Public Act 095-0365
 
SB0263 Enrolled LRB095 10652 HLH 30880 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 Airport Authorities Act is amended by
changing Section 3 and by adding Sections 2.7.1 and 2.7.2 as
follows:
 
    (70 ILCS 5/2.7.1 new)
    Sec. 2.7.1. Greater Metropolitan Airport Authority.
    (a) The Greater Metropolitan Airport Authority is hereby
established, the territory of which shall include all of the
territory within the corporate limits of Peoria County. Within
30 days after the initial appointments have been made under
subsection (c) of this Section, the Authority board shall
notify the office of the Secretary of State of the
establishment of the Greater Metropolitan Airport Authority,
and the Secretary of State shall issue a certificate of
incorporation to the Authority. Upon the issuance of a
certificate of incorporation, the Greater Metropolitan Airport
Authority shall be deemed an organized airport authority under
this Act.
    (b) If all of the airport facilities of an existing Airport
Authority are situated within Peoria County on the effective
date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, that
existing Airport Authority shall be dissolved upon the
establishment of the Greater Metropolitan Airport Authority.
In such event, the rights to all property, assets, and
liabilities, including bonded indebtedness, of the existing
Airport Authority shall be assumed by the Greater Metropolitan
Airport Authority.
    (c) The Board of Commissioners of the Greater Metropolitan
Airport Authority shall consist of 9 commissioners who shall
reside within its corporate limits, and who shall be appointed
as follows:
        (1) The Board of Commissioners of an existing Airport
    Authority referenced in subsection (b) of this Section
    shall, upon the establishment of the Greater Metropolitan
    Airport Authority, be reappointed by their respective
    appointing authorities to serve their remaining terms of
    office. Successor appointments to the existing board
    members shall be made by the original appointing authority.
        (2) Within 20 days after the effective date of this
    amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, one additional
    commissioner shall be appointed by each mayor, with the
    advice and consent of the governing body, of a municipality
    located wholly within the territory of the Greater
    Metropolitan Airport Authority that has a population of
    more than 5,000. No appointment shall be made under this
    subpart by an appointing authority who is entitled to make
    an appointment under subpart (1) of this subsection.
        (3) The members of the General Assembly whose
    legislative districts encompass any part of the Greater
    Metropolitan Airport Authority shall appoint any
    additional commissioners necessary to create a Board of
    Commissioners consisting of 9 commissioners.
        (4) Of the commissioners appointed under subparts (2)
    and (3) of this subsection, one commissioner shall be
    appointed for a 3-year term, one commissioner shall be
    appointed for a 4-year term, and one commissioner shall be
    appointed for a 5-year term. Initial terms shall be
    determined by lot. Any successor to a commissioner
    appointed under subpart (2) or (3) of this subsection shall
    be appointed for a 5-year term.
 
    (70 ILCS 5/2.7.2 new)
    Sec. 2.7.2. Crawford County Airport Authority.
    (a) The Crawford County Airport Authority is hereby
established, the territory of which shall include all of the
territory within the corporate limits of Crawford County.
Within 30 days after the initial appointments have been made
under subsection (c) of this Section, the Authority board shall
notify the office of the Secretary of State of the
establishment of the Crawford County Airport Authority, and the
Secretary of State shall issue a certificate of incorporation
to the Authority. Upon the issuance of a certificate of
incorporation, the Crawford County Airport Authority shall be
deemed an organized airport authority under this Act.
    (b) If all of the airport facilities of an existing airport
authority are situated within Crawford County on the effective
date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, that
existing airport authority shall be dissolved upon the
establishment of the Crawford County Airport Authority. In such
event, the rights to all property, assets, and liabilities,
including bonded indebtedness, of the existing airport
authority shall be assumed by the Crawford County Airport
Authority.
    (c) The Board of Commissioners of the Crawford County
Airport Authority shall consist of 7 commissioners who shall
reside within its corporate limits, and who shall be appointed
as follows:
        (1) Four commissioners shall be appointed by the county
    chairman of Crawford County. Of the commissioners
    appointed under this item, one commissioner shall be
    appointed for a 3-year term, one commissioner shall be
    appointed for a 4-year term, and 2 commissioners shall be
    appointed for 5-year terms, as determined by lot. Their
    successors shall be appointed for 5-year terms.
        (2) Three commissioners shall be appointed by the mayor
    of the City of Robinson. Of the commissioners appointed
    under this item, one commissioner shall be appointed for a
    3-year term, one commissioner shall be appointed for a
    4-year term, and one commissioner shall be appointed for a
    5-year term, as determined by lot. Their successors shall
    be appointed for 5-year terms.
 
    (70 ILCS 5/3)  (from Ch. 15 1/2, par. 68.3)
    Sec. 3. Boards of commissioners. Every authority
established under this Act shall be governed by a board of
commissioners. For authorities other than Metropolitan Airport
Authorities, the Greater Metropolitan Airport Authority, and
the Crawford County Airport Authority, in the order finding the
results of the election to be favorable to the establishment of
the authority, the circuit court shall determine the population
of the authority and the population of each municipality within
the authority having 5,000 or more inhabitants according to the
last census.
(Source: P.A. 84-1473.)

Effective Date: 1/1/2008