West Virginia Code 8-29-3 – Authorities empowered and authorized to acquire, operate, etc., airports and develop industrial parks; state aeronautics commission
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Each authority is hereby empowered and authorized to acquire, establish, construct, equip, improve, finance, maintain, and operate an international airport, a regional airport, or other airport or landing field and appurtenant facilities so located to best serve the region in which they are located, including, but not limited to, industrial, research, and business parks. Each authority shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the state aeronautics commission to the same extent as a state or municipal airport.
Terms Used In West Virginia Code 8-29-3
- Airport: means any airport, heliport, helistop, vertiport, gliderport, seaplane base, ultralight flightpark, manned balloon launching facility, or other aircraft landing or takeoff area operated by an airport operator as that term is defined in §. See West Virginia Code 8-29-1
- Authority: means a regional airport authority created pursuant to the provisions of this article. See West Virginia Code 8-29-1
- 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.
- State: when applied to a part of the United States and not restricted by the context, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" also include the said district and territories. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10