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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1439
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 1439 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
4 "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5 Metro East Academy District Act.
6 Section 5. Creation of district. The Metro East Academy
7 District, hereinafter called the District, is hereby created.
8 The territory of the District shall consist of the contiguous
9 territory within the boundaries of Madison and St. Clair
10 Counties. The District is created to attract and retain
11 academic centers of excellence, technology and research
12 centers, and such other educational resource facilities and
13 uses as are permitted by this Act.
14 Section 10. Metro East Academy District Commission.
15 There is hereby created a body politic and corporate under
16 the corporate name of the Metro East Academy District
17 Commission, hereinafter called the Commission, whose general
18 purpose in addition to and not in limitation of those
19 purposes and powers set forth in other Sections of this Act
20 shall be to:
21 (1) maintain the proper surroundings for academic
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1 centers of excellence and related technology and resource
2 centers in order to attract and retain therein (i)
3 training and continuing education facilities for
4 teachers, administrators, and other educators, and (ii)
5 computer technology, distance learning and
6 telecommunication, laboratory, library, research and
7 related educational resource facilities as permitted
8 under this Act; and
9 (2) provide for the orderly creation and expansion
10 of (i) various county, and local governmental facilities
11 as permitted under this Act, (ii) other ancillary or
12 related facilities which the Commission may from time to
13 time determine are established and operated for any
14 aspect of the carrying out of the Commission's purposes
15 as set forth in this Act, or are established and operated
16 to promote educational, technological, or scientific
17 research and knowledge as permitted under this Act, and
18 (iii) research and high technology parks, together with
19 the necessary lands, buildings, facilities, equipment,
20 and personal property therefor.".