HB 1244 -- St. Louis Metropolitan Airport Authority

Sponsor:  Dempsey

This bill requires the Missouri-St. Louis Metropolitan Airport
Authority to be responsible for the operation of the Lambert-St.
Louis International Airport beginning January 1, 2007.  Ownership
of the airport does not change and neither does its financial
accountability.

The bill also changes the manner in which members of the
authority are appointed.  Current law requires the Governor to
appoint four members; St. Louis City to appoint three members;
St. Louis County to appoint three members; and the counties of
Jefferson, Franklin, and St. Charles to appoint one member each,
for a total of 13 members.  The bill requires St. Louis City to
recommend 10 candidates for appointment, St. Louis County to
recommend five candidates, St. Charles County to recommend two
candidates, and Jefferson County to recommend one candidate.  All
recommendations are given to the Governor, who is required to
make appointments to the authority based on these
recommendations.

Current law prohibits anyone who is actively engaged or employed
in commercial aeronautics from being appointed to the authority.
The bill removes this prohibition.

Missouri House of Representatives
92nd General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Last Updated September 23, 2004 at 11:15 am