Current Status Introducing Body:House Bill Number:4951 Primary Sponsor:Cromer Committee Number:21 Type of Legislation:GB Subject:Aeronautics Division of Commerce Department Residing Body:House Current Committee:Education and Public Works Computer Document Number:JIC/5814HTC.94 Introduced Date:19940322 Last History Body:House Last History Date:19940322 Last History Type:Introduced, read first time, referred to Committee Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Cromer Type of Legislation:General Bill
Bill Body Date Action Description CMN Leg Involved
____ ______ ____________ ______________________________ ___ ____________
4951 House 19940322 Introduced, read first time, 21
referred to Committee
View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.
TO AMEND SECTION 55-5-70, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE DUTIES AND POWERS OF THE AERONAUTICS DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, SO AS TO REVISE THE DIVISION'S AUTHORITY; TO PROVIDE FOR A STUDY OF SHUTTLE FLIGHTS, TO TRANSFER CERTAIN AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE FUNDS FOR THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA TO THE AERONAUTICS DIVISION, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE SALE OF ONE STATE AIRCRAFT AND DISPOSE OF THE PROCEEDS OF THE SALE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 55-5-70 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Section 1289, Act 181 of 1993, is further amended to read:
"Section 55-5-70. (A) The division shall foster air commerce within the State and the division shall have has supervision over the aeronautical activities and facilities within the State. Such The authority shall include includes supervision and control over all fixed-wing aircraft owned, operated, and maintained by the State, its departments and agencies, airports, landing fields, landing strips, air instruction, air parking, air beacons, and all other air navigation facilities. Accordingly, the division may prescribe such reasonable rules and regulations as it may deem necessary and advisable for the public safety and for the promotion of aeronautics governing:
(1) state aircraft, except fixed-wing aircraft used for state law enforcement and aircraft purchased, operated, and maintained by public college or university athletic departments;
(2) the designing, laying out, location, building, equipping, operation, and use of all airports, landing fields or landing strips.;
(3) The division may further prescribe such reasonable rules and regulations as it may deem necessary governing the curriculum, equipment, personnel, and operation, and management of all air instruction, for the purpose of protecting to protect the health and safety of students receiving or to receive such instruction and insuring, so far as may be, ensuring the public safety through the proper training and instruction of student aviators.;
(4) The division may further prescribe such reasonable rules and regulations as it may deem necessary and advisable for the public safety and the safety of those engaged in aeronautics and for the promotion of aeronautics governing the establishment, location, maintenance, and operation of all air markings, air beacons, and other air navigation facilities.; and
(5) The division may further prescribe such reasonable air traffic rules and regulations as it shall deem necessary for public safety and the safety of those engaged in aeronautics and for the promotion of aeronautics;. provided, however, that no rules or regulations
Regulations prescribed by the division under the authority of this section shall be must not be inconsistent with the then current federal legislation governing aeronautics and the regulations duly promulgated thereunder under federal law.
(B) Notwithstanding the provision of this section, any fixed-wing aircraft used by the Medical University of South Carolina for official business shall remain based in Charleston for MUSC's exclusive use."
SECTION 2. The Aeronautics Division shall conduct a study to examine the feasibility and potential cost savings of providing shuttle flights in state-owned aircraft to frequently traveled destinations. The division shall report its findings to the General Assembly through the House Ways and Means and Senate Finance Committees by January 1, 1995. The study must be funded from appropriations to the division.
SECTION 3. The Medical University of South Carolina shall transfer all related overhead, operating, maintenance, and support funds to the Aeronautics Division.
SECTION 4. The Aeronautics Division shall reduce by one the number of state-owned aircraft immediately upon acquisition of jurisdiction over these aircraft as provided in Section 55-5-70 of the 1976 Code as amended by this act. Proceeds from the sale of the aircraft must be expended for the division's maintenance programs and for the cost of the study provided for in Section 2 of this act.
SECTION 5. This act takes effect July 1, 1994.