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 1        AN ACT concerning ports.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The Illinois International Port District  Act
 5    is amended by changing Sections 5 and 12 as follows:

 6        (70 ILCS 1810/5) (from Ch. 19, par. 156)
 7        Sec. 5. The Port District shall have the following rights
 8    and powers:
 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  kind,
12    over,  under,  in,  or within 40 feet of any navigable waters
13    within the Port District; for the  deposit  of  rock,  earth,
14    sand  or  other  material,  or  any  matter  of  any  kind or
15    description in said waters;
16        (b)  To prevent or  remove  obstructions,  including  the
17    removal of wrecks;
18        (c)  To  locate  and  establish  dock  lines and shore or
19    harbor lines;
20        (d)  Beyond   the   limits   or   jurisdiction   of   any
21    municipality to regulate the anchorage, moorage and speed  of
22    vessels  and  to  establish  and  enforce regulations for the
23    operation of bridges and to regulate the anchorage,  moorage,
24    and  speed  of  water  borne vessels in the entrance channel,
25    anchorage basin and slips in the Senator Dan Dougherty Harbor
26    at Lake Calumet;
27        (e)  To acquire, own, construct,  sell,  lease,  operate,
28    and  maintain  port  and  harbor,  water,  and  land terminal
29    facilities, and, subject to the provisions of Section 5.01 to
30    operate or contract for the operation of such facilities, and
31    to fix and collect just,  reasonable  and  non-discriminatory
 
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 1    charges,  rentals or fees for the use of such facilities. The
 2    charges, rentals or fees so collected shall be made available
 3    to defray the reasonable expenses of the Port District and to
 4    pay the principal of and interest on any revenue bonds issued
 5    by the District;
 6        (f)  To enter into contracts dealing in any  manner  with
 7    the objects and purposes of this Act;
 8        (g)  To police its property and exercise police powers in
 9    respect  thereto or in respect to the enforcement of any rule
10    or regulation provided by the ordinances of the District  and
11    employ  and  commission  police  officers and other qualified
12    persons to enforce the same. The use of any property  of  the
13    District or property under the regulation of the District for
14    activities  including,  but not limited to, vehicular traffic
15    or commercial  maritime  traffic  shall  be  subject  to  the
16    reasonable  regulation  and  control of the District and upon
17    such reasonable terms and conditions as shall be  established
18    by  its Board. A regulatory ordinance of the District adopted
19    under any provision of this Section or Section 21 may provide
20    for a suspension or revocation of any  rights  or  privileges
21    within  the  control  of  the District for a violation of any
22    such regulatory ordinance.
23    (Source: P.A. 88-539.)

24        (70 ILCS 1810/12) (from Ch. 19, par. 163)
25        Sec. 12.  The governing and administrative  body  of  the
26    District  shall  be  a  board  consisting of 9 members, to be
27    known as the  Illinois  International  Port  District  Board.
28    Members  of  the  Board  shall be residents of a county whose
29    territory, in whole or in part, is embraced by  the  District
30    and  persons  of recognized business ability.  The members of
31    the Board shall receive compensation for their services,  set
32    by  the Board at an amount not to exceed $20,000.00 annually,
33    except the  Chairman  may  receive  an  additional  $5,000.00
 
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 1    annually,  if  approved  by the Board.  All such compensation
 2    shall be paid directly from  the  Port  District's  operating
 3    funds.   The  members  shall  receive  no  other compensation
 4    whatever, whether in form of salary, per  diem  allowance  or
 5    otherwise, for or in connection with his service as a member.
 6    The  preceding  sentence  shall  not  prevent any member from
 7    receiving any non-salary benefit  of  the  type  received  by
 8    employees  of  the  District. Each member shall be reimbursed
 9    for actual expenses incurred by them in  the  performance  of
10    their  duties.   Any person who is appointed to the office of
11    secretary or treasurer of the Board may receive  compensation
12    for  services  as  such  officer, as determined by the Board,
13    provided such person is not a member of the Board.  No member
14    of the Board or employee  of  the  District  shall  have  any
15    private   financial   interest,  profit  or  benefit  in  any
16    contract, work or business of the District nor in the sale or
17    lease of any property to or from the District.
18    (Source: P.A. 84-892.)

19        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
20    becoming law.