NY Transp L § 14-H (2021)
2021 New York Laws TRA - Transportation Article 2 - Powers, Duties and Jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation 14-H - Airport Preservation.

§ 14-h. Airport  preservation. 1. In order to preserve and enhance the   air  transportation  system  of   the   state,   the   commissioner   of   transportation is hereby authorized:a. To enter into an agreement with the operator of any privately-owned   airport  to  pay  on behalf of the state a share of the project costs of   any project undertaken in accordance with the provisions of the  federal   airport   and   airway  improvement  program  of  the  federal  aviation   administration or any federal program hereafter enacted for the  purpose   of airport improvement.b.   To   utilize  for  this  purpose  any  funds  available  for  the   acquisition, construction, reconstruction or improvement of airports  or   aviation   capital  facilities,  including  but  not  limited  to  funds   available  from  the  transportation  capital  facilities  bond  act  of   nineteen   hundred   sixty-seven   and  the  rebuild  New  York  through   transportation infrastructure  renewal  bond  act  of  nineteen  hundred   eighty-three.    Notwithstanding  any provisions of law to the contrary,   for airports funded pursuant to this section, the owner of  a  municipal   airport  may,  with  the approval of the commissioner, contract directly   with the office of general services to provide for the removal  of  fuel   tanks  under  such  terms  and  conditions as set forth by the office of   general services, including provision for the deposit of funds  of  such   airport  with  the  state  comptroller, who is authorized to receive and   accept the same for the purposes of this paragraph, for  expenditure  on   such  project  costs  or,  as  appropriate, for the return of any excess   deposit to such airport, on vouchers approved by the office  of  general   services.c. To enter into any agreements necessary to effectuate the provisions   of  this  section  and  to  insure the availability to the public of any   airport improved hereunder for the useful life of  such  improvement  as   defined in section sixty-one of the state finance law.d.  To  receive  applications for participation in this program by the   operators of privately-owned airports determined by the commissioner  to   serve  a  public  purpose and to establish standards governing the form,   content and submission of such applications, including  the  requirement   that  any  application  submitted  under  this section by the owner of a   privately-owned  airport  be  accompanied  by  a  resolution  from   the   governing  body  of  the  municipality  in which such airport is located   formally endorsing the project for which state aid is requested.e. To do all things necessary, convenient or desirable  to  carry  out   the purposes of this section.2.  The  state  share  of any such improvement project undertaken with   federal assistance from the federal  aviation  administration  shall  be   limited  to  seventy-five  percent  of  the  non-federal  share  of such   approved project.3. Whenever a property owner intends to dispose  of,  sell,  lease  or   otherwise  transfer  any or all of its interest in an air transportation   facility and such disposal, sale, lease or transfer shall result in that   facility no longer having as its principal function aviation  operations   or  support,  such  owner  shall notify the department in writing of its   intention to transfer such interest on or before ninety  days  prior  to   such transfer.