HB 474: "An Act relating to civil liability associated with aircraft runways, airfields, and landing areas."
00 HOUSE BILL NO. 474 01 "An Act relating to civil liability associated with aircraft runways, airfields, and landing 02 areas." 03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 04 * Section 1. AS 09.65.093 is amended to read: 05 Sec. 09.65.093. Civil liability relating to aircraft runways, airfields, and 06 landing areas. (a) A [NATURAL] person who without compensation maintains or 07 repairs an aircraft runway, airfield, or landing area may not be held civilly liable, 08 except for an act or omission that constitutes gross negligence or recklessness or 09 intentional misconduct, for the injury to or death of a person or for damage to an 10 aircraft, resulting from the use of the runway, airfield, or landing area to take off, land, 11 or operate an aircraft. 12 (b) A [NATURAL] person who is the owner or operator of an aircraft runway, 13 airfield, or landing area that is located on private land is not civilly liable, except for 14 an act or omission that constitutes gross negligence or recklessness or intentional
01 misconduct, for the injury to or the death of a person or for damage to an aircraft, 02 resulting from the use or attempted use of the runway, airfield, or landing area to take 03 off, land, or operate an aircraft while the runway, airfield, or landing area is 04 (1) marked as closed by placement of a large "X" that is readily visible 05 from the air; and 06 (2) listed as closed in the appropriate aeronautical charts and 07 publications published by the Federal Aviation Administration.