O.C.G.A. § 6-1-2 (2019)
Powers and duties of Department of Transportation - Establishment of air markers
(a) The Department of Transportation is authorized to establish air markers at appropriate locations throughout the state to facilitate air navigation within the state. Said markers shall consist of painting on appropriately located roofs of buildings the names of towns or cities within which such buildings are located, such names to be painted in sufficient size to be legible under good visibility conditions from a height of at least 3,000 feet.
(b) The department is authorized to obtain roof releases from the owners of buildings upon which air markers are to be painted, or otherwise to obtain permission from such owners to use such roofs for such purposes, and to pay the owners reasonable and nominal rentals therefor, if payment is necessary in order to obtain the appropriate permission for the use of such roofs for such purposes.
History
(Ga. L. 1965, p. 105, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1972, p. 1015, § 2005.)
Annotations
Cross references. - Powers and duties of department as regards aviation, § 32-2-2.
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GA RV 13 RV 4(T4-6) - EP
CHAPTER 2 REGULATION OF AERONAUTICS, AIRCRAFT, AND AIRPORTS GENERALLY Sec.
Sec. Legislative intent. ‘‘Airman’’ defined. Effect of contractual and other legal relations entered into aboard aircraft while in flight over state. Laws governing crimes committed aboard aircraft while in flight over state. Lawful flight over lands and waters of state. Operation or physical control of aircraft while under the influence of alcohol or drugs; penalty. Homicide by aircraft. Rules for determination of lia-
Cross references. - Sale of distilled spirits, malt beverages, and wine by airline passenger carriers, §§ 3-9-1, 3-9-2.
Administrative rules and regulations. - Licensing of certain public air-
bility for injury to or death of passengers. Rules for determination of liability of owners of aircraft for damages caused by collisions. Proof of injury to persons or property on ground deemed prima-facie evidence of negligence. Requirements as to licensing of aircraft. Requirements as to licensing of pilots. Possession and display of licenses. Penalty for violation of provisions of chapter.
ports, Official Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Rules of State Department of Transportation, Chapter 672-9.
JUDICIAL DECISIONS Constitutionality of chapter. - Chapter not void as violative of Georgia Constitution provision forbidding the levy of taxes by a county for any purpose other than education, building, and repairing
public buildings and bridges. Swoger v. Glynn County, 179 Ga. 768, 177 S.E. 723 (1934). Cited in Thrasher v. City of Atlanta, 178 Ga. 514, 173 S.E. 817 (1934).
RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR. - Air navigation, 69 ALR 316. Aeroplanes and aeronautics, 83 ALR 333; 99 ALR 173; 155 ALR 1026. Construction and effect of 49 U.S.C.
§ 1403 governing recordation of ownership, conveyances, and encumbrances on aircraft, 22 ALR3d 1270.