BILL NUMBER: AJR 25INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Members Feuer and Blumenfield (Coauthors: Assembly Members Brownley, Butler, Cedillo, and Gatto) (Coauthors: Senators Lieu and Negrete McLeod) JANUARY 24, 2012 Relative to the Los Angeles Residential Helicopter Noise Relief Act of 2011. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AJR 25, as introduced, Feuer. Los Angeles Residential Helicopter Noise Relief Act of 2011. This measure would urge the Congress to enact and the President to sign the Los Angeles Residential Helicopter Noise Relief Act of 2011. Fiscal committee: no. WHEREAS, The absence of effective regulations for commercial helicopter operations in the County of Los Angeles negatively impacts the safety and quality of life of the county's residents; and WHEREAS, The State of California is preempted by federal law from adopting altitude, flight path, and other necessary regulations to mitigate the impacts of commercial helicopters; and WHEREAS, There is a lack of clarity as to the rulemaking authority of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); and WHEREAS, Two companion measures in Congress, Senate Bill No. 2019 (S.B. 2019) and House Resolution No. 2677 (H.R. 2677), known as the Los Angeles Residential Helicopter Noise Relief Act of 2011, would require the Administrator of the FAA to prescribe regulations for helicopter operations in the County of Los Angeles, which are needed to address residents' concerns over safety, noise, and other associated impacts; therefore, be it Resolved by the Assembly and the Senate of the State of California, jointly, That the Legislature supports the Los Angeles Residential Helicopter Noise Relief Act of 2011 (S.B. 2019 and H.R. 2677) and respectfully memorializes the Congress of the United States to promptly pass and President Barack Obama to sign that legislation; and be it further Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to the President and Vice President of the United States, to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, to the Majority Leader of the Senate, and to each Senator and Representative from California in the Congress of the United States.