Bill > HF192

This bill establishes new requirements for cost participation in trunk highway projects in Minnesota, specifically prohibiting local governments from being required to pay for certain project costs within trunk highway rights-of-way that are necessitated by the project itself. These costs include, but are not limited to, utility relocation expenses, and the requirements apply regardless of facility ownership or whether the project provides benefits beyond the trunk highway system. The commissioner of transportation is required to identify alternative funding sources for these costs. The bill also includes an appropriation from the general fund to cover trunk highway project costs not eligible to be paid from the trunk highway fund, with funding allocated for fiscal years 2026 and 2027 and a base appropriation for fiscal years 2028 and 2029. The new cost participation requirements will take effect on July 1, 2025, and will not apply to trunk highway projects already included in the state transportation improvement program for construction in 2025. This legislation aims to reduce the financial burden on local governments for state highway projects by shifting certain project-related costs to state funding sources.

Transportation and Infrastructure

https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF0192&ssn=0&y=2025