Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)
Posted on 04/28/2025 10:18 a.m.
A bill for an act
relating to aeronautics; prohibiting use of automatic dependent
surveillance-broadcast information for fee collection; amending Minnesota Statutes
2024, section 360.55, by adding a subdivision.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 360.55, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:
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(a) For purposes of this
subdivision, "automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast" or "ADS-B" means aviation
surveillance technology that uses a combination of an aircraft's positioning system, aircraft
avionics, and ground infrastructure to create a surveillance interface between an aircraft
and air traffic control or other aircraft, and includes ADS-B In and ADS-B Out.
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(b) The state, a political subdivision, and a private entity must not use information
broadcast or collected by an automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast system as a means
to calculate, generate, or collect fees from an aircraft owner or the operator of an aircraft
in the air space over this state.
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This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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