Terms Used In Indiana Code 8-22-3-1

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
   Sec. 1. Whenever the fiscal body of one (1) or more eligible entities, acting individually or jointly, adopts an ordinance or a resolution in favor of the establishment of an airport authority under this chapter, there is established an airport authority. The authority has jurisdiction over a district with boundaries coterminous with the jurisdictional boundaries of the entity or entities adopting the ordinance or resolution. The authority must have a name including the words “airport authority.”

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 19-6-2-2 part; 19-6-3-2; 19-6-3.5-1; 19-6-3.5-3 part.]

As added by Acts 1980, P.L.8, SEC.73.