HB 0977

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to the regulation of airports; amending s.
3	330.30, F.S.; prohibiting the Department of Transportation
4	from renewing or reissuing licenses to certain general
5	aviation airports that fail to develop a security plan;
6	requiring that the plans be consistent with certain
7	published guidelines; providing for review and approval of
8	such plans by the Department of Law Enforcement; requiring
9	periodic update of the plans; providing an effective date.
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11	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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13	Section 1.  Paragraph (e) of subsection (2) of section
14	330.30, Florida Statutes, is amended, and paragraph (f) is added
15	to said subsection, to read:
16	330.30  Approval of airport sites; registration and
17	licensure of airports.--
18	(2)  LICENSES AND REGISTRATIONS; REQUIREMENTS, RENEWAL,
19	REVOCATION.--
20	(e)  The department may revoke, or refuse to allow or
21	issue, any airport registration or recertification, or any
22	license or license renewal, if it determines:
23	1.  That the site has been abandoned as an airport;
24	2.  That the airport does not comply with the conditions of
25	the license, license renewal, or site approval; or
26	3.  That the airport has become either unsafe or unusable
27	for flight operation due to physical or legal changes in
28	conditions that were the subject of approval; or.
29	4.  That an airport required to file or update a security
30	plan pursuant to paragraph (f) has failed to do so.
31	(f)1.  After initial licensure or registration, a license
32	or registration of a publicly or privately owned general
33	aviation airport that is open to the public, that has at least
34	one runway greater than 4,999 feet in length, and that does not
35	host scheduled passenger-carrying commercial service operations
36	regulated under 14 C.F.R. Part 139 shall not be renewed,
37	reissued, or recertified unless an approved security plan has
38	been filed with the department, except when the department
39	determines that the airport is working in good faith toward
40	completion and filing of the plan.
41	2.  Security plans required by this paragraph must be
42	developed in accordance with the 2004 Security Guidelines for
43	General Aviation Airports published by the United States
44	Department of Homeland Security Transportation Security
45	Administration or the 2004 Security Planning for General
46	Aviation Airports guidelines published by the Florida Airports
47	Council, and shall be reviewed and approved by the Department of
48	Law Enforcement prior to filing.
49	3.  The Department of Law Enforcement shall not approve a
50	security plan unless it is consistent with the Transportation
51	Security Administration's or Florida Airports Council's
52	guidelines and it has determined that the plan has been
53	developed appropriately to meet the particular security needs of
54	the airport for which it was created. Upon approval of the
55	security plan, the Department of Law Enforcement shall notify
56	the department of such approval.
57	4.  An airport required to file a security plan pursuant to
58	this paragraph shall update its plan at least once every 2 years
59	after the initial filing date and file the updated plan with the
60	department. The Department of Law Enforcement shall review the
61	updated plan prior to filing to determine whether it has been
62	updated appropriately to meet the particular security needs of
63	the airport and shall report its determination to the
64	department. No renewal license or registration recertification
65	shall be issued to the airport, or acknowledged by the
66	department, unless the department determines that the airport
67	has updated the security plan or is working in good faith to
68	update it.
69	Section 2.  This act shall take effect October 1, 2005.

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