Full Text of SB0693 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government. | 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 | | represented in the General Assembly: | 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Waterway Ports Commission Act is | 5 | | amended by changing Sections 5, 10, and 15 as follows: | 6 | | (70 ILCS 1816/5) | 7 | | Sec. 5. Creation; membership; administrative support. | 8 | | (a) The Illinois Waterway Ports Commission is hereby | 9 | | created. The Commission shall exercise jurisdiction with | 10 | | respect to the duties and powers delegated to it under this Act | 11 | | within the following port districts and counties: the Seneca | 12 | | Regional Port District, the Ottawa Port District, the Illinois | 13 | | Valley Regional Port District, the Heart of Illinois Regional | 14 | | Port District, and the Havana Port District and Fulton, Mason, | 15 | | Tazewell, Peoria, Woodford, Marshall, Putnam, Bureau, LaSalle, | 16 | | and Grundy counties. | 17 | | (b) The Commission shall consist of the following 9 | 18 | | appointed members: | 19 | | (1) a member appointed by the Chairperson of the Board | 20 | | of the Seneca Regional Port District , appointed by the | 21 | | Chairperson of the Board ; | 22 | | (2) a member appointed by the Chairperson of the Board | 23 | | of the Ottawa Port District , appointed by the Chairperson |
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| 1 | | of the Board ; | 2 | | (3) a member appointed by the Chairperson of the Board | 3 | | of the Illinois Valley Regional Port District , appointed | 4 | | by the Chairperson of the Board ; | 5 | | (4) a member appointed by the Chairperson of the Board | 6 | | of the Heart of Illinois Regional Port District , appointed | 7 | | by the Chairperson of the Board ; | 8 | | (5) a member appointed by the Chairperson of the Board | 9 | | of the Havana Regional Port District , appointed by the | 10 | | Chairperson of the Board ; | 11 | | (6) a member from a not-for-profit organization that | 12 | | assists with local government planning within the northern | 13 | | territory of the Commission, appointed by the majority | 14 | | vote of the chairpersons of the Seneca Regional Port | 15 | | District, Ottawa Port District, Illinois Valley Regional | 16 | | Port District, Heart of Illinois Regional Port District, | 17 | | and Havana Regional Port District; | 18 | | (7) a member appointed by the Tri-County Regional | 19 | | Planning Commission from the Tri-County Regional Planning | 20 | | Commission; | 21 | | (8) a member from a not-for-profit organization that | 22 | | assists with local government planning within the southern | 23 | | territory of the Commission, appointed by the majority | 24 | | vote of the chairpersons of the Seneca Regional Port | 25 | | District, Ottawa Port District, Illinois Valley Regional | 26 | | Port District, Heart of Illinois Regional Port District, |
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| 1 | | and Havana Regional Port District; | 2 | | (9) a member that is recommended by the Chairperson of | 3 | | the Board of the Heart of Illinois Regional Port District | 4 | | and appointed by the majority vote of the chairpersons of | 5 | | the Seneca Regional Port District, Ottawa Port District, | 6 | | Illinois Valley Regional Port District, Heart of Illinois | 7 | | Regional Port District, and Havana Regional Port District. | 8 | | The members shall be appointed no later than 90 days after | 9 | | the effective date of this Act. The members shall hold office | 10 | | for a period of 6 years, or until a successor has been | 11 | | appointed, and the members shall serve without compensation. | 12 | | At the expiration of the term of an appointed member, the | 13 | | person, organization, chairperson, or chairpersons who | 14 | | appointed the member shall appoint a successor who shall hold | 15 | | office for 6 years or until a successor has been appointed. | 16 | | (c) The members of the Commission shall elect a | 17 | | chairperson of the Commission for a 2-year term after all the | 18 | | members are selected. A member of the Commission shall not | 19 | | serve more than 2 terms as chairperson. | 20 | | (d) If a vacancy occurs in the Commission membership, the | 21 | | vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as the original | 22 | | appointment for the remainder of the unexpired term. | 23 | | (e) The Commission shall meet no less than once a year. | 24 | | (f) The Heart of Illinois Regional Port District shall | 25 | | provide administrative support and other support to the | 26 | | Commission. |
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| 1 | | (Source: P.A. 103-214, eff. 6-30-23.) | 2 | | (70 ILCS 1816/10) | 3 | | Sec. 10. Duties. The Commission has the following duties: | 4 | | (1) to coordinate and synchronize common efforts and | 5 | | initiatives within the areas over which it has jurisdiction | 6 | | under this Act in order to enhance the reporting and benefits | 7 | | of statistical data ; | 8 | | (2) to make recommendations to the Governor, the General | 9 | | Assembly, Congress, and federal agencies on regional issues | 10 | | that impact multimodal transportation, economic development, | 11 | | environmental sustainability, and climate resiliency within | 12 | | the areas over which it has jurisdiction under this Act; | 13 | | (3) to coordinate and synchronize common efforts and | 14 | | initiatives with the Mid-America Port Commission and the | 15 | | Joliet Regional Port District; | 16 | | (4) to coordinate and synchronize federal activities | 17 | | associated with the nonfederal sponsorship and development of | 18 | | the M-55 Illinois-Gulf Marine Highway; and | 19 | | (5) to request funding or assist in requesting funding, as | 20 | | it deems necessary, for those areas over which it has | 21 | | jurisdiction under this Act. | 22 | | (Source: P.A. 103-214, eff. 6-30-23.) | 23 | | (70 ILCS 1816/15) | 24 | | Sec. 15. Powers. |
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| 1 | | (a) The Commission may request funding from any federal, | 2 | | state, municipal, or local government or any other person or | 3 | | organization for purposes of the Commission within the | 4 | | Commission's jurisdiction. The individual port districts | 5 | | within the Commission's jurisdiction retain authority to | 6 | | request funding from any federal, state, municipal, or local | 7 | | government or any other person or organization for purposes of | 8 | | the individual port districts within the Commission area. | 9 | | (b) The Commission may enter into a memorandum of | 10 | | understanding or intergovernmental agreement with the State, a | 11 | | unit of local government, or a federal governmental | 12 | | organization in the performance of its duties. The Commission | 13 | | may not exercise control over an a operation of a port district | 14 | | established by any other law except by voluntary agreement | 15 | | between the port district and the Commission. | 16 | | (c) The Commission may acquire, purchase, install, lease, | 17 | | construct, own, hold, maintain, equip, use, control, or | 18 | | operate ports, harbors, waterways, channels, wharves, piers, | 19 | | docks, quays, elevators, tipples, compresses, bulk loading and | 20 | | unloading facilities, warehouse, dry docks, marine support | 21 | | railways, tugboats, ships, vessels, shipyards, shipbuilding | 22 | | facilities, machinery and equipment dredges, or any other | 23 | | facilities required or incidental to the construction, | 24 | | outfitting, dry docking, or repair of ships or vessels, or | 25 | | water, air, or rail terminals, or roadways or approaches to | 26 | | the facilities or other structures or facilities necessary for |
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| 1 | | the convenient use of the same in the aid of commerce, | 2 | | including the dredging, deepening, extending, widening, or | 3 | | enlarging of any ports, harbors, rivers, channels, or | 4 | | waterways, the damming of inland waterways, the establishment | 5 | | of a water basin, the acquisition and development of | 6 | | industrial sites, or the reclaiming of submerged lands. | 7 | | (d) The Commission may not exercise control over the | 8 | | operation of port districts established by any other law of | 9 | | the State, except by voluntary agreement between the port | 10 | | district and the Commission. | 11 | | (e) (c) The Commission may perform any other act that may | 12 | | be useful in performing its duties under Section 10 or powers | 13 | | under this Section , including, but not limited to, enhancing | 14 | | the reporting and benefits of statistical data . | 15 | | (Source: P.A. 103-214, eff. 6-30-23; revised 9-25-23.) | 16 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 17 | | becoming law. |
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