| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to transportation; prohibiting use of dedicated funds for arts or cultural |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 strategies in transportation projects; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4 161.045, subdivision 3. |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 161.045, subdivision 3, is amended to read: |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7 Subd. 3.Limitations on spending.(a) A commissioner must not pay for any of the |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8following with funds from the highway user tax distribution fund or the trunk highway fund: |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9 (1) Bureau of Criminal Apprehension laboratory; |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10 (2) Explore Minnesota Tourism kiosks; |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11 (3) Minnesota Safety Council; |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12 (4) driver education programs; |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13 (5) Office of Emergency Medical Services; |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14 (6) Mississippi River Parkway Commission; |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15 (7) payments to the Department of Information Technology Services in excess of actual |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16costs incurred for trunk highway purposes; |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17 (8) personnel costs incurred on behalf of the governor's office; |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18 (9) the Office of Aeronautics within the Department of Transportation; |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19 (10) the Office of Transit and Active Transportation within the Department of |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20Transportation; |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 22 | 22 | | REVISOR KRB/ES 25-0330102/06/25 |
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| 23 | 23 | | State of Minnesota |
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| 24 | 24 | | This Document can be made available |
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| 25 | 25 | | in alternative formats upon request |
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| 26 | 26 | | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 27 | 27 | | H. F. No. 887 |
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| 28 | 28 | | NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 29 | 29 | | Authored by Fogelman02/17/2025 |
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| 30 | 30 | | The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy 2.1 (11) the Office of Passenger Rail; |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2.2 (12) purchase and maintenance of soft body armor under section 299A.38; |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2.3 (13) tourist information centers; |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2.4 (14) parades, events, or sponsorships of events; |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2.5 (15) the installation, construction, expansion, or maintenance of public electric vehicle |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2.6infrastructure; |
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| 36 | 36 | | 2.7 (16) the statewide notification center for excavation services pursuant to chapter 216D; |
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| 37 | 37 | | 2.8and |
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| 38 | 38 | | 2.9 (17) manufacturing license plates.; and |
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| 39 | 39 | | 2.10 (18) arts or cultural strategies in transportation project planning, design, or construction. |
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| 40 | 40 | | 2.11 (b) The prohibition in paragraph (a) includes all expenses for the named entity or program, |
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| 41 | 41 | | 2.12including but not limited to payroll, purchased services, supplies, repairs, and equipment. |
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| 42 | 42 | | 2.13This prohibition on spending applies to any successor entities or programs that are |
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| 43 | 43 | | 2.14substantially similar to the entity or program named in this subdivision. |
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| 44 | 44 | | 2Section 1. |
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| 45 | 45 | | REVISOR KRB/ES 25-0330102/06/25 |
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