IC 8-21-8
    Chapter 8. Federal Aid for Airports

IC 8-21-8-1
Municipal projects
    Sec. 1. (a) Definitions:
    "Municipality" means any political subdivision, district, publiccorporation or authority in this state which is or may be authorizedby law to acquire, establish, construct, maintain, improve or operateairports or other air navigation facilities.
    "Public agency" and "sponsor" have the same meaning as set forthin the federal Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970 Pub.L.91-258, as amended.
    "Department" refers to the Indiana department of transportation.
    (b) A municipality, whether acting alone, or jointly with anothermunicipality, the state, or a public agency of another state, may notsubmit to the secretary of transportation of the United States aproject application for an airport development grant under theAirport and Airway Development Act of 1970, as amended, unlessthe project and project application have been first approved by thedepartment.
    (c) Payment of federal participating funds for an airportdevelopment project in Indiana authorized under the Airport andAirway Development Act of 1970, as amended, shall be as follows:
        (1) To the department when the state is a sponsor, or a jointsponsor with a municipality, of the project; or when thedepartment has provided state funding for the project;
        (2) To the municipality when the secretary of transportation ofthe United States and the municipality are sole funding sourcesfor the project.
    (d) When a municipality enters an agreement with the UnitedStates under the Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970, asamended, for an airport development project for which:
        (1) the state is a joint sponsor; or
        (2) the department has provided state financial assistance;
the municipality shall designate in the agreement that payment offederal participating funds be made to the department acting as itsagent, and enter into an agreement with the department appointing itto receive all federal participating funds as agent for themunicipality.
    (e) A municipality may appoint the department to be its agent forthe receipt of federal participating funds in an airport developmentproject if the municipality is not otherwise required to do so.
(Formerly: Acts 1947, c.114, s.1; Acts 1975, P.L.95, SEC.1.) Asamended by Acts 1980, P.L.74, SEC.341; P.L.18-1990, SEC.157.