1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; requiring Metropolitan Council to broadcast 
1.3 	announcements in light rail transit cars and stations in several languages; 
1.4 	appropriating money;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, 
1.5 	chapter 473.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. [473.4053] ANNOUNCEMENTS IN LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT 
1.8 	VEHICLES AND STATIONS.
1.9 	Prerecorded announcements broadcast in light rail vehicles and stations must be 
1.10 	broadcast in a minimum of three languages. All announcements must be broadcast in 
1.11 	English and in the two non-English languages that are utilized by the greatest numbers of 
1.12 	individuals in the city through which the light rail vehicles are passing and the stations 
1.13 	are located.

1.14 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION.
 1.15 	$500,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2016 from the general fund to the 
1.16 	Metropolitan Council in order to carry out the provisions in section 1.