- Introduced -

SB 624 - Under this act, The Missouri-St. Louis Metropolitan Airport Authority is given the responsibility for operation of the Lambert-St.Louis International Airport as of January 1, 2004. The existing Airport Authority members' terms will have expired by the time the authority assumes responsibility for operation of the airport in 2004. The City of St. Louis shall continue to own the airport. The members of the Authority shall represent St. Louis City and St. Louis, Jefferson, Franklin and St. Charles Counties on the basis of population, one member for each 130,000 residents. This act also states that the City of St. Louis may tax businesses conducting activities within its airport.

STEPHEN WITTE