Subdivision 1. Account created. A town road account is created in the county state-aid highway fund.
Subd. 2. Formula for distribution to counties. Funds in the town road account must be apportioned to each county so that each county receives the percentage that the total miles of town road in the county bears to the total miles of town roads in the state.
Subd. 3. Apportionment. Upon determining the amount of money to be apportioned to each county under section 162.07, the commissioner shall also determine the amounts in the town road account to be apportioned under subdivision 2. The apportionment under subdivision 2 must be included in the statement sent to the commissioner of management and budget and the county auditor and county engineer of each county under section 162.08, subdivision 2. The amounts so apportioned and allocated to each county from the town road account must be paid by the state to the treasurer of each county at the same time that payments are made under section 162.08, subdivision 2, provided that the amounts must be paid in a sufficient time to allow the county to distribute the amounts to each town by March 1, annually.
Subd. 4. Formula for distribution to towns; purposes. (a) Money apportioned to a county from the town road account must be distributed to the treasurer of each town within the county, according to a distribution formula adopted by the county board. The formula must take into account each town's population and town road mileage, and other factors the county board deems advisable in the interests of achieving equity among the towns. Distribution of town road funds to each town treasurer must be made by March 1, annually, or within 30 days after receipt of payment from the commissioner. Distribution of funds to town treasurers in a county which has not adopted a distribution formula under this subdivision must be made according to a formula prescribed by the commissioner by rule.
(b) Money distributed to a town under this subdivision may be expended by the town only for the construction, reconstruction, and gravel maintenance of town roads within the town.
1983 c 17 s 3; 1984 c 410 s 1; 1984 c 535 s 2; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 719 art 5 s 84; 1989 c 268 s 4; 1989 c 277 art 4 s 14; 1991 c 278 s 1,2; 1993 c 117 s 1; 1994 c 553 s 1; 1998 c 372 art 2 s 5; 2004 c 228 art 3 s 3; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109; 2012 c 287 art 4 s 9; 2014 c 287 s 6
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation
Chapter 162 — State-aid Road Systems
Section 162.02 — County State-aid Highway System.
Section 162.021 — Natural Preservation Routes.
Section 162.03 — Establishment Along Common Boundary Lines.
Section 162.031 — Construction Across Another County Or State.
Section 162.04 — Limitation On Payment Of Contract Price.
Section 162.05 — Payment Into County State-aid Highway Fund.
Section 162.06 — Accruals To County State-aid Highway Fund; Accounts.
Section 162.07 — Apportionment Of Money To Counties.
Section 162.08 — Allocation Of Apportionments.
Section 162.081 — Town Road Account.
Section 162.09 — Municipal State-aid Street System.
Section 162.091 — Construction Across Another Municipality Or State.
Section 162.10 — Limitation On Payment Of Contract Price.
Section 162.11 — Percentage Paid To Municipal State-aid Street Fund.
Section 162.12 — Accruals To Municipal State-aid Street Fund; Accounts.
Section 162.13 — Formula For Apportionment To Cities.
Section 162.14 — Apportionment To Cities.
Section 162.145 — Small Cities Assistance.
Section 162.15 — Administrative Costs.
Section 162.152 — Rules; Advisory Committee.
Section 162.16 — Investment Of Money In State-aid Funds.
Section 162.17 — Agreements Between County And City.