Sec. 24.022. USE OF AIRCRAFT ON COUNTY ROADS


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  • (a) A commissioners court of a county may enact ordinances to ensure the safe use of county roads by aircraft. An ordinance may:

    (1) limit the kinds of aircraft that may use the roads;

    (2) establish the procedure that a pilot shall follow before using a road, including requiring the pilot to furnish persons with flags at both ends of the road to be used; or

    (3) establish other requirements considered necessary for the safe use of the roads by aircraft.

    (b) A pilot who follows the ordinances adopted under Subsection (a):

    (1) may land or take off in the aircraft on a county road; and

    (2) is not subject to the traffic laws of this state during the landing or takeoff.

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.