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334 BILL NO. 3672 By: Miller of the House
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1443 An Act relating to aircraft and airports; amending 3
1544 O.S. 2021, Sections 65.1, 65.2, 65.4, 65.5, 65.6,
1645 65.7, 65.8, 65.10, 65.12, 6 5.15, 65.16, and 65.17,
1746 which relate to the Municipal Airports Act; defining
1847 terms; modifying definition; modifying language to
1948 include vertiports as municipally owned air
2049 facilities; extending certain tax exemption to
2150 include vertiports and air navigation properties;
2251 amending 3 O.S. 2021, Section 82, as amended by
2352 Section 2, Chapter 126, O.S.L. 2023 (3 O.S. Supp.
2453 2023, Section 82), which relates to definitions;
2554 defining terms; amending 3 O.S. 2021, Section 85, as
2655 amended by Section 5, Chapter 126, O.S.L. 2 023 (3
2756 O.S. Supp. 2023, Section 85), which relates to powers
2857 and duties of the Department; modifying language to
2958 include vertiports and air navigation facilities;
3059 amending 3 O.S. 2021, Section 421, as last amended by
3160 Section 15, Chapter 365, O.S.L. 2023 (3 O.S. Supp.
3261 2023, Section 421), which relates to the
3362 establishment of clearinghouse of unmanned aircraft
3463 systems; modifying du ties of clearinghouse;
3564 authorizing entry into certain partnerships; and
3665 providing an effective date.
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70+SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 3 O.S. 2021, Section 65.1, is
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43-BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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45-SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 3 O.S. 2021, Section 65.1, is
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4899 Section 65.1 As used in this act, unless the text otherwise
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51101 (a) "Airport" means an area on land or water that is used, or
52102 intended to be used, for the landing and taking off of aircraft, and
53103 includes its buildings and facilities, if any.
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55104 (b) "Air navigation facility " means any facility - other than
56105 one owned and operated by the Unite d States - used in, available for
57106 use in, or designed for use in, aid of air navigation, including any
58107 structures, mechanisms, lights, beacons, markers, communicating
59108 systems, or other instrumentalities, or devices used or useful as an
60109 aid, or constituting an advantage or convenience, to the safe taking
61110 off, navigation, and landing of aircraft, or the safe and efficient
62111 operation or maintenance of an airport, and any combination of any
63112 or all of such facilities.
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65113 (c) "Airport hazard" means any structure, ob ject of natural
66114 growth, or use of land which obstructs the airspace required for the
67115 flight of aircraft in landing or taking off at an airport or
68116 vertiport or is otherwise hazardous to such landing or taking off of
69117 aircraft.
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71118 (d) "Helipad" means a small designated area, usually with a
72119 prepared surface, on a heliport, airport, landing or takeoff area,
73120 apron or ramp, or movement area used for takeoff, landing or parking
74121 of helicopters.
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76149 (e) "Heliport" means an area of land, water or structure used
77150 or intended to be used for the landing an d takeoff of helicopters
78151 and includes its buildings and facilities, if any.
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80152 (f) "Municipality" means any county, city, or town, or
81153 political subdivision of this state. "Municipal" means pertaining
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84155 (g) "Person" means any individual, firm, partnership,
85156 corporation, company, association, joint stock association, or body
86157 politic; and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee or other
87158 similar representative thereof.
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89159 (h) "Vertiport" means an area of land, water, or structure used
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92161 (i) "VTOL aircraft" means an aircraft which has vertical
93162 takeoff and landing capability.
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95163 SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 3 O.S. 2021, Section 65.2, is
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98165 Section 65.2 (a) Establishment, Operation, Land Acquisition.
99166 Every municipality is authorized, out of any appropriations or other
100167 monies made available for such purpose, to plan, establish, develop,
101168 construct, enlarge, improve, maintain, equip, operate, regulate,
102169 protect and police airports , vertiports, and air navigation
103170 facilities, either within or without the territorial limits of such
104171 municipality and within or without the territorial boundaries of
105172 this state, including the constructio n, installation, equipment,
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106200 maintenance and operation at such airports of buildings and other
107201 facilities for the servicing of aircraft or for the comfort and
108202 accommodation of air travelers, and the purchase and sale of
109203 supplies, goods and commodities as an incident to the operation of
110204 its airport properties. For such purposes the municipality may use
111205 any available property that it may now or hereafter own or control
112206 and may, by purchase, gift, devise, lease, eminent domain
113207 proceedings or otherwise, acquire property, real or personal, or any
114208 interest therein including easements in airport hazards or land
115209 outside the boundaries of an airport , vertiport, or airport site as
116210 are necessary to permit safe and efficient operation of th e airport
117211 or vertiport or to permit the removal, elimination, obstruction -
118212 marking or obstruction -lighting of airport hazards or to prevent the
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121214 (b) Acquisition of Existing Airports. Any municipality may by
122215 purchase, gift, devise or lease acquire existi ng airports,
123216 vertiports, and air navigation facilities, provided however it shall
124217 not acquire or take over any airport or air navigation facility
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127219 (c) Establishment of Airports on Publi c Waters and Reclaimed
128220 Lands. For the purposes of this act, a municipality may establish
129221 or acquire and maintain, within or bordering upon the territorial
130222 limits of the municipality, airports in, over and upon, any public
131223 waters of this state, any submerged lands under such public wat ers,
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132251 and any artificial or reclaimed lands which before the artificial
133252 making or reclamation thereof constituted a portion of the submerged
134253 lands under such public waters; and may construct and maintain
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136255 for approaches to or connecting with any such airport, and landing
137256 floats and breakwaters for the protection thereof.
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139257 (d) Limitation on Design and Operation of Air Navigation
140258 Facilities. All air navigation facilities established or operated
141259 by municipalities shall be supplementary to and coordinated in
142260 design and operation with those established and operated by the
143261 federal and state governments.
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145262 SECTION 3. AMENDATORY 3 O.S. 2021, Section 65.4, is
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148264 Section 65.4 Except as may be limited by the terms and
149265 conditions of any grant, loan, or agreement pursuant to Section 13
150266 of this act, every municipality may by sale, lease or otherwise,
151267 dispose of any airport, vertiport, air navigation facility o r other
152268 property, or portion thereof or interest therein, acquired pursuant
153269 to this act. Such disposal by sale, lease, or otherwise, shall be
154270 in accordance with the laws of this state, or provisions of the
155271 charter of the municipality, governing the dispos ition of other
156272 property of the municipality, except that in the case of the
157273 disposal of another municipality or agency of the state or federal
158274 government for aeronautical purposes incident thereto, the sale,
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159302 lease, or other disposal may be effected in such manner and upon
160303 such terms as the governing body of the municipality may deem in the
161304 best interest of the municipality.
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163305 SECTION 4. AMENDATORY 3 O.S. 2021, Section 65.5, is
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166307 Section 65.5 A. Under Municipal Operation. In operating an
167308 airport, vertiport, air navigation facility or aircraft maintenance
168309 or manufacturing facility owned, leased or controlled by a
169310 municipality, such municipality may, except as may be limited by the
170311 terms and conditions of any grant, loan, or agreement pursuant to
171312 Section 65.13 of this title, enter into contracts, leases and other
172313 arrangements for a primary term not exceeding fifty (50) years with
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175315 1. Granting the privilege of using or improving such airport,
176316 vertiport, air navigation facility or aircraft maintenance or
177317 manufacturing facility or any portion or facility thereof, or space
178318 therein for commercial purposes;
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180319 2. Conferring the privilege of supplying goods, commodities,
181320 things, services or facilities at su ch airport, vertiport, air
182321 navigation facility or aircraft maintenance or manufacturing
183322 facility; or
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186324 municipality or its agents at such airport, vertiport, air
187325 navigation facility or aircraft maintenance or manufacturing
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188353 facility. In each case the municipality may establish the terms and
189354 conditions and fix the charges, rentals or fees for the privileges
190355 or services, which shall be reasonable and uniform for the same
191356 class of privilege or service and shal l be established with due
192357 regard to the property and improvements used and the expenses of
193358 operation to the municipality.
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195359 B. Under Other Operation. Except as may be limited by the
196360 terms and conditions of any grant, loan, or agreement pursuant to
197361 Section 65.13 of this title, a municipality may by contract, lease
198362 or other arrangement, upon a consideration fixed by it, grant to any
199363 qualified person for a term not to exceed five (5) years the
200364 privilege of operating, as agent of the municipality or otherwise,
201365 any airport or vertiport owned or controlled by the municipality;
202366 provided, that no such person shall be granted any authority to
203367 operate such airport or vertiport other than as a public airport
204368 facility or to enter into any c ontracts, leases, or other
205369 arrangements in connection with the operation of the airport or
206370 vertiport which the municipality might not have undertaken under
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209372 SECTION 5. AMENDATORY 3 O.S. 2021, Section 65.6, is
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212374 Section 65.6 To enforce the payment of any charges for repairs
213375 or improvements to or storage or care of, any personal property made
214376 or furnished by the municipality or its agents in connection with
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215404 the operation of an a irport, vertiport, or air navigation facility
216405 owned or operated by the municipality, the municipality shall have a
217406 lien on such property, which shall be enforceable by the
218407 municipality as provided by law.
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220408 SECTION 6. AMENDATORY 3 O.S. 2021, Section 65.7, is
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223410 Section 65.7 Any authority vested by this act in a municipality
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227414 airports, vertiport, or other air navigation facilities established,
228415 owned or controlled, or to be established, owned or controlled by
229416 the municipality may be vested by resolution of the governing body
230417 of the municipality in an officer or board or other municipal agency
231418 whose powers and duties shall be prescribed in the resolution;
232419 provided, however, that the expense of such planning, establishment,
233420 development, construction, enlargement, improvement , maintenance,
234421 equipment, operation, regulation, protection and policing shall be a
235422 responsibility of the municipality.
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237423 SECTION 7. AMENDATORY 3 O.S. 2021, Section 65.8, is
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240425 Section 65.8 (a) Scope. A municipality, which has establi shed
241426 or acquired or which may hereafter establish or acquire an airport ,
242427 vertiport, or air navigation facility, is authorized to adopt, amend
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243455 and repeal such reasonable ordinance, resolutions, rules,
244456 regulations and orders as it shall deem necessary for th e
245457 management, government and use of such airport , vertiport, or air
246458 navigation facility under its control, whether situated within or
247459 without the territorial limits of the municipality. For the
248460 enforcement thereof, the municipality, may, by ordinance or
249461 resolution, as may by law be appropriate, appoint airport guards or
250462 police, with full police powers, and fix penalties, within the
251463 limits prescribed by law, for the violation of the aforesaid
252464 ordinances, resolutions, rules, reg ulations and orders. Enforcem ent
253465 may also be conducted by airport officers holding a commission from
254466 and employed by an airport trust as defined in, and pursuant to and
255467 in accordance with, the provisions and requirements of the Oklahoma
256468 Campus Security Act, and who, as a result of whi ch, hold full police
257469 powers. Said penalties shall be enforced in the same manner in
258470 which penalties prescribed by other ordinances, or resolutions of
259471 the municipality are enforced. To the extent that an airport ,
260472 vertiport, or other air navigation facilit y controlled and operated
261473 by a municipality is located outside the territorial limits of the
262474 municipality, it shall, subject to federal and state laws, rules and
263475 regulations, be under the jurisdiction and control of the
264476 municipality controlling or operatin g it, and no other municipality
265477 shall have any authority to charge or exact a license fee or
266478 occupation tax for operations thereon.
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268506 (b) Conformity to Federal and State Law. All ordinances,
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270508 municipality shall be kept in substantial conformity with the laws
271509 of this state or any regulations promulgated or standards
272510 established pursuant thereto, and, as nearly as may be, with the
273511 federal laws governing aerospace and aeronautics and the rules,
274512 regulations and standards duly issued thereunder.
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279515 Section 65.10 The cost of planning and acquiring, establishing,
280516 developing, constructing, enlarging , improving, or equipping, an
281517 airport, vertiport, or air navigation facility, or the site
282518 therefor, including buildings and other facilities incidental to the
283519 operation thereof, and the acquisition or elimination of airport
284520 hazards, may be paid for wholly or partly from the proceeds of the
285521 sale of bonds or notes of the municipality, as the governing body of
286522 the municipality shall determine. For such purposes a municipality
287523 may issue general or special obligation bonds, revenue bonds or
288524 other forms of bonds or notes, secured or unsecured, including
289525 refunding bonds, in the manner and within the limitations prescribed
290526 by the laws of this state or the charter of the municipality for the
291527 authorization and issuance of bonds or notes thereof for public
292528 purposes generally. Any bonds or notes issued by a municipality
293529 pursuant to this act which are payable, as to principal and
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294557 interest, solely from the revenues of an airport , vertiport, or air
295558 navigation facility (and such bonds or notes shall so state on their
296559 face) shall not constitute a debt of such municipality within the
297560 meaning of any constitutional or statutory debt limitation or
298561 restriction. In any suit, action or proceeding involving the
299562 security, or the validity or enforceability, of any bond or note
300563 issued by a municipality, which bond or note states on its face that
301564 it was issued pursuant to the provisions of this act and for a
302565 purpose or purposes authorized to be accomplished by this act, such
303566 bond or note shall be conclusive ly deemed to have been issued
304567 pursuant to this act for such purpose or purposes.
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309570 Section 65.12 The revenues obtained by a municipality from the
310571 ownership, control or operation of any airport, vertiport, or air
311572 navigation facility, including proceeds from the sale of any
312573 airport, vertiport, or portion thereof of an air navigation facility
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314575 "Airport Fund", which revenues shall be appropriated solely to, and
315576 used by the municipality for, the purposes authorized by this act.
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320579 Section 65.15 (a) Authorization. For t he purposes of this
321580 section, unless otherwise qualified, the term "public agency"
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322608 includes municipality, as defined in this act, an agency of the
323609 state government and of the United States, and any municipality,
324610 political subdivision and agency of another s tate, but shall not
325611 include institutions of higher education constituting the Oklahoma
326612 State System of Higher Education under Section 1, Article 13A,
327613 Constitution of the State of Oklahoma; or other institutions
328614 coordinated with the State System of Higher E ducation under Section
329615 4, Article 13A, Constitution of the State of Oklahoma; and the term
330616 "governing body" means the governing body of a county or
331617 municipality, and the head of the agency if the public agency is
332618 other than a county or municipality. All p owers, privileges and
333619 authority granted to any municipality by this act may be exercised
334620 and enjoyed jointly with any public agency of this state, and
335621 jointly with any public agency of any other state or of the United
336622 States to the extent that the laws of such other state or of the
337623 United States permit such joint exercise or enjoyment. If not
338624 otherwise authorized by law, any agency of the state government when
339625 acting jointly with any municipality, may exercise and enjoy all of
340626 the powers, privileges and au thority conferred by this act upon a
341627 municipality.
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343628 (b) Agreement. Any two or more public agencies may enter into
344629 agreements with each other for joint action pursuant to the
345630 provisions of this section. Concurrent action by ordinance,
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347659 public agencies shall constitute joint action. Each such agreement
348660 shall specify its duration, the proportionate interest which each
349661 public agency shall have in the property, f acilities and privileges
350662 involved, the proportion to be borne by each public agency of
351663 preliminary costs and costs of acquisition, establishment,
352664 construction, enlargement, improvement, and equipment of the
353665 airport, vertiport, or air navigation facility, the proportion of
354666 the expenses of maintenance, operation, regulation and protection
355667 thereof to be borne by each, and such other terms as are required by
356668 the provisions of this section. The agreement may also provide for;
357669 amendments thereof, and conditions and methods of termination of the
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670+agreement; the disposal of all or any of the property, facilities
359671 and privileges jointly owned upon said property, facilities and
360672 privileges, or any part thereof, ceasing to be used for the purposes
361673 provided by this act, or upon termination of the agre ement; the
362674 distribution of the proceeds received upon any such disposal, and of
363675 any funds or other property jointly owned and undisposed of; the
364676 assumption or payment of any indebtedness arising from the joint
365677 venture which remains unpaid upon the disposal of all assets or upon
366678 a termination of the agreement; and such other provisions as may be
367679 necessary or convenient.
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369680 (c) Joint Board. Public agencies acting jointly pursuant to
370681 this section shall create a joint board which shall consist of
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372710 public agency. The number to be appointed, their term and
373711 compensation, if any, shall be provided for in the joint agreement.
374712 Each such joint board shall organize, select offic ers for terms to
375713 be fixed by the agreement, and adopt and amend from time to time
376714 rules for its own procedure. The joint board shall have power to
377715 plan, acquire, establish, develop, construct, enlarge, improve,
378716 maintain, equip, operate, regulate, protect, and police any airport ,
379717 vertiport, or air navigation facility or airport hazard to be
380718 jointly acquired, controlled and operated, and such board may
381719 exercise on behalf of its constituent public agencies all the powers
382720 of each with respect to such airport, vertiport, air navigation
383721 facility or airport hazard, subject to the limitations of subsection
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387724 expenditures to be made by the joint board for any purpose in any
388725 fiscal year shall be determined by a budg et approved by the
389726 governing bodies of its constituent public agencies.
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391727 (2) Acquisitions Beyond Sums Allotted. No airport, vertiport,
392728 air navigation facility, airport hazard, or real or personal
393729 property, the cost of which i s in excess of sums therefor f ixed by
394730 the joint agreement or allotted in the annual budget, may be
395731 acquired by the joint board without the approval of the governing
396732 bodies of its constituent public agencies.
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399761 section may be instituted only by authority of the governing bodies
400762 of the constituent public agencies of the joint board. If so
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403765 shall be held by said public agencies as tenants in common until
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407768 dispose of any airport, vertiport, air navigation facility or real
408769 property under its jurisdiction excep t with the consent of the
409770 governing bodies of its constituent public agencies, provided that
410771 the joint board may, without such consent, enter into contracts,
411772 leases, or other arrangements contemplated by Section 5 of this act.
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413773 (5) Police Regulations. Any resolutions, rules, regulations or
414774 orders of the joint board dealing with subjects authorized by
415775 Section 8 of this act shall become effective only upon approval of
416776 the governing bodies of the constituent public agencies provided
417777 that upon such approval, t he resolutions, rules, regulations or
418778 orders of the joint board shall have the same force and effect in
419779 the territories or jurisdictions involved as the ordinances,
420780 resolutions, rules, regulations, or orders of each public age ncy
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426812 maintained, into which shall be deposited the s hare of each of the
427813 constituent public agencies as provided by the joint agreement.
428814 Each of the constituent public agencies shall provide its share of
429815 the fund from sources available to each. Any federal, state or
430816 other contributions or loans, and the re venues obtained from the
431817 joint ownership, control and operation of any airport or air
432818 navigation facility under the jurisdiction of the joint board shall
433819 be paid into the joint fund, which said joint fund shall be kept and
434820 maintained at such place or place s as shall be mutually agreed
435821 between the constituent agencies. Disbursements from such fund
436822 shall be made by order of the board, subject to the limitations
437823 prescribed in subsection (d) of this section.
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443827 pursuant to this act, the planning, acquisition, establishment,
444828 development, construction, improvement, maintenance, equipment,
445829 operation, regulation, protection and policing of airports ,
446830 vertiports, and air navigation facilities, including the acquisition
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831+or elimination of airport hazards, and the exercise of any other
448832 powers herein granted to municipalities an d other public agencies,
449833 to be severally or jointly exercised, are hereby declared to be
450834 public and governmental functions, exercised for a public purpose,
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452863 declared to be county functions and purposes as well as public and
453864 governmental; and in the case of any municipality other than a
454865 county, are declared to be municipal functions and purposes as well
455866 as public and governmental. All land and other property and
456867 privileges acquired and used by or on behalf of any municip ality or
457868 other public agency in the manner and for the purposes enumerated in
458869 this act shall and are hereby declared to be acquired and used for
459870 public and governmental purposes and as a matter of public
460871 necessity, and, in the case of a county or municipal ity, for county
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463873 SECTION 12. AMENDATORY 3 O.S. 2021, Section 65.17, is
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467876 municipality for airport, vertiport, or air navigation purposes
468877 pursuant to the provisions of this act, and any income derived by
469878 such municipality from the ownership, operation or control thereof,
470879 shall be exempt from taxation to the same extent as other property
471880 used for public purposes. Any municipality is authorized to exempt
472881 from municipal taxation any property, acquired within its boundaries
473882 by a public agency of another state , for airport, vertiport, or air
474883 navigation purposes, and any income derived from suc h property, to
475884 the extent that such other state authorizes similar exemptions from
476885 taxation to municipalities of this state.
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479914 amended by Section 2, Chapter 126, O.S.L. 2023 (3 O.S. Supp. 2023,
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482916 Section 82. As used in the Oklahoma Department of Aerospace and
483917 Aeronautics Act, unless the context otherwise requires:
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485918 1. "Aeronautics" means the science, art and practice of flight
486919 including, but not limited to, transportation by aircraft and
487920 matters relating to air commerce; the operation, construction,
488921 repair or maintenance of aircraft, aircraft power plants and
489922 accessories including the repair, packing and maintenance of
490923 parachutes; the design, establishment, construction, e xtension,
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492925 restricted landing areas or other air navigation facilities; and
493926 instruction in flying or ground subjects pertaining thereto;
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495927 2. "Aeronautical hazard" means any structure, object of natu ral
496928 growth or use of land, which obstructs the airspace required for the
497929 flight of aircraft in landing or taking off at an airport that is
498930 otherwise hazardous to the operation and navigation of aircraft;
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500931 3. "Air navigation facility " means any facility use d in,
501932 available for use in, or designed for use in, aid of air navigation
502933 including landing areas, any structures, mechanisms, lights,
503934 beacons, markers, communicating systems or other instrumentalities
504935 or devices used or usefu l as an aid, or constituting a n advantage or
505936 convenience, to the safe taking off, navigation and landing of
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506964 aircraft, or the safe and efficient operation or maintenance of an
507965 airport and any combination of any or all of such facilities;
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509966 4. "Aircraft" means any contraption now known, o r hereafter
510967 invented, used or designed for navigation of or flight in the air or
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514970 command, or as a pilot, mechanic or member of the crew, in the
515971 navigation of aircraft while under way , and any individual who is
516972 directly in charge of the inspection, maintenance, overhauling or
517973 repair of aircraft, aircraft engines, propellers and appliances;
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519974 6. "Airport" means an area of land or water that is used, or
520975 intended to be used, for the landin g and takeoff of aircraft, and
521976 buildings and facilities, if any;
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523977 7. "Airspace" means that portion of the atmosphere overlying a
524978 designated geographical area considered as subject to territorial
525979 jurisdiction or international l aw in respect to its use by ai rcraft,
526980 guided missiles, and rockets;
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528981 8. "Commercial service airport " means an airport meeting the
529982 current Federal Aviation Administration definition for commercial
530983 service airport;
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532984 9. "Commission" means the seven members of the Oklahoma
533985 Aerospace and Aeronautics Commission as appointed by the Governor;
986+10. "Department" means the Oklahoma Department of Aerospace and
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5411017 12. "General aviation airport " means an airport not meeting the
5421018 criteria for definition as a commercial service or reliever airport;
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5441019 13. "Helipad" means a small, designated area, usually with a
5451020 prepared surface, on a heliport, airport, landing or takeoff area,
5461021 apron or ramp, or movement a rea used for takeoff, landing or parking
5471022 of helicopters;
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5491023 14. "Heliport" means an area of land, water or structure used
5501024 or intended to be used for the landing and takeoff of helicopters
5511025 and includes its buildings and facilitie s, if any;
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5531026 15. "Manned aircraft" means an aircraft, as defined in this
5541027 section, that is operated with a person in or on the aircraft;
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5561028 16. "Model aircraft" means an aircraft as defined in this
5571029 section that is mechanically driven or launched into flight and that
5581030 meets all of the follow ing requirements:
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5601031 a. is flown solely for hobby or recreational purposes,
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5631033 b. is not used for payment, consideration, gratuity or
5641034 benefit, directly or indirectly charged, demanded,
5651035 received or collected by any person for the use of the
5661036 aircraft or any photographic or video image produced
5671037 by the aircraft;
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5691065 17. "Municipality" means any incorporated city, village, or
5701066 town of this state and any county or political subdivision or
5711067 district in this state, or any public trust thereof, which is, or
5721068 may be, authorized by law to acquire, establish, construct,
5731069 maintain, improve, and operate airports, airstrips, vertiports, and
5741070 aeronautical navigation facilities;
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5771072 use, navigation or piloting of aircraft in the airspace over this
5781073 state or upon any airport within this state;
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5821076 politic and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee or other
5831077 similar representative thereof;
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5851078 20. "Primary commercial service airport " means an airport
5861079 meeting the current Federal Aviation Administration definition for
5871080 primary commercial service airport;
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5891081 21. "Reliever airport" means an airport designated by the
5901082 Federal Aviation Administration as a reliever airport and which
5911083 provides substantial capacity or instrument training relief to a
5921084 primary commercial service airport;
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5941085 22. "Resources" means services, facilities, funds, equipment,
5951086 property, personnel and such other act ivities as are customarily
5961087 included within the term;
1088+23. "State" or "this state" means the State of Oklahoma;
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6001116 24. "Unmanned aircraft" means an aircraft, as defined in this
6011117 section, that is operated without the possibility of human
6021118 intervention from withi n or on the aircraft; and
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6041119 25. "Unmanned aircraft system " means an unmanned aircraft and
6051120 associated elements including communication links and components
6061121 that control the unmanned aircraft that are required for the pilot
6071122 in command to operate safely and ef ficiently in the National
6081123 Airspace System;
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6101124 26. "Vertiport" means an area of land, water , or structure used
6111125 or intended to be used for the landing and takeoff of VTOL aircraft;
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6151128 takeoff and landing capability.
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6181130 amended by Section 5, Chapter 126, O.S.L. 2023 (3 O.S. Supp. 2023,
6191131 Section 85), is amended to read as follows:
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6211132 Section 85. A. The Oklahoma Department of Aerospace an d
6221133 Aeronautics and its Executive Director acting under its authority is
6231134 empowered and directed to encourage, foster, and assist in the
6241135 development of aerospace and aeronautics in this state and to
6251136 encourage the establishment of airports, vertiports, and air
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1137+navigation facilities. It shall cooperate with and assist the
6271138 federal government, the municipalities of this state, and other
6281139 persons in the development of aerospace and aeronautics, and shall
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6301168 persons. Municipalities are authorized to cooperate with the
6311169 Department in the development of aeronautics and aeronautical
6321170 facilities in this state.
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6341171 B. The Department may organize and administer a voluntary
6351172 program of air-age education in cooperati on with the schools,
6361173 colleges, and for the general public, and may prepare and conduct
6371174 voluntary flight clinics for airmen and issue such bulletins and
6381175 publications as may be required.
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6401176 C. The Department shall assist in all aeronautical matters
6411177 related to emergency management actions in conformance with federal
6421178 directions and with the Emergency Operations Plan of the state.
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6441179 D. The Department may establish air markers throughout the
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6471181 E. The Department may purchase and in stall roadside signs
6481182 directing highway traffic to airports, subject to approval of the
6491183 State Transportation Commission.
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6531185 1. Draft and recommend necessary legislation to advance the
6541186 interests of the state in aerospace and aeronautics;
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6561187 2. Represent the state in aeronautical matters before federal
6571188 agencies and other state agencies; and
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6591189 3. Participate as party plaintiff or defendant or as intervener
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6621219 aeronautics.
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6641220 G. 1. The Department may, insofar as is reasonably possible,
6651221 make available its engineering and other technical services to any
6661222 municipality or person desiring them in connection with the
6671223 planning, acquisition, construc tion, improvement, maintenance, or
6681224 operation of airports , vertiports, or air navigation facilities.
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6701225 2. The Department may render financial assistance by grant or
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6721227 the planning, acquisitio n, construction, improvement, maintenance,
6731228 or operation of an airport , vertiport, or air navigation facility
6741229 owned or controlled, or to be owned or controlled, by such
6751230 municipality or municipalities, out of appropriations or other
6761231 monies made available by the Legislature for such purposes. Such
6771232 financial assistance may be furnished in connection with federal or
6781233 other financial aid for the same purposes.
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6801234 3. The Department shall be designated as the agent of this
6811235 state or any political subdivision of this s tate for the purpose of
6821236 applying for, receiving, administering and disbursing federal funds
6831237 and other public monies for the benefit of general aviation
6841238 airports, except reliever airports, as may be available under
6851239 applicable federal law or other laws. If requested by a political
6861240 subdivision, the Department may act as its or their agent in
6871241 contracting for and supervising such planning, acquisition,
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6881269 construction, improvement, maintenance, or operation; and all
6891270 political subdivisions are authorized to designa te the Department as
6901271 their agent for the foregoing purposes. The Department, as
6911272 principal on behalf of the state, may enter into any contracts with
6921273 the United States or with any person, which may be required in
6931274 connection with a grant or loan of federal m onies for municipal
6941275 airport, vertiport, or air navigation facility purposes. All
6951276 federal monies accepted under this section shall be accepted and
6961277 transferred or expended by the Department upon such terms and
6971278 conditions as are prescribed by the United Stat es. All monies
6981279 received by the Department pursuant to this section shall be
6991280 deposited in the Oklahoma Department of Aerospace and Aeronautics
7001281 Revolving Fund in the State Treasury and shall be paid out by the
7011282 Department in accordance with the terms and con ditions of any
7021283 agreement entered into under the provisions of this section.
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7041284 H. 1. The Department is authorized on behalf of and in the
7051285 name of the state, out of appropriations and other monies made
7061286 available for such purpose s, to plan, zone, establish, c onstruct,
7071287 enlarge, improve, maintain, equip, operate, regulate, protect, and
7081288 police airports, vertiports, and air navigation facilities, either
7091289 within or without the state, including the construction,
7101290 installation, equipping, maintenance, and operation at such airports
7111291 of buildings and other facilities for the servicing of aircraft or
7121292 for the comfort and accommodation of air travelers. However, the
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7131320 regulatory authority shall not extend to any airman employed by, nor
7141321 to any aeronautics facility or aircraft under the exclusive
7151322 possession, operation, or control of, a person holding a certificate
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7171324 United States to operate as a common carrier by air of persons
7181325 and/or property in interstate commerce. For such purposes, the
7191326 Department may, by purchase, gift, devise, or lease, acquire
7201327 property, real or personal, or any interest therein , including
7211328 easements in aeronautical hazards or land outside the boundaries of
7221329 an airport or airport site, as are neces sary to permit safe and
7231330 efficient operation of the state airports or to permit the removal,
7241331 elimination, obstruction -marking or obstruction -lighting of airport
7251332 hazards, or to prevent the establishment of airport hazards. In
7261333 like manner, the Department may acquire existing airports ,
7271334 vertiports, and air navigation facilities. However, the Department
7281335 shall not acquire or take over any airport , vertiport, or air
7291336 navigation facility owned or controlled by a municipality of this or
7301337 any other state without the c onsent of such municipality. The
7311338 Department may, by sale, lease, or otherwise, dispose of any such
7321339 property, airport, vertiport, air navigation facility, or portion
7331340 thereof or interest therein. The disposal, by sale, lease, or
7341341 otherwise, shall be in acco rdance with the laws of this state
7351342 governing the disposition of other property of the state, except
7361343 that, in the case of disposals to any municipality or state
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7371371 government or the United States for aeronautical purposes incident
7381372 thereto, the sale, lease, or other disposal may be effected in such
7391373 manner and upon such terms as the Department may deem in the best
7401374 interest of the state.
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7421375 2. All airports owned by the state shall be within the primary
7431376 jurisdiction of the Oklahoma Department of Aerospace and Aeronau tics
7441377 for purposes of design, development, and operation; provided, that
7451378 airports owned and operated by the Oklahoma Space Industry
7461379 Development Authority shall be exempt from such provisions, and
7471380 during the time of a national e mergency, the Air National Gua rd
7481381 shall be exempt from such provisions, and provided further, that any
7491382 airport owned by the state may be leased by the Department to a
7501383 public or private agency, as it may deem fit.
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7521384 3. Nothing contained in the Oklahoma Department of Aerospace
7531385 and Aeronautics Act shall be construed to limit any right, power, or
7541386 authority of the state or a municipality to regulate airport hazards
7551387 by zoning.
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7571388 4. The Department may exercise any powers granted by this
7581389 section jointly with any munic ipalities or with the United S tates.
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7661423 navigation facility or any portion or facility thereof
7671424 or space therein for commercial purposes; conferring
7681425 the privilege of supplying goods, commodities, thi ngs,
7691426 services, or facilities a t such airport or air
7701427 navigation facility; or making available services to
7711428 be furnished by the Department or its agents at such
7721429 airport, vertiport, or air navigation facility.
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7751431 terms and conditions and fix the charges, rentals, or
7761432 fees for the privileges or services, which shall be
7771433 reasonable and uniform for the same class of
7781434 privileges or services and shall be established with
7791435 due regard to the property and improvements used a nd
7801436 the expenses of operation t o the state; provided, that
7811437 in no case shall the public be deprived of its
7821438 rightful, equal, and uniform use of the airport,
7831439 vertiport, air navigation facility or portion or
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7871442 arrangement, upon a consideration fixed by it, grant
7881443 to any qualified person for a term not to exceed
7891444 twenty-five (25) years the privilege of operating, as
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7911473 vertiport, or air navigation facili ty owned or
7921474 controlled by the state; provided, that no such person
7931475 shall be granted any authority to operate the airport ,
7941476 vertiport, or air navigation facility other than as a
7951477 public airport, vertiport, or air navigation facility
7961478 or to enter into any contracts, leases, or other
7971479 arrangements in connection with the operation of the
7981480 airport, vertiport or air navigation facility which
7991481 the Department might not have undertaken under
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8031484 or improvements, sto rage, or care of, any personal
8041485 property made or furnished by the Department or its
8051486 agents in connection with the operation of an airport ,
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8071488 operated by the state, the state shall have liens on
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8111491 6. In accepting federal monies under this section, the
8121492 Department shall have the same authority to enter into contracts on
8131493 behalf of the state as is granted to the Department under paragraph
8141494 3 of subsection G of this section with respect to federal monies
8151495 accepted on behalf of municipalities. All monies received by the
8161496 Department pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the
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8171524 Oklahoma Department of Aerospace and Aeronautics Revolving Fund i n
8181525 the State Treasury and shall be paid out of the Department Fund in
8191526 accordance with the terms and conditions of any agreement entered
8201527 into under the provisions of this section.
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8221528 7. The Department shall grant no exclusive righ t for the use of
8231529 any airport, vertiport, or air navigation facility under its
8241530 jurisdiction. This shall not be construed to prevent the making of
8251531 contracts, leases, and other arrangements pursuant to paragraph 5 of
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8281533 I. The Department may enter into any contracts necess ary to for
8291534 the execution of the powers granted it by the Oklahoma Department of
8301535 Aerospace and Aeronautics Act. All contracts made by the
8311536 Department, either as the agent of the state or as the agent of any
8321537 municipality, shall be made pursuant to the laws o f the state
8331538 governing the making of like contracts. When the planning,
8341539 acquisition, construction, improvement, maintenance, or operation of
8351540 any airport, vertiport, or air navigation facility is financed
8361541 wholly or partially with federal monies, the Departm ent as agent of
8371542 the state or of any municipality may let contracts in the manner
8381543 prescribed by the federal authorities acting under the laws of the
8391544 United States and any rules or regulations made thereunder.
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8411545 J. 1. The Oklahoma Aerospace and Aeronautics Commission, the
8421546 Executive Director, or any officer or employee of the Department
8431547 designated by it shall have the power to hold investigations,
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8441575 inquiries, and hearings concerning matters covered by the provisions
8451576 of the Oklahoma Department of Aerospace and A eronautics Act and the
8461577 rules, regulations, and orders of the Department. Hearings shall be
8471578 open to the public and shall be held upon such call or notice as the
8481579 Commission shall deem advisable. Each member of the Commission, the
8491580 Director, and every office r or employee of the Department designated
8501581 by it to hold any inquiry, investigation, or hearing shall have the
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8521583 acts, issue subpoenas, and order the attendance and testimony of
8531584 witnesses and the production of papers, books, and documents. In
8541585 case of the failure of any person to comply with any subpoena or
8551586 order issued under the authority of this subsection, or on the
8561587 refusal of any witness to testify to any mat ters regarding which he
8571588 or she may be lawfully interrogated, it shall be the duty of the
8581589 district court of any county or of the judge thereof, on application
8591590 of the Department or its authorized representative, to compel
8601591 obedience by proceedings for contempt, as in the case of
8611592 disobedience of the requirements of a subpoena issued from such
8621593 court or a refusal to testify therein.
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8651595 Department in the interest of public safety and promotion of
8661596 aeronautics, the public interest requi res, and it is therefore
8671597 provided, that the reports of investigations or hearings, or any
8681598 part thereof, shall not be admitted in evidence or used for any
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8701627 referred to in the investigation, hearing, or report thereof, except
8711628 in case of any suit, action, or proceeding, civil or criminal,
8721629 instituted by or in behalf of the Department or in the name of the
8731630 state under the provisions of the Oklahoma Department of Aer ospace
8741631 and Aeronautics Act or other laws of the state relating to
8751632 aeronautics; nor shall any member of the Commission, or the
8761633 Executive Director, or any officer or employee of the Department be
8771634 required to testify to any facts ascertained in, or information
8781635 gained by reason of, such pe rson’s official capacity, or be required
8791636 to testify as an expert witness in any suit, action, or proceeding
8801637 involving any aircraft. Subject to the foregoing provisions, the
8811638 Department may in its discretion make available to a ppropriate
8821639 federal, state and municipal agencies information and material
8831640 developed in the course of its investigations and hearings.
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8851641 K. 1. The Department is authorized to confer with or to hold
8861642 joint hearings with any agency of the United States in connection
8871643 with any matter arising under the Oklahoma Department of Aerospace
8881644 and Aeronautics Act or relating to the sound development of
8891645 aerospace and aeronautics.
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8911646 2. The Department is authorized to avail itself of the
8921647 cooperation, services, records, and fac ilities of the agencies of
8931648 the United States as fully as may be practicable in the
8941649 administration and enforcement of the Oklahoma Department of
895-Aerospace and Aeronautics Act. The Department shall furnish to the ENR. H. B. NO. 3672 Page 21
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8961678 agencies of the United States its cooperation, services, records,
8971679 and facilities, insofar as may be practicable.
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8991680 3. The Department shall report to the appropriate agency of the
9001681 United States all accidents in aeronautics in this state of which it
9011682 is informed and shall, insofar as is practicable, pre serve, protect,
9021683 and prevent the removal of the component parts of any aircraft
9031684 involved in an accident being investigated by it until the federal
9041685 agency institutes an investigation.
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9061686 L. The Department may organize and administer an aerospace
9071687 education program in cooperation with univer sities, colleges and
9081688 schools for the general public. The Department may also plan and
9091689 act jointly in a cooperative aviation research or high technology
9101690 program. As part of these programs, the Department may issue
9111691 aviation communication films and publicat ions.
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9131692 M. The Department shall administer an airport inspection
9141693 program for all public -use airports within this state. The
9151694 inspection program shall occur on a three -year cycle and shall be
9161695 administered by the Oklahoma Department of Aerospace and
9171696 Aeronautics. Airport owners, including individuals and
9181697 municipalities, shall provide access to airport facilities for
9191698 conducting the inspections. The Department shall provide a written
9201699 report to each public -use airport detailing the findings of such
9211700 inspections.
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9241729 amended by Section 15, Chapter 365, O.S.L. 2023 (3 O.S. Supp. 2023,
9251730 Section 421), is amended to read as follows:
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9271731 Section 421. A. The Oklahoma Department of Aerospace and
9281732 Aeronautics is hereby established as the clearinghouse for unmanned
9291733 aircraft systems (UAS) and advanced air mobility (AAM) in this state
9301734 and shall be designated as the agency of this state for the
9311735 promotion, enhancement and deve lopment of UAS and AAM as well as any
9321736 associated infrastructure necessary to ensure the safe integration
9331737 and use of this new technology within the state. The purpose of
9341738 this clearinghouse is to create a partnership between those entities
9351739 that currently operate UAS, those that desire t o use this technology
9361740 in the future and other entities that can support the research and
9371741 development of UAS to ensure that this state can more effectively
9381742 respond to the needs of this critical sector of the aviation and
9391743 aerospace industry. In the operatio n of this clearinghouse, the
940-Department shall cooperate, assist and coordinat e with the federal ENR. H. B. NO. 3672 Page 22
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9411745 government, agencies of this state, tribal entities, municipalities
9421746 and other persons in the development of unmanned aircraft systems
9431747 throughout the state to en sure the acceptance of this technology and
9441748 the successful integration of UAS into the National Airspace System.
9451749 Contingent upon the availability of funds, the Oklahoma Department
9461750 of Aerospace and Aeronautics may use establish ed program processes
9471751 or may contract with other qualified entities to carry out the
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9481779 duties and responsibilities of the Unmanned Aircraft Systems
9491780 Development Act of 2021.
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9511781 B. The primary goal of the clearinghouse within the Department
9521782 is to establish a central point within state governm ent to develop
9531783 the strategy for how this state can become a leader in the UAS and
9541784 AAM industry. It will focus the collective resources, knowledge,
9551785 information and assets within state government to ensure coordinated
9561786 efforts amongst all parties. The clear inghouse will:
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9581787 1. Conduct research on what other states and localities are
9591788 doing insofar as their UAS rules and regulations so that it can
9601789 provide recommendations to ensure this state is in the best position
9611790 within the industry;
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9631791 2. Organize and coordinat e the application for any UAS and AAM
9641792 test site, integration opportunity, pilot program or grant funding
9651793 on behalf of this state;
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9681795 except those UAS that are part of a university-affiliated research
9691796 program; and
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9751800 statewide system plan that will provide the framework for the
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9771802 required for vertiports and other infrastructure needed to integrate
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9821833 any city or town of this state and any county or political
9831834 subdivision or district of this state, or any public trust thereof,
9841835 for the purpose of investing in and operating infrastructure and any
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9861837 UAS into the existing air transportation system of the state as well
9871838 as the testing and development of these new aeronautical
9881839 technologies.
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1011-OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
1012-Received by the Office of the Governor this ____________________
1013-day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
1014-By: _________________________________
1015-Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _____ ____
1016-day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
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1020- Governor of the State of Oklahoma
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1022-OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
1023-Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this __________
1024-day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
1025-By: _________________________________
1841+COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON AERONAUTICS AND TRANSPORTATION
1842+April 9, 2024 - DO PASS