§ 2751. Statement of legislative findings and purpose. The legislature
hereby finds and declares as follows:

1. The economic well-being of the state and the general welfare of its
people require adequate, safe, secure and efficient aviation and
transportation facilities at a reasonable cost to the people.

2. The strengthening and improvement of aviation facilities and
related services for the western part of the state is a matter of vital
importance not only to the residents of western New York but to all the
state's residents and is therefore a matter of state concern.

3. In order to insure a healthy economy for such area and to promote
the general welfare of its residents, it is necessary to expand and
improve the existing aviation facilities and services in Monroe county
in such a manner as to stimulate and promote increased local, state,
national and international air travel and commerce through western New
York.

4. The health, welfare, safety and security of the state's residents
and of those passengers using air transportation requires coordinated
operation of aviation facilities and services in Monroe county by a
public benefit airport authority.

5. The purposes of such authority shall be (i) to stimulate and
promote economic development, trade and tourism (ii) to acquire,
construct, reconstruct, continue, develop, equip, expand, improve,
maintain, finance and operate aviation and other related facilities and
services within Monroe county (iii) to promote safe, secure, efficient
and economical air transportation by preserving and enhancing airport
capacity (iv) to form an integral part of a safe and effective
nationwide system of airports to meet the present and future needs of
civil aeronautics and national defense and to assure inclusion of the
authority's facilities in state, national and international programs for
air transportation and for airport or airway capital improvement, all in
accordance with the provisions of this title (v) to insure that aviation
facilities authorized pursuant to this title shall provide for the
protection and enhancement of the natural resources and the quality of
the environment of the state and the western New York area.

6. Such purposes are in all respects public purposes for the benefit
of the people of the State of New York and for which public funds may be
expended and both the county and the authority in carrying out their
respective powers and duties under this title shall be deemed to be
acting in a governmental capacity. The acquisition, construction,
reconstruction, development, expansion, improvement, equipping,
operation and maintenance of any project financed or undertaken by the
authority or the county shall be deemed to be the performance of an
essential governmental function by the authority or the county acting in
its governmental capacity, whether such project shall be owned or
operated by the authority or by any person or public corporation.