1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to the organization and operation of state 
  1.3             government; appropriating money for the department of 
  1.4             transportation and other agencies with certain 
  1.5             conditions; providing for fees and accounts; amending 
  1.6             Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 168A.29, subdivision 
  1.7             1; 173.13, subdivision 4; 299C.10, subdivision 4; and 
  1.8             299C.46, subdivision 3, and by adding a subdivision; 
  1.9             proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, 
  1.10            chapter 299A. 
  1.11  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.12  Section 1.  [TRANSPORTATION AND OTHER AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS.] 
  1.13     The sums shown in the columns marked "APPROPRIATIONS" are 
  1.14  appropriated from the general fund, or another named fund, to 
  1.15  the agencies and for the purposes specified in this act, to be 
  1.16  available for the fiscal years indicated for each purpose.  The 
  1.17  figures "1997," "1998," and "1999," where used in this act, mean 
  1.18  that the appropriation or appropriations listed under them are 
  1.19  available for the year ending June 30, 1997, June 30, 1998, or 
  1.20  June 30, 1999, respectively.  If the figures are not used, the 
  1.21  appropriations are available for the year ending June 30, 1998, 
  1.22  or June 30, 1999, respectively.  The term "first year" means the 
  1.23  year ending June 30, 1998, and the term "second year" means the 
  1.24  year ending June 30, 1999.  Appropriations for the year ending 
  1.25  June 30, 1997, are in addition to appropriations made in 
  1.26  previous years. 
  1.27                          SUMMARY BY FUND
  1.28             1997         1998          1999           TOTAL
  2.1   General $1,619,000   $108,062,000   $105,195,000   $213,257,000
  2.2   Airports               17,816,000     17,878,000     35,694,000 
  2.3   C.S.A.H.              318,289,000    327,512,000    645,801,000 
  2.4   Highway User           13,929,000     13,998,000     27,927,000 
  2.5   M.S.A.S.               96,580,000     99,264,000    195,844,000 
  2.6   Special Revenue         1,420,000      1,436,000      2,856,000 
  2.7   Trunk 
  2.8   Highway 25,000,000   944,947,000    942,763,000  1,887,710,000 
  2.9   State Government
  2.10  Special Revenue             7,000          7,000         14,000
  2.11  Environmental              42,000         43,000         85,000
  2.12  TOTAL  $26,619,000 $1,501,092,000 $1,508,096,000 $3,009,188,000
  2.13                                             APPROPRIATIONS 
  2.14                                         Available for the Year 
  2.15                                             Ending June 30 
  2.16                             1997          1998           1999 
  2.17  Sec. 2.  TRANSPORTATION 
  2.18  Subdivision 1.  Total 
  2.19  Appropriation         $25,000,000   $1,309,174,000 $1,319,920,000
  2.20  The appropriations in this section are 
  2.21  from the trunk highway fund, except 
  2.22  when another fund is named. 
  2.23                          Summary by Fund
  2.24                    1997          1998           1999 
  2.25  General                       14,819,000     14,437,000
  2.26  Airports                      17,766,000     17,828,000
  2.27  C.S.A.H.                     318,289,000    327,512,000
  2.28  M.S.A.S.                      96,580,000     99,264,000
  2.29  Trunk Highway   25,000,000   861,720,000    860,879,000
  2.30  The amounts that may be spent from this 
  2.31  appropriation for each program are 
  2.32  specified in the following subdivisions.
  2.33  Subd. 2.  Aeronautics                 18,096,000     17,758,000
  2.34                Summary by Fund
  2.35  Airports             17,696,000     17,758,000
  2.36  General                 400,000        -0-
  2.37  The amounts that may be spent from this 
  2.38  appropriation for each activity are as 
  2.39  follows:  
  2.40  (a) Airport Development and Assistance 
  2.41        1998           1999
  3.1       12,948,000     12,948,000
  3.2   $12,846,000 the first year and 
  3.3   $12,846,000 the second year are for 
  3.4   navigational aids, construction grants, 
  3.5   and maintenance grants.  If the 
  3.6   appropriation for either year is 
  3.7   insufficient, the appropriation for the 
  3.8   other year is available for it. 
  3.9   These appropriations must be spent in 
  3.10  accordance with Minnesota Statutes, 
  3.11  section 360.305, subdivision 4. 
  3.12  $12,000 the first year and $12,000 the 
  3.13  second year are for maintenance of the 
  3.14  Pine Creek Airport.  
  3.15  $90,000 the first year and $90,000 the 
  3.16  second year are for air service grants. 
  3.17  (b) Aviation Support 
  3.18       4,680,000      4,741,000
  3.19  $65,000 the first year and $65,000 the 
  3.20  second year are for the civil air 
  3.21  patrol. 
  3.22  $15,000 the first year and $15,000 the 
  3.23  second year are for the advisory 
  3.24  council on metropolitan airport 
  3.25  planning.  The commissioner of 
  3.26  transportation shall transfer these 
  3.27  funds to the legislative coordinating 
  3.28  commission.  These funds are available 
  3.29  in either year of the biennium.  
  3.30  (c) Air Transportation Services 
  3.31                Summary by Fund
  3.32  Airports                 68,000         69,000
  3.33  General                 400,000           -0-
  3.34  $400,000 the first year is for 
  3.35  refurbishing a federal surplus jet 
  3.36  airplane for state ownership and use. 
  3.37  Subd. 3.  Transit                    14,323,000     14,337,000
  3.38                Summary by Fund
  3.39  General              14,012,000     14,021,000
  3.40  Trunk Highway           311,000        316,000
  3.41  The amounts that may be spent from this 
  3.42  appropriation for each activity are as 
  3.43  follows:  
  3.44  (a) Greater Minnesota Transit
  3.45  Assistance 
  3.46      13,556,000    13,556,000
  3.47  This appropriation is from the general 
  3.48  fund.  
  3.49  (b) Transit Administration   
  4.1          767,000       781,000
  4.2                 Summary by Fund
  4.3   General                 456,000       465,000
  4.4   Trunk Highway           311,000       316,000 
  4.5   Subd. 4.  Railroads and Waterways    1,452,000      1,484,000
  4.6                 Summary by Fund
  4.7   General                 247,000       253,000
  4.8   Trunk Highway         1,205,000     1,231,000 
  4.9   Subd. 5.  Motor Carrier Regulation   2,437,000      2,487,000
  4.10                Summary by Fund
  4.11  General                 110,000       113,000
  4.12  Trunk Highway         2,327,000     2,374,000
  4.13  Subd. 6.  Local Roads              414,869,000    426,776,000
  4.14                Summary by Fund
  4.15  C.S.A.H.            318,289,000   327,512,000
  4.16  M.S.A.S.             96,580,000    99,264,000
  4.17  The amounts that may be spent from this 
  4.18  appropriation for each activity are as 
  4.19  follows:  
  4.20  (a) County State Aids 
  4.21     318,289,000    327,512,000
  4.22  This appropriation is from the county 
  4.23  state-aid highway fund and is available 
  4.24  until spent.  
  4.25  (b) Municipal State Aids 
  4.26      96,580,000     99,264,000
  4.27  This appropriation is from the 
  4.28  municipal state-aid street fund and is 
  4.29  available until spent.  
  4.30  If an appropriation for either county 
  4.31  state aids or municipal state aids does 
  4.32  not exhaust the balance in the fund 
  4.33  from which it is made in the year for 
  4.34  which it is made, the commissioner of 
  4.35  finance, upon request of the 
  4.36  commissioner of transportation, shall 
  4.37  notify the committee on finance of the 
  4.38  senate and the committee on ways and 
  4.39  means of the house of representatives 
  4.40  of the amount of the remainder and 
  4.41  shall then add that amount to the 
  4.42  appropriation.  The amount added is 
  4.43  appropriated for the purposes of county 
  4.44  state aids or municipal state aids, as 
  4.45  appropriate.  
  4.46  Subd. 7.  State Roads   25,000,000   807,214,000    817,612,000
  5.1                           Summary by Fund
  5.2                     1997          1998           1999 
  5.3   General                            9,000          9,000
  5.4   Trunk Highway   25,000,000   807,205,000    817,603,000
  5.5   The amounts that may be spent from this 
  5.6   appropriation for each activity are as 
  5.7   follows:  
  5.8   (a) State Road Construction 
  5.9                   25,000,000   445,822,000    445,838,000
  5.10  It is estimated that these 
  5.11  appropriations will be funded as 
  5.12  follows:  
  5.13  Federal Highway Aid 
  5.14     225,000,000    225,000,000
  5.15  Highway User Taxes 
  5.16     220,822,000    220,838,000
  5.17  The commissioner of transportation 
  5.18  shall notify the chair of the committee 
  5.19  on finance of the senate and chair of 
  5.20  the committee on ways and means of the 
  5.21  house of representatives quarterly of 
  5.22  any events that should cause these 
  5.23  estimates to change. 
  5.24  This appropriation is for the actual 
  5.25  construction, reconstruction, and 
  5.26  improvement of trunk highways.  This 
  5.27  includes the cost of actual payment to 
  5.28  landowners for lands acquired for 
  5.29  highway right-of-way, payment to 
  5.30  lessees, interest subsidies, and 
  5.31  relocation expenses.  
  5.32  The appropriation for fiscal year 1997 
  5.33  is for state road construction and is 
  5.34  added to the appropriations in Laws 
  5.35  1995, chapter 265, article 2, section 
  5.36  2, subdivision 7, clause (a).  
  5.37  The commissioner of transportation may 
  5.38  receive monies covering other shares of 
  5.39  the cost of partnership projects.  
  5.40  These receipts are appropriated to the 
  5.41  commissioner for these projects. 
  5.42  Before proceeding with a project, or a 
  5.43  series of projects on a single highway, 
  5.44  with a cost exceeding $10,000,000, the 
  5.45  commissioner shall consider the 
  5.46  feasibility of alternative means of 
  5.47  financing the project or series of 
  5.48  projects, including but not limited to 
  5.49  congestion pricing, tolls, mileage 
  5.50  pricing, and public-private partnership.
  5.51  (b) Highway Debt Service 
  5.52      15,161,000     13,539,000
  6.1   $5,951,000 the first year and 
  6.2   $5,403,000 the second year are for 
  6.3   transfer to the state bond fund. 
  6.4   If this appropriation is insufficient 
  6.5   to make all transfers required in the 
  6.6   year for which it is made, the 
  6.7   commissioner of finance shall notify 
  6.8   the committee on finance of the senate 
  6.9   and the committee on ways and means of 
  6.10  the house of representatives of the 
  6.11  amount of the deficiency and shall then 
  6.12  transfer that amount under the 
  6.13  statutory open appropriation.  
  6.14  Any excess appropriation must be 
  6.15  canceled to the trunk highway fund. 
  6.16  (c) Research and Investment Management 
  6.17      11,606,000     11,791,000
  6.18  $444,000 the first year and $444,000 
  6.19  the second year are available for 
  6.20  grants for transportation studies 
  6.21  outside the metropolitan area for 
  6.22  transportation studies to identify 
  6.23  critical concerns, problems, and 
  6.24  issues.  These grants are available to 
  6.25  (1) regional development commissions, 
  6.26  and (2) in regions where no regional 
  6.27  development commission is functioning, 
  6.28  joint-powers boards established under 
  6.29  agreement of two or more political 
  6.30  subdivisions in the region to exercise 
  6.31  the planning functions of a regional 
  6.32  development commission, and (3) in 
  6.33  regions where no regional development 
  6.34  commission or joint powers board is 
  6.35  functioning, the department's district 
  6.36  office for that region. 
  6.37  $180,000 the first year and $180,000 
  6.38  the second year are available for 
  6.39  grants to metropolitan planning 
  6.40  organizations outside the seven-county 
  6.41  metropolitan area. 
  6.42  $100,000 the first year and $100,000 
  6.43  the second year are for grants to 
  6.44  stimulate telecommuting as an 
  6.45  alternative to peak-hour highway 
  6.46  commuting.  The commissioner and the 
  6.47  Minnesota telecommuting partnership 
  6.48  shall determine grant purposes and 
  6.49  recipients. 
  6.50  $75,000 the first year and $75,000 the 
  6.51  second year are for a transportation 
  6.52  research contingent account to finance 
  6.53  research projects that are reimbursable 
  6.54  from the federal government or from 
  6.55  other sources.  If the appropriation 
  6.56  for either year is insufficient, the 
  6.57  appropriation for the other year is 
  6.58  available for it. 
  6.59  (d) Central Engineering Services
  6.60      56,593,000     57,384,000
  7.1   Of these appropriations, $2,190,000 the 
  7.2   first year and $2,190,000 the second 
  7.3   year are for scientific equipment.  If 
  7.4   the appropriation for either year is 
  7.5   insufficient, the appropriation for the 
  7.6   other year is available for it. 
  7.7   (e) Design and Construction Engineering
  7.8       69,445,000     70,879,000
  7.9   (f) State Road Operations
  7.10     202,331,000    205,403,000
  7.11  $11,689,000 the first year and 
  7.12  $11,689,000 the second year are for 
  7.13  road equipment.  If the appropriation 
  7.14  for either year is insufficient, the 
  7.15  appropriation for the other year is 
  7.16  available for it. 
  7.17  (g) Electronic Communications
  7.18       6,256,000     12,778,000
  7.19                Summary by Fund
  7.20  General                   9,000         9,000
  7.21  Trunk Highway         6,247,000    12,769,000
  7.22  $9,000 the first year and $9,000 the 
  7.23  second year are from the general fund 
  7.24  for equipment and operation of the 
  7.25  Roosevelt signal tower for Lake of the 
  7.26  Woods weather broadcasting. 
  7.27  Subd. 8.  General Support             38,512,000     39,466,000
  7.28                Summary by Fund
  7.29  General                  41,000        41,000
  7.30  Airports                 70,000        70,000 
  7.31  Trunk Highway        38,401,000    39,355,000
  7.32  The amounts that may be spent from this 
  7.33  appropriation for each activity are as 
  7.34  follows:  
  7.35  (a) General Management       
  7.36      25,599,000     25,924,000
  7.37  Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
  7.38  sections 160.84 to 160.92, the 
  7.39  commissioner of transportation is 
  7.40  authorized to implement a demonstration 
  7.41  congestion pricing project involving 
  7.42  interstate trunk highway facilities to 
  7.43  determine the feasibility of charging 
  7.44  user fees as allowed by Section 1012(b) 
  7.45  of the Intermodal Surface 
  7.46  Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, 
  7.47  Public Law Number 102-240 (ISTEA).  For 
  7.48  the purposes of this demonstration 
  7.49  project, the commissioner shall be 
  7.50  exempt from any rulemaking 
  7.51  requirements.  The commissioner of 
  8.1   transportation must obtain prior 
  8.2   approval for the project from the 
  8.3   metropolitan council.  The metropolitan 
  8.4   council must hold a public hearing on 
  8.5   the project as proposed by the 
  8.6   commissioner of transportation before 
  8.7   granting its approval.  All fees 
  8.8   collected by the commissioner shall be 
  8.9   deposited in the trunk highway fund and 
  8.10  are appropriated to implement and 
  8.11  administer this demonstration project. 
  8.12  (b) General Services 
  8.13      12,913,000     13,542,000
  8.14                Summary by Fund
  8.15  General                  41,000        41,000
  8.16  Airports                 70,000        70,000 
  8.17  Trunk Highway        12,802,000    13,431,000 
  8.18  $1,500,000 the first year and 
  8.19  $1,500,000 the second year are for data 
  8.20  processing development.  If the 
  8.21  appropriation for either year is 
  8.22  insufficient, the appropriation for the 
  8.23  other year is available for it. 
  8.24  The commissioner of transportation 
  8.25  shall manage the department of 
  8.26  transportation in such a manner as to 
  8.27  provide seasonal employees of the 
  8.28  department with the maximum feasible 
  8.29  amount of employment security 
  8.30  consistent with the efficient delivery 
  8.31  of department programs. 
  8.32  Subd. 9.  Buildings                   12,271,000        -0- 
  8.33  $6,771,000 is for ongoing operational 
  8.34  building needs.  $5,500,000 is for the 
  8.35  Cedar Avenue Truck Station in Richfield.
  8.36  The appropriation of $644,000 in Laws 
  8.37  1996, chapter 455, article 2, section 
  8.38  2, clause (5), for the Deer Lake 
  8.39  equipment storage building, is 
  8.40  reappropriated for a Virginia 
  8.41  headquarters building addition for the 
  8.42  state patrol.  
  8.43  Subd. 10.  Transfers
  8.44  The commissioner of transportation with 
  8.45  the approval of the commissioner of 
  8.46  finance may transfer unencumbered 
  8.47  balances among the appropriations from 
  8.48  the trunk highway fund and the state 
  8.49  airports fund made in this section.  No 
  8.50  transfer may be made from the 
  8.51  appropriation for state road 
  8.52  construction.  No transfer may be made 
  8.53  from the appropriations for debt 
  8.54  service to any other appropriation.  
  8.55  Transfers may not be made between funds.
  8.56  Transfers must be reported immediately 
  8.57  to the committee on finance of the 
  8.58  senate and the committee on ways and 
  9.1   means of the house of representatives.  
  9.2   Subd. 11.  Contingent Appropriation 
  9.3   The commissioner of transportation, 
  9.4   with the approval of the governor after 
  9.5   consultation with the legislative 
  9.6   advisory commission under Minnesota 
  9.7   Statutes, section 3.30, may transfer 
  9.8   all or part of the unappropriated 
  9.9   balance in the trunk highway fund to an 
  9.10  appropriation (1) for trunk highway 
  9.11  design, construction, or inspection in 
  9.12  order to take advantage of an 
  9.13  unanticipated receipt of income to the 
  9.14  trunk highway fund, (2) for trunk 
  9.15  highway maintenance in order to meet an 
  9.16  emergency, or (3) to pay tort or 
  9.17  environmental claims.  The amount 
  9.18  transferred is appropriated for the 
  9.19  purpose of the account to which it is 
  9.20  transferred. 
  9.21  Sec. 3.  METROPOLITAN COUNCIL  
  9.22  TRANSIT                               49,351,000     49,351,000
  9.23  Sec. 4.  PUBLIC SAFETY
  9.24  Subdivision 1.  Total
  9.25  Appropriation           1,819,000    141,525,000    137,783,000
  9.26                          Summary by Fund
  9.27                    1997          1998           1999 
  9.28  General         1,619,000     43,892,000     41,407,000
  9.29  State Government
  9.30  Special Revenue   -0-              7,000          7,000
  9.31  Special
  9.32  Revenue           -0-          1,420,000      1,436,000
  9.33  Trunk
  9.34  Highway           -0-         82,360,000     81,017,000
  9.35  Highway User
  9.36  Tax Distribution  -0-         13,804,000     13,873,000
  9.37  Environmental     -0-             42,000         43,000
  9.38  Subd. 2.  Administration 
  9.39  and Related Services                  11,245,000     11,378,000
  9.40                Summary by Fund
  9.41  General               3,546,000      3,553,000
  9.42  Trunk Highway         6,490,000      6,616,000
  9.43  Highway User
  9.44  Tax Distribution      1,209,000      1,209,000
  9.45  $326,000 the first year and $326,000 
  9.46  the second year are for payment of 
  9.47  public safety officer survivor benefits 
  9.48  under Minnesota Statutes, section 
  9.49  299A.44.  If the appropriation for 
  9.50  either year is insufficient, the 
  9.51  appropriation for the other year is 
 10.1   available for it. 
 10.2   $292,000 the first year and $292,000 
 10.3   the second year are for soft body armor 
 10.4   reimbursements under Minnesota 
 10.5   Statutes, section 299A.38.  
 10.6   $1,446,000 the first year and 
 10.7   $1,446,000 the second year are 
 10.8   appropriated from the general fund for 
 10.9   transfer by the commissioner of finance 
 10.10  to the trunk highway fund on January 1, 
 10.11  1998, and January 1, 1999, 
 10.12  respectively, in order to reimburse the 
 10.13  trunk highway fund for expenses not 
 10.14  related to the fund.  These represent 
 10.15  amounts appropriated out of the trunk 
 10.16  highway fund for general fund purposes 
 10.17  in the administration and related 
 10.18  services program.  
 10.19  $474,000 the first year and $474,000 
 10.20  the second year are appropriated from 
 10.21  the highway user tax distribution fund 
 10.22  for transfer by the commissioner of 
 10.23  finance to the trunk highway fund on 
 10.24  January 1, 1998, and January 1, 1999, 
 10.25  respectively, in order to reimburse the 
 10.26  trunk highway fund for expenses not 
 10.27  related to the fund.  These represent 
 10.28  amounts appropriated out of the trunk 
 10.29  highway fund for highway user tax 
 10.30  distribution fund purposes in the 
 10.31  administration and related services 
 10.32  program.  
 10.33  $716,000 the first year and $716,000 
 10.34  the second year are appropriated from 
 10.35  the highway user tax distribution fund 
 10.36  for transfer by the commissioner of 
 10.37  finance to the general fund on January 
 10.38  1, 1998, and January 1, 1999, 
 10.39  respectively, in order to reimburse the 
 10.40  general fund for expenses not related 
 10.41  to the fund.  These represent amounts 
 10.42  appropriated out of the general fund 
 10.43  for operation of the criminal justice 
 10.44  data network related to driver and 
 10.45  motor vehicle licensing. 
 10.46  $1,128,000 the first year and 
 10.47  $1,128,000 the second year from the 
 10.48  general fund and $575,000 the first 
 10.49  year and $575,000 the second year from 
 10.50  the trunk highway fund are to enhance 
 10.51  the criminal justice computer systems. 
 10.52  Subd. 3.  Emergency
 10.53  Management              1,393,000      3,414,000      3,439,000
 10.54                          Summary by Fund
 10.55                    1997          1998           1999 
 10.56  General         1,393,000      3,372,000      3,396,000
 10.57  Environment                       42,000         43,000
 10.58  The appropriation for fiscal year 1997 
 10.59  is added to the appropriation in Laws 
 10.60  1995, chapter 226, article 1, section 
 11.1   7, subdivision 2, to provide matching 
 11.2   funds for federal emergency management 
 11.3   assistance funds received for natural 
 11.4   disaster assistance payments. 
 11.5   $1,300,000 the first year and 
 11.6   $1,300,000 the second year are to cover 
 11.7   projected state match obligations for 
 11.8   natural disaster assistance payments 
 11.9   and hazard mitigation grants.  Amounts 
 11.10  not spent in the first year do not 
 11.11  cancel but are available for the second 
 11.12  year. 
 11.13  $100,000 the first year and $100,000 
 11.14  the second year are to cover the costs 
 11.15  of reimbursing the hazardous materials 
 11.16  response teams for costs incurred in 
 11.17  responding to hazardous material 
 11.18  incidents. 
 11.19  Subd. 4.  Criminal
 11.20  Apprehension                          22,589,000     20,689,000
 11.21                Summary by Fund
 11.22  General              20,517,000     18,586,000
 11.23  State Government
 11.24  Special Revenue           7,000          7,000
 11.25  Special Revenue         508,000        509,000
 11.26  Trunk Highway         1,557,000      1,587,000
 11.27  $100,000 the first year and $100,000 
 11.28  the second year from the bureau of 
 11.29  criminal apprehension account in the 
 11.30  special revenue fund are for grants to 
 11.31  local officials for the cooperative 
 11.32  investigation of cross-jurisdictional 
 11.33  criminal activity.  Any unencumbered 
 11.34  balance remaining in the first year 
 11.35  does not cancel but is available for 
 11.36  the second year. 
 11.37  $408,000 the first year and $409,000 
 11.38  the second year from the bureau of 
 11.39  criminal apprehension account in the 
 11.40  special revenue fund are for laboratory 
 11.41  activities.  
 11.42  $1,002,000 the first year and $704,000 
 11.43  the second year are to create a 
 11.44  statewide gang unit consisting of 
 11.45  local, county, state, and federal law 
 11.46  enforcement personnel. 
 11.47  $4,668,000 the first year and 
 11.48  $2,744,000 the second year are to 
 11.49  enhance the criminal justice computer 
 11.50  systems.  Of the appropriations, 
 11.51  $124,000 the first year and $144,000 
 11.52  the second year are for the development 
 11.53  of a bureau case management system and 
 11.54  "Drugfire" system. 
 11.55  Subd. 5.  Fire Marshal                 2,847,000      2,904,000
 11.56  Subd. 6.  State Patrol    226,000     59,607,000     57,199,000
 12.1                           Summary by Fund
 12.2                     1997          1998           1999 
 12.3   General           226,000      3,819,000      3,240,000
 12.4   Trunk Highway                 55,698,000     53,869,000
 12.5   Highway User 
 12.6   Tax Distribution                  90,000         90,000
 12.7   The appropriation for fiscal year 1997 
 12.8   is for transfer to the trunk highway 
 12.9   fund to cover the costs of deploying 
 12.10  state patrol troopers to the city of 
 12.11  Minneapolis to assist the city in 
 12.12  combating violent crime. 
 12.13  $1,675,000 the first year and $424,000 
 12.14  the second year from the trunk highway 
 12.15  fund are for the development and 
 12.16  operational costs of computer-aided 
 12.17  dispatching, records management, and 
 12.18  station office automation systems. 
 12.19  $1,441,000 the first year and $883,000 
 12.20  the second year from the general fund 
 12.21  and $6,631,000 the first year and 
 12.22  $4,423,000 the second year from the 
 12.23  trunk highway fund are for additional 
 12.24  state patrol positions. 
 12.25  Subd. 7.  Driver and
 12.26  Vehicle Services                      34,753,000     35,031,000
 12.27                Summary by Fund
 12.28  General               3,924,000      3,807,000
 12.29  Trunk Highway        18,324,000     18,650,000
 12.30  Highway User 
 12.31  Tax Distribution     12,505,000     12,574,000
 12.32  $200,000 the first year is for the 
 12.33  study of a delinquent traffic fine 
 12.34  collection system. 
 12.35  $867,000 the first year and $777,000 
 12.36  the second year from the highway user 
 12.37  tax distribution fund are for 
 12.38  purchasing manufactured license plates 
 12.39  from the department of corrections. 
 12.40  Subd. 8.  Alcohol and 
 12.41  Gambling Enforcement                   1,687,000      1,726,000 
 12.42  Subd. 9.  Traffic
 12.43  Safety                                   352,000        356,000
 12.44                Summary by Fund
 12.45  General                  61,000        61,000
 12.46  Trunk Highway           291,000       295,000
 12.47  Subd. 10.  Pipeline Safety               912,000        927,000
 12.48  This appropriation is from the pipeline 
 12.49  safety account in the special revenue 
 12.50  fund. 
 13.1   Subd. 11.  Crime Victims 
 13.2   Services                               2,047,000      2,055,000 
 13.3   Subd. 12.  Crime Victims
 13.4   Ombudsman                                322,000        329,000
 13.5   Subd. 13.  Law Enforcement
 13.6   and Community Grants                   1,750,000      1,750,000 
 13.7   This appropriation is to provide 
 13.8   funding for grants under Minnesota 
 13.9   Statutes, section 299A.62, subdivision 
 13.10  1, clause (2), to enable local law 
 13.11  enforcement agencies to assign overtime 
 13.12  officers to high crime areas within 
 13.13  their jurisdictions.  $100,000 the 
 13.14  first year and $100,000 the second year 
 13.15  are for the administration of the 
 13.16  program. 
 13.17  Sec. 5.  MINNESOTA SAFETY COUNCIL         67,000        67,000
 13.18  This appropriation is from the trunk 
 13.19  highway fund. 
 13.20  Sec. 6.  GENERAL CONTINGENT 
 13.21  ACCOUNTS                                 375,000       375,000
 13.22  The appropriations in this section may 
 13.23  only be spent with the approval of the 
 13.24  governor after consultation with the 
 13.25  legislative advisory commission 
 13.26  pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 
 13.27  3.30. 
 13.28  If an appropriation in this section for 
 13.29  either year is insufficient, the 
 13.30  appropriation for the other year is 
 13.31  available for it.  
 13.32                Summary by Fund
 13.33  Trunk Highway           200,000       200,000
 13.34  Highway User            125,000       125,000
 13.35  Airports                 50,000        50,000
 13.36  Sec. 7.  TORT CLAIMS                    600,000        600,000
 13.37  To be spent by the commissioner of 
 13.38  finance.  
 13.39  This appropriation is from the trunk 
 13.40  highway fund. 
 13.41  If the appropriation for either year is 
 13.42  insufficient, the appropriation for the 
 13.43  other year is available for it. 
 13.44     Sec. 8.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 168A.29, 
 13.45  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 13.46     Subdivision 1.  [AMOUNTS.] (a) The department shall be paid 
 13.47  the following fees: 
 13.48     (1) for filing an application for and the issuance of an 
 13.49  original certificate of title, the sum of $2; 
 14.1      (2) for each security interest when first noted upon a 
 14.2   certificate of title, including the concurrent notation of any 
 14.3   assignment thereof and its subsequent release or satisfaction, 
 14.4   the sum of $2, except that no fee is due for a security interest 
 14.5   filed by a public authority under section 168A.05, subdivision 
 14.6   8; 
 14.7      (3) for the transfer of the interest of an owner and the 
 14.8   issuance of a new certificate of title, the sum of $2; 
 14.9      (4) for each assignment of a security interest when first 
 14.10  noted on a certificate of title, unless noted concurrently with 
 14.11  the security interest, the sum of $1; 
 14.12     (5) for issuing a duplicate certificate of title, the sum 
 14.13  of $4.  
 14.14     (b) After June 30, 1994, in addition to each of the fees 
 14.15  required under paragraph (a), clauses (1) and (3), the 
 14.16  department shall be paid: 
 14.17     (1) from July 1, 1994, to June 30, 1997, $3.50; but then 
 14.18     (2) after June 30, 1997, $1.  
 14.19     The additional fee collected under this paragraph must be 
 14.20  deposited in the transportation services special revenue fund 
 14.21  and credited to the state patrol public safety motor vehicle 
 14.22  account established in section 299D.10 299A.70. 
 14.23     Sec. 9.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 173.13, 
 14.24  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
 14.25     Subd. 4.  [FEES.] The annual fee for each such permit or 
 14.26  renewal thereof shall be as follows: 
 14.27     (1) If the advertising area of the advertising device does 
 14.28  not exceed 50 square feet, the fee shall be $25 $30. 
 14.29     (2) If the advertising area exceeds 50 square feet but does 
 14.30  not exceed 300 square feet, the fee shall be $50 $60. 
 14.31     (3) If the advertising area exceeds 300 square feet, the 
 14.32  fee shall be $100 $120. 
 14.33     (4) No fee shall be charged for a permit for official signs 
 14.34  and notices as they are defined in section 173.02, except that a 
 14.35  fee may be charged for a star city sign erected under section 
 14.36  173.085. 
 15.1      Sec. 10.  [299A.70] [PUBLIC SAFETY MOTOR VEHICLE ACCOUNT.] 
 15.2      The public safety motor vehicle account is created in the 
 15.3   special revenue fund, consisting of the fees collected under 
 15.4   section 168A.29, subdivision 1, paragraph (b).  Money in the 
 15.5   account is annually appropriated to the commissioner for 
 15.6   purchasing and equipping department vehicles.  
 15.7      Sec. 11.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 299C.10, 
 15.8   subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
 15.9      Subd. 4.  [FEE FOR BACKGROUND CHECK; ACCOUNT; 
 15.10  APPROPRIATION.] The superintendent shall collect a fee in an 
 15.11  amount to cover the expense for each background check provided 
 15.12  for a purpose not directly related to the criminal justice 
 15.13  system or required by section 624.7131, 624.7132, or 624.714.  
 15.14  The proceeds of the fee must be deposited in a special account.  
 15.15  Until July 1, 1997, Money in the account is appropriated to the 
 15.16  commissioner to maintain and improve the quality of the criminal 
 15.17  record system in Minnesota. 
 15.18     Sec. 12.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 299C.46, is 
 15.19  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 15.20     Subd. 2a.  [NONCRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCY DEFINED.] For the 
 15.21  purposes of sections 299C.46 to 299C.49, "noncriminal justice 
 15.22  agency" means an agency of a state or an agency of a political 
 15.23  subdivision of a state charged with the responsibility of 
 15.24  performing checks of state databases connected to the criminal 
 15.25  justice data communication network. 
 15.26     Sec. 13.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 299C.46, 
 15.27  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 15.28     Subd. 3.  [AUTHORIZED USE, FEE.] (a) The criminal justice 
 15.29  data communications network shall be used exclusively by:  
 15.30     (1) criminal justice agencies in connection with the 
 15.31  performance of duties required by law; 
 15.32     (2) agencies investigating federal security clearances of 
 15.33  individuals for assignment or retention in federal employment 
 15.34  with duties related to national security, as required by Public 
 15.35  Law Number 99-1691; and 
 15.36     (3) other agencies to the extent necessary to provide for 
 16.1   protection of the public or property in an emergency or disaster 
 16.2   situation.; and 
 16.3      (4) noncriminal justice agencies statutorily mandated, by 
 16.4   state or national law, to conduct checks into state databases 
 16.5   prior to disbursing licenses or providing benefits. 
 16.6      (b) The commissioner of public safety shall establish a 
 16.7   monthly network access charge to be paid by each participating 
 16.8   criminal justice agency.  The network access charge shall be a 
 16.9   standard fee established for each terminal, computer, or other 
 16.10  equipment directly addressable by the criminal justice data 
 16.11  communications network, as follows:  January 1, 1984 to December 
 16.12  31, 1984, $40 connect fee per month; January 1, 1985 and 
 16.13  thereafter, $50 connect fee per month.  
 16.14     (c) The commissioner of public safety is authorized to 
 16.15  arrange for the connection of the data communications network 
 16.16  with the criminal justice information system of the federal 
 16.17  government, any adjacent state, or Canada. 
 16.18     Sec. 14.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
 16.19     Any provision making an appropriation for fiscal year 1997 
 16.20  is effective the day following final enactment.