Public Act 102-0725
 
HB4114 EnrolledLRB102 18997 AWJ 27725 b


  
    AN ACT concerning local government.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
    Section 5. The Kaskaskia Regional Port District Act is 
amended  by changing Section 7.1 as follows:
 



    (70 ILCS 1830/7.1)  (from Ch. 19, par. 507.1)



    Sec. 7.1. Additional rights and powers. 
The Port District 
has the following additional 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 such waters;

        (b) To prevent and remove obstructions in navigable 
    waters, including
the removal of wrecks or vessels; to 
    recover damages, including attorney fees, for the removal 
    and clean-up of the site or sites and the surrounding or 
    downstream environment; these rights and powers shall 
    include, but are not limited to, emergency powers to seize 
    wrecks or vessels, remediate damages, and provide for the 
    disposition of the wrecks or vessels;

        (c) To locate and establish dock lines and shore or 
    harbor lines;

        (d) To regulate the anchorage, moorage and speed of 
    water borne vessels
and to establish and enforce 
    regulations for the operation of bridges;

        (e) To acquire, own, construct, lease, operate and 
    maintain terminals,
terminal facilities, port facilities, 
    transportation equipment facilities,
railroads and 
    marinas, and airport facilities
and systems, and to fix 
    and collect just, reasonable, and
non-discriminatory 
    charges for use of such facilities, equipment and
systems. 
    The charges so collected shall be used to defray the 
    reasonable
expenses of the Port District, and to pay the 
    principal of and interest on
any revenue bonds issued by 
    the Port District;

        (f) To operate, maintain, manage, lease, sub-lease, 
    and to make and
enter into contracts for the use, 
    operation or management of, and to
provide rules and 
    regulations for, the operation, management or use of, any

    public port or public port facility;

        (g) To fix, charge and collect reasonable rentals, 
    tolls, fees and
charges for the use of any public port, or 
    any part thereof, or any public
port facility;

        (h) To establish, maintain, expand and improve 
    roadways, railroads, and
approaches by land, or water, to 
    any such terminal, terminal facility and
port facilities, 
    and to contract or otherwise provide by condemnation, if

    necessary, for the removal of any port, terminal, terminal 
    facilities and
port facility hazards or the removal or 
    relocation of all private
structures, railroads, mains, 
    pipes, conduits, wires, poles, and all other
facilities 
    and equipment which may interfere with the location, 
    expansion,
development or improvement of ports, terminals, 
    terminal facilities and
port facilities or with the safe 
    approach thereto, or exit or takeoff
therefrom by 
    vehicles, vessels, barges and other means of 
    transportation,
and to pay the cost of removal or 
    relocation;

        (i) To police its physical property only and all 
    waterways and to
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 to
employ 
    and commission police officers and other qualified persons 
    to
enforce such rules and regulations. A regulatory 
    ordinance of the District
adopted under any provisions of 
    this Section 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.

        (j) To enter into agreements with the corporate 
    authorities or governing
body of any other municipal 
    corporation or any political subdivision of
this State to 
    pay the reasonable expense of services furnished by such

    municipal corporation or political subdivision for or on 
    account of income
producing properties of the District;

        (k) To enter into contracts dealing in any manner with 
    the objects and
purposes of this Act;

        (l) To acquire, own, lease, mortgage, sell, or 
    otherwise dispose of interests in
and to real property and 
    improvements situate thereon and in personal
property 
    necessary to fulfill the purposes of the District;

        (m) To designate the fiscal year for the District;

        (n) To engage in any activity or operation which is 
    incidental to and in
furtherance of efficient operation to 
    accomplish the District's primary
purpose;

        (o) To acquire, erect, construct, maintain and operate 
    aquariums,
museums, planetariums, climatrons and other 
    edifices for the collection and
display of objects 
    pertaining to natural history or the arts and sciences
and 
    to permit the directors or trustees of any corporation or 
    society
organized for the erection, construction, 
    maintenance and operation of an
aquarium, museum, 
    planetarium, climatron or other such edifice to perform

    such erection, construction, maintenance and operation on 
    or within any
property now or hereafter owned by or under 
    the control or supervision of
the District; and to 
    contract with any such directors or trustees relative
to 
    such acquisition, erection, construction, maintenance and 
    operation and
to charge or authorize such directors or 
    trustees to charge an admission
fee, the proceeds of which 
    shall be devoted exclusively to such erection,

    construction, maintenance and operation;

        (p) To do any act which is enumerated in Section 
    11-74.1-1 of the
"Illinois Municipal Code", in the same 
    manner and form as though the
District were a 
    "municipality" as referred to in such Section;

        (q) To acquire, own, erect, construct, lease, 
    reconstruct, improve, maintain and
operate one or more, or 
    a combination or combinations of, industrial
buildings, 
    office buildings, buildings to be used as a factory, mill 
    shops,
processing plants, packaging plants, assembly 
    plants, fabricating plants,
and buildings to be used as 
    warehouses and other storage facilities.

        (r) To acquire, own, construct, lease or contract for 
    any period not
exceeding 99
years, operate, develop, and 
    maintain Port District water and sewage systems
and other

    utility systems and services, including, but not limited 
    to, pipes, mains,
lines, sewers,
pumping stations, 
    settling tanks, treatment plants, water purification

    equipment, wells,
storage facilities, lines, and all other 
    equipment, material, and facilities
necessary to those

    systems, for the use, upon payment of reasonable fee set 
    by the District, of
any tenant,
occupant, or user of the 
    District facilities or any person engaged in commerce
in 
    the
District; provided that the District shall not 
    acquire, own, construct, lease,
operate,
develop, and 
    maintain the systems and services if those systems and

    services can be
provided by an investor-owned public 
    utility offering electric or gas services.
 The public

    utility shall provide the District with a written 
    response, within 30 days
after receiving a
written  request 
    from the District for those systems or services, stating

    whether it will or
will not be able to provide the 
    requested systems or services in accordance
with the 
    Public
Utilities
Act.

(Source: P.A. 99-507, eff. 6-24-16.)

  


Effective Date:  1/1/2023