Public Act 103-0214
 
SB0046 EnrolledLRB103 04660 AWJ 50202 b


  
    AN ACT concerning local government.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the 
Illinois Waterway Ports Commission Act.
 
    Section 5. Creation; membership; administrative support.
    (a) The Illinois Waterway Ports Commission is hereby 
created. The Commission shall exercise jurisdiction with 
respect to the duties and powers delegated to it under this Act 
within the following port districts and counties: the Seneca 
Regional Port District, the Ottawa Port District, the Illinois 
Valley Regional Port District, the Heart of Illinois Regional 
Port District, and the Havana Port District and Fulton, Mason, 
Tazewell, Peoria, Woodford, Marshall, Putnam, Bureau, LaSalle, 
and Grundy counties.
    (b) The Commission shall consist of the following 9 
appointed members:
        (1) a member of the Board of the Seneca Regional Port 
    District, appointed by the Chairperson of the Board;
        (2) a member of the Board of the Ottawa Port District, 
    appointed by the Chairperson of the Board;
        (3) a member of the Board of the Illinois Valley 
    Regional Port District, appointed by the Chairperson of 
    the Board;
        (4) a member of the Board of the Heart of Illinois 
    Regional Port District, appointed by the Chairperson of 
    the Board;
        (5) a member of the Board of the Havana Regional Port 
    District, appointed by the Chairperson of the Board;
        (6) a member from a not-for-profit organization that 
    assists with local government planning within the northern 
    territory of the Commission, appointed by the majority 
    vote of the chairpersons of the Seneca Regional Port 
    District, Ottawa Port District, Illinois Valley Regional 
    Port District, Heart of Illinois Regional Port District, 
    and Havana Regional Port District;
        (7) a member appointed by the Tri-County Regional 
    Planning Commission from the Tri-County Regional Planning 
    Commission;
        (8) a member from a not-for-profit organization that 
    assists with local government planning within the southern 
    territory of the Commission, appointed by the majority 
    vote of the chairpersons of the Seneca Regional Port 
    District, Ottawa Port District, Illinois Valley Regional 
    Port District, Heart of Illinois Regional Port District, 
    and Havana Regional Port District;
        (9) a member that is recommended by the Chairperson of 
    the Board of the Heart of Illinois Regional Port District 
    and appointed by the majority vote of the chairpersons of 
    the Seneca Regional Port District, Ottawa Port District, 
    Illinois Valley Regional Port District, Heart of Illinois 
    Regional Port District, and Havana Regional Port District.
    The members shall be appointed no later than 90 days after 
the effective date of this Act. The members shall hold office 
for a period of 6 years, or until a successor has been 
appointed, and the members shall serve without compensation. 
At the expiration of the term of an appointed member, the 
person, organization, chairperson, or chairpersons who 
appointed the member shall appoint a successor who shall hold 
office for 6 years or until a successor has been appointed.
    (c) The members of the Commission shall elect a 
chairperson of the Commission for a 2-year term after all the 
members are selected. A member of the Commission shall not 
serve more than 2 terms as chairperson.
    (d) If a vacancy occurs in the Commission membership, the 
vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as the original 
appointment for the remainder of the unexpired term.
    (e) The Commission shall meet no less than once a year.
    (f) The Heart of Illinois Regional Port District shall 
provide administrative support and other support to the 
Commission.
 
    Section 10. Duties. The Commission has the following 
duties:
    (1) to coordinate and synchronize common efforts and

initiatives within the areas over which it has jurisdiction 
under this Act in order to enhance the reporting and benefits 
of statistical data;
    (2) to make recommendations to the Governor, the General 
Assembly, Congress, and federal agencies on regional issues 
that impact multimodal transportation, economic development, 
environmental sustainability, and climate resiliency within 
the areas over which it has jurisdiction under this Act;
    (3) to coordinate and synchronize common efforts and 
initiatives with the Mid-America Port Commission and the 
Joliet Regional Port District;
    (4) to coordinate and synchronize federal activities 
associated with the nonfederal sponsorship and development of 
the M-55 Illinois-Gulf Marine Highway; and
    (5) to request funding or assist in requesting funding, as 
it deems necessary, for those areas over which it has 
jurisdiction under this Act.
 
    Section 15. Powers.
    (a) The Commission may request funding from any federal, 
state, municipal, or local government or any other person or 
organization for purposes of the Commission within the 
Commission's jurisdiction. The individual port
districts 
within the Commission's jurisdiction retain authority to 
request funding from any federal, state, municipal, or local 
government or any other person or
organization for purposes of 
the individual port districts within the Commission area.
    (b) The Commission may enter into a memorandum of 
understanding or intergovernmental agreement with the State, a 
unit of local government, or a federal governmental 
organization in the performance of its duties.  The Commission 
may not exercise control over a operation of a port district 
established by any other law except by voluntary agreement 
between the port district and the Commission.
    (c) The Commission may perform any other act that may be 
useful in performing its duties under Section 10 or powers 
under this Section.
 
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.