§ 1-2-7 - Leases, concessions, and licenses. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 1-2-7

   § 1-2-7  Leases, concessions, and licenses.– (a) The department of transportation may lease any portion of any airport orlanding field owned or operated by the state or any of the buildings orstructures erected on any airport or landing field and grant concessions uponportions of any airport or landing field owned or operated by the state for aperiod not exceeding five (5) years, with or without renewal options for a likeperiod, in the manner prescribed by § 37-7-9. Where a substantialbuilding, renovation, improvement, or addition to an existing building is to beconstructed for any airport or aeronautical service, activity, purpose, orfunction or any allied service, activity, purpose or function, the departmentmay lease in the manner provided in § 37-7-9, any portion of any airportor landing field owned or operated by the state for a period not exceedingthirty (30) years.

   (b) In all department leases, concessions, licenses, and inall landing fee schedules imposed by the department, provisions shall beincluded requiring a graduated scale of payments designed to encouragetake-offs and landings between the hours of 6:30 a.m. and midnight (12:00a.m.). Any landings occurring after midnight (12:00 a.m.) and before 6:30 a.m.because of conditions beyond the control of the airlines and/or aircraftoperator are not subject to any additional landing fees.

   (c) The department shall include a provision in all leases,licenses and concessions requiring aircraft landing at Theodore Francis GreenState Airport:

   (1) To be equipped with noise and emission abatement devicesas required by federal law or regulation in effect on July 1, 1985; and

   (2) By January 1, 1989, to be equipped with noise andemission abatement devices as contained in federal aviation regulation, part36, noise standards: aircraft type and airworthiness certification scheduled totake effect on January 1, 1989.