330.1 DEFINITION.
The word "airport" as used in this chapter, shall include
landing field, airdrome, aviation field, or other similar term used
in connection with aerial traffic. Section History: Early Form
[C31, 35, § 5903-c1; C39, § 5903.01; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66,
71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 330.1]
330.2 AVIATION HANGAR REVOLVING LOAN FUND.
Repealed by 2003 Acts, ch 8, § 7.
330.3 Repealed by 72 Acts, ch 1088, § 263.
330.4 JOINT EXERCISE OF POWERS.
Agreements between political subdivisions for joint exercise of
any powers relating to airports may provide for the creation and
establishment of a joint airport commission which, when so created or
established, shall function in accordance with the provisions of
sections 330.17 to 330.24 insofar as provided by said agreements. Section History: Early Form
[C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 330.4]
330.5 THROUGH 330.7 Repealed by 81 Acts, ch 117, §
1097.
330.8 Reserved.
330.9 PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS.
Before an airport is acquired by a city or county, the plans and
specifications for it shall be submitted to the state department of
transportation which shall require that they show the legal
description and plat of the site, distance from the nearest post
office and railroad station, location and type of highways, location
and type of obstructions on and near the site, kind of soil and
subsoil, costs and details of grading and draining, and location of
proposed runways, hangars, buildings, and other structures.
The department shall issue approval of the plans and
specifications if it finds that they are in substantial accord with
the rules promulgated by the department or with the regulations of
the federal aviation administration or other department of the
federal government having general supervision of air navigation as it
relates to plans and specifications for airports. Section History: Early Form
[C31, 35, § 5903-c7; C39, § 5903.07; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66,
71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 330.9] Section History: Recent Form
83 Acts, ch 101, § 75
330.10 THROUGH 330.12 Repealed by 81 Acts, ch 117,
§ 1097.
330.13 FEDERAL AID.
Any subdivision of government is authorized to accept, receive,
and receipt for federal moneys, and other moneys, either public or
private, for the acquisition, construction, enlargement, improvement,
maintenance, equipment, or operation of airports, and other air
navigation facilities, and sites for airports and other navigation
facilities, and to comply with the laws of the United States and any
regulations for the expenditure of federal moneys upon airports and
other air navigation facilities.
All preapplications for funds authorized to be received pursuant
to this section by any governmental subdivision, commission, or
authority, whether acting alone or jointly with another governmental
or private entity, shall be approved by the state transportation
commission prior to being submitted to any federal agency or
department. Approval shall be based on criteria consistent with the
Iowa aviation system plan. However, this paragraph does not apply to
preapplications from airports which receive federal primary
commercial service entitlement funds if the airport making the
preapplication files a copy of the preapplication with the state
department of transportation. Section History: Early Form
[C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 330.13] Section History: Recent Form
93 Acts, ch 87, § 12
330.14 THROUGH 330.16 Repealed by 81 Acts, ch 117,
§ 1097.
330.17 AIRPORT COMMISSION -- ELECTION.
1. The council of any city or county which owns or acquires an
airport may, and upon the council's receipt of a valid petition as
provided in section 362.4, or receipt of a petition by the board of
supervisors as provided in section 331.306 shall, at an election held
on a date specified in section 39.2, subsection 4, paragraph "a"
or "b", as applicable, submit to the voters the question as to
whether the management and control of the airport shall be placed in
an airport commission. If a majority of the voters favors placing
the management and control of the airport in an airport commission,
the commission shall be established as provided in this chapter.
2. The management and control of an airport by an airport
commission may be ended in the same manner. If a majority of the
voters does not favor continuing the management and control of the
airport in an airport commission, the commission shall stand
abolished sixty days from and after the date of the election, and the
power to maintain and operate the airport shall revert to the city or
county. Section History: Early Form
[C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, S81, § 330.17;
81 Acts, ch 117, § 1054] Section History: Recent Form
91 Acts, ch 129, §24; 2008 Acts, ch 1115, §54, 71
Referred to in § 330.4, 330.23, 330.24, 331.381, 331.382
330.18 NOTICE OF ELECTION.
Notice of the election shall be given by publication in a
newspaper of general circulation in the city, subject to section
362.3 or in the county, subject to section 331.305. Section History: Early Form
[C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, S81, § 330.18;
81 Acts, ch 117, § 1055]
Referred to in § 330.4, 330.23, 330.24, 331.381, 331.382
330.19 FORM OF QUESTION.
The question to be submitted shall be in the following form:
Shall the City (or County) of ...... place (or continue) the
management and control of its airport (or airports) in an Airport
Commission?
Section History: Early Form
[C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, S81, § 330.19;
81 Acts, ch 117, § 1056]
Referred to in § 330.4, 330.23, 330.24, 331.381, 331.382
330.20 APPOINTMENT OF COMMISSION -- TERMS.
When a majority of the voters favors airport control and
management by a commission, the governing body shall, within ten
days, appoint an airport commission of three or five members, each of
whom shall be a resident of the city or county establishing the
commission or a resident of a city or county in this state served by
the airport. At least two of the members of a three-member
commission and at least three of the members of a five-member
commission shall be residents of the city or county establishing the
commission. The governing body shall by ordinance set the
commencement dates of office and the length of the terms of office
which shall be no more than six and no less than three years. The
terms of the first appointees of a newly created commission shall be
staggered by length of term and all subsequent appointments shall be
for full terms. Vacancies shall be filled as original appointments
are made. Members of the airport commission shall serve without
compensation. Each commissioner shall execute and furnish a bond in
an amount fixed by the governing body and filed with the city clerk
of the city, or county auditor of the county, establishing the
commission. The commission shall elect from its own members a
chairperson and a secretary who shall serve for a term as the
commission shall determine. Section History: Early Form
[C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 330.20] Section History: Recent Form
83 Acts, ch 123, § 131, 209; 91 Acts, ch 76, §1; 2009 Acts, ch
114, §1
Referred to in § 330.4, 330.23, 330.24, 331.321, 331.381, 331.382
330.21 POWERS -- FUNDS.
The commission has all of the powers in relation to airports
granted to cities and counties under state law, except powers to sell
the airport. The commission shall annually certify the amount of tax
within the limitations of state law to be levied for airport
purposes, and upon certification the governing body may include all
or a portion of the amount in its budget.
All funds derived from taxation or otherwise for airport purposes
shall be under the full and absolute control of the commission for
the purposes prescribed by law, and shall be deposited with the
county treasurer or city clerk to the credit of the airport
commission, and shall be disbursed only on the written warrants or
orders of the airport commission, including the payment of all
indebtedness arising from the acquisition and construction of
airports and their maintenance, operation, and extension. Section History: Early Form
[C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, S81, § 330.21;
81 Acts, ch 117, § 1057; 82 Acts, ch 1104, § 10]
Referred to in § 330.4, 330.24
330.22 ANNUAL REPORT -- PUBLISHING.
The airport commission shall immediately after the close of each
municipal fiscal year, file with the city clerk or county auditor a
detailed and audited written report of all money received and
disbursed by the commission during said fiscal year, and shall
publish a summary thereof in an official newspaper. Section History: Early Form
[C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 330.22]
Referred to in § 330.4, 330.24
330.23 NO RESTRICTION ON ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCIES.
This chapter does not prohibit a city from establishing an
administrative agency pursuant to chapter 392 to manage and control
all or part of its airport in lieu of an airport commission under
this chapter. A city may abolish an airport commission and provide
for the management and control of its airport by an administrative
agency.
Sections 330.17 through 330.20 do not apply to the abolition of an
airport commission by a city pursuant to this section for the purpose
of establishing an administrative agency pursuant to chapter 392 to
manage and control all or part of its airport. The commission shall
stand abolished sixty days from the date of the city council's final
approval abolishing the airport commission pursuant to this section,
unless the council designates a different effective date. Section History: Recent Form
88 Acts, ch 1229, § 1; 89 Acts, ch 182, § 1
Referred to in § 330.4
330.24 NO RESTRICTIONS ON FORMER COMMISSIONS.
Nothing in sections 330.17 to 330.22 shall be interpreted as
limiting or affecting airport commissions of cities in the above
classification which have already been in existence and operation
prior to January 1, 1941, under the provisions of this chapter. Section History: Early Form
[C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 330.24]
Referred to in § 330.4