HOSPITAL HELIPORTS - H.B. 5583: FLOOR ANALYSIS

House Bill 5583 (as reported without amendment)

Sponsor: Representative David Gubow

House Committee: Transportation

Senate Committee: Transportation and Tourism

CONTENT

The bill would amend the Aeronautics Code to prohibit the denial, limitation, or regulation of access to or use of public use facilities and private landing areas within the State and flight operations, including those at airports, based on a person's race, religion, creed, color, national origin, gender, ancestry, lineage, descent, heredity, or familial relationship, notwithstanding any existing denial, limitation, or regulation to the contrary.

The bill also would revise the definition of "private landing area" to specify that, notwithstanding any existing limitation or regulation to the contrary, the owner and any other person authorized by the owner would have the right to use a private landing area. The bill also would define "hospital helistop" as a minimally developed facility for the boarding and discharging of helicopter crew and passengers and the loading and unloading of helicopter cargo solely for an air ambulance or other hospital-related functions.

The bill is tie-barred to House Bill 5584, which would revise licensing requirements for hospital heliports.

MCL 259.20c et al. - Legislative Analyst: L. Arasim

FISCAL IMPACT

The bill would have no fiscal impact on State or local government.

Date Completed: 3-26-98 - Fiscal Analyst: P. AlderferFLOOR\HB5583 - Analysis available @ http://www.michiganlegislature.org

This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.