00CS FOR HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 3(FIN)                                                                         
01 Relating to use of passenger facility charges at the Anchorage International                                            
02 Airport on aircraft with a seating capacity of 60 or more passengers.                                                   
03 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                              
04  WHEREAS the Anchorage International Airport is economically important for Alaska,                                    
05 providing 12,000 jobs and $400,000,000 of payroll; and                                                                  
06  WHEREAS the Anchorage International Airport is the air traffic center for Alaska,                                    
07 serving the needs of all Alaskans and serving as the gateway for hundreds of thousands of                               
08 visitors each year; and                                                                                                 
09  WHEREAS the Anchorage International Airport is a vital air transportation link                                       
10 between North America, Europe, and the Pacific Rim with over 20,000 international cargo                                 
11 landings a year; and                                                                                                    
12  WHEREAS the Congress passed the Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of                                        
13 1990 authorizing the use of a Passenger Facility Charge that has since been implemented by                              
14 more than 300 airports nationwide; and                                                                                  

01  WHEREAS Passenger Facility Charges are an important source of capital funds                                          
02 needed to repair, upgrade, and improve airport facilities; and                                                          
03  WHEREAS it is the legislature's intent that Passenger Facility Charges be used to                                    
04 repay the bonded indebtedness of the Anchorage International Airport; and                                               
05  WHEREAS a substantial amount of the Passenger Facility Charges now paid by many                                      
06 Alaska travelers to airports in other states could be retained for use in Alaska if there were                          
07 a Passenger Facility Charge at the Anchorage International Airport;                                                     
08  BE IT RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature respectfully requests the                                           
09 Governor to direct the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities to apply to the                               
10 Federal Aviation Administration for the authority to implement a Passenger Facility Charge                              
11 program at the Anchorage International Airport on aircraft with a seating capacity of 60 or                             
12 more passengers.