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SF289 (Legislative Session 94 (2025-2026))

Local roads and bridges bond issuance and appropriation

Related bill: HF2076

AI Generated Summary

The legislative bill SF No 289 involves financial allocation for the improvement of transportation infrastructure in Minnesota. Specifically, it proposes:

  1. Allocating $250 million for the construction and reconstruction of local roads that are important on a statewide or regional level. This includes expansions of the state’s ten-ton road system and providing grants to help counties with rural road safety improvements on county state-aid highways.

  2. Allocating $150 million to match federal funding for replacing or rehabilitating local bridges that are structurally deficient. Funds will also cover design-build contracts, consulting services, payments for land acquisition, and other associated costs.

  3. The total funding of $400 million for these projects is to be raised through the sale and issuance of general obligation bonds, as authorized by applicable Minnesota statutes and constitutional provisions.

This bill aims to enhance safety and transportation infrastructure across the state by focusing on significant road and bridge projects.

Bill text versions

Actions

DateChamberWhereTypeNameCommittee Name
January 20, 2025HouseFloorActionIntroduction and first reading
January 20, 2025SenateFloorActionIntroduction and first reading
January 20, 2025SenateFloorActionReferred toCapital Investment
January 20, 2025HouseFloorActionReferred toCapital Investment
January 22, 2025HouseFloorActionAuthor added
January 22, 2025SenateFloorActionAuthor added
February 12, 2025HouseFloorActionAuthor added
February 12, 2025SenateFloorActionAuthor added

Citations

 
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  {
    "analysis": {
      "added": [
        "Prioritizes projects for expanding the state's ten-ton road system."
      ],
      "removed": [
        ""
      ],
      "summary": "This bill appropriates funds for the construction and reconstruction of local roads with a focus on statewide or regional significance as per section 174.52, subdivision 4.",
      "modified": [
        ""
      ]
    },
    "citation": "174.52",
    "subdivision": "subdivision 4"
  },
  {
    "analysis": {
      "added": [
        "Funding for rural road safety capital improvement projects."
      ],
      "removed": [
        ""
      ],
      "summary": "This bill includes grants to assist counties with rural road safety improvements on county state-aid highways under section 174.52, subdivision 4a.",
      "modified": [
        ""
      ]
    },
    "citation": "174.52",
    "subdivision": "subdivision 4a"
  },
  {
    "analysis": {
      "added": [
        "Includes funding for design-build contracts, consultant usage, and land acquisition costs."
      ],
      "removed": [
        ""
      ],
      "summary": "This bill appropriates funds for the replacement or rehabilitation of deficient local bridges as per section 174.50.",
      "modified": [
        ""
      ]
    },
    "citation": "174.50",
    "subdivision": ""
  },
  {
    "analysis": {
      "added": [
        "Authorization for selling and issuing state bonds up to $400,000,000."
      ],
      "removed": [
        ""
      ],
      "summary": "Authorizes the sale and issuance of bonds to provide the appropriated money under sections 1 and 2, in accordance with the terms prescribed by sections 16A.631 to 16A.675.",
      "modified": [
        ""
      ]
    },
    "citation": "16A.631 to 16A.675",
    "subdivision": ""
  }
]

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