Senate Bill sb1808c1

    Florida Senate - 2005                           CS for SB 1808

    By the Committee on Transportation; and Senator Campbell





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  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the regulation of airports;

  3         amending s. 330.30, F.S.; prohibiting the

  4         Department of Transportation from renewing or

  5         reissuing licenses to certain general aviation

  6         airports that fail to develop a security plan;

  7         requiring that the plans be consistent with

  8         certain published guidelines; requiring that

  9         certain information in the plans be submitted

10         to the Department of Law Enforcement; requiring

11         periodic update of the plans; providing an

12         effective date.

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

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16         Section 1.  Paragraph (e) of subsection (2) of section

17  330.30, Florida Statutes, is amended, and paragraph (f) is

18  added to that subsection, to read:

19         330.30  Approval of airport sites; registration and

20  licensure of airports.--

21         (2)  LICENSES AND REGISTRATIONS; REQUIREMENTS, RENEWAL,

22  REVOCATION.--

23         (e)  The department may revoke, or refuse to allow or

24  issue, any airport registration or recertification, or any

25  license or license renewal, if it determines:

26         1.  That the site has been abandoned as an airport;

27         2.  That the airport does not comply with the

28  conditions of the license, license renewal, or site approval;

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    Florida Senate - 2005                           CS for SB 1808
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 1         3.  That the airport has become either unsafe or

 2  unusable for flight operation due to physical or legal changes

 3  in conditions that were the subject of approval; or.

 4         4.  That an airport required to file or update a

 5  security plan pursuant to paragraph (f) has failed to do so.

 6         (f)1.  After initial licensure, a license of a publicly

 7  or privately owned general aviation airport that is open to

 8  the public, that has at least one runway greater than 4,999

 9  feet in length, and that does not host scheduled

10  passenger-carrying commercial service operations regulated

11  under 14 C.F.R. part 139 shall not be renewed or reissued

12  unless an approved security plan has been filed with the

13  department, except when the department determines that the

14  airport is working in good faith toward completion and filing

15  of the plan.

16         2.  Security plans required by this paragraph must be

17  developed in accordance with the 2004 Security Planning for

18  General Aviation Airports guidelines published by the Florida

19  Airports Council. Certain administrative data from the

20  approved security plan shall be submitted to the Department of

21  Law Enforcement, in a format prescribed by the Department of

22  Law Enforcement, for use in protecting critical infrastructure

23  of the state.

24         3.  The department shall not approve a security plan

25  for filing unless it is consistent with Florida Airports

26  Council's guidelines and it has determined that the plan has

27  been developed appropriately to meet the particular security

28  needs of the airport for which it was created.

29         4.  An airport required to file a security plan

30  pursuant to this paragraph shall update its plan at least once

31  every 2 years after the initial filing date and file the

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 1  updated plan with the department. The department shall review

 2  the updated plan prior to approving it for filing to determine

 3  whether it has been updated appropriately to meet the

 4  particular security needs of the airport. No renewal license

 5  shall be issued to the airport unless the department approves

 6  the updated security plan or determines that the airport is

 7  working in good faith to update it.

 8         Section 2.  This act shall take effect October 1, 2005.

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10          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
11                         Senate Bill 1808

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13  This CS removes the requirement for the Florida Department of
    Law Enforcement to approve security plans submitted by certain
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