330A.2 - DEFINITIONS.
330A.2 DEFINITIONS. The following terms whenever used, or referred to, in this chapter shall have the following meanings, except in those instances where the context clearly indicates otherwise: 1. The term "authority" shall mean any aviation authority created pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. 2. The term "aviation facilities" shall mean and include airports, buildings, structures, terminal buildings, or space hangars, lands, warehouses, or other aviation facilities of any kind or nature, or any other facilities of any kind or nature related to or connected with said airports and other aviation facilities which an authority is authorized by law to construct, acquire, own, lease, or operate, including but not limited to parking facilities, restaurants, and related facilities together with all fixtures, equipment, and property, real or personal, tangible or intangible, necessary, appurtenant, or incidental thereto. 3. The term "board" shall mean the governing body of an authority. 4. The term "federal government" shall mean and include the United States of America, the president of the United States of America, and any department of, or corporation, agency, or instrumentality heretofore or hereafter created, designated, or established by the United States of America. 5. The term "member municipality" shall mean any municipality which shall join in the creation of an aviation authority as provided herein. 6. The term "municipality" shall mean any county or city of this state, and any political subdivision of any state whose borders are at any point conterminous with those of this state and whose laws shall permit the entry of and submission by such political subdivision to an authority created and operating pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. 7. The term "person" shall mean any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, association, or joint stock association, and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee, or similar representative thereof. 8. The term "state" shall mean the state of Iowa. 9. The term "state government" shall mean and include the state, the governor of the state, and any department thereof, or corporation, agency, or instrumentality heretofore or hereafter created, designated, or established by the state, exclusive of counties and cities.
Section History: Early Form [C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 330A.2]