MN SF2767

State agency commissioners are prohibited from including expenditures from the trunk highway fund or highway user tax distribution fund for nonhighway purposes in biennial budgets, in compliance with Minnesota Constitution article XIV, sections 2, 5, and 6.

The commissioner of management and budget and attorney general must jointly submit a report to legislative transportation committees within 45 days of the governor's budget submission.

The report must examine proposed appropriations from highway funds, explain their highway purpose, identify any nonhighway purpose appropriations, and recommend alternative funding sources for nonhighway purposes.

A nonhighway purpose is defined as any appropriation not for construction, improvement, or maintenance of highways, or for any purpose prohibited by section 161.20.