Bill Text: CA AB662 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Airport land use compatibility plans.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-01 - Died on inactive file. [AB662 Detail]
Download: California-2011-AB662-Amended.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 662 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JANUARY 5, 2012
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JANUARY 4, 2012
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 31, 2011
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Hueso
FEBRUARY 17, 2011
An act to amend Section 21675 of the Public Utilities Code,
relating to airports.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 662, as amended, Hueso. Airport land use compatibility plans.
The State Aeronautics Act governs the creation and operation of
airports in this state. The act provides for the establishment of
county airport land use commissions to carry out various
requirements, including the formulation of a comprehensive land use
compatibility plan to provide for the orderly growth of airports and
the area surrounding airports within the jurisdiction of the
commission, and to safeguard the general welfare of the inhabitants
within the vicinity of an airport and the public in general. The act
requires each county in which there is an airport served by a
scheduled airline, with certain exceptions, to establish an airport
land use commission. The act requires the commission to include,
within its airport land use compatibility plan, the area within the
jurisdiction of the commission surrounding any military airport for
specified purposes.
Existing federal law provides regulations
provide for the establishment of military Air Installation
Compatible Use Zones (AICUZ) (AICUZs) .
The State Aeronautics Act requires that an airport land use
compatibility plan adopted by a county airport land use commission be
consistent with the safety and noise standards in an AICUZ prepared
for a military airport within the jurisdiction of the commission.
This bill would require that an airport land use compatibility
plan adopted by a county airport land use commission be consistent
with the safety and noise standards in an AICUZ if the AICUZ was
adopted on or after January 1, 2012, pursuant to a public
process that provided for reasonable public comment and
participation resulted in adoption of an environmental
impact statement pursuant to the federal National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969, as amended .
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 21675 of the Public Utilities Code is amended
to read:
21675. (a) Each commission shall formulate an airport land use
compatibility plan that will provide for the orderly growth of each
public airport and the area surrounding the airport within the
jurisdiction of the commission, and will safeguard the general
welfare of the inhabitants within the vicinity of the airport and the
public in general. The commission's airport land use compatibility
plan shall include and shall be based on a long-range master plan or
an airport layout plan, as determined by the Division of Aeronautics
of the Department of Transportation, that reflects the anticipated
growth of the airport during at least the next 20 years. In
formulating an airport land use compatibility plan, the commission
may develop height restrictions on buildings, specify use of land,
and determine building standards, including soundproofing adjacent to
airports, within the airport influence area. The airport land use
compatibility plan shall be reviewed as often as necessary in order
to accomplish its purposes, but shall not be amended more than once
in any calendar year.
(b) (1) The commission shall include, within its airport land use
compatibility plan formulated pursuant to subdivision (a), the area
within the jurisdiction of the commission surrounding any military
airport for all of the purposes specified in subdivision (a).
(2) If for a military airport within the jurisdiction of the
commission, a military Air Installation Compatible Use Zone was
adopted on or after January 1, 2012, pursuant to
a public process that provided for reasonable public comment and
participation, including a public process that resulted in
adoption of an environmental impact statement pursuant to the
federal National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(Chapter 55 (commencing with Section 4321) of Title 42 of the United
States Code) (42 U.S.C. Sec. 4321 et seq.), as amended
, the airport land use compatibility plan shall be consistent
with the safety and noise standards in the Air Installation
Compatible Use Zone prepared for that military airport.
(3) If a military Air Installation Compatible Use Zone was adopted
without a public process that provided for reasonable
public comment and participation as described in
paragraph ( 2) , the requirements of paragraph (2)
are inapplicable.
(4) This subdivision does not give the commission any jurisdiction
or authority over the territory or operations of any military
airport.
(c) The airport influence area shall be established by the
commission after hearing and consultation with the involved agencies.
(d) The commission shall submit to the Division of Aeronautics of
the department one copy of the airport land use compatibility plan
and each amendment to the plan.
(e) If an airport land use compatibility plan does not include the
matters required to be included pursuant to this article, the
Division of Aeronautics of the department shall notify the commission
responsible for the plan.
