1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to transportation; allowing port authorities 
  1.3             to retain lease or management contract revenues from 
  1.4             commercial navigation projects financed by the state; 
  1.5             amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 457A.04, by 
  1.6             adding a subdivision. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 457A.04, is 
  1.9   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  1.10     Subd. 6.  [USE AGREEMENTS.] Notwithstanding section 
  1.11  16A.695, for leases or management contracts entered into with 
  1.12  respect to property acquired or bettered with the proceeds of 
  1.13  state general obligations bonds, (1) a port authority may meet 
  1.14  its obligations and expenses of operating and reinvesting 
  1.15  capital improvements by retaining revenues received under leases 
  1.16  or management contracts and is not required to pay lease or 
  1.17  management contract revenues to the commissioner of finance; and 
  1.18  (2) the lease or management contract entered into by a port 
  1.19  authority must not be canceled or terminated as a result of 
  1.20  changes or termination by the state in the governmental program 
  1.21  of the port authority unless compensation is paid as provided by 
  1.22  law.