An authority shall have all the powers necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes of this chapter including the power to certify, annually to the governing bodies creating it, the amount of financial support requested from said governing bodies for airport purposes. Each subdivision may, if deemed necessary by the subdivision, levy the amount requested pursuant to provisions of law authorizing municipalities and other political subdivisions of this state to levy taxes for airport purposes. The levy made may not exceed the maximum levy permitted by the laws of this state for airport purposes. Each subdivision shall collect the taxes levied for an airport authority in the same manner as other taxes are levied and collected and make payment to the airport authority.

Source: SL 1976, ch 303, §§ 10, 23; SL 1995, ch 265, § 2.