| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to transportation; modifying the allocation of proceeds from the regional |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 transportation sales and use tax; providing funding for suicide prevention barriers |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4 on the Washington Avenue Pedestrian Bridge. |
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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. ALLOCATION; ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION; WASHINGTON |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7AVENUE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE. |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8 Of the revenue collected under Minnesota Statutes, section 297A.9915, and allocated |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9to the Metropolitan Council for active transportation purposes under Minnesota Statutes, |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10section 473.4465, subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clause (1), the Metropolitan Council must |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11provide a grant of $15,000,000 in fiscal year 2026 to the Board of Regents of the University |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12of Minnesota to be spent in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 135A.046. This |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13grant is to design and construct the replacement of the pedestrian enclosure and suicide |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14deterrent barriers on the Washington Avenue Pedestrian Bridge on the Twin Cities campus. |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15The board must consult with persons affected by suicide at this bridge, suicide prevention |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16organizations, and experts in the field of suicide prevention in designing the project. This |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17section is notwithstanding the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 473.4465, subdivision |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.183. |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 20 | 20 | | 25-05099 as introduced03/19/25 REVISOR KRB/HL |
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| 21 | 21 | | SENATE |
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| 22 | 22 | | STATE OF MINNESOTA |
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| 23 | 23 | | S.F. No. 3041NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 24 | 24 | | (SENATE AUTHORS: COLEMAN, Hoffman, Westlin, Marty and Howe) |
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| 25 | 25 | | OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE |
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| 26 | 26 | | Introduction and first reading03/27/2025 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Referred to Transportation |
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