Title 15 — Title 15: Navigation and Aeronautics

Sec. 15-71b. Aircraft accidents: Definitions. As used in sections 15-45 and 15-71a and chapter 267: (1) “Aircraft accident” means an occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft which takes place between the time any person boards the aircraft with the intention of fli…

Sec. 15-72. Operating aircraft or unmanned aircraft carelessly, negligently or recklessly. No person shall operate any aircraft or unmanned aircraft carelessly, negligently or recklessly, or in such a manner as to endanger the property, life or limb of any person, having regard t…

Sec. 15-72a. Liability insurance required for aircraft. (a) No person shall operate, nor any owner permit operation of, an aircraft based or hangered in this state unless there is a liability insurance policy on such aircraft that covers the owner and pilot for claims by passenge…

Sec. 15-72b. Operation of unmanned aircraft over boundaries of private premises. Penalty. (a) As used in this section, (1) “unmanned aircraft” has the same meaning as provided in section 15-34; (2) “armed forces of the United States” has the same meaning as “armed forces” in sect…

Sec. 15-73. Airport protection privileges. Encroachments prohibited. Standards for determining necessity of taking land. Where necessary in order to provide unobstructed air space for the landing and taking-off of aircraft, in the case of airports, heliports, vertiports and restr…

Sec. 15-74. Removal of obstructions to air navigation. (a) The executive director shall notify the owner or person responsible for the existence of any obstacle so located as to constitute a hazard to aerial navigation or to the efficient or safe use of any airport, requiring suc…

Sec. 15-74a. Definitions. Terms used in this section and sections 15-74b and 15-74c shall be construed as follows, unless another meaning is expressed or is clearly apparent from the language or the context: “public service company” has the same meaning as provided in section 16-…

Sec. 15-74b. Lines within clear zone prohibited. (a) No public service company shall construct or maintain any overhead line or facility within the limits of a clear zone. (b) (1) Immediately upon July 6, 1971, the executive director shall establish clear zones, in accordance wit…

Sec. 15-74c. Permit for lines and facilities within one-half mile of runway. No public service company shall erect, recable or reconstruct any overhead line or facility within one-half mile of any airport runway without written permission of the executive director. (1971, P.A. 67…

Sec. 15-75. Charges and rentals. Liens. The executive director may determine the charges or rental for the use of any properties and the charges for any service or accommodations under the authority's control and the terms and conditions under which such properties may be used; p…

Sec. 15-76. Abandoned aircraft. Lien for storage charges. Notice to executive director. (a) The executive director of the Connecticut Airport Authority, any employee of the authority, any officer attached to an organized police department, any state police officer or any constabl…

Sec. 15-77. Operating under or carrying passengers under influence of liquor or drugs. Penalty. (a) No person shall operate or attempt to operate any aircraft or unmanned aircraft on the ground or in the air while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or of any drug. (b) No …

Secs. 15-78 and 15-79. Receipts from convictions; deposit in General Fund. Municipal and state airports; establishment; state plan of development. Sections 15-78 and 15-79 are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 4823, 4824; 1955, S. 2412d; 1959, P.A. 290; 1961, P.A. 517, S. 132; 1963, P.A. …

Sec. 15-80. Aviation commissions. (a) Any town, city or borough may, at any annual or special meeting, warned and held for that purpose, vote to establish an aviation commission and may determine the number of members of such commission and the length of the term of office of eac…

Secs. 15-81 to 15-86. Federal and other aid. Commission may act as agent of municipality for acceptance of federal aid. Contracts by municipality. Municipalities may lease airports. Financial assistance to municipal airports. Technical services to municipalities. Sections 15-81 t…

Sec. 15-87. Service of process against nonresident owners and operators. Any nonresident of this state who is the operator or owner of any aircraft and who accepts the privileges extended by the laws of this state to nonresident operators and owners of aircraft of using its aviat…

Sec. 15-88. Airport zoning. Definitions. As used in sections 15-88 to 15-97, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) “Airport” means any area of land or water designed for the landing and taking-off of aircraft and utilized or to be utilized by the public as a point…

Sec. 15-89. Public interest. It is declared that an airport hazard endangers the lives and property of users of the airport and of occupants of land in its vicinity; and, if of the obstruction type, in effect reduces the size of the area available for the safe landing, taking-off…

Sec. 15-90. Airport approach plan. Each publicly owned airport owner or operator shall formulate and adopt, and revise as necessary, an airport approach plan. Each such plan shall indicate the circumstances in which structures or trees or both are or would be airport hazards, the…

Sec. 15-91. Adoption of airport zoning regulations. (a) Every municipality having within its territorial limits an area within which, according to an airport approach plan adopted by the executive director, measures should be taken for the protection of airport approaches, shall …

Sec. 15-92. Airport hazard outside municipality. Where an airport is owned or controlled by a municipality and any airport hazard area appertaining to such airport is located outside the territorial limits of such municipality, the municipality owning or controlling the airport a…

Sec. 15-93. Establishment or alteration of structures. (a) Permits. Where advisable to facilitate the enforcement of zoning regulations adopted pursuant to section 15-91, a system may be established for granting permits to establish or construct new structures and other uses. Bef…

Sec. 15-94. Regulations. Appeals. (a) Adoption of zoning regulations. No airport zoning regulations shall be adopted, amended or changed hereunder except by action of the legislative body in the municipality in question after a public hearing in relation thereto, at which parties…

Sec. 15-95. Appeals from board of appeals. Any person aggrieved by the action of a board of appeals acting under the provisions of subsection (c) of section 15-94, or any municipality aggrieved by the action of the executive director, may appeal therefrom as provided in section 8…

Sec. 15-96. Appeal to Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. If any corporation subject to regulation by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority is aggrieved by the adoption of airport zoning regulations under section 15-91 or by refusal to grant a variance permit as provided i…

Sec. 15-97. Penalty. Any person who violates any provision of sections 15-88 to 15-96, inclusive, or any regulation, order, zoning ordinance or ruling promulgated or made pursuant thereto, shall (1) for a first offense, be fined not more than two hundred fifty dollars, and (2) fo…

Sec. 15-97a. Meteorological evaluation tower markings. Penalty. (a) For the purposes of this section, “meteorological evaluation tower” means a structure that (1) is self-standing or supported by guy wires or anchors, (2) is not more than six feet in diameter at the base, and (3)…

Sec. 15-98. Connecticut Wing Civil Air Patrol. Clerical assistance. (a) The Connecticut Wing Civil Air Patrol shall be within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection and may expend funds, within available appropriations, for the acquisition, installation, condi…

Sec. 15-99. Crop dusting by aircraft. Section 15-99 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 4835; 1951, S. 2141d; 1957, P.A. 120, S. 1; 1963, P.A. 527, S. 12.)

Sec. 15-102. Definitions. Terms used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise, shall have the meanings assigned to them by section 15-34, and as follows: (a) “Judgment” means any judgment which has become final by expiration without appeal of the time within which a…

Sec. 15-103. Hearings; appeals. The executive director of the Connecticut Airport Authority shall provide for hearings upon request of any person who may be affected by the executive director's orders or acts under the provisions of this chapter and may provide for a stay thereof…

Sec. 15-104. Report of accident. (a) The operator of any aircraft involved in an accident within this state in which any person is killed or injured or damage in excess of one thousand dollars is sustained to the property of any person, other than property owned by the owner or o…

Sec. 15-105. Security and suspension requirements. Exceptions. Waiver. Modification. (a) As promptly as practicable but not later than thirty days after receipt of an accident report as required in section 15-104, the executive director shall determine by an order entered of reco…

Sec. 15-106. Policy or bond requirements. (a) A policy or bond is not effective under section 15-105 unless: (1) Issued by an insurer or surety company authorized to do business in this state; or (2) issued by an insurer or surety company not authorized to do business in this sta…

Sec. 15-107. Requirements for restoration or renewal of operating privileges. Operating privileges suspended as provided in section 15-105 shall not be restored or renewed until: (a) Security is deposited as required under section 15-105; or (b) two years have elapsed following t…

Sec. 15-108. Self-insurance. (a) Any person may at any time apply to the executive director for a certificate of self-insurance, whether or not there has occurred an accident as a result of which such person might be affected by some other provision of this chapter. (b) The execu…

Sec. 15-109. Reciprocity for enforcement. (a) When a nonresident's operating privilege is suspended pursuant to section 15-105 or 15-107, the executive director shall transmit a certified copy of the record of such action to the official or department regulating the operation of …

Sec. 15-110. Form and amount of security. (a) The security required under this chapter shall be cash or securities permissible under state law as security for deposit of state funds and in such amount as the executive director may require but in no case in excess of the limits sp…

Sec. 15-111. Custody and release of security. Security deposited in compliance with the requirements of this chapter shall be delivered to the executive director and shall be placed by the executive director in the custody of the State Treasurer and shall be released only: (1) Up…

Sec. 15-112. Records and proceedings inadmissible as evidence. The records of and proceedings before the executive director and the State Treasurer shall be inadmissible in evidence and shall not be referred to at the trial of any civil action or criminal proceeding. Subject to t…

Secs. 15-113 and 15-114. Transfer of registration under suspension. Surrender of registration certificate during suspension. Sections 15-113 and 15-114 are repealed. (1959, P.A. 488, S. 12, 13; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 204, 205; 1972, P.A. 108, S. 2; 207, S. 11; June, 1972, P.A. 1, S. …

Sec. 15-115. Failure to report accident. False statement in report or instrument. (a) Any owner or operator who knowingly refuses or fails to make any report of an accident as required in section 15-104 shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars, and if any person is killed…

Sec. 15-116. Exception of aircraft of government or public air carrier. This chapter shall not apply to: (a) Any aircraft owned and operated by or leased to and subject to the sole control of the United States or any civil or military agency of the United States, or the District …

Sec. 15-117. Effective date. Section 15-117 is repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (1959, P.A. 488, S. 16; S.A. 02-12, S. 1.)

Sec. 15-118. Other remedies available. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as precluding any party in any action or proceeding from employing other processes provided by law. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as precluding the utilization by the department of the …

Sec. 15-119. Discharge in bankruptcy. A discharge in bankruptcy shall not relieve any person from the requirements of this chapter. (1959, P.A. 488, S. 18.)

Sec. 15-120. Uniformity of interpretation. This chapter shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the laws of those states which enact it. (1959, P.A. 488, S. 19.)

Secs. 15-120a to 15-120f. Reserved for future use.

Sec. 15-120aa. Definitions. As used in sections 15-120aa to 15-120oo, inclusive: (1) “Authority” means the Connecticut Airport Authority established pursuant to section 15-120bb. (2) “Bradley” means Bradley International Airport and all related improvements and facilities now in …

Sec. 15-120bb. Connecticut Airport Authority. Board of directors. Executive director. Annual report. (a) There is hereby established and created a body politic and corporate, constituting a public instrumentality and political subdivision of the state of Connecticut established a…