HARRISBURG- A Pennsylvania State Senator wants to create a more stable way to fund infrastructure and improvements at Commonwealth airports, but it could cost a good bit of money.<\/p>\n
State Senator Dan Laughlin<\/a> has introduced Senate Bill 1365<\/a>, the Pennsylvania AIR Act, aimed at modernizing aviation funding and providing long-term support for airports across the commonwealth.<\/p>\n The bill creates a dedicated Aviation Trust Fund that would provide stable, predictable funding for airport improvements, workforce development, air service expansion and emerging aviation technologies.<\/p>\n Funding for the trust fund includes:<\/p>\n A portion of state sales and use tax revenue The legislation expands support for airport development projects, public airport property tax reimbursement, workforce training and aviation-related economic development initiatives.<\/p>\n Laughlin said the goal is to ensure Pennsylvania\u2019s airports remain competitive and well-supported.<\/p>\n \u201cAirports are economic engines for communities across Pennsylvania,\u201d Laughlin said. \u201cThis legislation is about making sure they have the resources needed to grow, compete and serve the public for generations to come.\u201d<\/p>\n The legislation has been introduced in the Senate and awaits consideration in the Transportation Committee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HARRISBURG- A Pennsylvania State Senator wants to create a more stable way to fund infrastructure and improvements at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":214828,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1817,5603,21651,80647,2438,15626,28,30,29,43388],"class_list":["post-214827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-airports","tag-aviation","tag-big","tag-boost","tag-cost","tag-fund","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-trust"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214827\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/214828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nIncreased aviation fuel taxes (1.5\u00a2 \u2192 24\u00a2 per gallon) and jet fuel taxes (1.1\u00a2 \u2192 8\u00a2 per gallon)
\nTaxes on emerging aviation fuels, including hydrogen and electricity used for aircraft propulsion
\nUpdated aircraft registration fees
\nModernized licensing and inspection fees for certain aviation facilities
\nFederal aviation funding and related revenues<\/p>\n