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Full Text of HB3434  99th General Assembly

HB3434sam002 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Antonio Muñoz

Filed: 11/10/2015

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3434

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3434 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Upper Illinois River Valley Development
5Authority Act is amended by changing Sections 4 and 7 as
6follows:
 
7    (70 ILCS 530/4)  (from Ch. 85, par. 7154)
8    Sec. 4. Establishment.
9    (a) There is hereby created a political subdivision, body
10politic and municipal corporation named the Upper Illinois
11River Valley Development Authority. The territorial
12jurisdiction of the Authority is that geographic area within
13the boundaries of Grundy, LaSalle, Bureau, Putnam, Kendall,
14Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Marshall counties in the State of
15Illinois and any navigable waters and air space located
16therein.

 

 

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1    (b) The governing and administrative powers of the
2Authority shall be vested in a body consisting of 21 20 members
3including, as ex officio members, the Director of Commerce and
4Economic Opportunity, or his or her designee, and the Director
5of the Department of Central Management Services, or his or her
6designee. The other 19 18 members of the Authority shall be
7designated "public members", 10 of whom shall be appointed by
8the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate and 9 8
9of whom shall be appointed one each by the county board
10chairmen of Grundy, LaSalle, Bureau, Putnam, Kendall, Kane,
11Lake, McHenry, and Marshall counties. All public members shall
12reside within the territorial jurisdiction of this Act. Eleven
13members shall constitute a quorum. The public members shall be
14persons of recognized ability and experience in one or more of
15the following areas: economic development, finance, banking,
16industrial development, small business management, real estate
17development, community development, venture finance, organized
18labor or civic, community or neighborhood organization. The
19Chairman of the Authority shall be elected by the Board
20annually from the 9 8 members appointed by the county board
21chairmen.
22    (c) The terms of all initial members of the Authority shall
23begin 30 days after the effective date of this Act. Of the 14
24public members appointed pursuant to this Act, 4 appointed by
25the Governor shall serve until the third Monday in January,
261992, 4 appointed by the Governor shall serve until the third

 

 

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1Monday in January, 1993, one appointed by the Governor shall
2serve until the third Monday in January, 1994, one appointed by
3the Governor shall serve until the third Monday in January
41999, the member appointed by the county board chairman of
5LaSalle County shall serve until the third Monday in January,
61992, the members appointed by the county board chairmen of
7Grundy County, Bureau County, Putnam County, and Marshall
8County shall serve until the third Monday in January, 1994, and
9the member appointed by the county board chairman of Kendall
10County shall serve until the third Monday in January, 1999. The
11initial members appointed by the chairmen of the county boards
12of Kane and McHenry counties shall serve until the third Monday
13in January, 2003. The initial members appointed by the chairman
14of the county board of Lake County shall serve until the third
15Monday in January, 2018. All successors shall be appointed by
16the original appointing authority and hold office for a term of
173 years commencing the third Monday in January of the year in
18which their term commences, except in case of an appointment to
19fill a vacancy. Vacancies occurring among the public members
20shall be filled for the remainder of the term. In case of
21vacancy in a Governor-appointed membership when the Senate is
22not in session, the Governor may make a temporary appointment
23until the next meeting of the Senate when a person shall be
24nominated to fill such office, and any person so nominated who
25is confirmed by the Senate shall hold office during the
26remainder of the term and until a successor shall be appointed

 

 

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1and qualified. Members of the Authority shall not be entitled
2to compensation for their services as members but shall be
3entitled to reimbursement for all necessary expenses incurred
4in connection with the performance of their duties as members.
5    (d) The Governor may remove any public member of the
6Authority in case of incompetency, neglect of duty, or
7malfeasance in office.
8    (e) The Board shall appoint an Executive Director who shall
9have a background in finance, including familiarity with the
10legal and procedural requirements of issuing bonds, real estate
11or economic development and administration. The Executive
12Director shall hold office at the discretion of the Board. The
13Executive Director shall be the chief administrative and
14operational officer of the Authority, shall direct and
15supervise its administrative affairs and general management,
16shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed from time
17to time by the members and shall receive compensation fixed by
18the Authority. The Executive Director shall attend all meetings
19of the Authority; however, no action of the Authority shall be
20invalid on account of the absence of the Executive Director
21from a meeting. The Authority may engage the services of such
22other agents and employees, including attorneys, appraisers,
23engineers, accountants, credit analysts and other consultants,
24as it may deem advisable and may prescribe their duties and fix
25their compensation.
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1non-voting members for appointment by the Governor. Non-voting
2members shall be persons of recognized ability and experience
3in one or more of the following areas: economic development,
4finance, banking, industrial development, small business
5management, real estate development, community development,
6venture finance, organized labor or civic, community or
7neighborhood organization. Non-voting members shall serve at
8the pleasure of the Board. All non-voting members may attend
9meetings of the Board and shall be reimbursed as provided in
10subsection (c).
11    (g) The Board shall create a task force to study and make
12recommendations to the Board on the economic development of the
13territory within the jurisdiction of this Act. The members of
14the task force shall reside within the territorial jurisdiction
15of this Act, shall serve at the pleasure of the Board and shall
16be persons of recognized ability and experience in one or more
17of the following areas: economic development, finance,
18banking, industrial development, small business management,
19real estate development, community development, venture
20finance, organized labor or civic, community or neighborhood
21organization. The number of members constituting the task force
22shall be set by the Board and may vary from time to time. The
23Board may set a specific date by which the task force is to
24submit its final report and recommendations to the Board.
25(Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06.)
 

 

 

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1    (70 ILCS 530/7)  (from Ch. 85, par. 7157)
2    Sec. 7. Bonds.
3    (a) The Authority, with the written approval of the
4Governor, shall have the continuing power to issue bonds,
5notes, or other evidences of indebtedness in an aggregate
6amount outstanding not to exceed $500,000,000 for the purpose
7of developing, constructing, acquiring or improving projects,
8including those established by business entities locating or
9expanding property within the territorial jurisdiction of the
10Authority, for entering into venture capital agreements with
11businesses locating or expanding within the territorial
12jurisdiction of the Authority, for acquiring and improving any
13property necessary and useful in connection therewith and for
14the purposes of the Employee Ownership Assistance Act. For the
15purpose of evidencing the obligations of the Authority to repay
16any money borrowed, the Authority may, pursuant to resolution,
17from time to time issue and dispose of its interest bearing
18revenue bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness and may
19also from time to time issue and dispose of such bonds, notes
20or other evidences of indebtedness to refund, at maturity, at a
21redemption date or in advance of either, any bonds, notes or
22other evidences of indebtedness pursuant to redemption
23provisions or at any time before maturity. All such bonds,
24notes or other evidences of indebtedness shall be payable
25solely and only from the revenues or income to be derived from
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1of the projects or from any other funds available to the
2Authority for such purposes. The bonds, notes or other
3evidences of indebtedness may bear such date or dates, may
4mature at such time or times not exceeding 40 years from their
5respective dates, may bear interest at such rate or rates not
6exceeding the maximum rate permitted by "An Act to authorize
7public corporations to issue bonds, other evidences of
8indebtedness and tax anticipation warrants subject to interest
9rate limitations set forth therein", approved May 26, 1970, as
10amended, may be in such form, may carry such registration
11privileges, may be executed in such manner, may be payable at
12such place or places, may be made subject to redemption in such
13manner and upon such terms, with or without premium as is
14stated on the face thereof, may be authenticated in such manner
15and may contain such terms and covenants as may be provided by
16an applicable resolution.
17    (b-1) The holder or holders of any bonds, notes or other
18evidences of indebtedness issued by the Authority may bring
19suits at law or proceedings in equity to compel the performance
20and observance by any corporation or person or by the Authority
21or any of its agents or employees of any contract or covenant
22made with the holders of such bonds, notes or other evidences
23of indebtedness, to compel such corporation, person, the
24Authority and any of its agents or employees to perform any
25duties required to be performed for the benefit of the holders
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1the provision of the resolution authorizing their issuance and
2to enjoin such corporation, person, the Authority and any of
3its agents or employees from taking any action in conflict with
4any such contract or covenant.
5    (b-2) If the Authority fails to pay the principal of or
6interest on any of the bonds or premium, if any, as the same
7become due, a civil action to compel payment may be instituted
8in the appropriate circuit court by the holder or holders of
9the bonds on which such default of payment exists or by an
10indenture trustee acting on behalf of such holders. Delivery of
11a summons and a copy of the complaint to the Chairman of the
12Board shall constitute sufficient service to give the circuit
13court jurisdiction of the subject matter of such a suit and
14jurisdiction over the Authority and its officers named as
15defendants for the purpose of compelling such payment. Any
16case, controversy or cause of action concerning the validity of
17this Act relates to the revenue of the State of Illinois.
18    (c) Notwithstanding the form and tenor of any such bonds,
19notes or other evidences of indebtedness and in the absence of
20any express recital on the face thereof that it is
21non-negotiable, all such bonds, notes and other evidences of
22indebtedness shall be negotiable instruments. Pending the
23preparation and execution of any such bonds, notes or other
24evidences of indebtedness, temporary bonds, notes or evidences
25of indebtedness may be issued as provided by ordinance.
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1notes or other evidences of indebtedness, the revenues to be
2received by the Authority from a lease agreement or loan
3agreement shall be pledged, and, for the purpose of setting
4forth the covenants and undertakings of the Authority in
5connection with the issuance thereof and the issuance of any
6additional bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness
7payable from such revenues, income or other funds to be derived
8from projects, the Authority may execute and deliver a mortgage
9or trust agreement. A remedy for any breach or default of the
10terms of any such mortgage or trust agreement by the Authority
11may be by mandamus proceedings in the appropriate circuit court
12to compel the performance and compliance therewith, but the
13trust agreement may prescribe by whom or on whose behalf such
14action may be instituted.
15    (e) Such bonds or notes shall be secured as provided in the
16authorizing ordinance which may, notwithstanding any other
17provision of this Act, include in addition to any other
18security a specific pledge or assignment of and lien on or
19security interest in any or all revenues or money of the
20Authority from whatever source which may by law be used for
21debt service purposes and a specific pledge or assignment of
22and lien on or security interest in any funds or accounts
23established or provided for by ordinance of the Authority
24authorizing the issuance of such bonds or notes.
25    (f) (Blank). In the event that the Authority determines
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1payment of the principal of and interest on its bonds during
2the next State fiscal year, the Chairman, as soon as
3practicable, shall certify to the Governor the amount required
4by the Authority to enable it to pay such principal of and
5interest on the bonds. The Governor shall submit the amount so
6certified to the General Assembly as soon as practicable, but
7no later than the end of the current State fiscal year. This
8Section shall not apply to any bonds or notes as to which the
9Authority shall have determined, in the resolution authorizing
10the issuance of the bonds or notes, that this Section shall not
11apply. Whenever the Authority makes such a determination, that
12fact shall be plainly stated on the face of the bonds or notes
13and that fact shall also be reported to the Governor.
14    In the event of a withdrawal of moneys from a reserve fund
15established with respect to any issue or issues of bonds of the
16Authority to pay principal or interest on those bonds, the
17Chairman of the Authority, as soon as practicable, shall
18certify to the Governor the amount required to restore the
19reserve fund to the level required in the resolution or
20indenture securing those bonds. The Governor shall submit the
21amount so certified to the General Assembly as soon as
22practicable, but no later than the end of the current State
23fiscal year. This subsection (f) shall not apply to any bond
24issued on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of
25the 97th General Assembly.
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1holders of the bonds and notes of the Authority issued pursuant
2to this Section that the State will not limit or alter the
3rights and powers vested in the Authority by this Act so as to
4impair the terms of any contract made by the Authority with
5such holders or in any way impair the rights and remedies of
6such holders until such bonds and notes, together with interest
7thereon, with interest on any unpaid installments of interest,
8and all costs and expenses in connection with any action or
9proceedings by or on behalf of such holders, are fully met and
10discharged. In addition, the State pledges to and agrees with
11the holders of the bonds and notes of the Authority issued
12pursuant to this Section that the State will not limit or alter
13the basis on which State funds are to be paid to the Authority
14as provided in this Act, or the use of such funds, so as to
15impair the terms of any such contract. The Authority is
16authorized to include these pledges and agreements of the State
17in any contract with the holders of bonds or notes issued
18pursuant to this Section.
19    (h) (Blank).
20(Source: P.A. 97-312, eff. 8-11-11; 98-750, eff. 1-1-15.)
 
21    Section 10. The Kaskaskia Regional Port District Act is
22amended by changing Sections 1.1, 3, 6, 7.1, 14, and 20.2 as
23follows:
 
24    (70 ILCS 1830/1.1)

 

 

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1    Sec. 1.1. Purpose. The General Assembly declares that the
2main purpose of this Act is to promote industrial, commercial,
3transportation, homeland security, recreation, water supply,
4flood control, and economic activities thereby reducing the
5evils attendant upon unemployment and enhancing the public
6health, safety, and welfare of this State.
7(Source: P.A. 90-785, eff. 1-1-99.)
 
8    (70 ILCS 1830/3)  (from Ch. 19, par. 503)
9    Sec. 3. There is created a political subdivision body
10politic and municipal corporation, named "Kaskaskia Regional
11Port District" embracing all of Monroe and Randolph Counties
12and Freeburg, Millstadt, Smithton, Prairie Du Long, New Athens,
13Marissa, Fayetteville, Engleman, Mascoutah, Shiloh Valley and
14Lenzburg Townships of St. Clair County. The Port District may
15sue and be sued in its corporate name but execution shall not
16in any case issue against any property owned by the Port
17District except for Port District property that the Port
18District pledged as collateral to a bank or other financial
19institution to secure a bank loan. It may adopt a common seal
20and change the same at pleasure. The principal office of the
21Port District shall be in the city of Red Bud Chester,
22Illinois.
23    No rights, duties or privileges of such District, or those
24of any person, existing before the change of name shall be
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1All proceedings pending in any court in favor of or against
2such District may continue to final consummation under the name
3in which they were commenced.
4(Source: P.A. 80-1495.)
 
5    (70 ILCS 1830/6)  (from Ch. 19, par. 506)
6    Sec. 6. The Port District has the following functions,
7powers and duties:
8    (a) to study the existing harbor facilities within the area
9of the Port District and to recommend to an appropriate
10governmental agency, including the General Assembly of
11Illinois, such changes and modifications as may from time to
12time be required for continuing development therein and to meet
13changing business and commercial needs;
14    (b) to make an investigation of conditions within the Port
15District and to prepare and adopt a comprehensive plan for the
16development of port facilities for the Port District. In
17preparing and recommending changes and modifications in
18existing harbor facilities, or a comprehensive plan for the
19development of such port facilities, as above provided, the
20Port District if it deems desirable may set aside and allocate
21an area or areas, within the lands owned by it, to be leased to
22private parties for industrial, manufacturing, commercial, or
23harbor purposes, where such area or areas in the opinion of the
24Board, are not required for primary purposes in the development
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1land transportation, or will not be needed immediately for such
2purposes, and where such leasing in the opinion of the Board
3will aid and promote the development of terminal and port
4facilities;
5    (c) to study and make recommendations to the proper
6authority for the improvement of terminal, lighterage,
7wharfage, warehousing, anchorage, transfer and other
8facilities necessary for the promotion of commerce and the
9interchange of traffic within, to and from the Port District;
10    (d) to study, prepare and recommend by specific proposals
11to the General Assembly of Illinois changes in the jurisdiction
12of the Port District;
13    (e) to petition any federal, state, municipal or local
14authority, administrative, judicial and legislative, having
15jurisdiction in the premises, for the adoption and execution of
16any physical improvement, change in method, system of handling
17freight, warehousing, docking, lightering and transfer of
18freight, which in the opinion of the Board are designed to
19improve or better the handling of commerce in and through the
20Port District or improve terminal or transportation facilities
21therein; and .
22    (f) to petition any federal, state, or local authority,
23including administrative, judicial, and legislative branches,
24having jurisdiction for the adoption and execution of any
25physical improvement or operation related to the management of
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1which in the opinion of the Board is for the purpose of
2improving or bettering the quality of life in the Port District
3or add to the diversity of amenities related to that purpose.
4(Source: Laws 1965, p. 1013.)
 
5    (70 ILCS 1830/7.1)  (from Ch. 19, par. 507.1)
6    Sec. 7.1. Additional rights and powers. The Port District
7has the following additional rights and powers:
8    (a) To issue permits for the construction of all wharves,
9piers, dolphins, booms, weirs, breakwaters, bulkheads,
10jetties, bridges or other structures of any kind, over, under,
11in, or within 40 feet of any navigable waters within the Port
12District, for the deposit of rock, earth, sand or other
13material, or any matter of any kind or description in such
14waters;
15    (b) To prevent and remove obstructions in navigable waters,
16including the removal of wrecks or vessels; to recover damages,
17including attorney fees, for the removal and clean-up of the
18site or sites and the surrounding or downstream environment;
19these rights and powers shall include, but are not limited to,
20emergency powers to seize wrecks or vessels, remediate damages,
21and provide for the disposition of the wrecks or vessels;
22    (c) To locate and establish dock lines and shore or harbor
23lines;
24    (d) To regulate the anchorage, moorage and speed of water
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1operation of bridges;
2    (e) To acquire, own, construct, lease, operate and maintain
3terminals, terminal facilities, port facilities,
4transportation equipment facilities, railroads and marinas,
5and airport facilities and systems, and to fix and collect
6just, reasonable, and non-discriminatory charges for use of
7such facilities, equipment and systems. The charges so
8collected shall be used to defray the reasonable expenses of
9the Port District, and to pay the principal of and interest on
10any revenue bonds issued by the Port District;
11    (f) To operate, maintain, manage, lease, sub-lease, and to
12make and enter into contracts for the use, operation or
13management of, and to provide rules and regulations for, the
14operation, management or use of, any public port or public port
15facility;
16    (g) To fix, charge and collect reasonable rentals, tolls,
17fees and charges for the use of any public port, or any part
18thereof, or any public port facility;
19    (h) To establish, maintain, expand and improve roadways,
20railroads, and approaches by land, or water, to any such
21terminal, terminal facility and port facilities, and to
22contract or otherwise provide by condemnation, if necessary,
23for the removal of any port, terminal, terminal facilities and
24port facility hazards or the removal or relocation of all
25private structures, railroads, mains, pipes, conduits, wires,
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1interfere with the location, expansion, development or
2improvement of ports, terminals, terminal facilities and port
3facilities or with the safe approach thereto, or exit or
4takeoff therefrom by vehicles, vessels, barges and other means
5of transportation, and to pay the cost of removal or
6relocation;
7    (i) To police its physical property only and all waterways
8and to exercise police powers in respect thereto or in respect
9to the enforcement of any rule or regulation provided by the
10ordinances of the District and to employ and commission police
11officers and other qualified persons to enforce such rules and
12regulations. A regulatory ordinance of the District adopted
13under any provisions of this Section may provide for a
14suspension or revocation of any rights or privileges within the
15control of the District for a violation of any such regulatory
16ordinance.
17    (j) To enter into agreements with the corporate authorities
18or governing body of any other municipal corporation or any
19political subdivision of this State to pay the reasonable
20expense of services furnished by such municipal corporation or
21political subdivision for or on account of income producing
22properties of the District;
23    (k) To enter into contracts dealing in any manner with the
24objects and purposes of this Act;
25    (l) To acquire, own, lease, mortgage, sell, or otherwise
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1situate thereon and in personal property necessary to fulfill
2the purposes of the District;
3    (m) To designate the fiscal year for the District;
4    (n) To engage in any activity or operation which is
5incidental to and in furtherance of efficient operation to
6accomplish the District's primary purpose;
7    (o) To acquire, erect, construct, maintain and operate
8aquariums, museums, planetariums, climatrons and other
9edifices for the collection and display of objects pertaining
10to natural history or the arts and sciences and to permit the
11directors or trustees of any corporation or society organized
12for the erection, construction, maintenance and operation of an
13aquarium, museum, planetarium, climatron or other such edifice
14to perform such erection, construction, maintenance and
15operation on or within any property now or hereafter owned by
16or under the control or supervision of the District; and to
17contract with any such directors or trustees relative to such
18acquisition, erection, construction, maintenance and operation
19and to charge or authorize such directors or trustees to charge
20an admission fee, the proceeds of which shall be devoted
21exclusively to such erection, construction, maintenance and
22operation;
23    (p) To do any act which is enumerated in Section 11-74.1-1
24of the "Illinois Municipal Code", in the same manner and form
25as though the District were a "municipality" as referred to in
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1    (q) To acquire, erect, construct, reconstruct, improve,
2maintain and operate one or more, or a combination or
3combinations of, industrial buildings, office buildings,
4buildings to be used as a factory, mill shops, processing
5plants, packaging plants, assembly plants, fabricating plants,
6and buildings to be used as warehouses and other storage
7facilities.
8    (r) To acquire, own, construct, lease or contract for any
9period not exceeding 99 years, operate, develop, and maintain
10Port District water and sewage systems and other utility
11systems and services, including, but not limited to, pipes,
12mains, lines, sewers, pumping stations, settling tanks,
13treatment plants, water purification equipment, wells, storage
14facilities, lines, and all other equipment, material, and
15facilities necessary to those systems, for the use, upon
16payment of reasonable fee set by the District, of any tenant,
17occupant, or user of the District facilities or any person
18engaged in commerce in the District; provided that the District
19shall not acquire, own, construct, lease, operate, develop, and
20maintain the systems and services if those systems and services
21can be provided by an investor-owned public utility offering
22electric or gas services. The public utility shall provide the
23District with a written response, within 30 days after
24receiving a written request from the District for those systems
25or services, stating whether it will or will not be able to
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1the Public Utilities Act.
2(Source: P.A. 90-785, eff. 1-1-99.)
 
3    (70 ILCS 1830/14)  (from Ch. 19, par. 514)
4    Sec. 14. The District has power to acquire and accept by
5purchase, lease, gift, grant or otherwise any property and
6rights useful for its purposes and to provide for the
7development of channels, ports, harbors, airports, airfields,
8terminals, port facilities, terminal facilities, trails, and
9other transportation facilities within the Port District
10adequate to serve the needs of commerce within the area served
11by the Port District. The Port District may acquire real or
12personal property or any rights therein in the manner, as near
13as may be, as is provided for the exercise of the right of
14eminent domain under the Eminent Domain Act, except that no
15property owned by any municipality within the Port District
16shall be taken or appropriated without first obtaining consent
17of the governing body of such municipality.
18(Source: P.A. 94-1055, eff. 1-1-07.)
 
19    (70 ILCS 1830/20.2)
20    Sec. 20.2. Authorization to borrow moneys. The District's
21Board may borrow money from any bank or other financial
22institution and may provide appropriate security, including
23mortgaging real estate, for that borrowing, if the money is
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1"Financial institution" means any bank subject to the Illinois
2Banking Act, any savings and loan association subject to the
3Illinois Savings and Loan Act of 1985, any savings bank subject
4to the Savings Bank Act, and any federally chartered commercial
5bank or savings and loan association organized and operated in
6this State pursuant to the laws of the United States.
7(Source: P.A. 94-562, eff. 1-1-06.)
 
8    Section 15. The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District
9Act is amended by changing Section 308 as follows:
 
10    (70 ILCS 2605/308)
11    Sec. 308. District enlarged. Upon the effective date of
12this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly, the corporate
13limits of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of
14Greater Chicago are extended to include within those corporate
15limits the following described tracts of land and the tracts
16are hereby annexed to the District:
 
17    Parcel 1:
18    THAT PART OF THE SOUTH 1/2 OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION
19    28, TOWNSHIP 42 NORTH, RANGE 9, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL
20    MERIDIAN, LYING EAST OF THE EAST RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF
21    ELGIN, JOLIET AND EASTERN RAILROAD, IN COOK COUNTY,
22    ILLINOIS.
 

 

 

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1    Parcel 2:
2    THE NORTH 1/2 OF THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 33, TOWNSHIP
3    42 NORTH, RANGE 9, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN,
4    (EXCEPT THEREFROM STRIP OFF THE WEST END THEREOF CONVEYED
5    TO JERMIAH H. BROWNING BY DEED RECORDED SEPTEMBER 15TH
6    1859, AS DOCUMENT 23078 IN BOOK 162, PAGE 619, SAID STRIP
7    BEING THIRTY FOUR AND ONE HALF FEET WIDE AT NORTH END FORTY
8    TWO FEET WIDE AT SOUTH END) IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
 
9    PARCEL 3:
10    THAT PART OF HIGGINS ROAD (ILLINOIS ROUTE 72) LYING WITHIN
11    THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION
12    33 AND THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 32, ALL IN TOWNSHIP
13    42 NORTH, RANGE 9 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN,
14    EAST OF THE EAST RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF ELGIN, JOLIET AND
15    EASTERN RAILWAY, SOUTH OF THE NORTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE
16    OF STATE ROUTE 72 PER DOCUMENT 12059405 AND AS SHOWN ON
17    PLAT OF SURVEY RECORDED AS DOCUMENT 12647596 AND NORTH OF
18    THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PROPERTY: STARTING AT A POINT AT
19    THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF THE
20    SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 33, TOWNSHIP 42 NORTH, RANGE 9
21    EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN; THENCE NORTH 00
22    DEGREES 09 MINUTES 10 SECONDS WEST, ALONG THE EAST LINE OF
23    AFORESAID NORTHWEST QUARTER, 1769.41 FEET TO A POINT ON THE
24    SOUTH RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF HIGGINS ROAD (STATE ROUTE 72);
25    THENCE NORTHWEST ALONG THE SOUTH RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF

 

 

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1    HIGGINS ROAD, NORTH 69 DEGREES 18 MINUTES 06 SECONDS WEST,
2    1821.21 FEET TO THE EASTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF ELGIN,
3    JOLIET AND EASTERN RAILWAY; THENCE SOUTH 10 DEGREES 55
4    MINUTES 12 SECONDS WEST ALONG SAID EASTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY
5    LINE, 1122. 49 FEET TO A POINT ON THE SOUTH LINE OF THE
6    NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 32; THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 57
7    MINUTES 40 SECONDS EAST, 695.32 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 01
8    DEGREES 01 MINUTES 09 SECONDS WEST, 280.10 FEET; THENCE
9    SOUTH 02 DEGREES 21 MINUTES 40 SECONDS WEST, 1036.29 FEET
10    TO THE NORTH LINE OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHWEST
11    QUARTER OF SECTION 33, TOWNSHIP 42 NORTH, RANGE 9 EAST;
12    THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 46 MINUTES 32 SECONDS WEST ALONG
13    AFORESAID NORTH LINE, 901.63 FEET TO THE EASTERLY
14    RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF ELGIN, JOLIET AND EASTERN
15    RIGHT-OF-WAY; THENCE SOUTH 10 DEGREES 55 MINUTES 12 SECONDS
16    WEST ALONG SAID EASTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE, 1387.00 FEET TO
17    THE NORTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF THE NORTHWEST TOLLWAY
18    (I-90); THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 30 MINUTES 55 SECONDS EAST,
19    81.72 FEET; THENCE CONTINUING NORTH 89 DEGREES 54 MINUTES
20    53 SECONDS EAST ALONG AFORESAID NORTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY
21    LINE, 1514.13 FEET; THENCE NORTH 74 DEGREES 11 MINUTES 48
22    SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID NORTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE,
23    471.85 FEET; THENCE NORTH 50 DEGREES 25 MINUTES 36 SECONDS
24    EAST ALONG AFORESAID NORTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY , 501.95 FEET
25    TO THE EAST LINE OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHWEST
26    QUARTER OF AFORESAID SECTION 33; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 04

 

 

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1    MINUTES 16 SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID EAST LINE, 932.35 FEET
2    TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, ALL IN COOK COUNTY ILLINOIS.
3(Source: P.A. 99-231, eff. 8-3-15.)
 
4    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
5becoming law.".