Title 259, AVIATION

Sec. 20. All contracts and rental agreements between the state aeronautics commission, the terminal building board of control and contracting parties relevant of space, services, facilities or business enterprises in existence at the time of the formation of the authority shall b…

Sec. 21. The provisions of this act shall be contingent upon the federal aviation agency finding that the authority created by this act is a public agency or public body corporate capable of assuming the obligations of the covenants which may have been entered into between the ae…

Sec. 22. Act No. 143 of the Public Acts of 1956, being sections 259.611 to 259.617 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, is repealed.

Sec. 23. Within 60 days of the effective date of this act, petitions may be filed with the secretary of state, signed by a number of registered electors from a county within the authority equal to at least 5% of the total vote cast for all candidates for governor at the last prec…

Sec. 1. A continuing airport loan program is created to be administered by the department of state highways and transportation through the aeronautics commission for the purpose of making loans to counties, cities, townships, and incorporated villages, or any combination thereof …

Sec. 2. The sum of $250,000.00 is appropriated from the state aeronautics fund to be administered by the aeronautics commission for the establishment of a revolving loan account to implement the provisions of this act.

Sec. 3. The commission shall promulgate rules pursuant to Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, as amended, being sections 24.201 to 24.315 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, for making loans pursuant to section 1 not to exceed 90% of the local share of the project cost, or $100,00…

Sec. 4. At the end of each fiscal year, the commission shall submit to the legislature a report showing total funds available for loans, itemization of loans made, and repayment of loans and interest received.

Sec. 5. This act shall be construed as supplemental to the laws of this state relative to improvement of airports.

Sec. 1. The Michigan department of aeronautics is hereby authorized for and in the name of the state of Michigan to accept and receive from the federal government such airports, including necessary operating equipment, which may be declared surplus by the federal government and w…

Sec. 1. Any 2 or more counties, cities, incorporated villages, or townships, or any combination thereof, by resolution of their respective legislative bodies, may join to form an airport authority for the purpose of planning, promoting, acquiring, constructing, improving, enlargi…

Sec. 2. The airport authority shall be a body corporate with power to sue or be sued in any court of this state and may exercise any and all powers necessary and incident to the acquisition, construction, improvement, enlargement, extension, ownership, maintenance and operation o…

Sec. 3. (1) The resolution creating the airport authority shall designate the counties, cities, incorporated villages, and townships to be included therein and shall set forth the fact that a sum of money not to exceed 1 mill of their assessed valuation as last equalized by the s…

Sec. 4. (1) The legislative bodies of the counties, cities, incorporated villages, and townships creating the airport authority may raise by an ad valorem property tax, to be levied on the taxable property within their respective jurisdictions, a sum of money to be used to assist…

Sec. 5. The airport authority shall be directed and governed by an airport authority board consisting of not less than 4 members, the appointment and representation of which shall consider population as well as other factors and shall be specified in each of the resolutions creat…

Sec. 6. After organization the airport authority board shall hold meetings at the call of the chairperson. The chairperson shall call a meeting upon request of 3 members of the board. A majority of the appointed members shall constitute a quorum. The board shall keep a written or…

Sec. 7. (1) Not later than April 1 of each year the airport authority board shall prepare a budget containing an itemized statement of the estimated current expenses and the expenses for capital outlay, including the amount necessary to pay the principal and interest of any outst…

Sec. 7a. (1) This section applies only to an authority formed under this act that is composed of 1 county and another member or members all located wholly within the boundaries of that county. This section shall apply to such an authority in addition to any provisions of this act…

Sec. 8. For the purpose of acquiring, purchasing, constructing, improving, enlarging, or repairing such community airports, the airport authority board may issue self-liquidating bonds of the authority in accordance with Act No. 94 of the Public Acts of 1933, as amended, being se…

Sec. 8a. A petition under section 8, including the circulation and signing of the petition, is subject to section 488 of the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.488. A person who violates a provision of the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.1 to 168.992, applica…

Sec. 9. The airport authority board operating any airport under the provisions of this act, by resolution adopted by a majority vote of the entire governing board, may borrow money and issue notes, maturing not more than 1 year from the date of their issuance. Borrowing pursuant …

Sec. 10. (1) For the purposes of the authority, the airport authority board may purchase, lease, accept by gift or devise real or personal property, or condemn private property. Condemnation shall be exercised by the authority in the same manner as provided the state aeronautics …

Sec. 11. As used in this act, "community airport" means any location, either on land or water, which is used for the landing or take-off of aircraft, which provides facilities for the shelter, supply or care of aircraft, or for receiving or discharging passengers or cargo, and al…

Sec. 1. As used in this act: (a) "Airport" means a structure or an area of land or water that is designed and set aside for the landing and taking off of aircraft, is utilized or to be utilized by and in the interest of the public for the landing and taking off of aircraft, and i…

Sec. 2. Without a permit issued by the commission, a person shall not construct any of the following: (a) A structure regulated under section 2a or 4. (b) A structure that is, or that increases the height of an existing structure, higher than 200 feet above the ground elevation a…

Sec. 2a. (1) The commission shall not issue a permit allowing construction, replacement, or an increase in height of a structure that violates the requirements of an applicable zoning ordinance adopted by a political subdivision under the airport zoning act, 1950 (Ex Sess) PA 23,…

Sec. 2b. (1) Based upon the most precise approach available or planned for either end of a runway, the width of the primary surface is 1 of the following: (a) For a utility runway that permits only a visual approach 250 feet (b) For a utility runway that permits a nonprecision in…

Sec. 2c. (1) Based upon the most precise approach available or planned for the end of a runway, the width of the approach surface at the end of the primary surface equals the width of the primary surface and expands uniformly to the following maximum width: (a) For the end of a u…

Sec. 2d. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), a runway's transitional surface extends to the intersection of the transitional surface with the horizontal surface. (2) For a runway that has a precision instrument approach, the transitional surface beginning at the side of a r…

Sec. 2e. The perimeter of a horizontal surface is constructed by swinging an arc with a radius as specified by this section from the center point of each end of the primary surface of each runway of an airport and connecting adjacent arcs by a line tangent to those arcs. The radi…

Sec. 2f. (1) A meteorological tower that is 50 feet in height above the ground or higher and the appearance of which is not otherwise regulated by state or federal law must comply with all of the following: (a) The tower must be painted in equal, alternating bands of orange and w…

Sec. 3. No application for a permit shall be required for the emergency repair or replacement of nonconforming public utility structures, other than buildings, to insure continuity of proper customer service, when the height of such structures is not increased by such emergency r…

Sec. 4. (1) Unless the commission conducts an airspace study and finds noninterference to air navigation, the commission shall not issue a permit to erect, add to, or replace a structure that will extend more than 1,000 feet above ground elevation at the structure's site. A perso…

Sec. 5. (1) It is not necessary that ownership of, option for, or other possessory right to a specific location site be held by the applicant before application for a permit is filed with the commission. A permit, among other things, shall state the specific location and the maxi…

Sec. 6. (1) A permit must specify the obstruction markers, markings, lighting, or other visual or aural identification required to be installed on or in the vicinity of the structure, if any. The identification characteristics required must conform to federal laws and regulations…

Sec. 7. (1) On receiving an application for a permit, the commission shall investigate as necessary to process the application properly under this act. In an investigation under this section, the commission shall consider the safety and welfare of persons and property in the air …

Sec. 8. All public hearings shall be conducted as prescribed by Act No. 327 of the Public Acts of 1945, as amended, being sections 259.1 to 259.208 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

Sec. 9. Within 10 days after the issuance of an order or rule of the commission, a person aggrieved by the order or rule may appeal to or have the action of the commission reviewed by the circuit court of Ingham county in the manner provided for the review of orders of other admi…

Sec. 10. In addition to any other remedy, the commission may institute in a court of competent jurisdiction an action to enjoin, restrain, correct, or abate a violation of this act or of a rule or order of the commission issued pursuant to this act. The court may grant the relief…

Sec. 11. The commission shall adopt and promulgate, and may from time to time amend or rescind, reasonable rules for the administration of this act in accordance with the administrative procedures act of 1969, Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, being sections 24.201 to 24.32…

Sec. 12. Whoever violates or fails to comply with the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $500.00, or by imprisonment for not more than 1 year, or both. Each day that such violation or failure continues is a separate offen…

Sec. 13. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "tall structure act".

Sec. 1. The state administrative board is hereby authorized to lease to the city of Lansing for a period of 25 years the tract of land now under the jurisdiction and held by the boys' vocational school and now being used for airport purposes and described as, the southwest 1/4 of…

Sec. 2. Such lease shall be upon the following conditions: (a) Such property shall be used as an airport and landing field and the city of Lansing shall improve and maintain it as such. (b) The city of Lansing shall pay to the state the sum of 1,000 dollars as an annual rental du…

Sec. 1. It is hereby declared that the purpose of this act is to further the public interest and aeronautical progress by providing for the protection and promotion of safety in aeronautics; by cooperating in effecting a uniformity of the laws relating to the development and regu…

Sec. 101. The commission may, on behalf of and in the name of this state, acquire by purchase, gift, devise, lease, condemnation proceedings, or otherwise, property real or personal, for the purpose of establishing and constructing airports, landing fields, and other aeronautical…