Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 259.807 (2026)

Airport authority as body corporate; other airports; powers.

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AIRPORT AUTHORITIES

Act 73 of 1970

259.807 Airport authority as body corporate; other airports; powers.

Sec. 7.

The authority shall be a public body corporate with powers to sue or be sued in any court of this state and have the power and duty of planning, promoting, extending, owning, maintaining, acquiring, purchasing, constructing, improving, enlarging and operating all publicly-owned airports and airport facilities hereinafter established to be operated within the territorial jurisdiction of the authority. Any existing publicly-owned airport or airport facility now or hereafter within the jurisdictional confines of the authority may elect to come within the operational jurisdiction of the authority unless prohibited by legal restrictions or limitations, upon acceptance by the authority under mutually agreeable terms and conditions.

History: 1970, Act 73, Imd. Eff. July 16, 1970

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1997–1999 · leading case: Capital Region Airport Auth. v. DeWitt Charter Twp., 601 N.W.2d 141 (Mich. Ct. App. 1999).

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Capital Region Airport Auth. v. DeWitt Charter Twp., 601 N.W.2d 141 (Mich. Ct. App. 1999). · cites it 2× “[MCL 259.807; MSA 10.380(7) (emphasis supplied).”

Gen. Aviation, Inc. v. Capital Region Airport Auth., 569 N.W.2d 883 (Mich. Ct. App. 1997). “” MCL 259.807; MSA 10.380(7). Although there is federal support for interpreting such boilerplate language in enabling legisla *714 tion as an express waiver of governmental immunity, see Loeffler v Frank, 486 US 549, 560-562 ; 108 S Ct 1965 ; 100 L Ed 2d 549 (1988), Michigan…”

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