Full Text of HB4114 102nd General Assembly
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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 Kaskaskia Regional Port District Act is | 5 | | amended by changing Section 7.1 as follows:
| 6 | | (70 ILCS 1830/7.1) (from Ch. 19, par. 507.1)
| 7 | | Sec. 7.1. Additional rights and powers.
The Port District | 8 | | has the following additional rights 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 | 12 | | kind, over, under, in, or within 40 feet of any navigable
| 13 | | waters within the Port District, for the deposit of rock, | 14 | | earth, sand or
other material, or any matter of any kind or | 15 | | description in such waters;
| 16 | | (b) To prevent and remove obstructions in navigable | 17 | | waters, including
the removal of wrecks or vessels; to | 18 | | recover damages, including attorney fees, for the removal | 19 | | and clean-up of the site or sites and the surrounding or | 20 | | downstream environment; these rights and powers shall | 21 | | include, but are not limited to, emergency powers to seize | 22 | | wrecks or vessels, remediate damages, and provide for the | 23 | | disposition of the wrecks or vessels;
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| 1 | | (c) To locate and establish dock lines and shore or | 2 | | harbor lines;
| 3 | | (d) To regulate the anchorage, moorage and speed of | 4 | | water borne vessels
and to establish and enforce | 5 | | regulations for the operation of bridges;
| 6 | | (e) To acquire, own, construct, lease, operate and | 7 | | maintain terminals,
terminal facilities, port facilities, | 8 | | transportation equipment facilities,
railroads and | 9 | | marinas, and airport facilities
and systems, and to fix | 10 | | and collect just, reasonable, and
non-discriminatory | 11 | | charges for use of such facilities, equipment and
systems. | 12 | | The charges so collected shall be used to defray the | 13 | | reasonable
expenses of the Port District, and to pay the | 14 | | principal of and interest on
any revenue bonds issued by | 15 | | the Port District;
| 16 | | (f) To operate, maintain, manage, lease, sub-lease, | 17 | | and to make and
enter into contracts for the use, | 18 | | operation or management of, and to
provide rules and | 19 | | regulations for, the operation, management or use of, any
| 20 | | public port or public port facility;
| 21 | | (g) To fix, charge and collect reasonable rentals, | 22 | | tolls, fees and
charges for the use of any public port, or | 23 | | any part thereof, or any public
port facility;
| 24 | | (h) To establish, maintain, expand and improve | 25 | | roadways, railroads, and
approaches by land, or water, to | 26 | | any such terminal, terminal facility and
port facilities, |
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| 1 | | and to contract or otherwise provide by condemnation, if
| 2 | | necessary, for the removal of any port, terminal, terminal | 3 | | facilities and
port facility hazards or the removal or | 4 | | relocation of all private
structures, railroads, mains, | 5 | | pipes, conduits, wires, poles, and all other
facilities | 6 | | and equipment which may interfere with the location, | 7 | | expansion,
development or improvement of ports, terminals, | 8 | | terminal facilities and
port facilities or with the safe | 9 | | approach thereto, or exit or takeoff
therefrom by | 10 | | vehicles, vessels, barges and other means of | 11 | | transportation,
and to pay the cost of removal or | 12 | | relocation;
| 13 | | (i) To police its physical property only and all | 14 | | waterways and to
exercise police powers in respect thereto | 15 | | or in respect to the enforcement
of any rule or regulation | 16 | | provided by the ordinances of the District and to
employ | 17 | | and commission police officers and other qualified persons | 18 | | to
enforce such rules and regulations. A regulatory | 19 | | ordinance of the District
adopted under any provisions of | 20 | | this Section may provide for a suspension
or revocation of | 21 | | any rights or privileges within the control of the
| 22 | | District for a violation of any such regulatory ordinance.
| 23 | | (j) To enter into agreements with the corporate | 24 | | authorities or governing
body of any other municipal | 25 | | corporation or any political subdivision of
this State to | 26 | | pay the reasonable expense of services furnished by such
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| 1 | | municipal corporation or political subdivision for or on | 2 | | account of income
producing properties of the District;
| 3 | | (k) To enter into contracts dealing in any manner with | 4 | | the objects and
purposes of this Act;
| 5 | | (l) To acquire, own, lease, mortgage, sell, or | 6 | | otherwise dispose of interests in
and to real property and | 7 | | improvements situate thereon and in personal
property | 8 | | necessary to fulfill the purposes of the District;
| 9 | | (m) To designate the fiscal year for the District;
| 10 | | (n) To engage in any activity or operation which is | 11 | | incidental to and in
furtherance of efficient operation to | 12 | | accomplish the District's primary
purpose;
| 13 | | (o) To acquire, erect, construct, maintain and operate | 14 | | aquariums,
museums, planetariums, climatrons and other | 15 | | edifices for the collection and
display of objects | 16 | | pertaining to natural history or the arts and sciences
and | 17 | | to permit the directors or trustees of any corporation or | 18 | | society
organized for the erection, construction, | 19 | | maintenance and operation of an
aquarium, museum, | 20 | | planetarium, climatron or other such edifice to perform
| 21 | | such erection, construction, maintenance and operation on | 22 | | or within any
property now or hereafter owned by or under | 23 | | the control or supervision of
the District; and to | 24 | | contract with any such directors or trustees relative
to | 25 | | such acquisition, erection, construction, maintenance and | 26 | | operation and
to charge or authorize such directors or |
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| 1 | | trustees to charge an admission
fee, the proceeds of which | 2 | | shall be devoted exclusively to such erection,
| 3 | | construction, maintenance and operation;
| 4 | | (p) To do any act which is enumerated in Section | 5 | | 11-74.1-1 of the
"Illinois Municipal Code", in the same | 6 | | manner and form as though the
District were a | 7 | | "municipality" as referred to in such Section;
| 8 | | (q) To acquire, own, erect, construct, lease, | 9 | | reconstruct, improve, maintain and
operate one or more, or | 10 | | a combination or combinations of, industrial
buildings, | 11 | | office buildings, buildings to be used as a factory, mill | 12 | | shops,
processing plants, packaging plants, assembly | 13 | | plants, fabricating plants,
and buildings to be used as | 14 | | warehouses and other storage facilities.
| 15 | | (r) To acquire, own, construct, lease or contract for | 16 | | any period not
exceeding 99
years, operate, develop, and | 17 | | maintain Port District water and sewage systems
and other
| 18 | | utility systems and services, including, but not limited | 19 | | to, pipes, mains,
lines, sewers,
pumping stations, | 20 | | settling tanks, treatment plants, water purification
| 21 | | equipment, wells,
storage facilities, lines, and all other | 22 | | equipment, material, and facilities
necessary to those
| 23 | | systems, for the use, upon payment of reasonable fee set | 24 | | by the District, of
any tenant,
occupant, or user of the | 25 | | District facilities or any person engaged in commerce
in | 26 | | the
District; provided that the District shall not |
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| 1 | | acquire, own, construct, lease,
operate,
develop, and | 2 | | maintain the systems and services if those systems and
| 3 | | services can be
provided by an investor-owned public | 4 | | utility offering electric or gas services.
The public
| 5 | | utility shall provide the District with a written | 6 | | response, within 30 days
after receiving a
written request | 7 | | from the District for those systems or services, stating
| 8 | | whether it will or
will not be able to provide the | 9 | | requested systems or services in accordance
with the | 10 | | Public
Utilities
Act.
| 11 | | (Source: P.A. 99-507, eff. 6-24-16.)
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