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MUNICIPALITIES
(65 ILCS 5/) Illinois Municipal Code.

65 ILCS 5/11-102-1

    (65 ILCS 5/11-102-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-102-1)
    Sec. 11-102-1. Every municipality with a population of 500,000 or more may establish and maintain public airports, upon (1) any land either within or outside the corporate limits of the municipality, (2) any public waters of the State of Illinois within the limits or jurisdiction of or bordering on the municipality, (3) any submerged land under such public waters, and (4) any artificial or reclaimed land which before the artificial making or reclamation thereof constituted a portion of the submerged land under such public waters.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

65 ILCS 5/11-102-2

    (65 ILCS 5/11-102-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-102-2)
    Sec. 11-102-2. Every municipality specified in Section 11-102-1 may purchase, construct, reconstruct, expand and improve landing fields, landing strips, landing floats, hangars, terminal buildings and other structures relating thereto and may provide terminal facilities for public airports; may construct, reconstruct and improve causeways, roadways, and bridges for approaches to or connections with the landing fields, landing strips and landing floats; and may construct and maintain breakwaters for the protection of such airports with a water front. Before any work of construction is commenced in, over or upon any public waters of the state, the plans and specifications therefor shall be submitted to and approved by the Department of Transportation of the state. Submission to and approval by the Department of Transportation is not required for any work or construction undertaken as part of the O'Hare Modernization Program as defined in Section 10 of the O'Hare Modernization Act.
(Source: P.A. 100-201, eff. 8-18-17.)

65 ILCS 5/11-102-3

    (65 ILCS 5/11-102-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-102-3)
    Sec. 11-102-3. Every specified municipality may use, occupy, and reclaim submerged land under the public waters of the state within the limits or jurisdiction of or bordering upon the municipality as may be necessary or appropriate in the exercise of the powers under Sections 11-102-1 and 11-102-2. The power granted by this section is superior to and takes precedence over any power to reclaim such land heretofore granted to any person which has not been exercised at the time when the municipality, by ordinance as to such land therein particularly described, determines to exercise the power granted by this section.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

65 ILCS 5/11-102-4

    (65 ILCS 5/11-102-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-102-4)
    Sec. 11-102-4. Every municipality specified in Section 11-102-1 may contract for the removal or relocation of all buildings, railways, mains, pipes, conduits, wires, poles, and all other structures, facilities and equipment which may interfere with the location, expansion or improvement of any public airport, or with the safe approach thereto or take-off therefrom by aircraft, and may acquire by gift, grant, lease, purchase, condemnation or otherwise any private property, public property or property devoted to any public use or rights or easements therein for any purpose authorized by this Section and Sections 11-102-1 through 11-102-3. Nothing in this Section limits the powers of the City of Chicago to acquire property or otherwise exercise its powers under Section 15 of the O'Hare Modernization Act.
(Source: P.A. 93-450, eff. 8-6-03.)

65 ILCS 5/11-102-4a

    (65 ILCS 5/11-102-4a) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-102-4a)
    Sec. 11-102-4a. Any plan to change a municipal airport's physical facilities, including but not limited to construction of runways, additions to or relocation of runways, construction of terminals and of parking areas, shall be subject to a public hearing if such change:
    (1) would affect the residents of any contiguous municipality in the use and enjoyment of their property;
    (2) involves locating or relocating of a State, county, or municipal street or highway or part thereof by the airport authorities and such highway, or street, or portion thereof, so affected is situated within the corporate limits of any contiguous municipality; or
    (3) would affect any contiguous municipality in its carrying out of its governmental or proprietary functions.
(Source: P.A. 76-1341.)

65 ILCS 5/11-102-4b

    (65 ILCS 5/11-102-4b) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-102-4b)
    Sec. 11-102-4b. The municipal clerk of the municipality which established the airport involved shall publish notice of the hearing at least once, not more than 30 nor less than 15 days before the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipalities affected. If no newspaper is generally circulated in such municipality, publication shall be in a newspaper of general circulation in the county of the municipalities affected.
(Source: P.A. 76-1341.)

65 ILCS 5/11-102-4c

    (65 ILCS 5/11-102-4c) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-102-4c)
    Sec. 11-102-4c. At the hearing the airport authorities shall make a full disclosure of the proposed plan. All interested persons and municipalities may appear and testify for or against any plan. The hearing may be continued from time to time at the discretion of the airport authorities to allow necessary changes in any proposed plan, or to hear or receive additional testimony from interested persons or municipalities.
(Source: P.A. 76-1341.)

65 ILCS 5/11-102-4d

    (65 ILCS 5/11-102-4d) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-102-4d)
    Sec. 11-102-4d. Sections 11-102-4a, 11-102-4b, and 11-102-4c apply to an airport which is located either within or outside of the corporate limits of every municipality specified in Section 11-102-1 establishing the airport.
(Source: P.A. 76-1341.)

65 ILCS 5/11-102-5

    (65 ILCS 5/11-102-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-102-5)
    Sec. 11-102-5. Every municipality specified in Section 11-102-1 has the following additional powers:
    (1) to operate any public airport, buildings, structures or facilities relating thereto and to charge and collect rents, rates or other compensation for any use thereof or for any service rendered by the municipality in the operation thereof, provided that, subject to the capacity thereof, the landing field, landing strips and landing float shall be available to any person, without unjust or unreasonable discrimination as to services and charges, for landing and take-off by any aircraft;
    (2) to let to, or enter into any operating agreement with, any person for operation and maintenance of any public airport, but all such leases and operating agreements shall provide that, subject to the capacity thereof, the landing field, landing strips and landing float shall be available to any person, without unjust or unreasonable discrimination as to services and charges, for landing and take-off by any aircraft;
    (3) to let to any person, or grant concessions or privileges in, any land adjoining the landing field or any building or structure on such land for the shelter, servicing, manufacturing and repair of aircraft, aircraft parts and accessories, for receiving and discharging passengers and cargo, and for the accommodation of the public at such airport;
    (4) to regulate the use of such airports, the navigation of aircraft over such airports and the approach of aircraft and their take-off from such airports.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

65 ILCS 5/11-102-6

    (65 ILCS 5/11-102-6) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-102-6)
    Sec. 11-102-6. Every municipality specified in Section 11-102-1 may from time to time issue its bonds in anticipation of its revenue from such an airport or airports or from any buildings, structures, or facilities thereof or relating thereto to accomplish any of the purposes of this Division 102 and to refund such bonds. These bonds may be authorized by ordinance and may be issued in one or more series, may bear such dates, mature at such time or times, not exceeding 40 years from their respective dates, bear interest at such rates, not exceeding the maximum rate authorized by the Bond Authorization Act, as amended at the time of the making of the contract, payable semi-annually, be in such denominations, be in such form, either coupon or registered, be executed in such manner, be payable in such medium of payment, at such places, be subject to such terms of redemption, with or without premium, and may be made registrable as to principal or as to both principal and interest, as the ordinance may provide. These bonds may be issued without submission thereof to the electors of the municipality for approval. The bonds shall have all the qualities of negotiable paper under the law merchant and the negotiable instruments law. The bonds shall be sold at a price, so that the interest cost of the proceeds thereof shall not exceed the maximum rate authorized by the Bond Authorization Act, as amended at the time of the making of the contract, payable semi-annually, computed to maturity according to standard tables of bond values and shall be sold in such manner and at such time as the corporate authorities of such municipality shall determine. Pending the preparation or execution of definitive bonds, interim receipts or certificates or temporary bonds may be delivered to the purchasers or pledgees of these bonds. These bonds bearing the signatures of officers in office on the date of the signing thereof shall be valid and binding obligations notwithstanding that before the delivery thereof and payment therefor any or all the persons whose signatures appear thereon cease to be officers. No holder of any bond issued under this section shall ever have the right to compel any exercise of taxing power of the municipality to pay the bond or the interest thereon. Each bond issued under this section shall recite in substance that the bond, including the interest thereon, is payable from the revenue pledged to the payment thereof and that the bond does not constitute a debt of the municipality issuing the bond within any statutory or constitutional limitation.
    With respect to instruments for the payment of money issued under this Section either before, on, or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1989, it is and always has been the intention of the General Assembly (i) that the Omnibus Bond Acts are and always have been supplementary grants of power to issue instruments in accordance with the Omnibus Bond Acts, regardless of any provision of this Act that may appear to be or to have been more restrictive than those Acts, (ii) that the provisions of this Section are not a limitation on the supplementary authority granted by the Omnibus Bond Acts, and (iii) that instruments issued under this Section within the supplementary authority granted by the Omnibus Bond Acts are not invalid because of any provision of this Act that may appear to be or to have been more restrictive than those Acts.
    The amendatory Acts of 1971, 1972 and 1973 are not a limit upon any municipality which is a home rule unit.
(Source: P.A. 86-4.)

65 ILCS 5/11-102-7

    (65 ILCS 5/11-102-7) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-102-7)
    Sec. 11-102-7. The corporate authorities of any municipality availing itself of the provisions of Section 11-102-6 shall adopt an ordinance describing in a general way the airport or airports or facilities thereof or relating thereto to be purchased, established or improved and refer to the plans and specifications therefor prepared for that purpose. These plans and specifications shall be open to the inspection of the public. Any such ordinance shall set out the estimated cost of the airport or airports or facilities thereof or relating thereto or of the improvement and shall fix the maximum amount of revenue bonds proposed to be issued therefor. This amount shall not exceed the estimated cost of the airport or airports or facilities thereof or relating thereto or of the improvement including engineering, legal, and other expenses together with interest cost to a date 6 months subsequent to the estimated date of completion. Such ordinance may contain such covenants, which shall be part of the contract between the municipality and the holders of such bonds and the trustee, if any, for such bondholders having such rights and duties as may be provided therein for the enforcement and protection of such covenants, as may be deemed necessary or advisable as to:
    (a) the issuance of additional bonds that may thereafter be issued payable from the revenues derived from the operation of any such airport or airports, buildings, structures and facilities and for the payment of the principal and interest upon such bonds;
    (b) the regulations as to the use of any such airport or airports and facilities to assure the maximum use or occupancy thereof;
    (c) the kind and amount of insurance to be carried, including use and occupancy insurance, the cost of which shall be payable only from the revenues derived from the airport or airports and facilities;
    (d) operation, maintenance, management, accounting and auditing, employment of airport engineers and consultants and the keeping of records, reports and audits of any such airport or airports and facilities;
    (e) the obligation of the municipality to maintain the airport or airports and facilities in good condition and to operate the same in an economical and efficient manner;
    (f) providing for setting aside of sinking funds, reserve funds, depreciation funds and such other special funds as may be found needful and the regulation and disposition thereof;
    (g) providing for the setting aside of a sinking fund, into which shall be payable from the revenues of such airport or airports, buildings, structures and facilities from month to month, as such revenues are collected, such sums as will be sufficient to pay the accruing interest and retire the bonds at maturity;
    (h) agreeing to fix and collect rents, rates of toll and other charges for the use of such airport or airports or any buildings, structures or facilities located thereon or related thereto, sufficient, together with other available money, to produce revenue adequate to pay the bonds at maturity and accruing interest and reserves therefor and sufficient to pay cost of maintenance, operation and depreciation thereof in such order of priority as shall be provided by the ordinance authorizing the bonds;
    (i) fixing procedure by which the terms of any contract with the holders of the bonds may be amended, the amount of bonds the holders of which must consent thereto and the manner in which such consent may be given;
    (j) providing the procedure for refunding such bonds;
    (k) providing whether and to what extent and upon what terms and conditions, if any, the holder of bonds or coupons issued under such ordinance or the trustee, if any, therefor may, by action, mandamus, injunction or other proceeding, enforce or compel the performance of all duties required by this Division 102 including the fixing, maintaining and collecting of such rents, rates or other charges for the use of such airport or airports or of any buildings, structures or other facilities located thereon or relating thereto or for any service rendered by the municipality in the operation thereof as will be sufficient, together with other available money, to pay the principal of and interest upon these revenue bonds as the same become due and reserves therefor and sufficient to pay the cost of maintenance, operation and depreciation of the airport or airports and facilities in the order of priority as provided in the ordinance authorizing the bonds, and the application of the income and revenue thereof;
    (m) such other covenants as may be deemed necessary or desirable to assure a successful and profitable operation of the airport or airports and facilities and prompt payment of the principal of and interest upon the bonds so authorized. After this ordinance has been adopted it shall be published once in a newspaper published and having a general circulation in the municipality and may not thereafter be amended or rescinded except as may be provided by specific covenant contained therein as hereinabove authorized. After the expiration of 10 days from the date of this publication the ordinance shall be in effect.
(Source: P.A. 83-345.)