Illinois Compiled Statutes 70 Special Districts: Article -
- Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1815, Section 1
This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act". (Source: P.A. 77-1799.)
- Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1815, Section 2
As used in this Act, unless the context requires otherwise, the terms defined in Sections 2.1 through 2.9 shall have the meaning ascribed to...
- Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1815, Section 2.1
"Port District" or "District" means the Illinois Valley Regional Port District created by this Act. (Source: P.A. 77-1799.)
- Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1815, Section 2.2
"Terminal" means a public place, station or depot for receiving and delivering baggage, mail, freight, express matter or raw materials and for any combination...
- Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1815, Section 2.3
"Terminal facilities" means all lands, buildings, structures, improvements, equipment, appliances, conveyances, and other methods of transportation useful in the operation of public warehouse, storage...
- Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1815, Section 2.4
"Port facilities" means all public structures, except terminal facilities as defined herein, that are in, over, under or adjacent to navigable waters and are...
- Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1815, Section 2.5
"Navigable waters" means any public waters which are or can be made usable for water commerce. (Source: P.A. 77-1799.)
- Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1815, Section 2.6
"Governmental agency" means the Federal, State and any local governmental body, and any agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, thereof. (Source: P.A. 77-1799.)
- Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1815, Section 2.7
"Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, both domestic and foreign, company, association or joint stock association; and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee or...
- Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1815, Section 2.8
"Board" means Illinois Valley Regional Port District Board. (Source: P.A. 77-1799.)
- Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1815, Section 2.9
"Governor" means the Governor of the State of Illinois. (Source: P.A. 77-1799.)
- Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1815, Section 3
There is created a political subdivision body politic and municipal corporation, named "Illinois Valley Regional Port District" embracing all of Putnam County and the...
- Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1815, Section 3.1
If a petition is filed with the State Board of Elections, signed by not less than 5% of the registered voters of the district,...
- Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1815, Section 4
All property of every kind owned by the Port District shall be exempt from taxation, provided that a tax may be levied upon a...
- Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1815, Section 5
All property of the Port District shall be public grounds owned by a municipal corporation and used exclusively for public purposes within the tax...
- Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1815, Section 6
The Port District has the functions, powers and duties set out in Sections 6.1 through 6.11. (Source: P.A. 77-1799.)
- Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1815, Section 6.1
To study the existing harbor and airport facilities within the area of the Port District and to recommend to an appropriate governmental agency, including...
- Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1815, Section 6.2
To make an investigation of conditions within the Port District and to prepare and adopt a comprehensive plan for the development of port facilities...
- Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1815, Section 6.3
To study and make recommendations to the proper authority for the improvement of terminal, lighterage, wharfage, warehousing, anchorage, transfer, and landing, and other facilities...
- Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1815, Section 6.4
To study, prepare and recommend by specific proposals to the General Assembly changes in the jurisdiction of the Port District. (Source: P.A. 77-1799.)
- Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1815, Section 6.5
To petition any Federal, State, municipal or local authority, administrative, judicial and legislative, having jurisdiction in the premises, for the adoption and execution of...
- Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1815, Section 6.6
To issue permits: for the construction of all wharves, piers, dolphins, booms, weirs, breakwaters, bulkheads, jetties, bridges or other structures of any kind, over,...
- Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1815, Section 6.7
To prevent and remove obstructions, including the removal of wrecks. (Source: P.A. 77-1799.)
- Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1815, Section 6.8
To locate and establish dock lines, anchorage and shore or harbor lines. (Source: P.A. 77-1799.)
- Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1815, Section 6.9
Beyond the limits or jurisdiction of any municipality, to regulate the anchorage, moorage and speed of vessels and to establish and enforce regulations for...
- Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1815, Section 6.10
To acquire, own, construct, lease and maintain airport and water terminal facilities and transportation facilities within the Port District, and, subject to the provisions...
- Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1815, Section 6.10a
To apply to proper federal authorities in order to establish, operate, maintain or lease a foreign trade zone; and to enter into contracts, receive...
- Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1815, Section 6.10b
To establish, organize, own, acquire, participate in, operate, sell and transfer Export Trading Companies, whether as shareholder, partner, or co-venturer, alone or in cooperation...
- Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1815, Section 6.11
To enter into contracts dealing in any manner with the objects and purposes of this Act. (Source: P.A. 77-1799.)
- Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1815, Section 6.12
Purchases made pursuant to this Act shall be made in compliance with the "Local Government Prompt Payment Act", approved by the Eighty-fourth General Assembly....
- Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1815, Section 7
Any public warehouse or other public storage or transportation facility owned or otherwise controlled by the Port District shall be operated by persons under...
- Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1815, Section 8
All leases or other contracts for operation of any public warehouse or public grain elevator or transportation facilities owned or otherwise controlled by the...
- Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1815, Section 9
The Board by ordinance, may promulgate reasonable regulations prescribing qualifications of the bidders as to experience, adequacy of equipment, ability to complete performance within...
- Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1815, Section 10
The Port District shall determine in advance the minimum income that should be produced by the public warehouse or public grain elevator or transportation...
- Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1815, Section 11
If the Port District temporarily operates any public warehouse or public grain elevator or transportation facilities as in this Act provided, such temporary operation...
- Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1815, Section 12
Unless and until revenues from operations conducted by the Port District are adequate to meet all expenditures or unless and until otherwise determined by...
- Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1815, Section 13
The District has power to acquire and accept by purchase, lease, gift, grant or otherwise any property and rights useful for its purposes and to...
- Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1815, Section 13.5
Eminent domain. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, any power granted under this Act to acquire property by condemnation or eminent domain is subject...
- Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1815, Section 14
The Port District may lease to others for any period of time not to exceed 99 years, upon such terms as the Board may...
- Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1815, Section 15
The Port District has the right and power to grant easements and permits for the use of any such real property, rights of way...
- Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1815, Section 16
With respect to any and all leases, easements, rights of way, privileges and permits made or granted by the Board the Board may agree...
- Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1815, Section 17
The Port District has power to apply for and accept grants, loans or appropriations from the Federal Government or any agency or instrumentality thereof,...
- Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1815, Section 18
The Port District has power to procure and enter into contracts for any type of insurance and indemnity against loss or damage to property...
- Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1815, Section 19
The Port District has the continuing power to borrow money for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, reconstructing, extending or improving terminals, terminal facilities, port...
- Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1815, Section 20
All such bonds and certificates shall be payable solely from the revenues or income to be derived from terminals, terminal facilities or port and...
- Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1815, Section 21
The holder or holders of any bonds, certificates, or interest coupons issued by the District, may bring civil actions to compel the performance and...
- Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1815, Section 22
Notwithstanding the form and tenor of any such bonds or certificates and in the absence of any express recital on the face thereof that...
- Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1815, Section 23
The bonds or certificates shall be sold by the corporate authorities of the Port District in such manner as the Board determines except that...
- Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1815, Section 24
Before the issuance of any bonds or certificates as herein provided, the Board shall fix and establish rates, charges and fees for the use...
- Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1815, Section 25
To secure the payment of any or all bonds or certificates and for the purpose of setting forth the covenants and undertaking of the...
- Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1815, Section 26
Under no circumstances shall any bonds or certificates issued by the Port District or any other obligation of the Port District be or become...
- Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1815, Section 27
The State and all counties, cities, villages, incorporated towns and other municipal corporations, political subdivisions and public bodies, and public officers of any thereof,...
- Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1815, Section 28
The Board may, after referendum approval, levy a tax for corporate purposes of the District annually at the rate approved by referendum, but which...
- Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1815, Section 29
It is not lawful to make any fill or deposit of rock, earth, sand, or other material, or any refuse matter of any kind...
- Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1815, Section 30
The governing and administrative body of the Port District is a Board of 5 members, to be known as the Illinois Valley Regional Port...
- Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1815, Section 31
The Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint 2 members of the Board and fill any and all...
- Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1815, Section 32
After the expiration of initial terms, such successor shall hold office for the term of 3 years beginning the first day of July of...
- Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1815, Section 33
The Governor and the respective Boards of Supervisors shall certify their appointments to the Secretary of State. Within 30 days after certification of appointment,...
- Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1815, Section 34
Members of the Board shall hold office until their respective successors have been appointed and qualified. Any member may resign from his office, to...
- Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1815, Section 35
As soon as possible after appointment of the initial members the Board shall organize for the transaction of business, select a chairman and a...
- Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1815, Section 36
Regular meetings of the Board shall be held at least once in each calendar month, the time and place of meetings to be fixed...
- Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1815, Section 37
All ordinances, resolutions and all proceedings of the Port District and all documents and records in its possession shall be public records and open...
- Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1815, Section 38
The Board shall appoint a secretary and a treasurer, who need not be members of the Board, to hold office during the pleasure of...
- Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1815, Section 39
All funds deposited by the treasurer in any bank or savings and loan association shall be placed in the name of the Port District...
- Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1815, Section 40
In case any officer whose signature appears upon any bond or coupon or check or draft, issued pursuant to this Act, ceases to hold...
- Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1815, Section 41
The Board may appoint a general manager who shall be a person of recognized ability and business experience to hold office during the pleasure...
- Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1815, Section 42
The Board shall have power to pass all ordinances and make all rules and regulations proper or necessary, and to carry into effect the...
- Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1815, Section 43
As soon after the end of each fiscal year as may be expedient, the Board shall cause to be prepared and printed a complete...
- Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1815, Section 44
No civil action shall be commenced in any court against the District by any person for any injury to his person, unless it is...
- Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1815, Section 45
The Board shall investigate conditions in which it has an interest within the Port District, the enforcement of its ordinances, rules and regulations, and...
- Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1815, Section 46
Any circuit court, upon application of the Board, or any member thereof, may compel the attendance of witnesses, the production of books and papers,...
- Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1815, Section 47
All final administrative decisions of the Board shall be subject to judicial review pursuant to the provisions of the Administrative Review Law, and all...
- Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1815, Section 48
If any provision of this Act is held invalid such provision shall be deemed to be excised from this Act and the invalidity thereof...
- Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1815, Section 49
The provisions of the "Illinois Municipal Code", approved May 29, 1961, as amended, shall not be effective within the District insofar as the provisions...
Last modified: February 18, 2015