The authority may do all acts necessary or
reasonably incident to carrying out the purposes of this chapter,
including the following:
(1) To protect a district and all property owned or managed by the
authority and, to carry out this subdivision, to employ special
police or hire guards.
(2) To incur indebtedness in the name of the authority in
accordance with this chapter.
(3) To adopt administrative procedures, rules, and regulations,
including rules under IC 4-22-2.
(4) To:
(A) acquire real, personal, or mixed property by deed, purchase,
lease, condemnation, or otherwise and dispose of it for use, in
connection with, or for administrative purposes of the airport;
(B) receive gifts, donations, bequests, and public trusts and to
agree to conditions and terms accompanying them and to bind
the authority to carry them out;
(C) receive and administer federal or state aid; and
(D) erect buildings or structures that may be needed to
administer and carry out this chapter.
(5) To determine matters of policy regarding internal organization
and operating procedures not specifically provided for otherwise.
(6) To adopt a schedule of reasonable charges and to collect them
from all users of facilities and services within the district.
(7) To purchase supplies, materials, equipment, and services to
carry out the duties and functions of the authority, in accordance
with procedures adopted by the authority.
(8) To employ personnel that are necessary to carry out the duties,
functions, and powers of the authority.
(9) To:
(A) acquire, establish, construct, improve, equip, maintain,
control, lease, and regulate airports, landing fields, and other air
navigation facilities;
(B) acquire by lease (with or without the option to purchase)
airports, landing fields, or navigation facilities, and any
structures, equipment, or related improvements; and
(C) erect, install, construct, and maintain at the airport or
airport's facilities for the servicing of aircraft and for the
comfort and accommodation of air travelers and the public.
The Indiana department of transportation must grant approval
before land may be purchased or leased for the establishment of
an airport or landing field and before an airport or landing field
may be established and shall establish the boundaries of a district
or districts from time to time.
(10) To fix and determine exclusively the uses to which the
airport lands may be put. All uses must be necessary or desirable
to the airport or the aviation industry and must be compatible with
the uses of the surrounding lands as far as practicable.
(11) To employ or contract with an airport director,
superintendents, managers, financial advisers, engineers,
surveyors, bond counsel, disclosure counsel, and other attorneys,
clerks, mechanics, laborers, and all employees the authority
considers expedient, and to prescribe and assign the respective
duties and authorities and to fix and regulate the compensation to
be paid to the persons employed by the authority. Employees shall
be selected irrespective of their political affiliations.
(12) To make all rules and regulations, consistent with laws
regarding air commerce, for the management and control of
airports, landing fields, air navigation facilities, and other
property within a district or otherwise under the authority's
control.
(13) To acquire by lease the use of an airport or landing field for
aircraft pending the acquisition and improvement of an airport or
landing field.
(14) To manage and operate airports, landing fields, and other air
navigation facilities acquired or maintained by the authority; to
lease all or part of an airport, landing field, or any buildings or
other structures, and to fix, charge, and collect rentals, tolls, fees,
and charges to be paid for the use of the whole or a part of the
airports, landing fields, or other air navigation facilities by aircraft
landing there and for the maintenance or servicing of the aircraft;
to construct public recreational facilities that will not interfere
with air operational facilities; to fix, charge, and collect fees for
public admissions and privileges; and to make contracts for the
operation and management of the airports, landing fields, and
other air navigation facilities; and to provide for the use,
management, and operation of the air navigation facilities through
lessees, its own employees, or otherwise. Contracts or leases for
the maintenance, operation, or use of the airport or any part of it
may be made for a term not exceeding forty (40) years, and may
be extended for similar terms of years. If a person whose
character, experience, and financial responsibility has been
determined satisfactory by the authority, offers to erect a
permanent structure that facilitates and is consistent with the
operation, use, and purpose of the airport on land owned or
otherwise controlled by the authority, a lease may be entered into
for a period not to exceed ninety-nine (99) years. The authority
may not grant an exclusive right for the use of a landing area
under the authority's jurisdiction. However, this does not prevent
the making of leases in accordance with other provisions of this
chapter. All contracts and leases are subject to restrictions and
conditions that the authority prescribes. The authority may lease
property and facilities for any commercial or industrial use the
authority considers necessary and proper, including the use of
providing airport motel facilities.
(15) To sell machinery, equipment, or material that is not required
for aviation purposes. The proceeds shall be deposited with the
authority or in accordance with an applicable trust agreement.
(16) To negotiate and execute contracts for sale or purchase,
lease, personal services, materials, supplies, equipment, or any
other transaction or business relative to an airport under the
authority's control and operation in accordance with the terms and
conditions the authority may determine.
(17) To vacate all or parts of roads, highways, streets, or alleys
within a district.
(18) To approve any state, county, city, or other highway, road,
street, or other public way, railroad, power line, or other
right-of-way to be laid out or opened across an airport or in such
proximity as to affect the safe operation of the airport.
(19) To construct drainage and sanitary sewers with connections
and outlets as are necessary for the proper drainage and
maintenance of an airport or landing field acquired or maintained
under this chapter, including the necessary buildings and
improvements and for the public use of them in the same manner
that the authority may construct sewers and drains. However, with
respect to the construction of drains and sanitary sewers beyond
the boundaries of the airport or landing field, the authority may
negotiate with the departments, bodies, and officers of a local
entity to secure the proper orders and approvals; and to order a
public utility or public service corporation or other person to
remove or to install in underground conduits wires, cables, and
power lines passing through or over the airport or landing field or
along the borders or within a reasonable distance that may be
determined to be necessary for the safety of operations, upon
payment to the utility or other person of due compensation for the
expense of the removal or reinstallation. The authority must
consent before any franchise may be granted by state authorities
or local entities for the construction of or maintenance of railway,
telephone, telegraph, electric power, pipe, or conduit line upon,
over, or through a district or within a reasonable distance of the
district that is necessary for the safety of operation. The authority
must also consent before overhead electric power lines carrying
a voltage of more than four thousand four hundred (4,400) volts
and having poles, standards, or supports over thirty (30) feet in
height within one-half (1/2) mile of a landing area acquired or
maintained under this chapter may be installed.
(20) To contract with any other state agency or instrumentality or
any political subdivision for the rendition of services, the rental
or use of equipment or facilities, or the joint purchase and use of
equipment or facilities that are necessary for the operation,
maintenance, or construction of an airport operated under this
chapter.
(21) To provide air transportation in furtherance of the duties and
responsibilities of the authority.
(22) To promote or encourage aviation related trade or commerce
at the airports that it operates.