WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                         Ch. 457

5-412.

(A) Except as otherwise provided by law, the Administration shall operate and
administer all State owned STATE-OWNED airports,

(B) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS TITLE, FOR ALL
AIRPORTS OWNED BY THE STATE, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SHALL PROVIDE FOR
ALL FIRE, RESCUE, AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES THROUGH THE
EXCLUSIVE USE OF STATE EMPLOYEES.

(B) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, THE ADMINISTRATION
MAY NOT ENTER INTO A CONTRACT FOR THE PROVISION OF SERVICES AT A
STATE-OWNED AIRPORT THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE TERMINATION OF STATE
EMPLOYEES UNLESS:

(1) THE CONTRACT AND ALL SUPPORTING INFORMATION HAVE BEEN
SUBMITTED TO THE LEGISLATIVE POLICY COMMITTEE FOR ITS REVIEW AND COMMENT;
AND

(2) WRITTEN COMMENT FROM THE LEGISLATIVE POLICY COMMITTEE HAS
BEEN RECEIVED OR 45 DAYS HAVE ELAPSED AFTER THE LEGISLATIVE POLICY
COMMITTEE HAS RECEIVED THE CONTRACT.

5-702.

(a)     The Administration shall adopt rules and regulations to govern the erection
and maintenance of obstructions to air navigation.

(b)     These rules and regulations shall incorporate the Federal Aviation
Administration obstruction standards except to the extent that, after public hearing, the
[Administrator] EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR finds any part of the federal standards to be
detrimental to the general public safety, the safety of persons operating, using, or
traveling in aircraft, or the safety of persons and property on land or water.

5-801.

(a)     In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b)     "Airport" means any airport licensed by the Administration.

(c)     "Cumulative noise exposure" means a calculated or measured value for the
exposure to aircraft noise in a 24-hour period at a given location.

(d)     "Impacted land use area" means an area within a noise zone occupied by a
land use with a limit for cumulative noise exposure that is less than the actual cumulative
noise exposure in that area.

(e)     "Limit for cumulative noise exposure" means the maximum cumulative noise
exposure for a given land use that is compatible with that land use.

(f)      "Noise zone" means an area of land surrounding an airport within which the
cumulative noise exposure is equal to or greater than the lowest limit for cumulative noise
exposure established by the [Administrator] EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.

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