(620 ILCS 5/25) (from Ch. 15 1/2, par. 22.25)
Sec. 25.
Declarations.
It is hereby declared that the purpose of this Act is to further the
public interest and aeronautical progress by providing for the protection
and promotion of safety in aeronautics; by cooperating in effecting a
uniformity of the laws relating to the development and regulation of
aeronautics in the several states; by revising existing statutes relative
to the development and regulation of aeronautics so as to grant to a state
agency such powers and impose upon it such duties that the state may
properly perform its functions relative to aeronautics and effectively
exercise its jurisdiction over persons and property within such
jurisdiction, may assist in the promotion of a State-wide system of
airports, may cooperate with and assist the political subdivisions of this
State and others engaged in aeronautics, and may encourage and develop
aeronautics; by establishing uniform rules and regulations, consistent, so
far as practicable, with Federal rules and regulations, in order that those
engaged in aeronautics of every character may so engage with the least
possible restriction, consistent with their safety and with the safety and
the rights of others; and by providing for cooperation with the Federal
authorities in the development of a national system of civil aviation and
for coordination of the aeronautical activities of those authorities and
the authorities of this State by assisting in accomplishing the purposes of
federal legislation and eliminating costly and unnecessary duplication of
functions properly in the province of federal agencies.
(Source: Laws 1945, p. 335.)