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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7143
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 3732
Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION
Introduced by:
(TRA)
AN ACT CONCERNING TH E LENGTH OF RUNWAY 2 -20 AT TWEED-
NEW HAVEN AIRPORT.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 15-120j of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 2
(a) The authority shall maintain and improve Tweed-New Haven 3
Airport as an important economic development asset for the south 4
central Connecticut region which is comprised of the towns and cities 5
of Bethany, Branford, East Haven, Guilford, Hamden, Madison, 6
Milford, New Haven, North Branford, North Haven, Orange, 7
Wallingford, West Haven and Woodbridge. The authority shall have 8
the following powers and duties and may exercise such powers in its 9
own name: (1) To manage, maintain, supervise and operate Tweed-10
New Haven Airport; (2) to do all things necessary to maintain working 11
relationships with the state, municipalities and persons, and conduct 12
the business of a regional airport, in accordance with applicable 13
statutes and regulations; (3) to charge reasonable fees for the services it 14
performs and modify, reduce or increase such fees, provided fees shall 15
apply uniformly to all airport users; (4) to enter into contracts, leases 16 Raised Bill No. 7143
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and agreements for goods and equipment and for services with 17
airlines, concessions, counsel, engineers, architects, private consultants 18
and advisors; (5) to contract for the construction, reconstruction, 19
enlargement or alteration of airport projects with private persons and 20
firms in accordance with such terms and conditions as the authority 21
shall determine; (6) to make plans and conduct studies in conjunction 22
with the Federal Aviation Administration or other state or federal 23
agencies; (7) to apply for and receive grant funds for airport purposes; 24
(8) to plan and enter into contracts with municipalities, the state, 25
businesses and other entities to finance the operations and debt of the 26
airport, including compensation to the host municipalities of New 27
Haven and East Haven for the use of the land occupied by the airport; 28
(9) to borrow funds for airport purposes for such consideration and 29
upon such terms as the authority may determine to be reasonable; (10) 30
to employ a staff necessary to carry out its functions and purposes and 31
fix the duties, compensation and benefits of such staff; (11) to issue and 32
sell bonds and to use the proceeds of such bonds for capital 33
improvements to the airport; (12) to acquire property by purchase or 34
lease for airport purposes, subject to applicable requirements of federal 35
law and regulation; (13) to prepare and issue budgets, reports, 36
procedures, audits and such other materials as may be necessary and 37
desirable to its purposes; and (14) to exercise all other powers granted 38
to such an authority by law. 39
(b) The authority shall have full control of the operation and 40
management of the airport, including land, buildings and easements 41
by means of a lease to the authority by the city of New Haven and the 42
town of East Haven. 43
[(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this 44
section, Runway 2-20 of the airport shall not exceed the existing paved 45
runway length of five thousand six hundred linear feet.] 46
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
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Section 1 from passage 15-120j
TRA Joint Favorable