| 42 | | - | An Act relating to aviation; creating the Fly -In |
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| 43 | | - | Oklahoma Act; providing short title; creating th e |
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| 44 | | - | Fly-In Oklahoma Program within the Oklahoma |
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| 45 | | - | Aeronautics Commission ; stating purpose of program; |
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| 46 | | - | providing for collaboration with the Oklaho ma Tourism |
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| 47 | | - | and Recreation Department; authorizing C ommission to |
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| 48 | | - | utilize funds from grants or trusts to implement the |
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| 49 | | - | enhancement and promotion of Oklahoma airports; |
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| 50 | | - | requiring funding recipients to track t ourism |
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| 51 | | - | activities and report annually; allowing Commission |
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| 52 | | - | to contract with entities to carry out the duties of |
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| 53 | | - | the program; providing for the promulgation of rules; |
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| 54 | | - | providing for codification; and provi ding an |
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| 55 | | - | effective date. |
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| 65 | + | An Act relating to tourism; creating the Fly In |
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| 66 | + | Oklahoma Act; providing short title; sunsetting |
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| 67 | + | certain program; stating purpose of program; stating |
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| 68 | + | eligibility for grants; providing for administration |
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| 69 | + | though Office of the Lieutenant Governor; providing |
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| 70 | + | for collaboration with the Oklahoma Tourism and |
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| 71 | + | Recreation Department; setting maximum funds; stating |
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| 72 | + | use of grant funds; directing the Oklahoma Tourism |
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| 73 | + | and Recreation Department to promulgate rules; |
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| 74 | + | authorizing case studies of grant applications; |
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| 75 | + | authorizing repayment of certain grants; directing |
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| 76 | + | submission of certain applications for grants to the |
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| 77 | + | legislature by certain date; constru ing certain |
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| 78 | + | authority; providing for codificatio n; and providing |
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| 79 | + | an effective date. |
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| 95 | | - | A. There is hereby created within the Oklahoma Aeronautics |
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| 96 | | - | Commission the Fly-In Oklahoma Program. The purpose of this program |
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| 97 | | - | shall be to enhance and incentivize avia tion and aerospace tourism |
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| 98 | | - | areas at publicly owned airports within the state through |
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| 99 | | - | opportunities to improve airports, terminal buildings, recreational |
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| 100 | | - | aviation activities, and other aviation travel -related |
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| 101 | | - | infrastructure as well as to advertise tourism opportunities to the |
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| 102 | | - | aviation community and enhance general awareness of the aviation and |
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| 103 | | - | aerospace industry. The program shall also promote fly-in events |
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| 104 | | - | and activities as well as encourag e pilots and aviation enth usiasts |
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| 105 | | - | to utilize the Oklahoma Airport S ystem. The program shall be |
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| 106 | | - | administered by the Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission in collaboration |
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| 107 | | - | with the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department. |
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| 108 | | - | B. Grants for publicly owned airports and municipalities or |
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| 109 | | - | public trusts, which operate publicly owned airports that are in the |
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| 110 | | - | Oklahoma Airport System , shall be available for development and |
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| 111 | | - | improvement of infrastructure and equipment that would support fly - |
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| 112 | | - | in tourism, advertising of fly -in tourism, and general awar eness of |
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| 113 | | - | the aviation industry within the state. Recipients that receive |
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| 114 | | - | funding from the Commission pursuant to this program shall be |
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| 115 | | - | required to keep track of tourism activities and uses of the grant |
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| 145 | + | A. Pursuant to Oklahoma Sunset Law, there is hereby created the |
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| 146 | + | Fly In Oklahoma grant program to continue until Novembe r 2028, and |
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| 147 | + | such program shall be subject to renewal. The purpose of the grant |
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| 148 | + | program shall be to incentivize qualified potential tourism areas |
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| 149 | + | within the state through fly-in opportunities by improving airports, |
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| 150 | + | air traffic facilities, runways, landing s trips, aircraft hangers, |
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| 151 | + | fly-in restaurants and other associated travel-related businesses |
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| 152 | + | and advertising that are accessible primarily by aircraft . |
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| 153 | + | B. Public owned or operated airports, landing airstrips, |
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| 154 | + | airplane tiedown facilities, hangers or storage facilities, runways, |
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| 155 | + | aircraft repair facilities and aircraft-related tourism areas shall |
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| 156 | + | be eligible to apply for the Fly In Oklahoma gr ant program. The |
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| 157 | + | program shall be administered through the Office of the Lieutenant |
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| 158 | + | Governor, Cabinet Secretary of Tourism, Wildlife and Heritage, in |
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| 159 | + | collaboration with the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department to |
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| 160 | + | develop public fly-in opportunities that promote, advertise and |
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| 161 | + | attract aircraft tourism within this state. |
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| 162 | + | C. The total maximum grant fund shall be One Million Dollars |
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| 163 | + | ($1,000,000.00). The funds shall be derived from legislative |
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| 164 | + | appropriations and other public and private sources of monies |
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| 165 | + | including other grants and matching funds received by this state. |
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| 142 | | - | at their airport and report on an annual basis how th is funding has |
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| 143 | | - | enhanced aviation and aerospace activity at their airport. |
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| 144 | | - | C. Contingent upon the availability of funds appropriated by |
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| 145 | | - | the Legislature, the Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission may use |
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| 146 | | - | established processes or may contract with qualified entiti es to |
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| 147 | | - | carry out the duties and responsibi lities of this program. |
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| 148 | | - | D. The Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission shall promulgate any |
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| 149 | | - | rules necessary to implement the provisions of the Fly -In Oklahoma |
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| 150 | | - | Program. |
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| 217 | + | The grants awarded through the Fly In Oklahoma Act shall only be |
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| 218 | + | available for development and improvement of infrastructure relating |
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| 219 | + | to potential fly-in tourism in this state, state tourism advertising |
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| 220 | + | campaigns and for new construction and infrastructure in nearby |
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| 221 | + | targeted fly-in areas that will increase air traffic to the existing |
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| 222 | + | businesses, restaurants, natural resources and tourism attractions |
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| 223 | + | through improved fly-in opportunities. |
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| 224 | + | D. The Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department shall |
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| 225 | + | promulgate rules, procedures, forms and grant application materials |
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| 226 | + | to solicit and receive grant applications from eligible private |
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| 227 | + | businesses and political subdivisions within this state and to |
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| 228 | + | administer this program. The Office of the Lieutenant Governor |
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| 229 | + | shall conduct case studies on eligible grant applications to |
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| 230 | + | determine the feasibility and potential financial impact for the |
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| 231 | + | best award of grant funds awarded under this program. |
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| 232 | + | E. Fly In Oklahoma grants may be required to be repaid to this |
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| 233 | + | state over a term of years as specified in a written grant contract |
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| 234 | + | or such grants may be offered as a partial financial incentive that |
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| 235 | + | requires partial or no repayment as determined on a case-by-case |
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| 236 | + | basis and specified in the written grant contract. All potential |
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| 237 | + | grant applications deemed fiscally prudent for tourism and |
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| 238 | + | consideration by this state shall be submitted to the Legislature |
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| 239 | + | through the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of |
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| 240 | + | the House of Representatives by January 1 each year . The |
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| 292 | + | Legislature shall conduct a review of each grant under consideration |
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| 293 | + | before any grant awards are made by the Office of the Lieutenant |
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| 294 | + | Governor, Cabinet Secretary of Tourism, Wildlife and Heritage . Upon |
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| 295 | + | approval of a grant award, the Legislature shall communicate its |
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| 296 | + | approval by Joint Resolution. Upon final approval by Joint |
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| 297 | + | Resolution of the Legislature, the grant may be awarded by written |
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| 298 | + | grant contract entered between the approved business or political |
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| 299 | + | subdivision of this state and the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation |
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| 300 | + | Department with approval by the Cabinet Secretary of Tourism, |
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| 301 | + | Wildlife and Heritage. |
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| 302 | + | F. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary limiting this |
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| 303 | + | state’s authority to provide financial assistance to any political |
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| 304 | + | subdivision or public trust of this state or to offer state funds to |
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| 305 | + | private businesses for a public-related purpose, the Lieutenant |
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| 306 | + | Governor shall be authorized under the Fly In Oklahoma Act to |
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| 307 | + | partnership with this state’s private businesses, political |
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| 308 | + | subdivisions or both for purposes of tourism investments in the |
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| 309 | + | airways-related industries of this state. |
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