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DC Code § 9-908 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 9 - Transportation Systems|Chapter 9 - District of Columbia Regional Airports Authority|§ 9-908. Operation of foreign trade zone

The Authority may establish, operate, and maintain a foreign trade zone and otherwise expedite and encourage foreign commerce.  (Dec. 3, 1985, D.C. Law 6-67, § 9, 32 DCR 6093.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 7-1258.
DC Code § 9-909 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 9 - Transportation Systems|Chapter 9 - District of Columbia Regional Airports Authority|§ 9-909. Acquisition of property; eminent domain

(a) The Authority may acquire by purchase, lease, or grant additional lands, structures, property, rights, rights-of-way, franchises, easements and other interests in lands as it may consider necessary or convenient for construction and operation of the airports, upon terms and at prices as may be considered by it to reasonable and can be agreed upon between it and the owner. (b) The District may provide services, donate real or personal property, and make appropriations to the Authority for the acquisition, construction, maintenance, and operation of the Authority facilities. The Authority may agree to assume or reimburse the District for any indebtedness incurred by the District with respect to facilities conveyed by the District to the Authority. With the consent of the Council of the District of Columbia, the agreement may be made subordinate to the Authority’s indebtedness to others. (c) The Authority is granted full power to exercise the right of eminent domain within the Commonwealth of Virginia in the acquisition of any lands, easements, privileges or other property interests that are necessary for airport and landing field purposes, including the right to acquire, by eminent domain, aviation easements over lands and water outside the boundaries of its airports or landing fields where necessary in the interests of safety for aircraft to provide unobstructed air space for the landing and taking off of aircraft utilizing its airports and landing fields even though the aviation easement may be inconsistent with the continued use of the land, or inconsistent with the maintenance, preservation and renewal of any structure or any tree or other vegetation standing or growing on the land at the time of the acquisition. Proceedings for the acquisition of lands, easements and privileges by condemnation may be instituted and conducted in the name of the Authority in accordance with title 25 of the Code of Virginia.  (Dec. 3, 1985, D.C. Law 6-67, § 10, 32 DCR 6093.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 7-1259.
DC Code § 9-911 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 9 - Transportation Systems|Chapter 9 - District of Columbia Regional Airports Authority|§ 9-911. Refunding bonds

The Authority may provide by resolution for the issuance of its revenue refunding bonds for the purpose of refunding any bonds then outstanding which shall have been issued under the provisions of this chapter, including the payment of any redemption premium on the bonds and any interest accrued or to accrue to the date of redemption of the bonds, and if considered advisable by the Authority, for either or both of the following additional purposes: constructing improvements, extensions or enlargement of the Authority facilities in connection with which the bonds to be refunded shall have been issued; and, paying all or any part of the cost of any additional Authority facilities. The issuance of bonds, the maturities, and other details of the issuance, the rights of the holders of the bonds, and the rights, duties and obligations of the Authority in respect to the bonds, shall be governed by the provisions of this chapter insofar as this chapter may be applicable. Revenue refunding bonds issued under this section may be sold or exchanged for outstanding bonds issued under this chapter and, if sold, the proceeds of the bonds may be applied to the purchase, redemption, or payment of outstanding bonds.  (Dec. 3, 1985, D.C. Law 6-67, § 12, 32 DCR 6093.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 7-1261.
DC Code § 9-912 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 9 - Transportation Systems|Chapter 9 - District of Columbia Regional Airports Authority|§ 9-912. Pledge of funds

All monies received pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, whether as proceeds from the sale of bonds, as revenues, or as grants, appropriations, or other funds provided by federal, state, or local governments, may be pledged to the payment of bonds issued by the Authority and, if so pledged, shall be considered to be trust funds to be held and applied solely as provided in this chapter.  (Dec. 3, 1985, D.C. Law 6-67, § 13, 32 DCR 6093.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 7-1262.
DC Code § 9-913 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 9 - Transportation Systems|Chapter 9 - District of Columbia Regional Airports Authority|§ 9-913. Marketability of bonds

The Authority may exercise all or any party or combination of the powers granted by this chapter, including the power: To make covenants other than and in addition to the covenants expressly authorized, of like, or different character; to make covenants and to do all acts as may be necessary, convenient, or desirable in order to secure its bonds or, in the absolute discretion of the Authority, as will tend to make the bonds more marketable, notwithstanding that the covenants or acts may not be enumerated in this chapter.  (Dec. 3, 1985, D.C. Law 6-67, § 14, 32 DCR 6093.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 7-1263.
DC Code § 9-914 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 9 - Transportation Systems|Chapter 9 - District of Columbia Regional Airports Authority|§ 9-914. Bonds as legal investments and security for public deposits

Bonds issued by the Authority under the provisions of this chapter are securities in which all public officers and public bodies of the District, all insurance companies, trust companies, banking associations, investment companies, executors, administrators, trustees and other fiduciaries may properly and legally invest funds, including capital in their control or belonging to them. These bonds are securities that may properly and legally be deposited with and received by any municipal officer or any agency of the District for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or obligations is now or may subsequently be authorized by law.  (Dec. 3, 1985, D.C. Law 6-67, § 15, 32 DCR 6093.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 7-1264.
DC Code § 9-915 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 9 - Transportation Systems|Chapter 9 - District of Columbia Regional Airports Authority|§ 9-915. Credit of the District not pledged

Revenue bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter shall not constitute a debt of the District nor a pledge of the faith and credit of the District. The bonds shall be payable solely from funds provided for the bonds from revenues. The issuance of revenue bonds under the provisions of this chapter shall not directly, indirectly, or contingently obligate the District to any form of taxation whatever. All revenue bonds shall contain a statement on their face substantially to this effect.  (Dec. 3, 1985, D.C. Law 6-67, § 16, 32 DCR 6093.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 7-1265.
DC Code § 9-916 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 9 - Transportation Systems|Chapter 9 - District of Columbia Regional Airports Authority|§ 9-916. Trust agreement

In the discretion of the Authority any bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter may be secured by a trust agreement by and between the Authority and a corporate trustee, which may be any trust company or bank having the power of a trust company within or without the District. The trust agreement or the resolution providing for the issuance of the bonds may pledge or assign the fees and other revenues to be received, but shall not convey or mortgage the airports or any part of the airports. The trust agreement or resolution providing for the issuance of the bonds may contain provisions for protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of the bondholders as may be reasonable and proper and not in violation of law, including covenants setting forth the duties of the Authority in relation to the acquisition of property and the construction, improvement, maintenance, repair, operation, and insurance of the airports, the rates or fees or other charges to be charged, and the custody, safeguarding the application of all monies. It shall be lawful for any bank or trust company incorporated under the laws of the District that may act as depositary of the proceeds of bonds or of revenues to furnish indemnifying bonds or to pledge securities as may be required by the Authority. Any trust agreement may set forth the rights and remedies of the bondholders. In addition, any trust agreement or resolution may contain other provisions the Authority considers reasonable and proper for the security of the bondholders. All expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of the trust agreement or resolution may be treated as a part of the cost of the operation of the airports.  (Dec. 3, 1985, D.C. Law 6-67, § 17, 32 DCR 6093.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 7-1266.
DC Code § 9-917 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 9 - Transportation Systems|Chapter 9 - District of Columbia Regional Airports Authority|§ 9-917. Revenues

The Authority may fix, revise, charge, and collect fees or other charges for the use of the airports, contract with any person, partnership, association, or corporation desiring the use of any part of the airports, including the right-of-way adjoining the airports for placing on the airports telephone, telegraph, electric light or power lines, and fix the terms, conditions, rents and fees or other charges for use. Fees or other charges shall be so fixed and adjusted in respect of the aggregate of fees or other charges form the airports as to provide a fund sufficient with other revenues, if any, (1) to pay the cost of maintaining, repairing and operating the airports, (2) to pay the principal of and interest on bonds as they become due and payable, and (3) to create reserves for these purposes. The fees and other charges and all other revenues derived from the airports, except the part as may be necessary to pay the cost of maintenance, repair, and operation and provide reserves as may be provided for in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds or in the trust agreement securing the bonds, shall be set aside at regular intervals as may be provided in the resolution or the trust agreement in a sinking fund, which is pledged to, and charged with, the payment of the principal of the interest on the bonds as they become due, and the redemption price or the purchase price of bonds retired by call or purchase as provided in the bonds. The pledge shall be valid and binding from the time when the pledge is made. The fees, other charges, and other revenues or other monies so pledged and subsequently received by the Authority shall immediately be subject to the lien of the pledge without any physical delivery of the lien or further act, and the lien of the pledge shall be valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind of tort, contract or otherwise against the Authority, irrespective of whether the parties have notice of the lien. Neither the resolution nor any trust agreement by which a pledge is created need be filed or recorded except in the records of the Authority. The use and disposition of monies to the credit of the sinking fund shall be subject to the provisions of resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds or of the trust agreement. Except as may otherwise be provided in the resolution or the trust agreement, the sinking fund shall be a fund for all these bonds without distinction or priority of 1 over another.  (Dec. 3, 1985, D.C. Law 6-67, § 18, 32 DCR 6093.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 7-1267.
DC Code § 9-918 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 9 - Transportation Systems|Chapter 9 - District of Columbia Regional Airports Authority|§ 9-918. Trust funds

All proceeds from the sale of bonds and revenues derived from the bonds received pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be considered to be trust funds to be held and applied solely as provided in this chapter. The Authority may, in the resolution authorizing the bonds or in the trust agreement securing the bonds, provide for the payment of the proceeds of the sale of the bonds and the revenues of the Authority to a trustee, which may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or without the District, which shall act as trustee of the funds, and hold and apply the funds to the purposes of this chapter, subject to any regulations this chapter and the resolution or trust agreement may provide. The trustee may invest and reinvest the funds in securities as may be provided in the resolution authorizing the bonds or in the trust agreement securing the bonds.  (Dec. 3, 1985, D.C. Law 6-67, § 19, 32 DCR 6093.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 7-1268.
DC Code § 9-919 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 9 - Transportation Systems|Chapter 9 - District of Columbia Regional Airports Authority|§ 9-919. Annual audit

The Authority shall prepare financial statements at the end of each of its fiscal years in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. These financial statement [sic] shall be examined annually by an independent certified public accountant in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. Copies of each audit report shall be furnished to the Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia and to the Mayor of the District not later than 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Authority and shall be open to public inspection.  (Dec. 3, 1985, D.C. Law 6-67, § 20, 32 DCR 6093.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 7-1269.
DC Code § 9-920 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 9 - Transportation Systems|Chapter 9 - District of Columbia Regional Airports Authority|§ 9-920. Remedies

Any holder of bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter or of any of the coupons appertaining to the bonds, and the trustee under any trust agreement, except to the extent the rights given by this chapter, may be restricted by the trust agreement, may either at law or in equity, by suit, action, injunction, mandamus or other proceedings, protect and enforce any and all rights under the laws of the District, or granted by this chapter or under the trust agreement or the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds and may enforce and compel the performance of all duties required by this chapter or by the agreement or resolution to be performed by the Authority or by any officer or agent of the Authority including the fixing, charging, and collection of fees or other charges.  (Dec. 3, 1985, D.C. Law 6-67, § 21, 32 DCR 6093.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 7-1270.
DC Code § 9-921 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 9 - Transportation Systems|Chapter 9 - District of Columbia Regional Airports Authority|§ 9-921. Exemption from taxation

The exercise of the powers granted by this chapter shall be in all respects for the benefit of the inhabitants of the District for the increase of their commerce, and for the promotion of their safety, health, welfare, convenience, and prosperity, and as the operation and maintenance of the airport by the Authority will constitute the performance of essential governmental functions, the Authority shall not be required to pay any taxes or assessments upon the airports or any property acquired or used by the Authority under the provisions of this chapter or upon the income therefrom; and the bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter, their transfer and the income from the bonds, including any profit made on the sale of the bonds, shall at all times be free and exempt from taxation by the District.  (Dec. 3, 1985, D.C. Law 6-67, § 22, 32 DCR 6093.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 7-1271. Section References This section is referenced in § 47-1803.02.
DC Code § 9-922 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 9 - Transportation Systems|Chapter 9 - District of Columbia Regional Airports Authority|§ 9-922. Jurisdiction of courts; liability for contracts and torts

(a) The courts of the Commonwealth of Virginia shall have original jurisdiction over all actions brought by or against the Authority, which courts shall in all cases apply the law of the Commonwealth of Virginia. (b) The Authority shall be liable for its contracts and for its torts and those of its members, officers, employees, and agents committed in the conduct of any proprietary function, in accordance with the law of the Commonwealth of Virginia but shall not be liable for any torts occurring in the performance of a governmental function. The exclusive remedy for breach of contracts and torts for which the Authority shall be liable, as provided by this chapter, shall be by suit against the Authority. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as a waiver by the District or the Commonwealth of Virginia or its political subdivisions of any immunity from suit. (c) The Authority shall be responsible for all executory contracts entered into by the United States with respect to the former Metropolitan Washington Airports before the date of acquisition of those airports, except that the procedure for disputes resolution contained in any contract shall continue to govern the performance of the contract unless otherwise agreed to by the parties to the contract. (d) The Authority shall not be responsible for any tort claims arising before the date of transfer.  (Dec. 3, 1985, D.C. Law 6-67, § 23, 32 DCR 6093.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 7-1272.
DC Code § 9-923 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 9 - Transportation Systems|Chapter 9 - District of Columbia Regional Airports Authority|§ 9-923. Procurement exemption

In light of the multi-jurisdictional nature of the Authority, an exemption is provided to the Authority from all laws and regulations of the District governing public procurement.  (Dec. 3, 1985, D.C. Law 6-67, § 24, 32 DCR 6093.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 7-1273.
DC Code § 9-924 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 9 - Transportation Systems|Chapter 9 - District of Columbia Regional Airports Authority|§ 9-924. Act liberally construed

This chapter, being necessary for the welfare of the District and its inhabitants, shall be liberally construed to effect its purposes.  (Dec. 3, 1985, D.C. Law 6-67, § 25, 32 DCR 6093.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 7-1274.
DC Code § 9-925 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 9 - Transportation Systems|Chapter 9 - District of Columbia Regional Airports Authority|§ 9-925. Constitutional construction

The provisions of this chapter are severable and if any of its provisions are held unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, the decision of that court shall not affect or impair any of the remaining provisions of this chapter. It is declared to be the legislative intent that this chapter would have been adopted had any unconstitutional provisions not been included.  (Dec. 3, 1985, D.C. Law 6-67, § 26, 32 DCR 6093.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 7-1275.
DC Code § 9-926 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 9 - Transportation Systems|Chapter 9 - District of Columbia Regional Airports Authority|§ 9-926. Inconsistent laws inapplicable

All other general or special laws inconsistent with any provision of this chapter are declared to be inapplicable to the provision of this chapter.  (Dec. 3, 1985, D.C. Law 6-67, § 27, 32 DCR 6093.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 7-1276.
DC Code § 9-1002 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 9 - Transportation Systems|Chapter 10 - Metropolitan Washington Airports|§ 9-1002. Purpose

(a) It is therefore declared to be the purpose of the Congress in this chapter to authorize the transfer of operating responsibility under long-term lease of the 2 Metropolitan Washington Airport properties as a unit, including access highways and other related facilities, to a properly constituted independent airport authority created by the Commonwealth of Virginia and the District of Columbia, in order to achieve local control, management, operation, and development of these important transaction assets. (b) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit the Airports Authority and the State of Maryland from entering into an agreement whereby Baltimore/Washington International Airport may be made part of a regional airports authority, subject to terms and conditions agreed to by the Airports Authority, the Secretary, the Commonwealth of Virginia, the District of Columbia, and the State of Maryland.  (Oct. 30, 1986, 100 Stat. 3341-376, Pub. L. 99-591, § 6003.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 7-1502. Short Title Short title: See Historical and Statutory Notes following § 9-1001.
DC Code § 9-1003 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 9 - Transportation Systems|Chapter 10 - Metropolitan Washington Airports|§ 9-1003. Definitions

In this chapter: (1) The term “Administrator” means the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration. (2) The term “Airports Authority” means the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, a public body to be created by the Commonwealth of Virginia and the District of Columbia consistent with the requirements of § 9-1006. (3) The term “employees” means all permanent Federal Aviation Administration personnel employed on the date the lease under § 9-1004 takes effect by the Metropolitan Washington Airports, an organization within the Federal Aviation Administration. (4) The term “Metropolitan Washington Airports” means Washington National Airport and Washington Dulles International Airport. (5) The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Transportation. (6) The term “Washington Dulles International Airport” means the airport constructed under the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the construction, protection, operation, and maintenance of a public airport on or in the vicinity of the District of Columbia”, and includes the Dulles Airport Access Highway and Right-of-way, including the extension between the Interstate Routes I-495 and I-66. (7) The term “Washington National Airport” means the airport described in the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the administration of the Washington National Airport, and for other purposes”.  (Oct. 30, 1986, 100 Stat. 3341-376, Pub. L. 99-591, § 6004.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 7-1503. Short Title Short title: See Historical and Statutory Notes following § 9-1001. References in Text “An Act to authorize the construction, protection, operation, and maintenance of a public airport on or in the vicinity of the District of Columbia,” referred to in paragraph (6), is 64 Stat. 770. “An Act to provide for the administration of the Washington National Airport, and for other purposes,” referred to in paragraph (7), is 54 Stat. 686.
DC Code § 9-1005 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 9 - Transportation Systems|Chapter 10 - Metropolitan Washington Airports|§ 9-1005. Capital improvements, construction, and rehabilitation

(a) It is the sense of the Congress that the Airports Authority should: (1) Pursue the improvement, construction, and rehabilitation of the facilities at Washington Dulles International Airport and Washington National Airport simultaneously; and (2) To the extent practicable, cause the improvement, construction, and rehabilitation proposed by the Secretary to be completed at both of such Airports within 5 years after the earliest date on which the Airports Authority issues bonds under the authority required by § 9-1006 for any such improvement, construction, or rehabilitation. (b) The Secretary shall assist the 3 airports serving the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area in planning for operational and capital improvements at those airports and shall accelerate consideration of applications for federal financial assistance by whichever of the 3 airports is most in need of increasing airside capacity.  (Oct. 30, 1986, 100 Stat. 3341-376, Pub. L. 99-591, § 6006.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 7-1505. Short Title Short title: See Historical and Statutory Notes following § 9-1001.