Terms Used In Tennessee Code 42-2-217

  • 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
  • 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
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • this state: means the state of Tennessee. See Tennessee Code 42-2-101

The department is authorized to report to the appropriate federal agencies and agencies of other states all proceedings instituted charging violation of §§ 42-1-201, 42-1-202 and 42-2-104 and all penalties, of which it has knowledge, imposed upon pilots or the owners or operators of aircraft for violations of the law of this state relating to aeronautics or for violations of the rules, regulations or orders of the department. The department is authorized to receive reports of penalties and other data from agencies of the federal government and other states and, when necessary, to enter into agreements with federal agencies and the agencies of other states governing the delivery, receipt, exchange and use of reports and data. The department may make the reports and data of the federal agencies, the agencies of other states, and the courts of the state available, with or without request for the reports and data, to any and all courts of this state, and to any officer of the state or of a municipality authorized pursuant to § 42-2-215 to enforce the aeronautics laws.