422:4 Duties of Commissioner.

The commissioner of transportation shall be responsible for the following functions: I. Exercising general supervision, control, and direction over all matters pertaining to the location, construction and maintenance of air navigation facilities built or maintained, in whole or in part, with state funds. II. Recommending to the governor and council the state acquisition of land, easements and rights of way for air navigation facilities, provided that the municipality or municipalities in which a public airport is to be sited approves the recommendation. III. Coordinating agencies and persons involved with aircraft search and rescue missions within the state. IV. Assisting state and federal officials in the investigation of civil aircraft accidents and civil aircraft incidents within the state. V. Investing in department employees the authority to enforce by civil process, violations of the aeronautics statutes and rules. VI. Effecting uniformity in the regulations pertaining to the operation of aircraft by adopting uniform rules consistent with federal regulations and making noncompliance with federal regulations a violation of state law, thereby enabling the law enforcement agencies of the state to enforce the laws regulating the operation of aircraft. For the purposes of this paragraph, aircraft shall include ultralight vehicles as defined in federal regulations, as amended, and small unmanned aircraft systems as defined in RSA 422:3, XXVII-b.