1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to transportation; proposing an amendment to 
  1.3             the Minnesota Constitution by adding a section to 
  1.4             article XIV; requiring 54 percent of the tax on the 
  1.5             sale of motor vehicles to be deposited in highway user 
  1.6             tax distribution fund; providing authority and 
  1.7             procedures for establishing exclusive bus transit 
  1.8             ways; creating multimodal transportation fund, with 
  1.9             accounts, and providing that 46 percent of the tax on 
  1.10            the sale of motor vehicles be deposited in this fund; 
  1.11            authorizing obligations to be issued to finance 
  1.12            transit improvements; removing sunset provision for 
  1.13            certain responsibilities of the office of strategic 
  1.14            and long-range planning; appropriating money; amending 
  1.15            Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 169.01, subdivision 
  1.16            29; 169.305, by adding a subdivision; 297B.09, 
  1.17            subdivision 1; 394.232, subdivision 5; and 473.39, by 
  1.18            adding subdivisions; Laws 1999, chapter 250, article 
  1.19            1, sections 115 and 116; proposing coding for new law 
  1.20            in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 174; and 473. 
  1.21  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.22     Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 169.01, 
  1.23  subdivision 29, is amended to read: 
  1.24     Subd. 29.  [STREET OR HIGHWAY.] "Street or highway" means 
  1.25  the entire width between boundary lines of any way or place when 
  1.26  any part thereof is open to the use of the public, as a matter 
  1.27  of right, for the purposes of vehicular traffic and includes 
  1.28  exclusive bus transit ways. 
  1.29     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 169.305, is 
  1.30  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  1.31     Subd. 2a.  [RESTRICTION.] The commissioner of 
  1.32  transportation shall by order (1) restrict the use of exclusive 
  1.33  bus transit ways to those transit providers authorized to use 
  2.1   them by the metropolitan council or appropriate transit 
  2.2   authority and (2) restrict the use of high-occupancy vehicle 
  2.3   lanes and bus-only shoulder lanes to those vehicles or transit 
  2.4   providers authorized to use them by the metropolitan council. 
  2.5      Sec. 3.  [174.40] [MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION FUND.] 
  2.6      Subdivision 1.  [CREATION AND PURPOSE; ACCOUNTS.] (a) A 
  2.7   multimodal transportation fund is created in the state 
  2.8   treasury.  The fund consists of 46 percent of the net proceeds 
  2.9   of the tax imposed under chapter 297B and other money as 
  2.10  provided by law.  A transit account and a statewide surface 
  2.11  transportation account are created within the fund. 
  2.12     (b) Twenty-five percent of the revenue in the fund must be 
  2.13  deposited to the transit account to be available for 
  2.14  appropriation to the metropolitan council for transit capital, 
  2.15  operating, and associated development purposes. 
  2.16     (c) Seventy-five percent of the revenue in the fund must be 
  2.17  deposited to the statewide surface transportation account to be 
  2.18  available for appropriation to the commissioner of 
  2.19  transportation for statewide surface transportation purposes 
  2.20  including, but not limited to, highways, transit capital and 
  2.21  service expansion needs outside the metropolitan area, commuter 
  2.22  rail capital and operating expenses, right-of-way preservation, 
  2.23  grants to local units of government for comprehensive planning 
  2.24  related to transportation investments, and other transit capital 
  2.25  and highway purposes.  These funds are intended to augment, not 
  2.26  supplant, existing funds appropriated for the same purposes. 
  2.27     Subd. 2.  [INVESTMENT OF FUND.] Money in the multimodal 
  2.28  transportation fund must be invested by the state board of 
  2.29  investment.  All earnings from investments must be credited to 
  2.30  the respective accounts within the multimodal transportation 
  2.31  fund in proportion to their account balances. 
  2.32     Sec. 4.  [174.41] [USE OF MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION FUND.] 
  2.33     Subdivision 1.  [PLANNING GRANTS.] Each year, the 
  2.34  commissioner shall transfer at least 0.5 percent but no more 
  2.35  than three percent of the revenue in the statewide surface 
  2.36  transportation account to the office of strategic and long-range 
  3.1   planning for administrative expenses incurred under sections 
  3.2   4A.09 and 4A.10 and for grants for community-based planning 
  3.3   related to transportation investments.  Preference in awarding 
  3.4   planning grants must be given to local governments engaged in 
  3.5   multijurisdictional, community-based, comprehensive planning 
  3.6   under section 394.232. 
  3.7      Subd. 2.  [STATEWIDE SURFACE TRANSPORTATION ACCOUNT.] For 
  3.8   expenditures of funds from the statewide surface transportation 
  3.9   account, the commissioner shall give priority to projects that: 
  3.10     (1) are on the interregional corridor system as described 
  3.11  in the state transportation plan, are bottlenecks, or provide 
  3.12  advantages to transit; 
  3.13     (2) can be delivered in a timely manner; 
  3.14     (3) upon completion will improve a part of the highway 
  3.15  system that is underperforming or is at risk for signal 
  3.16  proliferation; 
  3.17     (4) are located in a community that has signed an access 
  3.18  management agreement applicable to the project corridor; 
  3.19     (5) are located along a project corridor in communities 
  3.20  that (i) have prepared and adopted within the past five years a 
  3.21  community-based plan under section 394.232 that includes, at a 
  3.22  minimum, urban growth areas as defined in section 462.352, 
  3.23  subdivision 18, transportation plans, access management plans, 
  3.24  and (ii) have adopted ordinances providing for the 
  3.25  implementation of those plans; 
  3.26     (6) are located in a county where the land outside an urban 
  3.27  growth area is zoned as permanent rural or agricultural land, or 
  3.28  for other appropriate land use, and is maintained at density 
  3.29  levels consistent with those uses; and 
  3.30     (7) the comprehensive plan identifies the density that the 
  3.31  municipality wishes to develop. 
  3.32     Subd. 3.  [TRANSIT ACCOUNT.] For expenditures of funds from 
  3.33  the transit account, the metropolitan council shall give 
  3.34  priority to transit service expansion and transit capital 
  3.35  projects that: 
  3.36     (1) are consistent with the regional master transit plan, 
  4.1   sector studies, and the transit capital improvement program; 
  4.2      (2) support other public investments in infrastructure, 
  4.3   housing, schools, and other public services; 
  4.4      (3) encourage development that includes a mix of housing, 
  4.5   retail, office, and open space in a pedestrian-friendly 
  4.6   environment; and 
  4.7      (4) respond to the needs of growing communities that 
  4.8   actively foster transit-oriented development and work with 
  4.9   transit providers in developing solutions to mobility needs in 
  4.10  their localities. 
  4.11     Sec. 5.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 297B.09, 
  4.12  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  4.13     Subdivision 1.  [~~GENERAL FUND SHARE~~ TRANSPORTATION 
  4.14  EXPENDITURES.] (a) Money collected and received under this 
  4.15  chapter must be deposited ~~in the state treasury and credited to~~ 
  4.16  ~~the general fund.  The amounts collected and received shall be~~ 
  4.17  ~~credited~~ as provided in this subdivision~~, and transferred from~~ 
  4.18  ~~the general fund on July 15 and February 15 of each fiscal~~ 
  4.19  ~~year.  The commissioner of finance must make each transfer based~~ 
  4.20  ~~upon the actual receipts of the preceding six calendar months~~ 
  4.21  ~~and include the interest earned during that six-month period.~~  
  4.22  ~~The commissioner of finance may establish a quarterly or other~~ 
  4.23  ~~schedule providing for more frequent payments to the transit~~ 
  4.24  ~~assistance fund if the commissioner determines it is necessary~~ 
  4.25  ~~or desirable to provide for the cash flow needs of the~~ 
  4.26  ~~recipients of money from the transit assistance fund~~.  
  4.27     (b) ~~Twenty-five~~ Fifty-four percent of the ~~money~~ net 
  4.28  proceeds collected and received ~~under this chapter after June~~ 
  4.29  ~~30, 1990, and before July 1, 1991,~~ must be ~~transferred to~~ 
  4.30  deposited in the highway user tax distribution fund ~~and the~~ 
  4.31  ~~transit assistance fund for apportionment as follows:  75~~ 
  4.32  ~~percent must be transferred to the highway user tax distribution~~ 
  4.33  ~~fund~~ for apportionment in the same manner and for the same 
  4.34  purposes as other money in that fund, and the remaining ~~25~~ 46 
  4.35  percent of the ~~money~~ net proceeds must be ~~transferred to~~ 
  4.36  deposited in the ~~transit assistance~~ multimodal transportation 
  5.1   fund ~~to be appropriated to the commissioner of transportation~~ 
  5.2   ~~for transit assistance within the state and to the metropolitan~~ 
  5.3   ~~council~~ created in section 174.40.  
  5.4      ~~(c) The distributions under this subdivision to the highway~~ 
  5.5   ~~user tax distribution fund until June 30, 1991, and to the trunk~~ 
  5.6   ~~highway fund thereafter, must be reduced by the amount necessary~~ 
  5.7   ~~to fund the appropriation under section 41A.09, subdivision 1.~~  
  5.8   ~~For the fiscal years ending June 30, 1988, and June 30, 1989,~~ 
  5.9   ~~the commissioner of finance, before making the transfers~~ 
  5.10  ~~required on July 15 and January 15 of each year, shall estimate~~ 
  5.11  ~~the amount required to fund the appropriation under section~~ 
  5.12  ~~41A.09, subdivision 1, for the six-month period for which the~~ 
  5.13  ~~transfer is being made.  The commissioner shall then reduce the~~ 
  5.14  ~~amount transferred to the highway user tax distribution fund by~~ 
  5.15  ~~the amount of that estimate.  The commissioner shall reduce the~~ 
  5.16  ~~estimate for any six-month period by the amount by which the~~ 
  5.17  ~~estimate for the previous six-month period exceeded the amount~~ 
  5.18  ~~needed to fund the appropriation under section 41A.09,~~ 
  5.19  ~~subdivision 1, for that previous six-month period.  If at any~~ 
  5.20  ~~time during a six-month period in those fiscal years the amount~~ 
  5.21  ~~of reduction in the transfer to the highway user tax~~ 
  5.22  ~~distribution fund is insufficient to fund the appropriation~~ 
  5.23  ~~under section 41A.09, subdivision 1, for that period, the~~ 
  5.24  ~~commissioner shall transfer to the general fund from the highway~~ 
  5.25  ~~user tax distribution fund an additional amount sufficient to~~ 
  5.26  ~~fund the appropriation for that period, but the additional~~ 
  5.27  ~~amount so transferred to the general fund in a six-month period~~ 
  5.28  ~~may not exceed the amount transferred to the highway user tax~~ 
  5.29  ~~distribution fund for that six-month period.~~ 
  5.30     Sec. 6.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 394.232, 
  5.31  subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
  5.32     Subd. 5.  [REVIEW AND COMMENT.] (a) The county or joint 
  5.33  planning district shall submit its community-based comprehensive 
  5.34  plan to the office of strategic and long-range planning for 
  5.35  review ~~of the extent to which the plan promotes local citizen~~ 
  5.36  ~~participation, promotes cooperation among adjacent communities,~~ 
  6.1   ~~and demonstrates consideration of the community-based planning~~ 
  6.2   ~~goals in section 4A.08.  The office has 60 days after submittal~~ 
  6.3   ~~to comment on the plan~~.  The plan is deemed approved 60 days 
  6.4   after submittal to the office, unless the office disagrees with 
  6.5   the plan as provided in paragraph (c). 
  6.6      (b) The office may not disapprove a community-based 
  6.7   comprehensive plan if the office determines that the plan 
  6.8   ~~promotes local citizen participation, promotes cooperation among~~ 
  6.9   ~~adjacent communities, and demonstrates consideration of the~~ 
  6.10  ~~community-based planning goals in section 4A.08~~ meets the 
  6.11  requirements of this section.  
  6.12     (c) If the office disagrees with a community-based 
  6.13  comprehensive plan or any elements of the plan, the office shall 
  6.14  notify the county or district in writing of ~~how the plan~~ 
  6.15  ~~specifically fails to address the goals of community-based~~ 
  6.16  ~~planning~~ the plan deficiencies and suggested changes.  Upon 
  6.17  receipt of the office's written comments, the county or district 
  6.18  has 120 days to revise the community-based comprehensive plan 
  6.19  and resubmit it to the office for reconsideration. 
  6.20     (d) If the county or district refuses to revise the plan or 
  6.21  the office disagrees with the revised plan, the office shall 
  6.22  within 60 days notify the county or district that it wishes to 
  6.23  initiate the dispute resolution process in chapter 572A. 
  6.24     (e) Within 60 days of notice from the office, the county or 
  6.25  joint planning district shall notify the office of its intent to 
  6.26  enter the dispute resolution process.  If the county or district 
  6.27  refuses to enter the dispute resolution process, the county or 
  6.28  district is ineligible for any future grant disbursements 
  6.29  related to community-based planning activities through the 
  6.30  office. 
  6.31     ~~(f) Priority for other state grants, loans, and other~~ 
  6.32  ~~discretionary spending must not be given to local units of~~ 
  6.33  ~~government based on their participation in community-based~~ 
  6.34  ~~planning.~~ 
  6.35     Sec. 7.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 473.39, is 
  6.36  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  7.1      Subd. 1h.  [OBLIGATIONS.] (a) After July 1, 2001, in 
  7.2   addition to the authority in subdivisions 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 1e, 
  7.3   and 1g, the council may issue certificates of indebtedness, 
  7.4   bonds, or other obligations under this section for capital 
  7.5   expenditures as prescribed in the council's regional transit 
  7.6   master plan and transit capital improvement program and for 
  7.7   related costs including the costs of issuance and sale of the 
  7.8   obligations.  The amount of the obligations issued under this 
  7.9   subdivision in any year may not exceed an amount equal to the 
  7.10  following limitations, except as provided in this subdivision: 
  7.11     (1) for 2002, the limitation is $40,000,000; and 
  7.12     (2) for each subsequent year, the limitation is equal to 
  7.13  the previous year's limitation calculated under this subdivision 
  7.14  adjusted for inflation using the United States Department of 
  7.15  Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics Minneapolis-St. Paul Consumer 
  7.16  Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the previous 
  7.17  taxes payable year or three percent, whichever amount is less. 
  7.18     (b) In any year in which the council does not issue 
  7.19  obligations totaling the limitation calculated under this 
  7.20  subdivision, the council's limitation for the following year is 
  7.21  increased by the difference between the previous year's 
  7.22  limitation calculated under this subdivision and the amount 
  7.23  issued in the previous year, or 20 percent of the previous 
  7.24  year's limitation, whichever is less.  Any limitation increase 
  7.25  carried forward under this subdivision is available only in the 
  7.26  following year and is not a permanent increase in the annual 
  7.27  limitation calculated under this subdivision. 
  7.28     Sec. 8.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 473.39, is 
  7.29  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  7.30     Subd. 1j.  [PERFORMANCE-BASED FUNDING.] The commissioner of 
  7.31  finance, in consultation with the chair of the metropolitan 
  7.32  council, shall submit a recommendation for a performance-based 
  7.33  funding mechanism for the metropolitan transit operations 
  7.34  appropriation as part of the governor's biennial budget 
  7.35  recommendations to the 2001 legislature. 
  7.36     Sec. 9.  [473.410] [EXCLUSIVE BUS TRANSIT WAYS.] 
  8.1      Subdivision 1.  [METROPOLITAN COUNCIL.] Within the 
  8.2   seven-county metropolitan area as defined in section 473.121, 
  8.3   subdivision 2, the metropolitan council may plan, in 
  8.4   consultation with the commissioner of transportation, and may 
  8.5   operate, exclusive bus transit ways.  The design, location, and 
  8.6   use of exclusive bus transit ways must be consistent with the 
  8.7   regional master transit plan.  The metropolitan council shall 
  8.8   determine the order in which exclusive bus transit ways are 
  8.9   constructed in consultation with the commissioner of 
  8.10  transportation. 
  8.11     Subd. 2.  [OUTSIDE METROPOLITAN AREA.] Outside the 
  8.12  seven-county metropolitan area, the commissioner of 
  8.13  transportation may plan, design, construct, operate and maintain 
  8.14  exclusive bus transit ways.  The commissioner may contract for 
  8.15  the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of 
  8.16  exclusive bus transit ways.  If an exclusive bus transit way is 
  8.17  planned for an area with a metropolitan planning organization, 
  8.18  the commissioner must consult with that organization about the 
  8.19  location and design of the exclusive bus transit way. 
  8.20     Sec. 10.  [473.4101] [USE OF EXCLUSIVE BUS TRANSIT WAYS.] 
  8.21     The exclusive bus transit ways may be used only by transit 
  8.22  providers authorized to use them by the metropolitan council or, 
  8.23  outside the metropolitan area, by the appropriate transit 
  8.24  authority. 
  8.25     Sec. 11.  [473.4102] [ADVANCED CORRIDOR PLAN.] 
  8.26     (a) In the metropolitan area, the metropolitan council 
  8.27  shall prepare, in consultation with the commissioner of 
  8.28  transportation, an advanced corridor plan that contains the 
  8.29  following elements: 
  8.30     (1) descriptions of (i) location, length, and termini of 
  8.31  routes, (ii) the general dimensions, alignment, and character of 
  8.32  routes and crossings, (iii) the approximate location of bus 
  8.33  stops and park and ride facilities, and (iv) other related 
  8.34  transportation facilities; 
  8.35     (2) preliminary plans for (i) intermodal coordination with 
  8.36  bus operations and routes, (ii) ridership capital cost, 
  9.1   operating costs, and revenues, (iii) sources of funds for 
  9.2   operating subsidies, (iv) funding for final design, 
  9.3   construction, and operation, and (v) an implementation method; 
  9.4   and 
  9.5      (3) preliminary or draft environmental impact statements 
  9.6   and information necessary for environmental clearances. 
  9.7      (b) Outside the metropolitan area, the commissioner shall 
  9.8   prepare the advance corridor plan.  
  9.9      (c) Section 16C.065 does not apply to exclusive bus transit 
  9.10  ways. 
  9.11     Sec. 12.  [473.4103] [PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING PLAN.] 
  9.12     The commissioner of transportation shall prepare, in 
  9.13  consultation with the appropriate metropolitan planning 
  9.14  organization, preliminary engineering plans that include the 
  9.15  items in the preliminary design plan for the exclusive bus 
  9.16  transit ways proposed for construction but with greater detail 
  9.17  to satisfy final environmental impact statement requirements. 
  9.18     Sec. 13.  [473.4104] [COMMISSIONER OF TRANSPORTATION; 
  9.19  AUTHORITY.] 
  9.20     The commissioner of transportation may acquire land by 
  9.21  purchase, gift, or eminent domain for exclusive bus transit ways 
  9.22  and may design, construct, repair, and maintain the exclusive 
  9.23  bus transit ways.  The commissioner of transportation shall 
  9.24  consult with the metropolitan council about the design of 
  9.25  exclusive bus transit ways in the metropolitan area. 
  9.26     Sec. 14.  [473.4105] [FINAL DESIGN PLAN.] 
  9.27     (a) The commissioner of transportation must prepare a final 
  9.28  design plan that includes the items in the advanced corridor 
  9.29  plan and the preliminary engineering plan, but with additional 
  9.30  detail and specificity needed for construction and operation.  
  9.31  It must include final plans for the physical design of 
  9.32  facilities, including the right-of-way definition, environmental 
  9.33  impacts and mitigation measures, intermodal coordination, and 
  9.34  civil engineering plans.  
  9.35     (b) The commissioner of transportation may use a 
  9.36  design-build method of project development and construction for 
 10.1   exclusive bus transit ways.  Notwithstanding any law to the 
 10.2   contrary, the commissioner may award a design-build contract on 
 10.3   the basis of requests for proposals or requests for 
 10.4   qualifications without bids.  "Design-build method of project 
 10.5   development and construction" means a project delivery system in 
 10.6   which a single contractor is responsible for both the design and 
 10.7   construction of the project and bids the design and construction 
 10.8   together. 
 10.9      Sec. 15.  [473.4106] [METROPOLITAN BUS TRANSIT WAY PLAN 
 10.10  REVIEW.] 
 10.11     Subdivision 1.  [ADVANCED CORRIDOR PLAN; PUBLIC 
 10.12  HEARING.] Before a final design plan is prepared, the 
 10.13  metropolitan council shall hold a public hearing on the physical 
 10.14  design component of the advanced corridor plan.  The 
 10.15  metropolitan council shall provide appropriate public notice of 
 10.16  the hearing and publicity to ensure that affected parties have 
 10.17  an opportunity to present their views at the hearing.  The 
 10.18  metropolitan council shall summarize the proceedings and 
 10.19  testimony and maintain the record of a hearing held under this 
 10.20  subdivision, including any written statements submitted. 
 10.21     Subd. 2.  [PHYSICAL DESIGN COMPONENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION.] 
 10.22  (a) At least 30 days before the hearing under subdivision 1, the 
 10.23  metropolitan council shall submit the physical design component 
 10.24  of the advanced corridor plan to the governing body of each 
 10.25  statutory and home rule charter city, county, and town in which 
 10.26  the route is to be located.  
 10.27     (b) Within 45 days after the hearing under subdivision 1, 
 10.28  the city, county, or town shall review and comment on the plan.  
 10.29     (c) Within 45 days of the hearing, a city or town shall 
 10.30  approve or disapprove the location and design of the station to 
 10.31  be located in the city or town.  A city or town that disapproves 
 10.32  shall describe specific amendments to the plan that, if adopted, 
 10.33  would cause the city or town to withdraw its disapproval.  
 10.34  Failure to comment in writing within 45 days after the hearing 
 10.35  is deemed to be approval unless an extension of time is agreed 
 10.36  to by the metropolitan council. 
 11.1      Subd. 3.  [COUNCIL MODIFICATION OF PLAN.] After the hearing 
 11.2   under subdivision 1, and after the receipt of comment under 
 11.3   subdivision 2, the metropolitan council may modify the advanced 
 11.4   corridor plan. 
 11.5      Sec. 16.  [473.4107] [NONMETROPOLITAN BUS TRANSIT WAY PLAN 
 11.6   REVIEW.] 
 11.7      (a) Before constructing exclusive bus transit ways outside 
 11.8   the seven-county metropolitan area, the commissioner shall 
 11.9   submit the advanced corridor plan to each metropolitan planning 
 11.10  organization in which the route is to located.  The metropolitan 
 11.11  planning organization shall hold a hearing on the plan allowing 
 11.12  the commissioner, local governmental units, and other persons to 
 11.13  present their views as to whether the plan is consistent with 
 11.14  the metropolitan planning organization's 20-year long-range 
 11.15  transportation plan.  
 11.16     (b) Within 60 days after the hearing, the metropolitan 
 11.17  planning organization shall review the plan submitted by the 
 11.18  commissioner to determine whether it is consistent with the 
 11.19  20-year long-range transportation plan.  If the plan is 
 11.20  consistent with the 20-year long-range transportation plan, the 
 11.21  metropolitan planning organization shall approve it.  If the 
 11.22  plan is not consistent with the 20-year long-range 
 11.23  transportation plan, the metropolitan planning organization 
 11.24  shall submit to the commissioner proposed amendments to the plan 
 11.25  to make it consistent.  The commissioner shall incorporate the 
 11.26  proposed amendments into the final design plan. 
 11.27     Sec. 17.  [473.4108] [FINAL DESIGN PLANS.] 
 11.28     (a) If the final design plans incorporate a substantial 
 11.29  change from the preliminary design plans with respect to (1) the 
 11.30  location, length, or termini of routes, or (2) the general 
 11.31  dimension, elevation, or alignment of routes and crossings, then 
 11.32  before beginning construction the commissioner shall submit the 
 11.33  changed component of final design plans to the governing body of 
 11.34  each statutory and home rule charter city, county, and town in 
 11.35  which the changed component is proposed to be located.  
 11.36     (b) Within 60 days after the submission of the plans, the 
 12.1   city, county, or town shall review and approve or disapprove the 
 12.2   changed component located in the city, county, or town.  A local 
 12.3   unit of government that disapproves the change shall describe 
 12.4   specific amendments to the plans that, if adopted, would cause 
 12.5   the local unit to withdraw its disapproval.  Failure to approve 
 12.6   or disapprove the changed plans in writing within the time 
 12.7   period is deemed to be approval, unless an extension is agreed 
 12.8   to by the city, county, or town and by the commissioner. 
 12.9      (c) If the governing body of one or more cities, counties, 
 12.10  or towns within the seven-county metropolitan area disapproves 
 12.11  the changed plans within the period allowed under paragraph (b), 
 12.12  the commissioner may refer the plans, along with any comments of 
 12.13  local jurisdictions, to the metropolitan council.  The council 
 12.14  shall review the final design plans under the same procedure and 
 12.15  with the same effect as provided in section 473.4102 for 
 12.16  preliminary design plans. 
 12.17     Sec. 18.  [CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.] 
 12.18     An amendment to the Minnesota Constitution is proposed to 
 12.19  the people.  If the amendment is adopted, a section must be 
 12.20  added to article XIV to read:  
 12.21     Sec. 12.  Of the proceeds of any tax levied on the sale or 
 12.22  transfer of new and used motor vehicles, 54 percent must be paid 
 12.23  into the highway user tax distribution fund. 
 12.24     Sec. 19.  [SUBMISSION TO VOTERS.] 
 12.25     The proposed amendment must be submitted to the people at 
 12.26  the 2000 general election and, if approved, takes effect for any 
 12.27  tax paid after June 30, 2001.  The question submitted must be: 
 12.28     "Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to provide 
 12.29  that 54 percent of the sales tax on motor vehicles be deposited 
 12.30  into the highway user tax distribution fund and used solely for 
 12.31  highway purposes? 
 12.32                                     Yes .......
 12.33                                     No ........"
 12.34     Sec. 20.  Laws 1999, chapter 250, article 1, section 115, 
 12.35  is amended to read: 
 12.36     Sec. 115.  [REPEALER.] 
 13.1      (a) Minnesota Rules, part 8275.0045, subpart 2, is repealed.
 13.2      (b) Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 15.90; 15.91; 15.92; 
 13.3   16A.103, subdivision 3; 16E.11; 16E.12; and 16E.13, are repealed.
 13.4      (c) Laws 1991, chapter 235, article 5, section 3, as 
 13.5   amended by Laws 1995, chapter 254, article 1, section 91, is 
 13.6   repealed. 
 13.7      (d) Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 16A.1285, subdivisions 
 13.8   4 and 5, are repealed. 
 13.9      (e) Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 207A.01; 207A.02; 
 13.10  207A.03; 207A.04; 207A.06; 207A.07; 207A.08; 207A.09; and 
 13.11  207A.10, are repealed. 
 13.12     (f) S.F. No. 2223 of the 1999 regular session, if enacted, 
 13.13  is repealed. 
 13.14     ~~(g) Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 4A.08; 4A.09; and~~ 
 13.15  ~~4A.10, are repealed.~~ 
 13.16     Sec. 21.  Laws 1999, chapter 250, article 1, section 116, 
 13.17  is amended to read: 
 13.18     Sec. 116.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
 13.19     (a) Section 41 is effective January 1, 2001.  Section 43 is 
 13.20  effective July 1, 2000, with respect to preparation of the model 
 13.21  policies and procedures by the commissioner of administration, 
 13.22  and January 1, 2001, with respect to the other provisions of 
 13.23  section 43. 
 13.24     (b) Sections 62 to 64 and 93 are effective January 1, 2001. 
 13.25     (c) Sections 94 to 100 are effective the day following 
 13.26  final enactment. 
 13.27     (d) Sections 47, 49, 55, and 115, ~~paragraphs~~ 
 13.28  paragraph (d) ~~and (g)~~, are effective July 1, 2001. 
 13.29     (e) Section 61 is effective the day following final 
 13.30  enactment and applies only to contracts executed on or after 
 13.31  that date. 
 13.32     (f) The commissioner of employee relations may not 
 13.33  implement the long-term care insurance plan under section 78 
 13.34  until April 1, 2000. 
 13.35     Sec. 22.  [CONTINUOUS EFFECT.] 
 13.36     Minnesota Statutes, sections 4A.08, 4A.09, and 4A.10, to be 
 14.1   repealed by Laws 1999, chapter 250, article 1, section 115, 
 14.2   paragraph (g), effective July 1, 2001, by Laws 1999, chapter 
 14.3   250, article 1, section 116, paragraph (d), are by virtue of the 
 14.4   amendments made by sections 20 and 21 not to be repealed; rather 
 14.5   they remain in continuous effect. 
 14.6      Sec. 23.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
 14.7      Section 5 is effective July 1, 2001, for money collected 
 14.8   and received after June 30, 2001.  Sections 20 to 22 are 
 14.9   effective the day following final enactment.