00SENATE BILL NO. 148                                                                                                   
01 "An Act imposing landing fees at state owned and operated airports; and                                                 
02 providing for an effective date."                                                                                       
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
04    * Section 1.  AS 02.15 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                 
05  Sec. 02.15.085.  Airport landing fees.  (a)  At an airport owned and operated                                     
06 by the state and certificated by the Federal Aviation Administration under 14 C.F.R.                                    
07 Part 139, other than an international airport, a landing fee of 50 cents per 1,000 pounds                               
08 of certificated maximum gross takeoff weight is imposed for each landing by an                                          
09 aircraft that weights 6,000 pounds or more.  This subsection does not apply to an                                       
10 aircraft                                                                                                                
11   (1)  owned and operated, or leased and operated, by the state or the                                                 
12 United States;                                                                                                          
13   (2)  engaged in touch-and-go flight training;                                                                        
14   (3)  engaged in maintenance test flights;                                                                            

01   (4)  that after takeoff  returns immediately to the same airport because                                             
02 of mechanical, weather, or other precautionary reasons;                                                                 
03   (5)  that lands or takes off from a body of water within the boundaries                                              
04 of the airport;                                                                                                         
05   (6)  that is a helicopter, except a helicopter with a certificated maximum                                           
06 gross takeoff weight of 6,000 pounds or more; or                                                                        
07   (7)  that is engaged in nonrevenue flights required by the Federal                                                   
08 Aviation Administration for pilot training or air route approval.                                                       
09  (b)  For purposes of this section, an aircraft's certificated maximum gross                                           
10 takeoff weight must be rounded up to the next higher 1,000 pound level.                                                 
11  (c)  The department shall adopt regulations to implement this section.                                                
12    * Sec. 2.  This Act takes effect July 1, 1999.