Senate Bill sb0048Be1

    SB 48-B                                        First Engrossed



  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to airports, amending s.

  3         332.007, F.S.; providing economic assistance to

  4         airports; providing for noise mitigation for

  5         certain airports; requiring certain notice to

  6         the Legislature; providing an effective date.

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  8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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10         Section 1.  Subsection (8) is added to section 332.007,

11  Florida Statutes, to read:

12         332.007  Administration and financing of aviation and

13  airport programs and projects; state plan.--

14         (8)  Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the

15  contrary, the department is authorized to provide operational

16  and maintenance assistance to publicly owned public-use

17  airports. Such assistance shall be to comply with enhanced

18  federal security requirements or to address related economic

19  impacts from the events of September 11, 2001. For projects in

20  the current adopted work program, or projects added using the

21  available budget of the department, airports may request the

22  department change the project purpose in accordance with this

23  provision notwithstanding the provisions of s. 339.135(7). For

24  purposes of this subsection, the department may fund up to 100

25  percent of eligible project costs that are not funded by the

26  federal government. Prior to releasing any funds under this

27  section, the department shall review and approve the

28  expenditure plans submitted by the airport. The department

29  shall inform the Legislature of any change that it approves

30  under this subsection. This subsection shall expire on June

31  30, 2003.


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    SB 48-B                                        First Engrossed



  1         Section 2.  Any multicounty airport authority created

  2  as an independent special district which is subject to a

  3  development-of-regional-impact development order and which has

  4  conducted a noise study in accordance with 14 C.F.R. Part 150

  5  shall, in fiscal year 2002, establish a

  6  noise-mitigation-project fund in an amount of $7.5 million,

  7  which shall be increased by another $2.5 million in fiscal

  8  year 2004. The moneys in the project fund shall be segregated

  9  and expended by the airport authority by December 31, 2006, to

10  the extent necessary to comply with development-order

11  commitments to acquire property from or otherwise mitigate

12  property owners adversely affected by the development of

13  regional impact. If moneys are not expended for such purposes

14  by December 31, 2006, the airport authority shall not

15  thereafter amend its development-of-regional-impact

16  development order or commence development of airport

17  infrastructure improvements authorized by such development

18  order until such funds are fully expended for such purposes.

19         Section 3.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

20  law.

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