A municipality or county may submit an application to the director for a rural air service enhancement grant. An applicant shall comply with deadlines and guidelines published by the director. A grant application shall include:

1. A. a description of the facility that will serve the proposed new air routes or expanded air routes;
2. B. an estimate of the demand for the proposed new air routes or expanded air routes;
3. C. identification of the air common carrier that will service the proposed new air routes or expanded air routes and the aircraft to be used on the proposed air routes;
4. D. a description of existing air routes serving the applicant;
5. E. a description and schedule of the proposed new air routes or expanded air routes to serve the applicant;
6. F. a justification for the proposed air routes;
7. G. the requested grant amount and the amount of any matching funds; and
8. H. the time frame for a commitment to subsidize the proposed new air routes or expanded air routes.

History: Laws 2021, ch. 47, § 4; 2022, ch. 11, § 3.

ANNOTATIONS

The 2022 amendment, effective May 18, 2022, revised the required contents of a grant application; in Subsection A, after "proposed new", deleted "scheduled" and added "air routes or expanded", and after the next occurrence of "air", deleted "service" and added "routes"; in Subsection B, after "proposed new", deleted "scheduled" and added "air routes or expanded", and after the next occurrence of "air", deleted "service"; in Subsection C, after "proposed new", deleted "scheduled" and added "air routes or expanded", after the next occurrence of "air", deleted "service", after "used on the", deleted "new scheduled" and added "proposed", and after the next occurrence of "air", deleted "service"; in Subsection D, after "existing", deleted "scheduled" and after "air", deleted "service"; in Subsection E, after "proposed new", deleted "scheduled" and added "air routes or expanded", and after the next occurrence of "air", deleted "service"; in Subsection F, after "justification for the", deleted "new", after "proposed", deleted "scheduled", and after "air", deleted "service"; and in Subsection H, after "the proposed new", deleted "scheduled" and added "air routes or expanded", and after "air", deleted "service".