§ 13b-50p — Complaints re repeated landings or takeoffs by aircraft from real property not licensed as an airport or other air navigation facility.

(a) The executive director of the Connecticut Airport Authority, upon receipt of a written complaint, in such form and containing such information as the executive director may require, from any person alleging that there have been repeated landings or takeoffs by aircraft from any real property not licensed as an airport, heliport, vertiport, restricted landing area or other air navigation facility under the provisions of section 13b-46, may require the owner of such property to keep records of all landings and takeoffs made by aircraft from such property for a period of one year. Upon receipt of such records, the executive director shall, within ten days, forward such records to the chief elected official of the municipality in which such area or facility is located. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to any landing or takeoff made by military aircraft or an emergency medical service organization, any landing made for emergency purposes or any landing or takeoff made at an annual special event or for agricultural purposes. (b) The executive director shall adopt written procedures, in accordance with the provisions of section 1-121 , to implement the provisions of subsection (a) of this section. The procedures shall include, but not be limited to, the type of information the property owner may be required to record, the procedures for transmitting such information to the executive director and standards for determining what constitutes an annual special event and agricultural purposes. (c) Any person who violates any provision of this section or any procedure adopted pursuant to this section shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars. (d) In addition to the fine imposed pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, a municipality may, by ordinance, establish a fine of not more than two hundred fifty dollars for violating any provision of this section.

Legislative History

(P.A. 97-258, S. 1, 2; P.A. 98-78; P.A. 15-192, S. 24; P.A. 16-55, S. 16; P.A. 24-40, S. 28.) History: P.A. 97-258 effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 98-78 amended Subsec. (a) to require the commissioner to forward, within ten days, the records of landings and takeoffs at an air navigational facility to the chief elected official of the municipality where such facility is located and added Subsec. (d) allowing a municipality to establish, by ordinance, a fine of not more than $250; P.A. 15-192 amended Subsecs. (a) and (b) to replace references to Commissioner of Transportation with references to executive director of the Connecticut Airport Authority and amended Subsec. (b) to replace provision re regulations adopted by commissioner with provision re procedures adopted by executive director, effective July 2, 2015; P.A. 16-55 replaced “regulation” with “procedure”, effective May 31, 2016; P.A. 24-40 amended Subsec. (a) to add reference to vertiport and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2024.