BILL NUMBER: AJR 25	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	ADOPTED IN SENATE  AUGUST 6, 2012
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 26, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 14, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Feuer and Blumenfield
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Brownley, Butler, Cedillo, and Gatto)

   (Coauthors: Senators Lieu, Negrete McLeod, and Pavley)

                        JANUARY 24, 2012

   Relative to the Los Angeles Residential Helicopter Noise Relief
Act of 2011.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AJR 25, Feuer. Los Angeles Residential Helicopter Noise Relief Act
of 2011.
   This measure would urge the Congress to enact and the President to
sign the Los Angeles Residential Helicopter Noise Relief Act of
2011.



   WHEREAS, The absence of effective regulations for commercial
helicopter operations in the County of Los Angeles negatively impacts
the safety and quality of life of the county's residents; and
   WHEREAS, The State of California is preempted by federal law from
adopting altitude, flight path, and other necessary regulations to
mitigate the impacts of commercial helicopters; and
   WHEREAS, There is a lack of clarity as to the rulemaking authority
of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); and
   WHEREAS, Two companion measures in Congress, Senate Bill No. 2019
(S. 2019) and House Resolution No. 2677 (H.R. 2677), known as the Los
Angeles Residential Helicopter Noise Relief Act of 2011, would
require the Administrator of the FAA to prescribe regulations for
helicopter operations in the County of Los Angeles, that are needed
to address residents' concerns over safety, noise, and other
associated impacts; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly and the Senate of the State of
California, jointly, That the Legislature supports the Los Angeles
Residential Helicopter Noise Relief Act of 2011 (S. 2019 and H.R.
2677) and respectfully memorializes the Congress of the United States
to promptly pass and President Barack Obama to sign that
legislation; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the President and Vice President of the United
States, to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, to the
Majority Leader of the Senate, and to each Senator and Representative
from California in the Congress of the United States.