MN SF74

Prohibits state agency commissioners from including expenditures from the trunk highway fund or highway user tax distribution fund for nonhighway purposes in biennial budgets, to ensure compliance with Minnesota Constitution article XIV, sections 2, 5, and 6

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

Report must examine proposed appropriations from highway funds, explain the highway purpose of each, identify any nonhighway purpose appropriations, and recommend alternative funding sources for nonhighway items

Defines "nonhighway purpose" as any appropriation not for construction, improvement, or maintenance of highways, or any purpose prohibited by section 161.045