Subdivision 1. Definition. For purposes of this section, "commissioner" means any commissioner of a state agency that either proposes to spend or spends funds out of the highway user tax distribution fund or the trunk highway fund.
Subd. 2. General expenditure requirements. A commissioner may expend highway user tax distribution funds only for highway purposes and may expend trunk highway funds only for trunk highway purposes.
Subd. 3. Limitations on spending. (a) A commissioner must not pay for any of the following with funds from the highway user tax distribution fund or the trunk highway fund:
(1) Bureau of Criminal Apprehension laboratory;
(2) Explore Minnesota Tourism kiosks;
(3) Minnesota Safety Council;
(4) driver education programs;
(5) Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board;
(6) Mississippi River Parkway Commission;
(7) payments to the Department of Information Technology Services in excess of actual costs incurred for trunk highway purposes;
(8) personnel costs incurred on behalf of the governor's office;
(9) the Office of Aeronautics within the Department of Transportation;
(10) the Office of Transit and Active Transportation within the Department of Transportation;
(11) the Office of Passenger Rail;
(12) purchase and maintenance of soft body armor under section 299A.38;
(13) tourist information centers;
(14) parades, events, or sponsorships of events;
(15) rent and utility expenses for the department's central office building;
(16) the installation, construction, expansion, or maintenance of public electric vehicle infrastructure;
(17) the statewide notification center for excavation services pursuant to chapter 216D; and
(18) manufacturing license plates.
(b) The prohibition in paragraph (a) includes all expenses for the named entity or program, including but not limited to payroll, purchased services, supplies, repairs, and equipment. This prohibition on spending applies to any successor entities or programs that are substantially similar to the entity or program named in this subdivision.
History: 2021 c 31 art 2 s 16; 1Sp2021 c 5 art 4 s 11
NOTE: This section, as added by Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 5, article 4, section 11, is effective July 1, 2025. Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 5, article 4, section 11, the effective date.
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation
Section 161.04 — Trunk Highway Fund.
Section 161.081 — Highway User Tax, Distribution, Investment.
Section 161.082 — County Turnback Account, Expenditures.
Section 161.083 — Municipal Turnback Account, Expenditure.
Section 161.084 — Surplus Funds In Turnback Accounts.
Section 161.085 — Appropriation From Turnback Accounts.
Section 161.088 — Corridors Of Commerce Program.
Section 161.089 — Report On Dedicated Fund Expenditures.
Section 161.09 — Department Orders, Files, And Records.
Section 161.095 — Travel Expense For Job Applicants.
Section 161.10 — Investigations, Recommendations, Reports.
Section 161.11 — Compensation Insurance.
Section 161.114 — Constitutional Trunk Highways.
Section 161.115 — Additional Trunk Highways.
Section 161.117 — Trunk Highways; Additional Routes.
Section 161.12 — Additional Routes Added; Federal Aid.
Section 161.122 — Restrictions On Marked Trunk Highway 51.
Section 161.1231 — Parking Facilities For I-394.
Section 161.1245 — Highway Construction; Authorizations And Restrictions.
Section 161.125 — Sound Abatement Along Highways.
Section 161.139 — Highway Designation Costs.
Section 161.14 — Names And Designations Of Certain Highways.
Section 161.141 — Northwest Angle, Connecting Highway; Federal Approval.
Section 161.1419 — Mississippi River Parkway Commission.
Section 161.142 — Great River Road.
Section 161.148 — Great River Road, Location Of Route.
Section 161.15 — Specific Location; Limitation On Deviations.
Section 161.16 — Highway Designation, Vacation, Reversion, Survey.
Section 161.162 — Definitions.
Section 161.163 — Highway Project Review.
Section 161.164 — Final Layout Approval Process.
Section 161.165 — Commissioner Action; Interstate Highways.
Section 161.166 — Commissioner Action; Other Highways.
Section 161.167 — Reimbursement Of Expenses.
Section 161.18 — Prior Easements Vest In State.
Section 161.19 — Certain Records Obtained And Filed.
Section 161.20 — General Powers Of Commissioner.
Section 161.202 — Replacement Of Public Lands.
Section 161.23 — Excess Acquisition.
Section 161.231 — Appropriation; Proceeds From State Property.
Section 161.24 — Changes Required By Construction Of Trunk Highway.
Section 161.241 — Relocation Of Railroad Tracks, Acquisition Of Land.
Section 161.242 — Junk Yard Act.
Section 161.25 — Temporary Trunk Highway Detour; Haul Road.
Section 161.26 — Highway Maintained Across Portion Of Adjoining State.
Section 161.261 — Connector Segments With Other States.
Section 161.27 — Trunk Highways Across Bodies Of Water.
Section 161.28 — Altering Public Drainage Ditch By Trunk Highway.
Section 161.29 — Acquiring Toll Bridge For Trunk Highway System.
Section 161.30 — Marking Design.
Section 161.31 — Maps And Pamphlets.
Section 161.315 — Protection Of Public Contracts.
Section 161.32 — Contracting For Work On Trunk Highway.
Section 161.3203 — Contracts For Work For Trunk Highway.
Section 161.3206 — Best-value Contracting Authority.
Section 161.3207 — Construction Manager/general Contractor Contracts; Definitions.
Section 161.3208 — Construction Manager/general Contractor; Authority.
Section 161.3209 — Construction Manager/general Contractor; Procedures.
Section 161.321 — Small Business Contracts.
Section 161.3212 — Working Capital Fund.
Section 161.322 — Payment Of Interest To Contractors.
Section 161.33 — Employee Interest In Contract, Unlawful.
Section 161.34 — Contract Claims Against State.
Section 161.3410 — Design-build Contracts; Definitions.
Section 161.3412 — Design-build Authority.
Section 161.3414 — Determination To Use Design-build Selection Method.
Section 161.3416 — Design-build Notice; Report.
Section 161.3418 — Licensing Requirements.
Section 161.3420 — Design-build Rfq; Selection Team; Evaluation.
Section 161.3422 — Rfp For Design-build.
Section 161.3424 — Replacing Team Members.
Section 161.3426 — Design-build Award.
Section 161.361 — Advance Funding For Trunk Highway Projects.
Section 161.365 — Highway Contract Specifications; Minimum Wage.
Section 161.366 — Construction Contract; Taconite Relief Area.
Section 161.368 — Highway Contracts With Tribal Authorities.
Section 161.37 — Surplus Government Materials.
Section 161.38 — Special Agreements For Highways In Municipalities.
Section 161.39 — Aid To Other Road Authorities And State Departments.
Section 161.391 — Pavement Striping.
Section 161.40 — Joint Facilities With Division Of Emergency Management.
Section 161.41 — Surplus Property Not Needed For Highway Purposes.
Section 161.411 — Sale Of Surplus Earth Material.
Section 161.42 — Leasing Or Sale Of Sounding And Testing Equipment.
Section 161.43 — Relinquishment Of Highway Easement.
Section 161.431 — Leasing Of Highway Easement.
Section 161.433 — Use Of Highway Airspace And Subsurface.
Section 161.434 — Interstate And Trunk Highway Rights-of-way; Limited Use.
Section 161.44 — Relinquishment Of Land No Longer Needed.
Section 161.441 — Land Acquisition Agreement With Others.
Section 161.442 — Reconveyance To Former Owner.
Section 161.45 — Utility On Highway Right-of-way; Relocation.
Section 161.46 — Reimbursement Of Utility.
Section 161.462 — Fiber Collaboration Database.
Section 161.465 — Reimbursement For Fire Services.