The Florida Senate

332.13  Multicounty airport authorities created as independent special districts; noise-mitigation-project fund.--Any multicounty airport authority created as an independent special district which is subject to a development-of-regional-impact development order and which has conducted a noise study in accordance with 14 C.F.R. part 150 shall, in fiscal year 2002, establish a noise-mitigation-project fund in an amount of $7.5 million, which shall be increased by another $2.5 million in fiscal year 2004. The moneys in the project fund shall be segregated and expended by the airport authority by December 31, 2006, to the extent necessary to comply with development order commitments to acquire property from or otherwise mitigate property owners adversely affected by the development of regional impact. If moneys are not expended for such purposes by December 31, 2006, the airport authority shall not thereafter amend its development-of-regional-impact development order or commence development of airport infrastructure improvements authorized by such development order until such funds are fully expended for such purposes.

History.--s. 2, ch. 2001-349.