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Latest Action: 03/13/2008 - Committee report: To pass

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Modifying certain school bus definitions and drivers license requirements
(me)

Latest Action: 03/17/2008 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Taxes

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1E Relating to transportation; requiring the commissioner of transportation (DOT) to consider certain insurance standards when reviewing data and information for the development of safety improvements for trunk highways and state aid projects; modifying the definitions of passenger automobile, special mobile equipment and commercial motor vehicle; reclassifying certain trucks and vans for motor vehicle registration purposes; defining spotter trucks, regulating use and prescribing method of registration; modifying provisions relating to registration and use of special mobile equipment; requiring the commissioner of public safety to impose a motor vehicle registration tax on mobile equipment permanently or temporarily mounted to a commercial motor vehicle chassis under certain conditions; requiring the commissioner of transportation in cooperation with the metropolitan council to study possible adoption of a complete [...]

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Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - Secretary of State Ch. 152 02/25/08

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HF 2800 FOURTH ENGROSSMENT Transportation finance bill appropriating money for highway maintenance, local roads, emergency relief related to the I-35W bridge collapse, establishing a bridge improvement program; issuing bonds; and modifying motor fuel taxes. ARTICLE 1-- TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS Section 1: Summary of appropriations Section 2: Transportation appropriations are from the trunk highway fund and available for fiscal years 2008 and 2009. Section 3: Appropriations by Fund for FY2009 - General Fund: $2,450,000; Trunk Highway: $85,965,000; C.S.A.H: $52,133,000; M.S.A.S: $13,694,000. Appropriation amounts are specified for the following subdivisions: Transit, Rail, Port Development Assistance, State Roads, Highway Debt Service, Local Roads, County State Aids, and Municipal State Aids. Section 4: Public Safety - $3,653, 000 is appropriated [...]

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Latest Action: 03/19/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Relating to the organization, operation and financing of state government, appropriating money for transportation, the metropolitan council and public safety purposes ARTICLE 1 - TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS Providing a summary of appropriations by fund; appropriating money to the commissioner of transportation (DOT) for aeronautics, for airport development and assistance, for aviation support and services, for transit and freight, for state roads for infrastructure investment and planning and construction, operations and maintenance and electronic communications, for local roads including county state aids and municipal state aids, for general support and services, for the town road sign replacement program, for certain transfers with the approval of the commissioner of finance, for the use of state road construction appropriations and for the transfer of funds for certain contingent appropriations,[...]

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Latest Action: 02/19/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Relating to transportation; creating a transit fund; changing the name of the
greater Minnesota transit fund and metropolitan area transit fund to the greater
Minnesota transit account and the metropolitan area account; defining
metropolitan transportation area and imposing a sales
and use tax in the area; providing for tax collection; providing for the use of
sales tax proceeds for light rail transit purposes and operating costs of bus,
rail and paratrasit servicies within the metropolitan area
(me)

Latest Action: 05/21/2007 - Motion to override veto

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HF 946 FIFTH ENGROSSMENT Omnibus transportation finance bill appropriating money for transportation, Metropolitan Council, and public safety activities; issuing bonds; modifying taxes; authorizing local transportation sales taxes; and modifying various fees. ARTICLE 1: TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS Section 1: Summary of appropriations provided. Section 2: Transportation appropriations language provided. Section 3: Transportation; total appropriation detailed. Section 4: Metropolitan council, total appropriation detailed. Section 5: Public safety, total appropriation detailed. Section 6: General contingent accounts detailed. Section 7: Tort claims detailed. Section 8: Driver and vehicle services language modified. Section 9: Federal funds spending authority language modified. Section 10: Airport funding advisory [...]

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Latest Action: 02/05/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Relating to transportation; creating a transit fund; changing the name of the greater Minnesota transit fund and metropolitan area transit fund to the greater Minnesota transit account and the metropolitan area account; modifying the percentage of motor vehicle sales tax revenues required to be deposited in the highway user tax distribution and the metropolitan area and greater Minnesota transit accounts; defining metropolitan transportation area and imposing a sales and use tax in the area; providing for tax collection; creating the metropolitan transportation sales tax account for the use of the metropolitan council, for capital and operating costs for bus, rail and paratransit service, to provide implementation of the 2030 transportation policy plan and for annual distribution to counties; specifying purposes for county use of distributed funds, specifying eligibility and requiring the metropolitan council to report

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Latest Action: 01/22/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Relating to transportation; creating a transit fund; changing the name of the
greater Minnesota transit fund and metropolitan area transit fund to the greater
Minnesota transit account and the metropolitan area account; modifying the
percentage of motor vehicle sales tax revenues required to be deposited in the
highway user tax distribution and the metropolitan area and greater Minnesota
transit accounts
(ra)

Latest Action: 01/22/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Modifying the percentage of motor vehicle sales tax revenues required to be
deposited in the highway user tax distribution and the metropolitan area and
greater Minnesota transit funds
(ra)

Latest Legislation - View All

Latest Action: 01/29/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Authorizing and providing for the issuance of pink ribbon breast cancer
awareness emblems for special motor vehicle license plates by the commissioner
of public safety
(ra)

Latest Action: 02/21/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Requiring the commissioner of public safety to upon sending renewal
registration notification to include a list of service stations providing E85
within the zip code area of E85 owners addresses
(me)

Latest Action: 03/17/2008 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance

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1E Relating to motor vehicles; authorizing operation of certain combinations
with gross vehicle weight up to a certain amount on certain highways with
special three unit vehicle permit; authorizing certain trucks to qualify for
special canola hauling products vehicle permits; specifying certain
restrictions; imposing annual permit fees and appropriating the fee into the
trunk highway fund
(me)

Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Authorizing the design of special retired veteran motor vehicle license
plates by the commissioner of veterans affairs
(je)

Latest Action: 02/18/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Creating a limited security interest for cosigner of a loan agreement to
purchase a motor vehicle; lien exceptions
(je)

Latest Action: 03/10/2008 - Comm rpt: To pass and re-referred to Judiciary

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Holding the department of public safety harmless for negligent dissemination of
motor vehicle or driver data
(rt)

Latest Action: 02/28/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Modifying certain content and form requirements for motor vehicle certificates
of title; modifying certain transfer of interest requirements; modifying the
definition of motorized foot scooter; specifying certain title branding
requirements for lemon law vehicles by the registrar of motor vehicles;
repealing certain provisions relating to certificate of title pollution control
equipment disclosure and motor vehicle air pollution control systems disclosure
requirements
(je)

Latest Action: 03/17/2008 - Comm rpt: To pass and re-referred to Taxes

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Exempting certain motor vehicles and motorcycles purchased outside the United
States by members of the United States armed forces on federal active military
service serving outside the United States from the motor vehicle sales tax
(me)

Latest Action: 03/08/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Modifying motor vehicle weight schedules for vehicle registration tax purposes;
requiring owners of certain vehicles to declare at the time of registration the
amount of weight planned to be carried and subject to the federal heavy vehicle
use tax; requiring owners declaring to carry less to display a distinctive
sticker
(me)

Latest Action: 03/10/2008 - Withdrawn and re-referred to Transportation

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Relating to motor vehicles; setting the registration tax for intracity buses
(je)