Rhode Island General Laws 1-4-15. Reasons for orders – Closing of facilities – Inspection powers
In any case where the director, pursuant to this chapter, issues any order requiring or prohibiting certain things to be done, the director shall set forth his or her reasons for the order and state the requirements to be met before approval is given or the rule, regulation, or order shall be modified or changed. In any case where the director deems the action necessary or proper, the director may order the closing of any airport or landing field, or the cessation of operations of any air school, flying club, air beacon, or other air navigation facility, until the requirements laid down by the director have been fulfilled. To carry out the provisions of this chapter, the director, deputy director, aeronautics inspectors and any officers, state or municipal, charged with the duty of enforcing this chapter, may inspect and examine, at reasonable hours, any premises, the aircraft and the buildings and other structures, where those airports, landing fields, air schools, flying clubs, air beacons, or other air navigation facilities are operated.
History of Section.
P.L. 1940, ch. 851, § 16; G.L. 1956, § 1-4-15; P.L. 2000, ch. 371, § 3.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 1-4-15
- Aeronautics: means transportation by aircraft, air instruction, the operation, repair, or maintenance of aircraft, and the design, operation, repair, or maintenance of airports, landing fields, or other air navigation facilities. See Rhode Island General Laws 1-4-2
- Air school: means any person engaged in giving, offering to give, or advertising, representing, or holding himself or herself out as giving, with or without compensation or other award, instruction in aeronautics — in flying, in ground subjects, or in both. See Rhode Island General Laws 1-4-2
- Aircraft: means any contrivance now known or invented, used, or designed for navigation of, or flight in, the air, except a parachute or other contrivance designed for air navigation but used primarily as safety equipment. See Rhode Island General Laws 1-4-2
- Airport: means any area of land, water, or both, which is used or is made available for the landing and take off of aircraft, and which provides facilities for the shelter, supply, and repair of aircraft and which, as to size, design, surface, marking, equipment, and management meets the minimum requirements established from time to time by the director. See Rhode Island General Laws 1-4-2
- Deputy director: means the deputy director of the Rhode Island airport corporation. See Rhode Island General Laws 1-4-2
- Director: means the executive director of the Rhode Island airport corporation. See Rhode Island General Laws 1-4-2
- Flying club: means any person (other than an individual) who, neither for profit nor reward, owns, leases, or uses one or more aircraft for the purpose of instruction, pleasure, or both. See Rhode Island General Laws 1-4-2
- Landing field: means any area of land, water, or both, which is used or is made available for the landing and take off of aircraft, which may or may not provide facilities for the shelter, supply, and repair of aircraft, and which, as to size, design, surface, marking, equipment, and management meets the minimum requirements established from time to time by the director. See Rhode Island General Laws 1-4-2