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TN Code § 42-2-205 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 42 - Aeronautics|Chapter 2 - State Administration|Part 2 - Department of Transportation|§ 42-2-205. Operation and Use of State Airports and Facilities

  Departmental Operation.  In operating an airport, air navigation facility, or avigation easement owned or controlled by the state, the department may enter into contracts, leases and other arrangements for a term not exceeding fifty (50) years with any persons:  Granting the privilege of using or improving the airports or air navigation facility or any portion or facility of the airports or air navigation facility or space in the airports or air navigation facility for commercial purposes;   Conferring the privilege of supplying goods, commodities, things, services, or facilities at such airport or air navigation facility; or   Making available services to be furnished by the department or its agents at such airport or air navigation facility.     In each case, the department may establish the terms and conditions and fix the charges, rentals or fees for the privileges or services, which shall be reasonable and uniform for the same class of privilege or service and shall be established with the due regard to the property and improvements used and the expenses of operation to the state; provided, that in no case shall the public be deprived of its rightful, equal and uniform use of the airport, air navigation facility, avigation easement or portion or facility of the airport or avigation easement.     Other Operation.  The department may by contract, lease or other arrangement, upon a consideration fixed by it, grant to any qualified person for a term not to exceed fifty (50) years the privilege of operating, as agent of the state or otherwise, any airport owned or controlled by the state; provided, that no person shall be granted any authority to operate the airport other than as a public airport or to enter into any contracts, leases, or other arrangements in connection with the operation of the airport that the department might not have undertaken under subsection (a).   Liens.  To enforce the payment of any charges for repairs to, or improvements, or storage or care of, any personal property made or furnished by the department or its agents in connection with the operation of an airport or air navigation facility owned or operated by the state, the state shall have liens on the property, which shall be enforceable by the department as provided by law.
TN Code § 42-2-206 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 42 - Aeronautics|Chapter 2 - State Administration|Part 2 - Department of Transportation|§ 42-2-206. State Airways

  The department may designate, design, and establish, expand, or modify a state airways system that will best serve the interest of the state.   It may chart such airways system and arrange for publication and distribution of such maps, charts, notices and bulletins relating to airways that may be required in the public interest.   The system shall be supplementary to and coordinated in design and operation with the federal airways system.   The system may include all types of air navigation facilities, whether publicly or privately owned, if such facilities conform to federal safety standards.
TN Code § 42-2-207 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 42 - Aeronautics|Chapter 2 - State Administration|Part 2 - Department of Transportation|§ 42-2-207. Contracts by Department of Transportation

 All contracts made by the department either as agent for the state, any municipality, or any airport authority shall be made pursuant to the laws of the state governing the making of like contracts; provided, that where the planning, acquisition, construction, improvement, maintenance, or operation of any airport, air navigation facility, avigation easement or the acquisition, lighting, marking or elimination of any airport hazard is financed wholly or partially with federal moneys, the department, as agent of the state, of any municipality, or of any airport authority, may let contracts in the manner prescribed by the federal authorities acting under the laws of the United States and any rules or regulations made thereunder.
TN Code § 42-2-208 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 42 - Aeronautics|Chapter 2 - State Administration|Part 2 - Department of Transportation|§ 42-2-208. Exclusive Rights Not to Be Granted — Effect of Section

 The department shall not grant any exclusive right for the use of any airway, airport, or air navigation facility under its jurisdiction. This section shall not be construed to prevent the making of contracts, leases and other arrangements pursuant to §§ 42-2-204 and 42-2-205.
TN Code § 42-2-209 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 42 - Aeronautics|Chapter 2 - State Administration|Part 2 - Department of Transportation|§ 42-2-209. Rules, Regulations and Standards of Department

  Power to Issue.  The department may perform acts, issue and amend orders and make, promulgate, and amend reasonable, general or special rules, regulations and procedures, and establish minimum standards, consistent with this chapter, that it deems necessary to carry out this chapter and to perform its duties under this chapter, commensurate with and for the purpose of protecting and ensuring the general public interest and safety, the safety of persons operating, using or traveling in aircraft or persons receiving instructions in flying or ground subjects pertaining to aeronautics, and the safety of persons and property on land or water, and developing and promoting aeronautics in this state.   No rule or regulation of the department shall apply to airports or air navigation facilities owned or operated by the United States.     Conformity to Federal Legislation and Rules.  All rules and regulations prescribed by the department under the authority of this chapter shall be kept in conformity, as nearly as may be, with the then current federal legislation governing aeronautics and the rules, regulations, and standards duly issued under that legislation.
TN Code § 42-2-210 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 42 - Aeronautics|Chapter 2 - State Administration|Part 2 - Department of Transportation|§ 42-2-210. Licensing of Air Schools and Aeronautics Instructors

  Regulations; Issuance of Licenses; Fees.  The department is authorized to provide for the licensing of air schools, and of aeronautics instructors giving instructions in ground subjects pertaining to aeronautics. For each license of an air school, it may charge a fee not exceeding fifteen dollars ($15.00), and for each license of an aeronautics instructor in ground subjects pertaining to aeronautics, it may charge a fee not exceeding ten dollars ($10.00), except that the fee for the license of an aeronautics instructor shall not be charged in addition to the fee for the license of an air school in the event there is only one (1) aeronautics instructor instructing at that air school and that instructor is the operator of the air school. Any person licensed under this section must be then currently licensed as an instructor-pilot by the civil aeronautics authority of the United States.   Refusal to Issue Suspension or Revocation.  The department may refuse to issue or may suspend or revoke, temporarily or permanently, any license of an air school or aeronautics instructor required pursuant to this section if it reasonably determines upon notice and opportunity for hearing that such air school or aeronautics instructor is not qualified. In arriving at such determination, the department shall be governed by the standards prescribed in § 42-2-209, and shall consider, among other things, whether the school or instructor has violated any statute of this state or the United States relating to aeronautics or the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to those statutes, or whether the aeronautics instructor or any aeronautics instructor of the air school is addicted to the use of narcotics or other habit-forming drugs or to the excessive use of intoxicating liquor, or has made any false statements of a material nature in connection with an application to the department under this chapter, or has been guilty of conduct dangerous to the public safety or the safety of those engaged in aeronautics.   Unlawful Operation.  It is unlawful for a person to operate an air school or for any aeronautics instructor to give instructions in ground subjects pertaining to aeronautics without an appropriate license as may be duly required by rule or regulation promulgated under subsection (a). It is unlawful for any aeronautics instructor to give instruction in flying unless the instructor has an appropriate effective instructor's rating, certificate, permit or license as a flight instructor issued by the United States.
TN Code § 42-2-212 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 42 - Aeronautics|Chapter 2 - State Administration|Part 2 - Department of Transportation|§ 42-2-212. Investigations — Hearings

  General Power of Department; Accidents; Witnesses; Subpoenas; Court Order.  The department, or any person designated by the department, has the power to hold investigations, inquiries and hearings concerning matters covered by this chapter and the rules, regulations, and orders of the department, and concerning accidents in aeronautics within this state. Hearings shall be open to the public, and except as provided in § 42-2-216, shall be held upon such call or notice as the department may deem advisable. The department, and every person designated by the department to hold any inquiry, investigation or hearing, has the power to administer oaths and affirmations, certify to all official acts, issue subpoenas, and order the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of papers, books and documents. In case of the failure of any person to comply with any subpoena or order issued under the authority of this section, the department or its authorized representative may invoke the aid of any court of general jurisdiction of this state. The court may thereupon order that person to comply with the requirements of the subpoena or order or to give evidence touching the matter in question. Failure to obey the order of the court may be punished by the court as contempt of court.   Use and Limitations on Reports of Investigations.  In order to facilitate the making of investigations by the department in the interest of public safety and promotion of aeronautics the public interest requires, and it is therefore provided, that the reports of investigations or hearings, or any part of the reports, shall not be admitted in evidence or used for any purpose in any suit, action or proceeding growing out of any matter referred to in the investigation, hearing or report, except in case of any suit, action or proceeding, civil or criminal, instituted by or in behalf of the department in the name of the state under this chapter or other laws of the state relating to aeronautics; nor shall the department, or the commissioner, or any agent or employee of the department, be required to testify to any facts ascertained in, or information gained by reason of, its official capacity, or be required to testify as an expert witness in any suit, action or proceeding involving any aircraft. Subject to this subsection (b), the department may in its discretion make available to appropriate federal, state and municipal agencies information and material developed in the course of its investigations and hearings.
TN Code § 42-2-213 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 42 - Aeronautics|Chapter 2 - State Administration|Part 2 - Department of Transportation|§ 42-2-213. Federal-State Joint Hearings — Reciprocal Services — Accident Reporting

  The department is authorized to confer with or to hold joint hearings with any agency of the United States in connection with any matter arising under this chapter, or relating to the sound development of aeronautics.   The department is authorized to avail itself of the cooperation, services, records and facilities of the agencies of the United States as fully as may be practicable in the administration and enforcement of this chapter. The department shall furnish to the agencies of the United States its cooperation, services, records and facilities, insofar as may be practicable.   The department shall report to the appropriate agency of the United States all accidents in aeronautics in this state of which it is informed, and shall insofar as is practicable preserve, protect and prevent the removal of the component parts of any aircraft involved in an accident being investigated by it until the federal agency institutes an investigation.
TN Code § 42-2-214 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 42 - Aeronautics|Chapter 2 - State Administration|Part 2 - Department of Transportation|§ 42-2-214. Use of State and Municipal Facilities and Services

 In carrying out this chapter, the department may use the facilities and services of other agencies of the state and of the municipalities of the state to the utmost extent possible, and agencies and municipalities are authorized and directed to make available their facilities and services.
TN Code § 42-2-215 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 42 - Aeronautics|Chapter 2 - State Administration|Part 2 - Department of Transportation|§ 42-2-215. Enforcement of Aeronautics Laws

  It is the duty of the department, the commissioner and employees of the department, and every state and municipal officer charged with the enforcement of state and municipal laws, to enforce and assist in the enforcement of this chapter and of all rules, regulations and orders issued pursuant to this chapter and of all other laws of this state relating to aeronautics; and in that connection each of the persons mentioned in this section is authorized to inspect and examine at reasonable hours any premises, and the buildings and other structures on the premises, where airports, air navigation facilities, air schools, or other aeronautical activities are operated or conducted. In aid of the enforcement of this chapter, the rules, regulations and orders issued pursuant to this chapter and of all other laws of the state relative to aeronautics, general police powers are conferred upon the department, the commissioner, and employees of the department designated by the department to exercise those powers.   The department is authorized, in the name of the state, to enforce this chapter and the rules, resolutions and orders issued pursuant to this chapter by injunction or other legal process in the courts of this state.
TN Code § 42-2-216 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 42 - Aeronautics|Chapter 2 - State Administration|Part 2 - Department of Transportation|§ 42-2-216. Orders — Notice and Opportunity for Hearings — Judicial Review

 Every order of the department requiring performance of certain acts or compliance with certain requirements and any denial or revocation of any approval, certificate or license shall set forth the reasons and shall state the acts to be done or requirements to be met before approval by the department will be given or the approval, license or certificate granted or restored, or the order modified or changed. Orders issued by the department pursuant to this chapter shall be served upon the persons affected either by registered mail or in person. In every case where notice and opportunity for hearing are required under this chapter, except by agreement of the parties, the order of the department shall, on not less than ten (10) days' notice, specify a time when and place where the person affected may be heard, or the time within which the person may request a hearing, and the order shall become effective upon the expiration of the time for exercising the opportunity for hearing, unless a hearing is held or requested within the time provided, in which case the order shall be suspended until the department affirms, disaffirms or modifies such order after hearing held or default by the person affected. To the extent practicable, a hearing on the order shall be held in the county where the affected person resides or does business. Any person aggrieved by an order of the department or by the grant, denial, or revocation of any approval, license or certificate may have the action of the department reviewed by the courts of this state in the manner provided for, and subject to the rules of law applicable to, the review of the orders of other administrative bodies of the state, as set forth in title 27, chapter 9.
TN Code § 42-2-217 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 42 - Aeronautics|Chapter 2 - State Administration|Part 2 - Department of Transportation|§ 42-2-217. Exchange of Violations Information

 The department is authorized to report to the appropriate federal agencies and agencies of other states all proceedings instituted charging violation of §§ 42-1-201, 42-1-202 and 42-2-104 and all penalties, of which it has knowledge, imposed upon pilots or the owners or operators of aircraft for violations of the law of this state relating to aeronautics or for violations of the rules, regulations or orders of the department. The department is authorized to receive reports of penalties and other data from agencies of the federal government and other states and, when necessary, to enter into agreements with federal agencies and the agencies of other states governing the delivery, receipt, exchange and use of reports and data. The department may make the reports and data of the federal agencies, the agencies of other states, and the courts of the state available, with or without request for the reports and data, to any and all courts of this state, and to any officer of the state or of a municipality authorized pursuant to § 42-2-215 to enforce the aeronautics laws.
TN Code § 42-2-218 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 42 - Aeronautics|Chapter 2 - State Administration|Part 2 - Department of Transportation|§ 42-2-218. Funds Expendable for Promotion of Aeronautics

 The department is authorized to spend funds that may be available for the purpose of furthering aeronautics generally in the state of Tennessee.
TN Code § 42-2-219 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 42 - Aeronautics|Chapter 2 - State Administration|Part 2 - Department of Transportation|§ 42-2-219. Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity — Granting — Fees

 The department has the exclusive jurisdiction of granting certificates of public convenience and necessity for the operation of common carriers by air for the transportation of persons or property. Upon the filing of an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity, the department shall, within a reasonable time, fix a time and place for hearing the application, not less than twenty (20) days after the filing, and shall hear and determine the application within a reasonable length of time. If the department finds that the proposed operation is justified, and that the applicant is fit, willing and able to properly perform the services proposed and to conform to this chapter and the requirements, rules and regulations of the department, it shall issue a certificate to the applicant, subject to the terms, limitations and restrictions the department may deem proper, authorizing in whole or in part the operation covered by the application. If the department finds that the proposed operation is not justified, the application shall be denied. At the time an application is filed, the department shall require the payment of an application fee, which shall be set by the department at an amount sufficient to defray the usual costs of a hearing. Nothing in this section in any way applies to an air carrier operating by authority of a certificate, or certificates, of public convenience and necessity issued by the civil aeronautics authority, the civil aeronautics board, or any other federal agency authorized to issue such certificates.
TN Code § 42-2-220 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 42 - Aeronautics|Chapter 2 - State Administration|Part 2 - Department of Transportation|§ 42-2-220. Cooperation With Federal Agencies

 The department is empowered to work in connection with the Tennessee valley authority, or any department or agency of the federal government, for the purpose of rendering service or advancing aeronautics generally in the state, and to spend such available funds as are necessary to carry out the work.
TN Code § 42-2-221 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 42 - Aeronautics|Chapter 2 - State Administration|Part 2 - Department of Transportation|§ 42-2-221. Air Schools — Establishment and Maintenance

 The department is empowered to establish and maintain or aid in the establishment and maintenance of air schools offering instructions in aeronautics, either in flying or ground subjects or both, for the purpose of fostering aeronautics in Tennessee.
TN Code § 42-2-222 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 42 - Aeronautics|Chapter 2 - State Administration|Part 2 - Department of Transportation|§ 42-2-222. Audits of Municipalities Receiving State Aid — Withholding Aid Where Funds Improperly Used

 The department is charged with the express duty of auditing the books of any municipality or airport authority of this state that receives any of the funds appropriated or allocated by the state of Tennessee, insofar as may be necessary to determine that the funds are used solely and exclusively for the purpose of advancing the aviation program in the state and for no other purpose. In the event any municipality refuses the department or its representatives the right to make an audit, or in the event any such municipality or airport authority has misused the funds, then the department is empowered to and shall direct the withholding of any further distribution of state funds to the municipality or airport authority until it has reimbursed and restored to its aeronautics fund the amount so misused. The state treasurer, the commissioner of finance and administration and the commissioner of revenue shall respect and be governed by any withholding orders issued by the department under this section.
TN Code § 42-2-223 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 42 - Aeronautics|Chapter 2 - State Administration|Part 2 - Department of Transportation|§ 42-2-223. Department as Agent for Municipalities and Airport Authorities in Receiving Certain Federal Funds — Exceptions

  The department shall act as agent for each municipality and airport authority for the purposes of applying for, receiving and disbursing federal funds made available pursuant to the former Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970, 84 Stat. 219, 49 U.S.C. 1970 ed. § 1701 et seq. [repealed], or any amendment thereto, unless a municipality or an airport authority owns an airport having a minimum of twenty-five thousand (25,000) originating enplanements annually on regularly scheduled airline carriers as certified by the federal civil aeronautics board, in which event the municipality or airport authority may act as principal with respect to any airport owned by it, or it may designate the department as its agent for the purposes mentioned in this subsection (a).   All funds received by the department shall be deposited in the state treasury to be kept and disbursed in a manner consistent with federal requirements.
TN Code § 42-2-224 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 42 - Aeronautics|Chapter 2 - State Administration|Part 2 - Department of Transportation|§ 42-2-224. Procedure, Rules and Regulations Governing Department — Statutes Governing Procedure Before Tennessee Public Utility Commission Applicable

  Sections 4-5-322, 4-5-323, 65-2-101 — 65-2-109, and 65-2-112 — 65-2-121 shall also apply to the department of transportation and all procedures and proceedings of such department for the purposes of all matters within the jurisdiction of the department.   “Commission,” as used in the sections referred to in subsection (a), means the department of transportation.