Texas Transportation Code Title 3, Chapter 21 - Administration Of Aeronautics

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 21.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Aeronautics" means: (A) the art and science of flight of aircraft; (B) aviation; (C) the operation, navigation, piloting, maintenance, and construction...
• Texas Section 21.002 - Aviation Division
  The powers and duties granted to the department by this chapter or by other law related to aviation shall be performed, under the direction of...
• Texas Section 21.003 - Aviation Advisory Committee
  (a) The aviation advisory committee consists of six members appointed by the commission to advise the commission and the department on aviation matters. (b) A...
• Texas Section 21.005 - Suit Against Department
  (a) An interested party who is adversely affected by an act, decision, rate, charge, order, or rule adopted by the department and who fails to...

SUBCHAPTER B GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES

• Texas Section 21.006 - Safe Aircraft Operation
  (a) An aircraft operated in the state shall be operated safely. (b) An aircraft is operated safely if the operation complies with the United States...
• Texas Section 21.051 - Aeronautic Development
  The department and the director shall encourage and assist the development of aeronautics in this state. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff....
• Texas Section 21.052 - Cooperation With Other Entities In Aeronautic Development
  The department and the director may: (1) cooperate with or assist the United States, a governmental subdivision of this state, or a person engaged in...
• Texas Section 21.053 - Governmental Subdivision Cooperation In Aeronautic Development
  A governmental subdivision may cooperate with the department in the development of aeronautics. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
• Texas Section 21.054 - Authority To Contract
  (a) The department may contract as necessary or advisable to execute its powers under this chapter. (b) The department may not enter an agreement that...
• Texas Section 21.055 - Grant Or Gift With Prescribed Purpose
  The department may accept from any person a grant or gift of money or property for which the person has prescribed a particular use for...
• Texas Section 21.056 - Record Of Grant Or Gift
  The department shall maintain in its office a record of money, property, or a grant given to the department under this chapter. Acts 1995, 74th...
• Texas Section 21.057 - Use Of Grant Or Gift According To Terms
  The department shall use money, property, or a grant given to the department under this chapter according to the terms of the grant or gift....
• Texas Section 21.058 - Expenditure Of Grants Or Gifts Of Money
  The department may not spend a grant or money given to the department unless the expenditure is authorized by order of the commission. Acts 1995,...
• Texas Section 21.059 - Gifts Of Land
  To develop aeronautics for the common good and safety of the residents of the state or to provide for catastrophe, disaster, or state or national...
• Texas Section 21.060 - Jurisdiction, Administration, And Leasing Of Land, Navigational Aids, Or Facilities
  (a) The department has jurisdiction over and shall administer land given to the department. (b) The department may: (1) exercise jurisdiction over and administer navigational...
• Texas Section 21.061 - Funding Construction Of Facilities And Improvements
  (a) The department may construct on land given to the department an improvement, facility, or navigational aid that the department determines is necessary or advisable....
• Texas Section 21.062 - Lease Of Land Or Improvement
  (a) The department may lease land given to the department or an improvement on the land to any person if the department finds after investigation...
• Texas Section 21.063 - Terms Of Lease Of Land Or Improvement
  (a) A lease of land given to the department or a lease of an improvement on the land must provide that: (1) the lessee shall...
• Texas Section 21.064 - Reports And Information
  (a) The department may report to an appropriate agency of another state or of the United States that a proceeding has been instituted that charges...
• Texas Section 21.065 - Aeronautical Education Programs And Flight Clinics
  (a) The department may: (1) organize and administer an aeronautical education program in colleges and schools of this state and for the public; and (2)...
• Texas Section 21.066 - Aeronautical Publications
  (a) The department may issue aeronautical publications as required in the public interest. (b) The department shall charge a fee sufficient to recover the cost...
• Texas Section 21.067 - Texas Airport Directory
  (a) The department may: (1) issue the Texas Airport Directory; (2) sell advertising in the directory; and (3) advertise the directory in other publications. (b)...
• Texas Section 21.068 - Engineering And Technical Services
  (a) The department may provide engineering or technical services to any person in connection with aeronautical activities, including the planning, acquisition, construction, improvement, maintenance, or...
• Texas Section 21.069 - State Airport In Central Texas
  (a) The department, in consultation with the State Aircraft Pooling Board, shall establish a state airport in Central Texas that is open to the general...
• Texas Section 21.070 - Marking Of Wireless Communication Facility
  (a) In this section: (1) "Cultivated field" means any open space or pasture larger than five acres in which a plant or tree nursery is...

SUBCHAPTER C AVIATION FACILITIES DEVELOPMENT AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

• Texas Section 21.071 - Painting And Marking Requirements For Certain Meteorological Evaluation Towers; Offense
  (a) In this section, "meteorological evaluation tower" means a structure that: (1) is self-standing or supported by guy wires and anchors; (2) is not more...
• Texas Section 21.101 - Financial Assistance For Construction And Repair Of Aviation Facilities
  (a) The department may loan or grant money to a state agency with a governing board authorized to operate an airport or to a governmental...
• Texas Section 21.102 - Loan Preferred
  The department shall: (1) make a loan instead of a grant whenever feasible under this subchapter; and (2) carefully consider making a loan instead of...
• Texas Section 21.103 - Commission Vote Required For Grant Or Loan
  Under this subchapter, the commission may not make: (1) a grant unless two-thirds of the entire commission votes in favor of the grant; or (2)...
• Texas Section 21.104 - Revolving Loan Fund
  The department shall: (1) place the principal and interest derived from a loan in a revolving loan fund; and (2) administer the fund for future...
• Texas Section 21.105 - Requirements For Loan Or Grant
  (a) The commission may not approve a loan that bears interest of less than three percent annually or that has a term that exceeds 20...
• Texas Section 21.106 - Priorities For Financial Assistance
  The commission, with the advice of the aviation advisory committee, shall establish and maintain a method for determining priorities among locations and projects eligible to...
• Texas Section 21.107 - Aviation Facilities Development Program
  (a) The commission, with the advice of the aviation advisory committee, through the preparation and adoption of an aviation facilities development program, shall provide for...
• Texas Section 21.108 - Aviation Facilities Capital Improvement Program
  (a) The commission, with the advice of the aviation advisory committee, shall prepare a multiyear aviation facilities capital improvement program. (b) The aviation facilities capital...
• Texas Section 21.109 - Review And Revision Of Aviation Facilities Capital Improvement Program
  The commission, with the advice of the aviation advisory committee, shall: (1) periodically review the capital improvement program to determine the need to: (A) revise...
• Texas Section 21.110 - Aviation Facilities Capital Improvement Program; Budget Preparation
  The department shall consider the aviation facilities capital improvement program in preparing the department's biennial budget request to the legislature. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch....
• Texas Section 21.111 - Public Hearing
  (a) The commission or the commission's authorized representative shall hold a public hearing before approving any financial assistance under this subchapter, except as provided by...
• Texas Section 21.1115 - Emergency Loan Or Grant
  (a) In an emergency, the director or the director's designee may award a loan or grant without holding a public hearing under rules adopted by...
• Texas Section 21.112 - Expenditure Of Air Facility Construction Money By State Governmental Entities
  A governmental entity that receives money from the department to establish, construct, reconstruct, enlarge, or repair an airport, airstrip, or air navigational facility shall spend...
• Texas Section 21.113 - Airport Hazard Zoning Ordinance Required
  The department may not pay the final 10 percent of its share of project costs under a grant until the sponsor has enacted an airport...
• Texas Section 21.114 - Agent For Federal Funds
  (a) The department is the agent of the state and of each political subdivision of the state for the purpose of applying for, receiving, and...

SUBCHAPTER D INVESTIGATION AND ENFORCEMENT

• Texas Section 21.115 - Funding For Certain Commercial Service Airports
  To the extent consistent with federal funding restrictions, a project involving a commercial service airport is eligible for financial assistance under this subchapter, including for...
• Texas Section 21.151 - Investigation, Inquiry, Or Hearing
  (a) The department may conduct an investigation, inquiry, or hearing concerning a matter covered by this chapter or a rule or order of the department....
• Texas Section 21.152 - Conduct Of Investigation, Inquiry, Or Hearing
  A member of the commission, the director, or an officer or employee of the department who has been designated by the commission to hold an...
• Texas Section 21.153 - Noncompliance With Subpoena Or Order
  (a) If a person fails to comply with a subpoena or order issued under Section 21.152, the department shall notify the attorney general. (b) The...
• Texas Section 21.154 - Civil Penalty
  (a) A person, including an officer, agent, servant, or employee of a corporation, is liable for a civil penalty if the person: (1) violates this...
• Texas Section 21.155 - Injunctive Relief
  (a) A district court of a county in which a violation of this chapter or a rule, order, or decree of the department under this...
• Texas Section 21.156 - Enforcement Of Chapter
  (a) The department may enforce this chapter by revoking or suspending a lease or permit. (b) The department shall notify the attorney general of a...
• Texas Section 21.157 - Cooperation With United States In Law Enforcement
  The department shall work with agencies of the United States in enforcing the statutes, directives, rules, and regulations of the United States. Acts 1995, 74th...

Last modified: September 28, 2016