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90_HB1439eng
New Act
30 ILCS 105/5.449 new
Creates the Metro East Academy District Act, and provides
that the territory of the District consists of the contiguous
territory within the boundaries of Madison and St. Clair
Counties. Makes the primary purpose of the District the
establishment and operation of academic centers of
excellence, technology and research centers, and educational
resource centers, including teaching and training facilities
for teachers, administrators, and other educators, computer
technology and distance learning and telecommunication
facilities, laboratories, libraries, and related educational
resource facilities. Provides for a 9 member Commission, 4
of whose members are appointed by the Governor (one of whom
shall be representative of private industry). Makes the
regional superintendents of schools of the Madison County and
St. Clair County educational service regions ex-officio
members of the Commission, and provides that the 3 other
members shall be appointed, one each, by the Mayor of
Cahokia, Illinois and the chairpersons of the County Boards
of Madison and St. Clair Counties. Empowers the Authority to
acquire and to sell, lease, and provide for the development
of real property in the District. Authorizes the Commission
to issue revenue bonds. Provides for deposit into the Metro
East Academy Commission Income Fund created in the State
Treasury moneys and revenues received by the Commission that
are in excess of a prescribed amount and that are not
required to satisfy revenue bond obligations and authorized
development and operating expenditures of the Commission.
Adds other related provisions.
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1 AN ACT relating to academic centers of excellence.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5 Metro East Academy District Act.
6 Section 5. Creation of district. The Metro East Academy
7 District, hereinafter called the District, is hereby created.
8 The territory of the District shall consist of the contiguous
9 territory within the boundaries of Madison and St. Clair
10 Counties. The District is created to attract and retain
11 academic centers of excellence, technology and research
12 centers, and such other educational resource facilities and
13 uses as are permitted by this Act.
14 Section 10. Metro East Academy District Commission.
15 There is hereby created a body politic and corporate under
16 the corporate name of the Metro East Academy District
17 Commission, hereinafter called the Commission, whose general
18 purpose in addition to and not in limitation of those
19 purposes and powers set forth in other Sections of this Act
20 shall be to:
21 (1) maintain the proper surroundings for academic
22 centers of excellence and related technology and resource
23 centers in order to attract and retain therein (i)
24 training and continuing education facilities for
25 teachers, administrators, and other educators, and (ii)
26 computer technology, distance learning and
27 telecommunication, laboratory, library, research and
28 related educational resource facilities as permitted
29 under this Act; and
30 (2) provide for the orderly creation and expansion
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1 of (i) various county, and local governmental facilities
2 as permitted under this Act, (ii) other ancillary or
3 related facilities which the Commission may from time to
4 time determine are established and operated for any
5 aspect of the carrying out of the Commission's purposes
6 as set forth in this Act, or are established and operated
7 to promote educational, technological, or scientific
8 research and knowledge as permitted under this Act, and
9 (iii) research and high technology parks, together with
10 the necessary lands, buildings, facilities, equipment,
11 and personal property therefor.