Session Year 2015, Special Session 1

Bill Name: SF0010

Relating to transportation

ARTICLE 1 - TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS


Appropriating money to the department of transportation (DOT) for multimodal
systems and state and local roads; removing a balance transfer requirement from
the flexible highway account to the county turnback account

ARTICLE 2 - TRUNK
HIGHWAY BONDING

Appropriating money to the departments of transportation
(DOT) and management and budget for corridors of commerce, the transportation
economic development program, state road construction, and bond sale expenses;
authorizing and providing for the sale of state bonds

ARTICLE 3 - TAX ON
PETROLEUM AND OTHER FUELS

Increasing the gasoline and special fuel excise tax
rates

ARTICLE 4 - DEDICATION OF SALES TAX REVENUES

Proposing an amendment
to the Minnesota constitution, article XIV, section V for dedicated sales tax
revenues from imposed on motor vehicle repair and replacement parts; requiring
deposit in the highway user tax distribution fund to be used solely for highway
purposes

ARTICLE 5 - VEHICLE REGISTRATION TAX

Increasing the motor vehicle
registration tax

ARTICLE 6 - OTHER TAXES, FEES, AND TRANSFERS

Imposing a
surcharge on motor vehicle initial registration and transfer fees and requiring
deposit in the small and larger city streets and bridges accounts; changing the
five percent distribution of the net highway user tax distribution fund;
creating the county and municipal turnback accounts from trunk highway fund
money; imposing a surcharge on vehicle registration renewals and requiring
deposit in the small and larger city streets and bridges accounts; creating and
providing for the small and larger city streets and bridges accounts; modifying
the motor vehicle lease sales tax revenue calculation and distribution and the
motor vehicle sales tax deposit requirements; repealing highway user tax
flexible highway and turnback accounts

ARTICLE 7 - METROPOLITAN TRANSIT
IMPROVEMENT AREA SALES TAX

Allowing the joint powers board to make reasonable
efforts to award grants to achieve geographic balance; establishing the
metropolitan transit improvement area transit sales and use tax, providing for
rate, imposition, uses, and priorities; repealing light rail transit (LRT)
operating costs requirements

ARTICLE 8 - EFFICIENCY MEASURES AND RELATED
POLICY

Authorizing appropriations transfers; establishing active
transportation programs; establishing a greater Minnesota funding requirement;
creating the major local bridges account; providing a railroad company
assessment, account, and appropriation; requiring identification of implemented
recommendations from the transportation strategic management and operations
advisory task force report; establishing a public-private partnership pilot
programs; providing a transportation project selection process and active
transportation program development
(rt)