Title 64, Regional Authorities

(1) The port authority board of commissioners has the power and is hereby authorized to:(1) Acquire, construct, purchase, operate, maintain, replace, repair, rebuild, extend and improve, within the boundaries of Decatur, Hardin, Perry and Wayne counties, upon first obtaining expr…

Any one (1) of the participating counties, Decatur, Hardin, Perry or Wayne, upon the written recommendation of the port authority commissioners, may acquire any interest in land within the boundaries of the county by gift, purchase or lease and may transfer the interest to the au…

(a) The participating counties, Decatur, Hardin, Perry and Wayne, and the board of commissioners are not required to obtain any certificate of convenience or necessity, franchise, license, permit or other authorization from any bureau, board, commission or other like instrumental…

(1) The county legislative bodies of Decatur, Hardin, Perry and Wayne counties, individually or together, have all necessary powers in order to further the purposes of this chapter. The participating counties are authorized to appropriate to the port authority from their general …

(a) A share of all expenses actually incurred by the board of commissioners in the making of surveys, estimates of cost and of revenue, employment of engineers, attorneys or other employees, the giving of notices, taking of options, selling of bonds and all other preliminary expe…

(a) The port authority has the power to issue negotiable bonds in order to accomplish any of the purposes authorized by this chapter in any of the following manners:(1) Upon resolution of the board of commissioners, and in the manner provided by this chapter, the port authority m…

(a) The county legislative body or the board of commissioners authorizing and issuing bonds has the power, by resolution, to confer upon any holder or holders of a specified amount or percentage of bonds, including a trustee or trustees, for such holders, the rights, in the event…

(1) Any holder or holders of bonds, including the trustee or trustees for holders of such bonds, have the right, in addition to all other rights:(1) By mandamus or other suit, action or proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction, to enforce the rights of the holder or hold…

(a) All moneys derived from the issuance of bonds hereunder, together with any federal or other grant or loan made, for the purposes of this chapter, shall be paid to the treasurer of the port authority. (b) The treasurer shall deposit such moneys, together with all the receipts …

(1) The revenues derived from the operation of the port, storage and transfer facilities and any and all other facilities authorized in this chapter and the proceeds derived from the sale, transfer, lease or other disposition of any land or other facilities shall be applied and u…

(a) Except as otherwise provided, all contracts of the port authority shall be entered into and executed in such manner as may be prescribed by the board of commissioners, but no contract or acquisition by purchase of equipment, apparatus, materials or supplies, involving more th…

(a) The powers, authority and rights conferred by this chapter are in addition and supplemental to any other general, special or local law conferring powers to counties, industrial development corporations or port authorities, and the limitations imposed by this chapter do not af…