§802. Methodology for airport project evaluation
A.(1) Applications for funding of any airport construction or development project may be submitted by any airport authority, except as provided in R.S. 2:806. However, to be eligible for state funding from the Airport Construction and Development Priority Program for an airport project, an airport authority located in a political subdivision which has adopted airport zoning regulations, shall certify to the Department of Transportation and Development that the political subdivision's regulations are in compliance with United States Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, advisory circulars, orders, regulations, safety guidelines, recommendations, or other official documents that have been issued for the purpose of ensuring aviation safety and compatible land use. Equal consideration shall be given to rural aviation and commercial urban aviation. Applications shall be made to the Department of Transportation and Development by November first of each year, for consideration of funding in the following fiscal year. Applications submitted in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter shall not be subject to the provisions of R.S. 39:104, 111, 114, and 121. Information to be provided in the application shall include but not be limited to the following:
(a) Description of the project and demonstration of immediate need for the project.
(b) Preliminary project design and cost estimate.
(c) Description of project area.
(2) Project applications shall not be subjected to formal review and evaluation until the information required in the application has been submitted.
(3) Projects being funded on August 15, 2010, and projects on the proposed Airport Priority Program for FY 2010-2011 on August 15, 2010, are exempt from the requirements of this Subsection.
B. Applications shall be reviewed by the department and any other appropriate state agencies.
C. Procedures for review and evaluation shall be developed by the department. Prior to implementing the review and evaluation procedures, the department shall secure the approval of these procedures by the joint committee in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act. The procedures and a set of guidelines for completing project applications shall be made available to eligible airport authorities prior to September 1, 1989.
Acts 1989, No. 451, §1, eff. June 30, 1989; Acts 2010, No. 800, §1.
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