HB 377 — PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH, SAFETY & WELFARE

HOUSE TRANSPORTATION, PUBLIC WORKS AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL 377 5454TH THLEGISLATURE LEGISLATURE- STATE OF NEW MEXICO - STATEOFNEWMEXICO- SECOND SESSION , 2020 4This 6document 8incorporates 10amendments ANthat ACThave RELATINGbeen TOadopted THEduring PUBLICthe PEACE,current HEALTH,legislative SAFETYsession. AND WELFARE;

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[NEWh MATERIALr ]i SHORTs TITLE.--Thish act, mayt, beBE eIT tENACTED 17BY citedTHE asLEGISLATURE theOF "RuralTHE AirSTATE ServiceOF EnhancementNEW Act".MEXICO:

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[NEW MATERIAL]MATERIAL PURPOSE.--The] provisionSHORT andTITLE.--This =act =may 19be maintenancen ofd reliabled air service to rural municipalities and a l i a= e= ro 20h countiescited constitutesas the performance"Rural ofAir anService essentialEnhancement aAct". t m m 21 governmental function.

Thel purpose] of the Rural Air Service d r e 22 Enhancement Act is to provide assistance to airlines in the c e s k 23 establishment of regional air service for rural communities to e a n b 24,d andi from hub airports in the southwest United States through a uº [e grantSECTION program2. for air service to rural municipalities or .217393.1 HTPWC/HB 377 counties.

[NEW MATERIAL] PURPOSE.--The provision and r i = r t e w d m a n o maintenance of reliable air service to rural municipalities and d m :

b e d s º o t n = .217393.1AIC February 17, 2020 (9:17am) s k m e e a n e d r e l u [ A d HTPWC/HB 377 counties constitutes the performance of an essential governmental function.

The purpose of the Rural Air Service Enhancement Act is to provide assistance to Hflº airlines»Hfl Hflº communities»Hfl in the establishment of regional air service for rural communities to and from Hflº hub»Hfl airports in the southwest United States through a grant program for air service to rural municipalities or counties.

[NEW MATERIALMATERIAL] ] DEFINITIONS.--As used in the Rural Air Service Enhancement Act:

[NEW MATERIAL ] RURAL AIR SERVICE ENHANCEMENT h GRANT PROGRAM.-- g o t hr A.

The "rural air service enhancement grant g e i k program" is created in the division to be administered by the h r i s director.

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e u g e b l e e h (1) establish and publish deadlines and en ed 17d i = = o h guidelines for the submission of grant applications;

el e] nb d,d 18i a º e (2) develop procedures for receipt, review and =r i = lr ]t 19e w d m a n o approval of grant applications;

ad lm r: i 20 (3) receive, review and approve grant t e a t applications;

mb m 21 e d rs eº 22o (4)t monitorn municipalities'= and.217393.1AIC counties'February use17, c2020 e(9:17am) rs ck 23m ofe grant- money2 by- reviewing annual reports submitted to the e a n be 24d directorr toe ensurel thatu grants[ areA usedd consistentlyHTPWC/HB with377 the(3) ureceive, [review termsand ofapprove the grant awards;applications;

.217393.1(4) -monitor 2municipalities' -and HTPWC/HBcounties' 377use (5)of establish grant reportingmoney requirementsby thatreviewing meetannual reports submitted to the generaldirector purposeto ofensure that grants are used consistently with the Ruralterms Airof Servicethe Enhancementgrant Act;awards;

(5) establish grant reporting requirements that meet the general purpose of the Rural Air Service Enhancement Act;

The director shall award grants to applicants through a competitive process that may be based upon at least h g the following criteria:

o t hr (1) the demand for service on the proposed air g e i k h r routes;

i s h (2) the economic impact on the municipality or , t, e u g county of the proposed new air routes;

and e b l e e h (3) the feasibility of Hflº a common carrier en ed 17d i = = o h l ] b ,d licensed by the statestate»Hfl Hflºan airline»Hfl servicing i a º e r i = r proposed new air routes.

et e w d m a n o d 18m E.:

Applicantsb shalle meetd thes followingº minimumo =t n = l.217393.1AIC ]February 1917, criteria2020 to(9:17am) bes eligiblek form e - 3 - e a grant:n e d r e l u [ A d HTPWC/HB 377 E.

aApplicants l r i 20 (1) municipalities or counties shall havemeet athe tfollowing e a t minimum populationcriteria ofto twentybe thousandeligible personsfor residing within a mgrant: m 21 e d fifty-mile radius of the airport unless the municipality or r e 22 c e r c 23 county has existing air service;

e(1) amunicipalities nor bcounties 24shall (2)have routesa tominimum bepopulation servedof bytwenty thethousand programpersons shallresiding uwithin [a befifty-mile newradius airof routesthe thatairport wereunless not served prior to the awardingmunicipality ofor .217393.1county -has 3existing -air HTPWC/HBservice; 377 a grant;

(2) routes to be served by the program shall be new air routes that were not served prior to the awarding of a grant;

h F.

Individual grants awarded through the rural air g o service enhancement grant program shall not:

t hr g e i k (1) exceed one million two hundred fifty h r i s thousand dollars ($1,250,000) per year for municipalities or h , t, counties with existing air service;

e u g e b l e e h (2) exceed one million seven hundred fifty n d d i = = o h thousand dollars ($1,750,000) per year for municipalities or l ] b ,d i a º e counties not served by existing air service;

or er i = r t e 17w d (3) be used for infrastructure improvement.

em ea n o d 18m G.:

Individualb grantse awardedd throughs theº ruralo airt =n = l.217393.1AIC ]February 1917, service2020 enhancement(9:17am) grants programk shallm covere a- time4 frame- ofe a ln e d r ie 20l atu least[ twoA years.d HTPWC/HB 377 G.

tIndividual egrants awarded through the rural air service enhancement grant program shall cover a ttime SECTIONframe 5.of at least two years.

[NEWSECTION MATERIAL5. ] GRANT APPLICATIONS.--A m m 21 e d municipality or county may submit an application to the r e 22 c e r c 23 director for a rural air service enhancement grant.