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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 Township Code is amended by changing Section
585-30 as follows:
 
6    (60 ILCS 1/85-30)
7    Sec. 85-30. Purchases; bids. Any purchase by a township for
8services, materials, equipment, or supplies in excess of
9$20,000 (other than professional services) shall be contracted
10for in one of the following ways:
11        (1) By a contract let to the lowest responsible bidder
12    after advertising for bids at least once (i) in a newspaper
13    published within the township, or (ii) if no newspaper is
14    published within the township, then in one published within
15    the county, or (iii) if no newspaper is published within
16    the county, then in a newspaper having general circulation
17    within the township.
18        (2) By a contract let without advertising for bids in
19    the case of an emergency if authorized by the township
20    board.
21        (3) By a contract let without advertising for bids for
22    the purchase of equipment manufactured by a single source
23    if authorized by a majority vote of 4 of the 5 members of

 

 

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1    the township board then holding office and the adoption of
2    a resolution to that effect.
3    This Section does not apply to contracts by a township with
4the federal government.
5(Source: P.A. 94-435, eff. 8-2-05.)
 
6    Section 10. The Kaskaskia Regional Port District Act is
7amended by changing Sections 1.1, 3, 6, 7.1, 14, and 20.2 as
8follows:
 
9    (70 ILCS 1830/1.1)
10    Sec. 1.1. Purpose. The General Assembly declares that the
11main purpose of this Act is to promote industrial, commercial,
12transportation, homeland security, recreation, water supply,
13flood control, and economic activities thereby reducing the
14evils attendant upon unemployment and enhancing the public
15health, safety, and welfare of this State.
16(Source: P.A. 90-785, eff. 1-1-99.)
 
17    (70 ILCS 1830/3)  (from Ch. 19, par. 503)
18    Sec. 3. There is created a political subdivision body
19politic and municipal corporation, named "Kaskaskia Regional
20Port District" embracing all of Monroe and Randolph Counties
21and Freeburg, Millstadt, Smithton, Prairie Du Long, New Athens,
22Marissa, Fayetteville, Engleman, Mascoutah, Shiloh Valley and
23Lenzburg Townships of St. Clair County. The Port District may

 

 

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1sue and be sued in its corporate name but execution shall not
2in any case issue against any property owned by the Port
3District except for Port District property that the Port
4District pledged as collateral to a bank or other financial
5institution to secure a bank loan. It may adopt a common seal
6and change the same at pleasure. The principal office of the
7Port District shall be in the city of Red Bud Chester,
8Illinois.
9    No rights, duties or privileges of such District, or those
10of any person, existing before the change of name shall be
11affected by the change provided by this amendatory Act of 1967.
12All proceedings pending in any court in favor of or against
13such District may continue to final consummation under the name
14in which they were commenced.
15(Source: P.A. 80-1495.)
 
16    (70 ILCS 1830/6)  (from Ch. 19, par. 506)
17    Sec. 6. The Port District has the following functions,
18powers and duties:
19    (a) to study the existing harbor facilities within the area
20of the Port District and to recommend to an appropriate
21governmental agency, including the General Assembly of
22Illinois, such changes and modifications as may from time to
23time be required for continuing development therein and to meet
24changing business and commercial needs;
25    (b) to make an investigation of conditions within the Port

 

 

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1District and to prepare and adopt a comprehensive plan for the
2development of port facilities for the Port District. In
3preparing and recommending changes and modifications in
4existing harbor facilities, or a comprehensive plan for the
5development of such port facilities, as above provided, the
6Port District if it deems desirable may set aside and allocate
7an area or areas, within the lands owned by it, to be leased to
8private parties for industrial, manufacturing, commercial, or
9harbor purposes, where such area or areas in the opinion of the
10Board, are not required for primary purposes in the development
11of harbor and port facilities for the use of public water and
12land transportation, or will not be needed immediately for such
13purposes, and where such leasing in the opinion of the Board
14will aid and promote the development of terminal and port
15facilities;
16    (c) to study and make recommendations to the proper
17authority for the improvement of terminal, lighterage,
18wharfage, warehousing, anchorage, transfer and other
19facilities necessary for the promotion of commerce and the
20interchange of traffic within, to and from the Port District;
21    (d) to study, prepare and recommend by specific proposals
22to the General Assembly of Illinois changes in the jurisdiction
23of the Port District;
24    (e) to petition any federal, state, municipal or local
25authority, administrative, judicial and legislative, having
26jurisdiction in the premises, for the adoption and execution of

 

 

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1any physical improvement, change in method, system of handling
2freight, warehousing, docking, lightering and transfer of
3freight, which in the opinion of the Board are designed to
4improve or better the handling of commerce in and through the
5Port District or improve terminal or transportation facilities
6therein; and .
7    (f) to petition any federal, state, or local authority,
8including administrative, judicial, and legislative branches,
9having jurisdiction for the adoption and execution of any
10physical improvement or operation related to the management of
11fish and wildlife, recreation, water supply, or flood control
12which in the opinion of the Board is for the purpose of
13improving or bettering the quality of life in the Port District
14or add to the diversity of amenities related to that purpose.
15(Source: Laws 1965, p. 1013.)
 
16    (70 ILCS 1830/7.1)  (from Ch. 19, par. 507.1)
17    Sec. 7.1. Additional rights and powers. The Port District
18has the following additional rights and powers:
19    (a) To issue permits for the construction of all wharves,
20piers, dolphins, booms, weirs, breakwaters, bulkheads,
21jetties, bridges or other structures of any kind, over, under,
22in, or within 40 feet of any navigable waters within the Port
23District, for the deposit of rock, earth, sand or other
24material, or any matter of any kind or description in such
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1    (b) To prevent and remove obstructions in navigable waters,
2including the removal of wrecks or vessels; to recover damages,
3including attorney fees, for the removal and clean-up of the
4site or sites and the surrounding or downstream environment;
5these rights and powers shall include, but are not limited to,
6emergency powers to seize wrecks or vessels, remediate damages,
7and provide for the disposition of the wrecks or vessels;
8    (c) To locate and establish dock lines and shore or harbor
9lines;
10    (d) To regulate the anchorage, moorage and speed of water
11borne vessels and to establish and enforce regulations for the
12operation of bridges;
13    (e) To acquire, own, construct, lease, operate and maintain
14terminals, terminal facilities, port facilities,
15transportation equipment facilities, railroads and marinas,
16and airport facilities and systems, and to fix and collect
17just, reasonable, and non-discriminatory charges for use of
18such facilities, equipment and systems. The charges so
19collected shall be used to defray the reasonable expenses of
20the Port District, and to pay the principal of and interest on
21any revenue bonds issued by the Port District;
22    (f) To operate, maintain, manage, lease, sub-lease, and to
23make and enter into contracts for the use, operation or
24management of, and to provide rules and regulations for, the
25operation, management or use of, any public port or public port
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1    (g) To fix, charge and collect reasonable rentals, tolls,
2fees and charges for the use of any public port, or any part
3thereof, or any public port facility;
4    (h) To establish, maintain, expand and improve roadways,
5railroads, and approaches by land, or water, to any such
6terminal, terminal facility and port facilities, and to
7contract or otherwise provide by condemnation, if necessary,
8for the removal of any port, terminal, terminal facilities and
9port facility hazards or the removal or relocation of all
10private structures, railroads, mains, pipes, conduits, wires,
11poles, and all other facilities and equipment which may
12interfere with the location, expansion, development or
13improvement of ports, terminals, terminal facilities and port
14facilities or with the safe approach thereto, or exit or
15takeoff therefrom by vehicles, vessels, barges and other means
16of transportation, and to pay the cost of removal or
17relocation;
18    (i) To police its physical property only and all waterways
19and to exercise police powers in respect thereto or in respect
20to the enforcement of any rule or regulation provided by the
21ordinances of the District and to employ and commission police
22officers and other qualified persons to enforce such rules and
23regulations. A regulatory ordinance of the District adopted
24under any provisions of this Section may provide for a
25suspension or revocation of any rights or privileges within the
26control of the District for a violation of any such regulatory

 

 

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1ordinance.
2    (j) To enter into agreements with the corporate authorities
3or governing body of any other municipal corporation or any
4political subdivision of this State to pay the reasonable
5expense of services furnished by such municipal corporation or
6political subdivision for or on account of income producing
7properties of the District;
8    (k) To enter into contracts dealing in any manner with the
9objects and purposes of this Act;
10    (l) To acquire, own, lease, mortgage, sell, or otherwise
11dispose of interests in and to real property and improvements
12situate thereon and in personal property necessary to fulfill
13the purposes of the District;
14    (m) To designate the fiscal year for the District;
15    (n) To engage in any activity or operation which is
16incidental to and in furtherance of efficient operation to
17accomplish the District's primary purpose;
18    (o) To acquire, erect, construct, maintain and operate
19aquariums, museums, planetariums, climatrons and other
20edifices for the collection and display of objects pertaining
21to natural history or the arts and sciences and to permit the
22directors or trustees of any corporation or society organized
23for the erection, construction, maintenance and operation of an
24aquarium, museum, planetarium, climatron or other such edifice
25to perform such erection, construction, maintenance and
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1or under the control or supervision of the District; and to
2contract with any such directors or trustees relative to such
3acquisition, erection, construction, maintenance and operation
4and to charge or authorize such directors or trustees to charge
5an admission fee, the proceeds of which shall be devoted
6exclusively to such erection, construction, maintenance and
7operation;
8    (p) To do any act which is enumerated in Section 11-74.1-1
9of the "Illinois Municipal Code", in the same manner and form
10as though the District were a "municipality" as referred to in
11such Section;
12    (q) To acquire, erect, construct, reconstruct, improve,
13maintain and operate one or more, or a combination or
14combinations of, industrial buildings, office buildings,
15buildings to be used as a factory, mill shops, processing
16plants, packaging plants, assembly plants, fabricating plants,
17and buildings to be used as warehouses and other storage
18facilities.
19    (r) To acquire, own, construct, lease or contract for any
20period not exceeding 99 years, operate, develop, and maintain
21Port District water and sewage systems and other utility
22systems and services, including, but not limited to, pipes,
23mains, lines, sewers, pumping stations, settling tanks,
24treatment plants, water purification equipment, wells, storage
25facilities, lines, and all other equipment, material, and
26facilities necessary to those systems, for the use, upon

 

 

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1payment of reasonable fee set by the District, of any tenant,
2occupant, or user of the District facilities or any person
3engaged in commerce in the District; provided that the District
4shall not acquire, own, construct, lease, operate, develop, and
5maintain the systems and services if those systems and services
6can be provided by an investor-owned public utility offering
7electric or gas services. The public utility shall provide the
8District with a written response, within 30 days after
9receiving a written request from the District for those systems
10or services, stating whether it will or will not be able to
11provide the requested systems or services in accordance with
12the Public Utilities Act.
13(Source: P.A. 90-785, eff. 1-1-99.)
 
14    (70 ILCS 1830/14)  (from Ch. 19, par. 514)
15    Sec. 14. The District has power to acquire and accept by
16purchase, lease, gift, grant or otherwise any property and
17rights useful for its purposes and to provide for the
18development of channels, ports, harbors, airports, airfields,
19terminals, port facilities, terminal facilities, trails, and
20other transportation facilities within the Port District
21adequate to serve the needs of commerce within the area served
22by the Port District. The Port District may acquire real or
23personal property or any rights therein in the manner, as near
24as may be, as is provided for the exercise of the right of
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1property owned by any municipality within the Port District
2shall be taken or appropriated without first obtaining consent
3of the governing body of such municipality.
4(Source: P.A. 94-1055, eff. 1-1-07.)
 
5    (70 ILCS 1830/20.2)
6    Sec. 20.2. Authorization to borrow moneys. The District's
7Board may borrow money from any bank or other financial
8institution and may provide appropriate security, including
9mortgaging real estate, for that borrowing, if the money is
10repaid within 20 3 years after the money is borrowed.
11"Financial institution" means any bank subject to the Illinois
12Banking Act, any savings and loan association subject to the
13Illinois Savings and Loan Act of 1985, any savings bank subject
14to the Savings Bank Act, and any federally chartered commercial
15bank or savings and loan association organized and operated in
16this State pursuant to the laws of the United States.
17(Source: P.A. 94-562, eff. 1-1-06.)