STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3920 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 8, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to authorize the study of general aviation flight operations by the department of transportation The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. 1. The department of transportation is hereby authorized 2 and directed to study and review general aviation flight operations 3 within the state of New York ("the state"). Such study and review 4 shall: 5 (a) identify trends in general aviation aircraft in the state, includ- 6 ing but not limited to the number of general aviation aircraft regis- 7 tered in the state and the total number of general aviation flight oper- 8 ations undertaken within the state; 9 (b) compile information and statistics on: 10 i. the number and causes of general aviation aircraft crashes, and the 11 number of fatalities and personal injuries arising therefrom, occurring 12 within the state on an annual basis since 2018; 13 ii. the estimated associated direct and indirect costs of such general 14 aviation aircraft crashes; 15 iii. the relative safety of general aviation flight operations in this 16 state and in other states; and 17 (c) identify measures that could be taken to improve the safety of 18 general aviation flight operations within this state. 19 2. No later than two years after the effective date of this act, the 20 department of transportation shall submit to the governor, the temporary 21 president of the senate, and the speaker of the assembly a report on the 22 study and review of flight operations of general aviation aircraft as 23 described in subdivision 1 of this section. 24 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05350-02-3