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Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
A. The department shall foster air commerce within the state of Louisiana and the department shall have supervision over the aeronautical activities and facilities, which authority shall include supervision and control over all airports, landing fields, landing strips, air instruction, air marking, air beacons, and all other air-navigation facilities.
B. (1) Accordingly, the department may prescribe such reasonable rules and regulations as it deems necessary and advisable:
(a) For the public safety and for the promotion of aeronautics governing the designing, laying out, location, building, equipping, operation, and use of all airports, landing fields, or landing strips;
(b) Governing the curriculum, equipment, personnel, and operation and management of all air instruction;
(c) For the purpose of protecting the health and safety of students receiving or to receive such instruction of student aviators;
(d) For the public safety and safety of those engaged in aeronautics;
(e) For the promotion of aeronautics governing the establishment, location, maintenance, and operation of all air markings, air beacons, and other air-navigation facilities.
(2) No rule or regulation prescribed by the department under the authority of this Section shall be inconsistent with the then-current federal legislation governing aeronautics and the regulations duly promulgated thereunder.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 2, § 6. Powers and duties of the department; promulgation of rules and regulations pertaining to aeronautics - last updated January 01, 2023 | https://codes.findlaw.com/la/revised-statutes/la-rev-stat-tit-2-sect-6/
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