Minnesota SF 1872: Emergency management disaster assistance account modification

Bill Text

1.1 A bill for an act​
1.2 relating to transportation; modifying efficiency requirements for the Department​
1.3 of Transportation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 161.088, subdivision​
1.4 2; 174.53.​
1.5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:​
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 161.088, subdivision 2, is amended to read:​
1.7 Subd. 2.Program authority; funding.(a) As provided in this section, the commissioner​
1.8 must establish a corridors of commerce program for trunk highway construction,​
1.9 reconstruction, and improvement, including maintenance operations, that improves commerce​
1.10 in the state.​
1.11 (b) The commissioner may expend funds under the program from appropriations to the​
1.12 commissioner that are:​
1.13 (1) made specifically by law for use under this section;​
1.14 (2) reallocated efficiency savings from section 174.53, paragraph (b);​
1.15 (3) at the discretion of the commissioner, made for the budget activities in the state roads​
1.16 program of operations and maintenance, program planning and delivery, or state road​
1.17 construction; and​
1.18 (3) (4) made for the corridor investment management strategy program, unless specified​
1.19 otherwise.​
1.20 (c) The commissioner must include in the program the cost participation policy for local​
1.21 units of government.​
1​Section 1.​
25-02940 as introduced​01/31/25 REVISOR KRB/NS​
SENATE​
STATE OF MINNESOTA​
S.F. No. 1872​NINETY-FOURTH SESSION​
(SENATE AUTHORS: JASINSKI and Dibble)​
OFFICIAL STATUS​D-PG​DATE​
Introduction and first reading​552​02/27/2025​
Referred to Transportation​

2.1 (d) The commissioner may use up to 17 percent of any appropriation under this section​
2.2 for program delivery and for project scoring, ranking, and selection under subdivision 5.​
2.3 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2025, and applies to funds​
2.4 reallocated on or after that date.​
2.5 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 174.53, is amended to read:​
2.6 174.53 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION EFFICIENCIES.​
2.7 (a) Beginning in fiscal years 2018 and 2019, the commissioner of transportation must​
2.8 implement efficiencies equal to at least 15 percent of the appropriations made annually to​
2.9 the commissioner from the trunk highway fund that are above base appropriations for fiscal​
2.10 years 2018 and 2019.​
2.11 (b) The efficiency savings resulting from the requirements in paragraph (a) are must be​
2.12 used for the construction, maintenance, or rehabilitation of trunk highways, including roads​
2.13 and bridges under the corridors of commerce program under section 161.088.​
2.14 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2025, and applies to funds​
2.15 reallocated on or after that date.​
2​Sec. 2.​
25-02940 as introduced​01/31/25 REVISOR KRB/NS​