N.D. Cent. Code § 2-02-01
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2-02-01. Authority to acquire, operate, and regulate airports
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2-02-01. Authority to acquire, operate, and regulate airports
The North Dakota aeronautics commission and all counties, cities, park districts, and
townships of this state, separately or jointly, may acquire, establish, construct, expand, own,
lease, control, equip, improve, maintain, operate, regulate, and police airports and landing fields
for the use of aircraft either within or without the geographic limits of such political subdivisions,
and may use for such purpose or purposes any available property owned or controlled by the
state aeronautics commission or such political subdivisions. Any property acquired, owned,
leased, controlled, or occupied for the purpose or purposes enumerated herein hereby is
declared to be acquired, owned, leased, controlled, or occupied for a public purpose and as a
matter of public need, and there is no liability on the part of the state aeronautics commission or
any county, city, park district, or township in connection therewith, or in the operation thereof,
except to its own employees.
The North Dakota aeronautics commission and all counties, cities, park districts, and
townships of this state, separately or jointly, may acquire, establish, construct, expand, own,
lease, control, equip, improve, maintain, operate, regulate, and police airports and landing fields
for the use of aircraft either within or without the geographic limits of such political subdivisions,
and may use for such purpose or purposes any available property owned or controlled by the
state aeronautics commission or such political subdivisions. Any property acquired, owned,
leased, controlled, or occupied for the purpose or purposes enumerated herein hereby is
declared to be acquired, owned, leased, controlled, or occupied for a public purpose and as a
matter of public need, and there is no liability on the part of the state aeronautics commission or
any county, city, park district, or township in connection therewith, or in the operation thereof,
except to its own employees.
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