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HOUSE BILL NO. 730
BY REPRESENTATIVE CREWS
AIRCRAFT/AVIATION: Provides relative to the use of automatic dependent surveillance-
broadcast systems
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 2:135.1(A)(2) and (P) and to enact R.S. 2:135.1(Q), relative to
3 the use of automatic dependent surveillance–broadcast (ADS-B) systems; to
4 authorize airport authorities to adopt regulations, set charges and fees, enforce
5 payment, fix penalties, and prohibit discrimination; to prohibit any entity from using
6 certain data as a basis for calculating, generating, or collecting fees from aircraft
7 owners or operators; to provide for definitions; to provide for penalties for
8 violations; to provide for related matters.
9 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
10 Section 1. R.S. 2:135.1(A)(2) and (P) are hereby amended and reenacted and R.S.
11 2:135.1(Q) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
12 §135.1. Authority to equip, improve, establish fees and charges, and lease airport
13 facilities
14 A. Airport districts, airport authorities, and other political subdivisions,
15 including the New Orleans Aviation Board, which establish or operate airports or
16 landing fields or which acquire or set apart immovable property for such purpose
17 may:
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1 (2) Adopt regulations and establish charges, fees, and tolls for the use of
2 such airports or landing fields, fix penalties for the violation of regulations, and
3 establish privileges to enforce payment of the charges, fees, and tolls, except that
4 such authority will not be used to discriminate against the use of such airports or
5 landing fields by any legitimate aviation interest and except as otherwise provided
6 in Subsection P of this Section.
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8 P.(1) No person or entity may use information broadcast or collected by
9 automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast systems as a means for calculating,
10 generating, and collecting fees or taxes from aircraft owners or operators who
11 operate aircraft within the geographic boundaries of the state.
12 (2) For the purposes of this Subsection, the following definitions shall
13 apply:
14 (a) "Aircraft" has the same meaning as provided in R.S. 2:1 and operated
15 under 14 CFR Part 91 or 14 CFR Part 141.
16 (b) "Automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast" means an advanced
17 aviation surveillance technology that combines an aircraft's position with a ground
18 infrastructure to create an accurate surveillance interface between an aircraft and air
19 traffic control. The term consists of two different services, ADS-B In and ADS-B
20 Out, that can provide information, such as an aircraft's global positioning system
21 location, altitude, ground speed, and other data, to ground stations and other aircraft,
22 as well as weather and traffic information to aircraft operators.
23 (3) Any person or entity that violates Paragraph (1) of this Subsection shall
24 be fined by the department not more than five hundred dollars for each occurrence.
25 P. Q. The provisions of this Section shall have no effect on the provisions
26 of R.S. 33:130.351 through 130.359.
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
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Abstract: Prohibits a person or entity from using information from automatic dependent
surveillance–broadcast systems to calculate, generate, or collect fees or taxes from
aircraft owners or operators within the state.
Present law authorizes airport districts, airport authorities, and other political subdivisions,
including the N.O. Aviation Bd., to adopt regulations, set charges, fees, and tolls, enforce
payment, and fix penalties for violations at airports or landing fields, provided that such
authority may not be used to discriminate against any legitimate aviation interest.
Proposed law retains present law and adds an exemption under proposed law.
Proposed law provides that no person or entity may use information broadcast or collected
by automatic dependent surveillance–broadcast (ADS-B) systems as a basis for calculating,
generating, or collecting fees or taxes from aircraft owners or operators for aircraft operating
within the geographic boundaries of the state.
Proposed law defines "aircraft" for purposes of proposed law as having the same meaning
as provided in R.S. 2:1 and which are operated under federal law (14 CFR Part 91 or 14 CFR
Part 12).
Proposed law defines "automatic dependent surveillance–broadcast” as an advanced aviation
surveillance technology that combines an aircraft's position with ground infrastructure to
create an accurate surveillance interface between an aircraft and air traffic control, and
consists of two services, ADS-B In and ADS-B Out, which can provide information such as
an aircraft's global positioning system location, altitude, ground speed, and other data to
ground stations and other aircraft, as well as weather and traffic information to aircraft
operators.
Proposed law requires a penalty for any violation of proposed law of not more than $500 per
each occurrence.
Present law specifies that the provisions of present law do not affect the provisions of the
England Economic and Industrial Development District (R.S. 33:130.351 through 130.359).
Proposed law retains present law.
(Amends R.S. 2:135.1(A)(2) and (P); Adds R.S. 2:135.1(Q))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
The Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Transportation,
Highways and Public Works to the original bill:
1. Add a definition of "aircraft" applicable to proposed law, aligning it with the
definition R.S. 2:1 but limiting it to aircraft with a maximum certified takeoff
rate of twelve thousand five hundred pounds.
2. Make technical changes.
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The House Floor Amendments to the engrossed bill:
1. Replace the stipulation requiring that the definition of "aircraft"apply to those
aircraft with a maximum certified takeoff weight of 12,500 pounds or less with
a provision that the definition includes those aircraft which are operated under
federal law (14 CFR Part 91 or 14 CFR Part 12).
2. Clarify that a person or entity will be fined not more than five hundred dollars
for each violation of the provisions proposed law.
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