Amend the amendment by striking out all of section 4.

Amend the amendment in section 5 in subsection 2-A in the 2nd line (page 1, line 21 in amendment) by striking out the following: " The" and inserting the following: ' Notwithstanding subsection 2, the'

Amend the amendment in section 6 in subsection 3 in the 2nd paragraph in the 5th line (page 2, line 12 in amendment) by striking out the following: " , subject to subsection 2 of this section" and inserting the following: ', subject to subsection subsections 2 of this section and 2-A'

Amend the amendment by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section number to read consecutively.

summary

This amendment restores the language that provides that the Commissioner of Transportation must approve any project and project application for a request for federal aid under the federal Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982's airport improvement program before it is submitted to the Federal Aviation Administration by a municipality or other political subdivision of this State.

The amendment clarifies that the Department of Transportation may distribute funds from the Primary Airport Capital Improvement Grant Program to primary airports without prior project approval by the Commissioner of Transportation.

The amendment also requires municipalities and other political subdivisions when applying for and accepting federal aid to further any purpose related to the development of aeronautics to follow the procedures set out in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 6, section 18, subsections 2 and 2-A.