1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to the metropolitan council; eliminating an 
  1.3             unnecessary report; making conforming changes; 
  1.4             amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 473.13, 
  1.5             subdivision 1; and 473.704, subdivision 19; repealing 
  1.6             Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 473.1623, subdivision 
  1.7             3. 
  1.8   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.9      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 473.13, 
  1.10  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  1.11     Subdivision 1.  [BUDGET.] (a) On or before December 20 of 
  1.12  each year the council, after the public hearing required in 
  1.13  section 275.065, shall adopt a final budget covering its 
  1.14  anticipated receipts and disbursements for the ensuing year and 
  1.15  shall decide upon the total amount necessary to be raised from 
  1.16  ad valorem tax levies to meet its budget.  The budget shall 
  1.17  state in detail the expenditures for each program to be 
  1.18  undertaken, including the expenses for salaries, consultant 
  1.19  services, overhead, travel, printing, and other items.  The 
  1.20  budget shall state in detail the capital expenditures of the 
  1.21  council for the budget year, based on a five-year capital 
  1.22  program adopted by the council and transmitted to the 
  1.23  legislature.  After adoption of the budget and no later than 
  1.24  five working days after December 20, the council shall certify 
  1.25  to the auditor of each metropolitan county the share of the tax 
  1.26  to be levied within that county, which must be an amount bearing 
  2.1   the same proportion to the total levy agreed on by the council 
  2.2   as the net tax capacity of the county bears to the net tax 
  2.3   capacity of the metropolitan area.  The maximum amount of any 
  2.4   levy made for the purpose of this chapter may not exceed the 
  2.5   limits set by the statute authorizing the levy. 
  2.6      (b) Each even-numbered year the council shall prepare for 
  2.7   its transit programs a financial plan for the succeeding three 
  2.8   calendar years, in half-year segments.  The financial plan must 
  2.9   contain ~~the elements specified in section 473.1623, subdivision~~ 
  2.10  ~~3.  The financial plan must contain~~ schedules of user charges 
  2.11  and any changes in user charges planned or anticipated by the 
  2.12  council during the period of the plan.  The financial plan must 
  2.13  contain a proposed request for state financial assistance for 
  2.14  the succeeding biennium. 
  2.15     (c) In addition, the budget must show for each year: 
  2.16     (1) the estimated operating revenues from all sources 
  2.17  including funds on hand at the beginning of the year, and 
  2.18  estimated expenditures for costs of operation, administration, 
  2.19  maintenance, and debt service; 
  2.20     (2) capital improvement funds estimated to be on hand at 
  2.21  the beginning of the year and estimated to be received during 
  2.22  the year from all sources and estimated cost of capital 
  2.23  improvements to be paid out or expended during the year, all in 
  2.24  such detail and form as the council may prescribe; and 
  2.25     (3) the estimated source and use of pass-through funds. 
  2.26     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 473.704, 
  2.27  subdivision 19, is amended to read: 
  2.28     Subd. 19.  [FINANCIAL REPORT.] The commission, by December 
  2.29  15 of each even-numbered year, shall prepare and submit to the 
  2.30  legislature a financial report that contains the information 
  2.31  required by Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 473.1623, 
  2.32  subdivision 3, in a format consistent with the consolidated 
  2.33  financial report required by that subdivision. 
  2.34     Sec. 3.  [REPEALER.] 
  2.35     Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 473.1623, subdivision 3, 
  2.36  is repealed. 
  3.1      Sec. 4.  [APPLICATION.] 
  3.2      Sections 1 to 3 apply in the counties of Anoka, Carver, 
  3.3   Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington.