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1	1	1.1 A bill for an act
2	2	1.2 relating to transportation; modifying certain reporting requirements for local
3	3	1.3 transportation funds; requiring a report; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections
4	4	1.4 174.07, subdivision 3; 174.49, by adding a subdivision; 297A.993, subdivision
5	5	1.5 2a; 398A.04, by adding a subdivision; 473.4465, subdivision 4; proposing coding
6	6	1.6 for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 174.
7	7	1.7BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
8	8	1.8 Section 1. [174.065] CONSOLIDATED LOCAL TRANSPORTATION FINANCIALS
9	9	1.9REPORT.
10	10	1.10 Subdivision 1.Definitions.(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have
11	11	1.11the meanings given.
12	12	1.12 (b) "Funding source" means the relevant tax or revenue source for which financial
13	13	1.13reporting information is required.
14	14	1.14 (c) "Reporting unit" means a county, regional railroad authority, or other political
15	15	1.15subdivision that is specifically required to submit financial information under this section.
16	16	1.16 Subd. 2.Consolidated report.(a) By March 1 annually, the commissioner must submit
17	17	1.17a report on consolidated local transportation financials to the chairs and ranking minority
18	18	1.18members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over transportation finance and
19	19	1.19policy.
20	20	1.20 (b) At a minimum, the report must include:
21	21	1.21 (1) the information specified under subdivision 3 for each funding source as required
22	22	1.22under sections 174.49, subdivision 7; 297A.993, subdivision 2a; and 398A.04, subdivision
23	23	1.2312;
24	24	1Section 1.
25	25	REVISOR KRB/DG 25-0503103/18/25
26	26	State of Minnesota
27	27	This Document can be made available
28	28	in alternative formats upon request
29	29	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
30	30	H. F. No. 2848
31	31	NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
32	32	Authored by Koegel, Tabke and Kraft03/26/2025
33	33	The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy 2.1 (2) subtotals for each reporting unit that is required to submit financial information under
34	34	2.2this section; and
35	35	2.3 (3) totals for all reporting units.
36	36	2.4 (c) The commissioner may establish submission requirements for the financial
37	37	2.5information, which may include but is not limited to a submission deadline and a format
38	38	2.6for the fiscal details.
39	39	2.7 Subd. 3.Required financial information.(a) At a minimum, each reporting unit must
40	40	2.8submit financial information on the funding source that includes:
41	41	2.9 (1) actual allocations or collections to the reporting unit for each of the previous five
42	42	2.10calendar years;
43	43	2.11 (2) balance actuals for each of the previous five calendar years;
44	44	2.12 (3) estimates of the amount that is expected to be allocated to or collected by the reporting
45	45	2.13unit in the current year and for the next ten calendar years; and
46	46	2.14 (4) for each of the previous five calendar years, the current calendar year, and for the
47	47	2.15next ten calendar years:
48	48	2.16 (i) the amount expended or proposed to be expended for each of the following, as
49	49	2.17applicable:
50	50	2.18 (A) planning, project development, construction, operation, or maintenance of guideways,
51	51	2.19as defined in section 473.4485, subdivision 1, paragraph (d);
52	52	2.20 (B) nonguideway transit uses;
53	53	2.21 (C) active transportation uses;
54	54	2.22 (D) highway uses; and
55	55	2.23 (E) uses not otherwise specified in subitems (A) to (D);
56	56	2.24 (ii) for each category under item (i), subitems (A) to (D), an accompanying list of
57	57	2.25completed, current, planned, and anticipated projects; and
58	58	2.26 (iii) an estimated balance of unspent or undesignated amounts from the funding source.
59	59	2.27 (b) The listing under paragraph (a), clause (4), item (ii), must include a brief identification
60	60	2.28or description of each project or program.
61	61	2.29 Subd. 4.Aid withholding.The commissioner must annually withhold payment of 25
62	62	2.30percent of the amount apportioned under section 162.07 for a county that (1) is a reporting
63	63	2Section 1.
64	64	REVISOR KRB/DG 25-0503103/18/25 3.1unit, and (2) fails to meet financial information submission requirements established by the
65	65	3.2commissioner under subdivision 2, paragraph (c). The commissioner may release withheld
66	66	3.3funds no sooner than 30 days following acceptance of a submission.
67	67	3.4 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 174.07, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
68	68	3.5 Subd. 3.Exceptions.This section does not apply to:
69	69	3.6 (1) a law that establishes a requirement with general applicability for an agency or
70	70	3.7agencies to submit a report, including but not limited to reports and information under
71	71	3.8sections 14.05, subdivision 5, and 14.116;
72	72	3.9 (2) a law that specifies a reporting expiration date or a date for the submission of a final
73	73	3.10report;
74	74	3.11 (3) information required by law to be included in a budget submission to the legislature
75	75	3.12under section 16A.11;
76	76	3.13 (4) the plans required under section 174.03, subdivisions 1a, 1b, and 1c;
77	77	3.14 (5) the forecast information requirements under section 174.03, subdivision 9; and
78	78	3.15 (6) the reports required under sections 161.088, subdivision 7; 161.089; 161.3203,
79	79	3.16subdivision 4; 165.03, subdivision 8; 174.03, subdivision 12; 174.065; 174.185, subdivision
80	80	3.173; 174.247; 174.56, subdivisions 1 and 2; and 174.75, subdivision 3.
81	81	3.18 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 174.49, is amended by adding a subdivision to
82	82	3.19read:
83	83	3.20 Subd. 7.Metropolitan counties; financial information.(a) A metropolitan county
84	84	3.21must annually submit financial information to the commissioner on all sources of funds that
85	85	3.22are subject to the requirements under subdivision 6. The financial information must be
86	86	3.23submitted as provided under section 174.065 in the manner and by the dates prescribed by
87	87	3.24the commissioner.
88	88	3.25 (b) In addition to the requirements under section 174.065, subdivision 3, the submitted
89	89	3.26financial information must include the amount expended or proposed to be expended in
90	90	3.27each of the allowable uses under subdivision 6 for:
91	91	3.28 (1) each of the previous five calendar years;
92	92	3.29 (2) the current calendar year; and
93	93	3.30 (3) the next ten calendar years.
94	94	3Sec. 3.
95	95	REVISOR KRB/DG 25-0503103/18/25 4.1 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 297A.993, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
96	96	4.2 Subd. 2a.Uses reporting.By February 15 of each even-numbered year, A metropolitan
97	97	4.3county, as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 4, that imposes the taxes under this section
98	98	4.4must annually submit a report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative
99	99	4.5committees with jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance financial information
100	100	4.6to the commissioner of transportation as provided under section 174.065 in the manner and
101	101	4.7by the dates prescribed by the commissioner.
102	102	4.8 At a minimum, the report must include:
103	103	4.9 (1) actual transportation sales tax collections by the county over the previous five calendar
104	104	4.10years;
105	105	4.11 (2) an estimation of the total sales tax revenue that is estimated to be collected by the
106	106	4.12county in the current year and for the next ten calendar years; and
107	107	4.13 (3) for each of the previous five calendar years, the current calendar year, and for the
108	108	4.14next ten calendar years:
109	109	4.15 (i) the amount of sales tax revenue expended or proposed to be expended for each of
110	110	4.16the following:
111	111	4.17 (A) planning, construction, operation, or maintenance of guideways, as defined in section
112	112	4.18473.4485, subdivision 1, paragraph (d);
113	113	4.19 (B) nonguideway transit and active transportation uses;
114	114	4.20 (C) highway uses; and
115	115	4.21 (D) uses not otherwise specified in subitems (A) to (C);
116	116	4.22 (ii) completed, current, planned, and eligible projects for each category under item (i);
117	117	4.23and
118	118	4.24 (iii) an estimated balance of unspent or undesignated county sales tax revenue.
119	119	4.25 Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 398A.04, is amended by adding a subdivision to
120	120	4.26read:
121	121	4.27 Subd. 12.Financial information.An authority associated with a metropolitan county,
122	122	4.28as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 4, must annually submit financial information to
123	123	4.29the commissioner of transportation as provided under section 174.065 in the manner and
124	124	4.30by the dates prescribed by the commissioner.
125	125	4Sec. 5.
126	126	REVISOR KRB/DG 25-0503103/18/25 5.1 Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 473.4465, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
127	127	5.2 Subd. 4.Use of funds; metropolitan counties; reporting.(a) A metropolitan county
128	128	5.3must use revenue from the regional transportation sales and use tax under section 297A.9915
129	129	5.4in conformance with the requirements under section 174.49, subdivision 6.
130	130	5.5 (b) By February 15 of each even-numbered year, a metropolitan county must submit a
131	131	5.6report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with
132	132	5.7jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance on the use of funds received under section
133	133	5.8297A.9915. This report must be submitted in conjunction with the report required under
134	134	5.9section 297A.993, subdivision 2a. At a minimum, the report must include:
135	135	5.10 (1) actual sales tax collections allocated to the county over the previous five calendar
136	136	5.11years;
137	137	5.12 (2) an estimation of the total sales tax revenue that is estimated to be allocated to the
138	138	5.13county in the current year and for the next ten calendar years; and
139	139	5.14 (3) for each of the previous five calendar years, the current calendar year, and for the
140	140	5.15next ten calendar years:
141	141	5.16 (i) the amount of sales tax revenue expended or proposed to be expended for each of
142	142	5.17the allowable uses under section 174.49, subdivision 6;
143	143	5.18 (ii) completed, current, planned, and eligible projects or programs for each category
144	144	5.19under item (i); and
145	145	5.20 (iii) an estimated balance of unspent or undesignated regional transportation sales and
146	146	5.21use tax revenue.
147	147	5Sec. 6.
148	148	REVISOR KRB/DG 25-0503103/18/25