§ A3-3. Definitions.  


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  • As used in this act [article] the following words and terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context shall indicate another or different meaning or intent:

    (a)

    Airport facilities means airport facilities of all kinds including, but not limited to, landing fields, hangars, shops, restaurants and catering facilities, terminals, buildings, parking facilities and all other facilities necessary or desirable for the landing, taking off, operating, servicing, repairing and parking of aircraft, the unloading and handling of mail, express and freight and the accommodation, convenience and comfort of passengers, together with related transportation facilities, industrial development, all necessary appurtenances, machinery and equipment and all lands, properties, rights, easements and franchises relating thereto and deemed necessary or convenient by the authority in connection therewith.

    (b)

    Authority means the authority created by this act [article], or, if such authority shall be abolished, the board, body or commission succeeding to the principal functions thereof or to whom the powers given by this act [article] to the authority shall be given by law.

    (c)

    Cost means the cost of acquiring, constructing, reconstructing, improving, extending, enlarging or equipping airport facilities, and includes financing charges, interest prior to and during construction and for one year after completion of construction, cost of engineering, surveys, estimates of cost and revenues, other expenses necessary or incident to the determining of the feasibility or practicability of any such acquisition, construction, reconstruction, improvement, extension, enlargement or equipment of airport facilities, administrative expenses, and such other expenses, including reasonable provision for working capital and reserves, as may be necessary or incident to the financing herein authorized, to the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, improvement extension, enlargement and equipment of airport facilities and to the placing of the same in operation by the authority. Any obligation or expense incurred by the authority or by any political subdivision prior to the issuance of bonds under the provisions of this act [article] in connection with the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, improvement, extension, enlargement and equipment of any airport facilities may be regarded as a part of such cost.

(Laws of Fla., Ch. 81-436, § 3)