Transportation greenhouse gas emissions impact assessment provisions repealer and prior appropriation modifications

This bill repeals Minnesota laws requiring greenhouse gas emissions impact assessments for transportation projects and modifies funding rules for state transportation planning. It removes specific statutes that mandated environmental impact evaluations for transportation initiatives and cancels $3 million in funding previously allocated for travel demand modeling related to those assessments. The legislation also updates how metropolitan counties must allocate transportation funds, adjusting percentages for active transportation, preservation work, and transit services while eliminating references to greenhouse gas offset requirements. These changes affect the Minnesota Department of Transportation and local metropolitan counties by altering their planning obligations and funding distribution priorities.