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1 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
2 CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT
3 ON SENATE BILL 797
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6 To the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the
7 House of Representatives:
8 We, the conference committee appointed to consider the
9 differences between the houses in relation to House
10 Amendments Nos. 1 and 2 to Senate Bill 797, recommend the
11 following:
12 (1) that the Senate concur in House Amendment Nos. 1 and
13 2; and
14 (2) that Senate Bill 797, AS AMENDED, be further amended
15 by replacing the title with the following:
16 "AN ACT concerning transportation."; and
17 immediately below the enacting clause, by inserting the
18 following:
19 "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
20 O'Hare IAP Air Reserve Station Retrocession Act.
21 Section 1.5. Authorization to accept retrocession.
22 (a) Under the provisions of Section 2683 of Title 10 of
23 the United States Code, the State of Illinois authorizes
24 acceptance of retrocession by the United States of America of
25 exclusive legislative jurisdiction, to the extent such
26 jurisdiction has not previously been retroceded to the State
27 of Illinois, the United States retaining a federal
28 proprietary interest only, over lands consisting of the
29 O'Hare IAP Air Reserve Station, located in Chicago, Cook
30 County, Illinois, more particularly described as follows:
31 THAT PART OF THE SOUTH 1/2 OF SECTION 32, TOWNSHIP
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1 41 NORTH, RANGE 12 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN
2 AND THAT PART OF SECTION 5, TOWNSHIP 40 NORTH, RANGE 12
3 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, LYING SOUTHERLY OF
4 HIGGINS ROAD AND EASTERLY AND NORTHERLY OF A LINE
5 BEGINNING AT A POINT IN THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF HIGGINS
6 ROAD 33.00 FEET WEST OF THE NORTH AND SOUTH CENTER LINE
7 OF SAID SECTION 32; THENCE SOUTH PARALLEL WITH THE CENTER
8 LINE OF SAID SECTION 32 A DISTANCE OF 938.00 FEET; THENCE
9 SOUTH 39 DEGREES 13 MINUTES WEST WITH REFERENCE TO THE
10 CENTER LINE OF SAID SECTION 32 (ASSUMED HEREIN A NORTH
11 AND SOUTH BASE LINE) A DISTANCE OF 1465.00 FEET; THENCE
12 SOUTH 40 DEGREES 5 MINUTES 15 SECONDS EAST WITH REFERENCE
13 TO SAID SECTION 32 CENTER LINE A DISTANCE OF 949.60 FEET;
14 THENCE SOUTH 0 DEGREES 16 MINUTES 30 SECONDS EAST WITH
15 REFERENCE TO SAID SECTION 32 CENTER LINE A DISTANCE OF
16 1945.20 FEET TO AN INTERSECTION WITH A FENCE LINE
17 EXTENDED WEST; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 43 MINUTES 30
18 SECONDS EAST WITH REFERENCE TO SAID SECTION 32 CENTER
19 LINE AND ALONG THE AFORESAID FENCE LINE TO THE EAST LINE
20 OF SAID SECTION 5, ALL IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS;
21 EXCEPTING THE FOLLOWING PARCELS FROM THE ABOVE
22 DESCRIBED TRACT OF LAND:
23 EXCEPTION PARCEL 1 THAT PART OF THE FOLLOWING
24 DESCRIBED PROPERTY LYING WITHIN THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF
25 SECTION 32 AFORESAID:
26 THAT PART OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 32,
27 TOWNSHIP 41 NORTH, RANGE 12 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL
28 MERIDIAN AND THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 4, TOWNSHIP 40
29 NORTH, RANGE 12 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN,
30 DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
31 BEGINNING AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE WEST LINE OF
32 THE EAST 33.00 FEET OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 32
33 AFORESAID WITH THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID SOUTHEAST 1/4;
34 THENCE SOUTH 87 DEGREES 38 MINUTES 27 SECONDS WEST, ALONG
35 SAID SOUTH LINE, 20.44 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 11 DEGREES 16
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1 MINUTES 33 SECONDS WEST 40.93 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 87
2 DEGREES 52 MINUTES 11 SECONDS WEST 218.83 FEET TO THE
3 POINT OF INTERSECTION WITH THE SOUTHERLY EXTENSION OF A
4 LINE DRAWN 280.00 FEET WEST OF AND PARALLEL WITH THE EAST
5 LINE OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 32 AFORESAID; THENCE
6 NORTH 0 DEGREES 7 MINUTES 12 SECONDS EAST, ALONG SAID
7 SOUTHERLY EXTENSION, 38.94 FEET TO THE SOUTH LINE OF THE
8 SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SAID SECTION 32; THENCE NORTH 0 DEGREES
9 07 MINUTES 12 SECONDS EAST, ALONG THE AFORESAID LINE
10 DRAWN 280.00 FEET WEST OF AND PARALLEL WITH THE EAST LINE
11 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 32 AFORESAID, 840.04
12 FEET; THENCE NORTH 44 DEGREES 52 MINUTES 47 SECONDS WEST
13 127.28 FEET TO A POINT 370 FEET (MEASURED
14 PERPENDICULARLY) WEST OF THE EAST LINE OF SAID SOUTHEAST
15 1/4; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 52 MINUTES 48 SECONDS WEST
16 730 FEET TO THE WEST LINE OF THE EAST 1100 FEET OF THE
17 SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 32 AFORESAID; THENCE NORTH 0
18 DEGREES 07 MINUTES 12 SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID WEST LINE
19 545.10 FEET TO THE CENTER LINE OF HIGGINS ROAD; THENCE
20 SOUTHEASTERLY ALONG SAID CENTER LINE, 468.74 FEET ALONG
21 THE ARC OF A CIRCLE CONVEX NORTHEASTERLY, HAVING A RADIUS
22 OF 8105.00 FEET AND WHOSE CHORD BEARS SOUTH 74 DEGREES 23
23 MINUTES 42 SECONDS EAST 468.67 FEET; THENCE CONTINUING
24 ALONG THE CENTER LINE OF HIGGINS ROAD SOUTH 72 DEGREES 44
25 MINUTES 18 SECONDS EAST TANGENT TO THE ABOVE DESCRIBED
26 CURVED LINE 678.48 FEET TO THE EAST LINE OF SAID
27 SOUTHEAST 1/4; THENCE SOUTH 0 DEGREES 07 MINUTES 12
28 SECONDS WEST ALONG SAID EAST LINE 527.91 FEET; THENCE
29 SOUTH 87 DEGREES 38 MINUTES 27 SECONDS WEST, ALONG A LINE
30 DRAWN PARALLEL WITH THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID SOUTHEAST 1/4,
31 33.03 FEET TO THE WEST LINE OF THE EAST 33 FEET OF SAID
32 SOUTHEAST 1/4; THENCE SOUTH 0 DEGREES 07 MINUTES 12
33 SECONDS WEST, ALONG SAID WEST LINE, 610 FEET TO THE
34 HEREINABOVE DESCRIBED POINT OF BEGINNING, IN COOK COUNTY,
35 ILLINOIS.
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1 EXCEPTION PARCEL 2 THE SOUTH 610.00 FEET OF THE EAST
2 33.00 FEET OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 32 AFORESAID,
3 IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
4 EXCEPTION PARCEL 3 CONVEYED TO CITY OF CHICAGO BY
5 DEED DOCUMENT NO. 89499209, RECORDED OCTOBER 20, 1989
6 SITUATED IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF COOK, PART
7 OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 AND THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 5,
8 TOWNSHIP 40 NORTH, RANGE 12 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL
9 MERIDIAN, AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS
10 FOLLOWS:
11 BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE NORTHEAST
12 1/4 OF SAID SECTION 5; THENCE ALONG THE EAST LINE OF THE
13 SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SAID SECTION 5, SOUTH 00 DEGREES 03
14 MINUTES 08 SECONDS EAST, 102.48 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 89
15 DEGREES 46 MINUTES 16 SECONDS WEST, 58.68 FEET; THENCE
16 NORTH 00 DEGREES 02 MINUTES 56 SECONDS EAST, 1904.65
17 FEET; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 08 MINUTES 46 SECONDS EAST,
18 30.11 FEET, TO THE POINT OF INTERSECTION WITH THE EAST
19 LINE OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 5 AFORESAID; THENCE
20 ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID NORTHEAST 1/4, SOUTH 00
21 DEGREES 51 MINUTES 14 SECONDS EAST, 1802.58 FEET TO THE
22 POINT OF BEGINNING.
23 EXCEPTION PARCEL 4 THAT PART OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF
24 SECTION 32, TOWNSHIP 41 NORTH, RANGE 12 EAST OF THE THIRD
25 PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN AND THAT PART OF THE NORTH 1/2 OF
26 SECTION 5, TOWNSHIP 40 NORTH, RANGE 12 EAST OF THE THIRD
27 PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
28 COMMENCING AT THE POINT OF INTERSECTION OF A LINE
29 33.00 FEET WEST OF AND PARALLEL WITH THE EAST LINE OF THE
30 SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SAID SECTION 32 AND WITH THE
31 SOUTHWESTERLY LINE OF HIGGINS ROAD, BEING A LINE 33.00
32 FEET SOUTHWESTERLY OF AND PARALLEL WITH THE CENTER LINE
33 OF SAID HIGGINS ROAD; THENCE SOUTH 0 DEGREES 02 MINUTES
34 46 SECONDS WEST, 938.00 FEET ALONG SAID LINE 33.00 FEET
35 WEST OF AND PARALLEL WITH THE EAST LINE OF THE SOUTHWEST
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1 1/4 OF SAID SECTION 32 TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE
2 SOUTH 39 DEGREES 15 MINUTES 46 SECONDS WEST, 1465.00
3 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 40 DEGREES 02 MINUTES 29 SECONDS EAST,
4 97.19 FEET; THENCE NORTH 39 DEGREES 36 MINUTES 32 SECONDS
5 EAST, 1356.00 FEET TO SAID LINE 33.00 FEET WEST OF AND
6 PARALLEL WITH THE EAST LINE OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF
7 SECTION 32; THENCE NORTH 0 DEGREES 02 MINUTES 46 SECONDS
8 EAST, 164.00 FEET ALONG SAID PARALLEL LINE TO THE
9 HEREINABOVE DESIGNATED POINT OF BEGINNING, IN COOK
10 COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
11 LEASEHOLD PARCELS:
12 AIR FORCE LEASEHOLD:
13 THAT PART OF SECTION 5, TOWNSHIP 40 NORTH, RANGE 12
14 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, BOUNDED AND
15 DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE POINT OF
16 INTERSECTION OF A LINE 33.00 FEET WEST OF AND PARALLEL
17 WITH THE EAST LINE OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 32,
18 TOWNSHIP 41 NORTH, RANGE 12 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL
19 MERIDIAN AND WITH THE SOUTHWESTERLY LINE OF HIGGINS ROAD,
20 BEING A LINE 33.00 FEET SOUTHWESTERLY OF AND PARALLEL
21 WITH THE CENTER LINE OF SAID HIGGINS ROAD; THENCE SOUTH 0
22 DEGREES 02 MINUTES 46 SECONDS WEST, 938.00 FEET ALONG
23 SAID LINE 33.00 FEET WEST OF AND PARALLEL WITH THE EAST
24 LINE OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SAID SECTION 32; THENCE
25 SOUTH 39 DEGREES 15 MINUTES 46 SECONDS WEST, 1465.00
26 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 40 DEGREES 02 MINUTES 29 SECONDS EAST,
27 97.19 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE CONTINUING
28 SOUTH 40 DEGREES 02 MINUTES 29 SECONDS EAST, 852.41 FEET;
29 THENCE SOUTH 0 DEGREES 13 MINUTES 44 SECONDS EAST,
30 1945.20 FEET TO THE POINT OF INTERSECTION WITH A LINE
31 DRAWN SOUTH 89 DEGREES 46 MINUTES 16 SECONDS WEST FROM A
32 POINT ON THE EAST LINE OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF THE
33 AFORESAID SECTION 5, SAID POINT BEING 102.48 FEET (AS
34 MEASURED ALONG SAID EAST LINE) SOUTH OF THE NORTHEAST
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1 CORNER OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SAID SECTION 5; THENCE
2 SOUTH 89 DEGREES 46 MINUTES 16 SECONDS WEST, ALONG THE
3 NORTHEASTERLY EXTENSION OF THE LAST DESCRIBED LINE, 2.60
4 FEET; THENCE NORTH 39 DEGREES 52 MINUTES 52 SECONDS WEST,
5 1301.94 FEET; THENCE NORTH 0 DEGREES 06 MINUTES 47
6 SECONDS EAST, 1261.87 FEET TO THE POINT OF INTERSECTION
7 WITH A LINE DRAWN SOUTH 39 DEGREES 36 MINUTES 32 SECONDS
8 WEST FROM THE AFORESAID POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE NORTH
9 39 DEGREES 36 MINUTES 32 SECONDS EAST 437.23 FEET TO SAID
10 POINT OF BEGINNING, IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
11 AREA = 1,517,445 SQ. FT. OR 34.8357 ACRES
12 ACCESS ROAD LEASEHOLD:
13 SITUATED IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF COOK,
14 BEING A STRIP OF LAND 60.00 FEET IN WIDTH IN THE
15 SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 32, TOWNSHIP 41 NORTH, RANGE 12,
16 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, AND BEING MORE
17 PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE
18 NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SAID SECTION 32;
19 THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 05 MINUTES 40 SECONDS EAST, 40.86
20 FEET ALONG THE WEST LINE OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SAID
21 SECTION 32; THENCE SOUTH 70 DEGREES 04 MINUTES 42 SECONDS
22 EAST, 184.24 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 04 MINUTES 23
23 SECONDS EAST, 51.63 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING OF THE
24 STRIP OF LAND HEREIN DESCRIBED AND BOUNDED AS FOLLOWS;
25 THENCE SOUTH 79 DEGREES 25 MINUTES 14 SECONDS EAST,
26 2272.59 FEET; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY 255.55 FEET ALONG THE
27 ARC OF A CIRCLE CONVEX TO THE NORTHEAST AND TANGENT TO
28 THE LAST DESCRIBED LINE, HAVING A RADIUS OF 330.00 FEET
29 AND WHOSE CHORD BEARS SOUTH 57 DEGREES 14 MINUTES 08
30 SECONDS EAST, 249.21 FEET TO THE POINT OF INTERSECTION
31 WITH A LINE DRAWN 33.00 FEET WEST OF AND PARALLEL WITH
32 THE EAST LINE OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 32
33 AFORESAID; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 02 MINUTES 46 SECONDS
34 WEST, 189.74 FEET ALONG SAID PARALLEL LINE; THENCE
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1 NORTHWESTERLY 374.48 FEET ALONG THE ARC OF A CIRCLE
2 CONVEX TO THE NORTHEAST AND TANGENT TO THE LAST DESCRIBED
3 LINE, HAVING A RADIUS OF 270.00 FEET AND WHOSE CHORD
4 BEARS NORTH 39 DEGREES 41 MINUTES 14 SECONDS WEST, 345.18
5 FEET; THENCE NORTH 79 DEGREES 25 MINUTES 14 SECONDS WEST,
6 2261.30 FEET ALONG A LINE TANGENT TO THE LAST DESCRIBED
7 COURSE; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 04 MINUTES 23 SECONDS
8 WEST, 61.05 FEET, TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.
9 AREA = 153,243 SQ. FT. OR 3.5179 ACRES
10 ANTENNAE FARM LEASEHOLD:
11 SITUATED IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF COOK,
12 PART OF THE EAST 1/2 OF SECTION 31 AND PART OF THE WEST
13 1/2 OF SECTION 32, ALL IN TOWNSHIP 41 NORTH, RANGE 12,
14 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, AND BEING MORE
15 PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE
16 NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SAID SECTION 32;
17 THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 05 MINUTES 40 SECONDS EAST, 40.86
18 FEET ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID SOUTHWEST 1/4 TO THE
19 POINT OF BEGINNING OF THE LANDS HEREIN DESCRIBED AND
20 BOUNDED AS FOLLOWS; THENCE SOUTH 70 DEGREES 04 MINUTES 42
21 SECONDS EAST, 184.24 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 04
22 MINUTES 23 SECONDS EAST, 1218.27 FEET; THENCE NORTH 74
23 DEGREES 12 MINUTES 11 SECONDS WEST, 725.00 FEET; THENCE
24 NORTH 00 DEGREES 04 MINUTES 23 SECONDS WEST, 475.00 FEET;
25 THENCE NORTH 74 DEGREES 12 MINUTES 11 SECONDS WEST,
26 800.00 FEET TO A POINT 30.00 FEET EAST (AS MEASURED
27 PERPENDICULARLY) OF THE WEST LINE OF THE EAST 1/2 OF THE
28 SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 31 AFORESAID; THENCE ALONG SAID
29 PARALLEL LINE, NORTH 00 DEGREES 04 MINUTES 23 SECONDS
30 WEST, 860.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 70 DEGREES 04 MINUTES 42
31 SECONDS EAST, 1376.73 FEET, TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.
32 AREA = 1,507,150 SQ. FT. OR 34.5994 ACRES
33 Further, the State of Illinois accepts retrocession of and
34 authorizes acceptance of retrocession over all those lands
35 owned by the United States that may subsequently be
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1 identified by the Department of the Air Force as part of the
2 O'Hare IAP Air Reserve Station, although not included within
3 the legal description contained in this subsection, to the
4 extent exclusive jurisdiction has not previously been
5 retroceded to the State of Illinois. Any additional land
6 over which the State accepts retrocession of jurisdiction
7 shall be identified in a notice filed by the Governor as
8 provided in subsection (d).
9 (b) By retaining in the subject lands a federal
10 proprietary interest only, there exists a right of the United
11 States to perform the functions delegated to it by the United
12 States Constitution and directed by statutory enactment of
13 the United States Congress without interference from any
14 source. The State of Illinois may not impose its regulatory
15 power directly upon the United States and may not tax the
16 land under the federal proprietary interest; however, the
17 State of Illinois may tax a lessee's interest in the land to
18 the extent State law permits.
19 (c) Subject to subsection (b), the State of Illinois
20 accepts cession of exclusive federal legislative jurisdiction
21 from the United States, and the State of Illinois retains all
22 the legislative jurisdiction over the area it would have if a
23 private individual rather than the United States owned the
24 land.
25 (d) The Governor of the State of Illinois is authorized
26 to accept the retrocession of exclusive legislative
27 jurisdiction over the subject lands by filing a notice of
28 acceptance with the Illinois Secretary of State.
29 (e) Upon transfer by deed of subject lands, or any
30 portion thereof, by the United States of America, the
31 proprietary interest retained by the United States shall
32 expire as to the particular property transferred.
33 Section 1.8. The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois
34 is amended by adding Section 49.34 as follows:
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1 (20 ILCS 2705/49.34 new)
2 Sec. 49.34. The Meigs Users Advisory Committee.
3 (a) The Meigs Users Advisory Committee is hereby
4 created. The Meigs Users Advisory Committee shall be
5 composed of the following members: (i) 4 members appointed by
6 the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate, 2 of
7 whom shall have extensive knowledge of business and corporate
8 aviation and 2 of whom shall have extensive knowledge of
9 general aviation; (ii) 4 members appointed by the Mayor of
10 the City of Chicago, all of whom shall have extensive
11 knowledge of general aviation; (iii) 4 members of the General
12 Assembly, one each appointed by the President of the Senate,
13 the Speaker of the House, the Minority Leader of the Senate,
14 and the Minority Leader of the House; and (iv) the Secretary
15 of Transportation or his or her designee, who shall serve as
16 Chairperson. The members appointed by the Governor and the
17 Mayor shall be users of Meigs Field.
18 (b) (1) The Secretary of Transportation or his or her
19 designee shall serve during the Secretary's term of
20 office.
21 (2) Members of the committee appointed under
22 subdivision (a)(iii) shall serve for their terms of
23 office, except that no such appointment shall be for a
24 term of more than 3 years. If a committee member who was
25 appointed under subdivision (a)(iii) ceases to be a
26 member of the chamber of the General Assembly from which
27 the member was appointed, he or she shall be replaced in
28 accordance with the method for filling vacancies.
29 (3) The initial members of the committee who are
30 appointed by the mayor of the City of Chicago shall be
31 appointed as follows: one shall be appointed for a term
32 of one year, 2 shall be appointed for terms of 2 years,
33 and one shall be appointed for a term of 3 years. After
34 the expiration of the initial terms, all members of the
35 committee who are appointed by the mayor of the City of
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1 Chicago shall be appointed for terms of 3 years.
2 (4) The initial members of the committee who are
3 appointed by the Governor shall be appointed as follows:
4 one shall be appointed for a term of one year, one shall
5 be appointed for a term of 2 years, and 2 shall be
6 appointed for terms of 3 years. After the expiration of
7 the initial terms, all members of the committee who are
8 appointed by the Governor shall be appointed for terms of
9 3 years.
10 (5) Any member of the committee is eligible for
11 reappointment unless he or she no longer meets the
12 applicable qualifications. All members appointed to serve
13 on the committee shall serve until their respective
14 successors are appointed and confirmed. Vacancies shall
15 be filled in the same manner as original appointments.
16 (6) If a vacancy in membership under subdivision
17 (a)(i) occurs at a time when the Senate is not in
18 session, the Governor shall make a temporary appointment
19 until the next meeting of the Senate, when he or she
20 shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the
21 Senate, a person to fill that membership for the
22 unexpired term. If the Senate is not in session when the
23 initial appointments are made, those appointments shall
24 be made as in the case of vacancies.
25 (7) The committee shall be deemed established on
26 the date that a majority of the total number of members
27 has been appointed, regardless of whether any of those
28 initial members are then serving pursuant to appointment
29 and confirmation or pursuant to temporary appointments
30 that are made by the Governor as in the case of
31 vacancies.
32 (c) The Committee shall have the power to inspect all
33 books, records, contracts, financial data, agreements, and
34 documents relating to the operation and maintenance of Meigs
35 Field, including, without limitation, as-built plans for all
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1 buildings, runways, taxiways, and aprons, the control tower,
2 terminal, and all related facilities, all security
3 agreements, fire protection agreements, airline agreements,
4 FOB agreements, concessionaire agreements, rental/lease
5 agreements, service agreements, financial data and budget
6 reports including revenues and expenditures, and any and all
7 studies or plans regarding the land use of Meigs Field.
8 (d) The chairperson shall give notice to the members of
9 the time and place for every meeting. The members of the
10 committee shall receive no compensation or reimbursement of
11 expenses in the performance of their duties. The Committee
12 shall review and hold public hearings on any proposals or
13 actions affecting the operation of Meigs Field. The
14 Committee shall issue recommendations to the Governor, the
15 Mayor of the City of Chicago, and the General Assembly with
16 regard to these proposals or actions and any other matters
17 concerning the operation of Meigs Field.".
18 Submitted on , 1997.
19 ______________________________ _____________________________
20 Senator Philip Representative Curry
21 ______________________________ _____________________________
22 Senator Weaver Representative Dart
23 ______________________________ _____________________________
24 Senator Klemm Representative Lang
25 ______________________________ _____________________________
26 Senator Jones Representative Churchill
27 ______________________________ _____________________________
28 Senator Cullerton Representative Rutherford
29 Committee for the Senate Committee for the House