Ch. 227

LAWS OF MARYLAND

(a)  The Board of County Commissioners of Cecil County may
create an Airport Authority of Cecil County, with the members,
powers, duties, functions, and operations provided in this
section.

(b)  If created, there shall be five members of the
authority, to be selected and appointed by the Board of County
Commissioners of Cecil County. Of the members first appointed to
the commission, one shall be appointed for an initial term of one
year, one for an initial term of two years, one for an initial
term of three years, one for an initial term of four years and
one for an initial term of five years. As these initial terms
expire the terms of succeeding members shall be for four years
each. The [county commissioners] BOARD shall appoint persons to
the authority who are skilled and proficient in the general
subject of aviation and airports. The [county commissioners]
BOARD, from time to time, shall designate a chairman of the
authority. All members of the authority at the time of
appointment and during their service on the authority shall be
residents of Cecil County. The authority shall meet regularly to
carry out its functions under this section.

(c)  The airport authority shall study the need and
possibilities for an airport in Cecil County, the rules,
regulations, and requirements of the federal aviation commission
and the state aviation commission STATE AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
in relation to any such facility, the possibilities for obtaining
state or federal funds for the construction and operation of an
airport, possible sites for an airport, and such other matters as
properly are related to, and fall within the scope of, the intent
and purpose of this section.

(d)  From time to time, the airport authority shall report
to the board of county commissioners and to the citizens of Cecil
County the results of its studies and deliberations, together
with any summarized information it may compile and with such
recommendations as it may think feasible and proper for the
progress and development of aviation and airports in Cecil
County.

(e)  Following such studies, the board of county
commissioners may establish and construct an airport or airports
in Cecil County, under the provisions of this section. In that
event, it or they shall be operated and maintained under the
control, direction, and supervision of the airport authority.

(f)  For the purposes of this section, the airport authority
with such funds as made available to it from time to time by the
board of county commissioners may engage and contract for the
services of such assistants, consultants, and employees as deemed
necessary for the work and purpose of the airport authority. The
authority, on behalf of and with the approval of the board of
county commissioners, may accept grants in aid, monies, and gifts

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