§ 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, […]
§ 61-5-1. Short title
Sections 61-5-1 through 61-5-49 may be cited as the “Municipal Airport Law.”
§ 61-5-3. Definitions
As used in the Municipal Airport Law, unless the text otherwise requires: “Airport” means any area of land or water which is used, or intended for use, for the landing and taking off of aircraft, and any appurtenant areas which are used, or intended for use, for airport buildings or other airport facilities or rights […]
§ 61-5-5. General powers of municipalities as to establishment, acquisition, operation, etc., of airports and air navigation facilities
Every municipality is authorized, out of any appropriations or other moneys made available for such purposes, to plan, establish, develop, construct, enlarge, improve, maintain, equip, operate, regulate, protect and police airports and air navigation facilities, either within or without the territorial limits of such municipality including the construction, installation, equipment, maintenance and operation at such […]
§ 61-5-7. Exercise of power of eminent domain
In the acquisition of property by eminent domain proceedings authorized by the Municipal Airport Law, the municipality shall proceed in the manner provided by Chapter 27 of Title 11, Mississippi Code of 1972, and as elsewhere provided by law. For the purpose of making surveys and examinations relative to any eminent domain proceedings, it shall […]
§ 61-5-9. Disposal of airport property
Except as may be limited by the terms and conditions of any grant, loan, or agreement pursuant to Section 61-5-15, every municipality may by sale, lease or otherwise, dispose of any airport, air navigation facility or other property, or portion thereof or interest therein, acquired pursuant to the Municipal Airport Law. Such disposal by sale, […]
§ 61-5-11. Operation and use privileges; exemption from taxation
In operating an airport or air navigation facility owned, leased or controlled by a municipality, such municipality may, except as may be limited by the terms and conditions of any grant, loan or agreement pursuant to Section 61-5-15, enter into contracts, leases and other arrangements for a term not exceeding fifty (50) years with any […]
§ 61-5-13. Promulgation, etc., of ordinances, resolutions, rules, regulations and orders; enforcement
A municipality, which has established or acquired or which may hereafter establish or acquire an airport or air navigation facility, is authorized to adopt, amend and repeal such reasonable ordinances, resolutions, rules, regulations and orders as it shall deem necessary for the management, government and use of such airport or air navigation facility under its […]
§ 61-5-15. Acceptance, etc., of federal and state aid; designation of agent
Every municipality is authorized to accept, receive, receipt for, disburse and expend federal and state monies and other monies, public or private, made available by grant or loan or both to accomplish, in whole or in part, any of the purposes of the Municipal Airport Law. All federal monies accepted under this section shall be […]