(70 ILCS 5/2) (from Ch. 15 1/2, par. 68.2)
Sec. 2.
Creation of an airport authority.
(a) Any area of contiguous territory having a population of not less than
5,000 and containing one or more municipalities as defined by this
Act, and in which there is not included any territory contained within
the corporate limits of an existing Airport Authority, and in which there
is not included any territory or airport facilities of a municipal
corporation having a population of 500,000 or more which
owns, maintains, or operates an airport or airports within or without its
corporate limits, may be incorporated as an Airport Authority in the manner
provided in Sections 2.1 through 2.6 of this Act; provided, however, that
nothing herein contained shall prohibit any municipality whose territory
lies both inside and outside a county that is incorporated as a
Metropolitan Airport Authority with the majority of the territory lying
outside the county from exercising the authority to own, maintain, or
operate an airport under the provisions of Division 103 of Article 11 of
the Illinois Municipal Code.
(b) The entire territory within the corporate limits of a county with
a population greater than 600,000 and less than 3,000,000, and contiguous
to a county with a population in excess of 1,000,000 inhabitants, except
the territory of any municipality whose territory lies both inside and
outside the county with the majority of the territory lying outside the
county, shall be incorporated as a Metropolitan Airport Authority in the
manner provided in Section 2.7 of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 87-768.)
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