1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to airports; directing the Metropolitan Council to submit a report to 
1.3 	the legislature on the Crystal Airport and potential alternative land uses for the 
1.4 	Crystal Airport property.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. CRYSTAL AIRPORT; REPORT.
 1.7 	By February 1, 2007, the Metropolitan Council must submit a report to the 
1.8 	legislature under Minnesota Statutes, section 3.195, and to the chairs and ranking minority 
1.9 	members of the senate and house committees having jurisdiction over airport issues. 
1.10 	The report must include:
1.11 	(1) an economic analysis of the Crystal Airport, including local and regional 
1.12 	economic impacts;
1.13 	(2) an analysis of potential alternative uses of the land currently occupied by the 
1.14 	Crystal Airport, including the costs and benefits of the alternative uses; and
1.15 	(3) recommendations on which of the uses of the land currently occupied by the 
1.16 	Crystal Airport would be of the greatest benefit to the general public.