Air Operations Security.

Austin City Code tit. 13, ch. 13-1, art. 3, div. 2, subpt. C

in effect

Austin City Code § 13-1-81 AIRPORT SECURITY PROGRAM.

§ 13-1-81 - AIRPORT SECURITY PROGRAM. (A) A tenant and a person who has been issued identification media by the department authorizing access to the security identification display area, air operations area, or sterile area shall comply with the airport security program. (B) If a penalty is assessed against the City by the Federal Aviation Administration or Transportation Security Administration because a tenant or person who has been issued airport identification media has failed to comply with the airport security program, the director shall assess the same penalty against the tenant or person. (C) A tenant or person shall pay the full amount of a penalty under this section to the director not later than the 10th day after the director makes written demand for payment. (D) The operations and security division of the department has primary responsibility for enforcement of the airport security program. Source: 2003 Code Section 13-1-60; 1992 Code Section 17-2-60; Ord. 040729-16; Ord. 20080410-008.

Austin City Code § 13-1-82 AIRPORT IDENTIFICATION MEDIA DISPLAY REQUIRED.

§ 13-1-82 - AIRPORT IDENTIFICATION MEDIA DISPLAY REQUIRED. (A) A person may not enter or remain in a security identification display area or air operations area unless the airport identification media issued to the person by the department is continuously displayed as prescribed by aviation law and the airport security program. A person shall produce the airport identification media on demand of an airport official or a police officer. (B) A crew member shall be in uniform and wear identification media issued by the air carrier as prescribed by aviation law. Identification must be worn by the crew member to whom it was issued. A crew member who possesses only air carrier issued identification may not escort a visitor into or on the air operations area, security identification display area, a sterile area, or a restricted area. (C) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this section that the person charged is: (1) under escort by an authorized person wearing identification media issued by the director; (2) an employee of the Federal Aviation Administration carrying a 110A form official identification card issued to the person by the agency; (3) an employee of the Transportation Security Administration carrying an official inspector identification card issued to the person by the agency; (4) a passenger under authorized supervision within an air operations area, security identification display area, or sterile area for the purpose of enplaning or deplaning; or (5) a flight crew or cabin crew member of a United States certified air carrier and is in one of the following portions of the air operations area or security identification display area: (a) the immediate vicinity of the aircraft to which the crew members are assigned; (b) a flight crew operations or flight office, or its equivalent; or (c) a point on the most direct route between the door leading to the air operations area or security identification display area and the flight crew's operations or flight office and assigned aircraft. (D) A person issued an airport identification media, key, decal, or other access media shall report the loss or destruction of the media to the airport operations and security division immediately on discovery of the loss or destruction. A person may not use or display media that has been reported lost or destroyed, or that was issued to another person. Airport identification media is the property of the department. Airport identification media must be surrendered by the person to whom it is issued immediately upon the termination of the person's employment at the airport. (E) A person possessing a properly issued airport identification media, and who has been granted escort authority, may escort a visitor into a secured area, security identification display area, sterile area, or restricted area as prescribed by the airport security program. An escort is responsible for the conduct of, and shall maintain actual control over, a person under escort. Source: 2003 Code Section 13-1-61; 1992 Code Section 17-2-61; Ord. 040729-16; Ord. 20080410-008.

Austin City Code § 13-1-83 CIRCUMVENTION OF SCREENING PROHIBITED.

§ 13-1-83 - CIRCUMVENTION OF SCREENING PROHIBITED. (A) A person not otherwise exempt under law from the screening process, may not introduce an item, package, object, or device into a sterile area unless the item, package, object, or device has been submitted for screening by an authorized person at a screening location. (B) A person shall comply with a screening process designed to detect weapons and explosives in compliance with applicable aviation law. A person shall remain at the screening location until all items, packages, objects, or devices introduced by that person into the sterile area have completed the screening process. (C) A person may not interfere with, assault, threaten, or intimidate screening personnel in the performance of their official duties. Source: 2003 Code Section 13-1-62; 1992 Code Section 17-2-62; Ord. 040729-16.

Austin City Code § 13-1-84 SECURITY OF DOORS, GATES, WINDOW DEVICES.

§ 13-1-84 - SECURITY OF DOORS, GATES, WINDOW DEVICES. (A) A person may not disengage, disable, or disconnect an alarm on a door, wall, window, or other area if the alarm has been set as authorized by the director or by the tenant exercising contractual or proprietary control of the area. (B) A person may not enter, remain in, or exit from a door, gate, or window in an air operations area, security identification display area or sterile area unless the person verifies that the door, gate, or window is secured after the person's passage. (C) A person who sets off a security alarm at a secured door, gate, or window shall promptly report the alarm to the nearest airport official or police officer, or shall remain at the door, gate, or window until an airport official or police officer arrives to investigate the alarm. Source: 2003 Code Sections 13-1-63 and 13-1-65; 1992 Code Sections 17-2-63 and 17-2-65; Ord. 040729-16.

Austin City Code § 13-1-85 UNAUTHORIZED VEHICLES PROHIBITED.

§ 13-1-85 - UNAUTHORIZED VEHICLES PROHIBITED. A person may not operate or park a vehicle on an air operations area or security identification display area unless: (1) the person is authorized to enter the air operations area or security identification display area; and (a) has obtained and displays the required identification medium; and (b) the vehicle has been issued a vehicle permit and displays the identification medium prescribed by the director; or (2) the vehicle is escorted by an authorized person. Source: 2003 Code Section 13-1-64; 1992 Code Section 17-2-64; Ord. 040729-16.

Source: City of Austin, City Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tx/austin/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT13TRSE_CH13-1AVSE_ART3CIAI_SPCAIOPSEFetched: 10/27/2026