305.310. Additional powers, competitive bids required, when--approval by authority of all transactions.

MISSOURI STATUTES AND CODES

305.310. Additional powers, competitive bids required, when--approval by authority of all transactions.

Additional powers, competitive bids required, when--approval byauthority of all transactions.

305.310. 1. The authority may operate any authority airportand may charge and collect rents, rates or other compensation forany use thereof or for any service rendered by the authority inthe operation thereof pursuant to such contracts for such terms,not exceeding forty years, as the authority shall determine,which terms may begin in futuro, provided that, subject to thecapacity thereof, the landing field, landing strips, and servicesof any authority airport shall be available to any person withoutunjust or unreasonable discrimination as to services and chargesfor landing and takeoff by any aircraft.

2. The authority may grant to any person concessions orprivileges in any part of any authority airport, other than thelanding field and landing strips, and any related facilities forthe control and safe operation of aircraft, the sheltering,servicing or repair of aircraft, the receiving, discharging,sheltering, feeding and supplemental transportation ofpassengers, the parking of motor vehicles, and the receipt,transfer, storage and discharge of any cargo or for any purposereasonably incident to any of the foregoing, provided that anyleases and any grants of concessions or privileges may be forsuch terms, not exceeding twenty years, as the authority shalldetermine, and any such term may begin in futuro.

3. The authority may regulate, to the extent not regulatedby federal law or regulations, the navigation of aircraft overany authority airport and the perimeter area of such airport, theapproach of aircraft to and their takeoff from any authorityairport, and the use of any airport or related facilities so asto be consistent with the safe and efficient operation of theairport.

4. No city, town, county, or other political subdivision,located within the authority boundaries which owns an airport,may sell, give title or interest in, franchise, lease, contractfor operation or maintenance, or otherwise convey, its airport toor with any other state, authority or political subdivisionwithout the prior approval of the county airport authority.

5. All purchases, rentals, or leases of all goods, supplies,insurance, services, bonds, wares, commodities, or other items,tangible or intangible, by or for the authority, shall be basedon competitive bids. The authority shall advertise for bids inat least one newspaper of general circulation in the area servedby the authority at least five days before bids for thepurchases, rentals, or leases are to be opened. All bids shallbe mailed or delivered to the office of the authority so as toreach it before the time set for opening bids. The purchaseshall be let to the lowest and best bidders. The authority mayreject the bids and advertise for new bids. Purchases where theestimated expenditure is less than one thousand dollars may bemade without the securing of bids.