1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to railroads; requiring local approval of the 
  1.3             physical design component of commuter rail corridor 
  1.4             plans; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 
  1.5             174.86, subdivisions 2 and 3. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 174.86, 
  1.8   subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  1.9      Subd. 2.  [PHYSICAL DESIGN COMPONENT; LOCAL 
  1.10  PARTICIPATION.] (a) At least 30 days before the hearing under 
  1.11  subdivision 1, the commissioner shall submit the physical design 
  1.12  component of the advanced corridor plan to the governing body of 
  1.13  each statutory and home rule charter city, county, and town in 
  1.14  which the route is to be located.  Within 45 days after the 
  1.15  hearing under subdivision 1, the city, county, or town shall 
  1.16  review and comment on the plan.  
  1.17     (b) Within 45 days of the hearing, a city or town shall 
  1.18  approve or disapprove the location and design of the station 
  1.19  to that portion of the physical design component which would be 
  1.20  located in the city or town.  Approval once given under this 
  1.21  subdivision may not be withdrawn.  A city or town that 
  1.22  disapproves shall describe specific amendments to the plan that, 
  1.23  if adopted, would cause the city or town to withdraw its 
  1.24  disapproval.  Failure to comment in writing within 45 days after 
  1.25  the hearing is deemed to be accepted approval unless an 
  2.1   extension of time is agreed to by the metropolitan planning 
  2.2   organization and the commissioner of transportation. 
  2.3      Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 174.86, 
  2.4   subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
  2.5      Subd. 3.  [MODIFICATION OF ADVANCED CORRIDOR PLAN; EFFECT 
  2.6   OF LOCAL DISAPPROVAL.] After the hearing under subdivision 1, 
  2.7   and after the receipt of comment under subdivision 2, the 
  2.8   commissioner may modify the advanced corridor plan.  The 
  2.9   commissioner may not construct commuter rail facilities in the 
  2.10  corridor if the physical design component has been disapproved 
  2.11  under subdivision 2 by any city or town in which it would be 
  2.12  located.