Virginia Code 5.1-2.2: Powers and duties of Board
The Board shall exercise the following powers and duties:
Terms Used In Virginia Code 5.1-2.2
- Aircraft: means any contrivance now known, or hereafter invented, used, or designed for navigation of or flight in the air, including a balloon or other contrivance designed for maneuvering in airspace at an altitude greater than 24 inches above ground or water level, except that any contrivance now or hereafter invented of fixed or flexible wing design, operating without the assistance of any motor, engine, or other mechanical propulsive device, which is designed to utilize the feet and legs of the operator or operators as the sole means of initiating and sustaining forward motion during the launch and of providing the point of contact with the ground upon landing and commonly called a "hang glider" shall not be included within this definition. See Virginia Code 5.1-1
- Board: means the Virginia Aviation Board. See Virginia Code 5.1-1
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Department: means the Department of Aviation. See Virginia Code 5.1-1
- State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes any of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the United States Virgin Islands. See Virginia Code 1-245
1. Provide a means of citizen access to the Department;
2. Provide a means of publicizing the policies and programs of the Department in order to educate the public and elicit public support for Department activities;
3. Monitor the policies and activities of the Department and have the right of access to departmental information;
4. Advise the Governor and the Director on matters relating to the Commonwealth’s aviation policies and programs;
5. Promulgate such rules and regulations relating to airports, landing fields and other aviation facilities, aircraft, and such other kindred matters and things as may be proper and necessary to promote and develop safe aviation practices and operations; and
6. Develop on behalf of the Department recommendations for distribution of funds to localities by the State Corporation Commission for aviation development through the end of the 1978-80 biennium, after which time the Board shall be responsible for the allocation on behalf of the Department of all such funds as provided in this act, which funds shall be distributed by the Department in accordance with such allocation.
1979, c. 272; 1980, c. 306; 1984, c. 720; 2017, c. 793.