1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; establishing a county state-aid highways grant program 
1.3 	for metropolitan cities;amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 162.08, by 
1.4 	adding a subdivision.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 162.08, is amended by adding a 
1.7 	subdivision to read:
1.8 		Subd. 1a.Grants to metropolitan cities having less than 3,000 population. (a) 
1.9 	Each metropolitan county, as defined under section 473.121, subdivision 4, shall establish 
1.10 	a county state-aid highway grant program. The grant program must consist of grants to 
1.11 	statutory and home rule charter cities having a population under 3,000 that are eligible 
1.12 	for funds under this section. Grants must be used for maintenance, construction, or 
1.13 	reconstruction of county state-aid highways located within the statutory and home rule 
1.14 	charter cities. Each county shall establish procedures for application for grant funds, 
1.15 	conditions for their administration, and criteria for priority of applications.
1.16 	(b) The grants awarded must total, for each fiscal year, at least five percent of the 
1.17 	apportionment sum allocated to the county under section 162.07, after deducting the 
1.18 	money apportioned under subdivision 1 to statutory and home rule charter cities having 
1.19 	a population of less than 5,000.

1.20 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2007.