1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital investment; appropriating money for capital improvements to 
1.3 	the Rochester International Airport.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
 1.6 	(a) $4,985,000 is appropriated from the state airports fund in fiscal year 2017 to the 
1.7 	commissioner of transportation for a grant to the city of Rochester to design, rehabilitate, 
1.8 	demolish, and expand portions of the existing passenger terminal building at the Rochester 
1.9 	International Airport. This appropriation also includes money to remodel, construct, furnish, 
1.10 	and equip the existing passenger terminal building and associated appurtenances to meet 
1.11 	the United States Customs and Border Protection and Transportation Security Administration 
1.12 	standards for safety, security, and processing time to accommodate domestic and international 
1.13 	flights.
1.14 	(b) Work that may be completed with this appropriation includes, but is not limited to:
1.15 	(1) site preparation including utilities, site civil work, testing, and construction 
1.16 	administration services;
1.17 	(2) the relocation, modification, and addition of airline ticket counters, baggage claim 
1.18 	devices, public spaces, offices, restrooms, support space, break rooms, lockers, equipment 
1.19 	storage, communications, hallways, building signage, medical visitor rooms, special needs 
1.20 	accommodations, hold rooms, secure storage, equipment maintenance area, and building 
1.21 	engineering and technology systems;
2.1 	(3) improvements needed outside the terminal to remove, restore, and tie into adjacent 
2.2 	utilities, sidewalks, driveways, parking lots, and aircraft aprons; and
2.3 	(4) the construction of covered exterior equipment storage.
2.4 	(c) For the purposes of this appropriation, the commissioner may waive the requirements 
2.5 	of Minnesota Statutes, section 360.305, subdivision 4, paragraph (b).

2.6 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.