Sec. 1. Avon-Phillips Airport Authority established. The Avon-Phillips Airport Authority is established as a body corporate and politic and a public instrumentality of the State to carry out the provisions of this Act and shall take title to, acquire and manage the properties within the geographical boundaries of the Avon-Phillips Airport and other properties as may be authorized by law in the name of the State. As used in this Act, "authority" means the Avon-Phillips Airport Authority.

1. Powers. The authority may:

A. Sue and be sued;

B. Adopt bylaws consistent with this Act for the governance of its affairs;

C. Exercise all of the general powers of corporations under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 13-A, section 202;

D. Acquire real and personal property for use by the authority;

E. Exercise the power of eminent domain;

F. Lease, rent or otherwise dispose of real or personal property;

G. Provide for the public safety by imposing appropriate regulations, regulating appropriate use of the airport facilities and enforcing laws and regulations as they apply to the use of the airport's facilities;

H. Charge and collect fees, charges and rents for the use of the properties and other services and use the proceeds of those fees, charges and rents for the purposes provided in this Act;

I. Provide from operating revenues for the maintenance, construction or reconstruction of facilities for which the authority has not otherwise provided to ensure the public safety;

J. Take all other lawful action necessary and incidental to these powers; and

K. Adopt rules pursuant to the Maine Administrative Procedure Act. Any such rules are routine technical rules