103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB3422

 

Introduced 2/8/2024, by Sen. Christopher Belt

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
30 ILCS 105/6z-20.1

    Amends the State Finance Act. In relation to grants to units of local government from the State Aviation Program Fund based on enplanements, total cargo, and airport operations, provides that airport operations shall be measured based on 12 calendar months of actual air traffic movements at towered airports and through Terminal Area Forecast (TAF) data published by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for non-towered airports.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning finance.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by changing
5Section 6z-20.1 as follows:
 
6    (30 ILCS 105/6z-20.1)
7    Sec. 6z-20.1. The State Aviation Program Fund and the
8Sound-Reducing Windows and Doors Replacement Fund.
9    (a) The State Aviation Program Fund is created in the
10State Treasury. Moneys in the Fund shall be used by the
11Department of Transportation for the purposes of administering
12a State Aviation Program. Subject to appropriation, the moneys
13shall be used for the purpose of distributing grants to units
14of local government to be used for airport-related purposes.
15Grants to units of local government from the Fund shall be
16distributed proportionately based on equal part enplanements,
17total cargo, and airport operations. Airport operations shall
18be measured based on 12 calendar months of actual air traffic
19movements at towered airports and through Terminal Area
20Forecast (TAF) data published by the Federal Aviation
21Administration (FAA) for non-towered airports. With regard to
22enplanements that occur within a municipality with a
23population of over 500,000, grants shall be distributed only

 

 

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1to the municipality.
2    (b) For grants to a unit of government other than a
3municipality with a population of more than 500,000,
4"airport-related purposes" means the capital or operating
5costs of: (1) an airport; (2) a local airport system; or (3)
6any other local facility that is owned or operated by the
7person or entity that owns or operates the airport that is
8directly and substantially related to the air transportation
9of passengers or property as provided in 49 U.S.C. 47133,
10including (i) the replacement of sound-reducing windows and
11doors installed under the Residential Sound Insulation Program
12and (ii) in-home air quality monitoring testing in residences
13in which windows or doors were installed under the Residential
14Sound Insulation Program.
15    (c) For grants to a municipality with a population of more
16than 500,000, "airport-related purposes" means the capital
17costs of: (1) an airport; (2) a local airport system; or (3)
18any other local facility that (i) is owned or operated by a
19person or entity that owns or operates an airport and (ii) is
20directly and substantially related to the air transportation
21of passengers or property, as provided in 49 U.S.C. 47133. For
22grants to a municipality with a population of more than
23500,000, "airport-related purposes" also means costs,
24including administrative costs, associated with the
25replacement of sound-reducing windows and doors installed
26under the Residential Sound Insulation Program.

 

 

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1    (d) In each State fiscal year, $9,500,000 attributable to
2a municipality with a population of more than 500,000, as
3provided in subsection (a) of this Section, shall be
4transferred to the Sound-Reducing Windows and Doors
5Replacement Fund, a special fund created in the State
6Treasury. Subject to appropriation, the moneys in the Fund
7shall be used solely for costs, including administrative
8costs, associated with the mechanical repairs and the
9replacement of sound-reducing windows and doors installed
10under the Residential Sound Insulation Program. Any amounts
11attributable to a municipality with a population of more than
12500,000 in excess of $7,500,000 in each State fiscal year
13shall be distributed among the airports in that municipality
14based on the same formula as prescribed in subsection (a) to be
15used for airport-related purposes.
16(Source: P.A. 103-8, eff. 7-1-23.)