The state will now have control of appointments for McGhee Tyson. The appointments for the nine member board will be divided between the governor (two), speaker of the house (two), speaker of the senate (two) with three selections will come from Knoxville with the mayor nominating and the city council approving those picks.

...The law specifies that of the two selections made by each of the three state officers, one must be a “resident of the county in which the airport is located,” while one is a resident of the authority’s creating municipality.
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The law does require that no appointee can have a financial interest in an airport or its concessions and can not be an officer or employee of Knoxville.