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ID H0117
Bill
Status
3/21/2013
Primary Sponsor
Transportation and Defense Committee
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AI Summary
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Removes pilot registration requirements and associated $12.00 biennial fee while maintaining aircraft registration requirements.
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Establishes that aerial search operations for lost aircraft and airmen shall be coordinated by the Department of Aeronautics under direction of the chief of the bureau of homeland security within the military division.
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Revises aircraft registration fees to one cent (1¢) per pound of manufacturer's certified maximum gross weight, not to exceed $200 per aircraft, and provides that this fee shall be in lieu of all personal property taxes on aircraft.
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Clarifies that non-airworthy aircraft not operated during the registration year are not required to register but may be registered at the owner's discretion in lieu of personal property tax.
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Modifies manufacturer and dealer registration to allow decals to be transferred between aircraft only for sales demonstration, ferry, or test flights, and establishes a $40.00 registration certificate fee plus $1.00 per identifying decal.
Legislative Description
Amends existing law relating to aeronautics to revise a definition; to establish provisions relating to aerial search operations; to remove language relating to pilot registration, to revise provisions relating to certain fees and certain aircraft registration, to establish provisions relating to personal property tax, to revise provisions relating to certain decals and to the requirement for registration and issuance of certificates, to revise provisions relating to exemptions and to revise provisions relating to the transfer of ownership of an aircraft.
AERONAUTICS
Last Action
Reported Signed by Governor on March 21, 2013 Session Law Chapter 107 Effective: 07/01/13
3/21/2013