[GENERAL
PROVISIONS]



 



Revision Note



 



  Part heading added by revisor.



 



§261-1  Definitions.  As used in this
chapter:



"Aeronautics" means the science and
art of flight, including but not limited to transportation by aircraft; the
operation, construction, repair, or maintenance of aircraft, aircraft power
plants and accessories, including the repair, packing, and maintenance of
parachutes; the design, establishment, construction, extension, operation,
improvement, repair, or maintenance of airports, or other air navigation
facilities; and instruction in flying or ground subjects pertaining thereto.



"Aircraft" means any contrivance now
known or hereafter invented, used or designed for navigation of or flight in
the air.



"Airman" means any individual who engages,
as the person in command, or as pilot, mechanic, or member of the crew, in the
navigation of aircraft while under way, and any individual who is directly in
charge of the inspection, maintenance, overhauling, or repair of aircraft
engines, airframes, propellers, or appliances; and any individual who serves in
the capacity of aircraft dispatcher, or air-traffic control-tower operator; but
does not include any individual employed outside the United States, and its
territories and possessions, or any individual employed by a manufacturer of
aircraft, aircraft engines, propellers, or appliances to perform duties as
inspector or mechanic in connection therewith, or any individual performing
inspection or mechanical duties in connection with aircraft owned or operated
by the individual.



"Air navigation facility" means any
facility used in, available for use in, or designed for use in, aid of air
navigation, including any structures, mechanisms, light, beacons, markers,
communicating systems, or other instrumentalities, or devices used or useful as
an aid, or constituting an advantage or convenience, to the safe taking-off,
navigation, and landing of aircraft, or the safe and efficient operation or
maintenance of an airport, and any combination of any or all of such
facilities.



"Airport" means any area of land or
water which is used, or intended for use, for the landing and takeoff of
aircraft, and any appurtenant areas which are used, or intended for use, for
airport buildings or other airport facilities or rights-of-way, including
approaches, together with all airport buildings and facilities located thereon.



"Airport hazard" has the meaning
defined by section 262-1.



"Criminal history record check" means
an examination of an individual's criminal history records by means including,
but not limited to, fingerprint analysis and name inquiry into state and
national criminal history record files.



"Criminal history record information"
means criminal history information received from state and national criminal history
record checks.



"Department" means the department of
transportation.



"Director" means the director of
transportation.



"Municipal" means pertaining to a
municipality as herein defined.



"Municipality" means any county or
other political subdivision or public corporation of the State.



"Operation of aircraft" or
"operate aircraft" means the use, navigation, or piloting of aircraft
in the airspace over the State or upon any airport within the State.



"Person" means any individual, firm,
partnership, corporation, company, association, joint stock association, or
body politic; and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee, or other similar
representative thereof.



"Police officer" means a police
officer and any other state or county officer charged with the enforcement of
state laws.



"State airway" means a route in the
navigable airspace over and above the lands or waters of the State, designated
by the department as a route suitable for air navigation. [L 1947, c 32, pt of
§1; RL 1955, §15-1; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §26; HRS §261-1; am L 1981, c 25, §2;
gen ch 1985; am L 1996, c 191, §1]