California Code
DIVISION 9 - AVIATION
PART 1 - STATE AERONAUTICS ACT

CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions

Section 21001. - 21001. This part may be cited as the “State Aeronautics...

Section 21002. - 21002. The purpose of this part is to further and...

Section 21003. - 21003. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions and general...

Section 21004. - 21004. The acquisition of any land or interest therein pursuant...

Section 21005. - 21005. This part shall not be construed as limiting any...

Section 21006. - 21006. This chapter or any other law shall not be...

Section 21006.5. - 21006.5. “Department” means the Department of Transportation. (Amended by Stats....

Section 21007. - 21007. Whenever the term “California Aeronautics Commission,” “Division of Aeronautics,”...

Section 21008. - 21008. “Director” means the Director of Transportation. Any reference in...

Section 21008.3. - 21008.3. “Division” means the Division of Aeronautics in the department....

Section 21008.5. - 21008.5. “Commission” means the California Transportation Commission. (Amended by Stats....

Section 21009. - 21009. “Person” means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, limited liability...

Section 21010. - 21010. “Political subdivision” means any county, city, city and county,...

Section 21011. - 21011. “Aeronautics” means: (a) The science and art of flight,...

Section 21012. - 21012. “Aircraft” means any manned contrivance used or designed for...

Section 21013. - 21013. “Airport” means any area of land or water which...

Section 21014. - 21014. “Air navigation facility” means any facility, other than facilities...

Section 21015. - 21015. “Operation of aircraft” or “operate aircraft” means the use,...

Section 21016. - 21016. “Airman” means any individual who engages, as the person...

Section 21017. - 21017. “Airport hazard” means any structure, object of natural growth,...

Section 21018. - 21018. “Airway” means a route in the navigable air space...

Section 21019. - 21019. A person who violates this part, other than Section...

Section 21020. - 21020. “Land” includes tide and submerged lands or other lands...

CHAPTER 2 - Department of Transportation and State Aeronautics Board

ARTICLE 1 - Department of Transportation

Section 21204. - 21204. The department may adopt, administer, and enforce rules and...

Section 21206. - 21206. The department shall prepare a statement of all estimated...

Section 21207. - 21207. Whenever a political subdivision owning and operating an airport...

ARTICLE 1.5 - State Aeronautics Board

Section 21215. - 21215. (a) The State Aeronautics Board is hereby abolished, and...

Section 21216. - 21216. Any person or entity injured or aggrieved by any...

ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties

Section 21240. - 21240. This state recognizes the authority of the federal government...

Section 21241. - 21241. The department shall encourage, foster, and assist in the...

Section 21242. - 21242. The department may: (a) Draft and recommend necessary legislation...

Section 21243. - 21243. The department may make and amend general or special...

Section 21244. - 21244. For the purpose of protecting and insuring the general...

Section 21245. - 21245. The department shall keep on file with the Secretary...

Section 21246. - 21246. The department shall provide for the publication and general...

Section 21247. - 21247. The department may enter into any contracts necessary to...

Section 21248. - 21248. The department may exercise any of its powers under...

Section 21249. - 21249. The department may confer or hold joint hearings with...

Section 21250. - 21250. The department may avail itself of the cooperation, services,...

Section 21251. - 21251. In administering this part the department may use the...

Section 21252. - 21252. (a) (1) The department, its members, the director, officers...

Section 21253. - 21253. In the name of the state, the department may...

Section 21254. - 21254. The department may report to the appropriate federal agencies...

Section 21255. - 21255. The department may receive reports of penalties and other...

Section 21256. - 21256. The department may accept, receive, receipt for, disburse, and...

Section 21257. - 21257. The department may own and operate aircraft for use...

Section 21258. - 21258. The department shall represent the state and local agencies...

CHAPTER 3 - Regulation of Aeronautics

Section 21401. - 21401. Sovereignty in the space above the land and waters...

Section 21402. - 21402. The ownership of the space above the land and...

Section 21403. - 21403. (a) Flight in aircraft over the land and waters...

Section 21404. - 21404. Liability of the owner or pilot of an aircraft...

Section 21404.1. - 21404.1. (a) The liability of an owner, bailee of an...

Section 21405. - 21405. The liability of the owner of one aircraft to...

Section 21407. - 21407. It is unlawful for any person to operate an...

Section 21407.1. - 21407.1. (a) It is unlawful for any person, who is...

Section 21407.2. - 21407.2. (a) (1) (A) Any person who operates an aircraft...

Section 21407.6. - 21407.6. (a) Any person convicted under Section 21407.1 shall be...

Section 21408. - 21408. For any violation of Section 21407 or 21407.1, in...

Section 21409. - 21409. It is unlawful for any person to engage in...

Section 21410. - 21410. Every airman shall keep any certificate, permit, rating, or...

Section 21411. - 21411. It is unlawful for any person to operate, or...

Section 21412. - 21412. Any certificate, permit, or license required by the United...

Section 21413. - 21413. The department shall report to the appropriate federal agency...

Section 21415. - 21415. No person shall be in, or perform any act...

Section 21416. - 21416. On all commercial aircraft which transport passengers for compensation...

CHAPTER 4 - Airports and Air Navigation Facilities

ARTICLE 1 - Assistance to Political Subdivisions

Section 21601. - 21601. The department may make available its engineering and other...

Section 21602. - 21602. (a) Subject to the terms and within the limits...

Section 21603. - 21603. Upon the request of any political subdivision or political...

Section 21605. - 21605. No proprietor of any permitted airport which is open...

ARTICLE 2 - State Airports and Air Navigation Facilities

Section 21631. - 21631. From appropriations or other money made available for the...

Section 21632. - 21632. (a) The department may also acquire existing airports and...

Section 21633. - 21633. For the purposes of this article, the department, by...

Section 21636. - 21636. The department may dispose of any property, airport, air...

Section 21637. - 21637. In operating an airport or air navigation facility owned...

Section 21638. - 21638. The department shall call for bids for the operation...

Section 21639. - 21639. The department shall grant no exclusive right for the...

Section 21640. - 21640. To enforce the payment of any charges for repairs,...

Section 21646. - 21646. It shall be a misdemeanor for any person to...

ARTICLE 2.5 - Non-Public-Use Airports

Section 21650. - 21650. “Airport” for the purposes of this article means an...

Section 21650.1. - 21650.1. An airport shall be marked as required by rule...

Section 21650.2. - 21650.2. Nothing shall prevent an airport from applying for and...

ARTICLE 2.6 - Hazard Elimination; Flight Disturbance

Section 21652. - 21652. (a) Any person authorized to exercise the power of...

Section 21653. - 21653. Any person authorized to exercise the power of eminent...

ARTICLE 2.7 - Regulation of Obstructions

Section 21655. - 21655. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the proposed...

Section 21656. - 21656. No person shall erect or add to the height...

Section 21657. - 21657. The department may refuse issuance of a permit under...

Section 21658. - 21658. No public utility shall construct any pole, pole line,...

Section 21659. - 21659. (a) No person shall construct or alter any structure...

ARTICLE 3 - Regulation of Airports

Section 21661. - 21661. This article does not apply to any temporary seaplane...

Section 21661.5. - 21661.5. (a) No political subdivision, any of its officers or...

Section 21661.6. - 21661.6. (a) Prior to the acquisition of land or any...

Section 21662. - 21662. The department shall have the authority to issue airport...

Section 21662.1. - 21662.1. (a) At or as near as practical to the...

Section 21662.4. - 21662.4. (a) Emergency aircraft flights for medical purposes by law...

Section 21662.5. - 21662.5. Notwithstanding Section 21006 or Section 21661 or any other...

Section 21663. - 21663. It is unlawful for any political subdivision, any of...

Section 21664. - 21664. Any political subdivision or person planning to construct, establish,...

Section 21664.5. - 21664.5. (a) An amended airport permit shall be required for...

Section 21666. - 21666. The department shall issue a permit if it is...

Section 21668. - 21668. The department may revoke any airport permit if it...

Section 21668.2. - 21668.2. In lieu of revoking an airport permit pursuant to...

Section 21669. - 21669. The department shall adopt noise standards governing the operation...

Section 21669.1. - 21669.1. (a) Land use conversion involving existing residential communities shall...

Section 21669.2. - 21669.2. In its deliberations, the department shall be governed by...

Section 21669.3. - 21669.3. Any regulations designed to establish a noise monitoring program...

Section 21669.4. - 21669.4. (a) The violation of the noise standards by any...

Section 21669.5. - 21669.5. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms...

Section 21669.6. - 21669.6. Hearings under this article required by the provisions of...

ARTICLE 3.5 - Airport Land Use Commission

Section 21670. - 21670. (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that: (1)...

Section 21670.1. - 21670.1. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, if...

Section 21670.2. - 21670.2. (a) Sections 21670 and 21670.1 do not apply to...

Section 21670.3. - 21670.3. (a) Sections 21670 and 21670.1 do not apply to...

Section 21670.4. - 21670.4. (a) As used in this section, “intercounty airport” means...

Section 21670.6. - 21670.6. Any action brought in the superior court relating to...

Section 21671. - 21671. In any county where there is an airport operated...

Section 21671.5. - 21671.5. (a) Except for the terms of office of the...

Section 21672. - 21672. Each commission shall adopt rules and regulations with respect...

Section 21673. - 21673. In any county not having a commission or a...

Section 21674. - 21674. The commission has the following powers and duties, subject...

Section 21674.5. - 21674.5. (a) The Department of Transportation shall develop and implement...

Section 21674.7. - 21674.7. (a) An airport land use commission that formulates, adopts,...

Section 21675. - 21675. (a) Each commission shall formulate an airport land use...

Section 21675.1. - 21675.1. (a) By June 30, 1991, each commission shall adopt...

Section 21675.2. - 21675.2. (a) If a commission fails to act to approve...

Section 21676. - 21676. (a) Each local agency whose general plan includes areas...

Section 21676.5. - 21676.5. (a) If the commission finds that a local agency...

Section 21677. - 21677. Notwithstanding the two-thirds vote required by Section 21676, any...

Section 21678. - 21678. With respect to a publicly owned airport that a...

Section 21679. - 21679. (a) In any county in which there is no...

Section 21679.5. - 21679.5. (a) Until June 30, 1991, no action pursuant to...

ARTICLE 4 - Aeronautics Fund

Section 21680. - 21680. (a) The Aeronautics Fund is hereby continued in existence...

Section 21681. - 21681. As used in this article, the following terms have...

Section 21682. - 21682. (a) The department shall establish individual revolving fund subaccounts...

Section 21682.5. - 21682.5. The department shall pay, from the Aeronautics Account to...

Section 21683. - 21683. Any public entity may apply to the department each...

Section 21683.1. - 21683.1. (a) At the discretion of the commission, any balance...

Section 21683.2. - 21683.2. Any balance remaining in the Aeronautics Account, after the...

Section 21684. - 21684. (a) No payment shall be made to a public...

Section 21684.1. - 21684.1. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 21683, any balance remaining...

Section 21684.5. - 21684.5. Notwithstanding the provisions of this article inasmuch as they...

Section 21684.6. - 21684.6. Notwithstanding the provisions of this article, inasmuch as they...

Section 21685. - 21685. Any public entity may pay any part of the...

Section 21686. - 21686. It shall be the duty of any public entity...

Section 21687. - 21687. (a) (1) If an airport, for which payments have...

Section 21688. - 21688. (a) No payments shall be made from the Aeronautics...

ARTICLE 4.5 - Airport Facilities and Concessions

Section 21690.5. - 21690.5. The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) The...

Section 21690.6. - 21690.6. The provisions of this article shall apply to any...

Section 21690.7. - 21690.7. The governing bodies of publicly owned or operated airports...

Section 21690.8. - 21690.8. The Legislature recognizes that to further the policies and...

Section 21690.9. - 21690.9. Before entering any exclusive or limited agreement in connection...

Section 21690.10. - 21690.10. Nothing in this article shall excuse any local agency...

ARTICLE 5 - Los Angeles International Airport Relocation and Development

Section 21690.20. - 21690.20. The Legislature hereby finds that Los Angeles International Airport...

Section 21690.21. - 21690.21. Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions shall...

Section 21690.22. - 21690.22. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department is...

Section 21690.23. - 21690.23. The department is authorized to expend any available funds,...

Section 21690.24. - 21690.24. Upon establishment of a program for additional payments to...

Section 21690.25. - 21690.25. Upon establishment by the department of a program for...

Section 21690.26. - 21690.26. The members of the board shall serve at the...

Section 21690.27. - 21690.27. The Board of Airport Commissioners of the City of...

Section 21690.28. - 21690.28. The provisions of this article are available only to...

Section 21690.29. - 21690.29. If any provision of this article or the application...

CHAPTER 5 - Proceedings

Section 21692. - 21692. The department, any member, the director, or any officer...

Section 21693. - 21693. In order to facilitate the making of investigations by...

Section 21694. - 21694. Every order of the department requiring performance of certain...

CHAPTER 6 - Airport Planning

Section 21701. - 21701. The division, in consultation with transportation planning agencies as...

Section 21702. - 21702. The California Aviation System Plan shall include, but not...

Section 21703. - 21703. The division shall submit the California Aviation System Plan...

Section 21704. - 21704. The division, in consultation with the transportation planning agencies,...

Section 21705. - 21705. The commission shall review, hold public hearings on, and,...

Section 21706. - 21706. The division shall require that every project submitted for...

Section 21707. - 21707. Any funds necessary to carry out Sections 21701, 21702,...

CHAPTER 7 - Skydiving or Sport Parachuting Operations

Section 21708. - 21708. This chapter shall be known and may be cited...

Section 21709. - 21709. (a) To the extent allowed by federal law, the...