Legislative Session number- 83

Bill Name: SF1544

Enacting the "Minnesota Regulated Public Transit Utilities Act" to +provide for
the regulation of transit services by the public utilities +commission;
establishing public and legislative policies relating to regulated +public
transit utilities; defining certain terms; recommending division of +the state
into geographic service areas or corridors for transit services and +limiting
competition within the areas; authorizing petitions to the PUC for +the right to
provide specific modes of transit service within the service areas or+ corridors
exclusive of direct competition from publicly subsidized transit +services,
specifying certain duties of the PUC upon receipt of the petitions +and
providing for granting of exclusive rights, requiring the +commissioner of
transportation (DOT) to determine the period of exclusive service +consistent
with the infrastructure and facility investment to be made by the +transit
utility; requiring the PUC to establish procedures and standards for competition
for exclusive service rights; authorizing the +commissioner to revoke or suspend
the grant of exclusivity for transit utility +failure to meet obligations;
requiring the commissioner to monitor the provision of +transit services in the
state and biennially report to the legislature (mk)