Any county in the State of Arkansas may levy a sales and use tax, as described and set forth herein, for the purpose of providing funds for the acquisition, construction, and equipping of properties, real, personal or mixed, tangible or intangible, to constitute all or a part of any airport or riverport owned and operated by such county, and by one (1) or more other counties jointly or by a metropolitan port authority, pursuant to the Metropolitan Port Authority Act of 1961, § 14-185-101 et seq., a regional airport commission, as set forth in the Regional Airport Act, § 14-362-101 et seq., or other instrumentality of such counties and for the other purposes set forth herein (the “project”).