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Read. Follow. Verify.Minnesota House Bill 712 Redirects Transportation Efficiency Savings to Corridors of Commerce Program
Last action · February 19, 2025: Author added NorrisSponsors: Erin Koegel and 2 others
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What This Bill Proposed
Minnesota House Bill 712 mandates that efficiency savings from the Department of Transportation must be reallocated directly to the for trunk highway construction, maintenance, and rehabilitation starting July 1, 2025.
Changes how millions in agency efficiency savings are distributed, shifting funds specifically toward major commercial highway and bridge projects managed by the state.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Department of Transportation
Must reallocate efficiency savings to specific highway programs as mandated by the legislation.
Key Facts
- The commissioner of transportation must use efficiency savings specifically for the construction, maintenance, or rehabilitation of trunk highways under the corridors of commerce program.
- The corridors of commerce program funds trunk highway construction, reconstruction, and improvement, including maintenance operations.
- The commissioner may use up to 17 percent of any appropriation under the corridors of commerce section for program delivery and project scoring, ranking, and selection.
- The provisions are effective July 1, 2025, and apply to funds reallocated on or after that date.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · introduced in the House.
Procedural history
2 actions- Feb 19, 2025HouseAuthor added Norris
- Feb 13, 2025HouseIntroducedIntroduction and first reading, referred to Transportation Finance and Policy
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 50)
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