Florida Senate - 2024                                     SB 854
       
       
        
       By Senator Martin
       
       
       
       
       
       33-01143-24                                            2024854__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to airports; creating s. 330.395,
    3         F.S.; requiring commercial airport authorities created
    4         by the Legislature as dependent special districts to
    5         prohibit aircraft from landing at certain airports
    6         unless the aircraft meet certain requirements;
    7         specifying that aircraft meeting certain requirements
    8         are authorized to land at certain airports;
    9         authorizing an airport authority to treat certain
   10         aircraft differently with regard to landing frequency
   11         and timelines, landing fees, and hangar and storage
   12         facility fees; authorizing an airport authority to
   13         require that an aircraft, before its initial landing
   14         and on an annual basis thereafter, meet certain
   15         requirements; providing an effective date.
   16          
   17  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   19         Section 1. Section 330.395, Florida Statutes, is created to
   20  read:
   21         330.395 Commercial airport authority; prohibitions;
   22  requirements.—
   23         (1) A commercial airport authority created by special act
   24  of the Legislature at the request or with the consent of the
   25  local government pursuant to s. 189.02 may not allow an aircraft
   26  to land at the authority’s airport unless both of the following
   27  requirements are met:
   28         (a) The aircraft meets Federal Aviation Administration
   29  regulations for Stage 3 operating noise standards when landing.
   30         (b) The weight of the aircraft does not exceed the runway
   31  pavement classification for aircraft weight as prescribed by the
   32  International Civil Aviation Organization standards for that
   33  airport.
   34         (2) An aircraft that meets the requirements described in
   35  subsection (1) is authorized to land at an airport described in
   36  subsection (1).
   37         (3) For any aircraft that meets the requirements described
   38  in subsection (1) and that has a weight range between 75,000 and
   39  125,000 pounds, the airport authority may:
   40         (a) Set aircraft landing frequency and timelines not to
   41  exceed 20 landings per year and not to interfere with daytime
   42  airport operations;
   43         (b) Charge higher than normal landing fees; or
   44         (c) Charge more for appropriate hangar and storage
   45  facilities.
   46         (4) Before an aircraft’s initial landing and on an annual
   47  basis thereafter, the airport authority may require
   48  documentation that the aircraft meets the requirements of
   49  subsection (1).
   50         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.