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This bill amends Minnesota law to specifically allocate a portion of the regional transportation sales tax revenue directly to SouthWest Transit, a transit service provider in the metropolitan area. Currently, the Metropolitan Council distributes sales tax revenue for various transit purposes, including bus services, transit safety, accessibility improvements, bus rapid transit development, zero-emission bus procurement, and microtransit services. The new provision mandates that SouthWest Transit will receive 3.7 percent of the regional transportation sales tax collected in the metropolitan area. This targeted allocation ensures that SouthWest Transit receives a guaranteed share of transit funding, potentially providing more financial stability and predictability for the transit service provider. The bill represents a specific adjustment to how regional transportation sales tax revenue is distributed among transit service providers in the metropolitan area, giving SouthWest Transit a defined percentage of the total collected tax revenue.

Transportation and Infrastructure

https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF3498&ssn=0&y=2025