Texas Transportation Code 22.026 – Noise Abatement
(a) The governing body of a municipality that owns an airport and is a party to an executory grant agreement with the Federal Aviation Administration requiring the municipality to plan, design, and acquire land for a replacement airport shall:
(1) comply with the Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act of 1979 (49 U.S.C. § 2101 et seq.);
(2) provide adequate soundproofing and noise reduction devices for each public building within the 65 or higher average day-night sound level contour as determined by the governing body in accordance with Federal Aviation Administration Advisory Circulars; or
(3) award a contract for land acquisition services for the purchase of real property required for the site of a replacement airport, complete a master plan for the replacement airport, and provide the replacement airport.
(b) A court may grant appropriate relief to enforce this section in a suit brought by an affected person.
Terms Used In Texas Transportation Code 22.026
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
(c) In this section:
(1) “Public building” means a church, public or private hospital, or building owned or leased by a governmental entity, including a public school.
(2) “Replacement airport” means a new airport that is planned, designed, and constructed to replace a municipal airport operating on August 28, 1989.
(d) Expired.