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HF4228 • 2026

Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport parking fees waived for veteran with total service-connected disability.

Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport parking fees waived for veteran with total service-connected disability.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Hill, Xiong
Last action
2026-03-18
Official status
Author added Xiong
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-18 House

    Author added Xiong

  2. 2026-03-12 House

    Introduction and first reading, referred to Veterans and Military Affairs Division

Official Summary Text

Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport parking fees waived for veteran with total service-connected disability.

Current Bill Text

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A bill for an act

relating to veterans; waiving parking fees at Minneapolis-St. Paul International

Airport for a veteran with a total service-connected disability; proposing coding

for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 473.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

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[473.687] PARKING FEES WAIVED FOR DISABLED VETERANS.

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Subdivision 1.

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Definition.

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For purposes of this section, "veteran with a total

service-connected disability" means a veteran as defined in section 197.447 who has a

permanent and total service-connected disability as certified by the United States Veterans

Administration.

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Subd. 2.

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Parking fees waived for disabled veterans.

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(a) Beginning January 1, 2027,

a veteran with a total service-connected disability may park free of charge for up to ten

consecutive or nonconsecutive days during a 90-day period at all parking facilities at the

Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. A veteran with a total service-connected disability

must be charged the standard rate for parking for any additional days of parking during the

90-day period.

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(b) On or before December 1, 2026, the commission must establish a process to waive

or abate fees incurred by a veteran with a total service-connected disability at all parking

facilities at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. The commission must conduct

outreach with veterans organizations statewide on the process and must post the process on

the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport website.

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Subd. 3.

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Documentation required.

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To qualify for the parking fee waiver or abatement

under this section, a veteran with a total service-connected disability must provide one of

the following forms of documentation at the time and in the form and manner consistent

with the process established by the commission under subdivision 2:

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(1) a driver's license with a graphic or written designation of "Veteran 100% T&P" under

section 171.07, subdivision 15;

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(2) a military identification card issued by the United States Department of Defense

indicating a 100 percent disability rating; or

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(3) a letter from the United States Department of Veteran Affairs confirming the veteran's

100 percent disability rating.

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EFFECTIVE DATE.

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This section is effective the day following final enactment.

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