It is the purpose of this article to facilitate the development of aeronautics, promote safety in aeronautics, and provide a uniform mechanism for overseeing and regulating aeronautics within the state by repealing existing statutes establishing the Alabama Department of Aeronautics and the Alabama Aeronautics Commission and transferring their functions, authority, and organization to the Alabama State Department of Transportation.
Ala. Code § 23-1-350 (1975)