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Statutes > Utah > Title-72 > Chapter-10 > 72-10-20772-10-207. Powers of department and political subdivisions over airports --Security unit.
(1) The department, and counties, municipalities, or other political subdivisions of thisstate that have established or may establish airports or that acquire, lease, or set apart realproperty for those purposes, may:
(a) construct, equip, improve, maintain, and operate the airports or may vest the authorityfor their construction, equipment, improvement, maintenance, and operation in an officer of thedepartment or in an officer, board, or body of the political subdivision;
(b) adopt rules, establish charges, fees, and tolls for the use of airports and landing fields,fix penalties for the violation of the rules, and establish liens to enforce payment of the charges,fees, and tolls, subject to approval by the commission;
(c) lease the airports to private parties for operation for a term not exceeding 50 years, aslong as the public is not deprived of its rightful, equal, and uniform use of the facility;
(d) lease or assign space, area, improvements, equipment, buildings, and facilities on theairports to private parties for operation for a term not exceeding 50 years;
(e) lease or assign real property comprising all or any part of the airports to privateparties for the construction and operation of hangars, shop buildings, or office buildings for aterm not exceeding 50 years, if the projected construction cost of the hangar, shop building, oroffice building is $100,000 or more; and
(f) establish, maintain, operate, and staff a security unit for the purpose of enforcing stateand local laws at any airport that is subject to federal airport security regulations.
(2) The department or political subdivision shall pay the construction, equipment,improvement, maintenance, and operations expenses of any airport established by them underSubsection (1).
(3) (a) If the department or political subdivision establishes a security unit underSubsection (1)(f), the department head or the governing body of the political subdivision shallappoint persons qualified as peace officers under Title 53, Chapter 13, Peace OfficerClassifications to staff the security unit.
(b) A security unit appointed by the department or political subdivision is exempt fromcivil service regulations.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 270, 1998 General Session
Amended by Chapter 282, 1998 General Session
Amended by Chapter 365, 1998 General Session
