Section 5.1-2.2 - Powers and duties of BoardThe Board shall exercise the following powers and duties:
1. Provide a means of citizen access to the Department;2. Provide a means of publicizing the policies and programs of the Department in order to educate the public and elicit public support for Department activities;3. Monitor the policies and activities of the Department and have the right of access to departmental information;4. Advise the Governor and the Director on matters relating to the Commonwealth's aviation policies and programs;5. Promulgate such rules and regulations relating to airports, landing fields and other aviation facilities, aircraft, and such other kindred matters and things as may be proper and necessary to promote and develop safe aviation practices and operations; and6. Develop on behalf of the Department recommendations for distribution of funds to localities by the State Corporation Commission for aviation development through the end of the 1978-80 biennium, after which time the Board shall be responsible for the allocation on behalf of the Department of all such funds as provided in this act, which funds shall be distributed by the Department in accordance with such allocation.1979, c. 272; 1980, c. 306; 1984, c. 720; 2017, c. 793.Amended by Acts 2017 c. 793, § 1, eff. 7/1/2017.