Arizona Laws 28-8527. Joint powers airport authority; powers
Acting through its board of directors, the joint powers airport authority may:
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 28-8527
- Board: means the transportation board. See Arizona Laws 28-101
- including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- 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.
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- Property: includes both real and personal property. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- State: means a state of the United States and the District of Columbia. See Arizona Laws 28-101
- User fees: Fees charged to users of goods or services provided by the government. In levying or authorizing these fees, the legislature determines whether the revenue should go into the treasury or should be available to the agency providing the goods or services.
1. Own and operate property and facilities related to aviation, air navigation and aerospace.
2. Own property and facilities that are not related to aviation, air navigation and aerospace.
3. Enter into contracts, leases and development agreements, including intergovernmental agreements under Title 11, Chapter 7, Article 3, to carry out the purposes of this article.
4. Acquire by any lawful means, including if authorized by the members of the airport authority the exercise of eminent domain in the names of its members, and maintain, encumber, lease and dispose of real and personal property and interests in property.
5. Prescribe rentals, user fees and other charges and enter into agreements with developers, contractors, tenants and others for use of facilities, products or services of the airport authority and use the revenues derived by the airport authority to carry out the purposes of this article.
6. Borrow money and issue revenue bonds and incur other financial obligations for any of the purposes of this article and pledge any part of the revenues or monies of the airport authority to secure the revenue bonds or other financial obligations.
7. Operate facilities and construct improvements.
8. Adopt rules as necessary to administer and operate the airport authority and any property under its jurisdiction.
9. Administer trusts declared or established for the airport authority, receive and hold in trust or otherwise property located in or outside of this state and, if not otherwise provided, dispose of the property for the benefit of the airport authority.
10. Engage employees and consultants.
11. Prepare and recommend annual operating budgets.
12. Sue and be sued.
13. Exercise incidental powers if necessary to the exercise of the powers prescribed in this article and articles 6 and 7 of this chapter.