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Florida Senate - 2001 SB 1776
By Senator Jones
40-1423-01 See HB
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to small aircraft
3 transportation; providing legislative intent
4 with respect to NASA's Small Aircraft
5 Transportation System; providing an
6 appropriation; providing an effective date.
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8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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10 Section 1. Small Aircraft Transportation System;
11 legislative intent.--
12 (1) The Legislature recognizes that the State of
13 Florida has an opportunity to participate with the National
14 Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Federal Aviation
15 Administration, the aircraft industry, and various
16 universities as partners to provide Florida with improved
17 transportation access and mobility for all of its communities,
18 rural and urban alike, by participating in NASA's Small
19 Aircraft Transportation System. The Legislature recognizes
20 that state support can be leveraged with current federal and
21 industry resources to provide an infrastructure that uses the
22 state's network of 129 public-use airports and provides a
23 transportation system capable of competing with the automobile
24 in both convenience and affordability.
25 (2) The Legislature hereby expresses its commitment,
26 through participation in the Small Aircraft Transportation
27 System, to:
28 (a) Improve travel choices, mobility, and
29 accessibility for the citizens of the state.
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1 (b) Enhance economic growth and competitiveness for
2 the rural and remote communities of the state through improved
3 transportation choices.
4 (c) Maintain the state's leadership and proactive role
5 in aviation and aerospace through active involvement in
6 advancing aviation technology infrastructure and capabilities.
7 (d) Take advantage of federal programs that can bring
8 investments in technology, research, and infrastructure
9 capable of enhancing competitiveness and opportunities for
10 industry and workforce development.
11 (e) Participate in opportunities that can place the
12 state's industries and communities in a first-to-market
13 advantage when developing, implementing, and proving new
14 technologies that have the potential to satisfy requirements
15 for the public good.
16 (f) Participate as partners with the National
17 Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Federal Aviation
18 Administration, the aircraft industry, local governments, and
19 those universities comprising the Southeast SATSLab Consortium
20 to implement a Small Aircraft Transportation System
21 infrastructure as a statewide network of airports to support
22 the commitments described in paragraphs (a)-(e).
23 Section 2. There is hereby appropriated from the
24 General Revenue Fund to the Department of Transportation the
25 sum of $7,290,000 for the purpose of providing funds to be
26 used with federal and industry funds in purchasing the
27 high-technology electronic airport infrastructure used to
28 develop a network of 10 airports statewide for Small Aircraft
29 Transportation System experiments beginning in 2003. These
30 funds shall also be used to help establish an operations
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1 command center that will be used to coordinate all flying and
2 operational activities undertaken under this act.
3 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2001.
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6 LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY
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Expresses the intent of the Legislature to participate in
8 NASA's Small Aircraft Transportation System. Provides an
appropriation of $7,290,000 to the Department of
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