Title 61, Aviation

In the acquisition of property by eminent domain proceedings authorized by this chapter, an authority shall proceed in the manner provided by Chapter 27 of Title 11, Mississippi Code of 1972, and as elsewhere provided by law. For the purpose of making surveys and examinations rel…

(1) (a) Except as may be limited by the terms and conditions of any grant, loan or agreement authorized by Section 61-3-25, an authority may, by sale, lease or otherwise, dispose of any airport, air navigation facility or other property, real or personal, or portion thereof or in…

(1) In connection with the operation of an airport or air navigation facility owned or controlled by an authority, the authority may enter into contracts, leases and other arrangements for terms not to exceed fifty (50) years with any persons:(a) Granting the privilege of using o…

An authority is authorized to adopt, amend, and repeal such reasonable resolutions, rules, regulations, and orders as it shall deem necessary for the management, government, and use of any airport or air navigation facility owned by it or under its control. No rule, regulation, o…

(1) An authority, at which a commercial airline lands an aircraft operating under its Federal Aviation Administration certificate, shall have a lien upon all aircraft that land at the authority’s airport by the airline for the full amount of any landing fees, or other rates and c…

An authority is authorized to accept, receive, receipt for, disburse, and expend federal and state monies and other monies, public or private, made available by grant or loan or both, to accomplish, in whole or in part, any of the purposes of this chapter. All federal monies acce…

An authority shall have the power to borrow money for any of its corporate purposes and issue its bonds therefor, including refunding bonds, which bonds may be payable out of any revenues of the authority, including grants or contributions from the federal government or other sou…

The issuance of bonds by an authority shall be authorized by a resolution of the governing body of such authority. Every such resolution shall be adopted by the affirmative vote of at least three-fifths (⅗) of all the members of such governing body. A resolution in compliance wit…

(a) The following words or terms, whenever used or referred to in this chapter, shall have the following respective meanings unless different meanings clearly appear from the context:(a) “Airport” means any area of land or water which is used, or intended for use, for the landing…

(a) After the publication of such authorizing resolution or amendatory resolution, if any, the validation of the bonds authorized thereby may be contested only if:(a) Such bonds were authorized for an objective or purpose for which the political subdivision is not authorized to e…

The determination of the authority, in the resolution authorizing bonds, as to the classification of the project for which such bonds are authorized and as to the maximum period of usefulness, shall be conclusive in any action or proceeding involving the validity of such bonds.

(1) Bonds issued under this chapter may be sold on sealed bids at public sale after publication of at least three (3) weekly notices, published in a financial publication carrying political subdivision bond notices and devoted primarily to financial news or to the subject of stat…

All proposals or bids shall be submitted to the authority in a sealed envelope and subsequently opened publicly at the time and place stated in the notice of sale, and each bid shall be publicly announced at the time of opening of bids. A determination with respect to acceptance …

All bonds except term bonds of a single issue shall be paid in consecutive annual or semiannual payments. The first annual or semiannual principal payment upon each authorized issue shall be paid not more than thirty-six (36) months after the date of the bonds. The last payment o…

All bonds shall bear interest at such rate or rates not to exceed that allowed in Section 75-17-103. No bond shall bear more than one (1) rate of interest. Each bond shall bear interest from its date to its stated maturity date at the interest rate specified in the bid or as agre…

All bonds and notes shall be executed in the name of the authority by the manual or facsimile signatures of such officials, including a financial officer, as may be designated by resolution and shall be under the seal (or a facsimile thereof) of the authority. At least one signat…

Bonds may be issued in form payable to bearer with coupons attached for the payment of interest and, if so issued, shall be subject to registration as to principal only or as to both principal and interest. Bonds may also be issued in fully registered form without coupons. Coupon…

No bonds or notes shall be made payable on demand, but any bond or note may be made subject to redemption prior to maturity on such notice and at such time or times and with such redemption provisions as may be stated in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bond or note…

In the discretion of the authority, all bonds may be further secured by a trust agreement between the authority and a corporate trustee, which may be any trust company or bank having powers of a trust company within or without the state. Any such trust agreement or any resolution…

Any municipality or a state-supported institution of higher learning or a public community or junior college, by resolution, may create a public body, corporate and politic, to be known as a municipal airport authority, which shall be authorized to exercise its functions upon the…

All revenues pledged to the payment of bonds shall be subject to a lien in favor of the holders of such bonds, and all such revenues received by the authority shall be immediately subject to such lien without any physical delivery thereof or further act by the authority. The lien…

Any authority, authorized by a statute other than this chapter to refund its outstanding bonds and permitted to do so by the terms of any resolutions and trust agreements pertaining to such bonds, may refund all, or any part of, one or more bond issues. However, the refunding bon…

Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to confer on any authority any right or option to redeem any bonds or notes heretofore or hereafter issued, except as is or may be provided in the proceedings under which such bonds were or shall be issued.

All bonds and notes and appurtenant coupons issued pursuant to this chapter shall be negotiable instruments within the meaning of the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of Mississippi.

No bonds shall be delivered to any purchaser by any authority unless they shall have first been validated in accordance with the provisions of Sections 31-13-1 through 31-13-11, Mississippi Code of 1972.

(1) The Jackson Metropolitan Area Airport Authority is created and established and full power is vested in the authority to manage, control and enforce all necessary and beneficial matters pertaining to the operation of Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport and Hawkins…

(1) In addition to the power to borrow money pursuant to Sections 61-3-27 through 61-3-61, Mississippi Code of 1972, an airport authority may, in anticipation of the receipt of income, revenues, grants or subsidies from any source, including, but not limited to, the federal gover…

The accomplishment of the purposes stated in this chapter being for the benefit of the people of this state and for the improvement of their properties and industries, the authority, in carrying out the purposes of this chapter, will be performing an essential public function, an…

In determining the amount to be expended for a project pursuant to this chapter, the authority may include the engineering, legal, fiscal, architectural, inspection, recording, printing, publishing and related cost of the acquisition, construction or reconstruction of the propert…

In addition to the general and special powers conferred by this chapter, every authority is authorized to exercise such powers as are necessarily incidental to the exercise of such general and special powers. The governing authority of each municipality, as defined herein, shall …

For the purposes of Sections 61-3-67 through 61-3-75, unless otherwise qualified, the term “public agency” includes municipality and authority, each as defined in this chapter, any agency of the state government and of the United States, and any municipality, political subdivisio…

Any two or more public agencies may enter into agreements with each other for joint action pursuant to the provisions of Section 61-3-67. Each agreement shall specify its duration, the proportionate interest which each public agency shall have in the property, facilities, and pri…

(1) Two (2) or more municipalities or two (2) or more municipalities and any state-supported institution of higher learning or a public community or junior college, by resolution of each, may create a public body, corporate and politic, to be known as a regional airport authority…

Public agencies acting jointly pursuant to Section 61-3-67 shall create a joint board which shall consist of members appointed by the governing body of each participating public agency. The number to be appointed, their term and compensation, if any, shall be provided for in the …

The total expenditures to be made by the joint board for any purpose in any calendar year shall be as determined by a budget approved by the constituent public agencies on or before the preceding October 1st, or as otherwise specifically authorized by the constituent public agenc…

For the purpose of providing the joint board with moneys for the necessary expenditures in carrying out the provisions of Sections 61-3-67 through 61-3-75, a joint fund shall be created and maintained into which shall be deposited the share of each of the constituent public agenc…

Any property in this state acquired by an authority for airport purposes pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, and any income derived by the authority from the ownership, operation, or control thereof, shall be exempt from taxation to the same extent as other property belon…

(a) For the purpose of aiding and cooperating in the planning, undertaking, construction, or operation of airports and air navigation facilities pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, any municipality for which an authority has been created or any municipality in which any o…

A regional airport authority located outside of municipal boundaries and that is within two (2) or more judicial districts may, in its discretion, adopt a resolution declaring which judicial district shall govern the regional airport authority. Upon adoption of the resolution, th…

Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to limit any right, power, or authority of a municipality to regulate airport hazards by zoning.

The acquisition of any land, or interest therein, pursuant to this chapter, the planning, acquisition, establishment, development, construction, improvement, maintenance, equipment, operation, regulation and protection of airports and air navigation facilities, including the acqu…

No member of the Legislature, elected official or appointed official, or any partner or associate of any member of the Legislature, elected official or appointed official, shall derive any income from the issuance of any bonds under Sections 61-3-35, 61-3-39, 61-3-41, 61-3-45, 61…

Upon the appointment and qualification of the commissioners first appointed to a regional airport authority, they shall submit to the secretary of state a certified copy of each resolution adopted pursuant to subsection (1) of Section 61-3-7 by the municipalities included in the …