HF3919 - Governor's Supplemental Transportation Budget

• Appropriates $2.9 billion for fiscal years 2017-2018 across transportation activities including state roads, local roads, transit, and public safety programs.

• Authorizes $2 billion in trunk highway bonds for corridors of commerce program ($200 million/year for 8 years) and trunk highway construction ($100 million/year for 4 years).

• Establishes a motor fuels gross receipts tax at 6.5% of average wholesale gasoline price to fund transportation (effective October 1, 2016).

• Creates a half-percent metropolitan area transit sales tax in seven-county metro area (Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, Washington) with revenue prioritizing debt service, bus service preservation, and transit improvements.

• Increases vehicle registration taxes, driver's license fees, and title fees; establishes commercial unmanned aircraft system (drone) registration and permitting requirements; expands state rail safety inspection program.