§ 10-3-401 — Grants-in-aid for airport construction and improvement and air service promotion; authority to make; limitation

(a) The commission may make grants-in-aid from state funds
for construction and development of airports to counties,
cities, towns and joint powers boards within the state. No
grant-in-aid for planning, construction or improvement of any
airport shall be made unless the airport is owned, leased or
held under a state or federal special use permit or agreement,
exclusively or jointly, by the county, city, town or joint
powers board to which the grant is made. Grants may be spent for
runways, terminals, hangars and other improvements and for
planning any improvements to the airport. The commission may
designate state funds for purposes of creating, amending and
updating any system plan of an airport for the state.
(b) The commission may grant not more than five percent
(5.0%) of the amount available for grants-in-aid under
subsection (a) of this section to counties, cities and towns to
promote air service in Wyoming. In accordance with W.S.
10-3-402, any amount granted under this subsection shall be
equally matched by the recipient county, city or town. No
amount granted under this subsection shall be used for airline
subsidies.
(c) Repealed By Laws 2000, Ch. 45, § 3.
(d) In administering the grant program, and in
consultation with the Federal Aviation Administration and local
airport sponsors, the commission shall establish, amend and have
available, at least one hundred twenty (120) days before each
biennial legislative budget session, a five (5) year capital
improvement plan for airports in the state and a system for
prioritizing projects to be funded by state and federal grants.