Chapter 1. General Provisions of California Public Utilities Code >> Division 17. >> Chapter 1.

This division shall be known and may be cited as the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority Act.

There is hereby established the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority, as a local governmental entity of regional government, with jurisdiction extending throughout the County of San Diego.

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
  (a) Airports help to link local, regional, statewide, national, and global economic activities. Airports are also essential features of comprehensive transportation systems, that include streets and highways, rail transit, transit over water, and mass transit.
  (b) It is essential to the public health, safety, and welfare that airports be developed and operated in the San Diego County region so that those airports promote economic development, protect environmental quality, and enhance social equity.
  (c) The significant regional consequences of airport planning, development, and operations require the creation of a regional airport authority.

For the purposes of this division, the following terms have the following meanings, unless the context requires otherwise.
  (a) The "authority" means the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority established under this division.
  (b) The "board" and "board of directors" means the governing board of the authority established as specified in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 170010).
  (c) The "consolidated agency" means the authority resulting from the consolidation of the San Diego Association of Governments and the transit boards pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 132350) of Division 12.7.
  (d) The "east county cities" means the Cities of El Cajon, La Mesa, Lemon Grove, and Santee.
  (e) The "north county coastal cities" means the Cities of Carlsbad, Del Mar, Encinitas, Oceanside, and Solana Beach.
  (f) The "north county inland cities" means the Cities of Escondido, Poway, San Marcos, and Vista.
  (g) The "port" means the San Diego Unified Port District established under the San Diego Unified Port District Act (Chapter 67 of the Statutes of 1962, First Extraordinary Session).
  (h) The "San Diego International Airport" means the airport located at Lindbergh Field in the County of San Diego.
  (i) The "south county cities" means the Cities of Chula Vista, Coronado, Imperial Beach, and National City.