Illinois Compiled Statutes 70 Special Districts: Article -

• Illinois Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 1
  This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act". (Source: P.A. 76-1788.)
• Illinois Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 2
  When used in this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the terms set out in Section 2.1 through 2.21 have the meaning ascribed to...
• Illinois Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 2.1
  "District" or "Port District" means the Mt. Carmel Regional Port District created by this Act. (Source: P.A. 76-1788.)
• Illinois Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 2.2
  "Terminal" means a public place, station or depot for receiving and delivering baggage, mail, freight or express matter and for any combination of such...
• Illinois Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 2.3
  "Terminal facilities" means all land, buildings, structures, improvements, equipment and appliances useful in the operation of public warehouse, storage and transportation facilities and industrial,...
• Illinois Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, 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 Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 2.5
  "Aircraft" means any contrivance now known or hereafter invented, used or designed for navigation of, or flight in, the air. (Source: P.A. 76-1788.)
• Illinois Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 2.6
  "Airport" means any locality, either land or water, which is used or designed for the landing and taking off of aircraft, or for the...
• Illinois Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 2.7
  "Airport Hazard" means any structure or object of natural growth, located on or in the vicinity of an airport, or any use of land...
• Illinois Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 2.8
  "Approach" means any path, course or zone defined by an ordinance of the District or by other lawful regulation, on the ground or in...
• Illinois Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 2.9
  "Commercial Aircraft" means any aircraft other than public aircraft engaged in the business of transporting persons or property. (Source: P.A. 76-1788.)
• Illinois Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 2.10
  "Private Aircraft" means any aircraft other than public and commercial aircraft. (Source: P.A. 76-1788.)
• Illinois Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 2.11
  "Public Aircraft" means any aircraft used exclusively in the governmental service of the United States, or of any state or of any public agency,...
• Illinois Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 2.12
  "Public Airport" means an airport owned by a Port District, an airport authority or other public agency which is used or is intended for...
• Illinois Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 2.13
  "Public Interest" means the protection, furtherance and advancement of the general welfare and of public health and safety and public necessity and convenience in...
• Illinois Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 2.14
  "Navigable waters" means any public waters which are or can be made usable for water commerce. (Source: P.A. 76-1788.)
• Illinois Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 2.15
  "Governmental Agency" means the Federal, State and any local governmental body, and any agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, thereof. (Source: P.A. 76-1788.)
• Illinois Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 2.16
  "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 Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 2.17
  "General obligation bond" means any bond issued by the District, any part of the principal or interest of which bond is to be paid...
• Illinois Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 2.18
  "Revenue bond" means any bond issued by the District the principal and interest of which bond is payable solely from revenues or income derived...
• Illinois Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 2.19
  "Board" means the Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Board. (Source: P.A. 76-1788.)
• Illinois Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 2.20
  "Governor" means the Governor of the State of Illinois. (Source: P.A. 76-1788.)
• Illinois Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 2.21
  "City" means any city, village, incorporated town or civil township located within the District. (Source: P.A. 76-1788.)
• Illinois Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 3
  There is created a political subdivision, body politic and municipal corporation by the name of Mt. Carmel Regional Port District which shall embrace, include...
• Illinois Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 4
  It is declared that the main purpose of this Act is to promote industrial, commercial and transportation facilities, thereby reducing the evils attendant upon...
• Illinois Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 5
  The Port District has the rights and powers set out in Section 5.1 through 5.22. (Source: P.A. 76-1788.)
• Illinois Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 5.1
  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 Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 5.2
  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 Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 5.3
  To prevent or remove obstructions in navigable waters, including the removal of wrecks. (Source: P.A. 76-1788.)
• Illinois Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 5.4
  To locate and establish dock lines and shore or harbor lines. (Source: P.A. 76-1788.)
• Illinois Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 5.5
  To regulate the anchorage, moorage and speed of water-borne vessels and to establish and enforce regulations for the operation of bridges, except nothing contained...
• Illinois Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 5.6
  To acquire, own, construct, lease, operate and maintain terminals, terminal facilities and port facilities, and to fix and collect reasonable and nondiscriminatory charges for...
• Illinois Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 5.7
  Subject to any applicable condition imposed by this Act, to locate, establish and maintain a public airport, public airports and public airport facilities within...
• Illinois Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 5.8
  To operate, maintain, manage, lease, sublease, and to make and enter into contracts for the use, operation or management of, and to provide rules...
• Illinois Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 5.9
  To fix, charge and collect reasonable rentals, tolls, fees, and charges for the use of any public airport, or any part thereof, or any...
• Illinois Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 5.10
  To establish, maintain, extend and improve roadways, and approaches by land, water or air to any such airport and to contract or otherwise provide,...
• Illinois Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 5.11
  To restrict the height of any object of natural growth or structure or structures within the vicinity of any airport or within the lines...
• Illinois Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 5.12
  To agree with the state or federal governments or with any public agency in respect to the removal and relocation of any object of...
• Illinois Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 5.13
  For the prevention of accidents, for the furtherance and protection of public health, safety and convenience in respect to aeronautics, for the protection of...
• Illinois Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 5.14
  To police its physical property and all waterways and to exercise police powers in respect thereto or in respect to the enforcement of any...
• Illinois Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 5.14a
  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 Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 5.15
  To enter into agreements with the corporate authorities or governing body of any other municipal corporation or any political subdivision of this State to...
• Illinois Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 5.16
  To enter into contracts dealing in any manner with the objects and purposes of this Act. (Source: P.A. 76-1788.)
• Illinois Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 5.17
  To acquire, own, lease, sell or otherwise dispose of interests in real property and improvements thereon and in personal property necessary to fulfill the...
• Illinois Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 5.18
  To designate the fiscal year for the District. (Source: P.A. 76-1788.)
• Illinois Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 5.19
  To engage in any activity or operation which is incidental to and in furtherance of efficient operation to accomplish the District's primary purpose. (Source:...
• Illinois Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 5.20
  The District may acquire, erect, construct, maintain and operate aquariums, museums and other edifices for the collection and display of objects pertaining to natural...
• Illinois Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 5.21
  The District shall have the rights and powers enumerated in Division 74 of Article 11 of the "Illinois Municipal Code", approved May 29, 1961,...
• Illinois Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 5.22
  The District may acquire, erect, construct, reconstruct, improve, maintain and operate one or more, or a combination or combinations of, industrial buildings, office buildings,...
• Illinois Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 5.23
  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 Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 6
  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 Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 6.05
  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 Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 6.1
  The District may lease to others for any period of time, not to exceed 99 years, upon such terms as its Board may determine,...
• Illinois Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 6.2
  The District shall have the right to grant easements and permits for the use of any such real property, rights of way or privileges...
• Illinois Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 6.3
  The Board may agree upon and collect the rentals, charges and fees on all leases, easements, rights of way, privileges and permits made or...
• Illinois Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 7
  The District has power to apply for and accept grants, loans, or appropriations from the Federal Government or any agency or instrumentality thereof to...
• Illinois Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 8
  The District has power to procure and enter into contracts for any type of insurance or indemnity against loss or damage to property from...
• Illinois Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 9
  The District has the continuing power to borrow money and issue either general obligation bonds or revenue bonds for the purpose of acquiring, constructing,...
• Illinois Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 10
  The District may, pursuant to ordinance adopted by the Board and without submitting the question to referendum, issue and dispose of its interest bearing...
• Illinois Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 11
  If the Board desires to issue general obligation bonds it shall adopt an ordinance specifying the amount of bonds to be issued, the purpose...
• Illinois Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 12
  All revenue bonds shall be payable solely from the revenues or income to be derived from the terminals, terminal facilities, airfields, airports, port facilities,...
• Illinois Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 13
  All revenue bonds shall be issued and sold by the Board in such manner as the Board shall determine. However, if any bonds are...
• Illinois Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 14
  All general obligation bonds issued by the District shall be sold by the District upon sealed bids to the highest and best responsible bidder...
• Illinois Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 15
  Upon the issue of any revenue bonds as herein provided the Board shall fix and establish rates, charges and fees for the use of...
• Illinois Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 16
  Under no circumstances shall any bonds issued by the District or any other obligation of the District be an indebtedness or obligation of the...
• Illinois Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 17
  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 Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 18
  It is unlawful to make any fill or deposit of rock, earth, sand, or other material, or any refuse matter of any kind or...
• Illinois Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 19
  The governing and administrative body of the District shall be a Board consisting of 7 members, to be known as Mt. Carmel Regional Port...
• Illinois Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 20
  Except as otherwise provided in this Act, it is unlawful for any member, officer, employee or other appointee of the Board and District or...
• Illinois Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 21
  The Governor, by and with the consent of the Senate, shall appoint the members of the Board and fill all vacancies. If the Senate...
• Illinois Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 22
  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 Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 23
  As soon as possible after the appointment of the initial members, the Board shall organize for the transaction of business, select a chairman and...
• Illinois Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 24
  Regular meetings of the Board shall be held at least once in each calendar month, the time and place of such meetings to be...
• Illinois Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 25
  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 Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 26
  All funds deposited by the treasurer in any bank or savings and loan association shall be placed in the name of the District and...
• Illinois Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 27
  In case any officer whose signature appears upon any check or draft issued pursuant to this Act ceases to hold his office before the...
• Illinois Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 28
  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 Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 29
  The Board has power to pass all ordinances and make all rules and regulations it deems proper or necessary, and to carry into effect...
• Illinois Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 30
  Within 60 days after the end of each fiscal year the Board shall have prepared by a certified public accountant a complete and detailed...
• Illinois Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 31
  The Board may investigate conditions in which it has an interest within the area of the District, the enforcement of its ordinances, rules and...
• Illinois Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 32
  All final administrative decisions of the Board hereunder shall be subject to judicial review pursuant to the provisions of the Administrative Review Law, as...
• Illinois Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 33
  In the conduct of any investigation authorized by Section 31 the Port District shall, at its expense, provide a stenographer to take down all...
• Illinois Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 34
  If any provision of this Act or application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity does not affect other provisions...
• Illinois Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 35
  The provisions of the Illinois Municipal Code, approved May 29, 1961, as now or hereafter amended, or the provisions of "An Act in relation...
• Illinois Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 36
  Territory which is contiguous to the District and which is not included within any other port district may be annexed to and become a...
• Illinois Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 37
  At least 5% of the legal voters residing within the limits of such proposed addition to the District shall petition the circuit court for...
• Illinois Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1835, Section 38
  If there is territory contiguous to the District which has no legal voters residing therein, a petition to annex such territory, signed by all...

Last modified: February 18, 2015