4-4-10
Section 4-4-10 Abatement or removal of hazards; acquisition of air rights; markers or lights on hazards. Any municipality of this state which has established and is operating a municipal airport shall have the power and authority to condemn, or acquire by purchase or gift, the right to abate or remove any structure, building, tower, pole, wire, tree, woods or other thing, or portion thereof, located within one quarter of a mile of such airport, which the governing body of such municipality shall determine to constitute a menace to the safety of aircraft using such airport, including the right of ingress to and egress from the land upon which such structure, building, tower, pole, wire, tree, woods or other things exist, for the purpose of such abatement or removal. In addition to the foregoing power and authority, any such municipality shall also have the power and authority to condemn or acquire by purchase or gift the right to the unobstructed use of such portion of the airspace...
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23-1-378
Section 23-1-378 Acquisition, construction, operation of airports, facilities, power of condemnation generally. (a) The department may on behalf of and in the name of the state, within the limitation of appropriations or other funds available, 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 to acquire, own, control, establish, construct, enlarge, improve, maintain, equip, operate, regulate, and police airports, restricted landing areas, and other air navigation facilities within the state; make investigations, surveys or plans prior to any acquisition; and erect, install, construct, and maintain at airports facilities for the servicing of aircraft and for the comfort and accommodation of air travelers. (b) The department may not acquire, or take over any airport, restricted landing area, or other air...
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4-3-40
Section 4-3-40 Definitions. When used in this article, unless the context plainly indicates otherwise, the present tense shall include the future tense, the singular shall include the plural, the plural shall include the singular and the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) AIRCRAFT. Any contrivance now known or hereafter invented, used or designed for navigation of or flight in the air, except a parachute or other contrivance designed for use primarily as safety equipment. (2) AIRPORT. Any area of land or water which is used, or intended for use, for the landing, take-off, storage, parking or dispersal of aircraft, and any appurtenant areas which are used, or intended for use, for airport buildings, facilities or rights-of-way, together with all airport buildings, structures and facilities located thereon. (3) AIRPORT BUILDING. Any building used or to be used in connection with the construction, enlargement,...
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23-1-352
Section 23-1-352 Definitions. For the purpose of the laws of this state relating to aeronautics, the following words, terms, and phrases shall have the meanings herein given, unless otherwise specifically defined, or unless another intention clearly appears or the context requires otherwise: (1) AERONAUTICS or AERONAUTICAL ACTIVITIES. The science and art of flight including, but not limited to, transportation by aircraft; the operation, construction, repair, or maintenance of aircraft, aircraft power plants and accessories, including the use, repair, packing, and maintenance of parachutes; the design, establishment, construction, expansion, operation, improvement, repair, or maintenance of airports, restricted landing areas, or other air navigation facilities including the aerial and ground approaches thereto; and instruction in flying or ground subjects pertaining thereto. (2) AERONAUTICAL INSTRUCTION. The imparting of aeronautical knowledge or information by any aeronautics...
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4-3-1
Section 4-3-1 Definitions. When used in this article, unless the context plainly indicates otherwise, the present tense shall include the future tense, the singular shall include the plural, the plural shall include the singular and the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) AIRCRAFT. Any contrivance now known or hereafter invented, used or designed for navigation of or flight in the air, except a parachute or other contrivance designed for use primarily as safety equipment. (2) AIRPORT. Any area of land or water which is used, or intended for use, for the landing, taking-off, storage, parking or dispersal of aircraft, and any appurtenant areas which are used, or intended for use, for airport buildings, facilities or rights-of-way, together with all airport buildings, structures and facilities located thereon. (3) AIRPORT BUILDING. Any building used or to be used in connection with the construction, enlargement,...
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4-3-41
Section 4-3-41 Authority and procedure for incorporation; reincorporation of existing airport authorities. (a) Pursuant to the provisions of this article, airport authorities may be organized as public corporations with the powers set forth in this article. To organize such a corporation, not less than three natural persons shall file with the governing body of any county or any municipality an application in writing for permission to incorporate a public corporation under the provisions of this article and shall attach to such application a proposed form of certificate of incorporation for such corporation. If each governing body with which the application is filed shall adopt a resolution (which need not be published or posted) approving the form of such certificate of incorporation and authorizing the formation of such a public corporation, then said applicants shall become the incorporators of and shall proceed to incorporate the authority as a public corporation in the manner...
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11-61A-2
Section 11-61A-2 Definitions. Unless the context plainly indicates otherwise, the following words and terms have the meanings ascribed to them: (1) AUTHORITY. A public corporation organized under this chapter. (2) BOARD. The board of directors of an authority organized under this chapter. (3) BOND. Any bond authorized to be issued under this chapter. (4) COUPON. Any interest coupon evidencing an installment of interest payable with respect to a bond. (5) DIRECTOR. A member of a board. (6) GOVERNING BODY. The body in which the general legislative powers of the municipality are vested. (7) INDENTURE. A mortgage, an indenture of mortgage, deed of trust, trust agreement, or trust indenture executed by an authority as security for its bonds. (8) MUNICIPALITY. A Class 2 municipality subject to this chapter. (9) PARKING FACILITY. Any building, structure, land, right-of-way, equipment, or instrumentality used or useful in either of the following ways: a. In connection with the construction,...
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4-3-47
Section 4-3-47 Powers of authority generally. The authority shall have the following powers, together with all powers incidental thereto or necessary to the discharge thereof in corporate form: (1) To have succession by its corporate name for the duration of time (which may be in perpetuity) specified in its certificate of incorporation; (2) To sue and be sued in its own name in civil actions, excepting actions in tort against the authority; (3) To adopt and make use of a corporate seal and to alter the same at pleasure; (4) To adopt and alter bylaws for the regulation and conduct of its affairs and business; (5) To acquire, receive, take and hold, whether by purchase, option to purchase, gift, lease, devise or otherwise, property of every description, whether real, personal or mixed, whether in one or more counties and whether within or without the corporate limits of any authorizing subdivision, and to manage said property and to develop any property and to sell, exchange, lease or...
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37-11A-1
Section 37-11A-1 Execution and text of compact. The Governor, on behalf of this state, shall execute a compact, in substantially the following form, with the State of Mississippi, and the Legislature approves and ratifies the compact in the form substantially as follows: Northeast Mississippi - Northwest Alabama Railroad Authority Compact. The contracting states solemnly agree: Article I. The purpose of this compact is to promote and develop trade, commerce, industry, and employment opportunities for the public good and welfare in northeast Mississippi and northwest Alabama through the establishment of a joint interstate authority to acquire certain railroad properties and facilities which the operator thereof has notified the Interstate Commerce Commission of an intention to abandon and which are located in any of Franklin, Marion, or Winston Counties, Alabama or in Alcorn or Tishomingo Counties, Mississippi. Article II. This compact shall become effective immediately as to the State...
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4-4-7
Section 4-4-7 Control of airports by municipal governing bodies; delegation of powers to other bodies or officers. When any municipality has acquired or set apart land for use as a municipal airport, the council or other governing body of such municipality shall have the power and authority to develop the same into a municipal airport and to improve, equip, maintain, operate, regulate and police the same. Such governing body may adopt regulations for the government of the municipal airports of such municipality, provide penalties for violation of such regulations and establish and collect fees, tolls and charges for the use of such airports or parts thereof or any facilities thereof or any equipment thereof. The power and authority committed by this section to the governing body of such municipality may be by it conferred upon a board or officer of such municipality or upon any board created by law for the government of the parks of such municipality, subject always, however, to the...
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