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1     AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Airport Authorities Act is amended by
5 changing Section 3 and by adding Sections 2.7.1 and 2.7.2 as
6 follows:
 
7     (70 ILCS 5/2.7.1 new)
8     Sec. 2.7.1. Greater Metropolitan Airport Authority.
9     (a) The Greater Metropolitan Airport Authority is hereby
10 established, the territory of which shall include all of the
11 territory within the corporate limits of Peoria County. Within
12 30 days after the initial appointments have been made under
13 subsection (c) of this Section, the Authority board shall
14 notify the office of the Secretary of State of the
15 establishment of the Greater Metropolitan Airport Authority,
16 and the Secretary of State shall issue a certificate of
17 incorporation to the Authority. Upon the issuance of a
18 certificate of incorporation, the Greater Metropolitan Airport
19 Authority shall be deemed an organized airport authority under
20 this Act.
21     (b) If all of the airport facilities of an existing Airport
22 Authority are situated within Peoria County on the effective
23 date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, that

 

 

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1 existing Airport Authority shall be dissolved upon the
2 establishment of the Greater Metropolitan Airport Authority.
3 In such event, the rights to all property, assets, and
4 liabilities, including bonded indebtedness, of the existing
5 Airport Authority shall be assumed by the Greater Metropolitan
6 Airport Authority.
7     (c) The Board of Commissioners of the Greater Metropolitan
8 Airport Authority shall consist of 9 commissioners who shall
9 reside within its corporate limits, and who shall be appointed
10 as follows:
11         (1) The Board of Commissioners of an existing Airport
12     Authority referenced in subsection (b) of this Section
13     shall, upon the establishment of the Greater Metropolitan
14     Airport Authority, be reappointed by their respective
15     appointing authorities to serve their remaining terms of
16     office. Successor appointments to the existing board
17     members shall be made by the original appointing authority.
18         (2) Within 20 days after the effective date of this
19     amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, one additional
20     commissioner shall be appointed by each mayor, with the
21     advice and consent of the governing body, of a municipality
22     located wholly within the territory of the Greater
23     Metropolitan Airport Authority that has a population of
24     more than 5,000. No appointment shall be made under this
25     subpart by an appointing authority who is entitled to make
26     an appointment under subpart (1) of this subsection.

 

 

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1         (3) The members of the General Assembly whose
2     legislative districts encompass any part of the Greater
3     Metropolitan Airport Authority shall appoint any
4     additional commissioners necessary to create a Board of
5     Commissioners consisting of 9 commissioners.
6         (4) Of the commissioners appointed under subparts (2)
7     and (3) of this subsection, one commissioner shall be
8     appointed for a 3-year term, one commissioner shall be
9     appointed for a 4-year term, and one commissioner shall be
10     appointed for a 5-year term. Initial terms shall be
11     determined by lot. Any successor to a commissioner
12     appointed under subpart (2) or (3) of this subsection shall
13     be appointed for a 5-year term.
 
14     (70 ILCS 5/2.7.2 new)
15     Sec. 2.7.2. Crawford County Airport Authority.
16     (a) The Crawford County Airport Authority is hereby
17 established, the territory of which shall include all of the
18 territory within the corporate limits of Crawford County.
19 Within 30 days after the initial appointments have been made
20 under subsection (c) of this Section, the Authority board shall
21 notify the office of the Secretary of State of the
22 establishment of the Crawford County Airport Authority, and the
23 Secretary of State shall issue a certificate of incorporation
24 to the Authority. Upon the issuance of a certificate of
25 incorporation, the Crawford County Airport Authority shall be

 

 

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1 deemed an organized airport authority under this Act.
2     (b) If all of the airport facilities of an existing airport
3 authority are situated within Crawford County on the effective
4 date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, that
5 existing airport authority shall be dissolved upon the
6 establishment of the Crawford County Airport Authority. In such
7 event, the rights to all property, assets, and liabilities,
8 including bonded indebtedness, of the existing airport
9 authority shall be assumed by the Crawford County Airport
10 Authority.
11     (c) The Board of Commissioners of the Crawford County
12 Airport Authority shall consist of 7 commissioners who shall
13 reside within its corporate limits, and who shall be appointed
14 as follows:
15         (1) Four commissioners shall be appointed by the county
16     chairman of Crawford County. Of the commissioners
17     appointed under this item, one commissioner shall be
18     appointed for a 3-year term, one commissioner shall be
19     appointed for a 4-year term, and 2 commissioners shall be
20     appointed for 5-year terms, as determined by lot. Their
21     successors shall be appointed for 5-year terms.
22         (2) Three commissioners shall be appointed by the mayor
23     of the City of Robinson. Of the commissioners appointed
24     under this item, one commissioner shall be appointed for a
25     3-year term, one commissioner shall be appointed for a
26     4-year term, and one commissioner shall be appointed for a

 

 

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1     5-year term, as determined by lot. Their successors shall
2     be appointed for 5-year terms.
 
3     (70 ILCS 5/3)  (from Ch. 15 1/2, par. 68.3)
4     Sec. 3. Boards of commissioners. Every authority
5 established under this Act shall be governed by a board of
6 commissioners. For authorities other than Metropolitan Airport
7 Authorities, the Greater Metropolitan Airport Authority, and
8 the Crawford County Airport Authority, in the order finding the
9 results of the election to be favorable to the establishment of
10 the authority, the circuit court shall determine the population
11 of the authority and the population of each municipality within
12 the authority having 5,000 or more inhabitants according to the
13 last census.
14 (Source: P.A. 84-1473.)