Indiana Code 8-21-9-19. Maintenance, policing, and operation of airport facilities
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Terms Used In Indiana Code 8-21-9-19
- 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
- Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
Sec. 19. Each airport or airport facility or airport facilities when constructed and opened to traffic shall be maintained and kept in good condition and repair by the department. Each such airport facility or airport facilities shall also be policed and operated by such force of police, toll-takers and other operating employees as the department may, in its discretion, employ. All public or private property damaged or destroyed in carrying out the powers granted by this chapter shall be restored or repaired and placed in its original condition as nearly as practicable or adequate compensation made therefor out of funds provided under this chapter.
Formerly: Acts 1971, P.L.105, SEC.2. As amended by Acts 1980, P.L.74, SEC.350.