Minnesota SF 4051: Cities authorization to impose a public park dedication fee on certain new property developments

Bill Text

1.1 A bill for an act​
1.2 relating to transportation; requiring payment of certain local government utility​
1.3 costs related to trunk highway construction out of the trunk highway fund; amending​
1.4 Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 161.46, subdivision 2.​
1.5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:​
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 161.46, subdivision 2, is amended to read:​
1.7 Subd. 2.Relocation of facilities; reimbursement.(a) Whenever the commissioner​
1.8 determines that the relocation of any utility facility is necessitated by the construction of a​
1.9 project on the routes of federally aided trunk highways, including urban extensions thereof,​
1.10 that are included within the National System of Interstate Highways, the owner or operator​
1.11 of the utility facility must relocate the utility facility in accordance with the order of the​
1.12 commissioner. Except as provided in section 161.45, subdivision 6, paragraph (d), or 7,​
1.13 upon the completion of relocation of a utility facility, the cost of relocation must be​
1.14 ascertained and paid out of the trunk highway fund by the commissioner, provided the​
1.15 amount paid by the commissioner for reimbursement to a utility does not exceed the amount​
1.16 on which the federal government bases its reimbursement for the interstate highway system.​
1.17 (b) When a local unit of government, as defined in section 18B.01, subdivision 14a, or​
1.18 Minnesota Tribal government, as defined in section 10.65, subdivision 2, owns a utility​
1.19 system for supplying light, water, sanitary sewer service, or storm sewer service and the​
1.20 system is authorized by law to use a public highway for the location of the utility facility,​
1.21 the remaining service life of the utility must be determined by the commissioner and must​
1.22 be paid out of the trunk highway fund whenever the commissioner determines that a​
1​Section 1.​
26-07335 as introduced​02/20/26 REVISOR KRB/CG​
SENATE​
STATE OF MINNESOTA​
S.F. No. 4051​NINETY-FOURTH SESSION​
(SENATE AUTHORS: JASINSKI, Dibble, Johnson Stewart, Lang and Nelson)​
OFFICIAL STATUS​D-PG​DATE​
Introduction and first reading​6456​03/02/2026​
Referred to Transportation​
Author added Nelson​6601​03/11/2026​
Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to Finance​8326a​04/20/2026​
Pursuant to Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 6, referred to Rules and Administration​

2.1 relocation of the system is required by the construction of a project on the trunk highway​
2.2 system.​
2​Section 1.​
26-07335 as introduced​02/20/26 REVISOR KRB/CG​