as introduced - 85th Legislature (2007 - 2008) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
A bill for an act
relating to transportation; appropriating funds for accelerated highway
construction projects.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
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(a) $500,000,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of
transportation for construction, reconstruction, and improvement of trunk highways,
including design-build contracts and consultant usage to support these activities, the
cost of actual payments to landowners for lands acquired for highway rights-of-way,
payments to lessees, interest subsidies, and relocation expenses. The commissioner of
transportation may use up to $85,000,000 of this appropriation for program delivery.
This is a onetime appropriation.
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(b) The money appropriated under this section must be used for those projects
identified in the Minnesota Department of Transportation's 2007-2009 state transportation
improvement program, and must be allocated as follows:
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(1) 50 percent to the department's metropolitan district; and
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(2) 50 percent to greater Minnesota.
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This section is effective July 1, 2007.
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