.13the trunk highway fund, or another named fund, and are available for the fiscal years 2.14indicated for each purpose. The figures "2008" and "2009" used in this article mean that 2.15the appropriations listed under them are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, 2.16or June 30, 2009, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2008. "The second year" is 2.17fiscal year 2009. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2008 and 2009. Appropriations for the 2.18fiscal year ending June 30, 2007, are effective the day following final enactment.
2.33purpose are specified in the following 2.34subdivisions.
3.3airports fund and must be spent according 3.4to Minnesota Statutes, section 360.305, 3.5subdivision 4. 3.6$6,000,000 the first year and $6,000,000 the 3.7second year are onetime appropriations and 3.8do not add to the base appropriations. 3.9Of this appropriation up to $200,000 in the 3.10first year is to the Legislative Coordinating 3.11Commission for the administrative expenses 3.12of the Airport Funding Advisory Task Force 3.13and for other costs relating to the preparation 3.14of the report required by the task force, 3.15including the costs of hiring a consultant, 3.16if needed. Any remaining amount of this 3.17appropriation shall revert to the state airports 3.18fund. 3.19Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 3.20section 16A.28, subdivision 6, these 3.21appropriations are available for five years 3.22after appropriation. 3.23If the appropriation for either year is 3.24insufficient, the appropriation for the other 3.25year is available for it.
3.31year are for the Civil Air Patrol.
4.10fund for a grant to the Northstar Corridor 4.11Development Authority to fund advanced 4.12preliminary engineering, updated 4.13environmental documentation, property 4.14appraisals, and negotiations with the railroad 4.15to extend commuter rail service on the 4.16Burlington Northern Santa Fe rail line 4.17between Big Lake and Rice. This is a 4.18onetime appropriation and is available until 4.19spent and does not lapse.
4.24second year are available for grants to 4.25metropolitan planning organizations outside 4.26the seven-county metropolitan area. 4.27$75,000 the first year and $75,000 the 4.28second year are for a transportation research 4.29contingent account to finance research 4.30projects that are reimbursable from the 4.31federal government or from other sources. 4.32If the appropriation for either year is 4.33insufficient, the appropriation for the other 4.34year is available for it. 5.1$600,000 the first year and $600,000 the 5.2second year are available for grants for 5.3transportation-related activities outside 5.4the metropolitan area to identify critical 5.5concerns, problems, and issues. These grants 5.6are available: 5.7(1) to regional development commissions; 5.8(2) in regions where no regional development 5.9commission is functioning, to joint powers 5.10boards established under agreement of two or 5.11more political subdivisions in the region to 5.12exercise the planning functions of a regional 5.13development commission; and 5.14(3) in regions where no regional development 5.15commission or joint powers board is 5.16functioning, to the department's district office 5.17for that region. 5.18Up to $1,000,000 the first year is for 5.19technical support of trunk highway 5.20congestion reduction under the United 5.21States Department of Transportation Urban 5.22Partnership program. Of this amount, 5.23$200,000 is for a grant to Hubert H. 5.24Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs for its 5.25participation in this program. 5.26$5,000,000 is for a pilot project to 5.27demonstrate technologies that will allow for 5.28the future replacement of the gas tax with a 5.29fuel-neutral mileage charge.
5.32be funded as follows:
6.2notify the chairs and ranking minority 6.3members of the house of representatives and 6.4senate committees with jurisdiction over 6.5transportation finance of any significant 6.6events that should cause these estimates to 6.7change. 6.8These appropriations are for the actual 6.9construction, reconstruction, and 6.10improvement of trunk highways, including 6.11design-build contracts and consultant usage 6.12to support these activities. This includes the 6.13cost of actual payment to landowners for 6.14lands acquired for highway rights-of-way, 6.15payment to lessees, interest subsidies, and 6.16relocation expenses. 6.17$77,000,000 the second year is a onetime 6.18appropriation that is shifted from the first 6.19year. It does not subtract from the base 6.20appropriation in the first year or add to the 6.21base appropriation in the second year. 6.22The commissioner may transfer up to 6.23$15,000,000 each year to the transportation 6.24revolving loan fund. 6.25The commissioner may receive money 6.26covering other shares of the cost of 6.27partnership projects. These receipts are 6.28appropriated to the commissioner for these 6.29projects.
6.32the second year are for transfer to the state 6.33bond fund. If this appropriation is insufficient 6.34to make all transfers required in the year 6.35for which it is made, the commissioner of 7.1finance shall notify the committee on finance 7.2of the senate and the committee on ways 7.3and means of the house of representatives of 7.4the amount of the deficiency and shall then 7.5transfer that amount under the statutory open 7.6appropriation. Any excess appropriation 7.7cancels to the trunk highway fund.
7.13and operate the Roosevelt signal tower for 7.14Lake of the Woods weather broadcasting.
7.18state-aid highway fund and are available 7.19until spent.
7.22state-aid street fund and are available until 7.23spent. 7.24If an appropriation for either county state 7.25aids or municipal state aids does not exhaust 7.26the balance in the fund from which it is 7.27made in the year for which it is made, the 7.28commissioner of finance, upon request of 7.29the commissioner of transportation, shall 7.30notify the chairs and ranking minority 7.31members of the house of representatives and 7.32senate committees with jurisdiction over 7.33transportation finance of the amount of the 7.34remainder and shall then add that amount 8.1to the appropriation. The amount added is 8.2appropriated for the purposes of county state 8.3aids or municipal state aids, as appropriate. 8.4If the appropriations for either county 8.5state aids or municipal state aids does 8.6exhaust the balance in the fund from 8.7which it is made in the year for which 8.8it is made, the commissioner of finance 8.9shall notify the chairs and ranking minority 8.10members of the house of representatives 8.11and senate committees with jurisdiction 8.12over transportation finance of the amount by 8.13which the appropriation exceeds the balance 8.14and shall then reduce that amount from the 8.15appropriation.
8.18to the commissioner of transportation to 8.19implement the town road sign replacement 8.20program established in Laws 2005, First 8.21Special Session chapter 6, article 3, section 8.2289. For the purpose of this appropriation, 8.23implementation includes the purchase and 8.24installation of new signs. This appropriation 8.25may be used to satisfy any local matching 8.26requirement for the receipt of federal funds. 8.27Designated funds not allocated by July 1, 8.282009, cancel and revert to the general fund.
9.5insufficient, the appropriation for the other 9.6year is available for it.
9.9finance, the commissioner of transportation 9.10may transfer unencumbered balances 9.11among the appropriations from the trunk 9.12highway fund and the state airports fund 9.13made in this section. No transfer may be 9.14made from the appropriation for state road 9.15construction. No transfer may be made 9.16from the appropriations for debt service to 9.17any other appropriation. Transfers under 9.18this paragraph may not be made between 9.19funds. Transfers between programs must 9.20be reported immediately to the chairs and 9.21ranking minority members of the house of 9.22representatives and senate committees with 9.23jurisdiction over transportation finance. 9.24The commissioner of finance shall transfer 9.25from the flexible account in the county 9.26state-aid highway fund $5,950,000 the first 9.27year and $2,820,000 the second year to the 9.28municipal turnback account in the municipal 9.29state-aid street fund and $12,940,000 the first 9.30year and $15,330,000 the second year to the 9.31trunk highway fund; and the remainder in 9.32each year to the county turnback account in 9.33the county state-aid highway fund. 9.34On or after July 1, 2007, the commissioner 9.35of finance shall: 10.1(1) transfer $4,600,000 from the trunk 10.2highway revolving loan account in the 10.3transportation revolving loan fund to the 10.4trunk highway fund; and 10.5(2) transfer $1,221,000 from the general fund 10.6to the trunk highway fund, to reimburse the 10.7fund for transfer of trunk highway land to the 10.8city of Mounds View.
10.12of transportation for state road construction 10.13for any fiscal year before fiscal year 2008 is 10.14available to the commissioner during fiscal 10.15years 2008 and 2009 to the extent that the 10.16commissioner spends the money on the 10.17state road construction project for which the 10.18money was originally encumbered during the 10.19fiscal year for which it was appropriated. The 10.20commissioner of transportation shall report 10.21to the commissioner of finance by August 10.221, 2007, and August 1, 2008, on a form 10.23the commissioner of finance provides, on 10.24expenditures made during the previous fiscal 10.25year that are authorized by this subdivision.
10.29the approval of the governor and the written 10.30approval of at least five members of a 10.31group consisting of (1) the members of the 10.32Legislative Advisory Commission under 10.33Minnesota Statutes, section 3.30 10.34ranking minority members of the house of 10.35representatives and senate committees with 10.36jurisdiction over transportation finance, may 11.1transfer all or part of the unappropriated 11.2balance in the trunk highway fund to an 11.3appropriation (1) for trunk highway design, 11.4construction, or inspection in order to 11.5take advantage of an unanticipated receipt 11.6of income to the trunk highway fund or 11.7to take advantage of federal advanced 11.8construction funding, (2) for trunk highway 11.9maintenance in order to meet an emergency, 11.10or (3) to pay tort or environmental claims. 11.11Nothing in this subdivision authorizes the 11.12commissioner to increase the use of federal 11.13advanced construction funding beyond 11.14amounts specifically authorized. Any 11.15transfer as a result of the use of federal 11.16advanced construction funding must include 11.17an analysis of the effects on the long-term 11.18trunk highway fund balance. The amount 11.19transferred is appropriated for the purpose of 11.20the account to which it is transferred.
11.24fund. 11.25The amounts that may be spent for each 11.26purpose are specified in the following 11.27subdivisions.
11.30operations. 11.31$23,761,000 the first year is a onetime 11.32appropriation and does not add to the base 11.33appropriation.
12.2the Hiawatha light rail transit line. 12.3The base appropriations are $5,300,000 for 12.4fiscal year 2010 and $5,300,000 for fiscal 12.5year 2011. 12.6The Hennepin County Regional Rail 12.7Authority may not pay any portion of the 12.8operating costs for the Hiawatha light rail 12.9transit line.
12.19purpose are specified in the following 12.20subdivisions.
12.32$110,000 the first year and $28,000 the 12.33second year are onetime appropriations 12.34for a security coordinator to coordinate 13.1planning efforts for the Republican National 13.2Convention, and do not add to the base 13.3appropriations. 13.4$380,000 the first year and $380,000 the 13.5second year are appropriated from the general 13.6fund for payment of public safety officer 13.7survivor benefits under Minnesota Statutes, 13.8section 299A.44. If the appropriation for 13.9either year is insufficient, the appropriation 13.10for the other year is available for it. 13.11$1,199,000 the first year and $1,367,000 13.12the second year are appropriated from the 13.13general fund to be deposited in the public 13.14safety officer's benefit account. This money 13.15is available for reimbursements under 13.16Minnesota Statutes, section 299A.465 13.17$508,000 the first year and $508,000 the 13.18second year are appropriated from the general 13.19fund for soft body armor reimbursements 13.20under Minnesota Statutes, section 13.21$792,000 the first year and $792,000 13.22the second year are appropriated from the 13.23general fund for transfer by the commissioner 13.24of finance to the trunk highway fund on 13.25December 31, 2007, and December 31, 2008, 13.26respectively, in order to reimburse the trunk 13.27highway fund for expenses not related to the 13.28fund. These represent amounts appropriated 13.29out of the trunk highway fund for general 13.30fund purposes in the administration and 13.31related services program. 13.32$610,000 the first year and $610,000 the 13.33second year are appropriated from the 13.34highway user tax distribution fund for 13.35transfer by the commissioner of finance to 14.1the trunk highway fund on December 31, 14.22007, and December 31, 2008, respectively, 14.3in order to reimburse the trunk highway 14.4fund for expenses not related to the fund. 14.5These represent amounts appropriated out 14.6of the trunk highway fund for highway 14.7user tax distribution fund purposes in the 14.8administration and related services program. 14.9$716,000 the first year and $716,000 the 14.10second year are appropriated from the 14.11highway user tax distribution fund for 14.12transfer by the commissioner of finance to 14.13the general fund on December 31, 2007, and 14.14December 31, 2008, respectively, in order to 14.15reimburse the general fund for expenses not 14.16related to the fund. These represent amounts 14.17appropriated out of the general fund for 14.18operation of the criminal justice data network 14.19related to driver and motor vehicle licensing.
14.26$1,416,000 the first year and $1,416,000 14.27the second year are for information systems 14.28security and disaster recovery.
15.2$2,060,000 the first year and $3,653,000 the 15.3second year are for the cost of adding 40 15.4state patrol troopers. 15.5Of the amounts from the trunk highway fund, 15.6$1,137,000 the first year and $1,137,000 the 15.7second year are for fuel costs.
15.10second year are for fuel costs.
15.13fund. 15.14The commissioner may not (1) spend 15.15any money from the trunk highway fund 15.16for capitol security or (2) permanently 15.17transfer any state trooper from the patrolling 15.18highways activity to capitol security. 15.19The commissioner may not transfer any 15.20money (1) appropriated for Department of 15.21Public Safety administration, the patrolling of 15.22highways, commercial vehicle enforcement, 15.23or driver and vehicle services to capitol 15.24security or (2) from capitol security.
15.31user tax distribution fund are $7,936,000 for 15.32fiscal year 2010 and $8,236,000 for fiscal 15.33year 2011. 16.1The special revenue fund appropriations are 16.2from the vehicle services operating account. 16.3Of the amounts from the special revenue 16.4fund, $47,000 the first year and $45,000 the 16.5second year are for a driver license and motor 16.6vehicle records contract coordinator.
16.12from the driver services operating account. 16.13Of the amounts from the special revenue 16.14fund, $25,000 the first year and $23,000 the 16.15second year are for a driver license and motor 16.16vehicle records contract coordinator.
16.19the second year are for planning and 16.20administration of grants from the National 16.21Highway Traffic Safety Administration. 16.22The commissioner of public safety shall 16.23spend 50 percent of the money available 16.24to the state under Public Law 105-206, 16.25section 164, and the remaining 50 percent 16.26must be transferred to the commissioner 16.27of transportation for hazard elimination 16.28activities under United States Code, title 23, 16.29section 152.
16.32safety account in the special revenue fund.
17.9only be spent with the approval of the 17.10governor and the written approval of at least 17.11five members of a group consisting of (1) 17.12the members of the Legislative Advisory 17.13Commission under Minnesota Statutes, 17.14section 3.30, and (2) the ranking minority 17.15members of the house of representatives and 17.16senate committees with jurisdiction over 17.17transportation finance. 17.18If an appropriation in this section for either 17.19year is insufficient, the appropriation for the 17.20other year is available for it.
17.23of finance. 17.24If the appropriation for either year is 17.25insufficient, the appropriation for the other 17.26year is available for it. 17.27 Sec. 8. Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 6, article 1, section 4, subdivision 4, 17.28is amended to read:
18.5services operating account in the special 18.6revenue fund. 18.7This appropriation is available until June 30, 18.82009. 18.9Of any amount carried forward from fiscal 18.10year 2007, up to $1,750,000 is for planning 18.11for the replacement of the driver and vehicle 18.12services automated support systems. Any 18.13remaining amount carried forward from 18.14fiscal year 2007 is to implement remediation 18.15strategies as necessary to avoid a systematic 18.16failure.
18.19operating account in the special revenue 18.20fund. 18.21 Sec. 9. FEDERAL FUNDS SPENDING AUTHORITY. 18.22 The commissioner of transportation may spend up to $5,000,000 from July 1, 2008, 18.23through June 30, 2013, in federal transit funds for capital assistance to public transit 18.24systems under Minnesota Statutes, section 174.24. This amount is in addition to any 18.25appropriations made by law for this purpose. 18.26 Sec. 10. AIRPORT FUNDING ADVISORY TASK FORCE. 18.27 Subdivision 1. Task force established. An advisory task force on airport funding 18.28issues is established to study and make recommendations regarding the best methods for 18.29funding airports in the state and the state airports fund. The task force shall study: 18.30 (1) the adequacy of current sources of revenue for the state airports fund and airports 18.31in the state; 18.32 (2) policy considerations regarding the use of the sales tax on aircraft as a potential 18.33source of revenue for airports; 19.1 (3) how other states fund airports; 19.2 (4) projected aviation needs of the future, including required investments in aviation 19.3infrastructure; 19.4 (5) aircraft registration taxes; and 19.5 (6) other issues relating to the funding of airports as determined by the task force. 19.6 Subd. 2. Membership. (a) The task force is comprised of the following members: 19.7 (1) three members of the senate, including at least one member from the minority 19.8party, appointed by the Subcommittee on Committees of the Committee on Rules and 19.9Administration of the senate; and 19.10 (2) three members of the house of representatives, two appointed by the speaker of 19.11the house and one appointed by the minority leader. 19.12The appointing authorities must select members based on knowledge and experience in 19.13aviation funding issues. All appointments required by this paragraph must be completed 19.14by September 1, 2007. 19.15 (b) The chair of the task force may appoint additional nonvoting members to the task 19.16force, including, but not limited to, representatives of the following organizations: 19.17 (1) the Department of Transportation Aeronautics Office; 19.18 (2) the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association; 19.19 (3) the Experimental Aircraft Association/ACAA; 19.20 (4) the Metropolitan Airports Commission; 19.21 (5) the Minnesota Aviation Trades Association; 19.22 (6) the Minnesota Business Aviation Association; 19.23 (7) the Minnesota Council of Airports; 19.24 (8) the Minnesota Seaplane Pilots Association; 19.25 (9) the National Business Aviation Association; and 19.26 (10) the Minnesota Wing, Civil Air Patrol. 19.27 (c) The director of the aeronautics office in the Department of Transportation shall 19.28convene the first meeting of the task force within two weeks after the legislative members 19.29have been appointed to the task force. The members shall elect a chairperson from their 19.30membership at the first meeting. 19.31 Subd. 3. Report. By February 15, 2008, the task force shall report its 19.32recommendations to the chairs of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over airports 19.33and aviation issues and to the legislature as required by Minnesota Statutes, section 3.195. 20.1 Subd. 4. Expenses. Per diem and expenses for members of the task force are as 20.2provided for under Minnesota Statutes, section 15.059. 20.3 Subd. 5. Expiration. This section expires after the submission of the report as 20.4required under subdivision 3. 20.5EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment. 20.8 Section 1. [296A.083] ANNUAL DEBT SERVICE SURCHARGE. 20.9 (a) On June 30, 2007, and each March 1 thereafter, the commissioner of finance 20.10shall report to the commissioner of revenue the amount of the trunk highway debt service 20.11transfer forecast in the next two fiscal years attributable to the trunk highway bonds 20.12authorized in sections 2 to 4. 20.13 (b) By July 16, 2007, and each April 1 thereafter, the commissioner of revenue shall 20.14compute and publish a surcharge for each fuel tax provided for in sections 296A.07, 20.15subdivision 3, and 296A.08, subdivision 2, in proportion to the rate of tax for each type 20.16of fuel. The surcharge must be calculated to raise an amount of money which, when 20.17added to the balance in the trunk highway debt service account, covers the debt service 20.18transfer forecast in the next two fiscal years, except that the surcharge may not exceed 2.5 20.19cents per gallon for gasoline taxed under section 296A.07, subdivision 3, clause (3), or a 20.20proportional rate for each other type of fuel. The surcharge must be rounded to the nearest 20.210.1 cent. The surcharge is effective on August 1, 2007, to June 30, 2008, and each new 20.22surcharge thereafter is effective the following July 1 to June 30. 20.23 Sec. 2. TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS. 20.24 (a) $150,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds account in the trunk 20.25highway fund to the commissioner of transportation in each of fiscal years 2008 through 20.262017 for trunk highway improvements. No more than $22,500,000 of each year's 20.27appropriation may be used by the commissioner for program delivery. 20.28 Of this amount, in fiscal year 2008: 20.29 (1) $4,299,000 is for predesign, design, construction, and restoration of historic 20.30roadside properties on the Great River Road. The commissioner shall consult with the 20.31Minnesota Mississippi River Parkway Commission to determine project priorities; 20.32 (2) $20,673,000 is to the commissioner of transportation to design, construct, furnish, 20.33and equip a new Department of Transportation district headquarters facility in Mankato; 21.1 (3) $12,715,000 is appropriated to the commissioner of administration to repair and 21.2renovate the exterior of the Department of Transportation Building at 395 John Ireland 21.3Boulevard in St. Paul; and 21.4 (4) $40,000,000 is for construction of interchanges involving a trunk highway, 21.5where the interchange will promote economic development, increase employment, relieve 21.6growing traffic congestion, and promote traffic safety. 21.7 (b) The commissioner shall use at least $50,000,000 of this appropriation for 21.8accelerating transit facility improvements on or adjacent to trunk highways. 21.9 Sec. 3. FINANCE APPROPRIATION. 21.10 $150,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds account in the trunk highway 21.11fund to the commissioner of finance in each of fiscal years 2008 through 2017 for bond 21.12sale expenses under Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.641, subdivision 8, and 167.50, 21.13subdivision 4. 21.14 Sec. 4. BOND SALE AUTHORIZATION. 21.15 To provide the money appropriated in this article from the bond proceeds account 21.16in the trunk highway fund, the commissioner of finance shall sell and issue bonds of the 21.17state in an amount up to $1,501,500,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the 21.18effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 167.50 to 167.52, and by the Minnesota 21.19Constitution, article XIV, section 11, at the times and in the amounts requested by the 21.20commissioner of transportation. The proceeds of the bonds, except accrued interest and 21.21any premium received from the sale of the bonds, must be deposited in the bond proceeds 21.22account in the trunk highway fund. 21.25 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16A.88, is amended to read: 21.2616A.88 TRANSIT 21.27 Subdivision 1. Transit assistance fund. A transit assistance fund is established 21.28within the state treasury. The fund receives money distributed under section 297B.09, 21.29subdivision 1, and other money as specified by law. Money in the fund must be allocated 21.30to the greater Minnesota transit account under subdivision 1a and the metropolitan area 21.31transit account under subdivision 2 in the manner specified, and must be used solely for 21.32transit purposes under the Minnesota Constitution, article XIV, section 13. 22.1 Subd. 1a. Greater Minnesota transit 22.2 22.3in the 22.4assistance to transit systems outside the metropolitan area under section 22.5 22.6fiscal year 2008 and $416,000 in fiscal year 2009 and thereafter for administration of the 22.7transit program. The commissioner shall use the 22.8provided in section 22.9 Subd. 2. Metropolitan area transit 22.10 22.11money in the 22.12funding of transit systems within the metropolitan area under sections 22.14 22.15 22.16 22.17 22.18 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.013, subdivision 1a, is amended to read: 22.19 Subd. 1a. Passenger automobile; hearse. (a) On passenger automobiles as defined 22.20in section 22.21be $10 plus an additional tax equal to 22.22 (b) Subject to the classification provisions herein, "base value" means the 22.23manufacturer's suggested retail price of the vehicle including destination charge using list 22.24price information published by the manufacturer or determined by the registrar if no 22.25suggested retail price exists, and shall not include the cost of each accessory or item of 22.26optional equipment separately added to the vehicle and the suggested retail price. 22.27 (c) If the manufacturer's list price information contains a single vehicle identification 22.28number followed by various descriptions and suggested retail prices, the registrar shall 22.29select from those listings only the lowest price for determining base value. 22.30 (d) If unable to determine the base value because the vehicle is specially constructed, 22.31or for any other reason, the registrar may establish such value upon the cost price to the 22.32purchaser or owner as evidenced by a certificate of cost but not including Minnesota sales 22.33or use tax or any local sales or other local tax. 22.34 (e) The registrar shall classify every vehicle in its proper base value class as follows:
23.5consisting of such number of classes as will permit classification of all vehicles. 23.6 (f) The base value for purposes of this section shall be the middle point between 23.7the extremes of its class. 23.8 (g) The registrar shall establish the base value, when new, of every passenger 23.9automobile and hearse registered prior to the effective date of Extra Session Laws 1971, 23.10chapter 31, using list price information published by the manufacturer or any nationally 23.11recognized firm or association compiling such data for the automotive industry. If unable 23.12to ascertain the base value of any registered vehicle in the foregoing manner, the registrar 23.13may use any other available source or method. The registrar shall calculate tax using base 23.14value information available to dealers and deputy registrars at the time the application for 23.15registration is submitted. The tax on all previously registered vehicles shall be computed 23.16upon the base value thus determined taking into account the depreciation provisions of 23.17paragraph (h). 23.18 (h) The annual additional tax computed upon the base value as provided herein, 23.19during the first 23.20of the base value; for the second year, 80 percent of such value; for the third 23.21 23.22the fifth 23.23of such value; for the seventh year, 23.2430 percent of such value; for the ninth year, 23.25ten percent of such value; for the 11th and each succeeding year, the sum of $25. 23.26In no event shall the annual additional tax be less than $25. 23.27 23.28 23.29 23.30 23.31 23.32 23.33 23.34the annual additional tax that was previously paid or due on that vehicle. 23.35 23.36 24.1 24.2 24.3 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.017, subdivision 3, is amended to read: 24.4 Subd. 3. Exceptions. (a) The registrar shall register all vehicles subject to 24.5registration under the monthly series system for a period of 12 consecutive calendar 24.6months, unless: 24.7 (1) the application is an original rather than renewal application; or 24.8 (2) the applicant is a licensed motor vehicle lessor under section 24.9vehicle is leased or rented for periods of time of not more than 28 days 24.10applicant may apply for initial or renewed registration of a vehicle for a period of four 24.11or more months, the month of expiration to be designated by the applicant at the time of 24.12registration. However, to qualify for this exemption, the applicant must (1) present the 24.13application to the registrar at St. Paul, or 24.14 24.15"The expiration month of this vehicle is ....." with the blank filled in with the month of 24.16expiration as if the vehicle is being registered for a period of 12 calendar months. 24.17 (b) In any instance except that of a licensed motor vehicle lessor, the registrar shall 24.18not approve registering the vehicle subject to the application for a period of less than three 24.19months, except when the registrar determines that to do otherwise will help to equalize 24.20the registration and renewal work load of the department. 24.21 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 174.24, subdivision 1, is amended to read: 24.22 Subdivision 1. Establishment; purpose. A public transit participation program is 24.23established to carry out the objectives stated in section 24.24assistance from the state, including the greater Minnesota transit 24.25in section 24.26 Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 174.24, subdivision 3b, is amended to read: 24.27 Subd. 3b. Operating assistance; recipient classifications. (a) The commissioner 24.28shall determine the total operating cost of any public transit system receiving or applying 24.29for assistance in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. To be eligible 24.30for financial assistance, an applicant or recipient shall provide to the commissioner 24.31all financial records and other information and shall permit any inspection reasonably 24.32necessary to determine total operating cost and correspondingly the amount of assistance 24.33that may be paid to the applicant or recipient. Where more than one county or municipality 25.1contributes assistance to the operation of a public transit system, the commissioner shall 25.2identify one as lead agency for the purpose of receiving money under this section. 25.3 (b) Prior to distributing operating assistance to eligible recipients for any contract 25.4period, the commissioner shall place all recipients into one of the following classifications: 25.5urbanized area service, small urban area service, rural area service, and elderly and 25.6disabled service. The commissioner shall distribute funds under this section so that the 25.7percentage of total operating cost paid by any recipient from local sources will not exceed 25.8the percentage for that recipient's classification, except as provided in an undue hardship 25.9case. The percentages must be: for urbanized area service and small urban area service, 20 25.10percent; for rural area service, 15 percent; and for elderly and disabled service, 15 percent. 25.11The remainder of the total operating cost will be paid from state funds less any assistance 25.12received by the recipient from any federal source. For purposes of this subdivision, 25.13"local sources" means all local sources of funds and includes all operating revenue, tax 25.14levies, and contributions from public funds, except that the commissioner may exclude 25.15from the total assistance contract revenues derived from operations the cost of which is 25.16excluded from the computation of total operating cost. Total operating costs of the Duluth 25.17Transit Authority or a successor agency does not include costs related to the Superior, 25.18Wisconsin service contract and the Independent School District No. 709 service contract. 25.19 25.20 25.21 25.22 25.23 25.24 25.25 (c) If a recipient informs the commissioner in writing after the establishment of these 25.26percentages but prior to the distribution of financial assistance for any year that paying 25.27its designated percentage of total operating cost from local sources will cause undue 25.28hardship, the commissioner may reduce the percentage to be paid from local sources by 25.29the recipient and increase the percentage to be paid from local sources by one or more 25.30other recipients inside or outside the classification. However, the commissioner may not 25.31reduce or increase any recipient's percentage under this paragraph for more than two years 25.32successively. If for any year the funds appropriated to the commissioner to carry out the 25.33purposes of this section are insufficient to allow the commissioner to pay the state share 25.34of total operating cost as provided in this paragraph, the commissioner shall reduce the 25.35state share in each classification to the extent necessary. 26.1 Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 174.24, subdivision 5, is amended to read: 26.2 Subd. 5. Method of payment, operating assistance. Payments for operating 26.3assistance under this section must be made in the following manner: 26.4 (a) For payments made from the general fund: 26.5 (1) 50 percent of the total contract amount in the first month of operation; 26.6 (2) 40 percent of the total contract amount in the seventh month of operation; 26.7 (3) 9 percent of the total contract amount in the 12th month of operation; and 26.8 (4) 1 percent of the total contract amount after the final audit. 26.9 (b) For payments made from the greater Minnesota transit 26.10 (1) 50 percent of the total contract amount in the seventh month of operation; and 26.11 (2) 50 percent of the total contract amount in the 11th month of operation. 26.12 Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 296A.07, subdivision 3, is amended to read: 26.13 Subd. 3. Rate of tax. The gasoline excise tax is imposed at the following rates: 26.14 (1) E85 is taxed at the rate of 26.15 (2) M85 is taxed at the rate of 26.16 (3) all other gasoline is taxed at the rate of 26.17EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective September 1, 2007, and applies to all 26.18gasoline, undyed diesel fuel, and special fuel in distributor storage on September 1, 2007. 26.19 Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 296A.08, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 26.20 Subd. 2. Rate of tax. The special fuel excise tax is imposed at the following rates: 26.21 (a) Liquefied petroleum gas or propane is taxed at the rate of 26.22gallon. 26.23 (b) Liquefied natural gas is taxed at the rate of 26.24 (c) Compressed natural gas is taxed at the rate of 26.25feet 26.26equivalent," as defined by the National Conference on Weights and Measures, 26.28 (d) All other special fuel is taxed at the same rate as the gasoline excise tax as 26.29specified in section 26.30prescribed by the commissioner. 26.31EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective September 1, 2007, and applies to all 26.32gasoline, undyed diesel fuel, and special fuel in distributor storage on September 1, 2007. 27.1 Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 297A.64, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 27.2 Subd. 2. Fee imposed. A fee equal to 27.3on leases or rentals of vehicles subject to the tax under subdivision 1. The lessor on the 27.4invoice to the customer may designate the fee as "a fee imposed by the State of Minnesota 27.5for the registration of rental cars." 27.6 Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 297A.815, is amended by adding a 27.7subdivision to read: 27.8 Subd. 4. Reporting of tax proceeds. A lessor must report taxes collected under 27.9this section separately from any other taxes collected and remitted under this chapter or 27.10chapter 297B. 27.11EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2009. 27.12 Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 297A.94, is amended to read: 27.13297A.94 DEPOSIT OF REVENUES. 27.14 (a) Except as provided in this section, the commissioner shall deposit the revenues, 27.15including interest and penalties, derived from the taxes imposed by this chapter in the state 27.16treasury and credit them to the general fund. 27.17 (b) The commissioner shall deposit taxes in the Minnesota agricultural and economic 27.18account in the special revenue fund if: 27.19 (1) the taxes are derived from sales and use of property and services purchased for 27.20the construction and operation of an agricultural resource project; and 27.21 (2) the purchase was made on or after the date on which a conditional commitment 27.22was made for a loan guaranty for the project under section 27.23The commissioner of finance shall certify to the commissioner the date on which the 27.24project received the conditional commitment. The amount deposited in the loan guaranty 27.25account must be reduced by any refunds and by the costs incurred by the Department of 27.26Revenue to administer and enforce the assessment and collection of the taxes. 27.27 (c) The commissioner shall deposit the revenues, including interest and penalties, 27.28derived from the taxes imposed on sales and purchases included in section 27.29subdivision 3 27.30as follows: 27.31 (1) first to the general obligation special tax bond debt service account in each fiscal 27.32year the amount required by section 28.1 (2) after the requirements of clause (1) have been met, the balance to the general 28.2fund. 28.3 (d) The commissioner shall deposit the revenues, including interest and penalties, 28.4collected under section 28.5general fund. By July 15 of each year the commissioner shall transfer to the highway user 28.6tax distribution fund an amount equal to the excess fees collected under section 28.7subdivision 5 28.8 (e) For fiscal year 2001, 97 percent; for fiscal years 2002 and 2003, 87 percent; and 28.9for fiscal year 2004 and thereafter, 28.10penalties, transmitted to the commissioner under section 28.11the commissioner in the state treasury as follows: 28.12 (1) 50 percent of the receipts must be deposited in the heritage enhancement account 28.13in the game and fish fund, and may be spent only on activities that improve, enhance, or 28.14protect fish and wildlife resources, including conservation, restoration, and enhancement 28.15of land, water, and other natural resources of the state; 28.16 (2) 22.5 percent of the receipts must be deposited in the natural resources fund, and 28.17may be spent only for state parks and trails; 28.18 (3) 22.5 percent of the receipts must be deposited in the natural resources fund, and 28.19may be spent only on metropolitan park and trail grants; 28.20 (4) three percent of the receipts must be deposited in the natural resources fund, and 28.21may be spent only on local trail grants; and 28.22 (5) two percent of the receipts must be deposited in the natural resources fund, 28.23and may be spent only for the Minnesota Zoological Garden, the Como Park Zoo and 28.24Conservatory, and the Duluth Zoo. 28.25 (f) The revenue dedicated under paragraph (e) may not be used as a substitute 28.26for traditional sources of funding for the purposes specified, but the dedicated revenue 28.27shall supplement traditional sources of funding for those purposes. Land acquired with 28.28money deposited in the game and fish fund under paragraph (e) must be open to public 28.29hunting and fishing during the open season, except that in aquatic management areas or 28.30on lands where angling easements have been acquired, fishing may be prohibited during 28.31certain times of the year and hunting may be prohibited. At least 87 percent of the money 28.32deposited in the game and fish fund for improvement, enhancement, or protection of fish 28.33and wildlife resources under paragraph (e) must be allocated for field operations. 28.34 (g) The revenues, including interest and penalties, collected under sections 297A.992 28.35and 297A.993 must be deposited by the commissioner as provided for in those sections. 29.1 (h) The revenues, including interest and penalties, collected under section 297A.815 29.2must be deposited as follows: 29.3 (1) from July 1, 2009, through June 30, 2010, 41.75 percent must be deposited in the 29.4highway user tax distribution fund, 31.5 percent in the metropolitan area transit account 29.5under section 16A.88, 10.5 percent in the greater Minnesota transit account under section 29.616A.88, and the remaining money in the general fund; 29.7 (2) from July 1, 2010, through June 30, 2011, 46.75 percent must be deposited in 29.8the highway user tax distribution fund, 35.25 percent in the metropolitan area transit 29.9account, 11.75 percent in the greater Minnesota transit account, and the remaining money 29.10in the general fund; and 29.11 (3) on and after July 1, 2011, 50 percent must be deposited in the highway user tax 29.12distribution fund, 37.5 percent in the metropolitan area transit account, and 12.5 percent 29.13in the greater Minnesota transit account. 29.14 Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 297B.09, subdivision 1, is amended to read: 29.15 Subdivision 1. Deposit of revenues. (a) Money collected and received under this 29.16chapter must be deposited as provided in this subdivision. 29.17 (b) 29.18 29.19 29.20 29.21 29.22 29.23 29.24 29.25 29.26 29.27 29.28 29.29 29.30money collected and received must be deposited in the highway user tax distribution 29.31fund, 29.32under section 29.33transit 29.34in the general fund. 30.1 (c) From July 1, 2008, through June 30, 2009, 44.25 percent of the money collected 30.2and received must be deposited in the highway user tax distribution fund, 26.5 percent in 30.3the metropolitan area transit account under section 16A.88, three percent in the greater 30.4Minnesota transit account under section 16A.88, and the remaining money in the general 30.5fund. 30.6 (d) From July 1, 2009, through June 30, 2010, 50.25 percent of the money collected 30.7and received must be deposited in the highway user tax distribution fund, 30 percent in the 30.8metropolitan area transit account, 3.5 percent in the greater Minnesota transit account, and 30.9the remaining money in the general fund. 30.10 (e) From July 1, 2010, through June 30, 2011, 56.25 percent of the money collected 30.11and received must be deposited in the highway user tax distribution fund, 33.75 percent 30.12in the metropolitan area transit account, 3.75 percent in the greater Minnesota transit 30.13account, and the remaining money in the general fund. 30.14 (f) On and after July 1, 2011, 60 percent of the money collected and received must 30.15be deposited in the highway user tax distribution fund, 36 percent in the metropolitan area 30.16transit account, and four percent in the greater Minnesota transit account. 30.17 Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 473.446, subdivision 1, is amended to read: 30.18 Subdivision 1. Metropolitan area transit tax. (a) For the purposes of sections 30.20this subdivision, the council shall levy each year upon all taxable property within the 30.21metropolitan area, defined in section 30.22 (1) an amount necessary to provide full and timely payment of certificates of 30.23indebtedness, bonds, including refunding bonds or other obligations issued or to be issued 30.24under section 30.25and other improvements of a capital nature and to which the council has specifically 30.26pledged tax levies under this clause; and 30.27 (2) an additional amount necessary to provide full and timely payment of certificates 30.28of indebtedness issued by the council, after consultation with the commissioner of finance, 30.29if revenues to the metropolitan area transit 30.30indebtedness is issued increase over those revenues in the previous fiscal year by a 30.31percentage less than the percentage increase for the same period in the revised Consumer 30.32Price Index for all urban consumers for the St. Paul-Minneapolis metropolitan area 30.33prepared by the United States Department of Labor. 30.34 (b) Indebtedness to which property taxes have been pledged under paragraph (a), 30.35clause (2), that is incurred in any fiscal year may not exceed the amount necessary to 31.1make up the difference between (1) the amount that the council received or expects to 31.2receive in that fiscal year from the metropolitan area transit 31.3amount the council received from that fund in the previous fiscal year multiplied by the 31.4percentage increase for the same period in the revised Consumer Price Index for all urban 31.5consumers for the St. Paul-Minneapolis metropolitan area prepared by the United States 31.6Department of Labor. 31.7 Sec. 14. REPEALER. 31.8Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 174.32, is repealed. 31.11 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 162.06, is amended to read: 31.12162.06 ACCRUALS TO COUNTY STATE-AID HIGHWAY FUND; 31.13ACCOUNTS. 31.14 Subdivision 1. Estimate. (a) By December 15 of each year the commissioner shall 31.15estimate the amount of money that will be available to the county state-aid highway fund 31.16during that fiscal year. The amount available must be based on actual receipts from July 1 31.17through November 30, the unallocated fund balance, and the projected receipts for the 31.18remainder of the fiscal year. The 31.19 31.20in section 162.07. 31.21 (b) For purposes of this section, the apportionment sum is the amount calculated 31.22in section 162.07, subdivision 1. 31.23 Subd. 2. Administrative costs of department. Two percent must be deducted 31.24from the 31.25set aside in a separate account, and used for administrative costs incurred by the state 31.26Transportation Department in carrying out the provisions relating to the county state-aid 31.27highway system. 31.28 Subd. 3. Disaster account. (a) After deducting administrative costs as provided in 31.29subdivision 2, the commissioner shall set aside each year 31.30percent of the 31.31to provide for a disaster account; provided that the total amount of money in the disaster 31.32account must never exceed two percent of the total sums to be apportioned to the counties. 31.33 32.1or unforeseen events affecting its county state-aid highway system, and resulting in an 32.2undue and burdensome financial hardship. 32.3 (b) Any county desiring aid by reason of disaster or unforeseen event shall request 32.4the aid in the form required by the commissioner. Upon receipt of the request, the 32.5commissioner shall appoint a board consisting of two representatives of the counties, who 32.6must be either a county engineer or member of a county board, from counties other than the 32.7requesting county, and a representative of the commissioner. The board shall investigate 32.8the matter and report its findings and recommendations in writing to the commissioner. 32.9 (c) Final determination of the amount of aid, if any, to be paid to the county from the 32.10disaster account must be made by the commissioner. Upon determining to aid a requesting 32.11county, the commissioner shall certify to the commissioner of finance the amount of the 32.12aid, and the commissioner of finance shall then issue a warrant in that amount payable 32.13to the county treasurer of the county. Money so paid must be expended on the county 32.14state-aid highway system in accordance with the rules of the commissioner. 32.15 Subd. 4. Research account. (a) Each year the screening board, provided for in 32.16section 32.17the commissioner shall set aside from the 32.18sum and credit to a research account. The amount so recommended and set aside shall not 32.19exceed one-half of one percent of the preceding year's apportionment sum. 32.20 (b) Any money so set aside shall be used by the commissioner for the purpose of: 32.21 (1) conducting research for improving the design, construction, maintenance and 32.22environmental compatibility of state-aid highways and appurtenances; 32.23 (2) constructing research elements and reconstructing or replacing research elements 32.24that fail; and 32.25 (3) conducting programs for implementing and monitoring research results. 32.26 (c) Any balance remaining in the research account at the end of each year from 32.27the sum set aside for the year immediately previous, shall be transferred to the county 32.28state-aid highway fund. 32.29 Subd. 5. State park road account. After deducting for administrative costs and 32.30for the disaster account and research account as 32.31 32.32section, the commissioner shall deduct a sum equal to the three-quarters of one percent of 32.33the 32.34account and shall be used for (1) the establishment, location, relocation, construction, 32.35reconstruction, and improvement of those roads included in the county state-aid highway 32.36system under Minnesota Statutes 1961, section 33.1provide substantial access to an outdoor recreation unit as defined in section 33.2which provide access to the headquarters of or the principal parking lot located within 33.3such a unit, and (2) the reconstruction, improvement, repair, and maintenance of county 33.4roads, city streets, and town roads that provide access to public lakes, rivers, state parks, 33.5and state campgrounds. Roads described in clause (2) are not required to meet county 33.6state-aid highway standards. At the request of the commissioner of natural resources the 33.7counties wherein such roads are located shall do such work as requested in the same 33.8manner as on any county state-aid highway and shall be reimbursed for such construction, 33.9reconstruction, or improvements from the amount set aside by this subdivision. Before 33.10requesting a county to do work on a county state-aid highway as provided in this 33.11subdivision, the commissioner of natural resources must obtain approval for the project 33.12from the County State-Aid Screening Board. The screening board, before giving its 33.13approval, must obtain a written comment on the project from the county engineer of the 33.14county requested to undertake the project. Before requesting a county to do work on a 33.15county road, city street, or a town road that provides access to a public lake, a river, a state 33.16park, or a state campground, the commissioner of natural resources shall obtain a written 33.17comment on the project from the county engineer of the county requested to undertake 33.18the project. Any sums paid to counties or cities in accordance with this subdivision shall 33.19reduce the money needs of said counties or cities in the amounts necessary to equalize 33.20their status with those counties or cities not receiving such payments. Any balance of the 33.21amount so set aside, at the end of each year shall be transferred to the county state-aid 33.22highway fund. 33.23 Subd. 6. County state-aid highway revolving loan account. A county state-aid 33.24highway revolving loan account is created in the transportation revolving loan fund. The 33.25commissioner may transfer to the account the amount allocated under section 33.26Money in the account may be used to make loans. Funds in the county state-aid highway 33.27revolving loan account may be used only for aid in the construction, improvement, and 33.28maintenance of county state-aid highways. Funds in the account may not be used for any 33.29toll facilities project or congestion-pricing project. Repayments and interest from loans 33.30from the county state-aid highway revolving loan account must be credited to that account. 33.31Money in the account is annually appropriated to the commissioner and does not lapse. 33.32Interest earned from investment of money in this account must be deposited in the county 33.33state-aid highway revolving loan account. 33.34 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 162.07, subdivision 1, is amended to read: 34.1 Subdivision 1. 34.2 34.3 34.4 34.5 34.6 34.7 (a) The commissioner shall reduce the apportionment sum by the deductions 34.8provided for in section 162.06 for administrative costs, disaster account, research account, 34.9and state park road account. The commissioner shall apportion the remainder to the several 34.10counties on the basis of the needs of the counties, as provided in paragraphs (b) to (e). 34.11 34.12equally among the 87 counties. 34.13 34.14apportioned among the several counties so that each county shall receive of such amount 34.15the percentage that its motor vehicle registration for the calendar year preceding the 34.16one last past, determined by residence of registrants, bears to the total statewide motor 34.17vehicle registration. 34.18 34.19among the several counties so that each county shall receive of such amount the percentage 34.20that its total lane-miles of approved county state-aid highways bears to the total lane-miles 34.21of approved statewide county state-aid highways. In 1997 and subsequent years no county 34.22may receive, as a result of an apportionment under this clause based on lane-miles rather 34.23than miles of approved county state-aid highways, an apportionment that is less than its 34.24apportionment in 1996. 34.25 34.26among the several counties so that each county shall receive of such amount the percentage 34.27that its money needs bears to the sum of the money needs of all of the individual counties; 34.28provided, that the percentage of such amount that each county is to receive shall be 34.29adjusted so that each county shall receive in 1958 a total apportionment at least ten 34.30percent greater than its total 1956 apportionments from the state road and bridge fund; 34.31and provided further that those counties whose money needs are thus adjusted shall 34.32never receive a percentage of the apportionment sum less than the percentage that such 34.33county received in 1958. 34.34 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 162.07, is amended by adding a subdivision 34.35to read: 35.1 Subd. 1a. Apportionment sum and excess sum. (a) For purposes of this 35.2subdivision, "amount available" means the amount identified in section 162.06, 35.3subdivision 1. 35.4 (b) The apportionment sum is calculated by subtracting the excess sum, as calculated 35.5in paragraph (c), from the amount available. 35.6 (c) The excess sum is calculated as the sum of revenue within the amount available: 35.7 (1) attributed to that portion of the gasoline excise tax rate in excess of 20 cents per 35.8gallon, and to that portion of the excise tax rate for E85, M85, and special fuels in excess 35.9of the energy equivalent of a gasoline tax rate of 20 cents per gallon; 35.10 (2) attributed to a change in the passenger vehicle registration tax under section 35.11168.013, imposed on or after July 1, 2007, that exceeds the amount collected in fiscal year 35.122007 multiplied by the annual average United States Consumer Price Index for all urban 35.13consumers, United States city average, as determined by the United States Department of 35.14Labor for the previous year, divided by the annual average for calendar year 2006; and 35.15 (3) attributed to that portion of the motor vehicle sales tax revenue in excess of the 35.16percentage allocated in fiscal year 2007. 35.17 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 162.07, is amended by adding a subdivision 35.18to read: 35.19 Subd. 1c. Excess sum. The commissioner shall apportion the excess sum to the 35.20several counties on the basis of the needs of the counties, as provided in paragraphs (a) 35.21and (b). 35.22 (a) An amount equal to 40 percent must be apportioned among the several counties 35.23so that each county receives of that amount the percentage that its motor vehicle 35.24registration for the calendar year preceding the one last past, determined by residence of 35.25registrants, bears to the total statewide motor vehicle registration. 35.26 (b) An amount equal to 60 percent must be apportioned among the several counties 35.27so that each county receives of that amount the percentage that its money needs bears to 35.28the sum of the money needs of all of the individual counties. 35.29 Sec. 5. INSTRUCTION TO REVISOR. 35.30 The revisor of statutes shall renumber Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 162.07, 35.31subdivision 1, as subdivision 1b. 36.3 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 163.051, is amended to read: 36.4163.051 METROPOLITAN COUNTY WHEELAGE TAX. 36.5 Subdivision 1. Tax authorized. The board of commissioners of each metropolitan 36.6county is authorized to levy by resolution a wheelage tax of $5 36.7 36.8 36.9 36.10registration and taxation under chapter 168. A wheelage tax does not apply to motorcycles 36.11as defined in section 169.01, subdivision 4, and motorized bicycles registered under 36.12section 168.013, subdivision 1h. The board may provide by resolution for collection of the 36.13wheelage tax by county officials or 36.14 36.15 36.16 36.17 Subd. 2. Collection by 36.18safety. The wheelage tax levied by any metropolitan county, if made collectible by the 36.19 36.20the county auditor to the 36.21 36.22shall collect 36.23 36.24a motor vehicle subject to the wheelage tax shall furnish 36.25requested by the 36.26A vehicle registration tax 36.27be received or deemed paid unless the applicable wheelage tax is paid 36.28 36.29 36.30 36.31 36.32 Subd. 2a. Tax proceeds deposited; costs of collection; appropriation. 36.33 Notwithstanding 36.34commissioner of public safety shall deposit the proceeds of the wheelage tax imposed 36.35by subdivision 2, to the credit of the 37.1metropolitan county that levies the wheelage tax. The amount necessary to pay the costs 37.2of 37.3safety from the county 37.4 37.5 37.6 37.7 37.8 37.9 37.10 37.11 37.12 37.13 37.14 37.15 37.16 37.17 37.18 37.19 37.20 37.21 37.22 37.23 37.24 37.25 37.26 Subd. 6. Metropolitan county defined. "Metropolitan county" means any of the 37.27counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington. 37.28 Subd. 7. Offenses; penalties; application of other laws. Any owner or operator 37.29of a motor vehicle who 37.30wheelage tax 37.31safety or any metropolitan county, or who 37.32furnish any such information, 37.33 37.34related matters 37.35collection and payment of motor vehicle taxes so far as applicable. 38.1 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.011, subdivision 6, is amended to read: 38.2 Subd. 6. Tax. "Tax" means the annual registration tax imposed on vehicles in lieu of 38.3all other taxes, except wheelage taxes which may be imposed by any city or metropolitan 38.4county, and gross earnings taxes paid by companies. The annual tax is both a property tax 38.5and a highway use tax and shall be on the basis of the calendar year. 38.6 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.013, subdivision 1, is amended to read: 38.7 Subdivision 1. Imposition. Motor vehicles, except as set forth in section 38.8using the public streets or highways in the state, and park trailers taxed under subdivision 38.91j, shall be taxed in lieu of all other taxes thereon, except wheelage taxes 38.10may be imposed by any city or metropolitan county as provided by law, and except gross 38.11earnings taxes paid by companies subject or made subject thereto, and shall be privileged 38.12to use the public streets and highways, on the basis and at the rate for each calendar year 38.13as hereinafter provided. 38.14 Sec. 4. [297A.992] METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION SALES AND USE 38.15TAX. 38.16 Subdivision 1. Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms have 38.17the meanings given them: 38.18 (1) "metropolitan transportation area" means the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, 38.19Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, or Washington participating in the joint powers agreement 38.20under subdivision 3, and includes any eligible county that declares by resolution of its 38.21county board to be a part of the metropolitan transportation area; 38.22 (2) "eligible county" means a county that is adjacent to any county that is part of the 38.23metropolitan transportation area; 38.24 (3) "committee" means the Grant Evaluation and Ranking System (GEARS) 38.25Committee; and 38.26 (4) "population" means the population, as defined in section 477A.011, subdivision 38.273, estimated or established by July 15 of the year prior to the calendar year in which the 38.28representatives will serve on the committee established under subdivision 5. 38.29 Subd. 2. Authorization; rates. (a) Notwithstanding section 297A.99, subdivisions 38.301, 2, 3, 5, and 13, or 477A.016, or any other law, the boards of the counties acting under a 38.31joint powers agreement as specified in this section may impose (1) a transportation sales 38.32and use tax within the metropolitan transportation area at a rate of one-half of one percent 38.33on retail sales and uses taxable under this chapter, and (2) an excise tax of $20 per motor 38.34vehicle purchased or acquired from any person engaged in the business of selling motor 39.1vehicles at retail, occurring within the jurisdiction of the taxing authority. The taxes 39.2authorized are to fund transportation improvements as specified in this section. 39.3 (b) The tax imposed under this section is not included in determining if the total tax 39.4on lodging in the city of Minneapolis exceeds the maximum allowed tax under Laws 1986, 39.5chapter 396, section 5, as amended by Laws 2001, First Special Session chapter 5, article 39.612, section 87, or in determining a tax that may be imposed under any other limitations. 39.7 Subd. 3. Joint powers agreement. Before imposing the taxes authorized under 39.8subdivision 2, each participating metropolitan county, as defined in section 473.121, 39.9subdivision 4, must enter into a joint powers agreement to create the joint powers board. 39.10A joint powers agreement under this section: 39.11 (1) must provide a process that allows an eligible county, by resolution of its county 39.12board, to join the joint powers board and impose the taxes authorized under subdivision 2; 39.13 (2) may provide for withdrawal of a participating county before final termination of 39.14the agreement; and 39.15 (3) may provide for a weighted-voting system for joint powers board decisions. 39.16 Subd. 4. Joint powers board. (a) The joint powers board must consist of one 39.17or more representatives of each county that is in the metropolitan transportation area, 39.18appointed by its county board. The joint powers board has the powers and duties provided 39.19in this section and in section 471.59. 39.20 (b) The joint powers board may not utilize more than one-half of one percent of 39.21the proceeds of the taxes imposed under this section to reimburse counties for ordinary 39.22administrative expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of this section. Any 39.23additional administrative expenses must be paid by the counties. 39.24 (c) The joint powers board shall establish a grant application process and identify 39.25the amount of available funding for grant awards. Grant applications must be submitted in 39.26a form prescribed by the joint powers board. An applicant must provide, in addition to all 39.27other information required by the joint powers board, the estimated cost of the project, the 39.28amount of the grant sought, possible sources of funding in addition to the grant sought, 39.29and identification of any federal funds that will be utilized if the grant is awarded. 39.30 (d) The joint powers board may establish a technical advisory group of city, county, 39.31or public agency representatives that is separate from the grant evaluation and ranking 39.32system committee. The technical advisory group must be used solely for technical 39.33consultation purposes. 39.34 (e) After the deductions allowed in section 297A.99, subdivision 11, the 39.35commissioner of revenue shall remit the proceeds of the taxes imposed under this section 39.36to the joint powers board. 40.1 Subd. 5. Grant evaluation and ranking system committee; grant awards. (a) The 40.2joint powers board shall establish a timeline and procedures for the award of grants, and 40.3shall define objective criteria for the award of grants. Objective criteria must include, but 40.4not be limited to, consistency with the most recent version of the transportation policy plan 40.5adopted by the Metropolitan Council under section 473.146. The joint powers board shall 40.6maximize the availability and use of federal funds in projects funded under this section. 40.7 (b) The joint powers board shall establish a grant evaluation and ranking system 40.8committee, which must consist of: 40.9 (1) one county commissioner from each county that is in the metropolitan 40.10transportation area, appointed by its county board; 40.11 (2) one elected city representative from each county that is in the metropolitan 40.12transportation area; and 40.13 (3) one additional elected city representative from each county for every additional 40.14400,000 in population, or fraction of 400,000, in the county that is above 400,000 in 40.15population. 40.16 (c) Each elected city representative must be appointed by agreement among the 40.17several cities in the county. 40.18 (d) The committee shall evaluate grant applications following objective criteria 40.19established by the joint powers board, and must provide to the joint powers board a 40.20selection list of transportation projects that includes a priority ranking. 40.21 (e) Grants must be funded by the proceeds of the taxes imposed under this section, 40.22or bonds or other obligations issued by the joint powers board. 40.23 (f) Notwithstanding the provisions of this subdivision, in fiscal year 2009, the joint 40.24powers board shall allocate at least $18,850,000 of any revenues collected under this 40.25section to the Metropolitan Council for operating assistance for transit. 40.26 Subd. 6. Use of grant awards. (a) The joint powers board may only award grants to 40.27the state and political subdivisions, and must annually allocate the awards as follows: 40.28 (1) no less than 25 percent for construction or reconstruction of trunk highways or 40.29local roads of regional significance; 40.30 (2) no less than 50 percent for transit, for the following purposes: 40.31 (i) capital improvements to transit ways, including commuter rail, rolling stock, 40.32light rail vehicles, and transit way buses; 40.33 (ii) capital costs for park-and-ride facilities, as defined in section 174.256, 40.34subdivision 2; 41.1 (iii) feasibility studies, planning, alternatives analyses, environmental studies, 41.2engineering, property acquisition for transit way purposes, and construction of transit 41.3ways; and 41.4 (iv) operating assistance for transit ways; and 41.5 (3) 25 percent for (i) any of the purposes specified in clauses (1) and (2), and 41.6(ii) planning, studies, design, construction, maintenance, and operation of pedestrian 41.7programs and bicycle programs and pathways. 41.8 (b) No more than five percent of the awards may be annually allocated for the 41.9purposes specified in paragraph (a), clause (3), item (ii). 41.10 Subd. 7. Administration, collection, enforcement. The administration, collection, 41.11and enforcement provisions in section 297A.99, subdivisions 4 and 6 to 12, apply to all 41.12taxes imposed under this section. 41.13 Subd. 8. Report. In each year in which the taxes authorized in this section are 41.14imposed, the joint powers board shall report by February 1 to the house of representatives 41.15and senate committees having jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance 41.16concerning the revenues received and grants awarded. 41.17 Subd. 9. Grant awards to Metropolitan Council. Any grant award under this 41.18section made to the Metropolitan Council must supplement, and to no extent supplant, 41.19operating and capital assistance provided by the state. 41.20 Sec. 5. [297A.993] GREATER MINNESOTA TRANSPORTATION SALES AND 41.21USE TAX. 41.22 Subdivision 1. Authorization; rates. Notwithstanding section 297A.99, 41.23subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 5, and 13, or 477A.016, or any other law, the board of a county outside 41.24the metropolitan transportation area, as defined under section 297A.992, subdivision 1, or 41.25more than one county outside the metropolitan transportation area acting under a joint 41.26powers agreement, may impose (1) a transportation sales tax at a rate of one-half of one 41.27percent on retail sales and uses taxable under this chapter, and (2) an excise tax of $20 per 41.28motor vehicle purchased or acquired from any person engaged in the business of selling 41.29motor vehicles at retail, occurring within the jurisdiction of the taxing authority. The taxes 41.30imposed under this section are subject to approval by a majority of the voters of the county 41.31or counties at a general election who vote on the question to impose the taxes. 41.32 Subd. 2. Allocation; termination. The proceeds of the taxes must be dedicated 41.33exclusively to payment of the cost of a specific transportation project or improvement. 41.34The transportation project or improvement must be designated by the board of the county, 42.1or more than one county acting under a joint powers agreement. The taxes must terminate 42.2after the project or improvement has been completed. 42.3 Subd. 3. Administration, collection, enforcement. The administration, collection, 42.4and enforcement provisions in section 297A.99, subdivisions 4 and 6 to 12, apply to all 42.5taxes imposed under this section. 42.8 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.12, subdivision 5, is amended to read: 42.9 Subd. 5. Additional fee. (a) In addition to any fee otherwise authorized or any tax 42.10otherwise imposed upon any vehicle, the payment of which is required as a condition to 42.11the issuance of any plate or plates, the commissioner shall impose the fee specified in 42.12paragraph (b) that is calculated to cover the cost of manufacturing and issuing the plate 42.13or plates, except for plates issued to disabled veterans as defined in section 42.14plates issued pursuant to section 42.15for passenger automobiles. 42.16 42.17 42.18 (b) Unless otherwise specified or exempted by statute, the following plate and 42.19validation sticker fees apply for the original, duplicate, or replacement issuance of a 42.20plate in a plate year: 43.4 (c) For vehicles that require two of the categories above, the registrar shall only 43.5charge the higher of the two fees and not a combined total. 43.6 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168A.29, subdivision 1, is amended to read: 43.7 Subdivision 1. Amounts. (a) The department must be paid the following fees: 43.8 (1) for filing an application for and the issuance of an original certificate of title, the 43.9sum of 43.10account of the special revenue fund under section 43.11 (2) for each security interest when first noted upon a certificate of title, including the 43.12concurrent notation of any assignment thereof and its subsequent release or satisfaction, 43.13the sum of $2, except that no fee is due for a security interest filed by a public authority 43.14under section 43.15 (3) for the transfer of the interest of an owner and the issuance of a new certificate of 43.16title, the sum of $5.50 of which $2.50 must be paid into the vehicle services operating 43.17account of the special revenue fund under section 43.18 (4) for each assignment of a security interest when first noted on a certificate of title, 43.19unless noted concurrently with the security interest, the sum of $1; 43.20 (5) for issuing a duplicate certificate of title, the sum of 43.21$3.25 must be paid into the vehicle services operating account of the special revenue fund 43.22under section 43.23 (b) After June 30, 1994, in addition to each of the fees required under paragraph (a), 43.24clauses (1) and (3), the department must be paid $3.50. The additional $3.50 fee collected 43.25under this paragraph must be deposited in the special revenue fund and credited to the 43.26public safety motor vehicle account established in section 43.27 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 171.02, subdivision 3, is amended to read: 43.28 Subd. 3. Motorized bicycle. (a) A motorized bicycle may not be operated on any 43.29public roadway by any person who does not possess a valid driver's license, unless the 43.30person has obtained a motorized bicycle operator's permit or motorized bicycle instruction 43.31permit from the commissioner of public safety. The operator's permit may be issued to 43.32any person who has attained the age of 15 years and who has passed the examination 43.33prescribed by the commissioner. The instruction permit may be issued to any person who 44.1has attained the age of 15 years and who has successfully completed an approved safety 44.2course and passed the written portion of the examination prescribed by the commissioner. 44.3 (b) This course must consist of, but is not limited to, a basic understanding of: 44.4 (1) motorized bicycles and their limitations; 44.5 (2) motorized bicycle laws and rules; 44.6 (3) safe operating practices and basic operating techniques; 44.7 (4) helmets and protective clothing; 44.8 (5) motorized bicycle traffic strategies; and 44.9 (6) effects of alcohol and drugs on motorized bicycle operators. 44.10 (c) The commissioner may adopt rules prescribing the content of the safety course, 44.11examination, and the information to be contained on the permits. A person operating a 44.12motorized bicycle under a motorized bicycle permit is subject to the restrictions imposed 44.13by section 44.14instruction permit. 44.15 (d) The fees for motorized bicycle operator's permits are as follows: 44.23 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 171.06, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 44.24 Subd. 2. Fees. (a) The fees for a license and Minnesota identification card are 44.25as follows: 45.9 (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), an individual who holds a provisional license and 45.10has a driving record free of (1) convictions for a violation of section 45.12violations, and (3) convictions for moving violations that are not crash related, shall have a 45.13$3.50 credit toward the fee for any classified under-21 driver's license. "Moving violation" 45.14has the meaning given it in section 45.15 (c) In addition to the driver's license fee required under paragraph (a), the 45.16commissioner shall collect an additional $4 processing fee from each new applicant 45.17or individual renewing a license with a school bus endorsement to cover the costs for 45.18processing an applicant's initial and biennial physical examination certificate. The 45.19department shall not charge these applicants any other fee to receive or renew the 45.20endorsement. 45.21 Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 171.07, subdivision 3a, is amended to read: 45.22 Subd. 3a. Identification cards for seniors. A Minnesota identification card issued 45.23to an applicant 65 years of age or over shall be of a distinguishing color and plainly 45.24marked "senior." The fee for the card issued to an applicant 65 years of age or over shall 45.25be one-half the required fee for a class D driver's license rounded down to the nearest 45.26quarter dollar. A Minnesota identification card or a Minnesota driver's license issued to a 45.27person 65 years of age or over shall be valid identification for the purpose of qualifying 45.28for reduced rates, free licenses or services provided by any board, commission, agency or 45.29institution that is wholly or partially funded by state appropriations. 45.30 Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 171.07, subdivision 11, is amended to read: 45.31 Subd. 11. Standby or temporary custodian. (a) Upon the written request of the 45.32applicant and upon payment of an additional fee of 45.33a driver's license or Minnesota identification card bearing a symbol or other appropriate 45.34identifier indicating that the license holder has appointed an individual to serve as a 45.35standby or temporary custodian under chapter 257B. 46.1 (b) The request must be accompanied by a copy of the designation executed under 46.2section 46.3 (c) The department shall maintain a computerized records system of all individuals 46.4listed as standby or temporary custodians by driver's license and identification card 46.5applicants. This data must be released to appropriate law enforcement agencies under 46.6section 46.7department shall revise its list of standby or temporary custodians to reflect a change 46.8in the appointment. 46.9 (d) At the request of the license or cardholder, the department shall cancel the 46.10standby or temporary custodian indication without additional charge. However, this 46.11paragraph does not prohibit a fee that may be applicable for a duplicate or replacement 46.12license or card, renewal of a license, or other service applicable to a driver's license or 46.13identification card. 46.14 (e) Notwithstanding sections 46.15and department employees are conclusively presumed to be acting in good faith when 46.16employees rely on statements made, in person or by telephone, by persons purporting to be 46.17law enforcement and subsequently release information described in paragraph (b). When 46.18acting in good faith, the department and department personnel are immune from civil 46.19liability and not subject to suit for damages resulting from the release of this information. 46.20 (f) The department and its employees: 46.21 (1) have no duty to inquire or otherwise determine whether a designation submitted 46.22under this subdivision is legally valid and enforceable; and 46.23 (2) are immune from all civil liability and not subject to suit for damages resulting 46.24from a claim that the designation was not legally valid and enforceable. 46.25 (g) Of the fees received by the department under this subdivision: 46.26 (1) Up to $61,000 received must be deposited in the general fund. 46.27 (2) All other fees must be deposited in the driver services operating account in the 46.28special revenue fund specified in section 46.29 Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 171.20, subdivision 4, is amended to read: 46.30 Subd. 4. Reinstatement fee. (a) Before the license is reinstated, (1) an individual 46.31whose driver's license has been suspended under section 46.33driver's license under section 46.34been suspended under section 46.35pay a fee of $20. 47.1 (b) Before the license is reinstated, an individual whose license has been suspended 47.2under sections 47.3 (c) When fees are collected by a licensing agent appointed under section 47.4handling charge is imposed in the amount specified under section 47.5The reinstatement fee and surcharge must be deposited in an approved state depository as 47.6directed under section 47.7 (d) Reinstatement fees collected under paragraph (a) for suspensions under sections 47.9special revenue fund and are appropriated to the Peace Officer Standards and Training 47.10Board for peace officer training reimbursement to local units of government. 47.11 (e) A suspension may be rescinded without fee for good cause. 47.12 Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 299D.09, is amended to read: 47.13299D.09 ESCORT SERVICE; APPROPRIATION; RECEIPTS. 47.14 Fees charged for escort services provided by the State Patrol are annually 47.15appropriated to the commissioner of public safety to administer and provide these services. 47.16 The fees charged for services provided by the State Patrol with a vehicle are $73.60 47.17an hour in fiscal year 2008 and $75.76 an hour in fiscal year 2009 and thereafter. The fees 47.18charged for services provided without a vehicle are $54.00 an hour in fiscal year 2008 and 47.19$56.16 an hour in fiscal year 2009 and thereafter. 47.20 The fees charged for State Patrol flight services are $140 an hour for a fixed wing 47.21aircraft, $490 an hour for a helicopter, and $600 an hour for the Queen Air. 47.24 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 161.081, subdivision 3, is amended to read: 47.25 Subd. 3. Flexible highway account; turnback accounts. (a) The flexible highway 47.26account is created in the state treasury. Money in the account may be used 47.27 (1) restoration of former trunk highways that have reverted to counties or to 47.28statutory or home rule charter cities 47.29highways that will be restored and subsequently turned back by agreement between the 47.30commissioner and the local road authority; 47.31 (2) safety improvements on county highways, municipal highways, streets, or town 47.32roads; and 47.33 (3) routes of regional significance. 48.1 (b) For purposes of this subdivision, "restoration" means the level of effort required 48.2to improve the route that will be turned back to an acceptable condition as determined 48.3by agreement made between the commissioner and the county or city before the route 48.4is turned back. 48.5 (c) The commissioner shall review the need for funds to restore highways that 48.6have been or will be turned back 48.7The commissioner shall determine, on a biennial basis, the percentage of this flexible 48.8account to be distributed to each district and within each district the percentage to be 48.9used for county turnbacks, for municipal turnbacks, 48.10 48.11governments, by agreement between the commissioner and the local road authority, for 48.12safety improvements, and for routes of regional significance. Money in the account may 48.13be used for safety improvements and routes of regional significance only after money is set 48.14aside to restore the identified turnbacks. The commissioner shall make 48.15these determinations only after meeting and holding discussions with committees selected 48.16by the statewide associations of both county commissioners and municipal officials. 48.17 (d) Money that will be used for the restoration of trunk highways that have reverted 48.18or that will revert to cities must be deposited in the municipal turnback account, which is 48.19created in the state treasury. 48.20 (e) Money that will be used for the restoration of trunk highways that have reverted 48.21or that will revert to counties must be deposited in the county turnback account, which is 48.22created in the state treasury. 48.23 (f) Money that will be used for safety improvements must be deposited in the 48.24highway safety improvement account, which is created in the state treasury to be used 48.25as grants to statutory or home rule charter cities, towns, and counties to assist in paying 48.26the costs of constructing or reconstructing city streets, county highways, or town roads 48.27to reduce crashes, deaths, injuries, and property damage. 48.28 (g) Money that will be used for routes of regional significance must be deposited in 48.29the routes of regional significance account, which is created in the state treasury, and used 48.30as grants to statutory or home rule charter cities, towns, and counties to assist in paying 48.31the costs of constructing or reconstructing city streets, county highways, or town roads 48.32with statewide or regional significance that have not been fully funded through other state, 48.33federal, or local funding sources. 48.34 (h) As part of each biennial budget submission to the legislature, the commissioner 48.35shall describe how the money in the flexible highway account will be apportioned among 48.36the county turnback account, the municipal turnback account, 49.1fund for routes turned back to local governments by agreement, the highway safety 49.2improvement account, and the routes of regional significance account. 49.3 49.4 49.5EFFECTIVE DATE. Paragraph (h) is effective January 1, 2009, and the remainder 49.6of this section is effective July 1, 2009. 49.7 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 171.29, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 49.8 Subd. 2. Reinstatement fees and surcharges allocated and appropriated. (a) 49.9An individual whose driver's license has been revoked as provided in subdivision 1, 49.10except under section 49.11license is reinstated. 49.12 (b) A person whose driver's license has been revoked as provided in subdivision 49.131 under section 49.14surcharge before the driver's license is reinstated, except as provided in paragraph (f). 49.15 49.16 49.17 (1) Twenty percent must be credited to the driver services operating account in the 49.18special revenue fund as specified in section 49.19 (2) Sixty-seven percent must be credited to the general fund. 49.20 (3) Eight percent must be credited to a separate account to be known as the Bureau 49.21of Criminal Apprehension account. Money in this account may be appropriated to the 49.22commissioner of public safety and the appropriated amount must be apportioned 80 percent 49.23for laboratory costs and 20 percent for carrying out the provisions of section 49.24 (4) Five percent must be credited to a separate account to be known as the vehicle 49.25forfeiture account, which is created in the special revenue fund. The money in the account 49.26is annually appropriated to the commissioner for costs of handling vehicle forfeitures. 49.27 (c) The revenue from $50 of 49.28account to be known as the traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury account. The 49.29revenue from $50 of the surcharge on a reinstatement under paragraph (f) is credited from 49.30the first installment payment to the traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury account. 49.31The money in the account is annually appropriated to the commissioner of health to be 49.32used as follows: 83 percent for contracts with a qualified community-based organization 49.33to provide information, resources, and support to assist persons with traumatic brain 49.34injury and their families to access services, and 17 percent to maintain the traumatic 49.35brain injury and spinal cord injury registry created in section 50.1of this paragraph, a "qualified community-based organization" is a private, not-for-profit 50.2organization of consumers of traumatic brain injury services and their family members. 50.3The organization must be registered with the United States Internal Revenue Service under 50.4section 501(c)(3) as a tax-exempt organization and must have as its purposes: 50.5 (1) the promotion of public, family, survivor, and professional awareness of the 50.6incidence and consequences of traumatic brain injury; 50.7 (2) the provision of a network of support for persons with traumatic brain injury, 50.8their families, and friends; 50.9 (3) the development and support of programs and services to prevent traumatic 50.10brain injury; 50.11 (4) the establishment of education programs for persons with traumatic brain injury; 50.12and 50.13 (5) the empowerment of persons with traumatic brain injury through participation 50.14in its governance. 50.15A patient's name, identifying information, or identifiable medical data must not be 50.16disclosed to the organization without the informed voluntary written consent of the patient 50.17or patient's guardian or, if the patient is a minor, of the parent or guardian of the patient. 50.18 (d) The remainder of the surcharge must be credited to a separate account to be 50.19known as the remote electronic alcohol-monitoring program account. The commissioner 50.20shall transfer the balance of this account to the commissioner of finance on a monthly 50.21basis for deposit in the general fund. 50.22 (e) When these fees are collected by a licensing agent, appointed under section 50.24subdivision 4 50.25depository as directed under section 50.26 (f) A person whose driver's license has been revoked as provided in subdivision 50.271 under section 169A.52 or 169A.54 and who the court certifies as being financially 50.28eligible for a public defender under section 611.17, may choose to pay 50 percent and 50.29an additional $25 of the total amount of the surcharge and 50 percent of the fee required 50.30under paragraph (b) to reinstate the person's driver's license, provided the person meets all 50.31other requirements of reinstatement. If a person chooses to pay 50 percent of the total and 50.32an additional $25, the driver's license must expire after two years. The person must pay an 50.33additional 50 percent less $25 of the total to extend the license for an additional two years, 50.34provided the person is otherwise still eligible for the license. After this final payment of 50.35the surcharge and fee, the license may be renewed on a standard schedule, as provided 50.36under section 171.27. A handling charge may be imposed for each installment payment. 51.1Revenue from the handling charge is credited to the driver services operating account in 51.2the special revenue fund and is appropriated to the commissioner. 51.3 (g) Any person making installment payments under paragraph (f), whose driver's 51.4license subsequently expires, or is canceled, revoked, or suspended before payment of 51.5100 percent of the surcharge and fee, must pay the outstanding balance due for the initial 51.6reinstatement before the driver's license is subsequently reinstated. Upon payment of 51.7the outstanding balance due for the initial reinstatement, the person may pay any new 51.8surcharge and fee imposed under paragraph (b) in installment payments as provided 51.9under paragraph (f). 51.10EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2008. 51.11 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 174.03, subdivision 9, is amended to read: 51.12 Subd. 9. Forecast of revenues and expenditures. In cooperation with the 51.13Department of Finance and as required by section 51.14prepare in February and November of each year a forecast of highway user tax distribution 51.15fund and trunk highway fund revenues and expenditures. The forecast must include an 51.16analysis of economic information and the potential impact on highway user fund revenues, 51.17historical growth rate information, and other variables affecting revenue assumptions and 51.18forecasted future growth rates. The forecast must include an analysis of trunk highway 51.19bonding and the necessary debt service payments, and assumptions regarding federal 51.20transportation funds. The commissioner shall review the forecast information with the 51.21chairs of the senate and house of representatives committees with jurisdiction over finance, 51.22ways and means, and transportation finance and with legislative fiscal staff no later than 51.23 51.24inform the chairs and staff of changes made from previous forecasts. 51.25 Sec. 4. [398A.10] TRANSIT FUNDING. 51.26 Subdivision 1. Capital costs. A county regional railroad authority may not 51.27contribute more than ten percent of the capital costs on a transit project. For purposes of 51.28this section, "transit project" includes, but is not limited to, light rail transit, bus, bus 51.29rapid transit, and commuter rail. 51.30 Subd. 2. Operating and maintenance costs. A county regional railroad authority 51.31may not contribute any funds to pay the operating and maintenance costs for a transit 51.32project, as defined in subdivision 1. If a county regional railroad authority is contributing 51.33funds for operating and maintenance costs on a transit project on the date of the enactment 52.1of this act, the authority may continue to contribute funds for these purposes until January 52.21, 2008. 52.3 Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 473.388, subdivision 4, is amended to read: 52.4 Subd. 4. Financial assistance. (a) The council must grant the requested financial 52.5assistance if it determines that the proposed service is intended to replace the service to 52.6the applying city or town or combination thereof by the council and that the proposed 52.7service will meet the needs of the applicant at least as efficiently and effectively as the 52.8existing service. 52.9 (b) The amount of assistance which the council must provide to a system under this 52.10section may not be less than the sum of the amounts determined for each municipality 52.11comprising the system as follows: 52.12 (1) the transit operating assistance grants received under this subdivision by the 52.13municipality in calendar year 2001 or the tax revenues for transit services levied by the 52.14municipality for taxes payable in 2001, including that portion of the levy derived from 52.15the areawide pool under section 52.16the municipality's aid under section 52.17levy; times 52.18 (2) the ratio of (i) 52.19 52.20the taxes imposed under chapter 297B for the current fiscal year to (ii) the total 52.21 52.22grants received under this subdivision in calendar year 2001 or the tax revenues for transit 52.23services levied by all replacement service municipalities under this section for taxes 52.24payable in 2001, including that portion of the levy derived from the areawide pool under 52.25section 473F.08, subdivision 3, clause (a), plus the portion of homestead and agricultural 52.26credit aid under section 52.27times 52.28 (3) the ratio of (i) the municipality's total taxable market value for taxes payable in 52.29 52.30taxable market value for taxes payable in 2001, to (ii) the total taxable market value of 52.31all property 52.32taxes payable in 52.33total taxable market value of all property 52.34service municipalities for taxes payable in 2001. 53.1 (c) The council shall pay the amount to be provided to the recipient from the funds 53.2the council 53.3area transit account under section 16A.88.
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