Georgia § 6-1-1 - Powers and duties of Department of Transportation - Aviation and aviation facilities generally.
Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 6-1-1 — Powers and duties of Department of Transportation - Aviation and aviation facilities generally., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 6-1-1. Powers and duties of Department of Transportation - Aviation and aviation facilities generally.
The Department of Transportation shall have the following powers and duties: 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; 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; 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; 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 .
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