Tennessee Code 42-2-107 – License, tax or payment for use of publicly owned public use airports by certain aircraft prohibited – Exception – Exemption
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 42-2-107
- Aeronautics: means :
(A) The science and art of flight, including, but not limited to, transportation by aircraft. See Tennessee Code 42-2-101 - Aircraft: means any contrivance now known, or hereafter invented, used or designed for navigation of or flight in the air. See Tennessee Code 42-2-101
- Airport: means any area of land or water that is used, or intended for use, for the landing and taking off of aircraft, and any appurtenant areas that are used, or intended for use, for airport buildings or other airport facilities or avigation easements or rights-of-way, together with all airport buildings and facilities located on such areas, easements or rights-of-way. See Tennessee Code 42-2-101
- Department: means the department of transportation. See Tennessee Code 42-2-101
- Municipality: means any county, incorporated city, incorporated town, authority, district or other political subdivision or public corporation of this state. See Tennessee Code 42-2-101
- Public use airport: means any area of land or water, or both, designed and set aside for the taking off and landing of aircraft and utilized or to be utilized in the interest of the public for those purposes. See Tennessee Code 42-2-101
It is unlawful for any municipality to require the payment of any license fee, tax or otherwise charge any sum of money for the use of any publicly owned public use airport for purpose of landing, taking off or any other purpose directly connected with that purpose for aircraft whose gross weight is twelve thousand five hundred pounds (12,500 lbs.) or less, except such planes used by regularly scheduled aeronautics; provided, that this section shall not be construed to make it unlawful to require payment for overnight storage of aircraft or to charge a fee or tax in conjunction with the purchase of aviation fuel; and provided further, that all airports operated by metropolitan airport authorities created pursuant to chapter 4 of this title are exempt from this section and that the department, for good cause shown, may exempt any publicly owned public use airport from all or any portion of this section.