Bill > HF1693

This bill makes technical and clarifying changes to Minnesota's statutes regarding county state-aid highway fund apportionment. In the first section, the bill updates language in section 162.07, subdivision 6, modifying how the commissioner handles situations where a county fails to submit required information about lane-mileage and financial needs. Instead of using more archaic language like "shall," the bill updates the text to use "must," and clarifies that the commissioner can estimate the county's lane-mileage and financial needs, and may withhold payment until the required information is submitted. The second section amends section 162.08, subdivision 1, which deals with allocation of funds for cities with populations under 5,000. The bill updates the language to be more precise, clarifying how the commissioner must allocate a percentage of county state-aid highway funds to smaller cities based on their proportion of the county's total highway needs. These changes are primarily grammatical and procedural, aimed at making the statutory language more clear and consistent, without substantially changing the underlying process for highway fund allocation.

Transportation and Infrastructure

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