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Creating a New Office for Aerospace and Aviation in Nevada

Last scannedAug 22, 2026, 1:27 AM

In one sentence

This bill creates a new state office to manage aviation projects, moves existing air service funds under its control, and provides money to study local flights.

Creates the Office of Aerospace inside the Department of Transportation with a Director appointed by the Governor.
Moves responsibility for giving grants from an old commission to the new Office of Aerospace.
Renames the Nevada Air Service Development Fund to the Nevada Aerospace Development Fund and allows unused money to carry over to next year.
Requires the new office to plan for airports, spaceports, vertiports, weather systems at rural locations, and crew cars for pilots.
Provides $10 million from state funds to study local air service within the state and give grants to airlines.
Adds $2 million total over two years to a separate aviation fund to match federal money.

The new Office of Aerospace within the Department of Transportation
Air carriers that provide commercial flights or air taxi services
Local governments and airports in rural areas
The Nevada Aerospace Commission, which now advises the Governor on aerospace priorities

The bill does not list the exact rules airlines must follow to get a grant, it only says they must meet 'certain requirements'.
The text states that plans for airports and spaceports must be made with input from stakeholders but does not name who those people are.
While money is provided for studies and grants, the bill does not say how many flights will start or which specific towns will get new service.

Plain language

Vertiport: A place where vertical takeoff aircraft can land and take off.
Intrastate air service: Flights that travel only within the borders of one state, such as Nevada.
Special revenue fund: A specific bank account for money set aside by law to be used only for certain purposes like aviation grants.

Official record

Source attached

Revises provisions relating to economic development of regional commercial air service in this State. (BDR 44-140)