(a) Public agencies acting jointly pursuant to this part shall create a joint board, which shall consist of members appointed by the governing body of each participating public agency.
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 42-5-203

  • Air navigation facility: means any facility, other than one owned and operated by the United States, used in, available for use in, or designed for use in, aid of air navigation, including any structures, mechanisms, lights, beacons, markers, communicating systems, or other instrumentalities, or devices used or useful as an aid, or constituting an advantage or convenience, to the safe taking off, navigation, and landing of aircraft, or the safe and efficient operation or maintenance of an airport, and combination of any or all of such facilities. See Tennessee Code 42-5-102
  • Airport: means any area of land or water that is used, or intended for use, for the landing and take-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 thereon. See Tennessee Code 42-5-102
  • Airport hazard: means any structure, object of natural growth, or use of land that obstructs the airspace required for the flight of aircraft in landing or taking off at an airport or is otherwise hazardous to such landing or taking off of aircraft. See Tennessee Code 42-5-102
  • Governing body: means the governing body of a county or municipality and the head of the agency if the public agency is other than a county or municipality. See Tennessee Code 42-5-201
  • Public agency: includes a municipality, as defined in this chapter, any agency of the state government and of the United States, and any municipality, political subdivision and agency of another state. See Tennessee Code 42-5-201
(b) The number of members to be appointed, and the length of term and compensation, if any, shall be provided for in the joint agreement.
(c) Each joint board shall organize, select officers for terms to be fixed by the agreement, and adopt and amend from time to time rules for its own procedure.
(d) The joint board has the power to plan, acquire, establish, develop, construct, enlarge, improve, maintain, equip, operate, regulate, protect, and police any airport or air navigation facility or airport hazard or navigation easement to be jointly acquired, controlled and operated, and such board may exercise, on behalf of its constituent public agencies, all the powers of each with respect to the airport, air navigation facility, airport hazard, or navigation easement, subject to the limitations of § 42-5-204.
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