763                                          LAWS OF MARYLAND                                  Ch. 253

MARYLAND RESIDENTS AND OTHERS, AND USER FEES.

11-102. POTOMAC HIGHLANDS AIRPORT AUTHORITY
AUTHORIZED.

THE COUNTY COMMISSIONS OF MINERAL COUNTY AND OTHER
COUNTIES CONTIGUOUS TO MINERAL COUNTY, AND THE GOVERNING
BODIES OF MUNICIPALITIES SITUATED IN THOSE COUNTIES, OR
ANY ONE OR MORE OF THEM, JOINTLY AND SEVERALLY, MAY
CREATE AND ESTABLISH, WITH PROPER GOVERNMENTAL UNITS OF
THE STATE OF MARYLAND, ALLEGANY COUNTY, MARYLAND, AND
OTHER COUNTIES CONTIGUOUS TO ALLEGANY COUNTY, CUMBERLAND,
MARYLAND, AND OTHER MUNICIPALITIES SITUATED IN THOSE
MARYLAND COUNTIES, OF ANY ONE OR MOPE OF THEM, A PUBLIC
AGENCY TO BE KNOWN AS THE "POTOMAC HIGHLANDS AIRPORT
AUTHORITY" IN THE MANNER AND FOR THE PURPOSES SET FORTH
IN THIS TITLE.

11-103. AUTHORITY A CORPORATION.

WHEN CREATED, THE AUTHORITY AND THE MEMBERS OF THE
AUTHORITY, SHALL CONSTITUTE A PUBLIC CORPORATION AND AS
SUCH SHALL HAVE PERPETUAL SUCCESSION, MAY CONTRACT AND BE
CONTRACTED WITH, SUE AND BE SUED, AND HAVE AND USE A
COMMON SEAL.

11-104. PURPOSES.

THE AUTHORITY MAY ACQUIRE, EQUIP, MAINTAIN, AND
OPERATE AN AIRPORT OR LANDING FIELD AND APPURTENANT
FACILITIES IN MINERAL COUNTY ON THE POTOMAC RIVER NEAR
RIDGELEY, WEST VIRGINIA, TO SERVE THE AREA IN WHICH IT IS
LOCATED.

11-105. MEMBERS OF AUTHORITY.

(A)    THE MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF THE POTOMAC
HIGHLANDS AIRPORT AUTHORITY, ITS PROPERTY, OPERATIONS,
BUSINESS AND AFFAIRS SHALL BE LODGED IN A BOARD OF SEVEN
OR MORE PERSONS WHO SHALL BE KNOWN AS MEMBERS OF THE
AUTHORITY AND WHO SHALL BE APPOINTED FOR TERMS OF THREE
YEARS EACH BY THOSE COUNTIES, MUNICIPALITIES OR OTHER
GOVERNMENTAL UNITS SITUATED IN WEST VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND
AS CONTRIBUTE TO THE FUNDS OF THE AUTHORITY, IN SUCH
PROPORTION BETWEEN THOSE STATES AND COUNTIES,
MUNICIPALITIES AND UNITS, AND IN WHATEVER MANNER, AS MAY
FROM TIME TO TIME BE PROVIDED IN THE BYLAWS ADOPTED BY
THE AUTHORITY.

(B)    THE FIRST BOARD SHALL BE APPOINTED AS FOLLOWS:

(1) THE COUNTY COMMISSION OF MINERAL COUNTY
SHALL APPOINT TWO MEMBERS FOR TERMS OF TWO AND THREE
YEARS, RESPECTIVELY;

(2) THE GOVERNING OFFICIAL OR BODY OF THE
MUNICIPALITY OF CUMBERLAND, MARYLAND, SHALL APPOINT THREE