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Fiscal note for Bill 5989 SB regarding aircraft fuel tax distribution, showing estimated cash receipts and expenditures for multiple agencies including Department of Revenue and Department of Transportation. The bill changes how state sales and use taxes on aircraft fuel are divided between the General Fund and Aeronautics Account.

Multiple Agency Fiscal Note for Bill 5989 SB regarding aircraft fuel tax distribution. Shows estimated cash receipts and expenditures for Department of Revenue and Department of Transportation across multiple fiscal periods, with revenue decreases to General Fund and corresponding increases to Aeronautics Account.

Washington Senate Bill 5898 proposes redirecting tax revenue collected on aircraft fuel to the state aeronautics account, rather than having it flow into general environmental cleanup funds. The bill amends several existing tax statutes to carve out aircraft fuel proceeds and deposit them specifically into the aeronautics account created under RCW 82.42.090. While not directly an airport noise policy, the reallocation of aviation fuel tax revenue could affect funding available for state aeronautics programs, including those touching on airport operations near communities like Sea-Tac.

A bill request by Senator Tina Orwall from the Washington State Code Reviser’s Office (S-3678.1/26) to allocate a portion of hazardous tax revenues derived from aviation fuel specifically to aircraft noise and air quality mitigation. The bill amends existing RCW sections to create an ‘Aircraft noise and air quality mitigation allocation’ based on petroleum product

Legal analysis from Steve Taber @ Leech Tishman examining how Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) addresses climate goals through federal tax incentives and production targets, while highlighting the gap between SAF’s global climate benefits and local community impacts like noise and air quality that remain unaddressed.

ACRP Research Focus primer developed under ACRP Project 03-73, published by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine via the Transportation Research Board and Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP), sponsored by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Covers the transition from 100LL avgas (aviation gasoline containing tetraethyllead) to unleaded aviation gasoline for general aviation piston

Washington State Senate Bill 6240 introduced by Senator Orwall in the 2026 legislative session. The bill proposes to allocate a portion of hazardous substance tax revenues derived from aviation fuel to aircraft noise and air quality mitigation programs in a new, dedicated state account with funds available to the RCW53 aviation-impacted area. It is estimated

ACRP Research Report 284, published by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine under the Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP), sponsored by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Guide and tools for airports transitioning from leaded avgas (100LL) to unleaded aviation gasoline (UAvGas), covering fuel transition planning, general aviation fuel compatibility, lead emissions reduction, and