1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to Dakota County Regional Railroad Authority;
1.3 	permitting development of bus rapid transit in Cedar
1.4 	Avenue transitway corridor.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. DEVELOPMENT AUTHORIZED.
 1.7 	Dakota County Regional Railroad Authority may exercise the
1.8 	powers conferred by Minnesota Statutes, section 398A.04, to
1.9 	plan, establish, acquire, develop, construct, purchase, enlarge,
1.10 	extend, improve, maintain, equip, operate, regulate, and protect
1.11 	a bus rapid transit system located within the Cedar Avenue
1.12 	transitway corridor within Dakota County.

1.13 	Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 1.14 	Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 645.023,
1.15 	subdivision 1, paragraph (a), section 1 is effective without
1.16 	local approval the day following final enactment.