28J.2 - CREATION AND POWERS OF PORT AUTHORITY.
28J.2 CREATION AND POWERS OF PORT AUTHORITY.
1. Two or more political subdivisions may create a port authority
under this chapter by resolution. If a proposal to create a port
authority receives a favorable majority of the members of the elected
legislative body of each of the political subdivisions, the port
authority is created at the time provided in the resolution. The
jurisdiction of a port authority includes the territory described in
section 28J.8.
2. A port authority created pursuant to this section may sue and
be sued, complain, and defend in its name and has the powers and
jurisdiction enumerated in this chapter.
3. At the time a port authority is created pursuant to this
section, the political subdivisions comprising the port authority may
restrict the powers granted the port authority pursuant to this
chapter by specifically adopting such restrictions in the resolution
creating the port authority.
4. The political subdivisions comprising the port authority whose
powers have been restricted pursuant to subsection 3 may at any time
adopt a resolution to grant additional powers to the port authority,
so long as the additional powers do not exceed the powers permitted
under this chapter. Section History: Recent Form
2005 Acts, ch 150, §90; 2006 Acts, ch 1010, §16
Referred to in § 28J.1, 28J.5, 28J.11, 28J.15, 427.1(34)