Valencia Stovall voted Yea (Passage) on this Legislation.
Title: Expands State Control over the Atlanta Airport
Vote to pass a bill that expands control over the Atlanta Airport from the city to the state.
Defines “commercial airport” as any airport in this state with at least 300 commercial passenger boardings or enplanements in a calendar year (Part I, Sec. 1).
Establishes the Major Airport Legislative Oversight Committee to be comprised of qualified Representatives and Senators in related committees (Part I, Sec. 1).
Requires the state auditor, the Georgia Department of Transportation, the Department of Economic Development, and the Attorney General to make their resources available to the committee (Part I, Sec. 1).
Authorizes the committee to oversee and manage any local government authority overseeing a commercial airport and discharge its duties to authorized personnel in a timely manner (Part I, Sec. 1).
Requires the committee to on or before January 1 of each year, submit a report to the General Assembly over its findings and recommendations based upon their review on the operations and services of the local government and authority (Part I, Sec. 1).
Requires the review of any local authority overseeing a commercial airport providing aviation and related services evaluate services related to the following, including (Part I, Sec. 1):
Public safety;
Prudent, legal, and accountable expenditure of public funds;
Equitable and transparent procurement practices for the provisions of services at the airport; and
Efficient operating procedures.
Authorizes an excise tax of $0.005 per gallon levied on all jet fuel that is exempt from previous acts imposed on the distributor (Part I, Sec. 1).
Defines “distributor” as every person other than United States or any of its agencies that does the following, including (Part I, Sec. 1):
Produces, refines, prepares, distills, manufactures, blends, or compounds jet fuel in this state;
Makes the first sale in this state of any jet fuel imported into this state after such jet fuel has been received in the state;
Purchases jet fuel for export from this state; or
Imports jet fuel into this state for production, refining, preparation, distilling, manufacturing, blending, compounding, consumption, or use within this state.
Title: Expands State Control over the Atlanta Airport
Vote to pass a bill that expands control over the Atlanta Airport from the city to the state.
Defines “commercial airport” as any airport in this state with at least 300 commercial passenger boardings or enplanements in a calendar year (Part I, Sec. 1).
Establishes the Major Airport Legislative Oversight Committee to be comprised of qualified Representatives and Senators in related committees (Part I, Sec. 1).
Requires the state auditor, the Georgia Department of Transportation, the Department of Economic Development, and the Attorney General to make their resources available to the committee (Part I, Sec. 1).
Authorizes the committee to oversee and manage any local government authority overseeing a commercial airport and discharge its duties to authorized personnel in a timely manner (Part I, Sec. 1).
Requires the committee to on or before January 1 of each year, submit a report to the General Assembly over its findings and recommendations based upon their review on the operations and services of the local government and authority (Part I, Sec. 1).
Requires the review of any local authority overseeing a commercial airport providing aviation and related services evaluate services related to the following, including (Part I, Sec. 1):
Public safety;
Prudent, legal, and accountable expenditure of public funds;
Equitable and transparent procurement practices for the provisions of services at the airport; and
Efficient operating procedures.
Authorizes an excise tax of $0.005 per gallon levied on all jet fuel that is exempt from previous acts imposed on the distributor (Part I, Sec. 1).
Defines “distributor” as every person other than United States or any of its agencies that does the following, including (Part I, Sec. 1):
Produces, refines, prepares, distills, manufactures, blends, or compounds jet fuel in this state;
Makes the first sale in this state of any jet fuel imported into this state after such jet fuel has been received in the state;
Purchases jet fuel for export from this state; or
Imports jet fuel into this state for production, refining, preparation, distilling, manufacturing, blending, compounding, consumption, or use within this state.
Title: Expands State Control over the Atlanta Airport