SENATE BILL NO. 796

December 14, 2021, Introduced by Senators NESBITT and HERTEL and referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

A bill to amend 1945 PA 327, entitled

"Aeronautics code of the state of Michigan,"

(MCL 259.1 to 259.208) by adding section 206a.

the people of the state of michigan enact:

Sec. 206a. (1) Except as authorized by law, a county, city, village, or township shall not enact or adopt an ordinance, policy, or rule that relates to the ownership or operation of an advanced air mobility aircraft or advanced air mobility and shall not otherwise engage in the regulation or ownership of an advanced air mobility aircraft or advanced air mobility. Any ordinance, policy, or rule that violates this subsection, whether enacted or adopted by the county, city, village, or township before or after the effective date of this section, is void.

(2) As used in this section, "advanced air mobility" means a system that transports people and property by air between points in the United States using aircraft, including electric aircraft and electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, in both controlled and uncontrolled airspace.