Minnesota Statutes 360.024 – Air Transportation Service Charge
Subdivision 1.Charges.
(a) The commissioner must charge users of air transportation services provided by the commissioner for operating costs as allowed by federal aviation regulations.
Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 360.024
- Aircraft: means any contrivance now known or hereafter invented, used, or designed for navigation of or flight in the air, but excluding parachutes. See Minnesota Statutes 360.013
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Commissioner: means the commissioner of transportation of the state of Minnesota. See Minnesota Statutes 360.013
- Department: means the Minnesota Department of Transportation. See Minnesota Statutes 360.013
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- state: extends to and includes the District of Columbia and the several territories. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44
(b) The commissioner must charge users for a portion of aircraft acquisition, replacement, or leasing costs.
Subd. 2.Accounts; appropriation.
(a) An air transportation services account is established in the state airports fund. The account consists of collections under subdivision 1, paragraph (a), and any other money donated, allotted, transferred, or otherwise provided to the account. Money in the account is annually appropriated to the commissioner to pay air service operating costs.
(b) An aircraft capital account is established in the state airports fund. The account consists of collections under subdivision 1, paragraph (b), proceeds from the sale of aircraft under jurisdiction of the department, and any other money donated, allotted, transferred, or otherwise provided to the account. Money in the account must be used for aircraft acquisition, replacement, or leasing costs. Except as provided by law, the commissioner must not transfer money into or out of the account.