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HOUSE SUMMARY OF SENATE AMENDMENTS
HB 398 2023 Regular Session Romero
AIRCRAFT/AVIATION: Requires persons being transported offshore by aircraft wear life
jackets equipped with personal locator beacons
Synopsis of Senate Amendments
1.Adds an effective date of January 1, 2024.
Present law specifies that among considerations for helicopter safety in over water flight
services in the oil and gas industry, the director of aviation (DA) may maintain knowledge
of personal locator beacons (PLBs) capable of transmitting a digital coded distress signal and
a permanent homing signal suitable for use in over water flight services utilized in the oil and
gas industry.
Proposed law requires a PLB be attached to the life jacket of each person being transported
to and from offshore facilities by aircraft.
Proposed law relocates provisions regarding the DA maintaining familiarity with federal
regulations, facilitating information on over water flight services to the director overseeing
such operations, and publishing certain reports to the legislature.
Effective January 1, 2024.
(Amends R.S. 40:1486.2(D), (E), and (F); Adds R.S. 40:1486.2(G))
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