Summary of Original Version

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 183 to allow an air board that operates a commercial airport serving more than 1,000,000 passengers annually to utilize small purchase procedures established by the Federal Aviation Administration for purchases that do not exceed the simplified acquisition threshold identified in 2 C.F.R. sec. 200.88 and to purchase goods and services directly from vendors who maintain agreements with the General Services Administration; exempt these transactions from the requirements of KRS 45A.345 to 45A.460 and 424.260; amend KRS 82.084 to conform; amend KRS 183.525, regarding the Kentucky aviation economic development fund, to allow commercial airports to receive awards from the fund and require the Transportation Cabinet to report annually to the General Assembly through the Legislative Research Commission on expenditures from the fund; amend KRS 189.990 to increase monetary penalties for violations of the chapter; amend KRS 183.011, 183.012, and 183.120 to make technical corrections; repeal KRS 183.085, regarding an unmanned aviation facility map for commercial airports.

Summary of Amendment: Senate Committee Substitute 1

Summary Retain original provisions, except exempt qualified transactions from the requirements of KRS 45A.345 to 45A.460 and 424.260 only for purchases identified in KRS 82.084; amend KRS 82.084 to conform; amend KRS 183.525 to remove proposed language to allow commercial airports to receive awards from the Kentucky aviation economic development fund; amend KRS 189.990 to restore previously deleted language regarding penalties for violations of KRS 183.886; direct the Council on Postsecondary Education, in coordination with the Transportation Cabinet, to conduct a study to identify the procedures and resources necessary to establish a program at a public postsecondary education institution leading to a credential recognized by the Federal Aviation Administration for employment within the field of air traffic control or air traffic safety, to identify the public postsecondary education institutions with the capacity to support a program, to notify the president and governing bodies of the identified institutions, and to evaluate the potential for a Federal Aviation Administration Academy to be established at a public postsecondary education institution; require the approval and establishment of a program at a public postsecondary education institution by June 30, 2026.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 82.084, 183.525, 183.990, 183.011, 183.012, 183.120
Senate Committee Substitute 1: 82.084, 183.525, 183.990, 183.011, 183.012, 183.120