Transportation Code § 22.026

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.