1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; prohibiting certain expenditures by the Metropolitan 
1.3 	Airports Commission for airport runway extension;amending Minnesota Statutes 
1.4 	2016, section 473.641, subdivision 4.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 473.641, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 4.Expansion or upgrade of metro airport. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, 
1.8 	the Metropolitan Airports Commission shall not use revenue from any source, as described 
1.9 	by section 473.608, for construction of to construct or reconstruct air facilities to that:
1.10 	(1) expand or upgrade the use of an existing metropolitan airport from minor use to 
1.11 	intermediate use status without approval in a law; or
1.12 	(2) extend a runway by 150 feet or more at a metropolitan minor use airport.
1.13 	(b) For the purposes of this section, a minor use airport is defined as an airport with a 
1.14 	runway or runways of length no longer than 5,000 feet.

1.15 	EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION. This section is effective the day following 
1.16 	final enactment and applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, 
1.17 	Scott, and Washington.