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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Southwestern Illinois Development Authority
5Act is amended by changing Sections 4, 5, and 8 as follows:
 
6    (70 ILCS 520/4)  (from Ch. 85, par. 6154)
7    Sec. 4. (a) There is hereby created a political
8subdivision, body politic and municipal corporation named the
9Southwestern Illinois Development Authority. The territorial
10jurisdiction of the Authority is that geographic area within
11the boundaries of Madison, St. Clair, Bond, and Clinton, and
12Monroe counties in the State of Illinois and any navigable
13waters and air space located therein.
14    (b) The governing and administrative powers of the
15Authority shall be vested in a body consisting of 15 voting 14
16members including, as ex officio members, the Director of
17Commerce and Economic Opportunity, or his or her designee, and
18the Secretary of Transportation, or his or her designee. The
19other 13 voting 12 members of the Authority shall be
20designated "public members", 6 of whom shall be appointed by
21the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate, 2 of
22whom shall be appointed by the county board chairman of
23Madison County, 2 of whom shall be appointed by the county

 

 

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1board chairman of St. Clair County, one of whom shall be
2appointed by the county board chairman of Bond County, and one
3of whom shall be appointed by the county board chairman of
4Clinton County, and one of whom shall be appointed by the
5county board chairman of Monroe County. All public members
6shall reside within the territorial jurisdiction of this Act.
7Eight voting members shall constitute a quorum. The public
8members shall be persons of recognized ability and experience
9in one or more of the following areas: economic development,
10finance, banking, industrial development, small business
11management, real estate development, community development,
12venture finance, organized labor or civic, community or
13neighborhood organization. The Chairman of the Authority shall
14be elected by the Board annually from the voting members
15appointed by the county board chairmen.
16    (c) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the
17The terms of all members of the Authority shall begin 30 days
18after the effective date of this Act. Of the 8 public members
19initially appointed pursuant to this Act, 3 shall serve until
20the third Monday in January, 1988, 3 shall serve until the
21third Monday in January, 1989, and 2 shall serve until the
22third Monday in January, 1990. The public members initially
23appointed under this amendatory Act of the 94th General
24Assembly shall serve until the third Monday in January, 2008.
25The member initially appointed pursuant to this amendatory Act
26of the 103rd General Assembly by the county board chairman of

 

 

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1Monroe County shall serve until the third Monday in January
22026. All successors shall be appointed by the original
3appointing authority and hold office for a term of 3 years
4commencing the third Monday in January of the year in which
5their term commences, except in case of an appointment to fill
6a vacancy. Vacancies occurring among the public members shall
7be filled for the remainder of the term. In case of vacancy in
8a Governor-appointed membership when the Senate is not in
9session, the Governor may make a temporary appointment until
10the next meeting of the Senate when a person shall be nominated
11to fill such office, and any person so nominated who is
12confirmed by the Senate shall hold office during the remainder
13of the term and until a successor shall be appointed and
14qualified. Members of the Authority shall not be entitled to
15compensation for their services as members but shall be
16entitled to reimbursement for all necessary expenses incurred
17in connection with the performance of their duties as members.
18    (d) The Governor may remove any public member of the
19Authority in case of incompetency, neglect of duty, or
20malfeasance in office.
21    (e) The Board shall appoint an Executive Director who
22shall have a background in finance, including familiarity with
23the legal and procedural requirements of issuing bonds, real
24estate or economic development and administration. The
25Executive Director shall hold office at the discretion of the
26Board. The Executive Director shall be the chief

 

 

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1administrative and operational officer of the Authority, shall
2direct and supervise its administrative affairs and general
3management, shall perform such other duties as may be
4prescribed from time to time by the members and shall receive
5compensation fixed by the Authority. The Executive Director
6shall attend all meetings of the Authority; however, no action
7of the Authority shall be invalid on account of the absence of
8the Executive Director from a meeting. The Authority may
9engage the services of such other agents and employees,
10including attorneys, appraisers, engineers, accountants,
11credit analysts and other consultants, as it may deem
12advisable and may prescribe their duties and fix their
13compensation.
14    (f) The Board may, by majority vote, nominate up to 4
15non-voting members for appointment by the Governor. Non-voting
16members shall be persons of recognized ability and experience
17in one or more of the following areas: economic development,
18finance, banking, industrial development, small business
19management, real estate development, community development,
20venture finance, organized labor, or civic, community, or
21neighborhood organization. Non-voting members shall serve at
22the pleasure of the Board. All non-voting members may attend
23meetings of the Board and shall be reimbursed as provided in
24subsection (c).
25    (g) The Board shall create a task force to study and make
26recommendations to the Board on the economic development of

 

 

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1the city of East St. Louis and on the economic development of
2the riverfront within the territorial jurisdiction of this
3Act. The members of the task force shall reside within the
4territorial jurisdiction of this Act, shall serve at the
5pleasure of the Board and shall be persons of recognized
6ability and experience in one or more of the following areas:
7economic development, finance, banking, industrial
8development, small business management, real estate
9development, community development, venture finance, organized
10labor or civic, community or neighborhood organization. The
11number of members constituting the task force shall be set by
12the Board and may vary from time to time. The Board may set a
13specific date by which the task force is to submit its final
14report and recommendations to the Board.
15(Source: P.A. 96-443, eff. 8-14-09.)
 
16    (70 ILCS 520/5)  (from Ch. 85, par. 6155)
17    Sec. 5. All official acts of the Authority shall require
18the approval of at least 8 voting members. It shall be the duty
19of the Authority to promote development within the geographic
20confines of Madison, Bond, Clinton, and St. Clair, and Monroe
21counties. The Authority shall use the powers herein conferred
22upon it to assist in the development, construction and
23acquisition of industrial, commercial, housing or residential
24projects within Madison, Bond, Clinton, and St. Clair, and
25Monroe counties.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 94-1096, eff. 6-1-07.)
 
2    (70 ILCS 520/8)  (from Ch. 85, par. 6158)
3    Sec. 8. (a) The Authority may, but need not, acquire title
4to any project with respect to which it exercises its
5authority.
6    (b) The Authority shall have power to acquire by purchase,
7lease, gift or otherwise any property or rights therein from
8any person or persons, the State of Illinois, any municipal
9corporation, any local unit of government, the government of
10the United States and any agency or instrumentality of the
11United States, any body politic or any county useful for its
12purposes, whether improved for the purposes of any prospective
13project or unimproved. The Authority may also accept any
14donation of funds for its purposes from any such source. The
15Authority may acquire any real property, or rights therein,
16upon condemnation. The acquisition by eminent domain of such
17real property or any interest therein by the Authority shall
18be in the manner provided by the Eminent Domain Act, including
19Article 20 thereof (quick-take power).
20    The Authority shall not exercise any quick-take eminent
21domain powers granted by State law within the corporate limits
22of a municipality unless the governing authority of the
23municipality authorizes the Authority to do so. The Authority
24shall not exercise any quick-take eminent domain powers
25granted by State law within the unincorporated areas of a

 

 

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1county unless the county board authorizes the Authority to do
2so.
3    (c) The Authority shall have power to develop, construct
4and improve, either under its own direction or through
5collaboration with any approved applicant, or to acquire
6through purchase or otherwise any project, using for such
7purpose the proceeds derived from its sale of revenue bonds,
8notes or other evidences of indebtedness or governmental loans
9or grants and to hold title in the name of the Authority to
10such projects.
11    (d) The Authority shall have the power to enter into
12intergovernmental agreements with the State of Illinois, the
13counties of Bond, Clinton, Madison, Monroe, and or St. Clair,
14the Southwest Regional Port District, the Illinois Finance
15Authority, the Illinois Housing Development Authority, the
16Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, the United States
17government and any agency or instrumentality of the United
18States, the city of East St. Louis, any unit of local
19government located within the territory of the Authority or
20any other unit of government to the extent allowed by Article
21VII, Section 10 of the Illinois Constitution and the
22Intergovernmental Cooperation Act.
23    (e) The Authority shall have the power to share employees
24with other units of government, including agencies of the
25United States, agencies of the State of Illinois and agencies
26or personnel of any unit of local government.

 

 

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1    (f) The Authority shall have the power to exercise powers
2and issue bonds as if it were a municipality so authorized in
3Divisions 12.1, 74, 74.1, 74.3 and 74.5 of Article 11 of the
4Illinois Municipal Code.
5(Source: P.A. 93-205, eff. 1-1-04; 94-1055, eff. 1-1-07.)
 
6    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
7becoming law.