Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Minnesota House Bill HF2186 Compare Versions

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1	1	1.1 A bill for an act
2	2	1.2 relating to transportation; prohibiting the use of proceeds from the regional
3	3	1.3 transportation sales and use tax for light rail or passenger rail projects; amending
4	4	1.4 Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 473.4465, subdivisions 2, 5.
5	5	1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
6	6	1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 473.4465, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
7	7	1.7 Subd. 2.Use of funds; Metropolitan Council.(a) Sales tax revenue is available as
8	8	1.8follows:
9	9	1.9 (1) five percent for active transportation, as determined by the Transportation Advisory
10	10	1.10Board under subdivision 3; and
11	11	1.11 (2) 95 percent for transit system purposes under sections 473.371 to 473.452, except as
12	12	1.12specified under subdivision 5, including but not limited to operations, maintenance, and
13	13	1.13capital projects.
14	14	1.14 (b) The council must expend a portion of sales tax revenue in each of the following
15	15	1.15categories:
16	16	1.16 (1) improvements to regular route bus service levels;
17	17	1.17 (2) improvements related to transit safety, including additional transit officials, as defined
18	18	1.18under section 473.4075;
19	19	1.19 (3) maintenance and improvements to bus accessibility at transit stops and transit centers;
20	20	1.20 (4) transit shelter replacement and improvements under section 473.41;
21	21	1.21 (5) planning and project development for expansion of arterial bus rapid transit lines;
22	22	1Section 1.
23	23	REVISOR KRB/AC 25-0266001/23/25
24	24	State of Minnesota
25	25	This Document can be made available
26	26	in alternative formats upon request
27	27	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
28	28	H. F. No. 2186
29	29	NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
30	30	Authored by Witte03/12/2025
31	31	The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy 2.1 (6) operations and capital maintenance of arterial bus rapid transit;
32	32	2.2 (7) planning and project development for expansion of highway bus rapid transit and
33	33	2.3bus guideway lines;
34	34	2.4 (8) operations and capital maintenance of highway bus rapid transit and bus guideways;
35	35	2.5 (9) zero-emission bus procurement and associated costs in conformance with the
36	36	2.6zero-emission and electric transit vehicle transition plan under section 473.3927;
37	37	2.7 (10) demand response microtransit service provided by the council;
38	38	2.8 (11) financial assistance to replacement service providers under section 473.388, to
39	39	2.9provide for service, vehicle purchases, and capital investments related to demand response
40	40	2.10microtransit service;
41	41	2.11 (12) financial assistance to political subdivisions and tax-exempt organizations under
42	42	2.12section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code for active transportation; and
43	43	2.13 (13) wage adjustments for Metro Transit hourly operations employees.
44	44	2.14 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 473.4465, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
45	45	2.15 Subd. 5.Prohibition.(a) The council is prohibited from expending sales tax revenue
46	46	2.16on the Southwest any light rail transit (Green Line Extension) or passenger rail project.
47	47	2.17 (b) Paragraph (a) expires on the date of expiration of the Metropolitan Governance Task
48	48	2.18Force as specified under Laws 2023, chapter 68, article 4, section 123, subdivision 11.
49	49	2Sec. 2.
50	50	REVISOR KRB/AC 25-0266001/23/25