§49102 — Title 49 Transportation | U.S. Code

Summary

Allow the two Metropolitan Washington airport properties, their access highways, and related facilities to be run together under a long-term lease by an independent airport authority set up by Virginia and the District of Columbia so local officials can control, operate, and develop them. It does not stop the Airports Authority and Maryland from agreeing to make Baltimore/Washington International Airport part of a regional airports authority if the Airports Authority, the Secretary of Transportation, Virginia, the District of Columbia, and Maryland agree on the terms.

Title 49, §49102

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(a)The purpose of this chapter is to authorize the transfer of operating responsibility under long-term lease of the 2 Metropolitan Washington Airport properties as a unit, including access highways and other related facilities, to a properly constituted independent airport authority created by Virginia and the District of Columbia, in order to achieve local control, management, operation, and development of these important transportation assets.

(b)This chapter does not prohibit the Airports Authority and Maryland from making an agreement to make Baltimore/Washington International Airport part of a regional airports authority, subject to terms agreed to by the Airports Authority, the Secretary of Transportation, Virginia, the District of Columbia, and Maryland.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 49102(a)(uncodified).Oct. 18, 1986, Pub. L. 99–500, title VI, § 6003(a), 100 Stat. 1783–374. Oct. 30, 1986, Pub. L. 99–591, title VI, § 6003(a), 100 Stat. 3341–377. 49102(b)(uncodified).Oct. 18, 1986, Pub. L. 99–500, title VI, § 6003(b), 100 Stat. 1783–374. Oct. 30, 1986, Pub. L. 99–591, title VI, § 6003(b), 100 Stat. 3341–377. In subsection (b), the words “and conditions” are omitted as being included in “terms”.

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 49102 was renumbered section 50102 of this title.

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