Statute Text
Definitions.
When used in the laws of this
state relating to aviation, unless the context otherwise provides:
(1) Air
navigation facility means any facility other than one owned or operated by the
United States used in, available for use in, or designed for use in, aid of air
navigation, including airports and any structures, mechanisms, lights, beacons,
markers, communicating system or other instrumentalities or devices used or
useful as an aid, or constituting an advantage or convenience to the safe
taking-off, navigation and landing of aircraft, or the safe and efficient
operation or maintenance of an airport, and any combination of any or all of
such facilities.
(2) Aircraft
means any contrivance used or designed for navigation of or flight in the air,
but does not mean a one-person motorless glider that is launched from the earths
surface solely by the operators power.
(3) Airport
means any area of land or water, within or without this state, that is used, or
intended for use, for the landing and take-off of aircraft, and any appurtenant
areas that are used, or intended for use, for airport buildings or other
airport facilities or rights of way, together with all airport buildings and
facilities located thereon.
(4) Airport
hazard means any structure, object of natural growth, or use of land, that
obstructs the airspace required for the flight of aircraft in landing or taking
off at an airport, or is otherwise hazardous to such landing or taking off.
(5) Aviation
means the science and art of flight and includes but is not limited to:
(a)
Transportation by aircraft;
(b) The
operation, construction, repair or maintenance of aircraft, aircraft power
plants and accessories, including the repair, packing and maintenance of parachutes;
(c) The design,
establishment, construction, extension, operation, improvement, repair or
maintenance of airports or other air navigation facilities; and
(d) Instruction
in flying or ground subjects pertaining thereto.
(6) Civil
aircraft means any aircraft other than a public aircraft.
(7) Department
means the Oregon Department of Aviation.
(8) Municipality
means any county, city, town, village, borough, authority, district or other
political subdivision or public corporation of this state. Municipal means
pertaining to a municipality as defined in this section.
(9) Operation of
aircraft or operate aircraft means the use, navigation or piloting of
aircraft in the airspace over this state or upon any airport within this state.
(10) Person
means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, association,
joint stock association, or body politic; and includes any trustee, receiver,
assignee, or other similar representative thereof.
(11) Pilot
means any individual certificated by the federal government to operate an
aircraft or an individual in training for such certification who possesses a
valid student pilot certificate issued by the appropriate federal agency.
(12) Public
aircraft means any aircraft used exclusively in the service of any government
or of any political subdivision thereof, including the government of any state,
territory or possession of the United States, or the District of Columbia, but
not including any government-owned aircraft engaged in carrying persons or
property for commercial purposes.
(13) State or this
state means the State of Oregon and territory over which any municipality of
the State of Oregon has jurisdiction. [Formerly 492.010; 1989 c.102 §1; 1993
c.741 §93; 1999 c.935 §36; 2003 c.14 §506]
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