HF3260 Summary

• Appropriates $47.732 billion total for FY2015 to Department of Transportation ($37.732M), Metropolitan Council ($15.4M), and Department of Public Safety ($2.06M) for highways, transit, and safety programs.

• Establishes railroad and pipeline safety requirements including training for fire departments, emergency response capabilities within specified timeframes, and prevention/response plans for unit trains carrying oil and hazardous materials.

• Creates three state rail safety inspector positions and a railroad and pipeline safety account funded by $2.5M annual assessments on railroad and pipeline companies.

• Modifies vehicle permit provisions to allow expiration dates matching vehicle registration dates and adjusts permit fees for agricultural vehicles and other special categories.

• Establishes new programs for transit shelters, election day free transit service, railroad yard lighting standards, community destination signage in Two Harbors, and light rail transit safety oversight.