AB 737, as amended, Fox. Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development: unmanned aircraft systems: test sites.
Existing federal law, the Federal Aviation Administration Modernization and Reform Act of 2012, provides for the integration of civil unmanned aircraft systems into the national airspace system by September 30, 2015. Existing federal law requires the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to develop and implement operational and certification requirements for the operation of public unmanned aircraft systems in the national airspace system by December 31, 2015. Existing federal law requires the administrator to establish a program, as prescribed, to integrate unmanned aircraft systems into the national airspace system at 6 test sites. Pursuant to this requirement, the administrator announced a request for proposals from state and local governments to establish these test sites.
Existing law establishes the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development, under the control of a director who is responsible to the Governor, to serve as the Governor’s lead entity for economic strategy and the marketing of California on issues relating to business development, private sector investment, and economic growth. The office, among others, makes recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature regarding policies, programs, and actions to advance statewide economic goals.
This bill would require the director to prepare a proposal to establish a test site in California andbegin insert would authorize the directorend insert to consult withbegin delete an advisory commission and specified local governmentsend deletebegin insert
specified state departments and private entitiesend insert in developing the proposal. This bill would require a local government that submits a proposal to the FAA to also send a copy of the proposal to specified state entities, thereby imposing a state-mandated local program. This bill would require the director to submit the proposal to the FAA if a local government does not submit a proposal to the FAA by a specified date.begin insert The bill would create the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Test Site Account in the State Treasury to accept public and private contributions to the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development for the purposes of the bill, and would continuously appropriate the moneys in the account to the office to fund the development and completion of the application and designation process for a test site in California, with any moneys remaining in the account after test sites are
designated to be allocated by the office to the infrastructure and development of the test site in the event a test site is designated in California. The bill would provide that no moneys may be allocated after 2 years from the enactment of the bill.end insert
By requiring a local government to perform additional duties, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
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, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these statutory provisions.
This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Vote: 2⁄3.
Appropriation: begin deleteno end deletebegin insertyesend insert.
Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(a) California has experienced deeper and more sustained job losses in the aerospace manufacturing industry thanbegin insert hasend insert the rest of the countrybegin delete has in this industryend delete over the last two decades. From 1990 through 2012, payrolls in California’s aerospace manufacturing industry fell by 65.9 percent compared to a 34.6 percent decrease in the rest of the country and a 43.7 percent decrease in the country as a whole.
(b) In 2010, employment in California’s aerospace manufacturing industries totaled 109,700 jobs. Over three-fifths of these jobs were in the aerospace products and parts manufacturing sector, and the remainder were in the search, detection, guidance, aeronautical, and nautical systems and instruments manufacturing sector. The aerospace manufacturing industry paid wages totaling $10.7 billion in 2010. Nearly three out of every ten jobs in the American guided missiles and space vehicles manufacturing industry were located in California in 2010.
(c) On February 14, 2012, President Obama signed into law the Federal Aviation Modernization and Reform Act of 2012. The act requires the Federal Aviation Administration to designate six sites throughout the United States as unmanned aircraft systems test sites in order to safely integrate unmanned aircraft systems into the national airspace system.
(d) Unmanned aircraft systems represent one of the fastest growing segments of the aerospace industry. Given the potential for defense-related cutbacks currently under discussion at the national level, it is in California’s interest to pursue the location of an unmanned aircraft systems test site in California.
(e) The expanded use of unmanned aircraft systems represents a major step in aviation innovation and will present economic opportunities for the communities that are selected for these test sites and for the aerospace industry.
(f) A study conducted by the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International indicates that the industry has the potential to create 100,000 jobs in the provision of unmanned aircraft in the two largest markets for unmanned aircraft, namely agriculture and public safety.
(g) California has a well-established and highly developed aerospace industry that has a skilled and experienced workforce and a tradition of entrepreneurship and innovation.
(h) California has a network of educational and research institutions that has helped foster innovation in the aerospace industry and develop a high technology sector.
(i) Aerospace manufacturing jobs are high-paying jobs providing liveable wages that spur economic growth.
(j) The development of a coordinated proposal for California to establish an unmanned aircraft systems test site can be accomplished only by bringing together advocates, policymakers, industry, local governments, and the public to address concerns, obtain information, research issues, and evaluate alternative proposals.
Article 7 (commencing with Section 12100.1) is added to Chapter 1.6 of Part 2 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, to read:
(a) The director shall prepare a proposal to establish an unmanned aircraft systems test site in California according to the directions contained in the Federal Aviation Administration’s Screening Information Request DTFACT-13-R-00002. The director shall complete the preparation of this proposal no later than Aprilbegin delete 15end deletebegin insert 26end insert, 2013.
(b) In preparing a proposal, the directorbegin delete shallend deletebegin insert
mayend insert consult with thebegin delete advisory commission established in Section 12100.2 and with local governments that have demonstrated an interest in establishing a test site.end deletebegin insert following departments and private entities:end insert
begin insert(1)end insertbegin insert end insertbegin insertThe Office of Planning and Research.end insert
begin insert(2) The Military Department.
end insertbegin insert(3) The Department of Veterans Affairs.
end insertbegin insert(4) The Employment Development Department.
end insertbegin insert(5) The Department of Transportation.
end insertbegin insert(6) Representatives of the aerospace industry.
end insertbegin insert(7) The California Unmanned Aircraft Systems Portal Consortium.
end insert(a) The Advisory Commission on Unmanned Aircraft Systems is hereby established to advise the director on a proposal to establish a test site in California.
(b) The commission shall consist of nine members who shall be appointed as follows:
(1) The Office of Planning and Research shall appoint one member from its agency.
(2) The Military Department shall appoint one member from its agency.
(3) The Department of Veterans Affairs shall appoint one member from its agency.
(4) The Employment Development Department shall appoint one member from its agency.
(5) The Department of Transportation shall appoint one member from its agency.
(6) The director shall appoint four representatives from the aerospace industry as follows:
(A) One member who is employed by an aerospace company in a capacity relating to supply chain management.
(B) One member from an aerospace company that conducts its business internationally.
(C) One member from an aerospace company that has its headquarters in California.
(D) One member from the California Unmanned Aircraft Systems Portal Consortium.
A local government that submits a proposal to establish a test site to the Federal Aviation Administration shall also send a copy of the proposal to the director, the Governor, the Assembly Select Committee on Aerospace, and the Senate Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications.
If a local government does not submit a proposal to the Federal Aviation Administration by Aprilbegin delete 15end deletebegin insert 26end insert, 2013, the director shall submit the proposal developed pursuant to Section 12100.1 to the Federal Aviation Administration on or before May 6, 2013.
The Unmanned Aircraft Systems Test Site Account is hereby created in the State Treasury. The purpose of the account is to accept public and private contributions to the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development for the purposes of this article. The moneys in the account are continuously appropriated to the office to fund the development and completion of the application and designation process for a test site in California. Any moneys remaining in the account after test sites are designated may be allocated by the office to the infrastructure and development of the test site in the event a test site is designated in California. However, no moneys may be allocated from the account for any purpose after a period of two years from the date that the bill enacting this section in the 2013-14 Regular Session of the Legislature was enacted.
If the Commission on State Mandates determines that
13this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to
14local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made
15pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division
164 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
This act is an urgency statute necessary for the
18immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within
19the meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into
20immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
21In order to develop a coordinated proposal to establish an
22unmanned aircraft systems test site in California before the deadline
23set by the Federal Aviation Administration, it is necessary that this
24act take effect immediately.
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