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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 266 - Aeronautics › Section 15-71b. - Aircraft accidents: Definitions.

As used in section 15-71a and chapter 267:
(a) “Aircraft accident” means an occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft which takes place between the time any person boards the aircraft with the intention of flight until such time as all such persons have disembarked, in which any person suffers death or serious injury as a result of such person being in or upon the aircraft or in direct contact with the aircraft or anything attached thereto or as a result of the operation of the aircraft, or the aircraft receives substantial damage;
(b) “Operator” means any person who causes or authorizes the operation of an aircraft, such as the owner, lessee or bailee of an aircraft;
(c) “Substantial damage” means damage or structural failure which adversely affects the structural strength, performance or flight characteristics of the aircraft, and which would normally require major repair or replacement of the affected component, except that engine failure, damage limited to an engine, bent fairings or cowling, dented skin, small punctured holes in the skin of fabric, ground damage to rotor or propeller blades and damage to landing gear, wheels, tires, flaps, engine accessories, brakes or wing tips are not considered “substantial damage” for the purpose of this part.
(1969, P.A. 309, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 266 - Aeronautics › Section 15-72. - Flying carelessly, negligently or recklessly.

No person shall operate any aircraft carelessly, negligently or recklessly, or in such a manner as to endanger the property, life or limb of any person, having regard to the proximity of other aircraft, weather conditions, field conditions and, while in flight, the territory flown over.
(1949 Rev., S. 4815; 1959, P.A. 299.)
History: 1959 act added careless and negligent operation to prohibited acts and consideration of the proximity of other aircraft to items for which regard is to be had.
See Sec. 15-34(10) for definition of “careless, negligent or reckless operation”.
See Sec. 15-77 re operation of aircraft or carrying passengers while under the influence of liquor or drugs.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 266 - Aeronautics › Section 15-74. - Removal of obstructions to air navigation.

(a) The executive director shall notify the owner or person responsible for the existence of any obstacle so located as to constitute a hazard to aerial navigation or to the efficient or safe use of any airport, requiring such owner or other person to remove such obstacle within such reasonable time as is fixed by said executive director. The owner or owners of such airport shall pay to the owner of such obstacle just compensation for such removal.
(b) In the case of an application for an approval or a license from the executive director for a commercial airport, if there is any obstacle at or near the landing area which would violate the minimum physical standards for commercial airports adopted by the executive director under section 15-41 and the removal of such obstacle is a prerequisite for the approval or license, the executive director shall notify the owner or person responsible for the existence of the obstacle, requiring such owner or person to remove it within such time as the executive director determines. The applicant for the approval or license shall pay the owner of the obstacle just compensation for its removal.
(c) Any person aggrieved by the action of said executive director in relation to the removal of an obstacle under subsection (a) or (b) of this section may appeal therefrom to the superior court for the judicial district within which such obstacle is located or to any judge thereof in vacation; but, if the ground of appeal is a disagreement as to the amount of such compensation, the removal of such obstacle shall not be delayed pending the determination of such amount.
(1949 Rev., S. 4829; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 185; 1971, P.A. 870, S. 41; P.A. 76-436, S. 353, 681; P.A. 78-280, S. 1, 127; P.A. 83-238; P.A. 15-192, S. 37.)
History: 1969 act replaced “commission”, referring to aeronautics commission, with “commissioner”, referring to commissioner of transportation; 1971 act replaced superior court with court of common pleas, effective September 1, 1971, except that courts with cases pending retain jurisdiction unless pending matters deemed transferable; P.A. 76-436 replaced court of common pleas with superior court and added reference to judicial districts, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 78-280 deleted reference to counties; P.A. 83-238 made existing section Subsecs. (a) and (c) and added Subsec. (b), providing for removal of obstacles at or near certain landing areas; P.A. 15-192 replaced “commissioner” with “executive director” and made a technical change, effective July 2, 2015.
Cited. 185 C. 145.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 266 - Aeronautics › Section 15-74a. - Definitions.

Terms used in this section and sections 15-74b and 15-74c, shall be construed as follows, unless another meaning is expressed or is clearly apparent from the language or the context: “public service company” means “public service company” as defined by section 16-1; “public airport” means any state or municipality owned airport, heliport, restricted landing area or other air navigational facility or any facility licensed by the executive director of the Connecticut Airport Authority under section 13b-46, except any privately owned airport, heliport, restricted landing area or air navigational facility unless the same has been on file with the Federal Aviation Administration for a period of at least two years and designated by it as a facility open to the public; “clear zone” means an area extending for up to one-half mile from the end of a runway on a public airport and designated by the executive director as a clear zone in accordance with regulations adopted by the executive director.
(1971, P.A. 678, S. 1; 1972, P.A. 96, S. 1; P.A. 85-262, S. 8; P.A. 15-192, S. 38.)
History: 1972 act replaced “electric company” definition with “public service company” definition; P.A. 85-262 added references to heliports; P.A. 15-192 replaced references to Commissioner of Transportation with references to executive director of Connecticut Airport Authority and made technical changes, effective July 2, 2015.
Cited. 201 C. 700.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 266 - Aeronautics › Section 15-74b. - Lines within clear zone prohibited.

(a) No public service company shall construct or maintain any overhead line or facility within the limits of a clear zone.
(b) (1) Immediately upon July 6, 1971, the executive director shall establish clear zones, in accordance with regulations adopted by the executive director, for all public airport runways, and shall establish a list of priorities for the abatement or correction of encroachments thereon by public service companies. (2) Subject to the availability of funds, the executive director shall, from time to time, order the relocation, removal or such other appropriate corrective action as the executive director deems necessary to abate or correct such encroachments on clear zones.
(c) Where overhead lines already exist within the limits of an established clear zone, the executive director shall reimburse the owner public service company for the cost of relocation, removal or other corrective measures approved by the executive director. Funds required for the implementation of this section shall be appropriated from existing and future appropriations for state aid to airports in accordance with procedures adopted by the authority pursuant to section 1-121.
(1971, P.A. 678, S. 2
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4; 1972, P.A. 96, S. 2; P.A. 15-192, S. 39; P.A. 19-161, S. 7.)
History: 1972 act replaced “electric company” with “public service company”, deleted word “transmission” modifying “lines” and amended Subsec. (c) by specifying that appropriations be made in accordance with commissioner's regulations; P.A. 15-192 replaced references to Commissioner of Transportation with references to executive director in Subsecs. (b) and (c) and replaced provision re regulations adopted by the commissioner with provision re procedures adopted by the authority in Subsec. (c), effective July 2, 2015; P.A. 19-161 amended Subsecs. (b) and (c) to make technical changes, effective July 12, 2019.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 266 - Aeronautics › Section 15-74c. - Permit for lines and facilities within one-half mile of runway.

No public service company shall erect, recable or reconstruct any overhead line or facility within one-half mile of any airport runway without written permission of the executive director.
(1971, P.A. 678, S. 5; 1972, P.A. 96, S. 3; P.A. 15-192, S. 40.)
History: 1972 act replaced “electric company” with “public service company” and deleted word “transmission” modifying “lines”; P.A. 15-192 replaced “Commissioner of Transportation” with “executive director”, effective July 2, 2015.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 266 - Aeronautics › Section 15-75. - Charges and rentals. Liens.

The executive director may determine the charges or rental for the use of any properties and the charges for any service or accommodations under the authority's control and the terms and conditions under which such properties may be used; provided the public shall not be deprived of its rightful, equal and uniform use of such property. The state shall have and the executive director may enforce liens as provided by law for repairs to or improvement or storage or care of any personal property.
(1949 Rev., S. 4819; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 186; P.A. 15-192, S. 41.)
History: 1969 act replaced “commission”, referring to “aeronautics commission”, with “commissioner”, referring to commissioner of transportation; P.A. 15-192 replaced “commissioner” with “executive director” and made a technical change, effective July 2, 2015.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 266 - Aeronautics › Section 15-77. - Operating under or carrying passengers under influence of liquor or drugs.

(a) No person shall operate or attempt to operate any aircraft on the ground or in the air while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or of any drug.
(b) No person shall operate or attempt to operate any aircraft on the ground or in the air carrying passengers who are under the influence of intoxicating liquor or of any drug.
(c) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, for a first offense, be guilty of a class C misdemeanor and, for any subsequent offense, be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
(1949 Rev., S. 4822; P.A. 12-80, S. 144.)
History: P.A. 12-80 inserted Subsec. designators (a), (b) and (c) and amended Subsec. (c) to rephrase provisions, change penalty for first offense from a fine of not more than $100 or imprisonment of not more than 60 days or both to a class C misdemeanor and change penalty for subsequent offense from a fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment of not more than 1 year or both to a class A misdemeanor.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 266 - Aeronautics › Section 15-78 and 15-79. - Receipts from convictions; deposit in General Fund. Municipal and state airports; establishment; state plan of development.

Sections 15-78 and 15-79 are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 4823, 4824; 1955, S. 2412d; 1959, P.A. 290; 1961, P.A. 517, S. 132; 1963, P.A. 252, S. 1; 1967, P.A. 694, S. 1; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 263.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 266 - Aeronautics › Section 15-80. - Aviation commissions.

(a) Any town, city or borough may, at any annual or special meeting, warned and held for that purpose, vote to establish an aviation commission and may determine the number of members of such commission and the length of the term of office of each. If such vote is in the affirmative, a certificate of such approval shall be recorded in the office of the clerk of such town, city or borough and a certified copy thereof shall be filed by such clerk in the office of the Secretary of the State, who shall record the same. Within ten days after such affirmative vote has been passed by any town, city or borough, its selectmen, mayor or warden shall appoint the required number of residents of such town, city or borough as members of such commission, each of whom shall serve for the term for which he was appointed and until his successor is appointed and has qualified.
(b) Such aviation commission shall be charged with the administration of such local ordinances as may, from time to time, be enacted, concerning airports, landing fields and aeronautics.
(1949 Rev., S. 696.)
Cited. 211 C. 690.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 266 - Aeronautics › Section 15-81 to 15-86. - Federal and other aid. Commission may act as agent of municipality for acceptance of federal aid. Contracts by municipality. Municipalities may lease airports. Financial assistance to municipal airports. Technical services to municipalities.

Sections 15-81 to 15-86, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 4825
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4828; 1955, S. 2423d; June, 1955, S. 2424d, 2425d; 1957, P.A. 13, S. 93; 138; 1967, P.A. 377, S. 1; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 263.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 266 - Aeronautics › Section 15-87. - Service of process against nonresident owners and operators.

Any nonresident of this state who is the operator or owner of any aircraft and who accepts the privileges extended by the laws of this state to nonresident operators and owners of aircraft of using its aviation facilities, or of having the same operated over, or who operates an airplane above or upon, the territorial limits of this state, shall, by such operation, be deemed to have appointed the executive director of the Connecticut Airport Authority, such operator or owner's agent and attorney for the service of process in any civil suit or proceeding instituted in the courts of this state against such operator or owner arising out of or by reason of any accident or collision, occurring within or above the state, in which such aircraft is involved. Such process shall be served by the officer to whom the same is directed upon the executive director by leaving at the office of the executive director, at least twelve days before the return day of such process, a true and attested copy thereof, and by sending to the defendant at such defendant's last-known address by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, a like true and attested copy, with an endorsement thereon of the service upon the executive director. The officer serving such process upon the executive director shall pay to the executive director at the time of service a fee of five dollars, which fee shall be taxed as costs in the case. The executive director shall keep a record of each such process and the day and hour of the service thereof. This section shall extend the right of service of process upon nonresidents and shall not limit any existing provisions for the service of process. Such service shall be sufficient to confer jurisdiction of any such action upon the court to which such process is returnable, and such court may proceed to determine the issues in such action and render final judgment with or without any further action by such court concerning further order of notice to such operator or owner.
(1949 Rev., S. 4831
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4834; 1959, P.A. 322, S. 1; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 188; P.A. 15-192, S. 43.)
History: 1959 act increased fee for service of process on director; 1969 act replaced “director of aeronautics” and “director” with “commissioner”, referring to commissioner of transportation; P.A. 15-192 replaced references to commissioner with references to executive director of the Connecticut Airport Authority and made technical changes, effective July 2, 2015 (Revisor's note: A reference to “said commissioner” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “the executive director” for consistency).
See Sec. 15-106 re policy or bond requirements.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 266 - Aeronautics › Section 15-88. - Airport zoning. Definitions.

As used in sections 15-88 to 15-97, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) “Airport” means any area of land or water designed for the landing and taking-off of aircraft and utilized or to be utilized by the public as a point of arrival or departure by air navigation.
(b) “Airport hazard” means any structure or tree which obstructs or may hereafter obstruct the aerial approaches of a publicly-owned airport.
(c) An airport is “publicly-owned” if the portion thereof used for the landing and taking-off of aircraft is owned or operated by a governmental body, political subdivision, public agency or other public corporation.
(d) “Structure” means any object constructed or installed by man, including such objects although regulated or licensed by other provisions of law.
(e) “Tree” means any object of natural growth.
(1953, S. 2413d.)
Cited. 185 C. 145.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 266 - Aeronautics › Section 15-89. - Public interest.

It is declared that an airport hazard endangers the lives and property of users of the airport and of occupants of land in its vicinity; and, if of the obstruction type, in effect reduces the size of the area available for the safe landing, taking-off and maneuvering of aircraft, thus destroying or tending to destroy or impair the utility of the airport and the public investment therein, and is therefore not in the interest of public health, public safety or general welfare.
(1953, S. 2414d.)
Cited. 185 C. 145.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 266 - Aeronautics › Section 15-90. - Airport approach plan.

The executive director of the Connecticut Airport Authority is directed to formulate and adopt, and from time to time as may be necessary revise, an airport approach plan for each publicly owned airport in the state. Each such plan shall indicate the circumstances in which structures or trees or both are or would be airport hazards, the area within which measures for the protection of the airport's aerial approaches should be taken and what the height limits and other objectives of such measures should be. In adopting or revising any such plan, the executive director shall consider, among other things, the character of the flying operations expected to be conducted at the airport, the nature of the terrain, the height of existing structures and trees above the level of the airport, the practicability of lowering or removing existing obstructions and all other material matters, and the executive director may obtain and consider the views of the agency of the federal government charged with the fostering of civil aeronautics as to the aerial approaches necessary to safe flying operations at the airport.
(1953, S. 2415d; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 189; P.A. 15-192, S. 44.)
History: 1969 act replaced “commission”, referring to aeronautics commission, with “commissioner”, referring to commissioner of transportation; P.A. 15-192 replaced references to commissioner with references to executive director of the Connecticut Airport Authority, effective July 2, 2015.
Cited. 185 C. 145.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 266 - Aeronautics › Section 15-91. - Adoption of airport zoning regulations.

(a) Every municipality having within its territorial limits an area within which, according to an airport approach plan adopted by the executive director, measures should be taken for the protection of airport approaches, shall adopt, administer and enforce, under the police power and in the manner and upon the conditions hereinafter prescribed, airport zoning regulations applicable to such area, which regulations shall divide the area into zones and, within such zones, specify the land uses permitted, and regulate and restrict the height to which structures and trees may be erected or allowed to grow, as may be necessary to effectuate the executive director's approach plan for the airport.
(b) If a municipality has adopted or adopts a general zoning ordinance regulating, among other things, the height of buildings, any airport zoning regulations adopted for the same area or portion thereof under this section may be incorporated in and made a part of such general zoning regulations and may be administered and enforced in connection therewith, but such general zoning regulations shall not limit the effectiveness or scope of the regulations adopted hereunder.
(c) Any zoning or other regulations applicable to any area within which, according to the airport approach plan adopted by the executive director, measures should be taken for the protection of airport approaches, including any airport zoning regulations adopted under this section and any zoning or other regulations dealing with the same or similar matters adopted under authority other than that conferred by this section, shall be consistent with, and conform to, the executive director's approach plan for such area, and shall be amended from time to time as may be necessary to conform to any revision of the plan that may be made by the executive director.
(d) All airport zoning regulations adopted hereunder shall be reasonable, and none shall require the removal, lowering or other change or alteration of any structure or tree not conforming to the regulations when adopted or amended, or otherwise interfere with the continuance of any nonconforming use, except as provided in subsection (a) of section 15-93.
(e) If any municipality fails to adopt airport zoning regulations within a reasonable time, the executive director may, for the protection of public safety, adopt and from time to time as may be necessary amend or repeal such regulations for such municipality until airport zoning regulations herein provided for are adopted by such municipality.
(1953, S. 2416d; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 190; P.A. 15-192, S. 45.)
History: 1969 act replaced “commission”, referring to aeronautics commission, with “commissioner”, referring to commissioner of transportation; P.A. 15-192 replaced “commissioner” and “commissioner's” with “executive director” and “executive director's”, respectively, effective July 2, 2015.
Cited. 185 C. 145.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 266 - Aeronautics › Section 15-92. - Airport hazard outside municipality.

Where an airport is owned or controlled by a municipality and any airport hazard area appertaining to such airport is located outside the territorial limits of such municipality, the municipality owning or controlling the airport and the municipality within which the airport hazard area is located may, by ordinance, create a joint airport zoning board, which board shall have the same power to adopt, administer and enforce airport zoning regulations applicable to the airport hazard area in question as that vested by section 15-91 in the municipality within which such area is located. Each such joint board shall have as members two representatives appointed by each municipality participating in its creation and in addition a chairman elected by a majority of the members so appointed.
(1953, S. 2417d; 1957, P.A. 13, S. 95.)
Cited. 185 C. 145.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 266 - Aeronautics › Section 15-93. - Establishment or alteration of structures.

(a)
Permits.
Where advisable to facilitate the enforcement of zoning regulations adopted pursuant to section 15-91, a system may be established for granting permits to establish or construct new structures and other uses. Before any nonconforming structure or tree may be replaced, substantially altered or repaired, rebuilt, allowed to grow higher or replanted, a permit shall be secured from the administrative agency authorized to administer and enforce the regulations, authorizing such replacement, change or repair. No permit shall be granted that would allow the structure or tree in question to be made higher or become a greater hazard to air navigation than it was when the applicable regulation was adopted; and whenever the administrative agency determines that a nonconforming structure or tree has been abandoned or more than eighty per cent torn down, destroyed, deteriorated or decayed: (1) No permit shall be granted that would allow such structure or tree to exceed the applicable height limit or otherwise deviate from the zoning regulations, but a permit shall be issued as of right if the structure as erected or altered is in conformance with the regulations or will not constitute a greater hazard than the structure that is replaced or altered; and (2) whether application is made for a permit under this section or not, such agency may by appropriate action compel the owner of the nonconforming structure or tree to lower, remove, reconstruct or equip such object as may be necessary to conform to the regulations. Except as indicated, all applications for permits for replacement, change or repair of nonconforming uses shall be granted.
(b)
Variances.
Any person desiring to erect any structure, or increase the height of any structure, or permit the growth of any tree, or otherwise use his property, in violation of airport zoning regulations adopted under section 15-91, may apply to the board of appeals, as provided herein, for a variance from the zoning regulations in question. Such variance shall be allowed where a literal application or enforcement of the regulations would result in practical difficulty or unnecessary hardship and the relief granted would not be contrary to the public interest but do substantial justice and be in accordance with the spirit of the regulations.
(c)
Obstruction marking and lighting.
In granting any permit or variance under this section the administrative agency or board of appeals may, if it deems such action advisable to effectuate the purposes of sections 15-88 to 15-97, inclusive, and reasonable in the circumstances, so condition such permit or variance as to require the owner of the structure or tree in question to permit the municipality, at its own expense, to install, operate and maintain suitable obstruction markers and obstruction lights thereon.
(1953, S. 2418d.)
Cited. 185 C. 145.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 266 - Aeronautics › Section 15-94. - Regulations. Appeals.

(a)
Adoption of zoning regulations.
No airport zoning regulations shall be adopted, amended or changed hereunder except by action of the legislative body in the municipality in question after a public hearing in relation thereto, at which parties in interest and citizens shall have an opportunity to be heard. At least fifteen days' notice of the hearing shall be published in an official paper, or a paper of general circulation, in the municipality.
(b)
Administration of zoning regulations; administrative agency.
The legislative body of any municipality adopting airport zoning regulations hereunder may delegate the duty of administering and enforcing such regulations to any administrative agency under its jurisdiction, but such administrative agency shall not include any member of the board of appeals. The duties of such administrative agency shall include hearing and ruling on the granting of all permits under subsection (a) of section 15-93, but such agency shall not have or exercise any of the powers delegated to the board of appeals.
(c)
Board of appeals.
Airport zoning regulations adopted hereunder shall provide for appointment of a board of appeals to have and exercise the following powers: (1) To hear and decide appeals from any order, requirement, decision or determination made by the administrative agency in the enforcement of sections 15-88 to 15-97, inclusive, or any ordinance adopted pursuant thereto; (2) to hear and decide special exceptions to the terms of the ordinance upon which such board may be required to pass under such ordinance; (3) to hear and decide specific variances under subsection (b) of section 15-93. Where a zoning board of appeals already exists, it may be appointed as the board of appeals. Otherwise, the board of appeals shall consist of five members, each to be appointed to serve for a term of three years unless removed for cause by the appointing authority upon written charges and after public hearing.
(d)
Appeal by municipality.
Any municipality aggrieved by any zoning ordinance or regulation under the terms of sections 15-88 to 15-97, inclusive, may appeal to the executive director without recourse to the board of appeals.
(1953, S. 2419d; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 191; P.A. 15-192, S. 46.)
History: 1969 act replaced “commission”, referring to aeronautics commission, with “commissioner”, referring to commissioner of transportation, in Subsec. (d); P.A. 15-192 amended Subsec. (d) to replace “commissioner” with “executive director”, effective July 2, 2015.
Cited. 185 C. 145.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 266 - Aeronautics › Section 15-95. - Appeals from board of appeals.

Any person aggrieved by the action of a board of appeals acting under the provisions of subsection (c) of section 15-94, or any municipality aggrieved by the action of the executive director, may appeal therefrom as provided in section 8-8.
(1953, S. 2420d; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 192; P.A. 15-192, S. 47.)
History: 1969 act replaced “commission”, referring to aeronautics commission, with “commissioner”, referring to commissioner of transportation; P.A. 15-192 replaced “commissioner” with “executive director”, effective July 2, 2015.
Cited. 185 C. 145.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 266 - Aeronautics › Section 15-96. - Appeal to Public Utilities Regulatory Authority.

If any corporation subject to regulation by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority is aggrieved by the adoption of airport zoning regulations under section 15-91 or by refusal to grant a variance permit as provided in subsection (b) of section 15-93, such corporation, within thirty days after such adoption or refusal, may appeal to said authority, and if, after notice and hearing, said authority determines that the public safety, necessity and convenience will be best served by the amendment or annulment of such regulation, it may order such regulation to be amended or annulled, or may grant a variance permit as prescribed in said subsection (b).
(1953, S. 2421d; P.A. 75-486, S. 46, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 80-482, S. 37, 348; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 75-486 replaced public utilities commission with public utilities control authority; P.A. 77-614 replaced authority with division of public utility control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made division of public utility control a department and deleted reference to abolished department of business regulation; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority”, effective July 1, 2011.
Cited. 185 C. 145.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 266 - Aeronautics › Section 15-97. - Penalty.

Any person who violates any provision of sections 15-88 to 15-96, inclusive, or any regulation, order, zoning ordinance or ruling promulgated or made pursuant thereto, shall (1) for a first offense, be fined not more than two hundred fifty dollars, and (2) for any subsequent offense, be guilty of a class D misdemeanor. Each day a violation continues to exist shall constitute a separate offense. In addition, either the municipality within which the property is located or the executive director may institute, in any court of competent jurisdiction, an action to prevent, restrain, correct or abate any violation thereof, or of airport zoning regulations adopted thereunder, or of any order or ruling made in connection with their administration or enforcement, and the court shall adjudge to the plaintiff such relief, by way of injunction, which may be mandatory, or otherwise, as may be proper under all the facts and circumstances of the case, in order fully to effectuate the purpose of said sections and of the regulations adopted and orders and rulings made pursuant thereto.
(1953, S. 2422d; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 193; P.A. 12-80, S. 145; P.A. 15-192, S. 48.)
History: 1969 act replaced “commission”, referring to aeronautics commission, with “commissioner”, referring to commissioner of transportation; P.A. 12-80 designated existing penalty provision as Subdiv. (1) and amended same to replace penalty of a fine of not more than $25 or imprisonment of not more than 60 days or both with a fine of not more than $250 as penalty for a first offense and added Subdiv. (2) making penalty for any subsequent offense a class D misdemeanor; P.A. 15-192 replaced “commissioner” with “executive director”, effective July 2, 2015.
Cited. 185 C. 145.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 266 - Aeronautics › Section 15-97a. - Meteorological evaluation tower markings. Penalty.

(a) For the purposes of this section, “meteorological evaluation tower” means a structure that (1) is self-standing or supported by guy wires or anchors, (2) is not more than six feet in diameter at the base, and (3) has accessory facilities on which an antenna, sensor, camera, meteorological instrument or other equipment is mounted for the purpose of documenting whether a site has sufficient wind resources for the operation of a wind turbine generator. “Meteorological evaluation tower” does not include (A) a structure that is located adjacent to a building, including a barn or an electric utility substation, or in the curtilage of a residence, (B) a tower regulated by the Federal Communications Commission, or (C) a tower used primarily to support telecommunications equipment or provide commercial mobile radio service or commercial mobile data service, as such terms are defined in 47 CFR 20.3, as amended from time to time.
(b) A meteorological evaluation tower that is at least fifty feet but not more than two hundred feet in height above ground level: (1) Shall be painted in equal alternating bands of aviation orange and white, beginning with aviation orange at the top of the tower; (2) shall have aviation orange marker balls installed and displayed in accordance with the standards contained in current federal regulations and Federal Aviation Administration advisory circulars; and (3) may not be supported by guy wires unless the guy wires have a seven-foot-long safety sleeve at each anchor point that extends from the anchor point along each guy wire attached to the anchor point.
(c) Any person who owns, operates or erects a meteorological evaluation tower in violation of any provision of subsection (b) of this section shall be subject to a civil penalty of (1) not more than five hundred dollars if such violation results in no physical injury, as defined in section 53a-3, to another person, (2) not more than one thousand dollars if such violation results in physical injury to another person, (3) not more than five thousand dollars if such violation results in serious physical injury, as defined in section 53a-2, to another person, and (4) not more than ten thousand dollars if such violation results in the death of another person.
(P.A. 21-175, S. 56.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 266 - Aeronautics › Section 15-98. - Connecticut Wing Civil Air Patrol. Clerical assistance.

(a) The Connecticut Wing Civil Air Patrol shall be within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection and may expend funds, within available appropriations, for the acquisition, installation, conditioning, rental and maintenance of equipment and facilities and for expenses incurred in connection with senior and cadet training; provided no funds shall be expended for the purpose of uniforms or personal effects, or for salaries of members of said civil air patrol, except as set forth in subsection (b) of this section.
(b) The wing commander of the Connecticut Wing Civil Air Patrol may employ clerical assistance at headquarters for such duties as may be required by the wing commander. The commander of the Connecticut Wing Civil Air Patrol may issue vouchers for all expenditures covered by this section, and the Comptroller shall convert such vouchers into warrants, and the Treasurer shall pay the same out of the General Fund.
(1955, S. 2435d, 2436d; 1967, P.A. 188; 487, S. 1, 2; P.A. 76-411, S. 1; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-12, S. 1, 10; P.A. 05-288, S. 64; P.A. 11-51, S. 134.)
History: 1967 acts deleted $3,200 limit on compensation for clerical assistance in Subsec. (b) and substituted “the general fund” for “said fund”; P.A. 76-411 designated former provisions as Subsec. (b) and inserted new Subsec. (a) re allowed expenditures; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-12 amended Subsec. (a) to require that Connecticut Wing Civil Air Patrol be within the department of public safety and to authorize expenditure of funds “within available appropriations” and Subsec. (b) to make technical changes for statutory consistency; P.A. 05-288 made a technical change in Subsec. (a), effective July 13, 2005; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Department of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 266 - Aeronautics › Section 15-99. - Crop dusting by aircraft.

Section 15-99 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 4835; 1951, S. 2141d; 1957, P.A. 120, S. 1; 1963, P.A. 527, S. 12.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 266 - Aeronautics › Section 15-100. - Penalty.

Any person who violates any provision of this chapter or any of the regulations or orders issued pursuant thereto for which no penalty is specifically provided shall be guilty of a class C misdemeanor.
(1949 Rev., S. 4816; P.A. 12-80, S. 111.)
History: P.A. 12-80 replaced penalty of a fine of not more than $100 or imprisonment of not more than 60 days or both with a class C misdemeanor.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 266 - Aeronautics › Section 15-101a. - Charges for copies of records.

There shall be charged for a copy of any record under this chapter or chapter 267, one dollar per page or fraction thereof for the first copy and fifty cents per page or fraction thereof for each additional copy, and for the certificate of any copy of record, one dollar.
(1972, P.A. 207, S. 10.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 266a - Bradley International Airport Improvements and Financing › Section 15-101k. - Legislative finding and determination.

It is found and determined that the acquisition and construction of a modern and improved Bradley International Airport, including, but not limited to renovation and expansion of passenger terminal facilities, improvements to sewer and water delivery systems, installation of enplaning and deplaning devices, construction of new auto parking structures, improvements to the runway and taxiway system, expansion of the aircraft apron area adjacent to the passenger terminal and construction, renovation and expansion of any self-sustaining special facilities appurtenant thereto, including facilities for the provision of cargo, aircraft maintenance, hotel, and other aviation-related functions, are an important inducement for industrial and commercial enterprises to remain or locate in this state and therefore for the benefit of the people of the state, and for the increase of their commerce, welfare and prosperity, the necessity in the public interest of providing such improved facilities is hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination.
(P.A. 81-406, S. 3, 10; P.A. 87-396, S. 1; P.A. 93-413, S. 14, 16.)
History: P.A. 87-396 changed word “structure” to “structures”; P.A. 93-413 added provisions re construction, renovation and expansion of self-sustaining special facilities, effective July 1, 1993.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 266a - Bradley International Airport Improvements and Financing › Section 15-101n. - Refunding bonds. Bond anticipation notes.

(a) Any bonds issued under the provisions of section 15-101l or to refund any such bonds issued under such section, and at any time outstanding may at any time from time to time be refunded by the state by the issuance of its refunding bonds in such amounts as the State Bond Commission may deem necessary, but not exceeding an amount sufficient to refund the principal of the bonds to be so refunded, any unpaid interest thereon and any premiums and commissions necessary to be paid in connection therewith and to pay costs and expenses which the Treasurer may deem necessary or advantageous in connection with the authorization, sale and issuance of refunding bonds. Any such refunding may be effected whether the bonds to be refunded shall have matured or shall thereafter mature. All refunding bonds issued hereunder shall be payable and shall be subject to and may be secured in accordance with the provisions of section 15-101l.
(b) Whenever the State Bond Commission has adopted a resolution authorizing bonds pursuant to section 15-101
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, the Treasurer may, pending the issue of such bonds, issue, in the name of the state, temporary notes and any renewals thereof in anticipation of the proceeds from the sale of such bonds, which notes and any renewals thereof shall be designated “Bond Anticipation Notes”. Such portion of the proceeds from the sale of such bonds as may be so required shall be applied to the payment of the principal of and interest on any such bond anticipation notes which have been issued. The principal of and interest on any bond anticipation notes issued pursuant to this subsection may be repaid from pledged revenues or other receipts, funds or moneys pledged to the repayment of the bonds in anticipation of which the bond anticipation notes are issued, to the extent not paid from the proceeds of renewals thereof or of the bonds.
(P.A. 81-406, S. 6, 10; P.A. 87-396, S. 3; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-5, S. 13, 18.)
History: P.A. 87-396 amended Subsec. (a) by authorizing the payment of costs and expenses which the treasurer may deem necessary or advantageous and amended Subsec. (b) by authorizing the payment of the principal and interest on any bond anticipation notes from pledged revenue or other receipts, funds or moneys pledged to the repayment of the bonds in anticipation of which the bond anticipation notes are issued, to the extent not paid from the proceeds of renewals thereof or of the bonds; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-5 changed references to Sec. 15-101
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and deleting provision requiring that refunding bonds be payable “solely from the revenues out of which the bonds to be refunded thereby are payable”, effective June 2, 2001.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › Chapter 266a - Bradley International Airport Improvements and Financing › Section 15-101o. - Notes and bonds to be tax-exempt. Legal securities.

(a) It is hereby determined that the purposes of sections 15-101k to 15-101p, inclusive, are public purposes and that the state will be performing an essential governmental function in the exercise of the powers conferred upon it hereunder. The state covenants with the purchasers and all subsequent holders and transferees of notes and bonds issued by the state pursuant to sections 15-101l and 15-101n, in consideration of the acceptance of and payment for the notes and bonds, that the principal and interest of such notes and bonds shall at all times be free from taxation, except for estate and gift taxes, imposed by the state or by any political subdivision thereof but the interest on such notes and bonds shall be included in the computation of any excise or franchise tax. The Treasurer is authorized to include this covenant of the state in any agreement with the holder of such notes or bonds. Any notes or bonds issued by the state pursuant to sections 15-101l and 15-101n may be issued on a basis that provides that the interest thereon is intended to be exempt or not to be exempt from federal income taxation, as may be determined by the Treasurer.
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are hereby made securities in which all public officers and public bodies of the state and its political subdivisions, all insurance companies, credit unions, building and loan associations, investment companies, banking associations, trust companies, executors, administrators, trustees and other fiduciaries and pension, profit-sharing and retirement funds may properly and legally invest funds, including capital in their control or belonging to them. Such bonds are hereby made securities which may properly and legally be deposited with and received by any state or municipal officer or any agency or political subdivision of the state for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or obligations of the state is now or may hereafter, be authorized by law.
(P.A. 81-406, S. 7, 10; P.A. 89-331, S. 14, 30; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-5, S. 14, 18.)
History: P.A. 89-331 clarified the exemption from taxation of the principal and interest of the bonds; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-5 amended Subsec. (a) by adding provision re interest on notes and bonds to be included in the computation of excise or franchise tax and adding provision re notes and bonds issued by the state pursuant to Secs. 15-101
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and 15-101n, and amended Subsec. (b) by changing reference to Sec. 15-101
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, effective July 2, 2001.