PRINTER'S NO. 1445
No. 1154 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY BOSCOLA, MELLOW, O'PAKE, COSTA, MUSTO, ERICKSON
AND KASUNIC, OCTOBER 16, 2001
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, OCTOBER 16, 2001
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 74 (Transportation) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, providing for Commercial Airport
3 Security Enhancement Grant Program; and making an
4 appropriation.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Chapter 61 of Title 74 of the Pennsylvania
8 Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subchapter to read:
9 SUBCHAPTER F
10 COMMERCIAL AIRPORT SECURITY ENHANCEMENT
11 GRANT PROGRAM
12 Sec.
13 6171. Short title of subchapter.
14 6172. Definitions.
15 6173. Establishment.
16 6174. Award of grants.
17 6175. Administration.
18 6176. Report to General Assembly.
1 § 6171. Short title of subchapter.
2 This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the
3 Commercial Airport Security Enhancement Grant Program Act.
4 § 6172. Definitions.
5 The following words and phrases when used in this subchapter
6 shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
7 context clearly indicates otherwise:
8 "Commercial airport." A scheduled service public airport
9 which is located in this Commonwealth.
10 "Commercial airport security." All measures, methods and
11 procedures required by Federal statute and regulation for the
12 security and protection of passengers, airport and airline
13 personnel and facilities at commercial airports, including the
14 requirements under 49 U.S.C. Ch. 449 (relating to security) and
15 any regulations promulgated thereunder.
16 "Grant." A commercial airport security enhancement grant, as
17 established in section 6173 (relating to establishment).
18 "Grant applicant." An owner or operator of a commercial
19 airport that applied for a grant under this subchapter.
20 "Grant recipient." An owner or operator of a commercial
21 airport that received a grant under this subchapter.
22 "Scheduled service public airport." A public airport that
23 has:
24 (1) A paved runway.
25 (2) A runway lighting system.
26 (3) A precision instrument landing system.
27 (4) Passenger handling capabilities.
28 § 6173. Establishment.
29 The Commercial Airport Security Enhancement Grant Program is
30 hereby established and shall be administered by the department.
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1 Grants provided under this program shall be used to improve and
2 enhance the commercial airport security in this Commonwealth.
3 § 6174. Award of grants.
4 (a) Purpose.--The department is hereby authorized to make a
5 one-time grant award from the Aviation Restricted Account to
6 every commercial airport in this Commonwealth that properly
7 applies for a grant.
8 (b) Amount.--Grants shall equal $1,000,000 per commercial
9 airport.
10 (c) Grant application.--
11 (1) The department shall provide applications for grants
12 under this subchapter to the owner or operator of every
13 commercial airport in this Commonwealth no later than 60 days
14 following the effective date of this section.
15 (2) The grant application shall include information
16 regarding the grant applicant's intended uses for the grant.
17 The grant application shall include:
18 (i) Information on how the intended uses of the
19 grant will comply with Federal requirements for
20 commercial airport security.
21 (ii) A summary of the applicable Federal
22 requirements for commercial airport security addressed in
23 subparagraph (i).
24 (iii) Any other information required by the
25 department.
26 (3) The completed grant application shall be submitted
27 to the department no later than 120 days after the effective
28 date of this section.
29 (d) Award of grants.--The department shall award a grant to
30 a grant applicant that submitted a timely and completed grant
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1 application to the department. The department shall award all
2 grants no later than 180 days after the effective date of this
3 section.
4 (e) Grant utilization.--
5 (1) The department shall provide a grant utilization
6 form to grant recipients for the purpose of reporting to the
7 department how the funds were utilized to improve and enhance
8 the security of the commercial airport. The department shall
9 provide grant utilization forms to the grant recipients no
10 later than 240 days after the effective date of this section.
11 The form shall include information relating to:
12 (i) How the grant recipient utilized the grant for
13 the purpose of improving and enhancing commercial airport
14 security.
15 (ii) The percentage of the grant that remains
16 unallocated or nonutilized for commercial airport
17 security as of the date of the receipt of the grant
18 utilization form.
19 (iii) Any commercial airport security requirements
20 remaining that cannot be undertaken by a commercial
21 airport due to insufficient funding.
22 (iv) Any other information required by the
23 department.
24 (2) Grant recipients shall complete the grant
25 utilization form and submit it to the department no later
26 than one year after the effective date of this section.
27 § 6175. Administration.
28 The department shall establish guidelines, procedures, forms
29 and all applications necessary for the implementation of the
30 program, including the grant utilization form. The department
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1 shall submit the guidelines, procedures, forms and applications
2 to the Legislative Reference Bureau for publication in the
3 Pennsylvania Bulletin and Pennsylvania Code no later than 45
4 days after the effective date of this section.
5 § 6176. Report to General Assembly.
6 (a) Initial.--The department shall submit a report to the
7 Governor and the chair and minority chair of the Transportation
8 Committee of the Senate and the chair and minority chair of the
9 Transportation Committee of the House of Representatives, no
10 later than 180 days after the effective date of this section,
11 that includes:
12 (1) The total number of applications received by the
13 program established under this subchapter.
14 (2) A summary of security requirements as established by
15 Federal statute and regulation prior to the effective date of
16 this section.
17 (3) A summary of the intended uses for the grant, as
18 reported by the grant applicants for the grants.
19 (b) Subsequent.--The department shall submit a subsequent
20 report to the Governor and the chair and minority chair of the
21 Transportation Committee of the Senate and the chair and
22 minority chair of the Transportation Committee of the House of
23 Representatives, no later than 425 days after the effective date
24 of this section, that includes information relating to:
25 (1) The total number of applications received by the
26 program established under this subchapter.
27 (2) Commercial airport security requirements as
28 established by Federal statute and regulation.
29 (3) The actual uses for the grant, as reported by the
30 grant recipients.
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1 (4) The manner in which of the grant assisted the
2 commercial airports to fully comply with Federal requirements
3 for commercial airport security.
4 (5) Any remaining deficiencies in the commercial
5 airports' compliance with Federal requirements for commercial
6 airport security.
7 (6) Any additional information required by the
8 department.
9 Section 2. The sum of $16,000,000, or as much thereof as may
10 be necessary, is hereby appropriated to the Aviation Restricted
11 Account to carry out the provisions of 74 Pa.C.S. Ch. 61 Subch.
12 F.
13 Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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