§ 8-22-4-1 — Creation of authority; members

Indiana § 8-22-4-1

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 22: AIRPORTS
• Ch. 4: Joint State Airport Authorities

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(a) Governmental units in each of two (2) party
states may combine in the creation of an airport authority for the
purpose of jointly supporting and operating an airport terminal and all
attached properties. The governmental units are not limited as to
number, character, or size, except that the airport authority must be
composed of an equal number of members from each party state,
designated or appointed by the legislative body of the participating
governmental unit. The federal government may be represented by a
nonvoting agent or representative if authorized by federal law.
(b) The airport authority is established when resolutions or
ordinances containing identical agreement provisions are duly adopted
by the legislative bodies of the governmental units to be combined into
the airport authority. If passage is by resolution, it may be joint or
several, but the resolution or ordinance of the combining governmental
units must provide for the number of members, the residence
requirements of the members, the length of term of the members, and
the appointment of an additional member by the governor of each party
state. If the member appointed by the governor is selected from the
membership or staff of the aeronautics commission of the state, there
is no limitation as to place of residence, and the length of tenure of
office is at the pleasure of the governor.
(c) The respective members of the airport authority, except any
member representing the federal government, are each entitled to one
(1) vote. An action of the membership of the airport authority is official
only if taken at a meeting in which a majority of the voting members
from each party state are present and a majority of those from each
state concur. An action that does not comply with these requirements
may be ratified within thirty (30) days by the concurrence of a majority
of the members of each party state. In the absence of a member, his
vote may be cast by another representative or member of his state if the
representative casting the vote has a written proxy in the proper form
required by the airport authority.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-6-5-2
part.]
As added by Acts 1980, P.L.8, SEC.73.