093_HB1595
LRB093 04635 MKM 04690 b
1 AN ACT in relation to ports.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Tri-City Regional Port District Act is
5 amended by changing Section 6 as follows:
6 (70 ILCS 1860/6) (from Ch. 19, par. 289)
7 Sec. 6. Power to apply for and accept grants, loans and
8 appropriations; petitions for improvements and changes. The
9 District has power to apply for and accept grants, loans, or
10 appropriations from the federal government, the State of
11 Illinois, and Madison County, or any agency or
12 instrumentality thereof to be used for any of the purposes of
13 the District and to enter into any agreements with the
14 federal, State, and county governments in relation to such
15 grants, loans or appropriations.
16 The District may petition any federal, state, municipal,
17 or local authority, administrative, judicial and legislative,
18 having jurisdiction in the premises, for the adoption and
19 execution of any physical improvement, change in method or
20 system of handling freight, warehousing, docking, lightering,
21 and transfer of freight, which in the opinion of the District
22 is designed to improve or better the handling of commerce in
23 and through the Port District or improve terminal or
24 transportation facilities therein.
25 (Source: P.A. 92-643, eff. 1-1-03.)