Code of Virginia - Title 5.1 Aviation - Chapter 1 Aircraft, Airmen And Airports Generally

5.1-1 Definitions
When used in this title, unless expressly stated otherwise: "Board" means the Virginia Aviation Board. "Person" means any individual, corporation, government, political subdivision of the ...
5.1-1.1 Creation of Department of Aviation
There is hereby created a Department of Aviation. (1979, c. 272; 1984, c. 720.) ...
5.1-1.2 Appointment of Director; term; vacancies
The Department shall be under the direction of a director, hereinafter referred to in this title as "Director," who shall be appointed by the Governor, ...
5.1-1.3 Oath and bond of Director; salary
The Director, before entering upon the discharge of his duties, shall take an oath that he will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the ...
5.1-1.4 Enforcement of laws, rules and regulations
Except for the provisions of Chapter 9 (§ 5.1-89 et seq.) of this title, the Department shall have the authority to enforce any provision of ...
5.1-1.5 General powers of Department
The Department shall have the following general powers: 1. To employ such personnel as may be required to carry out the purposes of this chapter. ...
5.1-1.6 Further powers and duties of Department; State Corporation Commission to administer Chapter ...
A. The Department shall have the following powers and duties: 1. Administer the provisions of Chapters 1 (§ 5.1-1 et seq.), 3 (§ 5.1-31 et ...
5.1-1.7 Suits to enjoin violations of title
The Department may seek to enjoin any act in violation of any provision of this title, or of any rule or regulation promulgated under any ...
5.1-2 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 1979, c. 272. ...
5.1-2.1 Virginia Aviation Commission continued as Virginia Aviation Board; membership; terms; Chairma...
A. The Virginia Aviation Commission, a public body corporate and politic, is hereby continued within the Department of Aviation as a political subdivision of the ...
5.1-2.2 Powers and duties of Board
The Board shall exercise the following powers and duties: 1. Provide a means of citizen access to the Department; 2. Provide a means of publicizing ...
5.1-2.2:1 Further powers and duties of the Board
The Board shall have all the powers necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes of this chapter including, but not limited to, the power: ...
5.1-2.3 Meetings of Board; quorum
The Board shall meet at least once every three months, and on the call of the Chairman, when in his opinion additional meetings are necessary. ...
5.1-2.4 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 1980, c. 728. ...
5.1-2.5 Eminent domain; right of entry
The Board is hereby vested with the power of eminent domain and may exercise the same for the purposes set forth in subdivision 3 of ...
5.1-2.6 Disposal of airport, air navigation facility or other property
Except as may be limited by the terms and conditions of any grant, loan or agreement authorized by § 5.1-2.16 the Board may, by sale, ...
5.1-2.7 Revenue bonds generally
The Board is hereby authorized to provide for the issuance, at one time or from time to time, of revenue bonds of the Board for ...
5.1-2.8 Trust agreement securing bonds
In the discretion of the Board any bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter may be secured by a trust agreement by and between ...
5.1-2.9 Rents, fees and charges for services or use of facilities; use and disposition of revenue...
The Board is hereby authorized to fix, revise, charge, and collect rates, fees, and other charges for the use of or for the services and ...
5.1-2.10 Moneys received deemed trust funds
All moneys received pursuant to the authority of this chapter, whether as proceeds from the sale of bonds or as revenues, shall be deemed to ...
5.1-2.11 Proceedings by bondholder or trustee to enforce rights
Any holder of bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter or any of the coupons appertaining thereto, and the trustee under any trust agreement, ...
5.1-2.12 Bonds made securities for investment and deposit
Bonds issued by the Board under the provisions of this chapter are hereby made securities in which all public officers and public bodies of the ...
5.1-2.13 Revenue refunding bonds; bonds for refunding and for cost of additional projects
The Board is hereby authorized to provide for the issuance of revenue refunding bonds of the Board for the purpose of refunding any bonds then ...
5.1-2.14 Contracts, leases, and other arrangements
A. In connection with the operation of an airport or air navigation facility owned or controlled by the Board, the Board may enter into contracts, ...
5.1-2.15 Resolutions, rules and regulations, etc
The Board is authorized to adopt, amend, and repeal such reasonable resolutions, rules, regulations, and orders as it shall deem necessary for the management, government, ...
5.1-2.16 Grants or loans of public or private funds
The Board is authorized to accept, receive, receipt for, disburse, and expend federal and state moneys and other moneys, public or private, made available by ...
5.1-2.17 Exemptions from taxes or assessments; payments to county or city in lieu of taxes
The exercise of the powers granted by this chapter will be in all respects for the benefit of the people of the Commonwealth, for the ...
5.1-2.18 Joint agency or authority; agreements authorized; terms
The Board may, to the extent permitted by law, enter into agreements with agencies or authorities in this Commonwealth or from adjoining states or with ...
5.1-2.19 Same; governing body; officers and agents; powers generally
The agreement shall specify the composition of the governing body of the joint agency or authority created under § 5.1-2.18; provided, however, that the membership ...
5.1-2.20 Same; eminent domain
Eminent domain proceedings shall not be instituted by any joint authority except by majority vote of each component agency or authority of such joint authority. ...
5.1-2.21 Same; disposal of airport or facility
The joint authority shall not dispose of any airport, airport navigational facility or real property under its jurisdiction except by majority vote of each component ...
5.1-2.22 Acquisition of airport previously operated by United States
Whenever the Board shall acquire ownership and jurisdiction over any airport or airports previously operated by an agency of the United States, the Board is ...
5.1-2.23 Board as successor to Virginia Airports Authority
The Board is the successor in interest to that political subdivision formerly known as the Virginia Airports Authority. As such, the Board stands in the ...
5.1-2.24 Applicability of certain sections
The provisions of §§ 5.1-2.5, 5.1-2.7, 5.1-2.8, 5.1-2.9, 5.1-2.10, 5.1-2.11, 5.1-2.12, 5.1-2.13, and 5.1-2.20 of this chapter shall be applicable only to any airport owned ...
5.1-3 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 1979, c. 272. ...
5.1-4 Aircraft for use of Department; construction, etc., of aviation facilities by Department
Within the limits of appropriations made for such purposes, the Department is authorized to purchase aircraft for the use of the Department, provided, however, that ...
5.1-5 Licensing of aircraft
(a) Every resident of this Commonwealth owning a civil aircraft, every nonresident owning a civil aircraft based in this Commonwealth over sixty days during any ...
5.1-6 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 1988, c. 45. ...
5.1-7 Licensing of airports and landing areas
Except as provided in § 5.1-7.2, every person, before operating an airport or landing area or adding or extending a runway, shall first secure from ...
5.1-7.1 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 1980, c. 56. ...
5.1-7.2 Registration of private landing areas not within five miles of commercial airport
Any person owning an area for landing any aircraft, which area is not within five miles of a commercial airport and has been constructed by ...
5.1-8 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 1995, cc. 682 and 690, effective October 1, 1995. ...
5.1-9 Disposition of fees
All fees or sums collected by the Department under the provisions of this chapter shall be paid into the special fund created by § 5.1-51. ...
5.1-9.1 Certain privately owned airports declared to be works of public improvement; exemption from local t...
(a) Any public use privately owned airport in this Commonwealth, or any improvements made thereto, which is open to the public at no charge and ...
5.1-9.2 Contract carriers; permit and license required
No person shall operate or engage in the business of a contract carrier by aircraft intrastate in the airspace of this Commonwealth unless such person ...
5.1-9.3 Same; application for permit; fee; action of Department
Any person desiring a permit under this chapter shall file with the Department an application in the form prescribed by the Department with a fee ...
5.1-9.4 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 1988, c. 45. ...
5.1-9.5 Contract carriers; bonds, insurance or certificate of insurance required prior to issuance of licen...
A. No license or permit shall be issued by the Department to any contract carrier by aircraft until and after such contract carrier has filed ...
5.1-9.6 Same; duration and custody of bonds, etc
Insurance policies, bonds, certificates of insurance, or federal, state, or municipal bonds filed with the Department shall be kept in full force at all times. ...
5.1-9.7 Same; condition of bond, etc
The insurance bond, or other security, shall obligate the insurer or surety to pay any final judgment for damages sustained by the passengers, shippers, or ...
5.1-9.8 Same; effect of failure to give or maintain adequate security
Failure of any contract carrier holding a license or permit issued by and under the authority of the Department to comply with any of the ...
5.1-9.9 Same; duration of permits; suspension or revocation; penalty
A. Contract carrier permits issued pursuant to this chapter shall be effective from the date of issuance and shall remain in effect only so long ...
5.1-10 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 1979, c. 272. ...
5.1-11 Government-owned aircraft
This article shall not apply to public aircraft owned by the United States but shall apply to all other public aircraft. (Code 1950, § 5-14; ...
5.1-12 Federally certificated airlines and interstate service
This article shall not apply to any aircraft operated by any air carrier operating under Federal Aviation Regulation Part 121 or Part 135 if operating ...
5.1-13 Operation of aircraft while under influence of intoxicating liquors or drugs; reckless operatio...
Any person who shall operate any aircraft within the airspace over, above or upon the lands or waters of this Commonwealth, while under the influence ...
5.1-14 Operation of unlicensed aircraft
Any person who operates or causes to be operated any civil aircraft within the airspace over, above or upon the lands or waters of this ...
5.1-15 Operation of aircraft by unlicensed persons
Any person who operates any civil aircraft within the airspace over, above, or upon the lands or waters of this Commonwealth, without being, at the ...
5.1-16 Tampering with, etc., airplanes or markings of airports, landing fields or other aeronautical facil...
It shall be unlawful for any person to tamper with, alter, destroy, remove, carry away, or cause to be carried away, an airplane or other ...
5.1-16.1 Misuse of licensed airports
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to use licensed airport runways, taxiways or ramp areas for other than aeronautical purposes without written ...
5.1-17 Use of aircraft for hunting
It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt, pursue or kill any wild waterfowl or other birds or animals by any means whatever during ...
5.1-18 , 5.1-19
Repealed by Acts 1988, c. 45. ...
5.1-20 Pilot may restrain or arrest person interfering with operation of aircraft carrying passengers for ...
The pilot of any aircraft carrying passengers for hire, or any person subject to his direction, may take such action as is reasonably necessary to ...
5.1-21 Powers of conservator of the peace conferred upon pilot
The pilot of any aircraft carrying passengers for hire while actively engaged in the operation of such aircraft shall be a special policeman and have ...
5.1-21.1 Powers of conservators of the peace conferred upon airport managers or designees
The airport manager of any licensed Virginia airport or in his absence not more than two employees who are designated by him shall be special ...
5.1-22 Interference with operation of aircraft; penalties; venue
Any person who interferes with or threatens to interfere with the operation of any aircraft on or over the territory of this Commonwealth shall be ...
5.1-23 Jurisdiction of local and State Police
The local police authorities of any city, incorporated town or county shall have jurisdiction on the premises of any airport, drop zone or landing field ...
5.1-24 Penalties
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter, or violating any of the rules or regulations promulgated pursuant thereto by the Board, except ...
5.1-25 Operation of aircraft by nonresident
A nonresident of this Commonwealth may operate aircraft engaged in operations other than for hire or reward in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Board, ...
5.1-25.1 Permit required for erection of certain structures
It shall be unlawful for any person to erect any structure, any part of which penetrates into or through any licensed airport's or United States ...
5.1-25.2 Application for permit; notice and hearing
Any person desiring to erect or cause to be erected any such structure shall make application to the Department for the issuance of a permit ...
5.1-25.3 When permit issued or denied; conditions to issuance
The Board, if it finds that the erection of such structure will not be dangerous to aircraft using the airways of this Commission, shall issue ...
5.1-25.4 Injunctions
If any person commences the erection of a structure of the nature described in § 5.1-25.1 without securing the permit therein required, the Department shall ...

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