§ 14-H — Airport preservation

§ 14-h. Airport preservation. 1. In order to preserve and enhance the\nair transportation system of the state, the commissioner of\ntransportation is hereby authorized:\n a. To enter into an agreement with the operator of any privately-owned\nairport to pay on behalf of the state a share of the project costs of\nany project undertaken in accordance with the provisions of the federal\nairport and airway improvement program of the federal aviation\nadministration or any federal program hereafter enacted for the purpose\nof airport improvement.\n b. To utilize for this purpose any funds available for the\nacquisition, construction, reconstruction or improvement of airports or\naviation capital facilities, including but not limited to funds\navailable from the transportation capital facilities bond act of\nnineteen hundred sixty-seven and the rebuild New York through\ntransportation infrastructure renewal bond act of nineteen hundred\neighty-three. Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary,\nfor airports funded pursuant to this section, the owner of a municipal\nairport may, with the approval of the commissioner, contract directly\nwith the office of general services to provide for the removal of fuel\ntanks under such terms and conditions as set forth by the office of\ngeneral services, including provision for the deposit of funds of such\nairport with the state comptroller, who is authorized to receive and\naccept the same for the purposes of this paragraph, for expenditure on\nsuch project costs or, as appropriate, for the return of any excess\ndeposit to such airport, on vouchers approved by the office of general\nservices.\n c. To enter into any agreements necessary to effectuate the provisions\nof this section and to insure the availability to the public of any\nairport improved hereunder for the useful life of such improvement as\ndefined in section sixty-one of the state finance law.\n d. To receive applications for participation in this program by the\noperators of privately-owned airports determined by the commissioner to\nserve a public purpose and to establish standards governing the form,\ncontent and submission of such applications, including the requirement\nthat any application submitted under this section by the owner of a\nprivately-owned airport be accompanied by a resolution from the\ngoverning body of the municipality in which such airport is located\nformally endorsing the project for which state aid is requested.\n e. To do all things necessary, convenient or desirable to carry out\nthe purposes of this section.\n 2. The state share of any such improvement project undertaken with\nfederal assistance from the federal aviation administration shall be\nlimited to seventy-five percent of the non-federal share of such\napproved project.\n 3. Whenever a property owner intends to dispose of, sell, lease or\notherwise transfer any or all of its interest in an air transportation\nfacility and such disposal, sale, lease or transfer shall result in that\nfacility no longer having as its principal function aviation operations\nor support, such owner shall notify the department in writing of its\nintention to transfer such interest on or before ninety days prior to\nsuch transfer.\n