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MS Code § 61-5-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 61 - Aviation|Chapter 5 - Acquisition, Disposition and Support of Airport Facilities|Municipal Airport Law|§ 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 accepted and expended by the municipality upon such terms and conditions as are prescribed by the United States and as are consistent with state law. All state monies accepted under this section shall be accepted and expended by the municipality upon such terms and conditions as are prescribed by the state. All local government monies accepted under this section shall be accepted and expended by the municipality upon such terms and conditions as are prescribed by the local government. Unless otherwise prescribed by the agency from which such monies were received, the chief financial officer of the municipality shall on its behalf deposit all monies received pursuant to this section and shall keep them, in separate funds designated according to the purposes for which the monies were made available, in trust for such purposes.   Every municipality is authorized to designate the Mississippi Transportation Commission as its agent to accept, receive, receipt for, and disburse federal, state and local government 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. Every municipality is authorized to designate such commission as its agent in contracting for and supervising the planning, acquisition, development, construction, improvement, maintenance, equipment or operation of any airport or other air navigation facility. Every municipality may enter into an agreement with the commission prescribing the terms and conditions of the agency in accordance with such terms and conditions as are prescribed by the United States, if federal money is involved, and in accordance with the applicable laws of this state. All federal monies accepted under this section by such commission shall be accepted and transferred or expended by the commission upon such terms and conditions as are prescribed by the United States. All monies received by such commission pursuant to this paragraph shall be deposited in the State Treasury, and unless otherwise prescribed by the agency from which such monies were received, shall be kept in separate funds designated according to the purposes for which the monies were made available, and held by the state in trust for such purposes.
MS Code § 61-5-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 61 - Aviation|Chapter 5 - Acquisition, Disposition and Support of Airport Facilities|Municipal Airport Law|§ 61-5-17. Bond issues for financing facility costs

 The cost of planning and acquiring, establishing, developing, constructing, enlarging, improving, or equipping an airport or air navigation facility, or the site therefor, including buildings and other facilities incidental to the operation thereof, and the acquisition or elimination of airport hazards, may be paid for wholly or partly from the proceeds of the sale of bonds or notes of the municipality, as the governing body of the municipality shall determine. For such purposes a municipality may issue general or special obligation bonds, revenue bonds or other forms of bonds or notes, secured or unsecured, including refunding bonds, in the manner and within the limitations prescribed by the laws of this state or the charter of the municipality for the authorization and issuance of bonds or notes thereof for public purposes generally. Such bonds may be sold at public or private sale at not less than par and shall bear interest at a rate or rates as the municipality shall determine, provided that the bonds of any issue shall not bear a greater overall maximum interest rate to maturity than that allowed in Section 75-17-101 for general obligation bonds, or Section 75-17-103 for revenue bonds, as the case may be. Any bonds or notes issued by a municipality pursuant to this section which are payable, as to principal and interest, solely from the revenues of an airport or air navigation facility (and such bonds or notes shall so state on their face), shall not constitute a debt of such municipality within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory debt limitation or restriction. In any suit, action or proceeding involving the security, or the validity or enforceability, of any bond or note issued by a municipality, which bond or note states on its face that it was issued pursuant to the provision of this section and for a purpose or purposes authorized or accomplished by this section, such bond or note shall be conclusively deemed to have been issued pursuant to this section for such purpose or purposes.
MS Code § 61-5-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 61 - Aviation|Chapter 5 - Acquisition, Disposition and Support of Airport Facilities|Municipal Airport Law|§ 61-5-19. Authority to contract or enter into joint use or similar agreements

 A municipality may enter into any contracts necessary to the execution of the powers granted it, and for the purposes provided by the Municipal Airport Law.   Without limiting the foregoing, a municipality may enter into joint use or similar agreements with any department or agency of the United States of America or the State of Mississippi, including any military department of the United States of America or the State of Mississippi, with respect to the use and operation of, or services at, any airport or other property of the municipality used in connection with an airport on the terms and conditions as the municipality may deem appropriate, including provisions limiting the liability of the United States of America or the State of Mississippi to the municipality if the municipality determines that the limitation of liability is reasonable, necessary and appropriate under the circumstances.
MS Code § 61-5-21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 61 - Aviation|Chapter 5 - Acquisition, Disposition and Support of Airport Facilities|Municipal Airport Law|§ 61-5-21. Incidental powers

 In addition to the general and special powers conferred by the Municipal Airport Law, every municipality is authorized to exercise such powers as are necessarily incidental to the exercise of such general and special powers.
MS Code § 61-5-23 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 61 - Aviation|Chapter 5 - Acquisition, Disposition and Support of Airport Facilities|Municipal Airport Law|§ 61-5-23. Validation of prior acquisitions and actions

 Any acquisition of property made prior to April 21, 1958, within or without the limits of any municipality, for the purposes authorized by the Municipal Airport Law, and any other action taken prior to said date by a municipality in furtherance of such purposes, including, but not limited to the making of appropriations, the expenditure of money, the incurring of debts, the acceptance and disbursement of federal, state or other grants or loans, the issuance and payment of bonds and notes, the execution of leases and contracts, which acquisition or action would have been authorized had said law been in effect at the time of such acquisition or action, is hereby ratified and made valid. All bonds and notes issued prior to said date in furtherance of purposes authorized by said law and actions ratified by this section are confirmed as legal obligations of the municipality, and, without prejudice to the general powers granted to the municipality by said law, such municipality is hereby authorized to issue further bonds and notes for such purposes up to the limit fixed in the original authorization therefor, which bonds and notes shall be legal obligations in accordance with their terms.
MS Code § 61-5-25 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 61 - Aviation|Chapter 5 - Acquisition, Disposition and Support of Airport Facilities|Municipal Airport Law|§ 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 vested by resolution of the governing body of the municipality in an airport board, or other municipal agency, whose powers and duties shall be prescribed in the resolution. However, the expense of such planning, establishment, development, construction, enlargement, improvement, maintenance, equipment, operation, regulation, protection and policing shall be a responsibility of the municipality.
MS Code § 61-5-27 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 61 - Aviation|Chapter 5 - Acquisition, Disposition and Support of Airport Facilities|Municipal Airport Law|§ 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, which shall be enforceable by the municipality as provided by law.
MS Code § 61-5-29 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 61 - Aviation|Chapter 5 - Acquisition, Disposition and Support of Airport Facilities|Municipal Airport Law|§ 61-5-29. Appropriation of funds; taxation

 The governing body of any municipality having power to appropriate and raise money, is hereby authorized to appropriate, and to raise by taxation or otherwise, sufficient moneys to carry out the provisions and purposes of the Municipal Airport Law.
MS Code § 61-5-31 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 61 - Aviation|Chapter 5 - Acquisition, Disposition and Support of Airport Facilities|Municipal Airport Law|§ 61-5-31. Disposition of airport revenues

 The revenues obtained by a municipality from the ownership, control or operation of any airport or air navigation facility, including proceeds from the sale of any airport or portion thereof or air navigation facility property, shall be deposited in a special fund to be designated the " _______________Airport Fund," which revenues shall be appropriated solely to, and used by the municipality for, the purposes authorized by the Municipal Airport Law.
MS Code § 61-5-33 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 61 - Aviation|Chapter 5 - Acquisition, Disposition and Support of Airport Facilities|Municipal Airport Law|§ 61-5-33. Joint operations; authorization

 For the purposes of Sections 61-5-33 through 61-5-41, unless otherwise qualified, the term "public agency" includes municipality, as defined in Section 61-5-3, and any agency of the state government and of the United States. The term "governing body" means the governing body of a county or municipality, and the head of the agency if the public agency is other than a county or municipality. All powers, privileges and authority granted to any municipality by the Municipal Airport Law may be exercised and enjoyed jointly with any public agency of this state, or of the United States to the extent that the laws of the United States permit such joint exercise or enjoyment. If not otherwise authorized by law, any agency of the state government when acting jointly with any municipality, may exercise and enjoy all of the powers, privileges and authority conferred by the Municipal Airport Law upon a municipality.
MS Code § 61-5-35 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 61 - Aviation|Chapter 5 - Acquisition, Disposition and Support of Airport Facilities|Municipal Airport Law|§ 61-5-35. Joint operations; agreement

 Any two or more public agencies may enter into agreements with each other for joint action pursuant to the provisions of Section 61-5-33. Concurrent action by ordinance, resolution or otherwise of the governing bodies of the participating public agencies shall constitute joint action. Each such agreement shall specify its duration, the proportionate interest which each public agency shall have in the property, facilities and privileges involved, the proportion to be borne by each public agency of preliminary costs and costs of acquisition, establishment, construction, enlargement, improvement, and equipment of the airport or air navigation facility, the proportion of the expenses of maintenance, operation, regulation and protection thereof to be borne by each, and such other terms as are required by the provisions of Sections 61-5-33 through 61-5-41. The agreement may also provide for: amendments thereof, and conditions and methods of termination of the agreement; the disposal of all or any of the property, facilities and privileges jointly owned, prior to or upon said property, facilities and privileges, or any part thereof, ceasing to be used for the purposes provided in the Municipal Airport Law, or upon termination of the agreement; the distribution of the proceeds received upon any such disposal, and of any funds or other property jointly owned and undisposed of; the assumption or payment of any indebtedness arising from the joint venture which remains unpaid upon the disposal of all assets or upon a termination of the agreement; and such other provisions as may be necessary or convenient.
MS Code § 61-5-37 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 61 - Aviation|Chapter 5 - Acquisition, Disposition and Support of Airport Facilities|Municipal Airport Law|§ 61-5-37. Joint operations; joint board generally

 Public agencies acting jointly pursuant to Section 61-5-33 shall create a joint board which shall consist of members appointed by the governing body of each participating public agency. The number to be appointed, their term and compensation, if any, shall be provided for in the joint agreement. Each such joint board shall organize, select officers for terms to be fixed by the agreement, and adopt and amend from time to time rules for its own procedure. The joint board shall have power to plan, acquire, establish, develop, construct, enlarge, improve, maintain, equip, operate, lease, regulate, protect and police any airport or air navigation facility or airport hazard, or other airport property, real or personal, to be jointly acquired, controlled and operated and to lease any property, real or personal, inside or outside the boundaries of an airport or airport site as it may deem necessary to carry out its duties. Such board may exercise, on behalf of its constituent public agencies, all the powers of each with respect to such airport, air navigation facility or airport hazard, subject to the limitations of Section 61-5-39.
MS Code § 61-5-39 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 61 - Aviation|Chapter 5 - Acquisition, Disposition and Support of Airport Facilities|Municipal Airport Law|§ 61-5-39. Joint operations; limitations of powers of joint board

  The total expenditures to be made by the joint board for any purpose in any calendar year shall be determined by a budget approved by the governing bodies of its constituent public agencies on or before the preceding December first.   No airport, air navigation facility, airport hazard, or real or personal property, the cost of which is in excess of sums therefor fixed by the joint agreement or allotted in the annual budget, may be acquired by the joint board without the approval of the governing bodies of its constituent public agencies.   Eminent domain proceedings may be instituted only by authority of the governing bodies of the constituent public agencies of the joint board. If so authorized, such proceedings shall be instituted in the names of the constituent public agencies jointly, and the property so acquired shall be held by said public agencies as tenants in common until conveyed by them to the joint board.   The joint board shall not dispose of any airport, air navigation facility or real property under its jurisdiction except with the consent of the governing bodies of its constituent public agencies. However, the joint board may, without such consent, enter into the contract, lease or other arrangements contemplated by Section 61-5-11.   Any resolutions, rules, regulations or orders of the joint board dealing with subjects authorized by Section 61-5-13 shall become effective only upon approval of the governing bodies of the constituent public agencies. Upon such approval the resolutions, rules, regulations or orders of the joint board shall have the same force and effect in the territories or jurisdictions involved as the ordinances, resolutions, rules, regulations or orders of each public agency would have in its own territory or jurisdiction.
MS Code § 61-5-41 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 61 - Aviation|Chapter 5 - Acquisition, Disposition and Support of Airport Facilities|Municipal Airport Law|§ 61-5-41. Joint operations; joint fund

 For the purposes of providing a joint board with moneys for the necessary expenditures in carrying out the provisions of Sections 61-5-33 through 61-5-41, a joint fund shall be created and maintained, into which shall be deposited the share of each of the constituent public agencies as provided by the joint agreement. Each of the constituent public agencies shall provide its share of the fund from sources available to each. Any federal, state or other contributions or loans, and the revenues obtained from the joint ownership, control and operation of any airport or air navigation facility under the jurisdiction of the joint board shall be paid into the joint fund. Disbursements from such fund shall be made by order of the board, subject to the limitations prescribed in Section 61-5-39.
MS Code § 61-5-43 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 61 - Aviation|Chapter 5 - Acquisition, Disposition and Support of Airport Facilities|Municipal Airport Law|§ 61-5-43. Exemption from taxation of airport property and income

 Any property in this state acquired by a municipality for airport purposes pursuant to the provisions of the Municipal Airport Law, and any income derived by such municipality from the ownership, operation or control thereof, shall be exempt from taxation to the same extent as other property belonging to political subdivisions of this state.
MS Code § 61-5-45 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 61 - Aviation|Chapter 5 - Acquisition, Disposition and Support of Airport Facilities|Municipal Airport Law|§ 61-5-45. Effect of law upon municipal airport zoning regulation

 Nothing contained in the Municipal Airport Law shall be construed to limit any right, power or authority of a municipality to regulate airport hazards by zoning.
MS Code § 61-5-47 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 61 - Aviation|Chapter 5 - Acquisition, Disposition and Support of Airport Facilities|Municipal Airport Law|§ 61-5-47. Acquisition, etc. of airports, air navigation facilities, etc.; tort liability

 The acquisition of any lands for the purpose of establishing airports or other air navigation facilities, the acquisition of any airport protection privileges, the acquisition, establishment, construction, enlargement, improvements, maintenance, equipment and operation of airports and other air navigation facilities by any municipality or municipalities of this state, separately or jointly, and the exercise of any other powers granted in the Municipal Airport Law to any airport board, joint board or authority are hereby declared to be public and governmental functions, exercised for a public purpose, and matters of public necessity. Such lands and other property and privileges acquired and used by the municipality in the manner and for the purposes enumerated in said law shall and are hereby declared to be acquired and used for public and governmental purposes and as a matter of public necessity.
MS Code § 61-5-49 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 61 - Aviation|Chapter 5 - Acquisition, Disposition and Support of Airport Facilities|Municipal Airport Law|§ 61-5-49. Interpretation and construction

 The Municipal Airport Law shall be so interpreted and construed as to make uniform so far as possible the laws and regulations of the state and other states and of the government of the United States having to do with the subject of municipal airports.
MS Code § 61-5-71 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 61 - Aviation|Chapter 5 - Acquisition, Disposition and Support of Airport Facilities|Support of Airport Facilities for State University and Colleges|§ 61-5-71. Declaration of public policy; legislative intent

 It shall be the public policy of this state to encourage the construction, equipping, maintenance and operation of adequate transportation facilities, including airports, if needed, for use of the state university and the state supported four year colleges now or hereafter located in the state, as necessary in the operation and training program of such university and colleges and desirable for the use of the municipalities and areas in or near which such airports may be located as well as being helpful in the economic, industrial and business development of said counties. It is the intent of Sections 61-5-71 through 61-5-77 to provide means whereby the board of trustees of state institutions of higher learning, the state building commission and any and all other state agencies which have either constructed such airport facilities, or contemplate so doing, may obtain assistance and contributions of funds from any municipality in or near which any such college may be located and from the county in which any such airport facilities may be located. It is also the intent of said sections to authorize such municipalities and counties to borrow money and issue bonds, under their respective bond laws, to provide funds for the purpose of aiding and assisting in the acquisition of sites for such airports, construction of buildings, construction of runways and extension of runways and in constructing and equipping all facilities needed or desirable for such airports.
MS Code § 61-5-73 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 61 - Aviation|Chapter 5 - Acquisition, Disposition and Support of Airport Facilities|Support of Airport Facilities for State University and Colleges|§ 61-5-73. Powers of counties

 The boards of supervisors of the several counties of the state are authorized, in their discretion, to acquire by condemnation, donation, lease or purchase land to be used as an airport or landing place for airplanes. They may erect such buildings thereon as they may deem necessary for such purpose, and equip and maintain such airport.   The boards of supervisors of the several counties of the state, wherein the university or other state supported four year colleges now or hereafter in existence, are or shall be located, are authorized, in their discretion, to assist the board of trustees of state institutions of higher learning, the state building commission or any other state agency by contributing county funds to be used in the acquisition of a site for an airport, erecting suitable buildings, building or extending runways and equipping, maintaining and operating an airport, which shall be available for the use of said university or colleges, as the case may be, and for the general public.