Sec. 2205.046. AIRCRAFT FOR FLIGHT TRAINING PROGRAMS    


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  • (a) The board may transfer aircraft to a public technical institute or other public postsecondary educational institution for use in the institution's flight training program. Except as provided by this section, the board has no responsibility for continued maintenance of aircraft transferred under this section.

    (b) As a condition to the transfer of the aircraft, the institution must certify in writing to the board that the institution will accept full responsibility for maintenance of the aircraft and that it will be properly maintained while in the custody and control of the institution. The board is entitled to inspect the aircraft without notice for the purpose of insuring that the aircraft are properly maintained.

    (c) The board may immediately reassume custody and control of a transferred aircraft on a finding by the board that:

    (1) the aircraft is not being properly maintained;

    (2) the aircraft is being used for a purpose other than flight training; or

    (3) the institution has discontinued its flight training program.

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 280, Sec. 1, eff. May 26, 1997.