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Act No. 64
Public Acts of 2025
Approved by the Governor
December 23, 2025
Filed with the Secretary of State
December 23, 2025
EFFECTIVE DATE: December 23, 2025
STATE OF MICHIGAN
103RD LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2025
Introduced by Senator Camilleri
ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 269
AN ACT to amend 1945 PA 327, entitled “An act relating to aeronautics in this state; providing for the
development and regulation of aeronautics; creating a state aeronautics commission; prescribing powers and
duties; providing for the licensing, registration, and supervision and control of all aircraft, airports and landing
fields, schools of aviation, fly ing clubs, airmen, aviation instructors, airport managers, manufacturers, dealers,
and commercial operation in intrastate commerce; providing for rules pertaining thereto; prescribing a privilege
tax for the use of the aeronautical facilities on the lands and waters of this state; providing for the acquisition,
development, and operation of airports, landing fields, and other aeronautical facilities by this state, by political
subdivisions, or by airport authorities; providing for the incorporation of airport authorities and providing for the
powers, duties, and obligations of airport authorities; providing for the transfer of airport management to airport
authorities, including the transfer of airport liabilities, employees, and operational jurisdiction; pr oviding
jurisdiction of crimes, torts, and contracts; providing police powers for those entrusted to enforce this act;
providing for civil liability of owners, operators, and others; making hunting from aircraft unlawful; providing for
a repair station operators lien; providing for appeals from rules or orders issued by the commission; providing for
the transfer from the Michigan board of aeronautics to the aeronautics commission all properties and funds held
by the board of aeronautics; providing for a sta te aeronautics fund and making an appropriation therefor;
prescribing penalties; and making uniform the law with reference to state development and regulation of
aeronautics,” by amending section 135 (MCL 259.135), as amended by 1982 PA 466.
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Sec. 135. (1) A political subdivision of this state may accept federal or other assistance in the acquisition,
construction, enlargement, improvement, maintenance, equipment, or operation of airports, landing fields, and
other aeronautical facilities.
(2) A political subdivision of this state, whether acting alone or jointly with another political subdivision or
with the state, shall not submit directly to the administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration or its
successor agency any project application under the provisions of an act of Congress for airport and airway systems,
unless the project and the project application have been first approved by the commission.
(3) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a political subdivision shall not directly accept, receive,
receipt for, or disburse any funds granted by the United States for the purpose of acquisition, construction,
enlargement, maintenance, equipment, or improvement of airports, landing fields, or other aeronautical facilities,
but it shall designate the commission as its agent and in its behalf to accept, receive, receipt for, and disburse the
funds described in this subsection . A political subdivi sion shall enter into an agreement with the commission
which must prescribe the terms and conditions of the agency in accordance with federal laws, rules, and
regulations and the applicable laws of this state. Money paid over by the United States government for the
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acquisition, construction, improvement, enlargement, equipment, or maintenance of airports, landing fields, or
other aeronautical facilities must be channeled through the state treasury and disbursed for and in behalf of the
political subdivision under the terms and conditions of the respective grants. The disbursements must be made
in accordance with the accounting laws and procedures of this state. This subsection does not apply to funds
granted by the United States to a qualified airport unless federal l aws or regulations applicable to the funds
prohibit the direct acceptance or receipt by, or disbursement to, a qualified airport.
This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Secretary of the Senate
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Approved___________________________________________
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Governor