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TX Transp Code § 22.011 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 3 - Aviation|Chapter 22 - County and Municipal Airports|Subchapter B. Establishment, Acquisition, Operation, Maintenance, and Disposal of Airports and Air Navigation Facilities|Section 22.011. General Powers Regarding Airports and Air Navigation Facilities

Sec. 22.011.  GENERAL POWERS REGARDING AIRPORTS AND AIR NAVIGATION FACILITIES.  (a)  A local government may plan, establish, construct, improve, equip, maintain, operate, regulate, protect, and police an airport or air navigation facility in or outside:(1)  the territory of the local government;  or(2)  the territory of this state.(b)  The power granted under Subsection (a) includes:(1)  constructing, installing, equipping, maintaining, and operating at an airport a building or other facility, including a building or other facility for:(A)  the landing and takeoff of aircraft;(B)  cargo, freight, and mail handling, storage, and processing;(C)  the servicing or retrofitting of aircraft, aerospace aircraft, and other equipment and vehicles related to air transportation or aerospace flight;  and(D)  the comfort and accommodation of air travelers, including a facility commonly found and provided at an airport;  and(2)  buying and selling goods as an incident to the operation of the local government's airport.(c)  A local government, by eminent domain or any other method, may acquire an interest in property, including an easement in an airport hazard or land outside the boundaries of an airport or airport site:(1)  for a purpose described by Subsection (a);  and(2)  as necessary to permit the safe and efficient operation of the airport or to prevent, eliminate, or mark an airport hazard.(d)  A local government may acquire an existing airport or air navigation facility but may not acquire or take over an airport or air navigation facility owned or controlled by another local government or public agency of this state or another state without the consent of the other local government or the public agency.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 22.012 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 3 - Aviation|Chapter 22 - County and Municipal Airports|Subchapter B. Establishment, Acquisition, Operation, Maintenance, and Disposal of Airports and Air Navigation Facilities|Section 22.012. Financing of Airport Facilities

Sec. 22.012.  FINANCING OF AIRPORT FACILITIES.  Under Section 52-a, Article III, Texas Constitution, a local government may finance facilities to be located on airport property, other than those described by Section 22.011(b)(1), that the local government determines to be:(1)  beneficial to the operation or economic development of an airport;  and(2)  for the public purpose of development and diversification of the economy.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 22.013 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 3 - Aviation|Chapter 22 - County and Municipal Airports|Subchapter B. Establishment, Acquisition, Operation, Maintenance, and Disposal of Airports and Air Navigation Facilities|Section 22.013. Establishment of Airports on Public Waters

Sec. 22.013.  ESTABLISHMENT OF AIRPORTS ON PUBLIC WATERS.  For the purposes of this chapter, a local government may:(1)  establish, acquire, or maintain, in or bordering the territory of the local government, an airport in, over, and on the public water of this state, submerged land under the public water of this state, or artificial or reclaimed land that before the artificial making or reclamation of that land was submerged under the public water of this state;  and(2)  construct and maintain a terminal building, landing float, causeway, roadway, or bridge for an approach to or connection with an airport described by Subdivision (1) or a landing float or breakwater for the protection of an airport described by Subdivision (1).|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 22.014 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 3 - Aviation|Chapter 22 - County and Municipal Airports|Subchapter B. Establishment, Acquisition, Operation, Maintenance, and Disposal of Airports and Air Navigation Facilities|Section 22.014. Rules and Jurisdiction

Sec. 22.014.  RULES AND JURISDICTION.  (a)  A local government may adopt ordinances, resolutions, rules, and orders necessary to manage, govern, and use an airport or air navigation facility under its control or an airport hazard area relating to the airport.  This authority applies to an airport, air navigation facility, or airport hazard area in or outside the territory of the local government.(b)  An airport, air navigation facility, or airport hazard area that is controlled and operated by a local government and that is located outside the territory of the local government is, subject to federal and state law, under the jurisdiction and control of that local government.  Another local government may not impose a license fee or occupation tax for operations on the airport, air navigation facility, or airport hazard area.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 22.015 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 3 - Aviation|Chapter 22 - County and Municipal Airports|Subchapter B. Establishment, Acquisition, Operation, Maintenance, and Disposal of Airports and Air Navigation Facilities|Section 22.015. Enforcement of Rules

Sec. 22.015.  ENFORCEMENT OF RULES.  To enforce an ordinance, resolution, rule, or order adopted under Section 22.014(a), a local government, by ordinance or resolution as appropriate, may appoint airport guards or police, with full police powers, and establish a penalty for a violation of an ordinance, resolution, rule, or order, within the limits prescribed by law.  A penalty is enforced in the same manner in which a penalty prescribed by other ordinances or resolutions of the local government is enforced.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 22.016 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 3 - Aviation|Chapter 22 - County and Municipal Airports|Subchapter B. Establishment, Acquisition, Operation, Maintenance, and Disposal of Airports and Air Navigation Facilities|Section 22.016. Relationship to Zoning

Sec. 22.016.  RELATIONSHIP TO ZONING.  This chapter does not:(1)  authorize a local government to adopt an ordinance, resolution, rule, or order that establishes zones or otherwise regulates the height of structures or natural growths in an area or in a manner other than as provided by Chapter 241, Local Government Code;  or(2)  limit the power of a local government to regulate airport hazards by zoning.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 22.017 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 3 - Aviation|Chapter 22 - County and Municipal Airports|Subchapter B. Establishment, Acquisition, Operation, Maintenance, and Disposal of Airports and Air Navigation Facilities|Section 22.017. Delegation of Authority to Officer, Board, or Agency

Sec. 22.017.  DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY TO OFFICER, BOARD, OR AGENCY.  (a)  The governing body of a local government by resolution may delegate to an officer, board, or other local governmental agency any power granted by this chapter to the local government or the governing body for planning, establishing, constructing, improving, equipping, maintaining, operating, regulating, protecting, and policing an airport or air navigation facility established, owned, or controlled or to be established, owned, or controlled by the local government.  The resolution must prescribe the powers and duties of the officer, board, or other local governmental agency.(b)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the local government is responsible for the expenses of planning, establishing, constructing, improving, equipping, maintaining, operating, regulating, protecting, and policing the airport or other air navigation facility.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 22.018 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 3 - Aviation|Chapter 22 - County and Municipal Airports|Subchapter B. Establishment, Acquisition, Operation, Maintenance, and Disposal of Airports and Air Navigation Facilities|Section 22.018. Designation of Texas Department of Transportation as Agent in Contracting and Supervising

Sec. 22.018.  DESIGNATION OF TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AS AGENT IN CONTRACTING AND SUPERVISING.  (a)  A local government or an owner of an eligible airport may designate the Texas Department of Transportation as its agent in contracting for and supervising the planning, acquiring, constructing, improving, equipping, maintaining, or operating of an airport or air navigation facility.(b)  A local government or an owner of an eligible airport may enter into an agreement with the department prescribing the terms of the agency relationship in accordance with the terms prescribed by the United States, if federal money is involved, and in accordance with the laws of this state.(c)  The department, in acting as the agent of a local government or an owner of an eligible airport under this section, shall make each contract in accordance with the law governing the making of contracts by or on behalf of the state.(d)  In this section, "eligible airport" means an airport eligible to receive grant funds under the airport improvement program established by 49 U.S.C. Section 47101 et seq.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 118 (H.B. 2314), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.|
TX Transp Code § 22.019 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 3 - Aviation|Chapter 22 - County and Municipal Airports|Subchapter B. Establishment, Acquisition, Operation, Maintenance, and Disposal of Airports and Air Navigation Facilities|Section 22.019. Contracts

Sec. 22.019.  CONTRACTS.  A local government may enter into a contract necessary to the execution of a power granted the local government and for a purpose provided by this chapter.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 22.020 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 3 - Aviation|Chapter 22 - County and Municipal Airports|Subchapter B. Establishment, Acquisition, Operation, Maintenance, and Disposal of Airports and Air Navigation Facilities|Section 22.020. Operation of Airport by Another

Sec. 22.020.  OPERATION OF AIRPORT BY ANOTHER.  (a)  A local government, by contract, lease, or other arrangement, on a consideration fixed by the local government and for a term not to exceed 40 years, may authorize a qualified person to operate, as the agent of the local government or otherwise, an airport owned or controlled by the local government.(b)  A local government may not authorize a person to:(1)  operate the airport except as a public airport;  or(2)  enter into a contract, lease, or other agreement in connection with the operation of the airport that the local government may not have made under Section 22.021.(c)  An arrangement made under this section must be made subject to the terms of a grant, loan, or agreement under Section 22.055.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 22.021 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 3 - Aviation|Chapter 22 - County and Municipal Airports|Subchapter B. Establishment, Acquisition, Operation, Maintenance, and Disposal of Airports and Air Navigation Facilities|Section 22.021. Use of Airport by Another

Sec. 22.021.  USE OF AIRPORT BY ANOTHER.  (a)  In operating an airport or air navigation facility that it owns, leases, or controls, a local government may enter into a contract, lease, or other arrangement for a term not exceeding 40 years with a person:(1)  granting the privilege of using or improving the airport or air navigation facility, a portion or facility of the airport or air navigation facility, or space in the airport or air navigation facility for commercial purposes;(2)  conferring the privilege of supplying goods, services, or facilities at the airport or air navigation facility;  or(3)  making available services to be furnished by the local government or its agents at the airport or air navigation facility.(b)  In entering into the contract, lease, or other arrangement, the local government may establish the terms and fix the charges, rentals, or fees for the privileges or services.  The charges, rentals, and fees must be reasonable and uniform for the same class of privilege or service and shall be established with due regard to the property and improvements used and the expenses of operation to the local government.(c)  An arrangement made under this section must be made subject to the terms of a grant, loan, or agreement under Section 22.055.(d)  The 40-year limit on the term of a contract, lease, or other arrangement provided by Subsection (a) does not apply to a contract, lease, or other arrangement under this section between a local government and this state, the United States, or an agency or instrumentality of this state or the United States.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 557, Sec. 1, eff. June 2, 1997.|
TX Transp Code § 22.022 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 3 - Aviation|Chapter 22 - County and Municipal Airports|Subchapter B. Establishment, Acquisition, Operation, Maintenance, and Disposal of Airports and Air Navigation Facilities|Section 22.022. Duration of Certain Leases

Sec. 22.022.  DURATION OF CERTAIN LEASES.  (a)  A lease of real property may not exceed 40 years if:(1)  the lease is made under Section 22.011(c) or (d), Section 22.020, or Section 22.021;  and(2)  at the time of the execution of the lease, the property is used as nonaeronautical property and is located on an airport on which there are active federal governmental aircraft operations on federal government property.(b)  A renewal or extension of a lease under Subsection (a) may not exceed 40 years.  If the lease provides for more than one renewal or extension, the renewals or extensions may not in the aggregate exceed 40 years.(c)  This section does not prevent the parties to a lease from making a new lease to take effect after the expiration of the previous lease or after the expiration of the period covered by a renewal or extension of the previous lease.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 22.023 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 3 - Aviation|Chapter 22 - County and Municipal Airports|Subchapter B. Establishment, Acquisition, Operation, Maintenance, and Disposal of Airports and Air Navigation Facilities|Section 22.023. Liens

Sec. 22.023.  LIENS.  A local government has a lien on personal property to enforce the payment of a charge for repairs or improvements to, or the storage or care of, the property if the property is made or furnished by the local government or its agents in connection with the operation of an airport or air navigation facility owned or operated by the local government.  The lien is enforceable as provided by law.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 22.024 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 3 - Aviation|Chapter 22 - County and Municipal Airports|Subchapter B. Establishment, Acquisition, Operation, Maintenance, and Disposal of Airports and Air Navigation Facilities|Section 22.024. Disposal of Airport Property by Local Government

Sec. 22.024.  DISPOSAL OF AIRPORT PROPERTY BY LOCAL GOVERNMENT.  (a)  A local government may dispose of an airport or air navigation facility or other property, or a portion of or interest in property, acquired under this chapter in any manner, subject to the laws of this state or provisions of the charter of the local government governing the disposition of other property of the local government.(b)  A local government may dispose of the property to another local government or an agency of the state or federal government for use for aeronautical purposes, notwithstanding Subsection (a), in the manner and on the terms the governing body of the local government considers to be in the best interest of the local government.(c)  An arrangement made under this section is subject to the terms of a grant, loan, or agreement under Section 22.055.(d)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the competitive bidding requirements of Chapters 252 and 272, Local Government Code, do not apply to an exchange, sale, lease, or other disposition of land or other real property interest by a municipality if:(1)  the land or other property interest is part of an air navigation facility that is a former military installation;  and(2)  the disposition:(A)  is part of a plan to redevelop the facility as an airport-related industrial park or community;  and(B)  promotes the best interest of the municipality.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 358, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001;  Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1516, Sec. 3, eff. June 17, 2001.|
TX Transp Code § 22.025 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 3 - Aviation|Chapter 22 - County and Municipal Airports|Subchapter B. Establishment, Acquisition, Operation, Maintenance, and Disposal of Airports and Air Navigation Facilities|Section 22.025. Limitation on Design and Operation of Air Navigation Facilities

Sec. 22.025.  LIMITATION ON DESIGN AND OPERATION OF AIR NAVIGATION FACILITIES.  An air navigation facility established or operated by a local government shall be supplementary to and coordinated in design and operation with those established and operated by the federal and state governments.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 22.026 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 3 - Aviation|Chapter 22 - County and Municipal Airports|Subchapter B. Establishment, Acquisition, Operation, Maintenance, and Disposal of Airports and Air Navigation Facilities|Section 22.026. Noise Abatement

Sec. 22.026.  NOISE ABATEMENT.  (a)  The governing body of a municipality that owns an airport and is a party to an executory grant agreement with the Federal Aviation Administration requiring the municipality to plan, design, and acquire land for a replacement airport shall:(1)  comply with the Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act of 1979 (49 U.S.C. Sec. 2101 et seq.);(2)  provide adequate soundproofing and noise reduction devices for each public building within the 65 or higher average day-night sound level contour as determined by the governing body in accordance with Federal Aviation Administration Advisory Circulars;  or(3)  award a contract for land acquisition services for the purchase of real property required for the site of a replacement airport, complete a master plan for the replacement airport, and provide the replacement airport.(b)  A court may grant appropriate relief to enforce this section in a suit brought by an affected person.(c)  In this section:(1)  "Public building" means a church, public or private hospital, or building owned or leased by a governmental entity, including a public school.(2)  "Replacement airport" means a new airport that is planned, designed, and constructed to replace a municipal airport operating on August 28, 1989.(d)  Expired.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 22.027 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 3 - Aviation|Chapter 22 - County and Municipal Airports|Subchapter B. Establishment, Acquisition, Operation, Maintenance, and Disposal of Airports and Air Navigation Facilities|Section 22.027. Municipal Permission for Ground Transportation; Offense

Sec. 22.027.  MUNICIPAL PERMISSION FOR GROUND TRANSPORTATION;  OFFENSE.  (a)  In this section, "ground transportation business" means the transportation by motor vehicle of persons or baggage for compensation, and includes transportation by a bus service.(b)  A person commits an offense if, within the boundaries of an airport operated by a home-rule municipality, the person:(1)  solicits ground transportation business without the permission of the municipality, if required;  or(2)  engages in ground transportation business without the permission of the municipality, if required.(c)  An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 95, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
TX Transp Code § 22.051 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 3 - Aviation|Chapter 22 - County and Municipal Airports|Subchapter C. Airport Financing|Section 22.051. Taxation

Sec. 22.051.  TAXATION.  (a)  The governing body of a local government may impose an annual property tax not to exceed five cents on each $100 valuation to improve, operate, and maintain an airport or air navigation facility or for any other purpose authorized by this chapter.(b)  The tax authorized by Subsection (a) is in addition to other taxes that may be imposed for the interest and sinking fund of bonds, notes, or time warrants issued under authority of this chapter or any other statute authorizing a local government to issue bonds, notes, or warrants for airport purposes.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 22.052 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 3 - Aviation|Chapter 22 - County and Municipal Airports|Subchapter C. Airport Financing|Section 22.052. Bonds

Sec. 22.052.  BONDS.  (a)  A local government may pay wholly or partly from the proceeds of the sale of bonds the cost of planning, acquiring, establishing, constructing, improving, or equipping an airport or air navigation facility or the site of an air navigation facility or acquiring or eliminating airport hazards.(b)  For a purpose described by Subsection (a), a local government, in the manner provided by Subtitles A, C, D, and E, Title 9, Government Code, may:(1)  issue any form of secured or unsecured bonds, including general or special obligation bonds, revenue bonds, or refunding bonds;  and(2)  impose taxes to provide for the interest and sinking funds of any bonds issued.(c)  In a suit, action, or proceeding involving the security, validity, or enforceability of a bond issued by a local government that states on its face that it was issued under this chapter and for a purpose authorized to be accomplished by this chapter, the bond is considered to have been issued under this chapter for that purpose.(d)  If the principal and interest of a bond issued by a local government under this chapter is payable solely from the revenue of an airport or air navigation facility, the bond must state so on its face.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 8.371, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Transp Code § 22.053 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 3 - Aviation|Chapter 22 - County and Municipal Airports|Subchapter C. Airport Financing|Section 22.053. Time Warrants

Sec. 22.053.  TIME WARRANTS.  (a)  The commissioners court of a county with a population of 14,300 to 14,500 may issue time warrants to:(1)  condemn or purchase land to be used and maintained as provided by Sections 22.011, 22.020, and 22.024; and(2)  improve and equip the land for the use provided by Sections 22.011, 22.020, and 22.024.(b)  The commissioners court of a county that issues time warrants under this section shall comply with:(1)  Subchapter C, Chapter 262, Local Government Code, regarding:(A)  notice to issue the time warrants;  and(B)  the right to a referendum;  and(2)  Chapter 1251, regarding the imposition of taxes for payment of the time warrants.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1064, Sec. 42, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1163 (H.B. 2702), Sec. 123, eff. September 1, 2011.|