{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-183.133","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 183.133","heading":"Purpose, duties and powers of the board -- Rules and regulations,","body":"publication -- Enforcement -- Promotion of facilities.\n(1) The purpose of the board shall be to establish, maintain, operate, and expand\nnecessary, desirable or appropriate airport and air navigation facilities. It shall have\nthe duty and such powers as may be necessary, or desirable to promote and develop\naviation, including air transportation, airports and air navigation facilities.\n(2) The board shall establish and fix reasonable rate s, charges and fees for the use of\nthe landing area, ramps and other common aviation facilities. In fixing such rates,\ncharges or fees the board may take into consideration, among other factors, the total\ncapital investment by the board or other local or s tate governmental authority, the\nrevenue needed properly to maintain such facilities, the revenue needed properly to\nexpand the airport and its facilities, the portion of the facilities utilized by the\nlicensee or contracting party and its customers and th e volume and type of business\nconducted. Any party aggrieved by the rates, charges or fees may appeal from the\naction of the board to the Circuit Court of the county within which the board\noperates, within ninety (90) days from the date that the board fina lly publishes such\nrates, charges or fees and gives notice of same to the contracting party or licensee.\nThe Circuit Court may hear evidence and determine whether or not the rates,\ncharges or fees are, or are not, reasonable in amount. Appeal from the judg ment of\nthe Circuit Court may be prosecuted as any other civil appeal.\n(3) The board shall likewise have power, from time to time, to fix rates, charges or fees\nby contract, or by publishing general rates, charges or fees for commercial vendors,\nconcessionaires or other persons for the use or occupancy of terminal or other\nground use facilities, under such terms or conditions as it may deem to be in the\nbest interest of maintaining, operating or expanding necessary airport or air\nnavigation facilities, and the public use thereof.\n(4) The board may acquire by contract, lease, purchase, gift, condemnation or otherwise\nany real or personal property, or rights therein, necessary for establishing, operating\nor expanding airports and air navigation facilities. The  board may erect, equip,\noperate and maintain on such property, buildings and equipment necessary,\ndesirable or appropriate for airport or air navigation facilities. The board may\ndispose of any real or personal property, or rights therein, which, in the o pinion of\nthe board are no longer needed for operating or expanding the airport or air\nnavigation facilities.\n(5) The board or any other governmental unit may by resolution reciting that the\nproperty is needed for airport or air navigation purposes direct the condemnation of\nany property, including navigation or other easements. The procedure for\ncondemnation shall conform to the procedures set out in the Eminent Domain Act\nof Kentucky.\n(6) The board or any other governmental unit may from time to time make , adopt and\nenforce such rules, regulations and ordinances as it may find necessary, desirable or\nappropriate for carrying into effect the purposes of this chapter, including those\nrelating to the operation and control of the airport, airport facilities or  air navigation\nfacilities owned or operated by such board or such other governmental unit. All\nrules, regulations and ordinances adopted pursuant to this section shall be published\naccording to the provisions of KRS 424.130, and the board or other governm ental\nunit adopting them shall keep a permanent record of such rules, regulations and\nordinances available for public inspection, on the airport premises. Prosecution for a\nviolation of any rule, regulation or ordinance adopted pursuant to this section sha ll\nbe in the District Court of any county within which the airport is located.\n(7) Any board may engage in activities to promote, encourage or develop the use of\nairports or air navigation facilities under its control and any board which has\nmembers thereof appointed by the Governor shall be assisted in such activities by\nthe state Cabinet for Economic Development if it requests such assistance from the\ncabinet.","path":["KRS Chapter 183"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=5736","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:51:34Z","sha256":"0c4dadf52dcd0f2b8bf22789e1eb33d2083e5e0a4f083ba4934c6e9e94af3867","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-183.132","next":"us-ky/krs-183.1335"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}