as introduced - 83rd Legislature (2003 - 2004) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
1.1 A bill for an act 1.2 relating to municipal airports; prohibiting closure 1.3 without approval of the legislature; proposing coding 1.4 for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 360. 1.5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 1.6 Section 1. [360.046] [CLOSURE PROHIBITED WITHOUT APPROVAL 1.7 OF LEGISLATURE.] 1.8 Notwithstanding sections 360.031 to 360.045 and 473.601 to 1.9 473.680, or other law, a municipal airport must not be made, by 1.10 any authority, to close down its regular and customary 1.11 operations, except for a temporary emergency, or pursuant to a 1.12 federally declared national security alert, unless the closure 1.13 of the specific airport is specifically approved in a law.