Michigan Laws 259.105 – Aeronautics commission; leases and sales
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The commission may do 1 or more of the following, provided that in each case the public is not deprived of its rightful, equal, and uniform use:
(a) Lease for a term not exceeding 50 years, airports, landing fields, or other aeronautical facilities, or real property acquired or set apart for airport purposes, to any person, any municipal or state government or the national government, or any department of either for operation or use consistent with the purposes of this act.
Terms Used In Michigan Laws 259.105
- Aeronautical facilities: means any device, physical or otherwise, that is an object of nature or that is human-made, that aids and is used in aeronautics. See Michigan Laws 259.2
- Airport: means any location, either on land or water, that is used for the landing or take-off of aircraft, and includes the buildings and facilities, if any, on that location. See Michigan Laws 259.2
- Commission: means the Michigan aeronautics commission. See Michigan Laws 259.3
- Department: means the state transportation department, bureau of aeronautics. See Michigan Laws 259.3
- Landing field: means any location, either on land or water, that is used for the landing or take-off of aircraft. See Michigan Laws 259.6
- 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
- Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental entity, or other legal entity. See Michigan Laws 259.7
- Personal property: All property that is not real property.
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
- United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
(b) Lease or assign for a term not exceeding 50 years to any person, any municipal or state government or the national government, or any department of either, for operation or use consistent with the purposes of this act, space, area, improvements, or equipment on such airports.
(c) Sell any part of an airport, landing field, other aeronautical facility, or real or personal property to any municipal or state government, or to the United States or any department or instrumentality of the United States, for aeronautical purposes or purposes incidental to aeronautical purposes.
(d) Confer the privilege of concessions.
(e) Subject to the approval of the state administrative board, lease at any state airport, landing field, or aeronautical facility any real property acquired or set apart for airport purposes to persons for nonaeronautical uses.