Title 61, Aviation

The commission is authorized to accept, receive, and receipt for federal monies and other monies, either public or private, for and in behalf of this state, or any municipality thereof, when authorized by the municipality to do so, for the acquisition, construction, improvement, …

All contracts for the acquisition, construction, improvement, maintenance, and operation of airports, or other air navigation facilities made by the commission, either as the agent of this state or as the agent of any municipality or other person or persons, shall be made pursuan…

All monies accepted for disbursement by the commission pursuant to Section 61-1-19 shall be deposited in the state treasury, and unless otherwise prescribed by the authority from which the money is received, kept in separate funds, designated according to the purposes for which t…

(a) 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 otherwise requires:(a) “Aeronautic…

(1) Site approvals. Except as provided in this section, the commission is authorized to provide for the approval of airport sites and the issuance of certificates of such approvals. No charge shall be made for any such approval, and certificates of such an approval shall be issue…

No municipality in this state, whether acting alone or jointly with another municipality, or with the state, shall submit to any federal agency or department of the United States any project application under the provisions of any act of Congress which provides airport planning f…

The commission, any member thereof, the director or any officer or employee of the commission designated by it, shall have the power to hold investigations, inquiries and hearings concerning matters covered by the provisions of this chapter and the rules, regulations and orders o…

In order to facilitate the making of investigations by the commission in the interest of public safety and promotion of aeronautics, the public interest requires, and it is therefor provided, that the reports of investigations or hearings or any part thereof, shall not be admitte…

The commission is authorized to confer with or to hold joint hearings with any agency of the United States in connection with any matter arising under this chapter, or relating to the sound development of aeronautics. The commission is authorized to avail itself of the cooperatio…

In carrying out the provisions of this chapter the commission may use the facilities and services of other agencies of the state and of the municipalities of the state to the utmost extent possible. Such agencies and municipalities are authorized and directed to make available th…

It shall be the duty of the commission, its members, the director, officers and employees of the commission, and every state and municipal officer charged with the enforcement of state and municipal laws, to enforce and assist in the enforcement of this chapter and of all rules, …

Every order of the commission requiring performance of certain acts or compliance with certain requirements, and every denial or revocation of an approval, certificate or license, shall set forth the reasons and shall state the acts to be done or requirements to be met before app…

Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter or any of the rules, regulations or orders issued pursuant thereto, shall be punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment of more than six (6) months, or both. For any violation …

The commission is authorized to report to the appropriate federal agencies and agencies of other states all proceedings instituted charging violation of the provisions of this chapter and all penalties, of which it has knowledge, imposed upon airmen or the owners or operators of …

This chapter may be cited as the “Airport Authorities Law.”

In any suit, action, or proceeding involving the validity or enforcement of, or relating to, any contract of a municipal airport authority, created pursuant to Section 61-3-5, the municipal authority shall be conclusively deemed to have become established and authorized to transa…

(1) Each commissioner of a regional or municipal airport authority may receive from that airport authority per diem compensation in the amount provided by Section 25-3-69 for each day or fraction of a day engaged in attendance of meetings of the authority or engaged in other offi…

(a) An authority shall have all the powers necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes of this chapter (excluding the power to levy and collect taxes or special assessments) including, but not limited to, the power:(a) To sue and be sued, to have a seal and to have perpetua…

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…