(45 ILCS 165/5)
Sec. 5.
Agreement.
The State of Illinois ratifies and approves the
Mid-America Port Commission Agreement and enters into that Agreement with
Missouri and Iowa in substantially the following form:
AGREEMENT
This agreement shall be known as and may be cited as the "Mid-America
Port Commission Agreement". This agreement allows for the states of Illinois
and Iowa to join the effort of the state of Missouri for developing the
Mid-America Port Commission.
PORT COMMISSION
There is created a Mid-America Port Commission to be governed by a
nine-member port commission. The governors of Missouri, Illinois and Iowa shall
appoint one member to the port commission in accordance with the laws of the
respective state. Each state shall also be represented by two members elected
through the county governance in the geographical jurisdiction of the port
commission. The port commission members shall hold office for a period of six
years. The port commission members shall elect a chairperson of the port
commission after all the members are selected. The position of chairperson
shall rotate among the Missouri, Iowa and Illinois members for two-year
periods. A member of the port commission shall not serve more than two terms.
POWERS OF COMMISSION
The port commission shall have the power to acquire, purchase, install,
lease, construct, own, hold, maintain, equip, use, control or operate ports,
harbors, waterways, channels, wharves, piers, docks, quays, elevators, tipples,
compresses, bulk loading and unloading facilities, warehouses, dry docks,
marine support railways, tugboats, ships, vessels, shipyards, shipbuilding
facilities, machinery and equipment, dredges or any other facilities required
or incidental to the construction, outfitting, dry docking or repair of ships
or vessels, or water, air, or rail terminals, or roadways or approaches
thereto, or other structures or facilities necessary for the convenient use of
the same in the aid of commerce, including the dredging, deepening, extending,
widening, or enlarging of any ports, harbors, rivers, channels, or waterways,
the damming of inland waterways, the establishment of a water basin, the
acquisition and development of industrial sites, or the reclaiming of submerged
lands.
(Source: P.A. 91-566, eff. 8-14-99.)
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