Full Text of SB0046 103rd General Assembly
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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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | 5 | | Illinois Waterway Ports Commission Act. | 6 | | Section 5. Creation; membership; administrative support. | 7 | | (a) The Illinois Waterway Ports Commission is hereby | 8 | | created. The Commission shall exercise jurisdiction with | 9 | | respect to the duties and powers delegated to it under this Act | 10 | | within the following port districts and counties: the Seneca | 11 | | Regional Port District, the Ottawa Port District, the Illinois | 12 | | Valley Regional Port District, the Heart of Illinois Regional | 13 | | Port District, and the Havana Port District and Fulton, Mason, | 14 | | Tazewell, Peoria, Woodford, Marshall, Putnam, Bureau, LaSalle, | 15 | | and Grundy counties. | 16 | | (b) The Commission shall consist of the following 9 | 17 | | appointed members: | 18 | | (1) a member of the Board of the Seneca Regional Port | 19 | | District, appointed by the Chairperson of the Board; | 20 | | (2) a member of the Board of the Ottawa Port District, | 21 | | appointed by the Chairperson of the Board; | 22 | | (3) a member of the Board of the Illinois Valley | 23 | | Regional Port District, appointed by the Chairperson of |
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| 1 | | the Board; | 2 | | (4) a member of the Board of the Heart of Illinois | 3 | | Regional Port District, appointed by the Chairperson of | 4 | | the Board; | 5 | | (5) a member of the Board of the Havana Regional Port | 6 | | District, appointed by the Chairperson of the Board; | 7 | | (6) a member from a not-for-profit organization that | 8 | | assists with local government planning within the northern | 9 | | territory of the Commission, appointed by the majority | 10 | | vote of the chairpersons of the Seneca Regional Port | 11 | | District, Ottawa Port District, Illinois Valley Regional | 12 | | Port District, Heart of Illinois Regional Port District, | 13 | | and Havana Regional Port District; | 14 | | (7) a member appointed by the Tri-County Regional | 15 | | Planning Commission from the Tri-County Regional Planning | 16 | | Commission; | 17 | | (8) a member from a not-for-profit organization that | 18 | | assists with local government planning within the southern | 19 | | territory of the Commission, appointed by the majority | 20 | | vote of the chairpersons of the Seneca Regional Port | 21 | | District, Ottawa Port District, Illinois Valley Regional | 22 | | Port District, Heart of Illinois Regional Port District, | 23 | | and Havana Regional Port District; | 24 | | (9) a member that is recommended by the Chairperson of | 25 | | the Board of the Heart of Illinois Regional Port District | 26 | | and appointed by the majority vote of the chairpersons of |
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| 1 | | the Seneca Regional Port District, Ottawa Port District, | 2 | | Illinois Valley Regional Port District, Heart of Illinois | 3 | | Regional Port District, and Havana Regional Port District. | 4 | | The members shall be appointed no later than 90 days after | 5 | | the effective date of this Act. The members shall hold office | 6 | | for a period of 6 years, or until a successor has been | 7 | | appointed, and the members shall serve without compensation. | 8 | | At the expiration of the term of an appointed member, the | 9 | | person, organization, chairperson, or chairpersons who | 10 | | appointed the member shall appoint a successor who shall hold | 11 | | office for 6 years or until a successor has been appointed. | 12 | | (c) The members of the Commission shall elect a | 13 | | chairperson of the Commission for a 2-year term after all the | 14 | | members are selected. A member of the Commission shall not | 15 | | serve more than 2 terms as chairperson. | 16 | | (d) If a vacancy occurs in the Commission membership, the | 17 | | vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as the original | 18 | | appointment for the remainder of the unexpired term. | 19 | | (e) The Commission shall meet no less than once a year. | 20 | | (f) The Heart of Illinois Regional Port District shall | 21 | | provide administrative support and other support to the | 22 | | Commission. | 23 | | Section 10. Duties. The Commission has the following | 24 | | duties: | 25 | | (1) to coordinate and synchronize common efforts and
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| 1 | | initiatives within the areas over which it has jurisdiction | 2 | | under this Act in order to enhance the reporting and benefits | 3 | | of statistical data; | 4 | | (2) to make recommendations to the Governor, the General | 5 | | Assembly, Congress, and federal agencies on regional issues | 6 | | that impact multimodal transportation, economic development, | 7 | | environmental sustainability, and climate resiliency within | 8 | | the areas over which it has jurisdiction under this Act; | 9 | | (3) to coordinate and synchronize common efforts and | 10 | | initiatives with the Mid-America Port Commission and the | 11 | | Joliet Regional Port District; | 12 | | (4) to coordinate and synchronize federal activities | 13 | | associated with the nonfederal sponsorship and development of | 14 | | the M-55 Illinois-Gulf Marine Highway; and | 15 | | (5) to request funding or assist in requesting funding, as | 16 | | it deems necessary, for those areas over which it has | 17 | | jurisdiction under this Act. | 18 | | Section 15. Powers. | 19 | | (a) The Commission may request funding from any federal, | 20 | | state, municipal, or local government or any other person or | 21 | | organization for purposes of the Commission within the | 22 | | Commission's jurisdiction. The individual port
districts | 23 | | within the Commission's jurisdiction retain authority to | 24 | | request funding from any federal, state, municipal, or local | 25 | | government or any other person or
organization for purposes of |
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| 1 | | the individual port districts within the Commission area. | 2 | | (b) The Commission may enter into a memorandum of | 3 | | understanding or intergovernmental agreement with the State, a | 4 | | unit of local government, or a federal governmental | 5 | | organization in the performance of its duties. The Commission | 6 | | may not exercise control over a operation of a port district | 7 | | established by any other law except by voluntary agreement | 8 | | between the port district and the Commission. | 9 | | (c) The Commission may perform any other act that may be | 10 | | useful in performing its duties under Section 10 or powers | 11 | | under this Section.
| 12 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 13 | | becoming law.
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