Texas HB3949 establishes regulations for advanced air mobility, including electric aircraft, and limits local regulation of such aircraft.
Texas HB3949 amends the Transportation Code to define "advanced air mobility" as an air transportation system using electric aircraft, including electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft and electric conventional takeoff and landing aircraft, with a gross takeoff weight of 300 pounds or more. The Texas Department of Transportation is tasked with developing a statewide plan for vertiports, electric aircraft charging, and other aviation infrastructure needs.
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