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La. Rev. Stat. § 2:8 (2026)

Powers and duties of the department; aeronautics; license; fees

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§8.  Powers and duties of the department; aeronautics; license; fees

All proposed airports, landing fields, air schools, flying clubs, air beacons, or other navigation facilities, shall first be approved by the department before they are so used or operated.  No airport, landing field, air school, flying club, air beacon, or other air navigation facility, except airports and landing fields constructed and operated prior to July 28, 1936, shall be used or operated without the approval of the department, and no aircraft, except in case of emergency, shall land upon or take off from any area other than an airport, landing field, or landing strip.  No license, rule, order, or regulation promulgated under the authority of this Section or of this Chapter shall apply to airports, landing fields, air beacons, air markings, or other air navigation facilities owned or operated by the government of the United States or by this state.  The department may issue a certificate of its approval in each case and make reasonable charges therefor.

Acts 1985, No. 889, §1.

{{NOTE:  SEE ACTS 1985, NO. 889, §3.}}

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1983–2015 · leading case: Cangelosi v. Our Lady of Lake Reg. Med. Ctr., 564 So. 2d 654 (La. 1990).
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Cangelosi v. Our Lady of Lake Reg. Med. Ctr., 564 So. 2d 654 (La. 1990). “Speiser, supra, § 2:8. [12] The standard to be used by the trial judge in determining whether it is permissible for the jury to infer negligence by the defendant under the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur in medical malpractice cases (and thus whether to instruct the jury on the…”
Soileau v. Smith True Value & Rental, 144 So. 3d 771 (La. 2013). “Treatise, Insurance Law & Practice § 2:8 (4th ed.).”
Leyva v. Iberia Gen. Hosp., 634 So. 2d 1297 (La. Ct. App. 1994). “Speiser, supra, § 2:8. In this case, the plaintiff failed to present any evidence, expert or otherwise, to indicate that the plaintiff's injury is the type which would not occur in the absence of negligence.”
Charles Alford & Mary Lou Alford v. Robert Thomas McKeithen, EOG Resources, Inc. & Cent. Texas Land Servs. (Tex. App. 2015). · cites it 2× “CRS 2:8,9. The jury also found that the Appellants had not utilized due diligence in reviewing the deed.”
Dep't of Transp. & Dev. v. Majors, 440 So. 2d 981 (La. Ct. App. 1983). · cites it 2× “R.S. 2:8 4 the Louisiana Legislature vested in the Department of Public Works the authority to supervise the construction and operation of airports and landing fields.”
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