Article 6. Airports of California Government Code >> Division 1. >> Title 5. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 6.

Whether governed under general laws or charter, a local agency may acquire property by purchase, condemnation, donation, lease, or otherwise for the purposes of this article and may use any real property which it owns or acquires within or without its limits as a site for an airport. The local agency may erect and maintain hangars, mooring masts, flying fields, and places for flying, take-off, landing, and storage of aircraft, together with signal lights, radio equipment, service shops, conveniences, appliances, works, structures, and other air navigation facilities, now known or hereafter invented, of such number and character and in such places as may be necessary or convenient.

All or any portion of land acquired by a governmental agency for airport purposes may be used for park or recreation purposes until actually needed for airport development.

By the methods provided by law, a local agency may incur indebtedness and issue bonds for the purposes of Section 50470.

A local agency may levy taxes to raise funds to acquire land for the purposes of this article and to pay the principal and interest of bonds issued pursuant to this article.

In connection with the erection, improvement, expansion, or maintenance of such airports or facilities, a local agency may:
  (a) Regulate the receipt, deposit, and removal, and the embarkation or debarkation of passengers or property to and from such landing places or moorage.
  (b) Exact charges, fees, and tolls, and enforce liens for their payment.
  (c) Lease or assign for operation any space and any necessary or useful appurtenances, appliances, or other conveniences.
  (d) Own and operate aircraft.
  (e) Employ pilots.
  (f) Regulate the use of the airport and facilities and other property or means of transportation within or over the airport.
  (g) Perform any duties necessary or convenient for the regulation of air traffic.
  (h) Enter into contracts or otherwise cooperate with the federal government or other public or private agencies.
  (i) Exercise powers necessary or convenient in the promotion of aeronautics and commerce and navigation by air.

(a) An airport operated by a city and county may require a rental car company, in writing, to collect a fee from its customers on behalf of the airport for the use of an airport-mandated common use busing system or light rail transit system operated for the movement of passengers between the terminal and a consolidated on-airport rental car facility. If a rental car company is required pursuant to this section to collect a fee, the following conditions shall apply:
  (1) The fees shall be calculated on a per contract basis.
  (2) All fees collected for this purpose constitute debts owed to the airport by the collecting party. The debts are due and payable to the airport quarterly or at any other interval the airport may establish to facilitate collection and insure payment.
  (3) The fee is a user fee, not a tax.
  (4) Revenues collected from the fee may not exceed the reasonable costs of providing the busing and light rail transit service and may not be used for any other purpose.
  (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including, but not limited to, Section 1936 of the Civil Code, a rental car company that is required to collect fees under this section shall do all of the following:
  (1) Collect the fee from those of its customers subject to the fee as required in subdivision (a).
  (2) Clearly disclose the existence of the fee in any radio, television, or print advertisement that states a rental rate applicable to an airport at which the fee is to be imposed, and the amount of the fee at the airport where it is imposed, or a range of fees if the fee is imposed at more than one airport.
  (3) Clearly disclose the existence of the fee in a telephonic, in-person, or computer-transmitted quotation that states a rental rate applicable to an airport at which the fee is to be imposed and the amount of the fee at the airport where it is imposed.
  (4) Separately identify the fee on its rental agreement.

Whenever a local agency rents or leases hangar space at any airport owned or operated by it, the local agency may regulate the conduct of aircraft maintenance or repairs for compensation at or in the hangar space, but may not prohibit the renter or lessee from performing maintenance or repair on aircraft owned or controlled by the renter or lessee.

A local agency operating or maintaining an airport may grant leases, licenses, concessions, and other privileges, regarding aviation facilities to the state or the United States, for the use or occupation of hangars, structures, works, or other aviation facilities by the Department of Defense, National Guard, or other state or federal departments or agencies in connection with aviation or air commerce.

The legislative body may acquire or construct hangars, structures, works, or other facilities on the airport required for such uses and may enter into contracts with the State or the United States.

The contracts, leases, licenses, concessions, or privileges shall be subject to the same limitations as to duration of term provided by law for the granting of leases, licenses, concessions, or privileges to, or the entering into of contracts with, private persons or agencies.

A local agency may lease or sublease property owned, leased, or otherwise controlled by it for not to exceed 50 years for airport purposes or purposes incidental to aircraft, including:
  (a) Manufacture of aircraft, airplane engines, and aircraft equipment, parts, and accessories.
  (b) Construction and maintenance of hangars, mooring masts, flying fields, signal lights, radio equipment, service shops, conveniences, appliances, works, structures, and other air navigation, aircraft, and airplane engine manufacturing plants and facilities.

(a) On or before January 1, 2016, the airport manager of an airport operated by a city, county, city and county, or airport district that conducts commercial operations and that has more than one million enplanements a year shall provide a room or other location at each airport terminal behind the airport security screening area for members of the public to express breast milk in private that meets both of the following conditions:
  (1) Includes, at a minimum, a chair and an electrical outlet.
  (2) Is located outside of the confines of a public restroom.
  (b) (1) Terminal One at the San Diego International Airport is exempt from providing a room or other location behind the airport security screening area, but shall provide a secure room located in the same terminal prior to entering the security screening area that meets all of the other conditions of subdivision (a). Terminal One at the San Diego International Airport shall comply with subdivisions (a) and (d) upon construction of a new terminal or the replacement, expansion, or renovation of the existing terminal.
  (2) The commuter terminal at the San Diego International Airport is exempt from this section, except that it shall comply with subdivisions (a) and (d) upon construction of a new terminal or the replacement, expansion, or renovation of the existing terminal.
  (c) An airport that conducts commercial operations with less than one million enplanements a year shall comply with subdivisions (a) and (d) upon new terminal construction or the replacement, expansion, or renovation of an existing terminal.
  (d) Upon construction of a new terminal or the replacement, expansion, or renovation of an existing terminal, an airport shall provide a sink in any room or other location designated to comply with this section.
  (e) As used in this section, "renovation of an existing terminal" means the repurposing of more than 25 percent of the space in the terminal.