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    Municipal Screening Board

    Also known as:
    City Engineers (Municipal) Screening Board
    Active dates:1959 -
    Authority:
    1959 Minn. Laws Chap. 500 Art. 3 Sec. 13
    Minn. Stat. 162.13 Subd. 3
    Function: The board investigates and reviews the information submitted by each city relating to the money needs of the city in order to apportion the municipal state-aid street fund. On or before November 1 of each year, the board submits its findings and recommendations in writing as to each city's money needs to the Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Transportation.
    History: The Municipal Screening Board was reviewed by the Legislative Commission on Planning and Fiscal Policy (LCPFP) in 2013 as part of their biennial duty required by Minn. Stat. 3.885 Subd. 11. The LCPFP's 2013 Recommendations called for the keeping the board.
    Advisory to:
    Transportation Department
    Membership: The board is composed of one engineer from each state highway construction district, and in addition thereto, one engineer from each city of the first class.

    Entries for this agency in the Annual Compilation and Statistical Report of Multi-Member Agencies Report: 1978.

    Note: This report provides membership details as well as meeting information and a summary of the group's activities.

    Agency heads: Commissioner of Transportation
    Reports:
    Municipal State Aid Street Apportionment Data
    Municipal Screening Board Data
    Executive Branch Advisory Group Overviews (August 21, 2013)
    Executive Branch Advisory Groups Recommendations (December 18, 2013)
    Note: The Legislative Reference Library may have additional reports on or by this group available through our catalog.
    Documents/Articles:
    News clippings and documents. Agencies Notebook Collection, 1981-2014.
    Record last updated: 03/02/2015
     

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