An Act to Establish the A von-Phillips Airport Authority
Maine Legislature, Session 121, LD 0250
Committee: Transportation
Sponsors: SA VIELLO, WOODCOCK, COWGER, JENNINGS, PINEAU, USHER

Legislative Document 
No. 250 
H.P.205 
House of Representatives, January 23, 2003 
An Act to Establish the A von-Phillips Airport Authority 
Reference to the Committee on Transportation suggested and ordered printed. 
Presented by Representative SA VIELLO of Wilton. 
Cosponsored by Senator WOODCOCK of Franklin and 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Representatives: COWGER of Hallowell, JENNINGS of Leeds, McKEE of Wayne, PINEAU 
of Jay, USHER of Westbrook. 
Printed on recycled paper 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 
1. 
Avon-Phillips 
Airport 
Authority 
established. 
The 
Avon-Phillips 
Airport 
Authority 
is 
established 
as 
a 
body 
corporate and politic and a public instrumentality of the State 
to carry out the provisions of this Act and shall take title to, 
acquire 
and 
manage 
the 
properties 
within 
the 
geographical 
boundaries of the Avon-Phillips Airport and other properties as 
may be authorized by law in the name of the State. 
As used in 
this Act, "authority" means the Avon-Phillips Airport Authority. 
1. 
Powers. 
The authority may: 
A. 
Sue and be sued; 
B. 
Adopt bylaws consistent with this Act for the governance 
of its affairs; 
C. 
Exercise all of the general powers of corporations under 
the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 13-C, section 302; 
D. 
Acquire 
real 
and 
personal 
property for 
use 
by 
the 
authority; 
E. 
Exercise the power of eminent domain; 
F. 
Lease, rent or otherwise dispose of real or personal 
property; 
G. 
Provide for the public safety by imposing appropriate 
regulations, 
regulating 
appropriate 
use 
of 
the 
airport 
facilities and enforcing laws and regulations as they apply 
to the use of the airport's facilities; 
H. 
Charge and collect fees, charges and rents for the use 
of the properties and other services and use the proceeds of 
those fees, charges and rents for the purposes provided in 
this Act; 
I. 
Provide 
from operating revenues for the maintenance, 
construction or reconstruction of facilities for which the 
authority has not otherwise provided to ensure the public 
safety; 
J. 
Take all other lawful action necessary and incidental to 
these powers; and 
K. 
Adopt 
rules 
pursuant 
to 
the 
Maine 
Administrative 
Procedure Act. 
Any such rules are routine technical rules 
Page l-LR0294(1) 
as defined in the Maine Revis'"d Statutes, Title 5, chapter 
375, subchapter 2-A. 
2. 
Board of trustees. 
The authority is governed by a board 
of trustees composed of 7 voting members appointed by the county 
commissioners of Franklin County. 
A. 
Trustees are appointed for 4-year terms, except that, 
for 
initial 
appointments, 
trustees 
are 
appointed 
to 
one-year terms, 2 trustees are appointed to 2-year terms, 2 
trustees are appointed to 3-year terms and one trustee is 
appointed to a 4-year term. 
Two trustees must reside in the 
Town of Avon and 
trustees must reside in the Town of 
Phillips. 
B. 
A trustee continues to hold office until a successor is 
appointed and qualified, but the term of the successor is 
not 
altered 
from 
the 
original 
expiration 
date 
of 
the 
holdover trustee's term. 
A person may not serve more than 3 
consecutive 4-year terms as a trustee. 
C. 
A quorum, which is a majority of members, is required 
for the board of trustees to take action. 
D. 
The trustees shall elect a chair and vice-chair from 
among the members of the board of trustees. 
The authority 
may 
employ 
an executive director, 
technical 
experts 
and 
other agents and employees, permanent and temporary, that it 
requires and may determine their qualifications, duties and 
compensation. 
E. 
A trustee is not entitled to receive compensation for 
services 
to 
the 
authority 
but 
is 
entitled 
to 
receive 
reimbursement for necessary expenditures, 
including travel 
expenses, incurred in carrying out those services. 
3. 
Liability. 
The liability of the authority is governed 
by the Maine Tort Claims Act. 
A member of the board of trustees 
of the author i ty or an employee of the authority may not be 
subject to any personal liability for having acted wi thin the 
course and scope of membership or employment to carry out a power 
or duty under this Act. 
The authority shall indemnify a member 
of the authority or an employee of the authority against expenses 
actually and necessarily incurred in connection with the defense 
of an action or proceeding in which the member or employee is 
made a party by reason of past or present association with the 
authority. 
SUMMARY 
This bill establishes the Avon-Phillips Airport Authority, 
governed by a board of 7 trustees, of which 2 trustees must be 
residents of the Town of Avon and 2 trustees must be residents of 
the Town of Phillips. 
The authority may adopt bylaws for the 
governance of its affairs, acquire real and personal property, 
lease, rent or otherwise dispose of real or personal property and 
exercise the power of eminent domain.