1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; mass transit; establishing skyway access requirements 
1.3 	for the Central Station on the Central Corridor light rail transit line.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. CENTRAL CORRIDOR LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT; CENTRAL 
1.6 	STATION ACCESSIBILITY.
 1.7 	(a) For purposes of this section:
1.8 	(1) "city" means the city of St. Paul;
1.9 	(2) "council" has the meaning given in Minnesota Statutes, section 473.121, 
1.10 	subdivision 3; and
1.11 	(3) "pedestrian skyway system" has the meaning given in Minnesota Statutes, 
1.12 	section 469.125, subdivision 4.
1.13 	(b) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, for the Central Station on the 
1.14 	Central Corridor light rail transit line, the council and city shall include construction or 
1.15 	establishment of access to a pedestrian skyway system as part of the initial transit line 
1.16 	construction project. The council and city shall ensure that public access to the pedestrian 
1.17 	skyway system is provided by an elevator located at the site of the station.
1.18 	(c) The council and city shall meet the requirements under this section at the time of 
1.19 	initial construction of the Central Corridor light rail transit line and the Central Station.

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