1. A. DOTD is responsible for developing public aviation facilities in the state, fostering air commerce, promoting aeronautics statewide, and protecting the health and safety of those engaged in aeronautics. Assistance with the planning, design, construction, and inspection of facilities is provided to local governments whom own the public airports. In addition, state funding is used in many cases to provide all or a portion of the local match requirement, as requested by the airport sponsor, when the improvement is federally funded, received 90 percent or more of project funds from sources other than state funds, or if most or all of the total funding is previously approved by the Legislature.

Authority Note

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with SCR No. 67 (1997), R.S. 2:6, R.S. 2:7, and R.S. 2:803(B).

Historical Note

HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Transportation and Development, Division of Aviation, LR 16:538 (June 1990), amended LR 24:1504 (August 1998), amended by the Department of Transportation and Development, Intermodal Transportation Division, LR 33:519 (March 2007), amended by the Department of Transportation and Development, Aviation Section, LR 39:104 (January 2013), amended by the Department of Transportation and Development, Intermodal Transportation Division, Aviation Section, LR 42:757 (May 2016), amended by the Department of Transportation and Development, Office of Multimodal Commerce, LR 49:1416 (August 2023).