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[CITE: 49USC47133]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                     SUBTITLE VII--AVIATION PROGRAMS
 
                  PART B--AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT AND NOISE
 
                    CHAPTER 471--AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT
 
Sec. 47133. Restriction on use of revenues

    (a) Prohibition.--Local taxes on aviation fuel (except taxes in 
effect on December 30, 1987) or the revenues generated by an airport 
that is the subject of Federal assistance may not be expended for any 
purpose other than the capital or operating costs of--
        (1) the airport;
        (2) the local airport system; or
        (3) any other local facility that is owned or operated by the 
    person or entity that owns or operates the airport that is directly 
    and substantially related to the air transportation of passengers or 
    property.

    (b) Exceptions.--Subsection (a) shall not apply if a provision 
enacted not later than September 2, 1982, in a law controlling financing 
by the airport owner or operator, or a covenant or assurance in a debt 
obligation issued not later than September 2, 1982, by the owner or 
operator, provides that the revenues, including local taxes on aviation 
fuel at public airports, from any of the facilities of the owner or 
operator, including the airport, be used to support not only the airport 
but also the general debt obligations or other facilities of the owner 
or operator.
    (c) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section may be construed 
to prevent the use of a State tax on aviation fuel to support a State 
aviation program or the use of airport revenue on or off the airport for 
a noise mitigation purpose.

(Added Pub. L. 104-264, title VIII, Sec. 804(a), Oct. 9, 1996, 110 Stat. 
3271.)


                             Effective Date

    Except as otherwise specifically provided, section applicable only 
to fiscal years beginning after Sept. 30, 1996, and not to be construed 
as affecting funds made available for a fiscal year ending before Oct. 
1, 1996, see section 3 of Pub. L. 104-264, set out as an Effective Date 
of 1996 Amendment note under section 106 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 46301, 47107, 47134 of this 
title.
