{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-22.026","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 22.026","heading":"NOISE ABATEMENT.","body":"(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:\n(1) comply with the Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act of 1979 (49 U.S.C. Sec. 2101 et seq.);\n(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\n(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.\n(b) A court may grant appropriate relief to enforce this section in a suit brought by an affected person.\n(c) In this section:\n(1) \"Public building\" means a church, public or private hospital, or building owned or leased by a governmental entity, including a public school.\n(2) \"Replacement airport\" means a new airport that is planned, designed, and constructed to replace a municipal airport operating on August 28, 1989.\n(d) Expired.\nActs 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 3. AVIATION","CHAPTER 22. COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL AIRPORTS","SUBCHAPTER B. ESTABLISHMENT, ACQUISITION, OPERATION, MAINTENANCE, AND DISPOSAL OF AIRPORTS AND AIR NAVIGATION FACILITIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.22.htm#22.026","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"25d9209a0e8b11105bf5805a9ca396bd8d66ba3873ad56ff1bc01c9e5dab712d","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-22.025","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-22.027"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}