§ 61-5-75. Powers of municipalities
The governing authorities of any municipality are authorized, in their discretion, to exercise all the powers conferred on boards of supervisors with reference to acquiring land to be used as an airport or landing place for airplanes, and erect suitable buildings thereon, and equip and maintain such airport. They may acquire airports or landing places […]
§ 61-5-37. Joint operations; joint board generally
Public agencies acting jointly pursuant to Section 61-5-33 shall create a joint board which shall consist of members appointed by the governing body of each participating public agency. The number to be appointed, their term and compensation, if any, shall be provided for in the joint agreement. Each such joint board shall organize, select officers […]
§ 61-5-17. Bond issues for financing facility costs
The cost of planning and acquiring, establishing, developing, constructing, enlarging, improving, or equipping an airport or air navigation facility, or the site therefor, including buildings and other facilities incidental to the operation thereof, and the acquisition or elimination of airport hazards, may be paid for wholly or partly from the proceeds of the sale of […]
§ 61-5-19. Authority to contract or enter into joint use or similar agreements
A municipality may enter into any contracts necessary to the execution of the powers granted it, and for the purposes provided by the Municipal Airport Law. Without limiting the foregoing, a municipality may enter into joint use or similar agreements with any department or agency of the United States of America or the State of […]
§ 61-5-21. Incidental powers
In addition to the general and special powers conferred by the Municipal Airport Law, every municipality is authorized to exercise such powers as are necessarily incidental to the exercise of such general and special powers.
§ 61-5-23. Validation of prior acquisitions and actions
Any acquisition of property made prior to April 21, 1958, within or without the limits of any municipality, for the purposes authorized by the Municipal Airport Law, and any other action taken prior to said date by a municipality in furtherance of such purposes, including, but not limited to the making of appropriations, the expenditure […]
§ 61-5-25. Delegation of municipal authority to airport board or other agency
Any authority vested by the Municipal Airport Law in a municipality or in the governing body thereof, for the planning, establishment, development, construction, enlargement, improvement, maintenance, equipment, operation, regulation, protection and policing of airports or other air navigation facilities established, owned or controlled, or to be established, owned or controlled by the municipality may be […]
§ 61-5-27. Liens in favor of municipality
To enforce the payment of any charges for repairs or improvements to or storage or care of, any personal property made or furnished by the municipality or its agents in connection with the operation of an airport or air navigation facility owned or operated by the municipality, the municipality shall have liens on such property, […]
§ 61-5-29. Appropriation of funds; taxation
The governing body of any municipality having power to appropriate and raise money, is hereby authorized to appropriate, and to raise by taxation or otherwise, sufficient moneys to carry out the provisions and purposes of the Municipal Airport Law.
§ 61-5-31. Disposition of airport revenues
The revenues obtained by a municipality from the ownership, control or operation of any airport or air navigation facility, including proceeds from the sale of any airport or portion thereof or air navigation facility property, shall be deposited in a special fund to be designated the ” _______________Airport Fund,” which revenues shall be appropriated solely […]