Powers and Duties of Department of Transportation - Aviation and Aviation Facilities Generally

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The Department of Transportation shall have the following powers and duties:

  1. To plan for and establish a long-term policy in regard to the establishment, development, and maintenance of aviation and aviation facilities in the state;
  2. To promote and encourage the use of aviation facilities of the state for air commerce in the state and between the state, other states, and foreign countries;
  3. To cooperate, counsel, and advise with the State Transportation Board in regard to the planning, construction, development, and maintenance of airports, landing fields, and air navigation facilities in the state;
  4. To cooperate, counsel, and advise with municipalities and other political subdivisions of the state and with other departments, boards, bureaus, commissions, agencies, or establishments, whether federal, state, or local, or public or private, for the purpose of promoting and obtaining coordination in the planning for and in the establishment of development, maintenance, and protection of a system of air routes, airports, landing fields, and other aviation facilities in the state.

(Ga. L. 1949, p. 249, § 14; Ga. L. 1959, p. 262, § 15; Ga. L. 1962, p. 694, § 7; Ga. L. 1972, p. 1015, § 2005.)

Cross references.

- Provisions regarding powers and duties of Department of Transportation regarding aviation, § 32-2-2.

Department of Transportation aid for airport development, § 32-9-7.

Licensing of airports by Department of Transportation, § 32-9-8.

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Department of Transportation qualifies as a "planning agency." 1972 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 72-45.

Integration of area airport system plans into comprehensive State Airport System Plan.

- Department of Transportation has responsibility, in accordance with provisions of planning grant agreement between Federal Aviation Administration and Department of Industry and Trade dated December 2, 1971, to integrate various area airport system plans into a comprehensive State Airport System Plan. 1974 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 74-39.

Authority of Department to make airport directory available to public.

- One of the duties of the board (now Department of Transportation) being to encourage use of aviation facilities, it has authority to make available to the public an airport directory. 1960-61 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 444.


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