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1 | AN ACT concerning local government. | ||||||
2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly: | ||||||
4 | Section 5. The Illinois Waterway Ports Commission Act is | ||||||
5 | amended by changing Sections 5, 10, and 15 as follows: | ||||||
6 | (70 ILCS 1816/5) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 5. Creation; membership; administrative support. | ||||||
8 | (a) The Illinois Waterway Ports Commission is hereby | ||||||
9 | created. The Commission shall exercise jurisdiction with | ||||||
10 | respect to the duties and powers delegated to it under this Act | ||||||
11 | within the following port districts and counties: the Seneca | ||||||
12 | Regional Port District, the Ottawa Port District, the Illinois | ||||||
13 | Valley Regional Port District, the Heart of Illinois Regional | ||||||
14 | Port District, and the Havana Port District and Fulton, Mason, | ||||||
15 | Tazewell, Peoria, Woodford, Marshall, Putnam, Bureau, LaSalle, | ||||||
16 | and Grundy counties. | ||||||
17 | (b) The Commission shall consist of the following 9 | ||||||
18 | appointed members: | ||||||
19 | (1) a member appointed by the Chairperson of the Board | ||||||
20 | of the Seneca Regional Port District , appointed by the | ||||||
21 | Chairperson of the Board ; | ||||||
22 | (2) a member appointed by the Chairperson of the Board | ||||||
23 | of the Ottawa Port District , appointed by the Chairperson |
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1 | of the Board ; | ||||||
2 | (3) a member appointed by the Chairperson of the Board | ||||||
3 | of the Illinois Valley Regional Port District , appointed | ||||||
4 | by the Chairperson of the Board ; | ||||||
5 | (4) a member appointed by the Chairperson of the Board | ||||||
6 | of the Heart of Illinois Regional Port District , appointed | ||||||
7 | by the Chairperson of the Board ; | ||||||
8 | (5) a member appointed by the Chairperson of the Board | ||||||
9 | of the Havana Regional Port District , appointed by the | ||||||
10 | Chairperson of the Board ; | ||||||
11 | (6) a member from a not-for-profit organization that | ||||||
12 | assists with local government planning within the northern | ||||||
13 | territory of the Commission, appointed by the majority | ||||||
14 | vote of the chairpersons of the Seneca Regional Port | ||||||
15 | District, Ottawa Port District, Illinois Valley Regional | ||||||
16 | Port District, Heart of Illinois Regional Port District, | ||||||
17 | and Havana Regional Port District; | ||||||
18 | (7) a member appointed by the Tri-County Regional | ||||||
19 | Planning Commission from the Tri-County Regional Planning | ||||||
20 | Commission; | ||||||
21 | (8) a member from a not-for-profit organization that | ||||||
22 | assists with local government planning within the southern | ||||||
23 | territory of the Commission, appointed by the majority | ||||||
24 | vote of the chairpersons of the Seneca Regional Port | ||||||
25 | District, Ottawa Port District, Illinois Valley Regional | ||||||
26 | Port District, Heart of Illinois Regional Port District, |
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1 | and Havana Regional Port District; | ||||||
2 | (9) a member that is recommended by the Chairperson of | ||||||
3 | the Board of the Heart of Illinois Regional Port District | ||||||
4 | and appointed by the majority vote of the chairpersons of | ||||||
5 | the Seneca Regional Port District, Ottawa Port District, | ||||||
6 | Illinois Valley Regional Port District, Heart of Illinois | ||||||
7 | Regional Port District, and Havana Regional Port District. | ||||||
8 | The members shall be appointed no later than 90 days after | ||||||
9 | the effective date of this Act. The members shall hold office | ||||||
10 | for a period of 6 years, or until a successor has been | ||||||
11 | appointed, and the members shall serve without compensation. | ||||||
12 | At the expiration of the term of an appointed member, the | ||||||
13 | person, organization, chairperson, or chairpersons who | ||||||
14 | appointed the member shall appoint a successor who shall hold | ||||||
15 | office for 6 years or until a successor has been appointed. | ||||||
16 | (c) The members of the Commission shall elect a | ||||||
17 | chairperson of the Commission for a 2-year term after all the | ||||||
18 | members are selected. A member of the Commission shall not | ||||||
19 | serve more than 2 terms as chairperson. | ||||||
20 | (d) If a vacancy occurs in the Commission membership, the | ||||||
21 | vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as the original | ||||||
22 | appointment for the remainder of the unexpired term. | ||||||
23 | (e) The Commission shall meet no less than once a year. | ||||||
24 | (f) The Heart of Illinois Regional Port District shall | ||||||
25 | provide administrative support and other support to the | ||||||
26 | Commission. |
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1 | (Source: P.A. 103-214, eff. 6-30-23.) | ||||||
2 | (70 ILCS 1816/10) | ||||||
3 | Sec. 10. Duties. The Commission has the following duties: | ||||||
4 | (1) to coordinate and synchronize common efforts and | ||||||
5 | initiatives within the areas over which it has jurisdiction | ||||||
6 | under this Act in order to enhance the reporting and benefits | ||||||
7 | of statistical data ; | ||||||
8 | (2) to make recommendations to the Governor, the General | ||||||
9 | Assembly, Congress, and federal agencies on regional issues | ||||||
10 | that impact multimodal transportation, economic development, | ||||||
11 | environmental sustainability, and climate resiliency within | ||||||
12 | the areas over which it has jurisdiction under this Act; | ||||||
13 | (3) to coordinate and synchronize common efforts and | ||||||
14 | initiatives with the Mid-America Port Commission and the | ||||||
15 | Joliet Regional Port District; | ||||||
16 | (4) to coordinate and synchronize federal activities | ||||||
17 | associated with the nonfederal sponsorship and development of | ||||||
18 | the M-55 Illinois-Gulf Marine Highway; and | ||||||
19 | (5) to request funding or assist in requesting funding, as | ||||||
20 | it deems necessary, for those areas over which it has | ||||||
21 | jurisdiction under this Act. | ||||||
22 | (Source: P.A. 103-214, eff. 6-30-23.) | ||||||
23 | (70 ILCS 1816/15) | ||||||
24 | Sec. 15. Powers. |
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1 | (a) The Commission may request funding from any federal, | ||||||
2 | state, municipal, or local government or any other person or | ||||||
3 | organization for purposes of the Commission within the | ||||||
4 | Commission's jurisdiction. The individual port districts | ||||||
5 | within the Commission's jurisdiction retain authority to | ||||||
6 | request funding from any federal, state, municipal, or local | ||||||
7 | government or any other person or organization for purposes of | ||||||
8 | the individual port districts within the Commission area. | ||||||
9 | (b) The Commission may enter into a memorandum of | ||||||
10 | understanding or intergovernmental agreement with the State, a | ||||||
11 | unit of local government, or a federal governmental | ||||||
12 | organization in the performance of its duties. The Commission | ||||||
13 | may not exercise control over an a operation of a port district | ||||||
14 | established by any other law except by voluntary agreement | ||||||
15 | between the port district and the Commission. | ||||||
16 | (c) The Commission may acquire, purchase, install, lease, | ||||||
17 | construct, own, hold, maintain, equip, use, control, or | ||||||
18 | operate ports, harbors, waterways, channels, wharves, piers, | ||||||
19 | docks, quays, elevators, tipples, compresses, bulk loading and | ||||||
20 | unloading facilities, warehouse, dry docks, marine support | ||||||
21 | railways, tugboats, ships, vessels, shipyards, shipbuilding | ||||||
22 | facilities, machinery and equipment dredges, or any other | ||||||
23 | facilities required or incidental to the construction, | ||||||
24 | outfitting, dry docking, or repair of ships or vessels, or | ||||||
25 | water, air, or rail terminals, or roadways or approaches to | ||||||
26 | the facilities or other structures or facilities necessary for |
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1 | the convenient use of the same in the aid of commerce, | ||||||
2 | including the dredging, deepening, extending, widening, or | ||||||
3 | enlarging of any ports, harbors, rivers, channels, or | ||||||
4 | waterways, the damming of inland waterways, the establishment | ||||||
5 | of a water basin, the acquisition and development of | ||||||
6 | industrial sites, or the reclaiming of submerged lands. | ||||||
7 | (d) The Commission may not exercise control over the | ||||||
8 | operation of port districts established by any other law of | ||||||
9 | the State, except by voluntary agreement between the port | ||||||
10 | district and the Commission. | ||||||
11 | (e) (c) The Commission may perform any other act that may | ||||||
12 | be useful in performing its duties under Section 10 or powers | ||||||
13 | under this Section , including, but not limited to, enhancing | ||||||
14 | the reporting and benefits of statistical data . | ||||||
15 | (Source: P.A. 103-214, eff. 6-30-23; revised 9-25-23.) | ||||||
16 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
17 | becoming law. |