Kansas Statutes 27-321. Same; power of city to establish and create; boundaries of authority; annexation, effect on bonded debt; rights of city and authority
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 27-321
- Authority: means a surplus property and public airport authority created pursuant to this act. See Kansas Statutes 27-318
- City: means a city to which this act applies as provided in Kan. See Kansas Statutes 27-318
- Property: means any interest in any real or personal property within or without the city acquired by said city or available for acquisition by the authority from:
(1) The United States or any of its agencies pursuant to the federal property and administrative services act of 1949, as amended, the surplus property act of 1944, as amended, the federal airport act of 1946, as amended, and any other federal law relating to disposition of property owned or held by the United States or any of its agencies;
(2) The state of Kansas, any political subdivision thereof, or any municipality therein under the provisions of any applicable statutes of the state of Kansas or municipal ordinances; or
(3) Any other source authorized by this act. See Kansas Statutes 27-318
- Public airport: means a public airport as defined in the federal airport act of 1946, as amended, and shall include such property which in the determination of the administrator of the federal aviation agency is essential, suitable or desirable for the development, improvement, operation or maintenance of such public airport or reasonably necessary to fulfill the immediate and foreseeable future requirements of such public airport for the development, improvement, operation or maintenance of such public airport, including property needed to develop sources of revenue from nonaviation businesses at such public airport. See Kansas Statutes 27-318
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
This act shall empower any city to which this act applies to establish and create an authority, and shall empower such city and such authority to exercise the powers herein granted, and no action, proceeding or election, other than the adoption of the ordinance referred to in Kan. Stat. Ann. § 27-319, shall be required prior to the establishment and creation of such authority or to authorize the exercise of any of the powers herein granted, any provisions of the laws of the state or of any city charter or ordinances to the contrary notwithstanding. The boundaries of any such authority shall be commensurate with the boundaries of the property acquired by the authority and the property so acquired need not be in a single contiguous area. All or any part of the real estate constituting a part of the property located within the boundaries of the authority may be annexed and taken within the corporate limits of the city in the same manner and to the same extent as any other real estate which is not owned or controlled by the city and any such real estate so annexed and taken within the corporate limits of the city shall be exempt from any bond indebtedness of the city incurred prior to the date of such annexation, and the city may exempt such real estate from any city taxes which the governing body of the city shall determine. A city which establishes and creates an authority under the provisions of this act and the authority created by such city shall have the same rights, privileges and immunities with respect to property located outside the municipal limits of such city as now exist for any property located within the limits of such municipality, including the right of eminent domain: Provided, That the right of eminent domain shall be exercised only by the authority with the approval of the governing body of the city in order to acquire property or an interest in or through air space which is essential, suitable or desirable for the development, improvement, operation or maintenance of a public airport. Such city shall also have the right to transfer and convey to such authority, without consideration, any public airport owned by such city.