Section 308.03. Resolution creating regional airport authority

Any two or more contiguous counties or any single county may create a regional airport authority by the adoption of a resolution by the board of county commissioners of each county to be included in the regional airport authority. Such resolution shall state:

(A) The necessity for the creation of the regional airport authority;

(B) The counties to be included within the regional airport authority;

(C) The official name by which the regional airport authority shall be known;

(D) The place in which the principal office of the regional airport authority will be located or the manner in which it may be selected;

(E) The number, term, compensation if any, and manner of selecting the members of the board of trustees of the regional airport authority;

(F) The manner in which vacancies on the board of trustees of the regional airport authority shall be filled;

(G) The manner and to what extent the expenses of the regional airport authority shall be apportioned among the counties creating it.

The regional airport authority provided for in such resolution shall be deemed to be created upon the adoption of such resolution by the board of county commissioners of each county enumerated in the resolution.

The resolution creating a regional airport authority may be amended to include additional counties or for any other purpose, by the adoption of such amendment by the board of county commissioners of each county included or to be included in the regional airport authority.

The territorial boundaries of a regional airport authority shall be coextensive with the territorial boundaries of the counties included within the regional airport authority.

Effective Date: 10-02-1961