1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to metropolitan government; including the Metropolitan Airports 
1.3 	Commission in the oversight responsibilities of the Legislative Commission on 
1.4 	Metropolitan Government; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 3.8841, 
1.5 	subdivisions 1, 8, 9.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 3.8841, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.8 		Subdivision 1.Established.  The Legislative Commission on Metropolitan 
1.9 	Government is established to oversee the Metropolitan Council's and the Metropolitan 
1.10 	Airports Commission's operating and capital budgets, work program, and capital 
1.11 	improvement program.

1.12 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 3.8841, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
1.13 		Subd. 8.Powers; duties; Metropolitan Council and Metropolitan Airports 
1.14 	Commission levy, budget oversight.  The commission must monitor, review, and make 
1.15 	recommendations to the Metropolitan Council, the Metropolitan Airports Commission, 
1.16 	and to the legislature for the following calendar year on:
1.17 	(1) the tax rate and dollar amount of the Metropolitan Council's and the Metropolitan 
1.18 	Airports Commission's property tax levies and any proposed increases in the rate or 
1.19 	dollar amount of tax;
1.20 	(2) any request for an increase in the debt of the Metropolitan Council or the 
1.21 	Metropolitan Airports Commission;
1.22 	(3) the overall work and role of the Metropolitan Council and the Metropolitan 
1.23 	Airports Commission;
2.1 	(4) the Metropolitan Council's and the Metropolitan Airports Commission's 
2.2 	proposed operating and capital budgets, work program, and capital improvement program; 
2.3 	and
2.4 	(5) the Metropolitan Council's and the Metropolitan Airports Commission's 
2.5 	implementation of the operating and capital budgets, work program, and capital 
2.6 	improvement program.

2.7 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 3.8841, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
2.8 		Subd. 9.Powers; duties; Metropolitan Council and Metropolitan Airports 
2.9 	Commission appointments oversight.  The commission must monitor appointments to 
2.10 	the Metropolitan Council and the Metropolitan Airports Commission and may make 
2.11 	recommendations on appointments to the nominating committee under section 473.123, 
2.12 	subdivision 3, or to the governor before the governor makes the appointments.  The 
2.13 	commission may also make recommendations to the senate before appointments are 
2.14 	presented to the senate for its advice and consent.