2019 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 3. Aircraft and Airports.
§3-83. Purpose of act.
It is hereby declared that the purpose of this act is to further the public interest in aeronautical progress:
(a) 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; effectively 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 in all its phases in this state;
(b) by providing for the protection of persons and property through the promotion of safety in aeronautics; and
(c) by providing for cooperation with federal authorities in the development of a national system of civil aviation and for coordination of the aeronautical activities of those authorities and the authorities of this state by assisting in accomplishing the purposes of federal legislation and eliminating costly and unnecessary duplication of functions in the province of federal agencies.
Laws 1963, c. 354, § 3, emerg. eff. June 22, 1963.
