AERONAUTICS CODE H.B. 5257 (S-1): FLOOR ANALYSIS
House Bill 5257 (Substitute S-1 as reported by the Committee of the Whole) Sponsor: Representative Michael Nye
House Committee: Transportation
Senate Committee: Transportation and Tourism
The bill would amend the Aeronautics Code to switch to a calendar year for purposes of the registration and licensure of persons regulated under the Code; specify a $25 initial license fee and a $10 annual license renewal fee for flight schools; allow the Aeronautics Commission to cause an aircraft to be inspected at any time to determine its compliance with the registration requirements of the Code; detail the duties and responsibility of airport managers, and owners, operators and pilots of aircraft; specify aeronautical traffic rules such as the minimum distance required between aircraft and between aircraft and the ground; provide for the licensing and regulation of flight schools and public use facilities; provide for the licensing of aeronautical facilities as basic utility airports, general utility airports, air carrier airports, seaplane bases, heliports, and hospital heliports; and provide for the suspension or revocation of a license, certificate or letter of authority for counterfeiting or falsifying documents, violating a condition of a license or letter of authority, failing to render required reports, maintain minimum standards, comply with commission rules, or abate a hazard, or, as a flight instructor, committing an act that was contrary to public safety or to the proper training of students in a flight school.
Further, the bill would repeal sections of the Code governing airspace reservations, decal plates, certificates of public convenience and necessity, landing areas for emergency public use, Capital City Airport revenue bonds, aviation instructors, aviation schools, inspection of aircraft, annual registration for aeronautical facilities, and certificates of competency.
MCL 259.2 et al. Legislative Analyst: L. Burghardt
The bill would have no fiscal impact on State or local government.
Date Completed: 5-29-96 Fiscal Analyst: B. Bowerman
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This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.