§ 13b-39a — Registration of aircraft.

Not later than October first annually, the owner of any aircraft, as defined in subdivision (5) of section 15-34, which is based or primarily used at any airport facility, heliport, vertiport, air navigation facility, restricted landing area or seaplane base in a municipality within this state shall register with the municipality in which such aircraft is based or primarily used, by filing an application form, or renewal thereof, and paying the appropriate registration fee, as provided for in section 12-71, this section and section 13b-39b. The owner of any aircraft which is based or primarily used at any such air navigation facility or restricted landing area in this state shall register such aircraft not later than July 1, 1994, and annually thereafter not later than the first of October. Any aircraft shall be deemed to be based or primarily used in a municipality when in the normal course of its use, it leaves from and returns to or remains at one or more points within the municipality more often or longer than at any other single location outside of the municipality.

Legislative History

(P.A. 86-393, S. 1, 3; P.A. 93-433, S. 9, 26; P.A. 94-175, S. 10, 32; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-4, S. 27, 80, 85; P.A. 95-160, S. 64, 69; P.A. 15-192, S. 8; P.A. 23-135, S. 16; P.A. 24-40, S. 21.) History: P.A. 93-433 amended Subsec. (a) to require the registration of all aircraft with and the payment of registration fees to the municipality where the aircraft is primarily based or used, deleting prior provisions re registration with transportation commissioner, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 94-175 made a technical change in the statutory internal reference, effective June 2, 1994; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-4 extended registration to aircraft based or primarily used at air navigation facilities or restricted landing areas, effective June 9, 1994, and revised effective date of P.A. 94-175 but without affecting this section; P.A. 95-160 revised effective date of May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-4 but without affecting this section; (Revisor's note: In 2013, a reference in Subsec. (b) to repealed Sec. 13b-39h was changed editorially by the Revisors to Sec. 13b-39g for clarity); P.A. 15-192 amended Subsec. (a) to change responsibility for registration from Commissioner of Transportation to executive director of the Connecticut Airport Authority and amended Subsec. (b) to change provision re adoption of regulations to provision re adoption of rules and procedures and make conforming changes, effective July 2, 2015; P.A. 23-135 deleted Subsec. (a) designator, deleted provision re executive director of the Connecticut Airport Authority to establish aircraft registration program and deleted Subsec. (b) re adoption of rules and procedures, effective July 1, 2023; P.A. 24-40 replaced provision re not later than October 1, 1993, and annually thereafter with provision re not later than October first annually, added reference to vertiport and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2024.