(70 ILCS 5/2.7.1)

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.

(Source: P.A. 95-365, eff. 1-1-08.)