HB 2541 - DIGEST

     Provides that for the purposes of property tax exemptions under this act, the department shall adopt noise exposure maps for each airport operated by a port district that serves more than twenty scheduled jet aircraft flights per day.  Noise exposure maps must be prepared in accordance with the methodology described in 14 C.F.R. Appendix A to Part 150 -- Noise Exposure Maps.  Noise exposure maps must include a 60 Ldn noise level contour.  For the purposes of this act, "Ldn" means yearly day-night average sound level.

     Provides that, if any portion of a tract or parcel of real property is within the 60 Ldn contour of an airport noise exposure map, the entire tract or parcel is exempt from port taxes levied for collection in the year following the year in which the map was adopted.