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                                   2168
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 19, 2023
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  LIU  --  read  twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to establish the general aviation task force  to  study  measures
   that  may be implemented to improve general aviation operations in the
   state of New York

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  general aviation task force is hereby established to
 conduct a study on measures that may improve  general  aviation  in  the
 state  of  New York.  For purposes of this act, "general aviation" shall
 mean all  civil  aviation  operations  other  than  scheduled  passenger
 airline operations. The scope of study shall include:
   a.  how laws and regulations created by the state of New York, includ-
 ing regulations promulgated by the department of transportation,  impact
 investment in general aviation operations within the state;
   b.  how regulatory agencies outside the state of New York, such as the
 Federal Aviation Administration and  the  International  Civil  Aviation
 Organization,  impact  investment  in general aviation operations within
 the state;
   c. the effect of airport improvement and  revitalization  projects  on
 investment in general aviation operations within the state;
   d.  an analysis of the tax burden imposed on general aviation entities
 within the state as opposed to other states and its impact on investment
 in general aviation services; and
   e. measures other  states  or  countries  have  taken  to  incentivize
 investment in general aviation services.
   § 2. a. The task force shall consist of eleven members to be appointed
 as follows:
   (1)  three  members  appointed  by  the  governor,  provided  that the
 appointees shall have experience in one or  or  more  of  the  following
 areas:  air  transportation  or  civil  aviation, public administration,

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 business management, finance, accounting, law,  engineering,  land  use,
 urban  and  regional  planning, management of large capital projects, or
 labor relations;
   (2) two members appointed by the temporary president of the senate;
   (3) two members appointed by the speaker of the assembly;
   (4)  two  members  appointed  by the commissioner of the department of
 transportation;
   (5) one member appointed by the minority leader of the senate; and
   (6) one member appointed by the minority leader of the assembly.
   b. A majority of the total appointees of the task force  shall  select
 the chair from among the appointees to the task force then in office.
   c.  The  members  of  the task force shall receive no compensation for
 their services, but shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses
 incurred in the performance of their duties pursuant to this act.
   d. All appointments shall be made no later than thirty days after  the
 effective  date  of  this  act.  All  vacancies  shall  be filled by the
 appointing authority.
   e. The task force may request and shall receive from  any  department,
 division,  board, bureau, commission or other agency of the state or any
 state public authority  such assistance, information and  data  as  will
 enable the task force to properly carry out its powers and duties.
   f.  The  task  force  shall  be authorized to hold public hearings and
 meetings, and to consult with any organization, educational institution,
 or  other  government  entity  or person, to enable it to accomplish its
 duties.
   § 3. The task force shall report its findings, conclusions, and recom-
 mendations to the governor,  temporary  president  of  the  senate,  and
 speaker  of  the assembly and such report shall be posted on the depart-
 ment of transportation's public-facing website within one hundred eighty
 days after the effective date of this act.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.