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he shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than five hun-
dred dollars ($500.00) in the discretion of the court.

96. (Licensing of Airports.)

(a) (Site Approvals - Regulations, Issuance of Certifi-
cates, No Fees, Standards, Effective Period, Revocation,
Existing Airports.) Except as provided in subsection (d)
of this Section, the Commission is authorized to provide
for the approval of airport sites and the issuance of certifi-
cates of such approval. No charge shall be made for any
such approval, and certificates of such an approval shall
be issued without charge to all persons requesting them.
Upon the promulgation of a rule or regulation providing
for such approvals, any municipality or person desiring or
planning to construct or establish an airport may, prior to
the acquisition of the site or prior to the construction or
establishment of the proposed airport, make application to
the Commission for approval of the site. The Commis-
sion shall with reasonable dispatch grant approval of a site
if it is satisfied: (1) that the site is adequate for the pro-
posed airport; (2) that such proposed airport, if con-
structed or established, will conform to minimum standards
of safety, which shall not be more rigid than those recom-
mended by the Civil Aeronautics Administration for com-
parable airports; and (3) that safe air traffic patterns
could be worked out for such proposed airport and for all
existing airports and approved airport sites in its vicinity.
An approval of a site may be granted subject to any rea-
sonable conditions which the Commission may deem neces-
sary to effectuate the purposes of this Section, and shall
remain in effect, unless sooner revoked by the Commis-
sion, until a license for an airport located on the approved
site has been issued pursuant to subsection (b) of this
Section. The Commission may, after notice and opportun-
ity for hearing to holders of certificates of an approval,
revoke such approval when it shall reasonably determine
(1) that there has been an abandonment of the site as an
airport site, or (2) that there has been a failure within the
time prescribed, or if no time was prescribed, within a
reasonable time, to develop the site as an airport or to
comply with the conditions of the approval, or (3) that
because of change of physical or legal conditions or circum-
stances the site is no longer usable for the aeronautical
purposes for which the approval was granted.

(b) (Licenses - Regulations, Issuance of Licenses, Re-
newals, Fees, Standards, Revocation, Unlawful Operation.)
Except as provided in subsection (d) of this Section, the