An act relating to aircraft and airports, the official text

1                            STATE OF OKLAHOMA

2   1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)

3 HOUSE BILL 1271            By: Hays

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6                            AS INTRODUCED

7   An Act relating to aircraft and airports; prohibiting

    certain agreements; making exception for certain

8   agreements; making certain distinction; exempting

    certain airline services; providing for codification;

9   and providing an effective date.

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12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:

13  SECTION 1.      NEW LAW  A new section of law to be codified

14 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 8 of Title 3, unless there is

15 created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:

16  A. 1. A public airport that provides commercial services shall

17 not enter into an agreement that authorizes a private third-party

18 vendor that provides expedited security screening to use the

19 standard security lane or the Transportation Security Administration

20 PreCheck security lane.

21  2. This subsection shall not apply if there was an agreement

22 between the public airport and the private third-party vendor that

23 was entered into before January 1, 2025.

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1   B. This section shall not apply to an agreement between a

2 public airport and a private third-party vendor if the private

3 third-party vendor has obtained dedicated Transportation Security

4 Administration security lanes solely for use by the private third-

5 party vendor at that public airport.

6   C. For purposes of this section, an airline, as certified under

7 14 C.F.R., Part 121 et seq., is not a private third-party vendor.

8 This section does not apply to any services, including priority

9 lanes or lines, offered by an airline solely for use by the

10 airline's passengers, without a separate charge to a passenger by a

11 private third-party vendor.

12  SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.

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