1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; establishing skyway access requirements for stations 
1.3 	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; STATION 
1.6 	ACCESSIBILITY.
 1.7 	(a) For purposes of this section:
1.8 	(1) "council" has the meaning given in Minnesota Statutes, section 473.121, 
1.9 	subdivision 3; and
1.10 	(2) "pedestrian skyway system" has the meaning given in Minnesota Statutes, 
1.11 	section 469.125, subdivision 4.
1.12 	(b) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, for any transit station on the Central 
1.13 	Corridor light rail transit line that includes, as part of the initial transit line construction 
1.14 	project, construction or establishment of access to a pedestrian skyway system, the council 
1.15 	shall ensure that public access to the pedestrian skyway system is provided by an elevator 
1.16 	located at the site of the station.
1.17 	(c) The council shall meet the requirements under this section at the time of initial 
1.18 	construction of the Central Corridor light rail transit line and the appropriate station.

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