Public Act 094-0613
 
HB0509 Enrolled LRB094 06856 AJO 36962 b

    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Southeastern Illinois Economic Development
Authority Act is amended by changing Sections 20, 25 and 45 as
follows:
 
    (70 ILCS 518/20)
    Sec. 20. Creation.
    (a) There is created a political subdivision, body politic,
and municipal corporation named the Southeastern Illinois
Economic Development Authority. The territorial jurisdiction
of the Authority is that geographic area within the boundaries
of the following counties: Fayette, Cumberland, Clark,
Effingham, Jasper, Crawford, Marion, Clay, Richland, Lawrence,
Jefferson, Wayne, Edwards, Wabash, Hamilton, and White;
Irvington Township in Washington County; and any navigable
waters and air space located therein.
    (b) The governing and administrative powers of the
Authority shall be vested in a body consisting of 10 members as
follows:
        (1) Nine members shall be appointed by the Governor
    with the advice and consent of the Senate.
        (2) One member shall be appointed by the Director of
    Commerce and Economic Opportunity.
    All public members shall reside within the territorial
jurisdiction of the Authority. The public members shall be
persons of recognized ability and experience in one or more of
the following areas: economic development, finance, banking,
industrial development, state or local government, commercial
agriculture, small business management, real estate
development, community development, venture finance, organized
labor, or civic or community organization.
    (c) Six members shall constitute a quorum.
    (d) The chairman of the Authority shall be elected annually
by the Board.
    (e) The terms of all initial members of the Authority shall
begin 30 days after the effective date of this Act. Of the 10
original members appointed pursuant to subsection (b), one
shall serve until the third Monday in January, 2005; one shall
serve until the third Monday in January, 2006; 2 shall serve
until the third Monday in January, 2007; 2 shall serve until
the third Monday in January, 2008; 2 shall serve until the
third Monday in January, 2009; and 2 shall serve until the
third Monday in January, 2010. All successors to these original
public members shall be appointed by the Governor with the
advice and consent of the Senate, or by the Director of
Commerce and Economic Opportunity, as the case may be, pursuant
to subsection (b), and shall hold office for a term of 3 years
commencing the third Monday in January of the year in which
their term commences, except in the case of an appointment to
fill a vacancy. Vacancies occurring among the public members
shall be filled for the remainder of the term. In case of
vacancy in a Governor-appointed membership when the Senate is
not in session, the Governor may make a temporary appointment
until the next meeting of the Senate when a person shall be
nominated to fill the office and, upon confirmation by the
Senate, he or she shall hold office during the remainder of the
term and until a successor is appointed and qualified. Members
of the Authority are not entitled to compensation for their
services as members but are entitled to reimbursement for all
necessary expenses incurred in connection with the performance
of their duties as members. Members of the Board may
participate in Board meetings by teleconference or video
conference.
    (f) The Governor may remove any public member of the
Authority appointed by the Governor, and the Director of
Commerce and Economic Opportunity may remove any public member
appointed by the Director, in case of incompetence, neglect of
duty, or malfeasance in office.
    (g) The Board shall appoint an Executive Director who shall
have a background in finance, including familiarity with the
legal and procedural requirements of issuing bonds, real
estate, or economic development and administration. The
Executive Director shall hold office at the discretion of the
Board. The Executive Director shall be the chief administrative
and operational officer of the Authority, shall direct and
supervise its administrative affairs and general management,
perform such other duties as may be prescribed from time to
time by the members, and receive compensation fixed by the
Authority. The Executive Director shall attend all meetings of
the Authority. However, no action of the Authority shall be
invalid on account of the absence of the Executive Director
from a meeting. The Authority may engage the services of the
Illinois Finance Authority, attorneys, appraisers, engineers,
accountants, credit analysts, and other consultants, if the
Southeastern Illinois Economic Development Authority deems it
advisable.
(Source: P.A. 93-968, eff. 8-20-04.)
 
    (70 ILCS 518/25)
    Sec. 25. Duty. All official acts of the Authority shall
require the approval of at least 6 members. It shall be the
duty of the Authority to promote development within the
territorial jurisdiction of the Authority. The Authority shall
use the powers conferred upon it to assist in the development,
construction, and acquisition of industrial, commercial,
housing, or residential projects within its territorial
jurisdiction those counties.
(Source: P.A. 93-968, eff. 8-20-04.)
 
    (70 ILCS 518/45)
    Sec. 45. Acquisition.
    (a) The Authority may, but need not, acquire title to any
project with respect to which it exercises its authority.
    (b) The Authority shall have power to acquire by purchase,
lease, gift, or otherwise any property or rights therein from
any person or persons, the State of Illinois, any municipal
corporation, any local unit of government, the government of
the United States and any agency or instrumentality of the
United States, any body politic, or any county useful for its
purposes, whether improved for the purposes of any prospective
project or unimproved. The Authority may also accept any
donation of funds for its purposes from any of these sources.
    (c) The Authority shall have power to develop, construct,
and improve, either under its own direction or through
collaboration with any approved applicant, or to acquire,
through purchase or otherwise, any project, using for this
purpose the proceeds derived from its sale of revenue bonds,
notes, or other evidences of indebtedness or governmental loans
or grants and shall have the power to hold title to those
projects in the name of the Authority.
    (d) The Authority shall have the power to enter into
intergovernmental agreements with the State of Illinois, the
counties of Fayette, Cumberland, Clark, Effingham, Jasper,
Crawford, Marion, Clay, Richland, Lawrence, Jefferson, Wayne,
Edwards, Wabash, Hamilton, and White; Irvington Township in
Washington County; , the Illinois Development Finance
Authority, the Illinois Housing Development Authority, the
Illinois Education Facilities Authority, the Illinois Farm
Development Authority, the Rural Bond Bank, the United States
government and any agency or instrumentality of the United
States, any unit of local government located within the
territory of the Authority, or any other unit of government to
the extent allowed by Article VII, Section 10 of the Illinois
Constitution and the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act.
    (e) The Authority shall have the power to share employees
with other units of government, including agencies of the
United States, agencies of the State of Illinois, and agencies
or personnel of any unit of local government.
    (f) The Authority shall have the power to exercise powers
and issue bonds as if it were a municipality so authorized in
Divisions 12.1, 74, 74.1, 74.3, and 74.5 of Article 11 of the
Illinois Municipal Code.
(Source: P.A. 93-968, eff. 8-20-04.)
 
    Section 10. The Public Water District Act is amended by
changing Section 9 as follows:
 
    (70 ILCS 3705/9)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 196)
    Sec. 9. Every public water district organized under this
Act and every non-profit private water company is authorized to
construct, maintain, alter and extend its water mains as a
proper use of highways along, upon, under and across any
highway, street, alley or public ground in the State, but so as
not to inconvenience the public use thereof, and the right and
authority are hereby granted to any such district or non-profit
private water company to construct, maintain and operate any
conduit or conduits, water pipe or pipes, wholly or partially
buried or otherwise in, upon and along any of the lands owned
by said State under any of the public waters therein; provided
that the right, permission and authority hereby granted shall
be subject to all public rights of commerce and navigation and
the authority of the United States in behalf of such public
rights, and also to the laws of the State of Illinois to
regulate and control the same.
(Source: Laws 1945, p. 1187.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.