Full Text of SB0263 95th General Assembly
SB0263eng 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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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
favorable | 19 |
| 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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