(a)Municipal Authorities. In any suit, action, or proceeding involving the validity or enforcement of, or relating to, any contract of a municipal airport authority, created pursuant to § 42-3-103, the municipal authority shall be conclusively deemed to have become established and authorized to transact its business and exercise its powers under this chapter upon proof of the adoption by the municipality of the resolution creating the municipal airport authority, the appointment and qualification of the first commissioners of the authority, and of the issuance and recording of a certificate of incorporation. Duly certified copies of the resolution creating the authority, the certificates of appointment of the commissioners, and the certificate of incorporation shall be admissible in evidence in any suit, action, or proceeding.
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 42-3-106

  • Airport: means any area of land or water that is used, or intended for use, for the landing and taking off of aircraft, and any appurtenant areas that are used, or intended for use, for airport buildings or other airport facilities or avigation easements or rights-of-way, together with all airport buildings and facilities located on those areas. See Tennessee Code 42-3-102
  • authority: means any regional airport authority or municipal airport authority created pursuant to this chapter. See Tennessee Code 42-3-102
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • municipal authority: means a municipal airport created pursuant to §. See Tennessee Code 42-3-102
  • Municipality: means any county, or any incorporated city or incorporated town of this state. See Tennessee Code 42-3-102
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b)Regional Authorities. In any suit, action, or proceeding involving the validity or enforcement of, or relating to, any contract of a regional airport authority, the regional airport authority shall be conclusively deemed to have become established and authorized to transact its business and exercise its powers under this chapter upon proof of the issuance by the secretary of state of a certificate of incorporation of the regional airport authority. A copy of the certificate of incorporation, duly certified by the secretary of state, or by the county register in whose office the certificate of incorporation is recorded, shall be admissible in evidence in any suit, action, or proceeding.
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