Tennessee § 4-31-602 Legislative intent

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§ 4-31-602 — Legislative intent

Tennessee § 4-31-602

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Tenn. Code Ann. § 4-31-602 (2026).

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(a)The general assembly finds and declares that:

(1)The construction of safety improvements for airports is an essential function of airport authorities, municipal airports, and state and local governments;

(2)The construction of projects for airport improvements, for the mitigation of noise created by activity of an airport, for the acquisition of property and rights in property, real and personal, relating thereto, and the financing of such, are essential functions of airport authorities, municipal airports, and state and local governments; and (3) To the extent that financing of improvements, safety improvements and noise mitigation for airport authorities and municipal airports can be accomplished through the pooling of needs and the use of less costly borrowing techniques, airport

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(a) The general assembly finds and declares that: (1) The construction of safety improvements for airports is an essential function of airport authorities, municipal airports, and state and local governments; (2) The construction of projects for airport improvements, for the mitigation of noise created by activity of an airport, for the acquisition of property and rights in property, real and personal, relating thereto, and the financing of such, are essential functions of airport authorities, municipal airports, and state and local governments; and (3) To the extent that financing of improvements, safety improvements and noise mitigation for airport authorities and municipal airports can be accomplished through the pooling of needs and the use of less costly borrowing techniques, airport authorities, municipal airports and local governments would be better able to provide improvements, safety improvements and noise mitigation for the benefit of citizens. (b) (1) It is accordingly in furtherance of the interest and welfare of all Tennesseans that the Tennessee local development authority be empowered to issue its revenue bonds and to make proceeds available for loans to airport authorities and municipal airports for improvements, safety improvements and noise mitigation projects at a cost lower than would otherwise be obtainable. (2) It is intended that the Tennessee local development authority be vested with all powers necessary to accomplish these purposes.