2-15-2506. Board of aeronautics -- qualification -- allocation -- quasi-judicial. (1) There is a board of aeronautics.
(2) The board consists of nine members. The members are:
(a) one member of the Montana pilots' association;
(b) one member of the Montana chamber of commerce;
(c) one representative of the Montana airport management association;
(d) one member of the Montana county commissioners association or the Montana league of cities and towns;
(e) one person actively engaged in aviation education in this state;
(f) one person representative of interstate commercial airline operators, who must at the time of appointment be an employee or official of an interstate commercial airline operator and a resident of this state;
(g) one person representing the general public;
(h) one member of the association of Montana aerial applicators; and
(i) one person who must at the time of appointment be an active fixed base operator in this state, or an official of a fixed base operator in this state, of flying services or flying schools.
(3) The board is allocated to the department of transportation for administrative purposes only as prescribed in 2-15-121.
(4) The board is designated as a quasi-judicial board for purposes of 2-15-124.
(5) The administrator of the aeronautics division shall act as liaison between the board and the department of transportation.