§607. Federal and state aid

A. An authority is authorized to accept, receive, receipt for, disburse, and expend federal and state moneys and other moneys, public or private, made available by grant or loan or both, to accomplish, in whole or in part, any of the purposes of this Chapter. All federal moneys accepted under this Section shall be accepted and expended by the authority upon such terms and conditions as are prescribed by the United States and as are consistent with state law; and all state moneys accepted under this Section shall be accepted and expended by the authority upon such terms and conditions as are prescribed by the state.

B. An authority is authorized to designate the office of aviation of the Department of Transportation and Development as its agent to accept, receive, receipt for, and disburse federal and state monies, and other monies, public or private, made available by grant or loan or both, to accomplish in whole or in part, any of the purposes of this Chapter; and to designate the said department as its agent in contracting for and supervising the planning, acquisition, development, construction, improvement, maintenance, equipment, or operation of any airport or other air navigation facility. An authority may enter into an agreement with the said department prescribing the terms and conditions of the agency in accordance with such terms and conditions as are prescribed by the United States, if federal money is involved, and in accordance with the applicable laws of this state. All federal monies accepted under this Section by the office of aviation of the Department of Transportation and Development shall be accepted and transferred or expended by said department upon such terms and conditions as are prescribed by the United States. All monies received by the office of aviation pursuant to this Subsection shall be deposited in the state treasury and, unless otherwise prescribed by the agency from which such monies were received, shall be kept in separate funds designated according to the purposes for which the monies were made available and held by the state in trust for such purpose.

Acts 1952, No. 531, §8; Acts 1999, No. 836, §1.