1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to metropolitan government; requiring proportional distribution by 
1.3 	Metropolitan Council of any transit reductions;amending Minnesota Statutes 
1.4 	2010, section 473.375, by adding a subdivision.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 473.375, is amended by adding a 
1.7 	subdivision to read:
1.8 		Subd. 19.Reductions in services or assistance; apportionment.  When a 
1.9 	metropolitan transit budget, levy, or appropriation is decreased, and when that decrease 
1.10 	reduces transit services or assistance to local units of government under sections 473.371 
1.11 	and 473.449, the Metropolitan Council must apportion the reduction among local units 
1.12 	of government. Each recipient's share of the reduction must be in proportion to that 
1.13 	recipient's share of total metropolitan transit services and assistance to local units of 
1.14 	government immediately before the reduction.