Minnesota SF 530: Tolling and MnPASS lanes reports from commissioner of transportation requirement

Bill Text

1.1 A bill for an act​
1.2 relating to public safety; appropriating money for weather forecasting gap-filling​
1.3 radar data.​
1.4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:​
1.5 Section 1. APPROPRIATION; WEATHER FORECASTING GAP-FILLING RADAR​
1.6 DATA.​
1.7 $1,270,000 in fiscal year 2026 and $2,050,000 in fiscal year 2027 are appropriated from​
1.8 the general fund to the commissioner of public safety for the director of Homeland Security​
1.9 and Emergency Management Division to procure weather forecasting gap-filling radar data​
1.10 and services for the purposes of: (1) filling five critical gaps in low-level observations in​
1.11 Minnesota in the first year and eight critical gaps in subsequent years to inform weather​
1.12 planning, preparation, and response; and (2) enhancing and improving public safety across​
1.13 Minnesota. Radar data procured from this appropriation must also be made available to the​
1.14 Department of Agriculture, Department of Transportation, and Minnesota Pollution Control​
1.15 Agency. The base for this appropriation is $2,050,000 in fiscal years 2028 and 2029.​
1​Section 1.​
25-01986 as introduced​01/14/25 REVISOR KRB/ES​
SENATE​
STATE OF MINNESOTA​
S.F. No. 530​NINETY-FOURTH SESSION​
(SENATE AUTHORS: KUPEC, Lang and Rasmusson)​
OFFICIAL STATUS​D-PG​DATE​
Introduction and first reading​156​01/23/2025​
Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety​
Chief author stricken, shown as co-author Lang​345​02/10/2025​
Chief author added Kupec​
Author added Rasmusson​6322​02/17/2026​