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92_HB2044 LRB9207479TAtm 1 AN ACT in relation to foreign trade zones. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Foreign Trade Zones Act is amended by 5 changing Section 1 as follows: 6 (50 ILCS 40/1) (from Ch. 24, par. 1361) 7 Sec. 1. Each of the following units of local government 8 and public or private corporations shall have the power to 9 apply to proper authorities of the United States of America 10 pursuant to appropriate law for the right to establish, 11 operate, maintain and lease foreign trade zones and sub-zones 12 within its corporate limits or within limits established 13 pursuant to agreement with proper authorities of the United 14 States of America, as the case may be, and to establish, 15 operate, maintain and lease such foreign trade zones and 16 sub-zones: 17 (a) The City of East St. Louis. 18 (b) The Bi-State Authority, Lawrenceville - Vincennes 19 Airport. 20 (c) The Waukegan Port district. 21 (d) The Illinois Valley Regional Port District. 22 (e) The Economic Development Council, Inc. located in 23 the area of the United States Customs Port of Entry for 24 Peoria, pursuant to authorization granted by the county 25 boards in the geographic area served by the proposed foreign 26 trade zone. 27 (f) The Greater Rockford Airport Authority. 28 (g) After the effective date of this amendatory Act of 29 1984, any county, city, village or town within the State or a 30 public or private corporation authorized or licensed to do 31 business in the State or any combination thereof may apply to -2- LRB9207479TAtm 1 the Foreign Trade Zones Board, United States Department of 2 Commerce, for the right to establish, operate and maintain a 3 foreign trade zone and sub-zones. For the purposes of this 4 Section, such foreign trade zone or sub-zones may be 5 incorporated outside the corporate boundaries or be made up 6 of areas from adjoining counties or states. 7 (h) No foreign trade zone may be established within 50 8 miles of an existing zone situated in a county with 3,000,000 9 or more inhabitants or within 35 miles of an existing zone 10 situated in a county with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, 11 such zones having been created pursuant to this Act without 12 the permission of the authorities which established the 13 existing zone. However, nothing in this subsection (h) shall 14 be construed to prohibit or prevent the establishment of more 15 than one foreign trade zone in an area consisting of 2 16 adjacent counties each having a population of more than 17 200,000 inhabitants and each having the Mississippi River as 18 part of its boundary, and these foreign trade zones may be 19 established regardless of their distance from other zones and 20 regardless of whether the authorities which established 21 existing zones have given their permission to the creation of 22 additional zones. 23 (Source: P.A. 85-471.)