(70 ILCS 532/30)
    Sec. 30. Powers.
    (a) The Authority possesses all the powers of a body corporate necessary and convenient to accomplish the purposes of this Act, including, without any intended limitation upon the general powers hereby conferred, the following powers:
        (1) to enter into loans, contracts, agreements, and mortgages in any matter connected
    
with any of its corporate purposes and to invest its funds;
        (2) to sue and be sued;
        (3) to utilize services of the Illinois Finance Authority necessary to carry out its
    
purposes;
        (4) to have and use a common seal and to alter the seal at its discretion;
        (5) to adopt all needful ordinances, resolutions, bylaws, rules, and regulations for the
    
conduct of its business and affairs and for the management and use of the projects developed, constructed, acquired, and improved in furtherance of its purposes;
        (6) to designate the fiscal year for the Authority;
        (7) to accept and expend appropriations;
        (8) to acquire, own, lease, sell, or otherwise dispose of interests in and to real
    
property and improvements situated on that real property and in personal property necessary to fulfill the purposes of the Authority;
        (9) to engage in any activity or operation which is incidental to and in furtherance of
    
efficient operation to accomplish the Authority's primary purpose;
        (10) to acquire, own, construct, lease, operate, and maintain bridges, terminals,
    
terminal facilities, and port facilities and to fix and collect just, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory charges for the use of such facilities. These charges shall be used to defray the reasonable expenses of the Authority and to pay the principal and interest of any revenue bonds issued by the Authority;
        (11) subject to any applicable condition imposed by this Act, to locate, establish and
    
maintain a public airport, public airports and public airport facilities within its corporate limits or within or upon any body of water adjacent thereto and to construct, develop, expand, extend and improve any such airport or airport facility; and
        (12) to have and exercise all powers and be subject to all duties usually incident to
    
boards of directors of corporations.
    (b) The Authority shall not issue any bonds relating to the financing of a project located within the planning and subdivision control jurisdiction of any municipality or county unless: (i) notice, including a description of the proposed project and the financing for that project, is submitted to the corporate authorities of the municipality or, in the case of a proposed project in an unincorporated area, to the county board and (ii) the corporate authorities of the municipality do not, or the county board does not, adopt a resolution disapproving the project within 45 days after receipt of the notice.
    (c) If any of the powers set forth in this Act are exercised within the jurisdictional limits of any municipality, all ordinances of the municipality remain in full force and effect and are controlling.
(Source: P.A. 93-874, eff. 8-6-04.)