Section 21681 Of Article 4. Aeronautics Fund From California Public Utilities Code >> Division 9. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 4. >> Article 4.
21681
. As used in this article, the following terms have the
following meanings:
(a) "Own and operate" means that the public entity shall own the
property in fee simple or by a long-term lease of a minimum of 20
years, unless otherwise approved by the department, and shall
maintain dominion and control of the property, except that the public
entity may provide by contract with a person for the operation and
management of an airport otherwise meeting the requirements of this
article. Operations of the airport shall be for, and on behalf of,
the public entity. All leases to the public entity of property are
required to be approved by the department. A lease of the property by
the public entity to an agent or agency other than to a public
entity does not meet the criteria for participation in airport
assistance funds.
(b) "Matching funds" means money that is provided by the public
entity and does not consist of funds previously received from state
or federal agencies or public entity funds previously used to match
federal or state funds. This definition shall be retroactive to July
1, 1967.
(c) "General aviation" means all aviation except air carrier and
military aviation.
(d) "Public entity" means any city, county, airport district,
airport authority, port district, port authority, public district,
public authority, political subdivision, airport land use commission,
community services district, or public corporation and the
University of California.
(e) "Public agency" means the various agencies of the State of
California and the federal government.
(f) "Airport and aviation purposes" means expenditures of a
capital improvement nature, including the repair or replacement of a
capital improvement, and expenditures for compatible land use
planning in the area surrounding an airport, for any of the following
purposes:
(1) Land acquisition for development and improvement of general
aviation aircraft landing facilities.
(2) Grading and drainage necessary for the construction or
reconstruction of runways or taxiways.
(3) Construction or reconstruction of runways or taxiways.
(4) Acquisition of "runway protection zones" as defined in Federal
Aviation Administration Advisory Circular 150/1500-13.
(5) Acquisition of easements through, or other interests in,
airspace as may be reasonably required for safeguarding aircraft
operations in the vicinity of an aircraft landing facility.
(6) Removal of natural obstructions from runway protection zones.
(7) Installation of "segmented circle airport marker systems" as
defined in current regulations of the Federal Aviation
Administration.
(8) Installation of runway, taxiway, boundary, or obstruction
lights, together with directly related electrical equipment.
(9) Installation of minimum security fencing around the perimeter
of an aircraft landing facility.
(10) Grading and drainage necessary to provide for parking of
transient general aviation aircraft.
(11) Construction or reconstruction of transient general aviation
aircraft parking areas.
(12) Servicing of revenue or general obligation bonds issued to
finance capital improvements for airport and aviation purposes.
(13) Air navigational facilities.
(14) Engineering and preliminary engineering related directly to a
project funded under this article.
(15) Other capital improvements as may be designated in rules and
regulations adopted by the department.
(16) Activities of an airport land use commission in connection
with the preparation of a new or updated airport land use
compatibility plan pursuant to Section 21675. Expenditures that
cannot be clearly identified as capital improvements shall be
submitted to the department for consideration and approval.
(17) Airport master plans and airport layout plans.
(g) "Operation and maintenance" means expenditures for wages or
salaries, utilities, service vehicles, and all other noncapital
expenditures that are included in insurance, professional services,
supplies, construction equipment, upkeep and landscaping, and other
items of expenditure designated as "operation and maintenance" in
rules and regulations adopted by the department.
(h) "Enplanement" means the boarding of an aircraft by a revenue
passenger, including an original, stopover, or transfer boarding of
the aircraft. For purposes of this subdivision, a stopover is a
deliberate and intentional interruption of a journey by a passenger
scheduled to exceed four hours in the case of an intrastate or
interstate passenger or not to exceed 24 hours in the case of an
international passenger at a point between the point of departure and
the point of destination, and a transfer is an occurrence at an
intermediate point in an itinerary whereby a passenger or shipment
changes from a flight of one carrier to another flight either of the
same or a different carrier with or without a stopover.