1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to metropolitan government; requiring that
1.3 	meetings conducted by the Metropolitan Airports
1.4 	Commission not be held within an airport security
1.5 	screening perimeter; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004,
1.6 	section 473.604, subdivision 5.
1.7 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.8 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 473.604,
1.9 	subdivision 5, is amended to read:
1.10 		Subd. 5.Meetings.  The commission shall meet regularly
1.11 	at least once each month, at such time and place as the
1.12 	commission shall by resolution designate, provided that,
1.13 	beginning January 1, 2008, no meetings shall be scheduled or
1.14 	held within an airport security screening perimeter.  Special
1.15 	meetings may be held at any time upon the call of the chair or
1.16 	any two other members, upon written notice sent by certified
1.17 	mail to each member at least three days prior to the meeting, or
1.18 	upon such other notice as the commission may by resolution
1.19 	provide, or without notice if each member is present or files
1.20 	with the secretary a written consent to the meeting either
1.21 	before or after the meeting.  Unless otherwise provided, any
1.22 	action within the authority of the commission may be taken by
1.23 	the affirmative vote of a majority of all the members.  A
1.24 	majority of all of the members of the commission shall
1.25 	constitute a quorum, but a lesser number may meet and adjourn
1.26 	from time to time and compel the attendance of absent members.

2.1 	Sec. 2. APPLICATION.
 2.2 	Section 1 applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota,
2.3 	Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington.