1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; proposing an amendment to
1.3 	the Minnesota Constitution, article XIV, dedicating
1.4 	proceeds from motor vehicle sales tax to
1.5 	transportation purposes and phasing in the dedication
1.6 	over a five-year period.
1.7 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.8 	Section 1. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PROPOSED.
 1.9 	An amendment to the Minnesota Constitution is proposed to
1.10 	the people.  If the amendment is adopted, a section must be
1.11 	added to article XIV, to read:
1.12 	Sec. 12.  Beginning July 1, 2007, the following minimum
1.13 	percentages of revenue from a tax imposed by the state on the
1.14 	sale of new and used motor vehicles must be appropriated
1.15 	exclusively for transportation purposes as defined by law:
1.16 	(1) from July 1, 2007, through June 30, 2008, not less than
1.17 	60 percent;
1.18 	(2) from July 1, 2008, through June 30, 2009, not less than
1.19 	70 percent;
1.20 	(3) from July 1, 2009, through June 30, 2010, not less than
1.21 	80 percent;
1.22 	(4) from July 1, 2010, through June 30, 2011, not less than
1.23 	90 percent; and 
1.24 	(5) on and after July 1, 2011, 100 percent.

1.25 	Sec. 2. SUBMISSION TO VOTERS.
 1.26 	The constitutional amendment proposed in section 1 must be
2.1 	presented to the people at the 2006 general election.  The
2.2 	question submitted must be:
2.3 	"Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to dedicate
2.4 	revenue from the state motor vehicle sales tax to transportation
2.5 	purposes as defined by law over a five-year period, so that by
2.6 	fiscal year 2012 all such revenue will be dedicated exclusively
2.7 	to transportation purposes? 
2.8 	Yes .......
2.9 	                                   No ........"