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91_SB0954
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1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Aeronautics Act.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Illinois Aeronautics Act is amended by
5 changing Section 47 as follows:
6 (620 ILCS 5/47) (from Ch. 15 1/2, par. 22.47)
7 Sec. 47. Operation without certificate of approval
8 unlawful; applications.) An application for a certificate of
9 approval of an airport or restricted landing area, or the
10 alteration or extension thereof, shall set forth, among other
11 things, the location of all railways, mains, pipes, conduits,
12 wires, cables, poles and other facilities and structures of
13 public service corporations or municipal or quasi-municipal
14 corporations, located within the area proposed to be acquired
15 or restricted, and the names of persons owning the same, to
16 the extent that the such information can be reasonably
17 ascertained by the applicant.
18 It shall be unlawful for any municipality or other
19 political subdivision, or officer or employee thereof, or for
20 any person, to make any alteration or extension of an
21 existing airport or restricted landing area, or to use or
22 operate any airport or restricted landing area, for which a
23 certificate of approval has not been issued by the
24 Department; Provided, that no certificate of approval shall
25 be required for an airport or restricted landing area which
26 was in existence and approved by the Illinois Aeronautics
27 Commission, whether or not being operated, on or before July
28 1, 1945.
29 Provisions of this Section do not apply to special
30 purpose aircraft designated as such by the Department when
31 operating to or from uncertificated areas other than their
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1 principal base of operations, provided mutually acceptable
2 arrangements are made with the property owner, and provided
3 the owner or operator of the aircraft assumes liabilities
4 which may arise out of such operations.
5 (Source: P.A. 81-840.)