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ENROLLED
2026
Legislature
CS for CS for SB 422
2026422er
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2 An act relating to automatic dependent surveillance
3 broadcasts; creating s. 330.42, F.S.; defining terms;
4 prohibiting airports from using information broadcast
5 or collected by automatic dependent surveillance
6 broadcast systems for specified purposes under certain
7 circumstances; providing an effective date.
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9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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11 Section 1. Section 330.42, Florida Statutes, is created to
12 read:
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330.42
Automatic dependent surveillance-broadcasts.—
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(1)
For purposes of this section, the term:
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(a)
“Aircraft” has the same meaning as in s. 330.27, except
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that the aircraft must have a gross weight of 12,499 pounds or
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less and operate under 14 C.F.R. part 91.
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(b)
“Automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast” or “ADS-B”
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means an advanced aviation surveillance technology that combines
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an aircraft’s positioning source, the aircraft’s avionics, and a
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ground infrastructure to create an accurate surveillance
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interface between an aircraft and air traffic control. The term
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includes two different services, ADS-B In and ADS-B Out, which
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can provide information, such as an aircraft’s global
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positioning system location, altitude, ground speed, and other
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data, to ground stations and other aircraft, as well as weather
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and traffic information to aircraft operators.
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(c)
“Touch-and-go landing” means an operation by an
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aircraft that lands and departs on a runway without stopping or
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exiting the runway.
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(2)
An airport may not use information broadcast or
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collected by automatic dependent surveillance
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broadcast systems,
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regardless of whether that data originates from ADS-B In or ADS
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B Out, as a means for calculating, generating, and collecting
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fees from aircraft owners or operators who operate aircraft
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within the geographic boundaries of this state under the
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following circumstances:
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(a)
When the operation for which a fee would be assessed is
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a
departure or a
landing, including, but not limited to, a
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touch-and-go landing.
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(b)
When the fee would be assessed based on an aircraft
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entering into a specified radius of the airspace of the airport
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assessing the fee.
44 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.