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Utah Code § 72-10-203 (2026)

Department and counties, municipalities, and airport authorities authorized to acquire and regulate airports

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The department and municipalities, counties, and airport authorities may acquire, establish, construct, expand, own, lease, control, equip, improve, maintain, operate, regulate, and police airports for the use of aircraft and may use for these purposes an available property that is owned or controlled by the department or by a municipality, county, or airport authority.
A county may not exercise the authority conferred in this section outside of the county's geographical limits except jointly with an adjoining county.
Before establishing and operating an airport that is open for public use in this state, an entity shall obtain a license issued and authorized by the department as described in Section 72-10-118.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2020–2020 · leading case: Salt Lake City v. Kunz, 2020 UT App 139 (Utah Ct. App. 2020).
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Salt Lake City v. Kunz, 2020 UT App 139 (Utah Ct. App. 2020). · cites it 12× “Owners point out that this provision used to say “either within or without their geographical limit,” see Utah Code Ann. § 72-10-203 (Michie 1994), but was later amended to state that authority may not be exercised “outside of its geographical limits except jointly with an…”
— Utah Code § 72-10-203(1) — 1 case
Salt Lake City v. Kunz, 2020 UT App 139 (Utah Ct. App. 2020). “Owners point out that this provision used to say “either within or without their geographical limit,” see Utah Code Ann. § 72-10-203 (Michie 1994), but was later amended to state that authority may not be exercised “outside of its geographical limits except jointly with an…”
— Utah Code § 72-10-203(2) — 1 case
Salt Lake City v. Kunz, 2020 UT App 139 (Utah Ct. App. 2020). “Owners point out that this provision used to say “either within or without their geographical limit,” see Utah Code Ann. § 72-10-203 (Michie 1994), but was later amended to state that authority may not be exercised “outside of its geographical limits except jointly with an…”
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