SB 236 — AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CONNECTICUT AIRPORT AUTHORITY REGARDING THE LICENSURE AND REGISTRATION OF AIRPORTS AND OTHER AIR NAVIGATION FACILITIES.

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342236 February Session, 2026 SubstituteAN SenateACT BillIMPLEMENTING No.THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CONNECTICUT AIRPORT AUTHORITY REGARDING THE LICENSURE AND REGISTRATION OF AIRPORTS AND OTHER AIR NAVIGATION FACILITIES.

236 Senate, April 2, 2026 The Committee on Transportation reported through SEN.

COHEN of the 12th Dist., Chairperson of the Committee on the part of the Senate, that the substitute bill ought to pass.

AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CONNECTICUT AIRPORT AUTHORITY REGARDING THE LICENSURE AND REGISTRATION OF AIRPORTS AND OTHER AIR NAVIGATION FACILITIES.

Any proposed airport, heliport, vertiport, restricted landing area or other air navigation facility sSB236at /which Filemore No.than thirty-six landings and takeoffs are expected to be made by aircraft in any year shall be approved by the executive director before it shall be licensed to be used or operated.

342The executive director shall make no charge for approval certificates of proposed property acquisition for airport, heliport, vertiport or restricted landing area LCO 1 sSB236of File4 Substitute Bill No.

342236 atpurposes. which more than thirty-six landings and takeoffs are expected to be made by aircraft in any year shall be approved by the executive director before it shall be licensed to be used or operated.

The executive director shall make no charge for approval certificates of proposed property acquisition for airport, heliport, vertiport or restricted landing area purposes.

Each registrant shall certify, on a form provided by the executive director, (A) that the registered facility shall comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations during the registration period, and (B) that there will be thirty-six or fewer landings and sSB236takeoffs /by Fileaircraft No.at such facility in any year during the registration period.

342Any airport, heliport, vertiport, restricted landing area or other air navigation facility at which thirty-six or fewer landings and takeoffs are expected to be made by aircraft in any year shall be registered with the executive director pursuant to this subsection before it is to be used LCO 2 sSB236of File4 Substitute Bill No.

342236 takeoffsor byoperated. aircraft at such facility in any year during the registration period.

Any airport, heliport, vertiport, restricted landing area or other air navigation facility at which thirty-six or fewer landings and takeoffs are expected to be made by aircraft in any year shall be registered with the executive director pursuant to this subsection before it is to be used or operated.

Section 1 October 1, 2026 13b-46 sSB236TRA /Joint FileFavorable No.Subst.

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342236 StatementLCO 4 of Legislative4 Commissioners:

In Subsec.

(b), "airports, heliports, vertiports, restricted landing areas and other air navigation facilities" was changed to the singular for consistency, and in Subsec.

(d), "was not made" was changed to "has not been issued by the executive director" for clarity and "the provisions of" was inserted after "violates" for consistency with standard drafting conventions.

TRA Joint Favorable Subst.

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342 The following Fiscal Impact Statement and Bill Analysis are prepared for the benefit of the members of the General Assembly, solely for purposes of information, summarization and explanation and do not represent the intent of the General Assembly or either chamber thereof for any purpose.

In general, fiscal impacts are based upon a variety of informational sources, including the analyst’s professional knowledge.

Whenever applicable, agency data is consulted as part of the analysis, however final products do not necessarily reflect an assessment from any specific department.

OFA Fiscal Note State Impact:

Agency Affected Fund-Effect FY 27 $ FY 28 $ CT Airport Authority General Approximately Approximately Aviation 3,750 5,000 Airports Enterprise Fund - Revenue Gain Judicial Dept.

(Probation) GF - Potential Minimal Minimal Cost Resources of the General GF - Potential Minimal Minimal Fund Revenue Gain Note:

GF=General Fund Municipal Impact:

None Explanation The bill results in revenue gain of approximately $3,750 in FY 27 and approximately $5,000 in FY 28 and annually thereafter to the Connecticut Airport Authority by making the following changes to aviation facility fees:

(1) establishing a new $100 registration fee for the approximately 34 smaller facilities in the state, and (2) increasing the existing license fee from $150 to $300 for the approximately 67 larger facilities in the state.

The bill also creates a new misdemeanor for operating a facility in violation of the bill's registration requirement, which results in a Both the registrations and licenses are effective for three years, and this estimate assumes that a roughly equal number of applications and renewals occur each year.

The lower amount for FY 27 is due to the October 1, 2026, effective date.

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342 potential cost to the Judicial Department for probation and a potential revenue gain to the General Fund from fines.

On average, the marginal cost for supervision in the community is less than $600 each year for adults and $450 each year for juveniles.

The Out Years The annualized ongoing fiscal impact identified above would continue into the future subject to the number of aviation facilities registered or licensed in the state, the number of offenses.

Probation marginal cost is based on services provided by private providers and only includes costs that increase with each additional participant.

This does not include a cost for additional supervision by a probation officer unless a new offense is anticipated to result in enough additional offenders to require additional probation officers.