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[CITE: 49USC44705]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                     SUBTITLE VII--AVIATION PROGRAMS
 
                     PART A--AIR COMMERCE AND SAFETY
 
                           subpart iii--safety
 
                     CHAPTER 447--SAFETY REGULATION
 
Sec. 44705. Air carrier operating certificates

    The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall issue 
an air carrier operating certificate to a person desiring to operate as 
an air carrier when the Administrator finds, after investigation, that 
the person properly and adequately is equipped and able to operate 
safely under this part and regulations and standards prescribed under 
this part. An air carrier operating certificate shall--
        (1) contain terms necessary to ensure safety in air 
    transportation; and
        (2) specify the places to and from which, and the airways of the 
    United States over which, a person may operate as an air carrier.

(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1189.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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44705.................................  49 App.:1424(b).                 Aug. 2
3, 1958, Pub. L. 85-726, Sec.
                                                                          604(b
), 72 Stat. 778.
                                        49 App.:1655(c)(1).              Oct. 1
5, 1966, Pub. L. 89-670, Sec.
                                                                          6(c)(
1), 80 Stat. 938; Jan. 12, 1983,
                                                                          Pub. 
L. 97-449, Sec.  7(b), 96 Stat.
                                                                          2444.
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    In this section, the word ``Administrator'' in section 604(b) of the 
Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (Public Law 85-726, 72 Stat. 778) is 
retained on authority of 49:106(g). Before clause (1), the words ``may 
file with the Secretary of Transportation an application for an air 
carrier operating certificate'' and ``the requirements of'' are omitted 
as surplus. The word ``rules'' is omitted as being synonymous with 
``regulations''. In clause (1), the words ``conditions, and limitations 
. . . reasonably'' are omitted as surplus. In clause (2), the word 
``places'' is substituted for ``points'' for consistency in the revised 
title. The words ``under an air carrier operating certificate'' are 
omitted as surplus.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 106, 44107, 44701, 44711, 
45302, 46310, 47531 of this title.
