Local Government Committee

Filed: 5/10/2007

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 263

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 263 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
 
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,

 

 

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1 and the Secretary of State shall issue a certificate of
2 incorporation to the Authority. Upon the issuance of a
3 certificate of incorporation, the Greater Metropolitan Airport
4 Authority shall be deemed an organized airport authority under
5 this Act.
6     (b) If all of the airport facilities of an existing Airport
7 Authority are situated within Peoria County on the effective
8 date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, that
9 existing Airport Authority shall be dissolved upon the
10 establishment of the Greater Metropolitan Airport Authority.
11 In such event, the rights to all property, assets, and
12 liabilities, including bonded indebtedness, of the existing
13 Airport Authority shall be assumed by the Greater Metropolitan
14 Airport Authority.
15     (c) The Board of Commissioners of the Greater Metropolitan
16 Airport Authority shall consist of 9 commissioners who shall
17 reside within its corporate limits, and who shall be appointed
18 as follows:
19         (1) The Board of Commissioners of an existing Airport
20     Authority referenced in subsection (b) of this Section
21     shall, upon the establishment of the Greater Metropolitan
22     Airport Authority, be reappointed by their respective
23     appointing authorities to serve their remaining terms of
24     office. Successor appointments to the existing board
25     members shall be made by the original appointing authority.
26         (2) Within 20 days after the effective date of this

 

 

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1     amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, one additional
2     commissioner shall be appointed by each mayor, with the
3     advice and consent of the governing body, of a municipality
4     located wholly within the territory of the Greater
5     Metropolitan Airport Authority that has a population of
6     more than 5,000. No appointment shall be made under this
7     subpart by an appointing authority who is entitled to make
8     an appointment under subpart (1) of this subsection.
9         (3) The members of the General Assembly whose
10     legislative districts encompass any part of the Greater
11     Metropolitan Airport Authority shall appoint any
12     additional commissioners necessary to create a Board of
13     Commissioners consisting of 9 commissioners.
14         (4) Of the commissioners appointed under subparts (2)
15     and (3) of this subsection, one commissioner shall be
16     appointed for a 3-year term, one commissioner shall be
17     appointed for a 4-year term, and one commissioner shall be
18     appointed for a 5-year term. Initial terms shall be
19     determined by lot. Any successor to a commissioner
20     appointed under subpart (2) or (3) of this subsection shall
21     be appointed for a 5-year term.
 
22     (70 ILCS 5/2.7.2 new)
23     Sec. 2.7.2. Crawford County Airport Authority.
24     (a) The Crawford County Airport Authority is hereby
25 established, the territory of which shall include all of the

 

 

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1 territory within the corporate limits of Crawford County.
2 Within 30 days after the initial appointments have been made
3 under subsection (c) of this Section, the Authority board shall
4 notify the office of the Secretary of State of the
5 establishment of the Crawford County Airport Authority, and the
6 Secretary of State shall issue a certificate of incorporation
7 to the Authority. Upon the issuance of a certificate of
8 incorporation, the Crawford County Airport Authority shall be
9 deemed an organized airport authority under this Act.
10     (b) If all of the airport facilities of an existing airport
11 authority are situated within Crawford County on the effective
12 date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, that
13 existing airport authority shall be dissolved upon the
14 establishment of the Crawford County Airport Authority. In such
15 event, the rights to all property, assets, and liabilities,
16 including bonded indebtedness, of the existing airport
17 authority shall be assumed by the Crawford County Airport
18 Authority.
19     (c) The Board of Commissioners of the Crawford County
20 Airport Authority shall consist of 7 commissioners who shall
21 reside within its corporate limits, and who shall be appointed
22 as follows.
23         (1) Four commissioners shall be appointed by the county
24     chairman of Crawford County. Of the commissioners
25     appointed under this item, one commissioner shall be
26     appointed for a 3-year term, one commissioner shall be

 

 

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