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91_HB1424
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1 AN ACT concerning the Metro East Academy District.
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 St. Clair County. The
10 District is created to attract and retain academic centers of
11 excellence, technology and research centers, and such other
12 educational resource facilities and uses as are permitted by
13 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.