Legislative Session number- 85

Bill Name: SF0005

Relating to transportation

ARTICLE 1 - COUNTY WHEELAGE TAX

Expanding the
county wheelage tax statewide, increasing the limit and requiring crediting to
the road and bridge fund of the county levying the tax; modifying certain
definitions under motor vehicle registration tax provisions

ARTICLE 2 - VEHICLE
REGISTRATION TAX

Modifying the imposition of the motor vehicle registration tax
on passenger automobiles in subsequent years; defining certain terms for
exceptions purposes

ARTICLE 3 - MOTOR VEHICLE SALES TAX

Creating transit
fund and accounts; establishing phase in of motor vehicles sales tax revenues to
transportation

ARTICLE 4 - FUEL TAX

Increasing the gasoline and special fuels
tax rates and providing for annual inflation adjustments by the commissioner of
revenue

ARTICLE 5 - COUNTY STATE-AID FUND DISTRIBUTION

Modifying the county
state aid highway fund apportionment formula, providing for the calculation and
apportionment of the excess sum and apportionment sum and providing for
construction apportionment

ARTICLE 6 - SALES TAX ON MOTOR VEHICLE
LEASES

Modifying the deposit of revenues from the sales tax on motor vehicle
leases and dedicating sales tax on motor vehicle leases to transportation;
specifying certain tax proceeds reporting requirements

ARTICLE 7 - CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATIONS

Appropriating money to the commissioner of
transportation and authorizing the issuance of state bonds for the Midwest
regional rail initiative, local bridge replacement and rehabilitation, the local
road improvement program, port development assistance ad greater Minnesota
transit; appropriating money to the metropolitan council for a study of light
rail transit in the marked interstate highway 35W corridor between the cities of
Minneapolis and Lakeview, the central corridor transit way between downtown
Minneapolis and downtown St. Paul, and for a grant to the Ramsey county regional
railroad authority to revitalize Union Depot for use as a multimodal transit
center in St. Paul; appropriating money to the commissioner of finance for bond
sale expenses

ARTICLE 8 - LOCAL TRANSPORTATION SALES TAX

Authorizing the
metropolitan transportation area joint powers board to impose a transportation
sales and use tax and a sales tax on motor vehicles within the metropolitan
transportation area, creating a metropolitan area transportation account for
deposit of revenues and appropriating money in the fund to the commissioner of
finance for allocation; requiring metropolitan counties to enter into a joint
powers agreement to create a joint powers board, specifying certain membership
representation requirements and powers and duties; authorizing and providing for
imposition of the taxes outside the metropolitan transportation area, requiring
dedication of the proceeds to specific transportation projects, requiring
termination of the taxes after project completion; providing for administration,
collection and enforcement of the taxes; specifying certain commissioner and
metropolitan council reporting requirements

ARTICLE 9 - ROAD USER FEE TASK
FORCE

Creating a road user fee task force to study the future of highway
funding and alternatives to existing highway user tax mechanisms, specifying
certain membership requirements and powers and duties; specifying certain pilot
project and reporting requirements

ARTICLE 10 - APPROPRIATIONS

Specifying
certain appropriations for the metropolitan council bus transit and greater
Minnesota transit, and transferring money from the general fund to the local
road improvement fund and the highway user tax distribution fund

ARTICLE 11 -
TRUCK HIGHWAY BONDING

Specifying certain transportation and finance
appropriations from the bond proceeds account in the truck highway fund and
specifying bond sale authority
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