1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transit; requiring metro counties to report on use of transportation sales 
1.3 	tax proceeds for guideways;amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 297A.993, 
1.4 	by adding a subdivision.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 297A.993, is amended by adding a subdivision 
1.7 	to read:
1.8 		Subd. 2a.Guideway uses; reporting. By August 15 of each even-numbered year, a 
1.9 	metropolitan area county that uses, or proposes to use, the proceeds of the transportation 
1.10 	sales taxes to fund the planning, construction, operation, or maintenance of guideways as 
1.11 	defined in section 473.4485, subdivision 1, must submit a report to the legislative committees 
1.12 	with jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance. At a minimum, the report must 
1.13 	include:
1.14 	(1) actual transportation sales tax collections by the county over the previous five calendar 
1.15 	years;
1.16 	(2) an estimation of the total sales tax revenues that will be collected by the county in 
1.17 	the current year and estimated collections for the next ten calendar years;
1.18 	(3) for each of the previous five calendar years, the current calendar year, and for the 
1.19 	next ten calendar years:
1.20 	(i) the amount of sales tax revenues expended or proposed to be expended for guideway 
1.21 	planning, construction, operation, or maintenance;
2.1 	(ii) the total expenditures or proposed expenditures of sales tax revenues for nonguideway 
2.2 	uses; and
2.3 	(iii) an estimated balance of unspent or undesignated county sales tax revenues.

2.4 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.