(a) The department shall act as agent for each municipality and airport authority for the purposes of applying for, receiving and disbursing federal funds made available pursuant to the former Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970, 84 Stat. 219, 49 U.S.C. § 1970 ed. § 1701 et seq. [repealed], or any amendment thereto, unless a municipality or an airport authority owns an airport having a minimum of twenty-five thousand (25,000) originating enplanements annually on regularly scheduled airline carriers as certified by the federal civil aeronautics board, in which event the municipality or airport authority may act as principal with respect to any airport owned by it, or it may designate the department as its agent for the purposes mentioned in this subsection (a).
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 42-2-223

  • Aeronautics: means :
    (A) The science and art of flight, including, but not limited to, transportation by aircraft. See Tennessee Code 42-2-101
  • 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 such areas, easements or rights-of-way. See Tennessee Code 42-2-101
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Department: means the department of transportation. See Tennessee Code 42-2-101
  • Municipality: means any county, incorporated city, incorporated town, authority, district or other political subdivision or public corporation of this state. See Tennessee Code 42-2-101
  • 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) All funds received by the department shall be deposited in the state treasury to be kept and disbursed in a manner consistent with federal requirements.
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