AN ACT relating to aviation.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 183 to allow an air board that operates a commercial airport serving more than 1,000,000 passengers annually to utilize small purchase procedures established by the Federal Aviation Administration for purchases that do not exceed the simplified acquisition threshold identified in 2 C.F.R. sec. 200.88 and to purchase goods and services directly from vendors who maintain agreements with the General Services Administration; exempt these transactions from the requirements of…

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This bill changes several rules related to aviation in Kentucky. It allows large commercial airports with more than one million passengers per year to use simplified federal purchasing procedures for smaller purchases and buy goods and services directly from vendors on federal government contract lists, bypassing some standard state purchasing and public notice requirements. It also opens up a state aviation economic development fund to commercial airports and increases fines for certain road and transportation…

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