Illinois Compiled Statutes 620 Air Transportation: Article -

• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 1
  Definitions.) For the purposes of this Act, the words, terms, and phrases set forth in Sections 2 to 23b, inclusive, shall have the meanings...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 2
  "Aeronautics" means transportation by aircraft; the operation, construction, repair, or maintenance of aircraft, aircraft power plants and accessories, including the repair, packing, and maintenance...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 3
  "Aircraft" means any device used or designed to carry humans in flight as specified by the Department by rule. All devices required to be...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 4
  "Public Aircraft" means an aircraft used exclusively in the service of any government or of any political subdivision thereof, including the government of any...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 5
  "Civil Aircraft" means any aircraft other than a public aircraft. (Source: Laws 1945, p. 335.)
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 6
  "Airport" means any area of land, water, or both, except a restricted landing area, which is designed for the landing and take-off of aircraft,...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 7
  "State" or "this State" means the State of Illinois; and "Department" means the Division of Aeronautics of the Department of Transportation of this State....
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 8
  "Restricted area" or "restricted landing area" means any area of land, water, or both, which is used or is made available for the landing...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 9
  "Air navigation facility" means any facility other than one owned or controlled by the Federal Government, used in, available for use in, or designed...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 10
  "Air navigation" means the operation or navigation of aircraft in the air space over this State, or upon any airport or restricted landing area...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 11
  "Operation of aircraft" or "operate aircraft" means the use of aircraft for the purpose of air navigation, and includes the navigation or piloting of...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 12
  "Airman" means any individual who operates or is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight. (Source: P.A. 90-6, eff. 6-3-97.)
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 13
  "Air instruction" means the imparting of aeronautical information by any aeronautics instructor or in or by any air school or flying club. (Source: Laws...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 14
  "Air school" means any person engaged in giving, or offering to give, instruction, in aeronautics, either in flying or ground subjects, or both, for...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 15
  "Aeronautics instructor" means any individual engaged in giving instruction, or offering to give instruction, in aeronautics, either in flying or ground subjects, or both,...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 16
  "Flying club" means any person other than an individual, which, neither for profit nor reward, owns, leases, or uses one or more aircraft for...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 17
  "Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, association, joint stock association, public service corporation, joint venture, or body politic; and includes any trustee,...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 18
  "State airway" means a route in the navigable air space over and above the lands or water of this State, designated by the Department...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 19
  "Navigable air space" means air space above the minimum altitudes of flight prescribed by the laws of this State or by rules or regulations...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 20
  "Municipality" means any county, city, village, or town of this State and any other political subdivision, public corporation, authority, or district in this State,...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 21
  "Airport protection privileges" means easements through or other interests in air space over land or water, interests in airport hazards outside the boundaries of...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 22
  "Airport hazard" means any structure, object of natural growth, or use of land, which obstructs the air space required for the flight of aircraft...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 23
  "Laws of this State pertaining to aeronautics" means this Act and all other acts of this State, as heretofore or hereafter enacted or amended,...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 23a
  "Sport parachuting" means (1) engaging in a planned and intentional jump from an aircraft while wearing a parachute, or (2) operating an aircraft from...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 23b
  (1) "Sport parachutist" means any person engaging in sport parachuting other than a novice parachutist or other person not qualifying as a sport parachutist...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 24
  For the purposes of this Act the singular shall include the plural, and the plural the singular. (Source: Laws 1945, p. 335.)
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 25
  Declarations. It is hereby declared that the purpose of this Act is to further the public interest and aeronautical progress by providing for the...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 25.01
  This state or any political subdivision of this state is authorized to acquire, establish, construct, own, control, lease, equip, improve, maintain and operate airports,...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 25.02
  An adjoining state or political subdivision thereof, if the laws of such state permit, is authorized to acquire, establish, construct, own, control, lease, equip,...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 25.03
  Such adjoining state or political subdivision thereof shall have all the rights, privileges, and duties of like political subdivisions of this State. (Source: P.A.
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 25.04
  Sections 25.01 to 25.03, both inclusive, shall not apply unless the laws of such adjoining state shall permit this State and its political subdivisions...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 26
  The Department shall regulate and supervise aeronautics within this State, subject to the provisions of this Act. The Department is empowered and directed to...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 27
  Cooperation with Federal Government and others. The Department shall cooperate with and assist the Federal Government, the political subdivisions of this State, and other...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 27.01
  The Department, in addition to the other powers and duties conferred upon it by law, is authorized and directed to supervise and to coordinate...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 27.02
  Assistance to Civil Air Patrol. The Department may provide support and assistance to the Civil Air Patrol in the form of money, equipment, personnel,...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 28
  Rules, rulings, regulations, decisions, orders and standards. In exercising its powers and performing its functions under the laws of this State pertaining to aeronautics,...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 29
  Conformity to federal legislation and rules. All rules, rulings, regulations, orders and decisions prescribed by the Department pursuant to the laws of this State...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 30
  Filing of rules. The Department shall keep on file with the Secretary of State, and at the principal office of the Department, a copy...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 31
  State airport plan. The Department may designate, design, and establish, expand or modify a State airport plan which will best serve the interests of...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 32
  Technical services to municipalities. The Department may, to such extent as it may deem reasonable, offer, in an advisory capacity, the engineering or other...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 33
  Enforcement of aeronautics laws. It shall be the duty of the Department, its officers, and such of its employees as are designated by it...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 34
  Financial assistance to municipalities and others. The Department, subject to the provisions of Section 41 of this Act, may render financial assistance in the...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 34a
  Financial assistance under Section 34 may also include reimbursement to eligible airport sponsors for the construction or upgrading of Automated Weather Observation Systems (AWOS) financed...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 34b
  Airport Land Loan Program. (a) The Department may make loans to public airport owners for the purchase of any real estate interests as may be...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 35
  Authority to contract. The Department may enter into any contracts on behalf of the State, and is authorized and empowered to carry out and...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 36
  Right to enter upon the land, buildings and structures of others. In exercising its powers and performing its functions under the laws of this...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 37
  Federal aid-Cooperation with government. Subject to the provisions of Section 41, the Department is authorized to cooperate with the Government of the United States,...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 38
  Authority to receive Federal moneys for State and municipalities. Subject to the provisions of Section 41, the Department is authorized to accept and receive...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 38.01
  Project applications. (a) No municipality or political subdivision in this state, whether acting alone or jointly with another municipality or political subdivision or with...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 39
  Contracts--Law governing. Subject to the provisions of Section 41, all contracts for the acquisition, construction, development, improvement, operation and maintenance of air navigation facilities...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 40
  Disposition of federal funds. All monies accepted for disbursement by the Department pursuant to Section 38 shall be deposited with the State Treasurer as...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 41
  The Department shall not expend any funds appropriated, or made available, by this State for the planning, acquisition, construction, reconstruction, extension, development, improvement, operation...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 42
  Regulation of aircraft, airmen, and airports. (a) The general public interest and safety, the safety of persons operating, using, or traveling in, aircraft, and...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 42-a
  (Repealed). (Source: Laws 1951, p. 984. Repealed by P.A. 90-6, eff. 6-3-97.)
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 42-b
  (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 79-606. Repealed by P.A. 90-6, eff. 6-3-97.)
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 42-c
  (Repealed). (Source: Laws 1951, p. 984. Repealed by P.A. 90-6, eff. 6-3-97.)
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 42-d
  (Repealed). (Source: Laws 1949, p. 329. Repealed by P.A. 90-6, eff. 6-3-97.)
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 42-e
  (Repealed). (Source: Laws 1949, p. 329. Repealed by P.A. 90-6, eff. 6-3-97.)
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 42-f
  (Repealed). (Source: Laws 1949, p. 329. Repealed by P.A. 90-6, eff. 6-3-97.)
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 42-g
  (Repealed). (Source: Laws 1949, p. 329. Repealed by P.A. 90-6, eff. 6-3-97.)
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 42-h
  (Repealed). (Source: Laws 1949, p. 329. Repealed by P.A. 90-6, eff. 6-3-97.)
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 42-i
  (Repealed). (Source: Laws 1949, p. 329. Repealed by P.A. 90-6, eff. 6-3-97.)
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 42-j
  (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 79-208. Repealed by P.A. 90-6, eff. 6-3-97.)
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 42-k
  (Repealed). (Source: Laws 1951, p. 984. Repealed by P.A. 90-6, eff. 6-3-97.)
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 42-l
  (Repealed). (Source: Laws 1949, p. 329. Repealed by P.A. 90-6, eff. 6-3-97.)
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 42-m
  (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 81-840. Repealed by P.A. 90-6, eff. 6-3-97.)
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 42-n
  (Repealed). (Source: Laws 1949, p. 329. Repealed by P.A. 90-6, eff. 6-3-97.)
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 42-o
  (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 79-1361. Repealed by P.A. 90-6, eff. 6-3-97.)
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 43
  Operations unlawful without license or certificate. Except as hereinafter provided, when such registration is required by the Department, it shall be unlawful for any...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 43a
  Joy riding.) No person shall operate or cause or authorize to be operated any civil aircraft within this State without the owner's consent. Whoever...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 43b
  Dropping objects from aircraft. No person while operating or riding in any type of aircraft shall cause to be dropped therefrom, any object used...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 43d
  Intoxicated persons in or about aircraft. (a) No person shall: (1) Operate or attempt to operate any aircraft in this State while under the influence...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 43e
  (a) Any person who operates, is in actual physical control or who acts as a crew member of any aircraft in this State shall...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 44
  Exceptions to registration requirements.) The provisions of paragraph (1) of Section 42 and Section 43 shall not apply to: (1) An aircraft which has...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 44a
  (Repealed). (Source: Laws 1963, p. 1834. Repealed by P.A. 90-6, eff. 6-3-97.)
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 45
  Exhibition of licenses and certificates. The federal license, certificate, or permit, and the evidence of registration in this or another state, if any, required...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 46
  When instruction unlawful. When the Department requires the registration of Federal licenses, certificates or permits, or the obtaining of certificates of approval, under paragraphs...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 47
  Operation without certificate of approval unlawful; applications.) An application for a certificate of approval of an airport or restricted landing area, or the alteration...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 47.1
  Review by Department of O'Hare Modernization Program. The Department shall monitor the design, planning, financing, and construction of the O'Hare Modernization Program as defined...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 48
  Standards for issuing certificates of approval. In determining whether it shall issue a certificate of approval for any airport or restricted landing area, or...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 49
  Discontinuance of operations of airports or restricted landing areas. The Department is empowered to order the discontinuance or limitation, temporarily or permanently, of the...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 49.1
  Creation of hazards. No person may create or construct any airport hazard which obstructs a restricted landing area or residential airport that (1) serves...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 50
  Exceptions-Federal government. The provisions of Sections 47, 48 and 49 shall not apply to any airport, restricted landing area or other air navigation facility...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 51
  Proceedings before the department and in the courts-Investigation, inquiries and hearings. The Department, or any officer thereof, and any employee thereof generally or specifically...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 52
  Exemption from testifying. No officer or employee of the Department shall be required to testify as an expert witness in any suit, action or...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 53
  Attendance of witness. All subpoenas issued under the laws of this State pertaining to aeronautics may be served by any person who is not...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 54
  Inspection of records. Any party to a proceeding before the Department shall have the right to inspect the records of all investigations, inquiries or...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 55
  Initiation of proceedings; notice; service. Proceedings may be initiated by applications, petitions, and complaints, including complaints made by the Department of its own motion....
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 56
  Hearings. At the time fixed for any hearing, pursuant to the laws of this State pertaining to aeronautics, or the rules, rulings, regulations, orders...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 57
  Findings; orders; record. At the conclusion of such hearing, the Department shall make and render findings concerning the subject matter and facts inquired into...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 58
  Record on appeal. In case of appeal from any rule, ruling, regulation, order or decision of the Department, a transcript of such testimony, together...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 59
  Certified copies as evidence. Copies of all official documents and orders filed or deposited according to law in the office of the Department, certified...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 60
  Order without prior hearing. The Department may issue an order granting or denying a certificate of approval of an airport or a restricted landing...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 61
  Operation of airports authorized without license. No license shall be required to operate an airport or restricted landing area for which a certificate of...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 62
  Investigations and inquiries without notice; hearing upon request. Nothing in this Act shall be taken to limit or restrict the power of the Department,...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 63
  Service of orders. Every order of the Department shall be served upon every person, municipality or other political subdivision to be affected thereby, except...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 64
  Power to change rules, rulings, regulations, decisions and orders; rehearings. Anything in the laws of this State pertaining to aeronautics to the contrary notwithstanding,...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 67
  The provisions of the Administrative Review Law, as the same may be amended or supplemented, shall govern all judicial review proceedings under this Act....
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 68
  Duties of the Attorney General. It shall be the duty of the Attorney General to represent the Department in all matters and proceedings before...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 69
  Appeals.) Appeals from all final orders and judgments entered by the circuit court, in review of rules, rulings, regulations, orders and decisions of the...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 70
  Priority in hearing. Any proceeding in any court in this State directly affecting a rule, ruling, regulation, order or decision of the Department, or...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 71
  Suspension of orders pending judicial review. (a) The pendency of judicial review shall not of itself stay or suspend the operation of the rule,...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 72
  Acquisition and operation of state airports - Authority to establish state airports. The Department is authorized and empowered, on behalf of and in the...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 73
  Airport protection privileges. Where necessary, in order to provide unobstructed air space for the landing and taking off of aircraft utilizing public airports, restricted...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 74
  Condemnation. In exercising its powers and performing its functions under the laws of this State pertaining to aeronautics, when it is necessary for the use...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 74.5
  Eminent domain. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, any power granted under this Act to acquire property by condemnation or eminent domain is subject...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 75
  Charges and rentals. The Department shall have the authority to determine the charges or rental for the use of any properties and the charges...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 76
  Leases and sales. Whenever the Department determines that the public interest does not require the continued use of an airport, restricted landing area or...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 77
  Joint operations. The Department may exercise its powers and perform its functions under Sections 72 to 76, inclusive, in co-operation with or jointly, as...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 78
  Aeronautics fund. All moneys hereafter received by this State, or by the Department for and on its behalf, under any of the laws of...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 79
  Penalties.) Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Act, any person, other than the Department, its officers or employees acting for and on behalf...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 79a
  Enforcement.) In addition to any other remedies the Department may institute in any circuit court an action to prevent, restrain, correct or abate any...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 79.01
  When a judgment is entered against any person for any violation of this Act or of any rule, ruling, order or decision issued pursuant...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 80
  Repeal; possession of records of Illinois Aeronautics Commission. "An Act to Regulate Aeronautics, and Making an Appropriation Therefor", approved July 9, 1931, as amended,...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 81
  Separability. If any one or more of the provisions of this Act is declared unconstitutional or the application thereof is held invalid, the validity...
• Illinois Aeronautics Act. - 620 ILCS 5, Section 82
  Short title. This Act may be cited as the Illinois Aeronautics Act. (Source: P.A. 96-328, eff. 8-11-09.)

Last modified: February 18, 2015