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MS Code § 61-1-31 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 61 - Aviation|Chapter 1 - Transportation Commission|§ 61-1-31. Licensing of airports

  Site approvals.- Except as provided in this section, the commission is authorized to provide for the approval of airport sites and the issuance of certificates of such approvals. No charge shall be made for any such approval, and certificates of such an approval shall be issued without charge to all persons requesting them. Upon the promulgation of a rule or regulation providing for such approvals, any municipality or person desiring or planning to construct or establish an airport may, prior to the acquisition of the site or prior to the construction or establishment of the proposed airport, make application to the commission for approval of this site. The commission shall, with reasonable dispatch, grant approval of a site if it is satisfied: (a) that the site is adequate for the proposed airport; (b) that such proposed airport, if constructed or established, will conform to minimum standards of safety; and (c) that safe air traffic patterns could be worked out for such proposed airport and for all existing airports and approved airport sites in its vicinity. An approval of a site may be granted subject to any reasonable conditions which the commission may deem necessary to effectuate the purposes of this section, and shall remain in effect, unless sooner revoked by the commission, until a license for an airport located on the approved site has been issued pursuant to this section. The commission may, after notice and opportunity for hearing to holders of certificates of an approval, revoke such approval when it shall reasonably determine (1) that there has been an abandonment of the site as an airport site, or (2) that there has been a failure within the time prescribed, or if no time was prescribed, within a reasonable time, to develop the site as an airport or to comply with the conditions of the approval, or (3) that because of change of physical or legal conditions or circumstances the site is no longer usable for the aeronautical purposes for which the approval was granted. No approval shall be required for the site of any existing airport.   Optional public hearings.- In connection with the grant of approval of a proposed airport site or the issuance of an airport license under the provisions of this section, the commission may, on its own motion or upon the request of an affected or interested person, hold a hearing open to the public as provided in this section.   Exemptions.- The provisions of this section shall not apply to airports owned or operated by the United States or its agencies. The commission may, from time to time, to the extent necessary, exempt any other class of airports, pursuant to a reasonable classification or grouping, from any rule or regulation promulgated under this section or from any requirement of such a rule or regulation, if it finds that the application of such rule, regulation or requirement would be an undue burden on such class and is not required in the interest of public safety.
MS Code § 61-1-33 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 61 - Aviation|Chapter 1 - Transportation Commission|§ 61-1-33. Approval of municipal projects

 No municipality in this state, whether acting alone or jointly with another municipality, or with the state, shall submit to any federal agency or department of the United States any project application under the provisions of any act of Congress which provides airport planning funds or airport construction and development funds for the expansion and improvement of the airport system unless the project and project application have been first approved by the Mississippi Transportation Commission.
MS Code § 61-1-35 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 61 - Aviation|Chapter 1 - Transportation Commission|§ 61-1-35. Conduct of investigations, inquiries and hearings

 The commission, any member thereof, the director or any officer or employee of the commission designated by it, shall have the power to hold investigations, inquiries and hearings concerning matters covered by the provisions of this chapter and the rules, regulations and orders of the commission, and concerning accidents in aeronautics within this state. Hearings shall be open to the public, and, except as provided in this chapter, shall be held upon such call or notice as the commission shall deem advisable. Each member of the commission, the director and every officer or employee of the commission designated by it to hold any inquiry, investigation or hearing shall have the power to administer oaths and affirmations, certify to all official acts, issue subpoenas, and order the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of papers, books and documents. In case of the failure of any person to comply with any subpoena or order issued under the authority of this section, the commission or its authorized representative may invoke the aid of any court of this state of general jurisdiction. The court may thereupon order such person to comply with the requirements of the subpoena or order or to give evidence touching the matter in question. Failure to obey the order of the court may be punished by the court as a contempt thereof.
MS Code § 61-1-37 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 61 - Aviation|Chapter 1 - Transportation Commission|§ 61-1-37. Use and limitations on reports of investigations and hearings

 In order to facilitate the making of investigations by the commission in the interest of public safety and promotion of aeronautics, the public interest requires, and it is therefor provided, that the reports of investigations or hearings or any part thereof, shall not be admitted in evidence or used for any purpose in any suit, action or proceeding growing out of any matter referred to in said investigation, hearing or report thereof, except in case of any suit, action or proceeding, civil or criminal, instituted by or in behalf of the commission or in the name of the state under the provisions of this chapter or other laws of the state relating to aeronautics. No member of the commission, or the director, or any officer or employee of the commission shall be required to testify to any facts ascertained in, or information gained by reason of, his official capacity, or be required to testify as an expert witness in any suit, action or proceeding involving any aircraft. Subject to the foregoing provisions, the commission may in its discretion make available to appropriate federal, state and municipal agencies information and material developed in the course of its investigations and hearings.
MS Code § 61-1-39 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 61 - Aviation|Chapter 1 - Transportation Commission|§ 61-1-39. Federal-state joint hearings; cooperation between governments; accident reporting

 The commission is authorized to confer with or to hold joint hearings with any agency of the United States in connection with any matter arising under this chapter, or relating to the sound development of aeronautics.   The commission is authorized to avail itself of the cooperation, services, records and facilities of the agencies of the United States as fully as may be practicable in the administration and enforcement of this chapter. The commission shall furnish to the agencies of the United States its cooperation, services, records and facilities, insofar as may be practicable.   The commission shall report to the appropriate agency of the United States all accidents in aeronautics in this state of which it is informed, and shall insofar as is practicable preserve, protect and prevent the removal of the component parts of any aircraft involved in an accident being investigated by it until the federal agency institutes an investigation.
MS Code § 61-1-41 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 61 - Aviation|Chapter 1 - Transportation Commission|§ 61-1-41. Use of state and municipal facilities and services

 In carrying out the provisions of this chapter the commission may use the facilities and services of other agencies of the state and of the municipalities of the state to the utmost extent possible. Such agencies and municipalities are authorized and directed to make available their facilities and services.
MS Code § 61-1-43 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 61 - Aviation|Chapter 1 - Transportation Commission|§ 61-1-43. Enforcement of chapter and rules and regulations

 It shall be the duty of the commission, its members, the director, officers and employees of the commission, and every state and municipal officer charged with the enforcement of state and municipal laws, to enforce and assist in the enforcement of this chapter and of all rules, regulations and orders issued pursuant thereto and of all other laws of this state relating to aeronautics. In that connection each of the aforesaid persons is authorized to inspect and examine at reasonable hours any premises, and the buildings and other structures thereon, where airports, air navigation facilities, air schools, or other aeronautical activities are operated or conducted. In aid of the enforcement of this chapter, the rules, regulations and orders issued pursuant thereto and of all other laws of the state relating to aeronautics, general police powers are hereby conferred upon the commission, each of its members, the director, and such of the officers and employees of the commission as may be designated by it to exercise such powers.   The commission is authorized, in the name of the state, to enforce the provisions of this chapter and the rules, regulations and orders issued pursuant thereto by injunction or other legal process in the courts of this state.
MS Code § 61-1-45 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 61 - Aviation|Chapter 1 - Transportation Commission|§ 61-1-45. Commission orders

 Every order of the commission requiring performance of certain acts or compliance with certain requirements, and every denial or revocation of an approval, certificate or license, shall set forth the reasons and shall state the acts to be done or requirements to be met before approval by the commission will be given or the approval, license or certificate granted or restored or the order modified or changed. Orders issued by the commission pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be served upon the persons affected either by registered mail or in person. In every case where notice and opportunity for hearing are required under the provisions of this chapter the order of the commission shall, on not less than thirty days' notice, specify a time when and place where the person affected may be heard, or the time within which he may request hearing. Such order shall become effective upon the expiration of the time for exercising such opportunity for hearing, unless a hearing is held or requested within the time provided, in which case the order shall be suspended until the commission shall affirm, disaffirm or modify such order after hearing held or default by the person affected. To the extent practicable, hearings on such orders shall be held in the county where the affected person resides or does business. Any person aggrieved by an order of the commission or by the grant, denial or revocation of any approval, license or certificate may have the action of the commission reviewed by the circuit court of Hinds County, Mississippi, on appeal thereto.
MS Code § 61-1-47 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 61 - Aviation|Chapter 1 - Transportation Commission|§ 61-1-47. Penalties for violations of chapter and rules and regulations

 Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter or any of the rules, regulations or orders issued pursuant thereto, shall be punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment of more than six (6) months, or both.   For any violation of the provisions of this chapter, in addition to, or in lieu of, the penalties provided by the first paragraph of this section, or as a condition to the suspension of a sentence which may be imposed pursuant thereto, the court, in its discretion, may prohibit the violator from operating an aircraft within the state for such period as it may determine but not to exceed one year. Violation of the duly imposed prohibition of the court may be treated as a separate offense under this section or as a contempt of court. Upon a plea of guilty or conviction hereunder in any case involving a registrant, under the provisions of this chapter, the court shall cause a notation of such plea or conviction and of the sentence imposed to be marked upon the pilot certificate or other evidence of pilot registration or receipt provided by the commission under the provisions of this chapter and the court shall cause a copy of its order or sentence to be forwarded to the commission, the cost of furnishing same to be added as a part of cost in such cause. In no event shall this paragraph be construed as warrant for the court or any other agency or person to take away, impound, hold or mark any federal airman or aircraft certificate, permit, rating or license, or to take away, impound or hold any state registration certificate or other evidence of such registration.
MS Code § 61-1-49 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 61 - Aviation|Chapter 1 - Transportation Commission|§ 61-1-49. Exchange of information as to violations

 The commission is authorized to report to the appropriate federal agencies and agencies of other states all proceedings instituted charging violation of the provisions of this chapter and all penalties, of which it has knowledge, imposed upon airmen or the owners or operators of aircraft for violations of the law of this state relating to aeronautics or for violations of the rules, regulations or orders of the commission. The commission is authorized to receive reports of penalties and other data from agencies of the federal government and other states, and when necessary, to enter into agreements with federal agencies and the agencies of other states governing the delivery, receipt, exchange and use of reports and data. The commission may make the reports and data of the federal agencies, the agencies of other states, and the courts of this state available, with or without request therefor, to any and all courts of this state, and to any officer of the state or of a municipality authorized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter to enforce the aeronautics laws.
MS Code § 61-3-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 61 - Aviation|Chapter 3 - Airport Authorities|§ 61-3-1. Short title

 This chapter may be cited as the "Airport Authorities Law."
MS Code § 61-3-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 61 - Aviation|Chapter 3 - Airport Authorities|§ 61-3-5. Creation of municipal airport authority; applicability

 Any municipality or a state-supported institution of higher learning or a public community or junior college, by resolution, may create a public body, corporate and politic, to be known as a municipal airport authority, which shall be authorized to exercise its functions upon the appointment and qualification of the first commissioners thereof. Upon the adoption of a resolution creating a municipal airport authority, the governing body of the municipality or of the state-supported institution of higher learning or other public community or junior college, pursuant to the resolution, shall appoint five (5) persons as commissioners of the authority. The commissioners who are first appointed shall be designated to serve for terms of one (1), two (2), three (3), four (4) and five (5) years, respectively. Thereafter, each commissioner shall be appointed for a term of five (5) years, except that vacancies occurring otherwise than by the expiration of term shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointments. This section shall not apply to the airport authority created in Section 61-3-6.
MS Code § 61-3-8 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 61 - Aviation|Chapter 3 - Airport Authorities|§ 61-3-8. Government of regional airport authority located within two or more judicial districts

 A regional airport authority located outside of municipal boundaries and that is within two (2) or more judicial districts may, in its discretion, adopt a resolution declaring which judicial district shall govern the regional airport authority. Upon adoption of the resolution, the regional airport authority shall be governed by all laws, regulations, rules and ordinances applicable to the judicial district.
MS Code § 61-3-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 61 - Aviation|Chapter 3 - Airport Authorities|§ 61-3-9. Certificate of incorporation of regional airport authority

 Upon the appointment and qualification of the commissioners first appointed to a regional airport authority, they shall submit to the secretary of state a certified copy of each resolution adopted pursuant to subsection (1) of Section 61-3-7 by the municipalities included in the regional authority. Upon receipt thereof, the secretary of state shall issue a certificate of incorporation to the regional airport authority.   When a regional airport authority is increased or decreased pursuant to subsections (2) and (3) of Section 61-3-7, it shall forward to the secretary of state a certified copy of each resolution adopted pursuant thereto and, upon receipt thereof, the secretary of state shall issue an amended certificate of incorporation in accordance therewith.
MS Code § 61-3-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 61 - Aviation|Chapter 3 - Airport Authorities|§ 61-3-11. Proof of existence and authority of airport authority

 In any suit, action, or proceeding involving the validity or enforcement of, or relating to, any contract of a municipal airport authority, created pursuant to Section 61-3-5, the municipal authority shall be conclusively deemed to have become established and authorized to transact its business and exercise its powers upon proof of the adoption by the municipality of the resolution creating the municipal airport authority and of the appointment and qualification of the first commissioners thereof. Duly certified copies of the resolution creating the authority and of the certificates of appointment of the commissioners shall be admissible in evidence in any suit, action, or proceeding.   In any suit, action, or proceeding involving the validity or enforcement of, or relating to, any contract of a regional airport authority, such regional airport authority shall be conclusively deemed to have become established and authorized to transact its business and exercise its powers upon proof of the issuance by the secretary of state of a certificate of incorporation of such regional airport authority. A copy of such certificate of incorporation, duly certified by the secretary of state, shall be admissible in evidence in any suit, action, or proceeding.
MS Code § 61-3-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 61 - Aviation|Chapter 3 - Airport Authorities|§ 61-3-13. Compensation of commissioners; meetings of authority; voting; officers

  Each commissioner of a regional or municipal airport authority may receive from that airport authority per diem compensation in the amount provided by Section 25-3-69 for each day or fraction of a day engaged in attendance of meetings of the authority or engaged in other official duties of the authority, not to exceed one hundred twenty (120) days in any one (1) year, and may receive from the airport authority actual traveling expenses incurred in the discharge of his duties. Each commissioner shall hold office until his successor has been appointed and has qualified. The certificates of the appointment and reappointment of commissioners shall be filed with the authority.   The powers of each authority shall be vested in the commissioners of that authority. A majority of the commissioners of an authority shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of conducting the business of the authority and exercising its powers and for all other purposes. Action may be taken by the authority upon a vote of not less than a majority of the commissioners present. There shall be elected a chairman and vice chairman from among the commissioners.   The commissioners of an authority shall designate an executive director, who shall be the chief executive officer of the authority and shall perform those duties as are required by law and any other duties as may be assigned by the commissioners. The commissioners may designate the executive director as the purchasing agent of the authority. If so designated, the executive director shall have the authority of the purchasing agent of a state agency under Section 31-7-13.
MS Code § 61-3-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 61 - Aviation|Chapter 3 - Airport Authorities|§ 61-3-17. Exercise of power of eminent domain

 In the acquisition of property by eminent domain proceedings authorized by this chapter, an authority 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 eminent domain proceedings, it shall be lawful for the authority to enter upon the land, doing no unnecessary damage. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other statute or other law, an authority may take possession of any property to be acquired by eminent domain proceedings at any time after the commencement of such proceedings upon a specific finding by the authority of the public necessity for the immediate acquisition of the property pursuant to Sections 11-27-81 et seq., and compliance with all the provisions of Sections 11-27-81 et seq., including the provisions for making a deposit. The authority shall not be precluded from abandoning such proceedings at any time prior to final order and decree of the court having jurisdiction of such proceedings. The authority shall be liable to the owner of the property for any damage done to the property during possession thereof by the authority.