Section 21683.1 Of Article 4. Aeronautics Fund From California Public Utilities Code >> Division 9. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 4. >> Article 4.
21683.1
. (a) At the discretion of the commission, any balance
remaining in the Aeronautics Account, after the payments made under
Section 21682, may be used to provide a portion of the local match
for federal Airport Improvement Program grants. Matching shall be
provided only for grants at general aviation airports, or at airports
that have been designated by the Federal Aviation Administration as
reliever airports, as defined in Section 503(a)(19) of the federal
Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982, as amended.
(b) Funds shall not be allocated by the commission until the
federal grant offer is accepted by the public entity. Upon allocation
by the commission, the department may pay a public entity an amount
equal to 5 percent of the amount of a federal Airport Improvement
Program grant. These funds are excluded from the requirements of
Section 21684.
(c) Funds shall not be allocated by the commission until the
federal grant offer is accepted by the public entity. Upon allocation
by the commission, the department may, until December 31, 2006, pay
a public entity an amount equal to the 10 percent local match
required for a federal Airport Improvement Program grant for security
projects at small general aviation airports. For purposes of this
section, a "security project" means a project to install or maintain
fencing, gates, security lighting, access controls systems, and
surveillance systems. For purposes of this section a "small general
aviation airport" means an airport with fewer than 80,000 annual
landings and take-offs of aircraft.