Michigan Compiled Laws Act 73 Of 1970 Airport Authorities (259.801 - 259.823)

AN ACT to provide for the creation of airport authorities; to provide for certain counties and cities within certain limitations of state-owned airports to create an airport authority; to provide for the membership of authorities; to provide for the powers and duties of the authorities; to provide for the transfer of employees of state airports to the employment of an authority; to provide for the transferring of state-owned lands to the authority; to provide for the retention of certain rights, powers and privileges by the state in state-owned airport facilities; to provide for a referendum; and to repeal acts and parts of acts.

History: 1970, Act 73, Imd. Eff. July 16, 1970

Section 259.801 Airport Authority; Formation, Charter; Population Specifications.
Within 90 days of the effective date of this act, counties, any portion of whose boundaries are within 10 miles of any state-owned airport...
Section 259.802 Airport Authority Board; Number, Appointment, And Qualifications Of Members.
The authority shall be directed and governed by an airport authority board. The airport authority board shall consist of 3 members from each city...
Section 259.803 Airport Authority Board; Members, Term, Vacancy.
Of the county members first appointed, 1 member shall be appointed for 4 years and 1 member for 3 years. Of the city members,...
Section 259.804 Airport Authority Board; Removal Of Member.
The legislative body of a county or the city council appointing members to the board may remove any member appointed by it by a...
Section 259.805 Additional Counties Joining Authority.
Any additional county contiguous to the original counties forming the authority may subsequently become a member of the authority upon resolution adopted by the...
Section 259.806 Airport Authority Board; First Meeting; Election Of Officers; Conducting Business At Public Meeting; Notice; Corporate Seal; Executive Committee; Expenses; Quorum; Legal Majority.
By October 14, 1970, the board shall hold its first meeting and organize by electing a chairperson and vice-chairperson who are members of the...
Section 259.807 Airport Authority As Body Corporate; Other Airports; Powers.
The authority shall be a public body corporate with powers to sue or be sued in any court of this state and have the...
Section 259.808 Airport Authority Board; Meetings; Records; Availability Of Certain Writings To Public; System Of Accounts; Audit; Treasurer's Bond; Executive Director; Rules And Policies; Interest In Contract Prohibited; Personal Liability.
(1) After organization, the board shall hold meetings at the call of the chairperson. The board shall adopt a schedule of regular monthly meetings...
Section 259.809 Airport Authority; Powers, Duties And Limitations; Elections.
In exercising its powers and duties, the authority and the cities and counties comprising the authority shall be vested with and be subject to...
Section 259.810 Budget; Contents; Adoption; Annual Report.
On or before June 1 of each year the board shall prepare a budget containing an itemized statement of the estimated current operational expenses...
Section 259.811 Local Units Contributions; Certification, Payment; Tax, Rate, Limitation.
The board shall certify to each participating county the amount to be raised by them, and the counties comprising the authority shall include the...
Section 259.812 Revenue Bonds; Purpose.
For the purpose of acquiring, purchasing, constructing, improving, enlarging or repairing airports and airport facilities created within or hereafter acquired by the authority, the...
Section 259.813 State Employees; Transfer Provisions, Rights.
Employees of the airport division of the state aeronautics commission employed at the state-owned airport on the date the authority is established may transfer...
Section 259.814 Operative Sections.
In the event that an authority is formed as prescribed in section 1, sections 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 and 22 shall become...
Section 259.815 Capital City Airport; Transfer.
The state administrative board shall transfer to the authority subject to conditions and restrictions herein approximately 1,135 acres of land in fee simple, 238...
Section 259.816 Terminal Building; Transfer.
The state administrative board shall, subject to restrictions of this act, transfer and convey the terminal building and all buildings and other properties and...
Section 259.817 Repealed. 1990, Act 192, Imd. Eff. July 24, 1990.
Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to reservation by state of space in terminal building, and provided parking for state employees.
Section 259.818 Property Rights Reserved By State; Descriptions.
(1) The state shall have the use of the fueling rights, ramps, aircraft parking, and motor vehicle parking rights, and the use of a...
Section 259.819 State's Free Use Of Facilities.
The state shall have the free use of runways, taxiways, ramp facilities and public areas, under the jurisdiction of the authority, necessary to the...
Section 259.820 Transfer Of Existing Contracts And Agreements.
All contracts and rental agreements between the state aeronautics commission, the terminal building board of control and contracting parties relevant of space, services, facilities...
Section 259.821 Act Contingent As To Federal Funding.
The provisions of this act shall be contingent upon the federal aviation agency finding that the authority created by this act is a public...
Section 259.822 Repeal.
Act No. 143 of the Public Acts of 1956, being sections 259.611 to 259.617 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, is repealed. History: 1970,...
Section 259.823 Referendum.
Within 60 days of the effective date of this act, petitions may be filed with the secretary of state, signed by a number of...

Last modified: October 10, 2016