Senate Bill No. 349-Committee on Government Affairs
May 2, 1997
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Referred to Committee on Government Affairs
SUMMARY--Grants certain powers to and requires certain training for person who provides police service to Airport Authority of Washoe County. (BDR S-889)
FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.
Effect on the State or on Industrial Insurance: No.
EXPLANATION - Matter in italics is new; matter in brackets [ ] is material to be omitted.
AN ACT relating to the Airport Authority of Washoe County; granting the powers and requiring the training of a law enforcement officer as required by certain federal regulations to a person who provides police service to the authority; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1 Section 10 of chapter 474, Statutes of Nevada 1977, as last amended by chapter 737, Statutes of Nevada 1989, at page 1724, is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 10. The authority may do all things necessary to accomplish the purposes of this act. The authority has perpetual succession and may, by way of example and not of limitation:
1. Sue and be sued.
2. Plan, establish, acquire, construct, improve and operate one or more airports within Washoe County.
3. Acquire real or personal property or any interest therein by gift, lease or purchase for any of the purposes provided in this section, including the elimination, prevention or marking of airport hazards.
4. Sell, lease or otherwise dispose of any real property in such manner and upon such terms and conditions as the board deems proper and in the best interests of the authority.
5. Acquire real property or any interest therein in areas most affected by the noise of aircraft for the purpose of resale or lease thereof, subject to restrictions limiting its use to industrial or other purposes least affected by aircraft noise.
6. Enter into agreements with Washoe County and the cities of Reno and Sparks to acquire, by lease, gift, purchase or otherwise, any airport of such county or municipality and to operate that airport.
7. Exercise the power of eminent domain and dominant eminent domain in the manner provided by law for the condemnation by a city of private property for public use to take any property necessary to the exercise of the powers granted, within Washoe County.
8. Apply directly to the proper federal, state, county and municipal officials and agencies or to any other source, public or private, for loans, grants, guarantees or other financial assistance in aid of airports operated by it, and accept the same.
9. Study and recommend to the board of county commissioners of Washoe County and the city councils of the cities of Reno and Sparks zoning changes in the area of any airport operated by the authority with respect to noise, height and aviation obstructions in order to enable the authority to meet the requirements of any regulations of the Federal Aviation Administration.
10. Control its airports with the right and duty to establish and charge fees, rentals, rates and other charges, and collect revenues therefrom, not inconsistent with the rights of the holders of its bonds, and enter into agreements with carriers for the payment of landing fees, rental rates and other charges.
11. Use in the performance of its functions the officers, agents, employees, services, facilities, records and equipment of Washoe County or the cities of Reno and Sparks, with the consent of the respective county or municipality, and subject to such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon.
12. Enter upon such lands, waters or premises as in the judgment of the authority may be necessary for the purpose of making surveys, soundings, borings and examinations to accomplish any purpose authorized by this act. The authority is liable for actual damage done.
13. Provide its own fire protection, police and crash and rescue service. A person employed by the authority to provide police service to the authority has the powers and must have the training required of a law enforcement officer pursuant to Part 107 of Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as those provisions existed on January 1, 1997.
14. Contract with carriers with regard to landings and the accommodations of the employees and passengers of those carriers.
15. Contract with persons or corporations to provide goods and services for the use of the employees and passengers of the carriers and the employees of the authority, as necessary or incidental to the operation of the airports.
16. Hire and retain officers, agents and employees, including a fiscal advisor, engineers, attorneys or other professional or specialized personnel.
17. Adopt regulations governing vehicular traffic on the public areas of its airports relating to but not limited to speed restrictions, turning movements and other moving violations. It is unlawful for any person to do any act forbidden or fail to perform any act required in such regulations.
18. Adopt regulations governing parking, loading zones and ground transportation operations on its airports and governing traffic on restricted areas of its airports. The authority may establish a system of:
(a) Administrative procedures for review of alleged violations of such regulations; and
(b) Remedies for violations of such regulations, including the imposition of administrative fines to be imposed upon and collected from persons violating such regulations.
Sec. 2 Notwithstanding the amendatory provisions of section 1 of this act, a person employed by the Airport Authority of Washoe County to provide police service to the authority must comply with the amendatory provisions of section 1 of this act on or before July 1, 1998.
Sec. 3 This act becomes effective upon passage and approval.