1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to metropolitan government; modifying the 
  1.3             authority to expand or upgrade minor use airports; 
  1.4             amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 473.641, 
  1.5             subdivision 4. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 473.641, 
  1.8   subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
  1.9      Subd. 4.  [EXPANSION OR UPGRADE OF METRO AIRPORT.] 
  1.10  Notwithstanding any other law, the metropolitan airports 
  1.11  commission shall not use revenue from any source, as described 
  1.12  by section 473.608, for construction of air facilities to expand 
  1.13  or upgrade the use of an existing metropolitan airport from 
  1.14  minor use to intermediate use status as defined by the 
  1.15  metropolitan development guide, aviation chapter, adopted 
  1.16  pursuant to section 473.145 without approval in a law.  For the 
  1.17  purposes of this section, a minor use airport is defined as an 
  1.18  airport with a runway or runways of length no longer than 5,000 
  1.19  feet. 
  1.20     Sec. 2.  [APPLICATION.] 
  1.21     Section 1 applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, 
  1.22  Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington.