HF3915 Summary

• Proposes a Minnesota Constitutional amendment to increase the minimum allocation of motor vehicle sales tax revenue for highway purposes from 60 percent to 70 percent, effective January 1, 2020.

• Reduces the maximum allocation for public transit assistance from 40 percent to 30 percent of motor vehicle sales tax revenue.

• Requires voter approval of the constitutional amendment at the 2018 general election.

• Amends Minnesota Statutes section 297B.09 to align statutory allocations with the constitutional changes: 70 percent to highway user tax distribution fund, 27 percent to metropolitan area transit account, and 3 percent to greater Minnesota transit account.

• Conforming changes are effective January 1, 2020, only if the constitutional amendment is ratified by voters.