422:25 Suspension or Revocation of Certificates. –
I. The commissioner shall suspend or revoke a state registration certificate issued for an aircraft or commercial aviation operator if the holder thereof makes any material false statement in an application for a certificate or in any report required by the department.
II. The commissioner shall revoke an approval certificate for an airport site when:
(a) The holder fails to develop the site as an airport within the 10-year effective period of the site approval, or to comply with the conditions of the approval; or
(b) The site is no longer usable for the aeronautical purposes for which the approval was granted due to changed circumstances.
III. The commissioner shall revoke a registration certificate for operation of an airport, or refuse to issue a renewal, when:
(a) There has been a failure to comply with the conditions of the permit or renewal thereof; or
(b) The airport has become either unsafe or unusable for the aeronautical purposes for which the permit or renewal was issued due to changed circumstances.
IV. Revocation or suspension shall be only after notice and opportunity for hearing, provided that if any person takes an appeal from such determination, the commissioner may suspend the certificate of such person pending the appeal.