1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; airports; establishing a community environmental 
1.3 	committee;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 473.614, by adding a 
1.4 	subdivision; 473.621, subdivision 1b.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 473.614, is amended by adding a 
1.7 	subdivision to read:
1.8 		Subd. 5.Community environmental committee. (a) The commission shall 
1.9 	establish a community environmental committee to study and evaluate environmental 
1.10 	issues related to current, planned, and proposed airport operations and capital 
1.11 	improvements, with specific focus on noise and air pollution at the Minneapolis-St. Paul 
1.12 	International Airport, and make recommendations to the commission on actions to prevent 
1.13 	or mitigate adverse conditions.
1.14 	(b) The committee shall consist of a minimum of 13 members. The city council of 
1.15 	each statutory or home rule charter city with territory within the most recently developed 
1.16 	and submitted Federal Aviation Regulations, part 150, 60 DNL contour, shall appoint 
1.17 	one or more of its residents to serve on the committee. The commission shall appoint 
1.18 	two members who reside in cities that do not have territory within the most recently 
1.19 	developed and submitted Federal Aviation Regulations, part 150, 60 DNL contour. The 
1.20 	commission shall consider geographic balance in designating its two appointees. All 
1.21 	appointments must be made no later than June 1, 2014, and members serve at the pleasure 
1.22 	of their appointing authority. For each city with more than ..... housing units, an additional 
1.23 	member must be appointed for every 1,000 housing units. Each year the committee 
1.24 	shall elect a person from among its members to serve as chair. For the purposes of this 
2.1 	paragraph, a "housing unit" is separate living quarters that are defined as a housing unit by 
2.2 	the United States Census Bureau.
2.3 	(c) The committee must adopt bylaws governing its meetings.
2.4 	(d) The commission shall provide meeting space and technical and administrative 
2.5 	support to the committee. All meetings of the committee are subject to chapter 13D.
2.6 	(e) Members serve without compensation, but the commission shall reimburse 
2.7 	committee members for reasonable actual expenses incurred to attend meetings and perform 
2.8 	duties related to the work of the committee, as provided for in the committee's bylaws.
2.9 	(f) The commission shall review and act on the committee's recommendations at a 
2.10 	regularly scheduled commission meeting at least once a year, and shall include a report of 
2.11 	its actions in its annual report to the legislature under section 473.621, subdivision 1b.

2.12 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 473.621, subdivision 1b, is amended to read:
2.13 		 Subd. 1b.Annual report to legislature.  The corporation shall report to the 
2.14 	legislature by March 30 of each year concerning operations at Minneapolis-St. Paul 
2.15 	International Airport and each reliever airport. Regarding Minneapolis-St. Paul 
2.16 	International Airport, the report must include the number of aircraft operations and 
2.17 	passenger enplanements at the airport in the preceding year, current airport capacity in 
2.18 	terms of operations and passenger enplanements, average length of delay statistics, and
2.19 	 technological developments affecting aviation and their effect on operations and capacity 
2.20 	at the airport, and actions based on recommendations of the community environmental 
2.21 	committee. The report must include the aircraft operations, based aircraft, and status of 
2.22 	major development programs at each reliever airport.

2.23 	Sec. 3. SUNSET OF MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 
2.24 	NOISE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
 2.25 	The Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport Noise Oversight Committee shall 
2.26 	disband on June 30, 2014.

2.27 	Sec. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 2.28 	This act is effective the day following final enactment.