1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to gambling; authorizing director of the State Lottery to operate slot 
1.3 	machines at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport;proposing coding 
1.4 	for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 349A.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [349A.17] OPERATION OF SLOT MACHINES AT AIRPORT.
1.7 	(a) The director of the State Lottery shall lease a facility within any terminal of the 
1.8 	Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport for the purpose of operating slot machines. 
1.9 	The Metropolitan Airports Commission shall not unreasonably refuse to lease space in 
1.10 	the main terminal for this purpose. The director shall provide for the types of machines 
1.11 	to be operated. The director may contract with private vendors for goods and services, 
1.12 	consistent with the constitutional requirement that the facility be state operated. The 
1.13 	director may appoint personnel to operate the facility.
1.14 	(b) A person who uses the machines must agree to be bound by the director's 
1.15 	procedures. The player acknowledges that the determination of winnings is subject to the 
1.16 	rules of the director, procedures established for that game, and any confidential or public 
1.17 	validation procedures established by the director for that game. No person under the age 
1.18 	of 18 years may play or win a prize from any game at the facility.
1.19 	(c) No person may be admitted to the facility who does not possess a valid ticket 
1.20 	issued in the person's name by an airline making regularly scheduled flights in and out 
1.21 	of the airport, for a flight with a departure time not more than 12 hours after admission 
1.22 	to the facility, or for a flight that has arrived not more than 12 hours before admission 
1.23 	to the facility.
2.1 	(d) The portion of the net proceeds from operation of the facility that is deposited in 
2.2 	the environment and natural resources trust fund must be appropriated for support of parks 
2.3 	and trails of statewide or regional significance.