Metropolitan Sytems Information Statement 1989

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/ 145 AI:RONAU I ICS 360.o18 airports fund shall he invested by the state hoard of investment in the class of securities specified in section 1 I A.25 and acts amendatory thereto, except the bonds of any school district, county, city or town of this state. All interest and profits from such investments shall he credited to the state airports fund. The state treasurer shall be custodian of all securities purchased under the provisions of this section. History: 1945 c 303 s 5; 1965 c 167 s 1; 1971 c 25 s 68; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1976 c 166 s 118; 1980 c 607 art 14 s 46; 1982 c 617 s 24 360.018 AIRCRAFT, AIRMEN, AIRPORTS, AIR INSTRUCTION; REGULA- TION. Subdivision 1. Generally. The general public interest and safety, the safety of persons receiving instruction concerning or operating, using, or traveling in aircraft and of persons and property on the ground, and the interest of aeronautical progress requiring that aircraft operated within this state should be airworthy, that airmen and those engaged in air instruction should be properly qualified, and that airports, restrict- ed landing areas, and air navigation facilities should be suitable for the purposes for which they are designed; the purposes of sections 360.013 to 360.075, requiring that the commissioner should be enabled to exercise the powers of supervision therein granted; and the advantages of uniform regulation making it desirable that aircraft operated within this state should conform with respect to design, construction and airworthiness to the standards prescribed by the United States government with respect to civil aircraft subject to its jurisdiction and that persons engaging in aeronautics within this state should have the qualifications necessary for obtaining and holding appropriate airman certificates of the United States, the commissioner is authorized: (1) To require the registration annually of federal licenses, permits, or certificates :7. of civil aircraft engaged in air navigation within this state, and to issue certificates of such registration, which certificates may be the same as the certificates issued pursuant to section 360.59, subdivision 3. The application for registration made pursuant to sections 360.54 to 360.67 shall be considered as the application for registration required by this section. (2) The certificates of registration of aircraft issued pursuant to this section shall constitute licenses of such aircraft for operations within this state to the extent permit- ted by the federal licenses, certificates, or permits so registered. The application for registration shall contain such information as the commissioner may by rule or order prescribe. The first application for registration made in this state shall be verified by the applicant. The second and succeeding applications for registration need not be verified. Each application for registration of aircraft shall be made as required by sections 360.54 to 360.67. (3) To license any person engaged in commercial operations in accordance with rules to be adopted by the commissioner and to annually renew such a license. The rules adopted hereunder shall provide for: (a) compliance with all requirements of the United States government relating to permits or certificates governing aircraft and airmen; and (b) compliance with all laws of the state of Minnesota and rules of any state department or agency promulgated thereunder. The fee for an original license or renewal license is 530. 44)—To approve airport and restricted landing area sites and to license airports, restricted landing areas, or other air navigation facilities, in accordance with rules to be adopted by the commissioner, and to renew such licenses. Licenses granted under this subdivision or under any prior law shall be renewed annually or every three years upon payment of the fee therefor, and licenses shall be granted for airports and restricted landing areas which were being operated under a license on the 1st day of July 1943, without requirements of a certificate of approval, unless the commissioner shall reasonably determine, after a public hearing to be called by the commissioner and held in the same manner and upon the same notice as is provided for hearings upon