The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
Subchapter
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AERONAUTICS; AUTHORITY AND DUTIES; PENALTIES
(Cite as: 5 V.S.A. § 203)
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§ 203. Purpose
It is hereby declared that the purpose of this chapter is to further the public interest
and aeronautical progress:
(1) by providing for the protection and promotion of safety in aeronautics;
(2) by cooperating in effecting uniformity of the laws and regulations relating to the
development and regulation of aeronautics in the several states consistent with federal
aeronautics laws and regulations;
(3) by granting to a State agency such powers and imposing upon it such duties that the
State may properly perform its functions relative to aeronautics and effectively exercise
its jurisdiction over persons and property within its jurisdiction, assist in the
development of a statewide system of airports, cooperate with and assist the municipalities
of this State and others engaged in aeronautics, and encourage and develop aeronautics;
(4) by establishing such regulations as are essential in order that persons engaged in
aeronautics of every character may so engage, consistent with the safety and the rights
of others; and
(5) by providing for cooperation with the federal authorities in the development of a
national system of civil aviation and for coordination of the aeronautical activities
of those authorities and authorities of this State. (Added 1985, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; amended 2023, No. 6, § 14, eff. July 1, 2023.)