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WV Code § 8-28-7 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 8. Municipal Corporations|Article 28. Intergovernmental Relations -- Airports and Avigation|§8-28-7. State and Political Subdivisions Empowered and Authorized to Lease Airports and Grounds to Others

§8-28-7. State and political subdivisions empowered and authorized to lease airports and grounds to others.The state, acting through the aeronautics commission, or any municipality or county, owning, either severally or jointly with other governmental units, an airport and any grounds used or useful in connection therewith may severally or jointly lease the same to others, for use as an airport and for any other purposes incidental to and not inconsistent therewith, for a term not exceeding thirty years: Provided, That no lease shall be executed by such owner or owners of any such airport or grounds unless and until such owner or owners shall have given notice by publication of the following described notice as a Class II legal advertisement in compliance with the provisions of article three, chapter fifty-nine of this code, and the publication area for such publication shall be the state if it is the state which proposes to make such lease or the political subdivision or subdivisions involved if it is a political subdivision or subdivisions which propose to make such lease. The notice shall state its or their intent to lease said airport or grounds, shall accurately describe what is proposed to be leased, the purpose or purposes for which the same may be used and the terms of said lease, shall state the time and place for the public opening of proposals for such lease, and shall reserve the right to reject any and all proposals. Nothing herein contained, however, shall prevent such owner or owners of any such airport or grounds from granting or renting landing rights for airplanes, hangar space, gasoline storage space, handling facilities, ticket or general office space, or any other facilities or rights in connection with such airport or grounds, covering or affecting less than the whole thereof, without notice and upon such terms as such owner or owners may deem advisable. All income received by a municipality or county court under the terms of any such lease or grant shall be paid to the state sinking fund commission to retire the bonded indebtedness, if any, created for the acquisition, establishment, construction, equipment, improvement, maintenance and operation of such airport or grounds, and if there be no such outstanding bonded indebtedness, then such income shall be paid into the General Funds of such municipality or county.
WV Code § 8-28-8 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 8. Municipal Corporations|Article 28. Intergovernmental Relations -- Airports and Avigation|§8-28-8. Levy for Airport; Funds for Its Maintenance and Operation

§8-28-8. Levy for airport; funds for its maintenance and operation.The governing body of a municipality or the county court of a county to which this article is applicable may lay a levy, not to exceed 5¢ on each $100 of valuation, for a period not exceeding three years, and appropriate therefrom funds for the purpose of acquiring, establishing, constructing, equipping or improving an airport. Funds necessary for providing maintenance and operating expenses for such airport may be appropriated out of the General Funds of the municipality or county: Provided, That nothing contained herein shall in any way affect any rights, powers and privileges of any municipality or county court under any special act of the Legislature providing for the laying of levies or the expenditure of funds for acquiring, establishing, constructing, equipping, improving, maintaining or operating an airport.
WV Code § 8-28-9 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 8. Municipal Corporations|Article 28. Intergovernmental Relations -- Airports and Avigation|§8-28-9. Construction, Maintenance and Operation of Airports by Municipalities of an Adjoining State; Acquisition of Property Therefor; Property Tax Exempt

AND AIRPORT LAND IN THIS STATE.§8-28-9. Construction, maintenance and operation of airports by municipalities of an adjoining state; acquisition of property therefor; property tax exempt.Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a municipality organized and existing under the laws of an adjoining state, the nearest corporate limits thereof being not more than ten miles distant from the nearest boundary of this state, may acquire or lease real property situate within this state, the nearest boundary of such real property being not greater than ten miles from the nearest corporate limits of such municipality of an adjoining state, for use in connection with the acquisition, establishment, construction, lease, equipment, improvement, maintenance or operation for such municipality of an adjoining state of an airport exclusively for nonprofit public use; and any such municipality shall have the right to acquire real property necessary for such airport by gift or by purchase, and otherwise by condemnation, and the use of real property in this state under the provisions hereof shall be deemed to be a public use for which private property may be taken or damaged, for just compensation. All property, real and personal, acquired, held and used in this state pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be public property and therefore exempt from taxation in the manner provided by section nine, article three, chapter eleven of this code.
WV Code § 8-29-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 8. Municipal Corporations|Article 29. Intergovernmental Relations -- Regional Airports|§8-29-1. Regional Airport Authorities Authorized; Definitions

OPERATION OF AIRPORTS; DEFINITIONS.§8-29-1. Regional airport authorities authorized; definitions.Any two or more municipalities, any two or more contiguous counties, or any county or two or more contiguous counties and one or more municipalities located therein or partly therein, of this state, are hereby authorized to create and establish one or more authorities for the purpose of acquiring, establishing, constructing, equipping, improving, financing, maintaining and operating a regional airport or airports, as the case may be, for the use of aircraft: Provided, That no such municipality or county shall participate in such authority unless and until the governing body or county court so provides. As used in this article, the terms "airport" and "aircraft" shall have the meanings ascribed to them in section one, article two-a, chapter twenty-nine of this code, the term "contiguous counties" means two or more counties which constitute a compact territorial unit within an unbroken boundary wherein one county touches at least one other county, but does not require that each county touch all of the other counties so combining, and the term "authority" means a regional airport authority created pursuant to the provisions of this article.
WV Code § 8-29-2 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 8. Municipal Corporations|Article 29. Intergovernmental Relations -- Regional Airports|§8-29-2. Authorities to Be Public Corporations

Each authority when created and established, and the members thereof, shall constitute a public corporation and as such, shall have perpetual succession, may contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, and have and use a common seal.
WV Code § 8-29-3 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 8. Municipal Corporations|Article 29. Intergovernmental Relations -- Regional Airports|§8-29-3. Authorities Empowered and Authorized to Acquire, Operate, etc., Airports and Develop Industrial Parks; State Aeronautics Commission

Each authority is hereby empowered and authorized to acquire, establish, construct, equip, improve, finance, maintain and operate a regional airport or landing field and appurtenant facilities so located to best serve the region in which they are located, including, but not limited to, industrial parks. Each authority shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the state aeronautics commission to the same extent as a state or municipal airport.
WV Code § 8-29-4 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 8. Municipal Corporations|Article 29. Intergovernmental Relations -- Regional Airports|§8-29-4. Management of Authority Vested in Members; Appointment and Terms of Members; Vote of Members; Valuation of Property Contributed to an Authority; Participation by Additional Municipalities or Counties Without State

The management and control of each authority, its property, operations, business and affairs shall be lodged in a board of not less than five nor more than twenty-one individuals who shall be known as members of the authority and who shall be appointed for terms of three years each by the municipalities and county courts contributing moneys or property to the authority. However, the first board shall be comprised of one member appointed by each participating municipality and one member appointed by each participating county court, and any such member shall serve a term of one year, beginning as of the date the authority is created. No more than three members shall serve from one county on the first board.Each municipality or county shall have one vote for each $5,000 it has contributed to the authority in the form of moneys or property. When property is contributed, the contributing municipality or county court and the authority shall agree in writing at the time the contribution is made as to the fair market value of such property, which valuation shall determine the number of votes to be allocated to the municipality or county on the basis thereof. For the fiscal year during which any authority is formed, the number of votes to which any municipality or county shall be entitled shall be determined as of the time of formation of the authority and shall govern until the end of that fiscal year, even though additional moneys or property are contributed during that fiscal year. Thereafter, the number of votes shall be determined at the end of each fiscal year and such determination shall govern for the ensuing fiscal year, even though additional moneys or property are contributed during that fiscal year. Subsequent to its formation, any authority may permit any municipality or county without this state to participate in the affairs of the authority, to appoint members of the authority in the same manner, and to have such vote or votes beginning as of the next ensuing fiscal year, as prescribed by law with respect to the original participating municipalities or counties or any combination thereof.
WV Code § 8-29-5 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 8. Municipal Corporations|Article 29. Intergovernmental Relations -- Regional Airports|§8-29-5. Substitution of Members

If any member of an authority die, or resign, or be removed, or for any other reason cease to be a member of the authority, the municipality or the county court (or other similar body in the case of an out-of-state participating county) which such member represented shall appoint another individual to fill the unexpired portion of the term of such member.
WV Code § 8-29-6 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 8. Municipal Corporations|Article 29. Intergovernmental Relations -- Regional Airports|§8-29-6. Qualification of Members

All members of the board of each authority shall be residents of the municipality or county which said members represent.
WV Code § 8-29-7 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 8. Municipal Corporations|Article 29. Intergovernmental Relations -- Regional Airports|§8-29-7. Compensation of Members

No member of the board of an authority shall receive any compensation, whether in form of salary, per diem allowance or otherwise, for or in connection with his services as such member. Each member shall, however, be entitled to reimbursement by the authority for all reasonable and necessary expenses actually incurred in connection with the performance of his duties as such member.
WV Code § 8-29-8 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 8. Municipal Corporations|Article 29. Intergovernmental Relations -- Regional Airports|§8-29-8. Powers of Authorities Generally

§8-29-8. Powers of authorities generally.Each authority is hereby given plenary power and authority as follows:(1) To make and adopt all necessary bylaws and rules for its organization and operations not inconsistent with law;(2) To elect its own officers, to appoint committees and to employ and fix the compensation for personnel necessary for its operation;(3) To enter into contracts with any person, including both public and private corporations, or governmental department or agency, and generally to do any and all things necessary or convenient for the purpose of acquiring, establishing, constructing, equipping, improving, financing, maintaining and operating a public airport to best serve the region in which it is located, including the development of an industrial park in the same general area;(4) To delegate any authority given to it by law to any of its officers, committees, agents or employees;(5) To apply for, receive and use grants-in-aid, donations and contributions from any source or sources, including, but not limited to, the federal government and any department or agency thereof, and this state subject to any Constitutional and statutory limitations with respect thereto, and to accept and use bequests, devises, gifts and donations from any person;(6) To acquire lands and hold title thereto in its own name;(7) To purchase, own, hold, sell and dispose of personal property and to sell, lease or otherwise dispose of any real property which it may own;(8) To borrow money and execute and deliver negotiable notes, mortgage bonds, other bonds, debentures and other evidences of indebtedness therefor, and give such security therefor as shall be requisite, including giving a mortgage or deed of trust on its airport properties and facilities or assigning or pledging the gross or net revenues therefrom;(9) To raise funds by the issuance and sale of revenue bonds in the manner provided by the applicable provisions of article sixteen of this chapter, it being hereby expressly provided that for the purpose of the issuance and sale of revenue bonds, each authority is a "governing body" as that term is used in said article only;(10) To establish, charge and collect reasonable fees and charges for services or for the use of any part of its property or facilities, or for both services and such use;(11) To expend its funds in the execution of the powers and authority herein given;(12) To apply for, receive and use loans, grants, donations, technical assistance and contributions from any regional or area commissions that may be established; and(13) To prescribe by bylaw the manner of financial participation by members.
WV Code § 8-29-9 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 8. Municipal Corporations|Article 29. Intergovernmental Relations -- Regional Airports|§8-29-9. Rules and Regulations to Control Vehicular and Pedestrian Traffic Within Quarter Mile of Airport; Violation of Rule and Regulation a Misdemeanor; Penalty

PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC NEAR AIRPORTS.§8-29-9. Rules and regulations to control vehicular and pedestrian traffic within quarter mile of airport; violation of rule and regulation a misdemeanor; penalty.The county court of the county in which any such airport or the major portion thereof is located is hereby empowered and authorized, upon request of the authority, to adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to: (1) Control the movement and disposition of vehicular and pedestrian traffic within one-fourth mile of any building or installation of any such airport, (2) regulate and control vehicular parking within such areas by the installation of parking meters or by other methods, and (3) impose reasonable charges for the use of the parking space so metered or otherwise allocated, so as to provide maximum opportunity for the public use thereof.Violation of any such rule and regulation shall constitute a misdemeanor and, the offender, upon conviction in the manner provided by law, may be fined not less than $2 nor more than $10 for each such violation.Justices of the peace shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the circuit courts and with statutory courts of record having criminal jurisdiction for the trial of offenses under this section.
WV Code § 8-29-10 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 8. Municipal Corporations|Article 29. Intergovernmental Relations -- Regional Airports|§8-29-10. Indebtedness of Authorities

FROM TAXATION; DISPOSITION OF SURPLUSES.§8-29-10. Indebtedness of authorities.Each authority may incur any proper indebtedness and issue any obligations and give any security therefor which it may deem necessary and advisable in connection with carrying out its purposes as hereinbefore mentioned.No indebtedness or obligation incurred by an authority shall give any right against any member of the governing body of any of said municipalities, or the county court (or other similar body in the case of an out-of-state participating county) of any of said counties, or any member of the board of the authority. No indebtedness of any nature of an authority shall constitute an indebtedness of any municipality or county or the governing body of any such municipality or the county court (or other similar body in the case of an out-of-state participating county) of any such county, or be a charge against any property of any municipality or county. The rights of creditors of an authority shall be solely against the authority as a corporate body and shall be satisfied only out of property held by it in its corporate capacity.
WV Code § 8-29-11 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 8. Municipal Corporations|Article 29. Intergovernmental Relations -- Regional Airports|§8-29-11. Agreements in Connection With Obtaining Funds

Each authority may, in connection with obtaining moneys or property for its purposes, enter into any agreement with any person, including the federal government, or any department, agency or subdivision thereof, containing such provisions, covenants, terms and conditions as the authority may deem advisable.
WV Code § 8-29-12 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 8. Municipal Corporations|Article 29. Intergovernmental Relations -- Regional Airports|§8-29-12. Authorities to Have Right of Eminent Domain

Whenever it shall be deemed necessary by an authority, in connection with the exercise of its powers herein conferred, to take or acquire any lands, structures or buildings or other rights, either in fee or as easements, for the purposes herein set forth, the authority may purchase the same directly or through its agents from the owner or owners thereof, or failing to agree with the owner or owners thereof, the authority may exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner provided for condemnation proceedings in chapter fifty-four of this code, and such purposes are hereby declared to be public uses for which private property may be taken or damaged: Provided, That under no circumstances shall an authority have the right of immediate entry.
WV Code § 8-29-13 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 8. Municipal Corporations|Article 29. Intergovernmental Relations -- Regional Airports|§8-29-13. Property, Bonds and Obligations of Authorities Exempt From Taxation

Each authority shall be exempt from the payment of any taxes or fees to the state or any subdivisions thereof or any municipalities or to any officer or employee of the state or of any subdivision thereof or of any municipality.The property of each authority shall be exempt from all municipal and county taxes. Bonds, notes, debentures and other evidences of indebtedness of the authority are declared to be issued for a public purpose and to be public instrumentalities, and, together with interest thereon, shall be exempt from taxation.
WV Code § 8-29-14 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 8. Municipal Corporations|Article 29. Intergovernmental Relations -- Regional Airports|§8-29-14. Authorities May Lease Facilities

Each authority may lease its airport and all or any part of the appurtenances and facilities therewith to any available lessee, subject to all Constitutional and statutory limitations with respect thereto, at such rental and upon such terms and conditions as the authority deems proper. The leases shall be subordinate to any mortgage or deed of trust executed by the authority. An authority may lease land, the original taking of which was necessary for airport purposes, for economic development purposes compatible with, but not necessarily associated with, airport activities.
WV Code § 8-29-15 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 8. Municipal Corporations|Article 29. Intergovernmental Relations -- Regional Airports|§8-29-15. Disposition of Surplus of Authorities

If an authority should realize a surplus, whether from operating the airport or leasing it for operation, over and above the amount required for the equipping, improvement, maintenance and operation of the airport and for meeting all required payments on its obligations, it shall set aside such reserve for future equipping, improvements, maintenance, operations and contingencies as it shall deem proper and shall then apply the residue of such surplus, if any, to the payment of any recognized and established obligations not then due, and after all such recognized and established obligations have been paid off and discharged in full, the authority shall, at the end of each fiscal year, set aside the reserve for future equipping, improvements, maintenance, operations and contingencies, as aforesaid, and then pay the residue of such surplus, if any, to the municipalities and counties in direct proportion to their contribution of moneys and property.
WV Code § 8-29-16 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 8. Municipal Corporations|Article 29. Intergovernmental Relations -- Regional Airports|§8-29-16. Contributions to Authorities; Funds and Accounts of Authorities

Contributions of moneys may be made to authorities from time to time by the participating municipalities and counties, and persons that shall desire to do so. All such moneys and all other moneys received by an authority shall be deposited in such banking institution or banking institutions as the authority may direct and shall be withdrawn therefrom in such manner as the authority may direct. Each authority shall keep strict account of all of its receipts and expenditures and shall each quarter make a quarterly report thereon to the municipalities and counties which have made contributions of moneys or property, and such report shall contain an itemized account of its receipts and disbursements during the preceding quarter. Such report shall be made within sixty days after the termination of the quarter. Within sixty days after the end of each fiscal year, each authority shall make an annual report containing a summary of its receipts and disbursements for the preceding fiscal year, and publish the same as a Class II-0 legal advertisement in compliance with the provisions of article three, chapter fifty- nine of this code, and the publication area for such publication shall be the municipalities and counties, as provided in section one of this article. The books, records and accounts of each authority shall be subject to audit and examination by the office of the State Tax Commissioner and by any other proper public official or body in the manner provided by law.
WV Code § 8-29-17 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 8. Municipal Corporations|Article 29. Intergovernmental Relations -- Regional Airports|§8-29-17. Participation

The municipalities and counties or any one or more of them participating therein, jointly or severally, are hereby empowered and authorized to appoint members of the said authorities and to contribute to the cost of acquiring, establishing, constructing, equipping, improving, and maintaining and operating the said regional airports and appurtenant facilities.Any of the municipalities or counties as provided in section one of this article is hereby empowered and authorized to convey or transfer to the authorities property of any kind heretofore acquired by the municipalities or counties for airport purposes.