BILL NUMBER: AB 1407	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 13, 2008
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 19, 2008
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 6, 2008
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 1, 2008
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 17, 2008
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 4, 2008
	AMENDED IN SENATE  FEBRUARY 13, 2008

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Lieu
   (Coauthor: Senator Oropeza)

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2007

   An act to add Section 21665 to the Public Utilities Code, relating
to aviation.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1407, Lieu. Airports: delayed flights: runway incursions.
   (1) The State Aeronautics Act makes it unlawful for any person to
operate an airport unless an appropriate permit has been issued by
the Department of Transportation and not been subsequently revoked.
Violations of the act are a crime.
   This bill would require certain airports to publish on the airport'
s Internet Web site a list of all frequently delayed flights and
runway incursions at the airport, except as specified. Because
violations of these requirements would be a crime, this bill would
impose a state-mandated local program.
   (2) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse
local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   SECTION 1.  Section 21665 is added to the Public Utilities Code,
to read:
   21665.  (a) An airport shall publish and update monthly on the
airport's Internet Web site both of the following:
   (1) A list of all frequently delayed flights. For the purposes of
this paragraph, "frequently delayed flights" means those flight
routes or types delayed by 15 minutes or more, at least 70 percent of
the time, during a three-month period.
   (2) A list of all runway incursions that have occurred at the
airport in the prior 10 years, not including runway incursions before
January 1, 2009. For the purposes of this paragraph, "runway
incursion" means any occurrence at an airport involving the incorrect
presence of an aircraft, vehicle, or person on the protected area of
a surface designated for the landing and takeoff of aircraft.
   (b) Except as provided in paragraphs (1) and (2), the information
required by subdivision (a) shall be placed prominently on the
airport's Internet Web site so that customers may easily access that
information.
   (1) An airport may, instead of directly providing the information
required by subdivision (a) relating to frequently delayed flights,
provide links to other Internet Web sites that provide the same
information, including, but not limited to, the United States
Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics'
Internet Web site.
   (2) An airport may wait up to 30 days after the Federal Aviation
Administration has released information about the severity of the
runway incursion before listing the runway incursion on its Internet
Web site. If there is another Internet Web site after January 1,
2009, that provides the same information that is required by
paragraph (2) of subdivision (a), an airport meets the requirements
of paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) if it provides a link to that
other Internet Web site.
   (c) An airport is not in violation of the requirements of this
section, if the airport does not have the information described in
subdivision (a).
   (d) "Airport" for the purposes of this section means an air
carrier airport as defined in Section 47102 of Title 49 of the United
States Code that serves at least one million passengers per year.
  SEC. 2.  The provisions of this act are severable. If any provision
of this act or its application is held invalid, that invalidity
shall not affect other provisions or applications that can be given
effect without the invalid provision or application.
  SEC. 3.  No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because
the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school
district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or
infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty
for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the
Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the
meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
Constitution.