BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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Date of Hearing: April 28, 2016
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
Gordon, Chair
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114 (Fuller) - As Introduced February 23, 2016
SENATE VOTE: 39-0
SUBJECT: Aviation Awareness Month
SUMMARY: Designates the month of April 2016 as Aviation
Awareness Month. Specifically, this resolution makes the
following legislative findings:
1)General aviation in America supports more than 1.2 million
jobs, many of them in small and medium-sized businesses, and
generates $150 billion in economic activity.
2)General aviation aircraft are used around the clock by law
enforcement officers, medical professionals, disaster relief
personnel, and others to reach people in need; and they are
also used by researchers to gather data and map terrain in
efforts to help governments, businesses, and nongovernmental
organizations improve and protect the quality of life.
3)America's agriculture industry uses general aviation in its
efforts to feed and clothe a hungry world; and the nation's
public utilities use general aviation to install and maintain
infrastructure vital to keeping the nation functioning.
4)Insufficient funding of Federal Aviation Administration
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operations and airport and airspace infrastructure imposes
challenges on the ability of general aviation operators to
operate effectively.
5)Planning and zoning pressures and urban encroachment
contribute to reducing the number and availability of airports
throughout California and the United States, which annually
reduces the number of airports available to public and private
users.
FISCAL EFFECT: None
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION:
Support
None on file
Opposition
None on file
Analysis Prepared by:Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800