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2An act relating to automatic dependent surveillance
3broadcasts; creating s. 330.42, F.S.; defining terms;
4prohibiting airports from using information broadcast
5or collected by automatic dependent surveillance
6broadcast systems for specified purposes under certain
7circumstances; providing an effective date.
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9Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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11Section 1. Section 330.42, Florida Statutes, is created to
12read:
13330.42 Automatic dependent surveillance-broadcasts.—
14(1) For purposes of this section, the term:
15(a) “Aircraft” has the same meaning as in s. 330.27, except
16that the aircraft must have a gross weight of 12,499 pounds or
17less and operate under 14 C.F.R. part 91.
18(b) “Automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast” or “ADS-B”
19means an advanced aviation surveillance technology that combines
20an aircraft’s positioning source, the aircraft’s avionics, and a
21ground infrastructure to create an accurate surveillance
22interface between an aircraft and air traffic control. The term
23includes two different services, ADS-B In and ADS-B Out, which
24can provide information, such as an aircraft’s global
25positioning system location, altitude, ground speed, and other
26data, to ground stations and other aircraft, as well as weather
27and traffic information to aircraft operators.
28(c) “Touch-and-go landing” means an operation by an
29aircraft that lands and departs on a runway without stopping or
30exiting the runway.
31(2) An airport may not use information broadcast or
32collected by automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast systems,
33regardless of whether that data originates from ADS-B In or ADS
34B Out, as a means for calculating, generating, and collecting
35fees from aircraft owners or operators who operate aircraft
36within the geographic boundaries of this state under the
37following circumstances:
38(a) When the operation for which a fee would be assessed is
39a departure or a landing, including, but not limited to, a
40touch-and-go landing.
41(b) When the fee would be assessed based on an aircraft
42entering into a specified radius of the airspace of the airport
43assessing the fee.
44Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.