MN HF288

Appropriates $3,000,000 from the state airports fund to the commissioner of transportation for a grant to the International Falls-Koochiching County Airport Commission for airport improvements.

Funds cover demolition of the existing terminal building, site preparation with utilities and civil work, and design, construction, furnishing, and equipping of phase II of the new terminal building.

New terminal building includes Transportation Safety Administration office, weather office, conference room, airport administration offices, U.S. Customs and Border Protection facilities, passenger-processing area, interview room, search room, and related spaces.

Any unspent appropriation money after completion may be used for a commercial airline apron expansion project at the airport.

Requires the commissioner of management and budget to issue state bonds up to $3,000,000 to fund the appropriation, with the section effective the day following final enactment.