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HF4309 • 2026

Railroad crossing safety improvements in Hennepin County, Medina, Independence, and Loretto funding provided; bonds issued; and money appropriated.

Railroad crossing safety improvements in Hennepin County, Medina, Independence, and Loretto funding provided; bonds issued; and money appropriated.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Robbins, Bahner
Last action
2026-03-18
Official status
Author added Bahner
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Railroad crossing safety improvements in Hennepin County, Medina, Independence, and Loretto funding provided; bonds issued; and money appropriated.

Railroad crossing safety improvements in Hennepin County, Medina, Independence, and Loretto funding provided; bonds issued; and money appropriated.

What This Bill Does

  • Railroad crossing safety improvements in Hennepin County, Medina, Independence, and Loretto funding provided; bonds issued; and money appropriated.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-18 House

    Author added Bahner

  2. 2026-03-16 House

    Introduction and first reading, referred to Capital Investment

Official Summary Text

Railroad crossing safety improvements in Hennepin County, Medina, Independence, and Loretto funding provided; bonds issued; and money appropriated.

Current Bill Text

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relating to capital investment; appropriating money for railroad crossing safety

improvements in Hennepin County and the cities of Medina, Independence, and

Loretto; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.
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HENNEPIN COUNTY; RAILROAD CROSSING SAFETY

IMPROVEMENTS.
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Subdivision 1.

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Appropriation.

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$390,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds fund

to the commissioner of transportation for one or more grants to Hennepin County, the city

of Medina, the city of Independence, the city of Loretto, or a combination thereof, to design,

engineer, and construct railroad crossing safety improvements and street reconstruction at

Town Line Road in the city of Medina, the city of Independence, and the city of Loretto.

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Subd. 2.

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Bond sale.

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To provide the money appropriated in this section from the bond

proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue bonds of

the state in an amount up to $390,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect

prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota

Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.

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EFFECTIVE DATE.

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This section is effective the day following final enactment.

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