Current through the 2023 Legislative Sessions
Section 2-06-11 - Operation and use privileges1.a. In connection with the operation of an airport owned or controlled by an authority, the authority may enter contracts, leases, and other arrangements for terms not to exceed thirty years with any persons:(1) Granting the privilege of using or improving the airport or any portion or facility of the airport for commercial purposes;(2) Conferring the privilege of supplying goods, commodities, things, services, or facilities at the airport; and(3) Making available services to be furnished by the authority or its agents at the airport.b. In each case the authority may establish the terms and conditions and fix the charges, rentals, or fees for the privileges or services, which must be reasonable and uniform for the same class or privilege or service and must be established with due regard to the property and improvements used and the expenses of operation to the authority. However, the public may not be deprived of its rightful, equal, and uniform use of the airport or portion of the airport.2. Except as may be limited by any grant, loan, or agreement authorized by section 2-06-13, an authority may by contract, lease, or other arrangements, upon a consideration fixed by it, grant to any qualified person for a term not to exceed thirty years the privilege of operating, as agent of the authority or otherwise, any airport owned or controlled by the authority. However, the person may not be granted authority to operate an airport other than as a public airport, and may not enter any contracts, leases, or other arrangements in connection with the operation of the airport which the authority might not have undertaken under subsection 1.Amended by S.L. 2017, ch. 60 (HB 1305),§ 12, eff. 8/1/2017.