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1 | AN ACT concerning local government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Kaskaskia Regional Port District Act is | ||||||
5 | amended by changing Section 7.1 as follows:
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6 | (70 ILCS 1830/7.1) (from Ch. 19, par. 507.1)
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7 | Sec. 7.1. Additional rights and powers.
The Port District | ||||||
8 | has the following additional rights and powers:
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9 | (a) To issue permits for the construction of all | ||||||
10 | wharves, piers,
dolphins, booms, weirs, breakwaters, | ||||||
11 | bulkheads, jetties, bridges or other
structures of any | ||||||
12 | kind, over, under, in, or within 40 feet of any navigable
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13 | waters within the Port District, for the deposit of rock, | ||||||
14 | earth, sand or
other material, or any matter of any kind or | ||||||
15 | description in such waters;
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16 | (b) To prevent and remove obstructions in navigable | ||||||
17 | waters, including
the removal of wrecks or vessels; to | ||||||
18 | recover damages, including attorney fees, for the removal | ||||||
19 | and clean-up of the site or sites and the surrounding or | ||||||
20 | downstream environment; these rights and powers shall | ||||||
21 | include, but are not limited to, emergency powers to seize | ||||||
22 | wrecks or vessels, remediate damages, and provide for the | ||||||
23 | disposition of the wrecks or vessels;
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1 | (c) To locate and establish dock lines and shore or | ||||||
2 | harbor lines;
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3 | (d) To regulate the anchorage, moorage and speed of | ||||||
4 | water borne vessels
and to establish and enforce | ||||||
5 | regulations for the operation of bridges;
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6 | (e) To acquire, own, construct, lease, operate and | ||||||
7 | maintain terminals,
terminal facilities, port facilities, | ||||||
8 | transportation equipment facilities,
railroads and | ||||||
9 | marinas, and airport facilities
and systems, and to fix | ||||||
10 | and collect just, reasonable, and
non-discriminatory | ||||||
11 | charges for use of such facilities, equipment and
systems. | ||||||
12 | The charges so collected shall be used to defray the | ||||||
13 | reasonable
expenses of the Port District, and to pay the | ||||||
14 | principal of and interest on
any revenue bonds issued by | ||||||
15 | the Port District;
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16 | (f) To operate, maintain, manage, lease, sub-lease, | ||||||
17 | and to make and
enter into contracts for the use, | ||||||
18 | operation or management of, and to
provide rules and | ||||||
19 | regulations for, the operation, management or use of, any
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20 | public port or public port facility;
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21 | (g) To fix, charge and collect reasonable rentals, | ||||||
22 | tolls, fees and
charges for the use of any public port, or | ||||||
23 | any part thereof, or any public
port facility;
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24 | (h) To establish, maintain, expand and improve | ||||||
25 | roadways, railroads, and
approaches by land, or water, to | ||||||
26 | any such terminal, terminal facility and
port facilities, |
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1 | and to contract or otherwise provide by condemnation, if
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2 | necessary, for the removal of any port, terminal, terminal | ||||||
3 | facilities and
port facility hazards or the removal or | ||||||
4 | relocation of all private
structures, railroads, mains, | ||||||
5 | pipes, conduits, wires, poles, and all other
facilities | ||||||
6 | and equipment which may interfere with the location, | ||||||
7 | expansion,
development or improvement of ports, terminals, | ||||||
8 | terminal facilities and
port facilities or with the safe | ||||||
9 | approach thereto, or exit or takeoff
therefrom by | ||||||
10 | vehicles, vessels, barges and other means of | ||||||
11 | transportation,
and to pay the cost of removal or | ||||||
12 | relocation;
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13 | (i) To police its physical property only and all | ||||||
14 | waterways and to
exercise police powers in respect thereto | ||||||
15 | or in respect to the enforcement
of any rule or regulation | ||||||
16 | provided by the ordinances of the District and to
employ | ||||||
17 | and commission police officers and other qualified persons | ||||||
18 | to
enforce such rules and regulations. A regulatory | ||||||
19 | ordinance of the District
adopted under any provisions of | ||||||
20 | this Section may provide for a suspension
or revocation of | ||||||
21 | any rights or privileges within the control of the
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22 | District for a violation of any such regulatory ordinance.
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23 | (j) To enter into agreements with the corporate | ||||||
24 | authorities or governing
body of any other municipal | ||||||
25 | corporation or any political subdivision of
this State to | ||||||
26 | pay the reasonable expense of services furnished by such
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1 | municipal corporation or political subdivision for or on | ||||||
2 | account of income
producing properties of the District;
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3 | (k) To enter into contracts dealing in any manner with | ||||||
4 | the objects and
purposes of this Act;
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5 | (l) To acquire, own, lease, mortgage, sell, or | ||||||
6 | otherwise dispose of interests in
and to real property and | ||||||
7 | improvements situate thereon and in personal
property | ||||||
8 | necessary to fulfill the purposes of the District;
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9 | (m) To designate the fiscal year for the District;
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10 | (n) To engage in any activity or operation which is | ||||||
11 | incidental to and in
furtherance of efficient operation to | ||||||
12 | accomplish the District's primary
purpose;
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13 | (o) To acquire, erect, construct, maintain and operate | ||||||
14 | aquariums,
museums, planetariums, climatrons and other | ||||||
15 | edifices for the collection and
display of objects | ||||||
16 | pertaining to natural history or the arts and sciences
and | ||||||
17 | to permit the directors or trustees of any corporation or | ||||||
18 | society
organized for the erection, construction, | ||||||
19 | maintenance and operation of an
aquarium, museum, | ||||||
20 | planetarium, climatron or other such edifice to perform
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21 | such erection, construction, maintenance and operation on | ||||||
22 | or within any
property now or hereafter owned by or under | ||||||
23 | the control or supervision of
the District; and to | ||||||
24 | contract with any such directors or trustees relative
to | ||||||
25 | such acquisition, erection, construction, maintenance and | ||||||
26 | operation and
to charge or authorize such directors or |
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1 | trustees to charge an admission
fee, the proceeds of which | ||||||
2 | shall be devoted exclusively to such erection,
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3 | construction, maintenance and operation;
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4 | (p) To do any act which is enumerated in Section | ||||||
5 | 11-74.1-1 of the
"Illinois Municipal Code", in the same | ||||||
6 | manner and form as though the
District were a | ||||||
7 | "municipality" as referred to in such Section;
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8 | (q) To acquire, own, erect, construct, lease, | ||||||
9 | reconstruct, improve, maintain and
operate one or more, or | ||||||
10 | a combination or combinations of, industrial
buildings, | ||||||
11 | office buildings, buildings to be used as a factory, mill | ||||||
12 | shops,
processing plants, packaging plants, assembly | ||||||
13 | plants, fabricating plants,
and buildings to be used as | ||||||
14 | warehouses and other storage facilities.
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15 | (r) To acquire, own, construct, lease or contract for | ||||||
16 | any period not
exceeding 99
years, operate, develop, and | ||||||
17 | maintain Port District water and sewage systems
and other
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18 | utility systems and services, including, but not limited | ||||||
19 | to, pipes, mains,
lines, sewers,
pumping stations, | ||||||
20 | settling tanks, treatment plants, water purification
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21 | equipment, wells,
storage facilities, lines, and all other | ||||||
22 | equipment, material, and facilities
necessary to those
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23 | systems, for the use, upon payment of reasonable fee set | ||||||
24 | by the District, of
any tenant,
occupant, or user of the | ||||||
25 | District facilities or any person engaged in commerce
in | ||||||
26 | the
District; provided that the District shall not |
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1 | acquire, own, construct, lease,
operate,
develop, and | ||||||
2 | maintain the systems and services if those systems and
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3 | services can be
provided by an investor-owned public | ||||||
4 | utility offering electric or gas services.
The public
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5 | utility shall provide the District with a written | ||||||
6 | response, within 30 days
after receiving a
written request | ||||||
7 | from the District for those systems or services, stating
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8 | whether it will or
will not be able to provide the | ||||||
9 | requested systems or services in accordance
with the | ||||||
10 | Public
Utilities
Act.
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11 | (Source: P.A. 99-507, eff. 6-24-16.)
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