BILL ANALYSIS S.B. 954 By: Barrientos State Affairs 04-25-95 Committee Report (Unamended) BACKGROUND Article 46d-16A of the Municipal Airports Act relates to noise abatement requirements for certain municipal airports. An airport owned by an incorporated city, town, or village which is party to a grant agreement with the Federal Aviation Administration which requires the city, town, or village to plan, design, and acquire land for a replacement airport, is required to provide adequate soundproofing and noise reduction devices for all public buildings within the 65 or higher average day-night sound level contours from the airport. The current law provides an alternative to the noise abatement if the city, town, or village awards a contract for land acquisition services and completes a master plan for a replacement airport not later than March 31, 1990, and then provides the replacement airport not later than December 31, 1996. PURPOSE As proposed, S.B. 954 requires the governing body of an incorporated city, town, or village that owns a municipal airport to which this section applies, among other requirements, to award a contract for land acquisition services for the purchase of real property for the site of a replacement airport, complete a master plan and provide the replacement airport by December 31, 1997, rather than 1996. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Section 16A(c), Article 46d-16A, V.T.C.S., as follows: (c) Noise Abatement Requirements. Requires the governing body of an incorporated city, town, or village that owns a municipal airport to which this section applies, among other requirements, to award a contract for land acquisition services for the purchase of real property for the site of a replacement airport, complete a master plan and provide the replacement airport by December 31, 1997, rather than 1996. SECTION 2. Emergency clause. Effective date: upon passage.