330A.8 - PURPOSES AND POWERS -- GENERAL.

        330A.8  PURPOSES AND POWERS -- GENERAL.         An authority is hereby granted the following rights and powers,      and shall have and may exercise all powers necessary, appurtenant,      convenient, or incidental to the carrying out of the powers      enumerated in this chapter:         1.  To sue and be sued in all courts.         2.  To adopt, use, and alter at will a seal.         3.  To acquire, hold, construct, improve, maintain, operate, own,      and lease as lessor or lessee, aviation facilities, provided that no      lease of the authority's property whose primary term is in excess of      three years shall be entered by the authority until after publication      of notice of the terms of the proposed lease once in the county in      which said property is located, in the manner provided by section      618.14, together with the date, time, and place of a public hearing      which shall be held not less than fourteen days thereafter, at which      the authority will hear proponents for and objectors against the      lease and may, thereafter, cause it to be executed.         4.  To acquire, purchase, hold, own, operate, and lease as lessee      and use any franchise, property, real, personal or mixed, tangible or      intangible, or any interest therein, necessary or desirable for      carrying out the purposes of an authority and this chapter, and to      sell, mortgage, lease as lessor, transfer, and dispose of any      property or interest therein at any time acquired by it.         5.  To enter into and make leases, either as lessee or lessor, for      such period or periods of time and under such terms and conditions as      an authority shall determine.  Such leases may be entered into for      buildings, structures, or facilities constructed or acquired or to be      constructed or acquired by an authority, or may be entered into for      lands owned by an authority where the lessee of said lands agrees as      a consideration for said lease to construct or acquire buildings,      structures, or facilities on said lands which will become the      property of an authority under such terms, rentals, and other      conditions as the authority shall deem proper.         6.  To acquire by purchase, lease, or otherwise, and to construct,      improve, maintain, repair, and operate aviation facilities.         7.  To fix, alter, charge, establish, and collect rates, fees,      rentals, and other charges for the services and facilities of      aviation facilities, or any part thereof, at reasonable and uniform      rates to be determined exclusively by an authority for the purposes      of carrying out the provisions of this chapter.         8.  To borrow money, make and issue negotiable bonds,      certificates, refunding bonds, and other obligations (herein called      "bonds") and notes of an authority and to secure the payment of      such bonds or any part thereof by a pledge of any or all of an      authority's revenues, rates, fees, rentals, or other charges, and any      other funds which it has a right to, or may hereafter have the right      to pledge for such purposes (hereafter sometimes referred to as      "revenues"), and to mortgage its property as security for the      payment of such bonds; and in general, to provide for the security of      said bonds and the rights and remedies of the holders thereof.  Such      bonds may be issued to finance either one or more or a combination of      aviation facilities and the revenues of any one or more aviation      facilities may, subject to any prior rights of bondholders, be      pledged for any one or more or a combination of aviation facilities.      Any revenues from existing aviation facilities theretofore      constructed or acquired pursuant to this chapter or existing laws, or      existing aviation facilities constructed or acquired by an authority      from any source may be pledged for any one or more or a combination      of aviation facilities financed under this chapter, regardless of      whether or not such existing aviation facilities are then being      improved or financed by the proceeds of the bonds to be issued to      finance the one or more or the combination of aviation facilities for      which such revenues of such existing aviation facilities are to be      pledged.         9.  To make contracts of every kind and nature and to execute all      instruments necessary or convenient for the carrying on of its      business.         10.  Without limitation of the foregoing, to borrow money and      accept grants, contributions or loans from, and to enter into      contracts, leases, or other transactions with, municipal, county,      state, or federal government.         11.  To have the power of eminent domain, but only as provided in      section 330A.13.         12.  To pledge, hypothecate, or otherwise encumber all or any part      of the revenues, rates, fees, rentals, or other charges or receipts      of an authority as security for all or any of the obligations issued      by an authority.         13.  To pledge, mortgage, hypothecate, or otherwise encumber all      or any part of the property, real or personal, of the authority as      security for all or any of the obligations issued by an authority.         14.  To employ technical experts necessary to assist an authority      in carrying out or exercising any powers granted hereby, including      but not limited to architects, engineers, attorneys, fiscal advisors,      fiscal agents, investment bankers, and aviation consultants.         15.  To do all acts and things necessary or convenient for the      promotion of its business and the general welfare of an authority, in      order to carry out the powers granted to it by this chapter or any      other laws.  An authority shall have no power at any time or in any      manner to pledge the taxing power of the state or any political      subdivision or agency thereof, nor shall any of the obligations      issued by an authority be deemed to be an obligation of the state or      any political subdivision or agency thereof secured by and payable      from ad valorem taxes thereof, nor shall the state or any political      subdivision or agency thereof be liable for the payment of principal      of or interest on such obligations except from the special funds      provided for in this chapter.         16.  To designate employees upon whom are conferred all the powers      of a peace officer as defined in section 801.4.  The maximum age for      a person designated as a peace officer pursuant to this subsection is      sixty-five years of age.  
         Section History: Early Form
         [C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 330A.8] 
         Section History: Recent Form
         89 Acts, ch 182, § 7; 98 Acts, ch 1183, §111; 2006 Acts, 1st Ex,      ch 1001, §30, 49         Referred to in § 801.4 
         Footnotes
         2006 amendment to subsection 11 takes effect July 14, 2006, and      applies to applications for condemnation filed pursuant to §6B.3 on      or after that date; 2006 Acts, 1st Ex, ch 1001, §49