Minnesota SF 3041: Regional transportation sales and use tax proceeds allocation modification provision and Washington Avenue Pedestrian Bridge suicide prevention barriers funding provision

Bill Text

1.1 A bill for an act​
1.2 relating to transportation; modifying the allocation of proceeds from the regional​
1.3 transportation sales and use tax; providing funding for suicide prevention barriers​
1.4 on the Washington Avenue Pedestrian Bridge.​
1.5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:​
1.6 Section 1. ALLOCATION; ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION; WASHINGTON​
1.7 AVENUE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE.​
1.8 Of the revenue collected under Minnesota Statutes, section 297A.9915, and allocated​
1.9 to the Metropolitan Council for active transportation purposes under Minnesota Statutes,​
1.10 section 473.4465, subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clause (1), the Metropolitan Council must​
1.11 provide a grant of $15,000,000 in fiscal year 2026 to the Board of Regents of the University​
1.12 of Minnesota to be spent in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 135A.046. This​
1.13 grant is to design and construct the replacement of the pedestrian enclosure and suicide​
1.14 deterrent barriers on the Washington Avenue Pedestrian Bridge on the Twin Cities campus.​
1.15 The board must consult with persons affected by suicide at this bridge, suicide prevention​
1.16 organizations, and experts in the field of suicide prevention in designing the project. This​
1.17 section is notwithstanding the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 473.4465, subdivision​
1.18 3.​
1​Section 1.​
25-05099 as introduced​03/19/25 REVISOR KRB/HL​
SENATE​
STATE OF MINNESOTA​
S.F. No. 3041​NINETY-FOURTH SESSION​
(SENATE AUTHORS: COLEMAN, Hoffman, Westlin, Marty and Howe)​
OFFICIAL STATUS​D-PG​DATE​
Introduction and first reading​1101​03/27/2025​
Referred to Transportation​
See First Special Session, HF14​