Advanced Air Mobility, Zero-Emission, and Electrification Aviation Advisory Panel.

Existing law, the State Aeronautics Act, governs various matters relative to aviation in the state, and authorizes the Department of Transportation to adopt, administer, and enforce rules and regulations for the administration of the act. This bill would require the department to establish an advisory panel, to be known as the Advanced Air Mobility, Zero-Emission, and Electrification Aviation Advisory Panel, to assess the feasibility and readiness of existing infrastructure, the development of a 3-year prioritized workplan, and pathways for promoting equity of access to advanced air mobility infrastructure, as specified. The bill would provide for the appointment of the membership of the advisory panel. The bill would require the department to report, not later than January 1, 2025, to the Legislature on the infrastructure feasibility and readiness study and the 3-year prioritized workplan, as specified. The bill would exempt meetings of the advisory panel from the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2026. Existing constitutional provisions require that a statute that limits the right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies be adopted with findings demonstrating the interest protected by the limitation and the need for protecting that interest. This bill would make legislative findings to that effect.