Delaware Code Title 2 Sec. 701 – Authority to establish, acquire and operate
(a) The Department may, on behalf of and in the name of this State, within the limitation of available appropriations, acquire by purchase, gift, devise, lease, condemnation proceedings, or otherwise, property real or personal, for the purpose of establishing and constructing airports, restricted landing areas, and other air navigation facilities, and acquire in like manner, own, control, establish, construct, enlarge, improve, maintain, equip, operate, regulate, and police such airports, restricted landing areas, and other air navigation facilities, either within or without this State. It may make, prior to any such acquisition, investigations, surveys, and plans; and may erect, install, construct, and maintain at such airports facilities for the servicing of aircraft and for the comfort and accommodation of air travelers, and may dispose of any such property, airport, restricted landing area, or any other air navigation facility, by sale, lease, or otherwise, in accordance with the laws of this State governing the disposition of other like property of the State.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 2 Sec. 701
- Devise: To gift property by will.
- Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
- 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
- State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
(b) The Department shall not, however, acquire or take over any airport, restricted landing area or other air navigation facility owned or controlled by a political subdivision without the consent of such political subdivision.
(c) The Department may erect, equip, operate, and maintain on any airport buildings and equipment necessary and proper to establish, maintain, and conduct such airport and air navigation facilities connected therewith.
Code 1935, c. 167; 45 Del. Laws, c. 301, § ?11(1); 2 Del. C. 1953, § ?701; 57 Del. Laws, c. 671, § ?12;