| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to transportation; allocating a portion of regional transportation sales tax |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 revenue to SouthWest Transit; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4 473.4465, subdivision 2. |
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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 473.4465, subdivision 2, is amended to read: |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7 Subd. 2.Use of funds; Metropolitan Council.(a) Sales tax revenue is available as |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8follows: |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9 (1) five percent for active transportation, as determined by the Transportation Advisory |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10Board under subdivision 3; and |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11 (2) 95 percent for transit system purposes under sections 473.371 to 473.452, including |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12but not limited to operations, maintenance, and capital projects. |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13 (b) The council must expend a portion of sales tax revenue in each of the following |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14categories: |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15 (1) improvements to regular route bus service levels; |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16 (2) improvements related to transit safety, including additional transit officials, as defined |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17under section 473.4075; |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18 (3) maintenance and improvements to bus accessibility at transit stops and transit centers; |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19 (4) transit shelter replacement and improvements under section 473.41; |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20 (5) planning and project development for expansion of arterial bus rapid transit lines; |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1.21 (6) operations and capital maintenance of arterial bus rapid transit; |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 23 | 23 | | 25-05466 as introduced04/21/25 REVISOR KRB/HL |
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| 24 | 24 | | SENATE |
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| 25 | 25 | | STATE OF MINNESOTA |
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| 26 | 26 | | S.F. No. 3498NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 27 | 27 | | (SENATE AUTHORS: CWODZINSKI, Johnson Stewart, Pratt and Coleman) |
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| 28 | 28 | | OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE |
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| 29 | 29 | | Introduction and first reading05/08/2025 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Referred to Transportation 2.1 (7) planning and project development for expansion of highway bus rapid transit and |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2.2bus guideway lines; |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2.3 (8) operations and capital maintenance of highway bus rapid transit and bus guideways; |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2.4 (9) zero-emission bus procurement and associated costs in conformance with the |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2.5zero-emission and electric transit vehicle transition plan under section 473.3927; |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2.6 (10) demand response microtransit service provided by the council; |
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| 36 | 36 | | 2.7 (11) financial assistance to replacement service providers under section 473.388, to |
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| 37 | 37 | | 2.8provide for service, vehicle purchases, and capital investments related to demand response |
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| 38 | 38 | | 2.9microtransit service; |
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| 39 | 39 | | 2.10 (12) financial assistance to political subdivisions and tax-exempt organizations under |
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| 40 | 40 | | 2.11section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code for active transportation; and |
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| 41 | 41 | | 2.12 (13) wage adjustments for Metro Transit hourly operations employees. |
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| 42 | 42 | | 2.13 (c) The council must share regional transportation sales tax revenue with all replacement |
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| 43 | 43 | | 2.14service providers. SouthWest Transit must receive an amount equal to 3.7 percent of the |
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| 44 | 44 | | 2.15regional transportation sales tax collected in the metropolitan area under section 297A.9915, |
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| 45 | 45 | | 2.16subdivision 2. |
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| 46 | 46 | | 2Section 1. |
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| 47 | 47 | | 25-05466 as introduced04/21/25 REVISOR KRB/HL |
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