Public Act 93-0250

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    AN ACT concerning ports.

    Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:

    Section  5.  The Illinois International Port District Act
is amended by changing Sections 5 and 12 as follows:

    (70 ILCS 1810/5) (from Ch. 19, par. 156)
    Sec. 5. The Port District shall have the following rights
and powers:
    (a)  To  issue  permits:  for  the  construction  of  all
wharves,  piers,   dolphins,   booms,   weirs,   breakwaters,
bulkheads,  jetties, bridges or other structures of any kind,
over, under, in, or within 40 feet of  any  navigable  waters
within  the  Port  District;  for the deposit of rock, earth,
sand or  other  material,  or  any  matter  of  any  kind  or
description in said waters;
    (b)  To  prevent  or  remove  obstructions, including the
removal of wrecks;
    (c)  To locate and establish  dock  lines  and  shore  or
harbor lines;
    (d)  Beyond   the   limits   or   jurisdiction   of   any
municipality  to regulate the anchorage, moorage and speed of
vessels and to establish  and  enforce  regulations  for  the
operation  of bridges and to regulate the anchorage, moorage,
and speed of water borne vessels  in  the  entrance  channel,
anchorage basin and slips in the Senator Dan Dougherty Harbor
at Lake Calumet;
    (e)  To  acquire,  own,  construct, sell, lease, operate,
and maintain  port  and  harbor,  water,  and  land  terminal
facilities, and, subject to the provisions of Section 5.01 to
operate or contract for the operation of such facilities, and
to  fix  and  collect just, reasonable and non-discriminatory
charges, rentals or fees for the use of such facilities.  The
charges, rentals or fees so collected shall be made available
to defray the reasonable expenses of the Port District and to
pay the principal of and interest on any revenue bonds issued
by the District;
    (f)  To  enter  into contracts dealing in any manner with
the objects and purposes of this Act;
    (g)  To police its property and exercise police powers in
respect thereto or in respect to the enforcement of any  rule
or  regulation provided by the ordinances of the District and
employ and commission police  officers  and  other  qualified
persons  to  enforce the same. The use of any property of the
District or property under the regulation of the District for
activities including, but not limited to,  vehicular  traffic
or  commercial  maritime  traffic  shall  be  subject  to the
reasonable regulation and control of the  District  and  upon
such  reasonable terms and conditions as shall be established
by its Board. A regulatory ordinance of the District  adopted
under any provision of this Section or Section 21 may provide
for  a  suspension  or revocation of any rights or privileges
within the control of the District for  a  violation  of  any
such regulatory ordinance.
(Source: P.A. 88-539.)

    (70 ILCS 1810/12) (from Ch. 19, par. 163)
    Sec.  12.   The  governing and administrative body of the
District shall be a board consisting  of  9  members,  to  be
known  as  the  Illinois  International  Port District Board.
Members of the Board shall be residents  of  a  county  whose
territory,  in  whole or in part, is embraced by the District
and persons of recognized business ability.  The  members  of
the  Board shall receive compensation for their services, set
by the Board at an amount not to exceed $20,000.00  annually,
except  the  Chairman  may  receive  an  additional $5,000.00
annually, if approved by the Board.   All  such  compensation
shall  be  paid  directly  from the Port District's operating
funds.  The  members  shall  receive  no  other  compensation
whatever,  whether  in  form of salary, per diem allowance or
otherwise, for or in connection with his service as a member.
The preceding sentence shall  not  prevent  any  member  from
receiving  any  non-salary  benefit  of  the type received by
employees of the District. Each member  shall  be  reimbursed
for  actual  expenses  incurred by them in the performance of
their duties.  Any person who is appointed to the  office  of
secretary  or treasurer of the Board may receive compensation
for services as such officer, as  determined  by  the  Board,
provided such person is not a member of the Board.  No member
of  the  Board  or  employee  of  the District shall have any
private  financial  interest,  profit  or  benefit   in   any
contract, work or business of the District nor in the sale or
lease of any property to or from the District.
(Source: P.A. 84-892.)

    Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.