HF1162 Summary

• Expands MnPASS toll lane authority to include high-occupancy toll lanes and allows temporary operation of capacity-adding lanes as general purpose lanes before conversion to tolled lanes, provided capacity has been added to the same highway segment.

• Permits the commissioner of transportation to convert existing general purpose or auxiliary lanes to high-occupancy toll lanes only after adding capacity in the same segment and designating that segment as a MnPASS corridor in the metro district highway investment plan.

• Modifies revenue allocation for Interstate 394 MnPASS corridor fees to split remaining funds equally between corridor transportation capital improvements and Metropolitan Council bus transit service expansion, rather than requiring repayment of initial infrastructure costs.

• Directs revenue from other MnPASS corridors to be spent exclusively on transportation capital improvements within those corridors.

• Clarifies that toll collection costs for each corridor, including tolling equipment and shared administrative costs, are paid from corridor-specific fee revenue accounts before remaining funds are allocated to capital improvements and transit.