FY 2016 Appropriation
Funding History
Appropriation Overview

During the 2015 General Session, the Legislature appropriated for Fiscal Year 2016, $2,240,000 from all sources for Aid to Local Airports. This is a 0 percent change from Fiscal Year 2015 revised estimated amounts from all sources.

This program is responsible for disbursing aviation fuel tax to airports where fuel is sold. Revenue supporting the Division is from a per-gallon fuel tax imposed on all civil aviation fuel sold within the state. General aviation users are taxed at a rate of 9 cents per gallon and commercial airlines are taxed at 2 1/2 cents per gallon. At general aviation airorts, three cents per gallon is then returned to the airport where the fuel is sold for the maintenance, operations and improvement of that airport.

Intent Language

HB0003: Item 36

Under terms of Section 63J-1-603(3)(a) Utah Code Annotated, the Legislature intends that the one-time appropriation of $5,000,000 from the Aeronautics Restricted Account to Airport Construction in Item 22, Chapter 282, Laws of Utah 2014, not lapse at the end of FY 2015.


SB0002: Item 28

The Legislature intends that the Division of Aeronautics use funds from the Aeronautics Restricted Account to conduct an audit of the Utah Based Aircraft Database and Aircraft Registration program to evaluate the existing process for collecting aircraft data, accuracy of information, and to make recommendations for improvement.


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COBI contains unaudited data as presented to the Legislature by state agencies at the time of publication. For audited financial data see the State of Utah's Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports.