| 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; requiring certain information in the |
| 8 | plans to be submitted to the Department of Law |
| 9 | Enforcement; requiring periodic update of the plans; |
| 10 | providing an effective date. |
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| 12 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 14 | Section 1. Paragraph (e) of subsection (2) of section |
| 15 | 330.30, Florida Statutes, is amended, and paragraph (f) is added |
| 16 | to said subsection, to read: |
| 17 | 330.30 Approval of airport sites; registration and |
| 18 | licensure of airports.-- |
| 19 | (2) LICENSES AND REGISTRATIONS; REQUIREMENTS, RENEWAL, |
| 20 | REVOCATION.-- |
| 21 | (e) The department may revoke, or refuse to allow or |
| 22 | issue, any airport registration or recertification, or any |
| 23 | license or license renewal, if it determines: |
| 24 | 1. That the site has been abandoned as an airport; |
| 25 | 2. That the airport does not comply with the conditions of |
| 26 | the license, license renewal, or site approval; or |
| 27 | 3. That the airport has become either unsafe or unusable |
| 28 | for flight operation due to physical or legal changes in |
| 29 | conditions that were the subject of approval; or. |
| 30 | 4. That an airport required to file or update a security |
| 31 | plan pursuant to paragraph (f) has failed to do so. |
| 32 | (f)1. After initial licensure, a license of a publicly or |
| 33 | privately owned general aviation airport that is open to the |
| 34 | public, that has at least one runway greater than 4,999 feet in |
| 35 | length, and that does not host scheduled passenger-carrying |
| 36 | commercial service operations regulated under 14 C.F.R. Part 139 |
| 37 | shall not be renewed or reissued unless an approved security |
| 38 | plan has been filed with the department, except when the |
| 39 | department determines that the airport is working in good faith |
| 40 | toward completion and filing of the plan. |
| 41 | 2. Security plans required by this paragraph must be |
| 42 | developed in accordance with the 2004 Security Planning for |
| 43 | General Aviation Airports guidelines published by the Florida |
| 44 | Airports Council. Certain administrative data from the approved |
| 45 | security plan shall be submitted to the Department of Law |
| 46 | Enforcement, in a format prescribed by the Department of Law |
| 47 | Enforcement, for use in protecting critical infrastructure of |
| 48 | the state. |
| 49 | 3. The department shall not approve a security plan for |
| 50 | filing unless it is consistent with Florida Airports Council's |
| 51 | guidelines and it has determined that the plan has been |
| 52 | developed appropriately to meet the particular security needs of |
| 53 | the airport for which it was created. |
| 54 | 4. An airport required to file a security plan pursuant to |
| 55 | this paragraph shall update its plan at least once every 2 years |
| 56 | after the initial filing date and file the updated plan with the |
| 57 | department. The department shall review the updated plan prior |
| 58 | to approving it for filing to determine whether it has been |
| 59 | updated appropriately to meet the particular security needs of |
| 60 | the airport. No renewal license shall be issued to the airport |
| 61 | unless the department approves the updated security plan or |
| 62 | determines that the airport is working in good faith to update |
| 63 | it. |
| 64 | Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2005. |