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21-401 - AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE FACILITIES -- EXPENSE -- ISSUANCE OF BONDS -- DUTIES OF COMMISSIONERS AND COUNCILMEN -- RESTRICTION ON LEASE OF FACILITIES

AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE FACILITIES -- EXPENSE -- ISSUANCE OF BONDS
-- DUTIES OF COMMISSIONERS AND COUNCILMEN -- RESTRICTION ON LEASE OF
FACILITIES. Counties, highway districts and cities are hereby authorized to
acquire by purchase, lease, condemnation, or otherwise, take over and hold
lands either wholly or partly within or without the boundaries or corporate
limits of such counties, highway districts or cities, or wholly or partly
within or without the state of Idaho, for the purpose of constructing and
maintaining aviation fields, airports, hangars and other air navigation
facilities; to provide equipment necessary or incidental to the maintenance
and operation of such aviation fields or airports; to maintain, operate and
manage such aviation fields, airports and grounds and prescribe rules and
regulations for the maintenance, operation and management thereof, and fix
fees and rentals to be charged for the use of the same or any part thereof; to
survey, plat, map, grade, ornament and otherwise improve such lands and all
appurtenances thereto, whether owned and operated or owned or leased by such
counties, highway districts or cities, and all approaches and avenues leading
to or adjacent thereto; to lease for aviation purposes or for any purposes
connected therewith and incidental thereto and for such commercial purposes as
the governing bodies of such counties, highway districts and cities may
determine upon all or any part of the land or lands so required, under such
regulations and upon such terms and conditions as shall be established by such
governing bodies, and not subject to the limitation as to length of term
prescribed in section 31-836, Idaho Code; to construct, operate and maintain
hangars, buildings and equipment necessary or convenient to the maintenance
and operation of aviation fields or airports.
Counties, highway districts and cities are hereby empowered to provide for
all costs and expenses necessary or incident to the exercise of the foregoing
powers or the attainment of the foregoing objects or any of them, out of the
general funds or out of any of the funds made available for such purposes, of
such counties, highway districts and cities, or to issue bonds pursuant to law
for the payment of any or all of such costs and expenses except for the
maintenance and operation of such aviation fields or airports; provided, that
no bonds shall be issued for the purposes aforesaid unless and until
authorized by a vote of two-thirds (2/3) of the qualified electors of the
county, highway district or municipality, voting at such election held subject
to the provisions of section 34-106, Idaho Code. Nothing contained in this
chapter shall be construed to increase the maximum of any tax levies for
counties, highway districts or cities.
The boards of county commissioners of their respective counties, the
highway commissioners of their respective highway districts and the councilmen
of their respective cities, shall have jurisdiction and power under such
limitations and restrictions as are prescribed by law to carry into full force
and effect all of the provisions of this law.
Such aviation fields or airports shall in no case be leased to any person,
association or corporation under such terms or conditions as to give such
person, association or corporation, the exclusive right to the use of such
aviation fields or airports.

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