Sec. 21. A special and distinct revolving fund is hereby created, to be known as the “Airport Fund.” Expenditures from the fund shall be made only for the acquisition of land including lands under water and riparian rights, or options for the purchase of such land for an airport or airport facility site, and incidental expenses incurred in connection with such acquisition, for the preparation of plans and specifications for any part or all of the airport or airport facility, for studies in connection with the airport or airport facility, and for administrative expenses of the department. The fund shall be held in the name of the department, shall be administered by the department, and all expenditures therefrom shall be made by the department, subject, however, to the approval by the governor, the state budget agency, and the state budget committee of all expenditures of moneys advanced to the fund by the State of Indiana. Requests for such approval shall be made in such form as shall be prescribed by the budget agency, but expenditures for acquisition of land including lands under water and riparian rights, or options for the purchase of such land, shall be specifically requested and approved as to the land to be acquired and the amount to be expended. No transfers from said fund to any other fund of the state shall be made except pursuant to legislative action.

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 8-21-9-21

  • Airport: means any location on land, water or upon any building or other structure which is used for the landing and taking off of aircraft, which provides for the shelter, supply or care of aircraft, or a place used for receiving or discharging passengers or cargo by air. See Indiana Code 8-21-9-2
  • Airport facility: includes the following: lands, access roads, parking facilities, railroad siding facilities, snow removal or impacting equipment, fire and ambulance equipment, motor vehicles, apparatus or equipment for disseminating weather information, for signaling, for radio directional finding or for radio or other electrical communication, any structure or mechanism for guiding or controlling flight in the air or the landing and take-off of aircraft or otherwise in aid of air navigation, piers, docks, wharves, warehouses, sheds, transit sheds, elevators, compressors, refrigeration, storage plants, hangars, shops, buildings, structures and other facilities, appurtenances and equipment necessary or useful in connection with the operation of a modern airport and every kind of terminal or storage structure or facility designed for use in the handling, storage, loading or unloading of freight or passengers at airports, and every kind of transportation facility designed for use in connection with an airport. See Indiana Code 8-21-9-2
  • Department: refers to the Indiana department of transportation. See Indiana Code 8-21-9-2
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Project: means the existing airport facilities or any airport facility acquired, constructed, controlled or operated by the department, together with all property, rights, easements and interest appertaining to the facility, acquired for the construction or operation of the facility. See Indiana Code 8-21-9-2
     Upon the sale of airport revenue bonds for any airport facility or airport facilities, the funds expended from the “Airport Fund” in connection with the development of such airport facility or airport facilities and any obligation or expense incurred by the department for surveys, preparation of plans and specifications, and other engineering or other services in connection with development of such project shall be reimbursed to the “Airport Fund” from the proceeds of such bonds.

Formerly: Acts 1971, P.L.105, SEC.2. As amended by Acts 1980, P.L.74, SEC.352.