§17-16F-30. Financial aid.

(a) The division shall cooperate with the United States, and any agency or department, in the planning, acquisition, construction, improvement, maintenance, and operation of airports and other air navigation facilities in this state and may accept federal aid either outright or by way of matching, in whole or in part, as required, and when funds for matching are available to the division, comply with the provisions of the laws and regulations of the United States for the expenditure of federal moneys upon such airports and other air navigation facilities.

(b) The division may accept, receive, and receipt for federal moneys and other moneys, either public or private, for and on behalf of this state, or any municipality, for the planning, acquisition, construction, improvement, maintenance, and operation of airports and other air navigation facilities, whether such work is to be done by the state or by such municipality, or jointly, aided by grants of aid from the United States, upon such terms and conditions as are or may be prescribed by the laws, rules, or regulations of the United States. The division shall be designated as the agency of the state and shall act as agent of any municipality upon the request of such municipality, in accepting, receiving, and receipting for such moneys on its behalf for airports or other air navigation facility purposes, and in contracting for the planning, acquisition, construction, improvement, maintenance, or operation of airports or other air navigation facilities, financed, either in whole or in part, by federal moneys. Any such municipality shall enter an agreement with the division prescribing the terms and conditions of such agency in accordance with federal laws and regulations and with this article. Such moneys paid by the United States shall be retained by the state or said municipalities under such terms and conditions as may be imposed by the United States in making such grants.

(c) All contracts for the planning, acquisition, construction, improvement, maintenance, and operation of airports, or other air navigation facilities made by the division, either as the agent of the State or as the agent of any municipality, shall be made pursuant to the laws of this state: Provided, That where the planning, acquisition, construction, improvement, maintenance, and operation of any airport or other air navigation facility is financed wholly or partially with federal moneys, the division, as agent of the State or of any municipality, shall execute contracts in the manner prescribed by the federal laws, rule, or regulations, notwithstanding State law to the contrary.

(d) All moneys accepted for disbursement by the division pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the State Treasury, and, unless otherwise prescribed by the authority from which the money is received, kept in separate funds, designated according to the purposes for which the moneys were made available, and held by the State in trust. All such moneys are appropriated for the purposes for which the same were made available and shall be expended in accordance with federal laws and regulations and with the provisions of this article. The division shall, whether acting for this state or the agent of any municipality, when requested by the United States or any agency or department or by the state or municipality for which the money has been made available, disburse such moneys for the designated purposes, but this shall not preclude any other authorized method of disbursement.

(e) The state or municipality shall cooperate with the United States, and any agency or department, in the acquisition, construction, improvement, maintenance, and operation of airports and other air navigation facilities in this state and shall accept federal aid, either by way of outright grant or by matching the same, in whole or in part, as required to comply with the provisions of the laws and regulations of the United States for the expenditure of federal moneys upon such airports and other air navigation facilities.