Sec. 15-74a. Maintenance or construction of overhead lines and facilities near public airport runway limited. Definitions.

      Sec. 15-74a. Maintenance or construction of overhead lines and facilities near public airport runway limited. Definitions. Terms used in this section and sections 15-74b and 15-74c, shall be construed as follows, unless another meaning is expressed or is clearly apparent from the language or the context: "public service company" means "public service company" as defined by section 16-1; "public airport" means any state or municipality owned airport, heliport, restricted landing area or other air navigational facility or any facility licensed by the Commissioner of Transportation under section 13b-46 except any privately owned airport, heliport, restricted landing area or air navigational facility unless the same has been on file with the Federal Aviation Administration for a period of at least two years and designated by it as a facility open to the public; "clear zone" means an area extending for up to one-half mile from the end of a runway on a public airport and designated by the Commissioner of Transportation as a clear zone in accordance with regulations adopted by him.

      (1971, P.A. 678, S. 1; 1972, P.A. 96, S. 1; P.A. 85-262, S. 8.)

      History: 1972 act replaced "electric company" definition with "public service company" definition; P.A. 85-262 added references to heliports.

      Cited. 201 C. 700.