Sec. 7. The authority shall be a public body corporate with powers to sue or be sued in any court of this state and have the power and duty of planning, promoting, extending, owning, maintaining, acquiring, purchasing, constructing, improving, enlarging and operating all publicly-owned airports and airport facilities hereinafter established to be operated within the territorial jurisdiction of the authority. Any existing publicly-owned airport or airport facility now or hereafter within the jurisdictional confines of the authority may elect to come within the operational jurisdiction of the authority unless prohibited by legal restrictions or limitations, upon acceptance by the authority under mutually agreeable terms and conditions.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 259.807
Airport authority as body corporate; other airports; powers
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 224 Mich. App. 710 - General Aviation, Inc. v. Capital Region Airport Authority (1997)
Most recently applied in 236 Mich. App. 576 - Capital Region Airport Authority v. DeWitt Charter Township (October 1999)
1970, Act 73, Imd
Official source: Michigan Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Michigan statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.