House File 815 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION

                                       (SUCCESSOR TO HF 266)


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act requiring the department of transportation to conduct a
  2    study concerning antenna structures affecting aviation safety.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1454HV 82
  5 dea/es/88

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  1  1    Section 1.  ANTENNA STRUCTURES AND AVIATION SAFETY ==
  1  2 STUDY.  The department of transportation, in consultation with
  1  3 interested parties, shall conduct a study of the possible
  1  4 dangers posed for aircraft by antenna structures that extend
  1  5 into navigable airspace but are not required to comply with
  1  6 marking and lighting specifications assigned by the federal
  1  7 communications commission.  In conducting its study, the
  1  8 department shall consider whether state marking or lighting
  1  9 requirements should be established for digital television
  1 10 towers, cell phone towers, or other antenna structures in
  1 11 order to improve aviation safety.  The department shall report
  1 12 its findings and recommendations, which may include
  1 13 recommended statutory changes, to the senate and house
  1 14 standing committees on transportation on or before December
  1 15 31, 2007.
  1 16                           EXPLANATION
  1 17    This bill requires the department of transportation, in
  1 18 consultation with interested parties, to conduct a study of
  1 19 the possible dangers posed for aircraft by antenna structures
  1 20 not covered by federal standards for marking and lighting.
  1 21 The department's study shall consider whether the state should
  1 22 establish marking and lighting requirements for those
  1 23 structures in order to improve aviation safety.  The
  1 24 department is to report its findings and recommendations,
  1 25 including proposed statutory changes, if any, to the senate
  1 26 and house standing committees on transportation by December
  1 27 31, 2007.  Currently, federal law requires the owner of an
  1 28 antenna structure to apply to the federal aviation
  1 29 administration for guidance on marking or lighting of the
  1 30 structure.  Radio antennas, digital television towers, and
  1 31 cell phone towers are examples of "antenna structures".  The
  1 32 federal communications commission requires many such antennas,
  1 33 deemed to be aviation obstructions, to comply with the federal
  1 34 aviation administration guidelines.  Under the bill, only
  1 35 antenna structures not subject to federal marking or lighting
  2  1 requirements would be considered in the study.
  2  2 LSB 1454HV 82
  2  3 dea:nh/es/88