As Amended
SEC. 61-3-83. Acquisition, etc., of airports, air navigation facilities, etc.; tort liability.
[Until October 1, 1993, Section 61-3-83 shall read as follows:] The acquisition of any land, or interest therein, pursuant to this chapter, the planning, acquisition, establishment, development, construction, improvement, maintenance, equipment, operation, regulation and protection of airports and air navigation facilities, including the acquisition or elimination of airport hazards, and the exercise of any other powers granted in this chapter to authorities and other public agencies, to be severally or jointly exercised, are hereby declared to be public and governmental functions, exercised for a public purpose, and matters of public necessity. All land and other property and privileges acquired and used by or on behalf of any authority or other public agency in the manner and for the purposes enumerated in this chapter shall and are hereby declared to be acquired and used for public and governmental purposes and as a matter of public necessity.
No action or suit sounding in tort shall be brought or maintained against the state, any municipality thereof, or any airport authority organized under this chapter, or the officers, agents, servants or employees of the state, any municipality thereof, or any airport authority organized under this chapter, on account of any act done in or about the construction, maintenance, enlargement, operation, superintendence or management of any airport or other air navigation facility.
[From and after October 1, 1993, Section 61-3-83 shall read as follows:] The acquisition of any land, or interest therein, pursuant to this chapter, the planning, acquisition, establishment, development, construction, improvement, maintenance, equipment, operation, regulation and protection of airports and air navigation facilities, including the acquisition or elimination of airport hazards, and the exercise of any other powers granted in this chapter to authorities and other public agencies, to be severally or jointly exercised, are hereby declared to be public and governmental functions, exercised for a public purpose and matters of public necessity. All land and other property and privileges acquired and used by or on behalf of any authority or other public agency in the manner and for the purposes enumerated in this chapter shall and are hereby declared to be acquired and used for public and governmental purposes and as a matter of public necessity.
SOURCES: Codes, 1942, Sec. 7545-45; Laws, 1958, ch. 230, Sec. 15; 1983, ch. 528; 1984, ch. 495, Sec. 31; reenacted and amended, 1985, ch. 474, Sec. 30; 1986, ch. 438, Sec. 43; 1987, ch. 483, Sec. 44; 1988, ch. 442, Sec. 41; 1989, ch. 537, Sec. 39; 1990, ch. 518, Sec. 40; 1991, ch. 618, Sec. 40; 1992, ch. 491 Sec. 42, eff from and after passage (approved May 12, 1992).