Alaska Administrative Code
Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities
Chapter 42 - Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport and Fairbanks International Airport
Article 8 - First Amendment Activity at International Airports
17 AAC 42.800 - Purpose

Universal Citation: 17 AK Admin Code 17 AAC 42.800

Current through August 30, 2024

(a) The purpose of 17 AAC 42.800 - 17 AAC 42.840 is to establish standards and a procedure for permitting and conducting a first amendment activity at an airport. An activity permitted under 17 AAC 42.820 must not interfere with the primary transportation function of an airport facility or with the ability of the airport manager to

(1) ensure that passengers, airport employees, lessees, permittees, concessionaires, and the public can use an airport facility safely, conveniently, and efficiently;

(2) prevent interference with the rights of passengers to have unobstructed access to public areas of an airport facility and to avoid undue delay in the passage within and between facilities;

(3) reduce opportunities for a traveler, and particularly a traveler unfamiliar with the currency or customs of the United States, to be deceived or improperly restrained by any individual or group at an airport facility; and

(4) prevent interference with emergency, anti-hijack, and other security procedures at an airport.

(b) The provisions of 17 AAC 42.800 - 17 AAC 42.840 apply only to a first amendment activity conducted in the public areas of a department-operated terminal building, including a premises that is open to the public, or on public road rights of way, public walkways, public parking lots, and other portions of an airport that the airport manager has designated for use by the public.

Authority:AS 02.15.020

AS 02.15.060

AS 02.15.090

AS 02.15.220

AS 02.15.230

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