A House committee advanced two priority pieces of legislation for Duval County with little trouble.
The Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee moved forward legislation (HB 4045) that would charge the Jacksonville Aviation Authority (JAA) with ensuring that Cecil Airport develops and expands as a spaceport, and another bill (HB 4049) that would give the Duval County School Board internal counsel.
House Speaker Pro Tempore Wyman Duggan is sponsoring both bills.
HB 4045’s plan to “accelerate job creation” is to set up an Economic Development Committee to work toward bringing direct route international flights to the Jacksonville International Airport and to use JAA to drive more aerospace business to Cecil Field, with the committee reporting annually to that end.
HB 4049 was watered down in the process, with Jacksonville officials ultimately agreeing that the School Board lawyer would still be subject to the opinion of the General Counsel as binding.
The measures got neither objections nor debate.
Each has two stops ahead before the floor.
