1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; establishing runway safety and airport zoning advisory 
1.3 	task force; requiring report; appropriating money.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. RUNWAY SAFETY AND AIRPORT ZONING ADVISORY TASK 
1.6 	FORCE.
 1.7 		Subdivision 1.Task force established. An advisory task force on runway safety 
1.8 	and airport zoning is established to study and make recommendations regarding best 
1.9 	practices for safety implications of airport zoning at Minneapolis-St. Paul International 
1.10 	Airport and all other airports operated by the Metropolitan Airports Commission. The 
1.11 	task force shall study:
1.12 	(1) current law and public policy related to runway safety and airport zoning;
1.13 	(2) existing studies and literature regarding best practices for safety at domestic 
1.14 	and international airports;
1.15 	(3) land use policies beyond the federal runway protection zone at airports 
1.16 	comparable to Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, including, but not limited to:
1.17 	(i) laws, regulations, ordinances, and polices in force regarding runway safety and 
1.18 	zoning;
1.19 	(ii) nature of ownership of the land beyond the federal runway protection zone;
1.20 	(iii) the levels of government with zoning authority over the land; and
1.21 	(iv) the impact on zoning and land use of the presence on the land of public roads 
1.22 	and highways, bodies of water such as rivers and lakes, and other land uses;
1.23 	(4) the appropriate extent and nature of state oversight in establishing runway safety 
1.24 	zones and land use near airports;
2.1 	(5) use of indemnification agreements; and 
2.2 	(6) other issues relating to land use and zoning areas around airports as determined 
2.3 	by the task force.
2.4 		Subd. 2.Membership. (a) The task force is comprised of the following members:
2.5 	(1) three members of the senate, two appointed by the majority leader and one 
2.6 	appointed by the minority leader;
2.7 	(2) three members of the house of representatives, two appointed by the speaker of 
2.8 	the house of representatives and one appointed by the minority leader;
2.9 	(3) the chair and ranking minority member of the house of representatives 
2.10 	Transportation Finance Division;
2.11 	(4) the chair and ranking minority member of the senate Transportation Budget 
2.12 	and Policy Division;
2.13 	(5) the chair and ranking minority member of the senate State and Local Government 
2.14 	Operations and Oversight Committee;
2.15 	(6) the chair and ranking minority member of the house of representatives Local 
2.16 	Government and Metropolitan Affairs Committee;
2.17 	(7) the director of the Department of Transportation Office of Aeronautics; and
2.18 	(8) the chair of the Metropolitan Council or a designee.
2.19 	(b) The chair of the senate Transportation Budget and Policy Division shall convene 
2.20 	the first meeting of the task force within two weeks after the legislative members have 
2.21 	been appointed to the task force. The members shall elect a chair from their membership 
2.22 	at the first meeting. Task force members must be appointed no later than August 1, 2007.
2.23 		Subd. 3.Report. By February 15, 2008, the task force shall report its 
2.24 	recommendations to the chairs of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over state 
2.25 	aviation policy and the Metropolitan Airports Commission.
2.26 		Subd. 4.Expenses. Per diem and expenses for members of the task force are as 
2.27 	provided for under Minnesota Statutes, section 15.059.
2.28 		Subd. 5.Expiration. This section expires after the submission of the report as 
2.29 	required under subdivision 3.

2.30 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION.
 2.31 	$100,000 in fiscal year 2008 is appropriated from the general fund to the Legislative 
2.32 	Coordinating Commission for the administrative expenses of the Runway Safety and 
2.33 	Airport Zoning Advisory Task Force, and for other costs relating to the preparation of 
2.34 	the report required by the task force, including the costs of hiring a consultant, if needed. 
3.1 	Any amount of this appropriation remaining after fiscal year 2008 must revert to the 
3.2 	general fund.

3.3 	Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 3.4 	Sections 1 and 2 are effective July 1, 2007.