(a) Subject to § 4-31-605 and subject to any existing contractual obligations of the airport authority or municipal airport, the authority may enter into a loan agreement with any airport authority or municipal airport, and any airport authority or municipal airport may enter into a loan agreement with the authority, for loans for financing projects, if such repayment under such loan agreement is guaranteed or secured by a creating municipality or participating municipality as set forth in § 4-31-607.

Attorney's Note

Under the Tennessee Code, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
class A misdemeanorup to 11 monthsup to $2,500
For details, see Tenn. Code § 40-35-111

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 4-31-606

  • Airport: means and includes any one (1) or more airports or heliports and related facilities of an airport authority or municipal airport, including, but not limited to, land and interests in land, facilities for storage of air and space craft, navigation and landing aids, taxiways, pads, aprons, control towers, passenger and cargo terminal buildings, hangars, administration and office buildings, garages, parking lots, and such other structures, facilities and improvements necessary or convenient to the development and maintenance of airports and heliports, and for the promotion and accommodation of air and space travel, commerce and navigation. See Tennessee Code 4-31-603
  • Airport authority: means those airport authorities created pursuant to title 42, chapter 3 and those metropolitan airport authorities created pursuant to title 42, chapter 4. See Tennessee Code 4-31-603
  • Authority: means the Tennessee local development authority, a public agency and instrumentality of the state, created by this chapter, or if such authority shall be abolished, the board, body, commission or agency succeeding to the principal functions thereof or to which the powers and duties granted or imposed upon the authority shall be given by law. See Tennessee Code 4-31-102
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Loan agreement: means a contractual arrangement by and between an airport authority or a municipal airport and the authority and, in the discretion of the authority, the creating or participating municipality providing the guaranty, pursuant to and in accordance with this part. See Tennessee Code 4-31-603
  • Municipal airport: means those county or municipal airports created pursuant to title 42, chapter 5. See Tennessee Code 4-31-603
  • Project: means any one (1) or any combination of the following: safety improvements for airports. See Tennessee Code 4-31-603
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) Any loan agreement may include such provisions as may be agreed upon by the authority and the airport authority or municipal airport, subject to § 4-31-605 and shall additionally include, in substance, the following:

(1) The amount of the loan, not to exceed the estimated reasonable cost of the project to be financed, as determined by the authority; and
(2) An agreement by the airport authority or municipal airport to:

(A) Proceed expeditiously with, and complete, the project in accordance with the loan agreement approved pursuant to this part;
(B) Not dispose of the project without the prior approval of the authority during the term of the loan agreement;
(C) Pledge any available sources of revenues, income and charges, including grants and contributions from the federal government or other sources, make payments according to the repayment schedule established by the authority and make such payments; and
(D) Establish and maintain adequate financial records for the project, including maintaining an inventory, cause to be made an annual audit of the financial records and transactions covering each fiscal year in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards, and furnish a copy of such audits to the comptroller of the treasury.
(c) Failure of an airport authority or municipal airport to file the audit required by subdivision (b)(2)(D) with the comptroller of the treasury each year, until the loan, together with interest, is totally repaid, constitutes a Class A misdemeanor, and anyone violating this provision, upon conviction, shall be liable for a fine of not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100) for each violation, and each day of continued violation constitutes a separate offense.
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