Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 67. AERONAUTICS

CHAPTER 10. MUNICIPAL AIRPORTS

Part 9. Courtesy Cars for Airports

Responsibilities And Obligations Of Municipality And Third Party

67-10-904. Responsibilities and obligations of municipality and third party. (1) A municipality may apply to the department for a grant to provide courtesy car services at a qualified airport. The municipality may procure a third party and assign the third party to a qualified airport to manage the courtesy car program. A third party may be a fixed base operator, an airport manager, a nonprofit organization exempt from taxation under 26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3), or other responsible party. The municipality shall ensure that the third party is familiar with and complies with all conditions of the courtesy car program.

(2) A municipality or third party may not provide a courtesy car for use by local residents or airport personnel except to facilitate incidental maintenance of the courtesy car.

(3) A courtesy car may be used only between the awarded airport and the local trading or recreation area. Travel in a courtesy car across the state line or beyond the local trading or recreation area is prohibited.

(4) A courtesy car must be kept at the awarded airport when not in use and must be available for users who fly into the airport.

(5) The recipient of the courtesy car grant shall procure liability insurance as required by 61-6-301.

(6) A courtesy car may not be used unless the municipality or the third party has obtained certification that the user has personal motor vehicle liability insurance coverage as required in 61-6-301.

(7) For airports owned, maintained, or operated by the state, the department may distribute grant money to a third party to purchase a courtesy car for use to and from the state airport as long as the department ensures the third party is familiar with and complies with all conditions of the courtesy car program.

(8) In accordance with federal and state nondiscrimination laws and requirements, all vehicles purchased with grant funds from the courtesy car program or vehicles donated to the courtesy car program must be accessible to persons with disabilities or the grantee must provide a vehicle accessible to persons with disabilities on request.

History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 452, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 469, L. 2021; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 74, L. 2023.