1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; appropriations; transit funding; amending Metropolitan 
1.3 	Council base appropriations;amending Laws 2011, First Special Session chapter 
1.4 	3, article 1, section 4.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Laws 2011, First Special Session chapter 3, article 1, section 4, is amended 
1.7 	to read:

1.8	Sec. 4. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL
 	$
	39,038,000
	$
	39,038,000
	
1.9 	This appropriation is from the general 
1.10 	fund for transit system operations under 
1.11 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 473.371 to 
1.12 	473.449.
1.13 	Of this appropriation, $140,000 in each 
1.14 	fiscal year is for transit service for disabled 
1.15 	veterans under Minnesota Statutes, section 
1.16 	473.408, subdivision 10.
1.17 	The base appropriation is $64,889,000
1.18 	$40,688,000 for fiscal year 2014 and 
1.19 	$64,970,000 $40,688,000 for fiscal year 
1.20 	2015.
1.21 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
1.22 	473.388, subdivision 4, in each year of 
1.23 	the biennium, the Metropolitan Council 
2.1 	shall provide financial assistance to transit 
2.2 	providers under Minnesota Statutes, section 
2.3 	473.388, in an amount that is $1,650,000 
2.4 	less than the amount of assistance that 
2.5 	was provided to transit providers by the 
2.6 	Metropolitan Council in fiscal year 2011. 
2.7 	Funds not transferred as a result of this 
2.8 	rider are available for use by the council for 
2.9 	metropolitan transit operations.

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