1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; requiring a report on transportation revenue sources and 
1.3 	expenditures.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. TRANSPORTATION REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES; REPORT.
 1.6 	(a) The commissioner of transportation, in collaboration with the commissioners of 
1.7 	revenue and management and budget, must submit a report to the house of representatives 
1.8 	and senate committees with jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance on 
1.9 	transportation revenues and expenditures in Minnesota.
1.10 	(b) At a minimum, the report must include analysis regarding:
1.11 	(1) revenue sources for transportation activities, including detailed information on how 
1.12 	much revenue is generated on both a geographic and a per-capita basis;
1.13 	(2) the various constitutional and statutory formulas used to distribute transportation 
1.14 	funding, including detailed information on the amounts spent under each formula over the 
1.15 	past five years;
1.16 	(3) expenditures for transportation-related activities, including detailed information on 
1.17 	how transportation funds are distributed and expended on both a geographic and a per-capita 
1.18 	basis;
1.19 	(4) the current number of roadways with two or more paved lanes, on a per-county basis; 
1.20 	and
2.1 	(5) the projected cost to meet Minnesota's transportation needs, taking into account 
2.2 	specific factors that include but are not limited to (i) action needed to achieve meaningful 
2.3 	congestion relief, and (ii) labor costs to both maintain existing transportation assets and 
2.4 	expand to meet future needs.
2.5 	(c) The report under this section must be submitted no later than January 1, 2019.

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