Ind. Code ch. 8-22-5

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Ind. Code § 8-22-5-1 Interstate airport facilities; approval

Sec. 1. The governing body of a county, city, village, town, or other political subdivision of an adjoining state whose statutes permit may acquire, establish, construct, own, control, lease, equip, improve, maintain, and operate airports, landing fields, or other air navigation facilities in Indiana, subject to statutes, rules, and regulations of Indiana applicable to its political subdivisions in aeronautical projects, but subject to the laws of the adjoining state in matters relating to financing the projects. The aeronautics commission of Indiana must approve the acquisition and establishment of the airports, landing fields, or other air navigation facilities before commencement of proceedings for acquisition or establishment. [Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-6-4-1.] As added by Acts 1980, P.L.8, SEC.73.

Ind. Code § 8-22-5-2 Rights of political subdivisions of adjoining state

Sec. 2. The political subdivision of an adjoining state has all the rights, privileges, and duties of political subdivisions of Indiana, including the power of eminent domain, which must be exercised in accordance with Indiana law, as to property not devoted to public use, and the power jointly with political subdivisions of Indiana to acquire, establish, construct, own, control, lease, equip, improve, maintain, and operate airports, landing fields, or other air navigation facilities. [Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-6-4-3.] As added by Acts 1980, P.L.8, SEC.73.

Ind. Code § 8-22-5-3 Powers of political subdivisions of state in air navigation facilities of adjoining state

Sec. 3. The governing body of any political subdivision of Indiana may acquire, establish, construct, own, control, lease, equip, improve, maintain, and operate airports, landing fields, or other air navigation facilities in an adjoining state if the statutes of the adjoining state permit that action, subject to statutes, rules, and regulations of the adjoining state applicable to its own political subdivisions in aeronautical projects, but subject to Indiana law in matters relating to the financing of such projects. The aeronautics commission of Indiana must approve the acquisition and establishment of an airport or landing field in an adjoining state before the acquisition or establishment. [Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-6-4-4.] As added by Acts 1980, P.L.8, SEC.73.

Ind. Code § 8-22-5-4 Reciprocity

Sec. 4. This chapter does not apply unless the statutes of the adjoining state permit political subdivisions of Indiana to acquire, establish, construct, own, control, lease, equip, improve, maintain, operate, and otherwise control airports, landing fields, or other air navigation facilities in that state, with all privileges, rights, and duties applicable to the political subdivisions of the adjoining state in aeronautical projects, including all tax privileges and immunities, the power of eminent domain as to property not devoted to public use, and the power jointly with political subdivisions of adjoining states to acquire, establish, construct, own, control, lease, equip, improve, maintain and operate airports, landing fields, or other air navigation facilities. [Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-6-4-5.] As added by Acts 1980, P.L.8, SEC.73.

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