Bill Text: MN SF2208 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Community environmental committee to study and evaluate airport operations and capital improvements establishment
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-10 - Author added Dziedzic [SF2208 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-SF2208-Introduced.html
1.2relating to transportation; airports; establishing a community environmental
1.3committee;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 473.614, by adding a
1.4subdivision; 473.621, subdivision 1b.
1.5BE 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
1.7subdivision to read:
1.8 Subd. 5. Community environmental committee. (a) The commission shall
1.9establish a community environmental committee to study and evaluate environmental
1.10issues related to current, planned, and proposed airport operations and capital
1.11improvements, with specific focus on noise and air pollution at the Minneapolis-St. Paul
1.12International Airport, and make recommendations to the commission on actions to prevent
1.13or mitigate adverse conditions.
1.14(b) The committee shall consist of a minimum of 13 members. The city council of
1.15each statutory or home rule charter city with territory within the most recently developed
1.16and submitted Federal Aviation Regulations, part 150, 60 DNL contour, shall appoint
1.17one or more of its residents to serve on the committee. The commission shall appoint
1.18two members who reside in cities that do not have territory within the most recently
1.19developed and submitted Federal Aviation Regulations, part 150, 60 DNL contour. The
1.20commission shall consider geographic balance in designating its two appointees. All
1.21appointments must be made no later than June 1, 2014, and members serve at the pleasure
1.22of their appointing authority. For each city with more than ..... housing units, an additional
1.23member must be appointed for every 1,000 housing units. Each year the committee
1.24shall elect a person from among its members to serve as chair. For the purposes of this
2.1paragraph, a "housing unit" is separate living quarters that are defined as a housing unit by
2.2the 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
2.5support 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
2.7committee members for reasonable actual expenses incurred to attend meetings and perform
2.8duties 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
2.10regularly scheduled commission meeting at least once a year, and shall include a report of
2.11its 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
2.14legislature by March 30 of each year concerning operations at Minneapolis-St. Paul
2.15International Airport and each reliever airport. Regarding Minneapolis-St. Paul
2.16International Airport, the report must include the number of aircraft operations and
2.17passenger enplanements at the airport in the preceding year, current airport capacity in
2.18terms of operations and passenger enplanements, average length of delay statistics,and
2.19 technological developments affecting aviation and their effect on operations and capacity
2.20at the airport, and actions based on recommendations of the community environmental
2.21committee. The report must include the aircraft operations, based aircraft, and status of
2.22major development programs at each reliever airport.
2.23 Sec. 3. SUNSET OF MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
2.24NOISE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
2.25The Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport Noise Oversight Committee shall
2.26disband on June 30, 2014.
2.27 Sec. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.
2.28This act is effective the day following final enactment.
1.3committee;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 473.614, by adding a
1.4subdivision; 473.621, subdivision 1b.
1.5BE 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
1.7subdivision to read:
1.8 Subd. 5. Community environmental committee. (a) The commission shall
1.9establish a community environmental committee to study and evaluate environmental
1.10issues related to current, planned, and proposed airport operations and capital
1.11improvements, with specific focus on noise and air pollution at the Minneapolis-St. Paul
1.12International Airport, and make recommendations to the commission on actions to prevent
1.13or mitigate adverse conditions.
1.14(b) The committee shall consist of a minimum of 13 members. The city council of
1.15each statutory or home rule charter city with territory within the most recently developed
1.16and submitted Federal Aviation Regulations, part 150, 60 DNL contour, shall appoint
1.17one or more of its residents to serve on the committee. The commission shall appoint
1.18two members who reside in cities that do not have territory within the most recently
1.19developed and submitted Federal Aviation Regulations, part 150, 60 DNL contour. The
1.20commission shall consider geographic balance in designating its two appointees. All
1.21appointments must be made no later than June 1, 2014, and members serve at the pleasure
1.22of their appointing authority. For each city with more than ..... housing units, an additional
1.23member must be appointed for every 1,000 housing units. Each year the committee
1.24shall elect a person from among its members to serve as chair. For the purposes of this
2.1paragraph, a "housing unit" is separate living quarters that are defined as a housing unit by
2.2the 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
2.5support 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
2.7committee members for reasonable actual expenses incurred to attend meetings and perform
2.8duties 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
2.10regularly scheduled commission meeting at least once a year, and shall include a report of
2.11its 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
2.14legislature by March 30 of each year concerning operations at Minneapolis-St. Paul
2.15International Airport and each reliever airport. Regarding Minneapolis-St. Paul
2.16International Airport, the report must include the number of aircraft operations and
2.17passenger enplanements at the airport in the preceding year, current airport capacity in
2.18terms of operations and passenger enplanements, average length of delay statistics,
2.19 technological developments affecting aviation and their effect on operations and capacity
2.20at the airport, and actions based on recommendations of the community environmental
2.21committee. The report must include the aircraft operations, based aircraft, and status of
2.22major development programs at each reliever airport.
2.23 Sec. 3. SUNSET OF MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
2.24NOISE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
2.25The Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport Noise Oversight Committee shall
2.26disband on June 30, 2014.
2.27 Sec. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.
2.28This act is effective the day following final enactment.
