17 AAC 45.800 - Purpose

(a) The purpose of 17 AAC 45.800 - 17 AAC 45.810 is to regulate the conduct of first amendment activity at an airport, but to avoid any inference of intended or inadvertent designation of any part of an airport as a public forum.

(b) A first amendment activity on an airport must not interfere with the primary transportation function of an airport facility or with the ability of the department to carry out the following objectives:

(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 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;

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

(5) avoid impairment of the financial self-sustainability of the airport.

(c) The provisions of 17 AAC 45.800 - 17 AAC 45.810 apply to a first amendment activity conducted anywhere on an airport except in an area that is restricted or otherwise closed to the public.

Notes

17 AAC 45.800

Eff. 3/28/2002, Register 161

Authority:AS 02.15.020

AS 02.15.060

AS 02.15.090

AS 02.15.220

AS 02.15.230