Bill Text: MN HF2631 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: County state-aid highways and municipal state-aid street, construction support, and finance operation contingent appropriations provided, and money appropriated.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-07 - Committee report, to pass as amended and re-refer to Ways and Means [HF2631 Detail]

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1.1A bill for an act
1.2relating to transportation; providing contingent appropriations for county
1.3state-aid highways and municipal state-aid streets, construction support, and
1.4finance operations; appropriating money;proposing coding for new law in
1.5Minnesota Statutes, chapter 162.
1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7    Section 1. [162.175] CONTINGENT APPROPRIATION TO FUND COUNTY
1.8STATE AIDS AND MUNICIPAL STATE AIDS.
1.9    Subdivision 1. Appropriation for county state aids. If, before July 1 of an
1.10odd-numbered year, legislation is not enacted to appropriate money to the commissioner of
1.11transportation for county state aids in the next fiscal year, on July 1, an amount sufficient
1.12to pay the costs described in this subdivision is appropriated from the county state-aid
1.13highway fund under sections 161.082 to 161.085, and chapter 162, to the commissioner
1.14of transportation. The appropriation is to pay costs of construction on a county state-aid
1.15highway or other eligible road that are payable from the county's apportionment or
1.16allocation, based on prior project approval by the commissioner, reports by the county
1.17engineer to the commissioner, and certification by the commissioner of the amount
1.18payable to the commissioner of management and budget. In no event shall payments to a
1.19county exceed the amount apportioned and allocated to the county.
1.20    Subd. 2. Appropriation for municipal state aids. If, before July 1 of an
1.21odd-numbered year, legislation is not enacted to appropriate money to the commissioner
1.22of transportation for municipal state aids in the next fiscal year, on July 1, an amount
1.23sufficient to pay the costs described in this subdivision is appropriated from the municipal
1.24state-aid street fund under chapter 162, to the commissioner of transportation. The
1.25appropriation is to pay costs of construction work on a municipal state-aid street or
2.1other eligible road that are payable from the city's apportionment, based on prior project
2.2approval by the commissioner, reports by the city engineer to the commissioner of
2.3transportation, and certification by the commissioner of the amount payable to the
2.4commissioner of management and budget. In no event shall payments to a city exceed the
2.5amount apportioned to the city.
2.6    Subd. 3. Appropriation for construction support. If an appropriation is made
2.7under subdivision 1 or 2, the appropriation must be sufficient to pay both the construction
2.8costs described in subdivisions 1 and 2 and the costs of Department of Transportation
2.9employees whose work is essential to the county or city construction projects including,
2.10but not limited to, construction support, approval of plans, review of preliminary design
2.11documents, and project inspection.
2.12    Subd. 4. Continued operations. If, by July 1 of an odd-numbered year, legislation
2.13has not been enacted to appropriate money for the next biennium to the commissioner
2.14of management and budget for issuance of warrants to the county or city officers under
2.15subdivision 1 or 2, central accounting, procurement, payroll, and human resources
2.16functions, amounts necessary to operate those functions stated in subdivisions 1 to 3
2.17are appropriated for the next biennium from the general fund to the commissioner of
2.18management and budget. As necessary, the commissioner may transfer a portion of this
2.19appropriation to other state agencies to support carrying out these functions.
2.20    Subd. 5. Effect of subsequent appropriation. Any subsequent enacted
2.21appropriation for the purposes stated in this section to the commissioner of transportation
2.22or to the commissioner of management and budget for a biennium in which this section
2.23has been applied shall supersede and replace the funding authorized in this section.
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