1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to metropolitan government; providing for
1.3 	transition to fiscal year budgets for the Metropolitan
1.4 	Airports Commission and the Metropolitan Council;
1.5 	requiring legislative approval of the commission's and
1.6 	the council's budgets; amending Minnesota Statutes
1.7 	2004, sections 473.13, subdivision 1; 473.661,
1.8 	subdivision 1.
1.9 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.10 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 473.13,
1.11 	subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.12 		Subdivision 1.Budget.  (a) On or before December 20 
1.13 	January 1 of each year the council, after the public hearing
1.14 	required in section 275.065, shall adopt a final prepare and
1.15 	submit to the legislature a budget covering its anticipated
1.16 	receipts and disbursements for the ensuing next fiscal 
1.17 	year commencing July 1 and shall decide upon the total proposed 
1.18 	amount necessary to be raised from ad valorem tax levies to meet
1.19 	its budget.  The budget shall state in detail the expenditures
1.20 	for each program to be undertaken, including the expenses for
1.21 	salaries, consultant services, overhead, travel, printing, and
1.22 	other items.  The budget shall state in detail the capital
1.23 	expenditures of the council for the budget year, based on a
1.24 	five-year capital program adopted by the council and transmitted
1.25 	to the legislature. After adoption of the budget and The
1.26 	legislature must approve the council's budget by law.No later
1.27 	than five working days after December 20 legislative approval of
2.1 	the budget, the council shall certify to the auditor of each
2.2 	metropolitan county the share of the tax to be levied within
2.3 	that county, which must be an amount bearing the same proportion
2.4 	to the total levy agreed on by the council as the net tax
2.5 	capacity of the county bears to the net tax capacity of the
2.6 	metropolitan area.  The maximum amount of any levy made for the
2.7 	purpose of this chapter may not exceed the limits set by the
2.8 	statute authorizing the levy.
2.9 	(b) Each even-numbered year the council shall prepare for
2.10 	its transit programs a financial plan for the succeeding three
2.11 	calendar years, in half-year segments.  The financial plan must
2.12 	contain schedules of user charges and any changes in user
2.13 	charges planned or anticipated by the council during the period
2.14 	of the plan.  The financial plan must contain a proposed request
2.15 	for state financial assistance for the succeeding biennium.
2.16 	(c) In addition, the budget must show for each year:
2.17 	(1) the estimated operating revenues from all sources
2.18 	including funds on hand at the beginning of the year, and
2.19 	estimated expenditures for costs of operation, administration,
2.20 	maintenance, and debt service;
2.21 	(2) capital improvement funds estimated to be on hand at
2.22 	the beginning of the year and estimated to be received during
2.23 	the year from all sources and estimated cost of capital
2.24 	improvements to be paid out or expended during the year, all in
2.25 	such detail and form as the council may prescribe; and
2.26 	(3) the estimated source and use of pass-through funds.

2.27 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 473.661,
2.28 	subdivision 1, is amended to read:
2.29 		Subdivision 1.By july january 1.  The commissioners
2.30 	shall, on or before the first day of July January of each year,
2.31 	prepare and submit to the legislature a detailed budget of the
2.32 	needs of the corporation for the next fiscal year, specifying
2.33 	separately in said budget the amounts to be expended for
2.34 	acquisition of property, construction, payments on bonded
2.35 	indebtedness, if any, operation, noise mitigation, and
2.36 	maintenance, respectively, subject only to such changes as the
3.1 	commissioners may from time to time approve. The legislature
3.2 	must approve the commission's budget by law.

3.3 	Sec. 3. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL; EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS.
 3.4 	The Metropolitan Council may not expend any funds on and
3.5 	after July 1, 2006, other than expenditures approved by law by
3.6 	the legislature as part of the council's budget, or otherwise
3.7 	authorized by law.

3.8 	Sec. 4. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL; TRANSITIONAL BUDGET.
 3.9 	By July 1, 2005, the Metropolitan Council shall prepare a
3.10 	detailed six-month budget for the period of January 1, 2006, to
3.11 	June 30, 2006.  Thereafter, the council shall prepare annual
3.12 	budgets with each fiscal year commencing July 1 and ending June
3.13 	30.  The council must submit a detailed budget for the fiscal
3.14 	year beginning July 1, 2006, to the legislature for approval by
3.15 	January 1, 2006.

3.16 	Sec. 5. METROPOLITAN AIRPORTS COMMISSION; EXPENDITURE OF
3.17 	FUNDS.
 3.18 	The Metropolitan Airports Commission may not expend any
3.19 	funds on and after July 1, 2006, other than expenditures
3.20 	approved by law by the legislature as part of the commission's
3.21 	budget, or otherwise authorized by law.

3.22 	Sec. 6. METROPOLITAN AIRPORTS COMMISSION; TRANSITIONAL
3.23 	BUDGET.
 3.24 	By July 1, 2005, the Metropolitan Airports Commission shall
3.25 	prepare a detailed six-month budget for the period of January 1,
3.26 	2006, to June 30, 2006.  Thereafter, the commission shall
3.27 	prepare annual budgets with each fiscal year commencing July 1
3.28 	and ending June 30.  The commission must submit a detailed
3.29 	budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2006, to the
3.30 	legislature for approval by January 1, 2006.

3.31 	Sec. 7. APPLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE.
 3.32 	Sections 1 to 6 are effective July 1, 2006, and apply in
3.33 	the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott
3.34 	and Washington.