(70 ILCS 1810/8.01) (from Ch. 19, par. 159.1)

Sec. 8.01. The Port District has power to apply to proper authorities of the United States of America pursuant to appropriate law for the right to establish, operate, maintain, and lease foreign trade zones and sub-zones within the limits of the Chicago Regional Port District or within the jurisdiction of the United States Customs Service Office of the Chicago Port of Entry and to establish, operate, maintain, and lease such foreign trade zones and sub-zones.

(Source: P.A. 83-1360.)