Full Text of SB0263 95th General Assembly
SB0263 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 SB0263
Introduced 2/7/2007, by Sen. David Koehler SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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70 ILCS 5/2.7.1 new |
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70 ILCS 5/3 |
from Ch. 15 1/2, par. 68.3 |
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Amends the Airport Authorities Act. Creates the Greater Metropolitan Airport Authority. Provides that the territory of the Authority shall be coterminous with the boundaries of Peoria County. Provides that the existing airport authority located within Peoria County is dissolved, and the Greater Metropolitan Airport Authority shall assume the rights to all property, assets, and liabilities of the dissolved authority. Provides for the appointment of the board members of the Greater Metropolitan Airport Authority.
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning local government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Airport Authorities Act is amended by | 5 |
| changing Section 3 and by adding Section 2.7.1 as follows:
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| (70 ILCS 5/2.7.1 new) | 7 |
| Sec. 2.7.1. Greater Metropolitan Airport Authority. | 8 |
| (a) The Greater Metropolitan Airport Authority is hereby | 9 |
| established, the territory of which shall include all of the | 10 |
| territory within the corporate limits of Peoria County. Within | 11 |
| 30 days after the initial appointments have been made under | 12 |
| subsection (c) of this Section, the Authority board shall | 13 |
| notify the office of the Secretary of State of the | 14 |
| establishment of the Greater Metropolitan Airport Authority, | 15 |
| and the Secretary of State shall issue a certificate of | 16 |
| incorporation to the Authority. Upon the issuance of a | 17 |
| certificate of incorporation, the Greater Metropolitan Airport | 18 |
| Authority shall be deemed an organized airport authority under | 19 |
| this Act. | 20 |
| (b) If all of the airport facilities of an existing Airport | 21 |
| Authority are situated within Peoria County on the effective | 22 |
| date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, that | 23 |
| existing Airport Authority shall be dissolved upon the |
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| establishment of the Greater Metropolitan Airport Authority. | 2 |
| In such event, the rights to all property, assets, and | 3 |
| liabilities, including bonded indebtedness, of the existing | 4 |
| Airport Authority shall be assumed by the Greater Metropolitan | 5 |
| Airport Authority.
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| (c) The Board of Commissioners of the Greater Metropolitan | 7 |
| Airport Authority shall consist of 9 commissioners who shall | 8 |
| reside within its corporate limits, and who shall be appointed | 9 |
| as follows:
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| (1) The Board of Commissioners of an existing Airport | 11 |
| Authority referenced in subsection (b) of this Section | 12 |
| shall, upon the establishment of the Greater Metropolitan | 13 |
| Airport Authority, be reappointed by their respective | 14 |
| appointing authorities to serve their remaining terms of | 15 |
| office. Successor appointments to the existing board | 16 |
| members shall be made by the original appointing authority.
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| (2) Within 20 days after the effective date of this | 18 |
| amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, one additional | 19 |
| commissioner shall be appointed by each mayor, with the | 20 |
| advice and consent of the governing body, of a municipality | 21 |
| located wholly within the territory of the Greater | 22 |
| Metropolitan Airport Authority that has a population of | 23 |
| more than 5,000. No appointment shall be made under this | 24 |
| subpart by an appointing authority who is entitled to make | 25 |
| an appointment under subpart (1) of this subsection.
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| (3) The members of the General Assembly whose |
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| legislative districts encompass any part of the Greater | 2 |
| Metropolitan Airport Authority shall appoint any | 3 |
| additional commissioners necessary to create a Board of | 4 |
| Commissioners consisting of 9 commissioners.
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| (4) Of the commissioners appointed under subparts (2) | 6 |
| and (3) of this subsection, one commissioner shall be | 7 |
| appointed for a 3-year term, one commissioner shall be | 8 |
| appointed for a 4-year term, and one commissioner shall be | 9 |
| appointed for a 5-year term. Initial terms shall be | 10 |
| determined by lot. Any successor to a commissioner | 11 |
| appointed under subpart (2) or (3) of this subsection shall | 12 |
| be appointed for a 5-year term.
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| (70 ILCS 5/3) (from Ch. 15 1/2, par. 68.3)
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| Sec. 3. Boards of commissioners. Every authority | 15 |
| established under this Act shall be governed by a board of
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| commissioners. For authorities other than Metropolitan Airport
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| Authorities and the Greater Metropolitan Airport Authority , in | 18 |
| the order finding the results of the election to be
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| to the establishment of the authority, the circuit court shall
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| determine the population of the authority and the population of | 21 |
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municipality within the authority having 5,000 or more | 22 |
| inhabitants
according to the last census.
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| (Source: P.A. 84-1473.)
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