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and (iii) making available services to be furnished by the Board or its agents at the airport or air navigation facility.\n\t\t\tIn each case the Board may establish the terms and conditions and fix the charges, rentals, or fee for the privilege or service, which shall be reasonable and uniform for the same class of privilege or service at each airport and shall be established with due regard to the property and improvements used and the expenses of operation to the Board; provided that in no case shall the public be deprived of its rightful, equal, and uniform use of the airport, air navigation facility, or portion of facility thereof.B\n\nExcept as may be limited by the terms and conditions of any grant, loan, or agreement authorized by § 5.1-2.16, the Board may by contract, lease, or other arrangements, upon a consideration fixed by it, grant to any qualified person, for a term not to exceed thirty years, the privilege of operating, as agent of the Board or otherwise, any airport owned or controlled by the Board; provided that no person shall be granted any authority to operate an airport other than as a public airport or to enter into any contracts, leases, or other arrangements in connection with the operation of the airport which the Board might not have undertaken under subsection A of this section.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":202970,"text":"In connection with the operation of an airport or air navigation facility owned or controlled by the Board, the Board may enter into contracts, leases, and other arrangements with any person or persons (i) granting the privilege of using or improving the airport or air navigation facility or any portion or facility thereof or space therein consistent with the purposes of this chapter; (ii) conferring the privileges of supplying goods, commodities, things, services, or facilities at the airport or air navigation facility; and (iii) making available services to be furnished by the Board or its agents at the airport or air navigation facility.\n\t\t\tIn each case the Board may establish the terms and conditions and fix the charges, rentals, or fee for the privilege or service, which shall be reasonable and uniform for the same class of privilege or service at each airport and shall be established with due regard to the property and improvements used and the expenses of operation to the Board; 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This law was first created in 1980. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 750 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1980 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":57893,"section_number":"5.1-2.16","catch_line":"Grants or loans of public or private funds","order_by":null,"url":"\/5.1-2.16\/"}],"permalink":{"id":233373,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55355,"identifier":"5.1-2.14","token":"5.1\/1\/1\/5.1-2.14","url":"\/5.1-2.14\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/5.1-2.14\/","token":"5.1\/1\/1\/5.1-2.14","dublin_core":{"Title":"Contracts, leases, and other arrangements","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 5.1-2.14","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> In connection with the operation of an airport<\/span> or air navigation facility<\/span> owned or controlled by the Board<\/span>, the Board<\/span> may enter into contracts<\/span>, leases, and other arrangements with any person<\/span> or persons<\/span> (i) granting the privilege<\/span> of using or improving the airport<\/span> or air navigation facility<\/span> or any portion or facility thereof or space therein consistent with the purposes of this chapter; (ii) conferring the privileges<\/span> of supplying goods, commodities, things, services, or facilities at the airport<\/span> or air navigation facility<\/span>; and (iii) making available services to be furnished by the Board<\/span> or its agents at the airport<\/span> or air navigation facility<\/span>.\n\t\t\tIn each case the Board<\/span> may establish the terms and conditions and fix the charges, rentals, or fee for the privilege<\/span> or service, which shall be reasonable and uniform for the same class of privilege<\/span> or service at each airport<\/span> and shall be established with due regard to the property and improvements used and the expenses of operation to the Board<\/span>; provided that in no case shall the public be deprived of its rightful, equal, and uniform use of the airport<\/span>, air navigation facility<\/span>, or portion of facility thereof. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Except as may be limited by the terms and conditions of any grant, loan, or agreement authorized by § 5.1-2.16<\/a>, the Board<\/span> may by contract<\/span>, lease, or other arrangements, upon a consideration fixed by it, grant to any qualified person<\/span>, for a term not to exceed thirty years, the privilege<\/span> of operating, as agent of the Board<\/span> or otherwise, any airport<\/span> owned or controlled by the Board<\/span>; provided that no person<\/span> shall be granted any authority to operate an airport<\/span> other than as a public airport<\/span> or to enter into any contracts<\/span>, leases, or other arrangements in connection with the operation of the airport<\/span> which the Board<\/span> might not have undertaken under subsection A of this section. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCONTRACTS, LEASES, AND OTHER ARRANGEMENTS (\u00a7 5.1-2.14)\n\nA. In connection with the operation of an airport or air navigation facility\nowned or controlled by the Board, the Board may enter into contracts, leases,\nand other arrangements with any person or persons (i) granting the privilege of\nusing or improving the airport or air navigation facility or any portion or\nfacility thereof or space therein consistent with the purposes of this chapter;\n(ii) conferring the privileges of supplying goods, commodities, things,\nservices, or facilities at the airport or air navigation facility; and (iii)\nmaking available services to be furnished by the Board or its agents at the\nairport or air navigation facility.\n\t\t\tIn each case the Board may establish the terms and conditions and fix the\ncharges, rentals, or fee for the privilege or service, which shall be reasonable\nand uniform for the same class of privilege or service at each airport and shall\nbe established with due regard to the property and improvements used and the\nexpenses of operation to the Board; provided that in no case shall the public be\ndeprived of its rightful, equal, and uniform use of the airport, air navigation\nfacility, or portion of facility thereof.\n\nB. Except as may be limited by the terms and conditions of any grant, loan, or\nagreement authorized by § 5.1-2.16, the Board may by contract, lease, or\nother arrangements, upon a consideration fixed by it, grant to any qualified\nperson, for a term not to exceed thirty years, the privilege of operating, as\nagent of the Board or otherwise, any airport owned or controlled by the Board;\nprovided that no person shall be granted any authority to operate an airport\nother than as a public airport or to enter into any contracts, leases, or other\narrangements in connection with the operation of the airport which the Board\nmight not have undertaken under subsection A of this section.\n\nHISTORY: 1980, c. 750.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}