Legislative Session number- 83

Bill Name: SF1284

Relating to transportation; establishing a major local projects account in the
trunk highway fund to be used for improvements to +trunk highways in at risk
interregional corridors, for removal of significant +highway bottlenecks in the
metropolitan area, for trunk highway safety and +capacity improvement projects
and for trunk highway advantages to transit; +increasing motor vehicle
registration tax limits for passenger automobiles; +reducing the allocation of
revenues from the sales tax on motor vehicles to the +highway user tax
distribution fund and modifying allocation among certain transit +funds, the
major highway projects account in the trunk highway fund and the +highway user
tax distribution fund beginning with a certain future year; requiring+ the
commissioner of transportation to reduce the trunk highway fund +budget base for
multimodal programs, state roads and general support; appropriating +money to
the commissioner and authorizing the issuance of state bonds for +certain trunk
highway and transit capital improvements, for greater Minnesota +transit
operating assistance, for metropolitan transit capital improvements +and
operations and for trunk highway bond debt service; proposing an +amendment to
the Minnesota constitution, article XIV to dedicate the proceeds from+ the sales
tax on motor vehicles to highway and public transit purposes; +providing for the
reversion of the maximum motor vehicle registration taxes to previous+ levels
upon adoption of the constitutional amendment (ra)