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91_SB0156
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1 AN ACT to amend the Shawneetown Regional Port District
2 Act by changing Section 4.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Shawneetown Regional Port District Act is
6 amended by changing Section 4 as follows:
7 (70 ILCS 1850/4) (from Ch. 19, par. 404)
8 Sec. 4. The Port District has the following rights and
9 powers:
10 1. To issue permits: for the construction of all
11 wharves, piers, dolphins, booms, weirs, breakwaters,
12 bulkheads, jetties, bridges or other structures of any kind,
13 over, under, in, or within 40 feet of any navigable waters
14 within the Port Districts; for the deposit of rock, earth,
15 sand or other material, or any matter of any kind or
16 description in those said waters; and to fix, charge, assess
17 and collect fees, annually or on any other periodic basis
18 determined by the Port District, for the maintenance,
19 extension, or continuance of any permits in the amounts the
20 Port District in its discretion considers advisable; except
21 that nothing contained in this paragraph 1 shall be construed
22 so that it will be deemed necessary to obtain a permit from
23 the District for the erection, operation or maintenance of
24 any bridge crossing a waterway which serves as a boundary
25 between the State of Illinois and any other State, when said
26 erection, operation or maintenance is performed by any city
27 within the District;
28 2. To prevent or remove obstructions in navigable
29 waters, including the removal of wrecks;
30 3. To locate and establish dock lines and shore or
31 harbor lines;
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1 4. To regulate the anchorage, moorage and speed of water
2 borne vessels and to establish and enforce regulations for
3 the operation of bridges, except nothing contained in this
4 paragraph 4 shall be construed to give the District authority
5 to regulate the operation of any bridge crossing a water-way
6 which serves as a boundary between the State of Illinois and
7 any other State, when such operation is performed or to be
8 performed by any city within the District;
9 5. To acquire, own, construct, lease, operate and
10 maintain terminals, terminal facilities and port facilities,
11 and to fix and collect just, reasonable, and
12 nondiscriminatory charges for the use of such facilities. The
13 charges so collected shall be used to defray the reasonable
14 expenses of the Port District and to pay the principal of and
15 interest on any revenue bonds issued by the District;
16 6. To locate, establish and maintain a public airport,
17 public airports and public airport facilities within its
18 corporate limits or within or upon any body of water adjacent
19 thereto, and to construct, develop, expand, extend and
20 improve any such airport or airport facility;
21 7. To operate, maintain, manage, lease, sublease, and to
22 make and enter into contracts for the use, operation or
23 management of, and to provide rules and regulations for, the
24 operation, management or use of, any public airport or public
25 airport facility;
26 8. To fix, charge and collect reasonable rentals, tolls,
27 fees, and charges for the use of any public airport, or any
28 part thereof, or any public airport facility, or any
29 terminal, port facilities, terminal facilities, or any public
30 or private wharves, piers, dolphins, booms, weirs,
31 breakwaters, bulkheads, jetties, bridges, or other structures
32 of any kind, over, under, in, or within 40 feet of any
33 navigable waters within the Port District;
34 9. To establish, maintain, extend and improve roadways
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1 and approaches by land, water or air to any such airport and
2 to contract or otherwise provide, by condemnation if
3 necessary, for the removal of any airport hazard or the
4 removal or relocation of all private structures, railways,
5 mains, pipes, conduits, wires, poles, and all other
6 facilities and equipment which may interfere with the
7 location, expansion, development, or improvement of airports
8 or with the safe approach thereto or takeoff therefrom by
9 aircraft, and to pay the cost of removal or relocation; and,
10 subject to the "Airport Zoning Act", approved July 17, 1945,
11 as amended, to adopt, administer and enforce airport zoning
12 regulations for territory which is within its corporate
13 limits or which extends not more than two miles beyond its
14 corporate limits;
15 10. To restrict the height of any object of natural
16 growth or structure or structures within the vicinity of any
17 airport or within the lines of an approach to any airport
18 and, when necessary, for the reduction in the height of any
19 such existing object or structure, to enter into an agreement
20 for such reduction or to accomplish same by condemnation;
21 11. To agree with the state or federal governments or
22 with any public agency in respect to the removal and
23 relocation of any object of natural growth, airport hazard or
24 any structure or building within the vicinity of any airport
25 or within an approach and which is owned or within the
26 control of such government or agency and to pay all or an
27 agreed portion of the cost of such removal or relocation;
28 12. For the prevention of accidents, for the furtherance
29 and protection of public health, safety and convenience in
30 respect to aeronautics, for the protection of property and
31 persons within the District from any hazard or nuisance
32 resulting from the flight of aircraft, for the prevention of
33 interference between, or collision of, aircraft while in
34 flight or upon the ground, for the prevention or abatement of
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1 nuisances in the air or upon the ground or for the extension
2 of increase in the usefulness or safety of any public airport
3 or public airport facility owned by the District, the
4 District may regulate and restrict the flight of aircraft
5 while within or above the incorporated territory of the
6 District;
7 13. To police its physical property only and all
8 waterways and to exercise police powers in respect thereto or
9 in respect to the enforcement of any rule or regulation
10 provided by the ordinances of the District and to employ and
11 commission police officers and other qualified persons to
12 enforce the same. The use of any such public airport or
13 public airport facility of the District shall be subject to
14 the reasonable regulation and control of the District and
15 upon such reasonable terms and conditions as shall be
16 established by its Board. A regulatory ordinance of the
17 District adopted under any provisions of this Section may
18 provide for a suspension or revocation of any rights or
19 privileges within the control of the District for a violation
20 of any such regulatory ordinance. Nothing in this Section or
21 in other provisions of this Act shall be construed to
22 authorize the Board to establish or enforce any regulation or
23 rule in respect to aviation, or the operation or maintenance
24 of any airport facility within its jurisdiction, which is in
25 conflict with any federal or state law or regulation
26 applicable to the same subject matter;
27 14. To enter into agreements with the corporate
28 authorities or governing body of any other municipal
29 corporation or any political subdivision of this State to pay
30 the reasonable expense of services furnished by such
31 municipal corporation or political subdivision for or on
32 account of income producing properties of the District;
33 15. To enter into contracts dealing in any manner with
34 the objects and purposes of this Act.
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1 16. To acquire, own, lease, sell or otherwise dispose of
2 interests in and to real property and improvements situate
3 thereon and in personal property necessary to fulfill the
4 purposes of the District;
5 17. To designate the fiscal year for the District.
6 18. To engage in any activity or operation which is
7 incidental to and in furtherance of efficient operation to
8 accomplish the District's primary purpose.
9 (Source: Laws 1961, p. 2975.)