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MN SF1972

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/27/2025

Primary Sponsor

Omar Fateh

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Origin

Senate

94th Legislature 2025-2026

AI Summary

  • Expands the definition of "highway purposes" to include multimodal infrastructure within highway rights-of-way for transit, active transportation, and greenhouse gas emissions reduction

  • Removes five items from the list of prohibited highway fund expenditures: Minnesota Safety Council, driver education programs, Office of Transit and Active Transportation, Office of Passenger Rail, and public electric vehicle infrastructure

  • Maintains prohibitions on using highway funds for Bureau of Criminal Apprehension laboratory, Explore Minnesota Tourism kiosks, Office of Emergency Medical Services, and tourist information centers, among other items

  • Amends Minnesota Statutes section 161.045 governing the Highway User Tax Distribution Fund and Trunk Highway Fund appropriations

Legislative Description

Permissible uses of certain highway funds specification

Last Action

Referred to Transportation

2/27/2025

Committee Referrals

Transportation2/27/2025

Full Bill Text

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