2025 Texas Statutes
Transportation Code
Title 3 - Aviation
Chapter 22 - County and Municipal Airports
Subchapter B. Establishment, Acquisition, Operation, Maintenance, and Disposal of Airports and Air Navigation Facilities
Section 22.026. Noise Abatement
Sec. 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. Sec. 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.
(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.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
