Minnesota Statutes Aeronautics (Ch. 360-362) § 360.0161. Application for federal aid; commissioner as agent

Subdivision 1. “Municipality” defined. As used in this section, the word “municipality” has the meaning ascribed to it by Minnesota Statutes 1945, section 360.013, subdivision 20.  1

Subd. 2. Approval of application; Federal Airport Act of 1946. No municipality in this state, whether acting alone or jointly with another municipality or with the state, shall submit to the administrator of civil aeronautics of the United States any project application under the provisions of Section 9(a) of the Act of Congress approved May 13, 1946, being a Public Law 377, 79th Congress, known and hereinafter designated as the “Federal Airport Act,”  2 or any amendment thereof, unless the project and the project application have been first approved by the commissioner of transportation.

Subd. 3. Designated agent. No such municipality shall directly accept, receive, receipt for, or disburse any funds granted by the United States under the Federal Airport Act, but it shall designate the commissioner of transportation as its agent and in its behalf to accept, receive, receipt for, and disburse such funds. It shall enter into an agreement with the commissioner prescribing the terms and conditions of such agency in accordance with federal laws, rules, and regulations and applicable laws of this state.