1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to transportation; appropriating money for 
  1.3             local bridges. 
  1.4   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.5      Section 1.  [APPROPRIATION.] 
  1.6      $10,000,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the 
  1.7   commissioner of transportation for replacement and 
  1.8   rehabilitation of deficient local bridges and to match federal 
  1.9   funds.  Political subdivisions may use grants made under this 
  1.10  section to construct or reconstruct bridges, including: 
  1.11     (1) matching federal-aid grants to construct or reconstruct 
  1.12  key bridges; 
  1.13     (2) paying the costs to abandon an existing bridge that is 
  1.14  deficient and in need of replacement, but where no replacement 
  1.15  will be made; 
  1.16     (3) paying the costs to construct a road or street to 
  1.17  facilitate the abandonment of an existing bridge determined by 
  1.18  the commissioner to be deficient, if the commissioner determines 
  1.19  that construction of the road or street is more cost efficient 
  1.20  than the replacement of the existing bridge; and 
  1.21     (4) paying the costs of preliminary engineering and 
  1.22  environmental studies. 
  1.23     This appropriation is available for the biennium ending 
  1.24  June 30, 2001.