new text begin The amounts that may be spent for each
purpose are specified in the following
subdivisions.
new text end

new text begin These appropriations are from the state
airports fund and must be spent according
to Minnesota Statutes, section 360.305,
subdivision 4.
new text end

new text begin $6,000,000 the first year and $6,000,000 the
second year are onetime appropriations and
do not add to the base appropriations.
new text end

new text begin Of this appropriation up to $200,000 in the
first year is to the Legislative Coordinating
Commission for the administrative expenses
of the Airport Funding Advisory Task Force
and for other costs relating to the preparation
of the report required by the task force,
including the costs of hiring a consultant,
if needed. Any remaining amount of this
appropriation shall revert to the state airports
fund.
new text end

new text begin Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes,
section 16A.28, subdivision 6, these
appropriations are available for five years
after appropriation.
new text end

new text begin If the appropriation for either year is
insufficient, the appropriation for the other
year is available for it.
new text end

new text begin $65,000 the first year and $65,000 the second
year are for the Civil Air Patrol.
new text end

new text begin This appropriation is from the general
fund for a grant to the Northstar Corridor
Development Authority to fund advanced
preliminary engineering, updated
environmental documentation, property
appraisals, and negotiations with the railroad
to extend commuter rail service on the
Burlington Northern Santa Fe rail line
between Big Lake and Rice. This is a
onetime appropriation and is available until
spent and does not lapse.
new text end

new text begin $266,000 the first year and $266,000 the
second year are available for grants to
metropolitan planning organizations outside
the seven-county metropolitan area.
new text end

new text begin $75,000 the first year and $75,000 the
second year are for a transportation research
contingent account to finance research
projects that are reimbursable from the
federal government or from other sources.
If the appropriation for either year is
insufficient, the appropriation for the other
year is available for it.
new text end

new text begin $600,000 the first year and $600,000 the
second year are available for grants for
transportation-related activities outside
the metropolitan area to identify critical
concerns, problems, and issues. These grants
are available:
new text end

new text begin (1) to regional development commissions;
new text end

new text begin (2) in regions where no regional development
commission is functioning, to joint powers
boards established under agreement of two or
more political subdivisions in the region to
exercise the planning functions of a regional
development commission; and
new text end

new text begin (3) in regions where no regional development
commission or joint powers board is
functioning, to the department's district office
for that region.
new text end

new text begin Up to $1,000,000 the first year is for
technical support of trunk highway
congestion reduction under the United
States Department of Transportation Urban
Partnership program. Of this amount,
$200,000 is for a grant to Hubert H.
Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs for its
participation in this program.
new text end

new text begin $5,000,000 is for a pilot project to
demonstrate technologies that will allow for
the future replacement of the gas tax with a
fuel-neutral mileage charge.
new text end

new text begin It is estimated that these appropriations will
be funded as follows:
new text end

new text begin The commissioner of transportation shall
notify the chairs and ranking minority
members of the house of representatives and
senate committees with jurisdiction over
transportation finance of any significant
events that should cause these estimates to
change.
new text end

new text begin These appropriations are for the actual
construction, reconstruction, and
improvement of trunk highways, including
design-build contracts and consultant usage
to support these activities. This includes the
cost of actual payment to landowners for
lands acquired for highway rights-of-way,
payment to lessees, interest subsidies, and
relocation expenses.
new text end

new text begin $77,000,000 the second year is a onetime
appropriation that is shifted from the first
year. It does not subtract from the base
appropriation in the first year or add to the
base appropriation in the second year.
new text end

new text begin The commissioner may transfer up to
$15,000,000 each year to the transportation
revolving loan fund.
new text end

new text begin The commissioner may receive money
covering other shares of the cost of
partnership projects. These receipts are
appropriated to the commissioner for these
projects.
new text end

new text begin $54,929,000 the first year and $70,504,000
the second year are for transfer to the state
bond fund. If this appropriation is insufficient
to make all transfers required in the year
for which it is made, the commissioner of
finance shall notify the committee on finance
of the senate and the committee on ways
and means of the house of representatives of
the amount of the deficiency and shall then
transfer that amount under the statutory open
appropriation. Any excess appropriation
cancels to the trunk highway fund.
new text end

new text begin The general fund appropriations are to equip
and operate the Roosevelt signal tower for
Lake of the Woods weather broadcasting.
new text end

new text begin These appropriations are from the county
state-aid highway fund and are available
until spent.
new text end

new text begin These appropriations are from the municipal
state-aid street fund and are available until
spent.
new text end

new text begin If an appropriation for either county state
aids or municipal state aids does not exhaust
the balance in the fund from which it is
made in the year for which it is made, the
commissioner of finance, upon request of
the commissioner of transportation, shall
notify the chairs and ranking minority
members of the house of representatives and
senate committees with jurisdiction over
transportation finance of the amount of the
remainder and shall then add that amount
to the appropriation. The amount added is
appropriated for the purposes of county state
aids or municipal state aids, as appropriate.
new text end

new text begin If the appropriations for either county
state aids or municipal state aids does
exhaust the balance in the fund from
which it is made in the year for which
it is made, the commissioner of finance
shall notify the chairs and ranking minority
members of the house of representatives
and senate committees with jurisdiction
over transportation finance of the amount by
which the appropriation exceeds the balance
and shall then reduce that amount from the
appropriation.
new text end

new text begin This appropriation is from the general fund
to the commissioner of transportation to
implement the town road sign replacement
program established in Laws 2005, First
Special Session chapter 6, article 3, section
89. For the purpose of this appropriation,
implementation includes the purchase and
installation of new signs. This appropriation
may be used to satisfy any local matching
requirement for the receipt of federal funds.
Designated funds not allocated by July 1,
2009, cancel and revert to the general fund.
new text end

new text begin If the appropriation for either year is
insufficient, the appropriation for the other
year is available for it.
new text end

new text begin With the approval of the commissioner of
finance, the commissioner of transportation
may transfer unencumbered balances
among the appropriations from the trunk
highway fund and the state airports fund
made in this section. No transfer may be
made from the appropriation for state road
construction. No transfer may be made
from the appropriations for debt service to
any other appropriation. Transfers under
this paragraph may not be made between
funds. Transfers between programs must
be reported immediately to the chairs and
ranking minority members of the house of
representatives and senate committees with
jurisdiction over transportation finance.
new text end

new text begin The commissioner of finance shall transfer
from the flexible account in the county
state-aid highway fund $5,950,000 the first
year and $2,820,000 the second year to the
municipal turnback account in the municipal
state-aid street fund and $12,940,000 the first
year and $15,330,000 the second year to the
trunk highway fund; and the remainder in
each year to the county turnback account in
the county state-aid highway fund.
new text end

new text begin On or after July 1, 2007, the commissioner
of finance shall:
new text end

new text begin (1) transfer $4,600,000 from the trunk
highway revolving loan account in the
transportation revolving loan fund to the
trunk highway fund; and
new text end

new text begin (2) transfer $1,221,000 from the general fund
to the trunk highway fund, to reimburse the
fund for transfer of trunk highway land to the
city of Mounds View.
new text end

new text begin Any money appropriated to the commissioner
of transportation for state road construction
for any fiscal year before fiscal year 2008 is
available to the commissioner during fiscal
years 2008 and 2009 to the extent that the
commissioner spends the money on the
state road construction project for which the
money was originally encumbered during the
fiscal year for which it was appropriated. The
commissioner of transportation shall report
to the commissioner of finance by August
1, 2007, and August 1, 2008, on a form
the commissioner of finance provides, on
expenditures made during the previous fiscal
year that are authorized by this subdivision.
new text end

new text begin The commissioner of transportation, with
the approval of the governor and the written
approval of at least five members of a
group consisting of (1) the members of the
Legislative Advisory Commission under
Minnesota Statutes, section 3.30, and (2) the
ranking minority members of the house of
representatives and senate committees with
jurisdiction over transportation finance, may
transfer all or part of the unappropriated
balance in the trunk highway fund to an
appropriation (1) for trunk highway design,
construction, or inspection in order to
take advantage of an unanticipated receipt
of income to the trunk highway fund or
to take advantage of federal advanced
construction funding, (2) for trunk highway
maintenance in order to meet an emergency,
or (3) to pay tort or environmental claims.
Nothing in this subdivision authorizes the
commissioner to increase the use of federal
advanced construction funding beyond
amounts specifically authorized. Any
transfer as a result of the use of federal
advanced construction funding must include
an analysis of the effects on the long-term
trunk highway fund balance. The amount
transferred is appropriated for the purpose of
the account to which it is transferred.
new text end

new text begin These appropriations are from the general
fund.
new text end

new text begin The amounts that may be spent for each
purpose are specified in the following
subdivisions.
new text end

new text begin These appropriations are for bus system
operations.
new text end

new text begin $23,761,000 the first year is a onetime
appropriation and does not add to the base
appropriation.
new text end

new text begin These appropriations are for operations of
the Hiawatha light rail transit line.
new text end

new text begin The base appropriations are $5,300,000 for
fiscal year 2010 and $5,300,000 for fiscal
year 2011.
new text end

new text begin The Hennepin County Regional Rail
Authority may not pay any portion of the
operating costs for the Hiawatha light rail
transit line.
new text end

new text begin The amounts that may be spent for each
purpose are specified in the following
subdivisions.
new text end

new text begin Of the amounts from the general fund,
$110,000 the first year and $28,000 the
second year are onetime appropriations
for a security coordinator to coordinate
planning efforts for the Republican National
Convention, and do not add to the base
appropriations.
new text end

new text begin $380,000 the first year and $380,000 the
second year are appropriated from the general
fund for payment of public safety officer
survivor benefits under Minnesota Statutes,
section 299A.44. If the appropriation for
either year is insufficient, the appropriation
for the other year is available for it.
new text end

new text begin $1,199,000 the first year and $1,367,000
the second year are appropriated from the
general fund to be deposited in the public
safety officer's benefit account. This money
is available for reimbursements under
Minnesota Statutes, section 299A.465.
new text end

new text begin $508,000 the first year and $508,000 the
second year are appropriated from the general
fund for soft body armor reimbursements
under Minnesota Statutes, section .
new text end

new text begin $792,000 the first year and $792,000
the second year are appropriated from the
general fund for transfer by the commissioner
of finance to the trunk highway fund on
December 31, 2007, and December 31, 2008,
respectively, in order to reimburse the trunk
highway fund for expenses not related to the
fund. These represent amounts appropriated
out of the trunk highway fund for general
fund purposes in the administration and
related services program.
new text end

new text begin $610,000 the first year and $610,000 the
second year are appropriated from the
highway user tax distribution fund for
transfer by the commissioner of finance to
the trunk highway fund on December 31,
2007, and December 31, 2008, respectively,
in order to reimburse the trunk highway
fund for expenses not related to the fund.
These represent amounts appropriated out
of the trunk highway fund for highway
user tax distribution fund purposes in the
administration and related services program.
new text end

new text begin $716,000 the first year and $716,000 the
second year are appropriated from the
highway user tax distribution fund for
transfer by the commissioner of finance to
the general fund on December 31, 2007, and
December 31, 2008, respectively, in order to
reimburse the general fund for expenses not
related to the fund. These represent amounts
appropriated out of the general fund for
operation of the criminal justice data network
related to driver and motor vehicle licensing.
new text end

new text begin Of the amounts from the general fund,
$1,416,000 the first year and $1,416,000
the second year are for information systems
security and disaster recovery.
new text end

new text begin Of the amounts from the trunk highway fund,
$2,060,000 the first year and $3,653,000 the
second year are for the cost of adding 40
state patrol troopers.
new text end

new text begin Of the amounts from the trunk highway fund,
$1,137,000 the first year and $1,137,000 the
second year are for fuel costs.
new text end

new text begin $198,000 the first year and $198,000 the
second year are for fuel costs.
new text end

new text begin These appropriations are from the general
fund.
new text end

new text begin The commissioner may not (1) spend
any money from the trunk highway fund
for capitol security or (2) permanently
transfer any state trooper from the patrolling
highways activity to capitol security.
new text end

new text begin The commissioner may not transfer any
money (1) appropriated for Department of
Public Safety administration, the patrolling of
highways, commercial vehicle enforcement,
or driver and vehicle services to capitol
security or (2) from capitol security.
new text end

new text begin The base appropriations from the highway
user tax distribution fund are $7,936,000 for
fiscal year 2010 and $8,236,000 for fiscal
year 2011.
new text end

new text begin The special revenue fund appropriations are
from the vehicle services operating account.
new text end

new text begin Of the amounts from the special revenue
fund, $47,000 the first year and $45,000 the
second year are for a driver license and motor
vehicle records contract coordinator.
new text end

new text begin The special revenue fund appropriations are
from the driver services operating account.
new text end

new text begin Of the amounts from the special revenue
fund, $25,000 the first year and $23,000 the
second year are for a driver license and motor
vehicle records contract coordinator.
new text end

new text begin $111,000 the first year and $111,000
the second year are for planning and
administration of grants from the National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
new text end

new text begin The commissioner of public safety shall
spend 50 percent of the money available
to the state under Public Law 105-206,
section 164, and the remaining 50 percent
must be transferred to the commissioner
of transportation for hazard elimination
activities under United States Code, title 23,
section 152.
new text end

new text begin These appropriations are from the pipeline
safety account in the special revenue fund.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Task force established. new text end

new text begin An advisory task force on airport funding
issues is established to study and make recommendations regarding the best methods for
funding airports in the state and the state airports fund. The task force shall study:
new text end

new text begin (1) the adequacy of current sources of revenue for the state airports fund and airports
in the state;
new text end

new text begin (2) policy considerations regarding the use of the sales tax on aircraft as a potential
source of revenue for airports;
new text end

new text begin (3) how other states fund airports;
new text end

new text begin (4) projected aviation needs of the future, including required investments in aviation
infrastructure;
new text end

new text begin (5) aircraft registration taxes; and
new text end

new text begin (6) other issues relating to the funding of airports as determined by the task force.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Membership. new text end

new text begin (a) The task force is comprised of the following members:
new text end

new text begin (1) three members of the senate, including at least one member from the minority
party, appointed by the Subcommittee on Committees of the Committee on Rules and
Administration of the senate; and
new text end

new text begin (2) three members of the house of representatives, two appointed by the speaker of
the house and one appointed by the minority leader.
new text end

new text begin The appointing authorities must select members based on knowledge and experience in
aviation funding issues. All appointments required by this paragraph must be completed
by September 1, 2007.
new text end

new text begin (b) The chair of the task force may appoint additional nonvoting members to the task
force, including, but not limited to, representatives of the following organizations:
new text end

new text begin (1) the Department of Transportation Aeronautics Office;
new text end

new text begin (2) the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association;
new text end

new text begin (3) the Experimental Aircraft Association/ACAA;
new text end

new text begin (4) the Metropolitan Airports Commission;
new text end

new text begin (5) the Minnesota Aviation Trades Association;
new text end

new text begin (6) the Minnesota Business Aviation Association;
new text end

new text begin (7) the Minnesota Council of Airports;
new text end

new text begin (8) the Minnesota Seaplane Pilots Association;
new text end

new text begin (9) the National Business Aviation Association; and
new text end

new text begin (10) the Minnesota Wing, Civil Air Patrol.
new text end

new text begin (c) The director of the aeronautics office in the Department of Transportation shall
convene the first meeting of the task force within two weeks after the legislative members
have been appointed to the task force. The members shall elect a chairperson from their
membership at the first meeting.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Report. new text end

new text begin By February 15, 2008, the task force shall report its
recommendations to the chairs of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over airports
and aviation issues and to the legislature as required by Minnesota Statutes, section 3.195.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Expenses. new text end

new text begin Per diem and expenses for members of the task force are as
provided for under Minnesota Statutes, section 15.059.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 5. new text end

new text begin Expiration. new text end

new text begin This section expires after the submission of the report as
required under subdivision 3.
new text end