Oklahoma § 3-65.8 - See the following versions:

§ 3-65.8. See the following versions:

OS 3-65.8v1 (HB 3672, Laws 2024, c. 18, § 7).

OS 3-65.8v2 (SB 1912, Laws 2024, c. 135, § 7).

§3-65.8v1. Regulations and jurisdiction.

(a) Scope. A municipality, which has established or acquired

or which may hereafter establish or acquire an airport, vertiport,

or air navigation facility, is authorized to adopt, amend and repeal

such reasonable ordinance, resolutions, rules, regulations and

orders as it shall deem necessary for the management, government and

use of such airport, vertiport, or air navigation facility under its

control, whether situated within or without the territorial limits

of the municipality. For the enforcement thereof, the municipality,

may, by ordinance or resolution, as may by law be appropriate,

appoint airport guards or police, with full police powers, and fix

penalties, within the limits prescribed by law, for the violation of

the aforesaid ordinances, resolutions, rules, regulations and

orders. Enforcement may also be conducted by airport officers

holding a commission from and employed by an airport trust as

defined in, and pursuant to and in accordance with, the provisions

and requirements of the Oklahoma Campus Security Act, and who, as a

result of which, hold full police powers. Said penalties shall be

enforced in the same manner in which penalties prescribed by other

ordinances, or resolutions of the municipality are enforced. To the

extent that an airport, vertiport, or other air navigation facility

controlled and operated by a municipality is located outside the

territorial limits of the municipality, it shall, subject to federal

and state laws, rules and regulations, be under the jurisdiction and

control of the municipality controlling or operating it, and no

other municipality shall have any authority to charge or exact a

license fee or occupation tax for operations thereon.

(b) Conformity to Federal and State Law. All ordinances,

resolutions, rules, regulations or orders which are issued by the

municipality shall be kept in substantial conformity with the laws

of this state or any regulations promulgated or standards

established pursuant thereto, and, as nearly as may be, with the

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 3. Aircraft and Airports

federal laws governing aerospace and aeronautics and the rules,

regulations and standards duly issued thereunder.

Added by Laws 1947, p. 18, § 8. Amended by Laws 2012, c. 48, § 1,

eff. Nov. 1, 2012; Laws 2024, c. 18, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2024.

§3-65.8v2. Regulations and jurisdiction.

A. Scope. A municipality, which has established or acquired or

which may hereafter establish or acquire an airport, vertiport, or

air navigation facility, is authorized to adopt, amend and repeal

such reasonable ordinance, resolutions, rules, regulations and

orders as it shall deem necessary for the management, government and

use of such airport, vertiport, or air navigation facility under its

control, whether situated within or without the territorial limits

of the municipality. For the enforcement thereof, the municipality,

may, by ordinance or resolution, as may by law be appropriate,

appoint airport guards or police, with full police powers, and fix

penalties, within the limits prescribed by law, for the violation of

the aforesaid ordinances, resolutions, rules, regulations and

orders. Enforcement may also be conducted by airport officers

holding a commission from and employed by an airport trust as

defined in, and pursuant to and in accordance with, the provisions

and requirements of the Oklahoma Campus Security Act, and who, as a

result of which, hold full police powers. Said penalties shall be

enforced in the same manner in which penalties prescribed by other

ordinances, or resolutions of the municipality are enforced. To the

extent that an airport, vertiport, or other air navigation facility

controlled and operated by a municipality is located outside the

territorial limits of the municipality, it shall, subject to federal

and state laws, rules and regulations, be under the jurisdiction and

control of the municipality controlling or operating it, and no

other municipality shall have any authority to charge or exact a

license fee or occupation tax for operations thereon.

B. Conformity to Federal and State Law. All ordinances,

resolutions, rules, regulations or orders which are issued by the

municipality shall be kept in substantial conformity with the laws

of this state or any regulations promulgated or standards

established pursuant thereto, and, as nearly as may be, with the

federal laws governing aerospace and aeronautics and the rules,

regulations and standards duly issued thereunder.

Added by Laws 1947, p. 18, § 8. Amended by Laws 2012, c. 48, § 1,

eff. Nov. 1, 2012; Laws 2024, c. 135, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2024.