1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; providing for oversight and distribution of 
1.3 	transportation funding; requiring Department of Transportation to meet certain 
1.4 	programmatic investment percentages and a certain minimum guarantee of state 
1.5 	highway and bridge funding for all state transportation districts;proposing 
1.6 	coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 174.
1.7 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.8 	Section 1. [174.035] TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT PROGRAMMATIC 
1.9 	INVESTMENT PERCENTAGES.
1.10 	(a) The commissioner of transportation shall ensure that all programmed 
1.11 	transportation funding for state highways and bridges within the eight state transportation 
1.12 	districts be consistent with target percentages set for mobility, safety, and system 
1.13 	preservation, as prescribed in the state transportation plan.
1.14 	(b) The commissioner shall report annually to the legislature regarding the 
1.15 	consistency of individual state transportation district programs and the overall state 
1.16 	transportation improvement program with approved state transportation plan investment 
1.17 	target percentages.

1.18 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2009.

1.19 	Sec. 2. [174.036] TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT MINIMUM GUARANTEE 
1.20 	PERCENTAGE.
1.21 	(a) When distributing trunk highway or bridge funding not otherwise obligated by 
1.22 	legislative directives, the commissioner of transportation shall ensure that each of the eight 
1.23 	state transportation districts receives a minimum guaranteed rate of return for all fuel tax, 
2.1 	license registration tax, and motor vehicle sales tax proceeds contributed by that district to 
2.2 	the highway user tax distribution fund (HUTDF) and deposited in the trunk highway fund.
2.3 	(b) The minimum guarantee is set at 92 percent of a district's HUTDF contribution. 
2.4 	This minimum guarantee is the base level of state highway and bridge funding for each 
2.5 	state transportation district on a fiscal year basis.
2.6 	(c) Decisions regarding the distribution of state highway and bridge funding beyond 
2.7 	this minimum guarantee base amount must be made at the discretion of the commissioner 
2.8 	of transportation.

2.9 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2009.