(70 ILCS 15/7) (from Ch. 15 1/2, par. 707)
    Sec. 7. Operation, rents, charges. The Authority shall have the following additional powers:
    (a) To operate any Authority airport and to charge and collect rents, rates, landing fees, concession fees or other compensation for any use thereof or for any service rendered by the Authority in the operation thereof pursuant to such contracts for such terms, not exceeding 40 years, as the Authority shall determine, which terms may begin in futuro, provided that, subject to the capacity and the safe and efficient operation thereof, the landing field, landing strips, and services of any Authority airport shall be available to any person without unjust or unreasonable discrimination as to services and charges for landing and takeoff by any aircraft.
    (b) To let to any person, or to grant to any person concessions or privileges in, any part of any Authority airport (other than the landing field and landing strips) and any related facilities for the control and safe operation of aircraft, the sheltering, servicing or repair of aircraft, the receiving, discharging, sheltering, feeding and supplemental transportation of passengers, the parking of motor vehicles, and the receipt, transfer, storage and discharge of any cargo, or for any purpose reasonably incident to any of the foregoing, provided that any leases and any grants of concessions or privileges may be for such terms, not exceeding 40 years, as the Authority shall determine and any such term may begin in futuro.
    (c) To let to any person any land located within the perimeter area of any proposed or existing Authority airport for the purpose of enabling such person to construct, reconstruct, expand, improve, maintain and operate perimeter area facilities thereon and to let to any person or to grant to any person concessions or privileges in any perimeter area facilities, provided that any lease or grant of concessions or privileges made pursuant hereto may be for such term, not exceeding 40 years, as the Authority shall determine and any such term may begin in futuro.
    (d) To regulate, to the extent not regulated by federal law or regulations, the navigation of aircraft over any Authority airport and the perimeter area of such airport, the approach of aircraft and their takeoff from any Authority airport, and the use of any airport or related facilities or perimeter area facilities so as to be consistent with the safe and efficient operation of the airport.
    (e) To let to any person any land located within the Authority airport or its perimeter area for agricultural, residential, commercial or recreational uses for such terms and on such conditions as the Authority may determine.
    (f) To exercise the powers granted in this Section with respect to any Authority airport or airports acquired pursuant to the exercise of the powers granted in Section 5 and with respect to the related facilities, perimeter areas and perimeter area facilities of any such airports.
(Source: P.A. 86-1400.)