Illinois Compiled Statutes 70 Special Districts: Article -

• Illinois Ottawa Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1837, Section 1
  Short title. This Act may be cited as the Ottawa Port District Act. (Source: P.A. 96-1522, eff. 2-14-11.)
• Illinois Ottawa Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1837, Section 5
  Definitions. As used in this Act, the following terms shall have the following meanings unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context: "Aircraft" means...
• Illinois Ottawa Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1837, Section 10
  Ottawa Port District. There is created a political subdivision, body politic, and municipal corporation by the name of the Ottawa Port District embracing the following...
• Illinois Ottawa Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1837, Section 15
  Property of District; exemption. All property of every kind owned by the District shall be exempt from taxation. However, a tax may be levied upon...
• Illinois Ottawa Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1837, Section 20
  Rights and powers. The District has the following rights and powers: (1) To issue permits for the following purposes: (i) the construction of all wharves,...
• Illinois Ottawa Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1837, Section 25
  Prompt payment. Purchases made pursuant to this Act shall be made in compliance with the Local Government Prompt Payment Act. (Source: P.A. 96-1522, eff. 2-14-11.)
• Illinois Ottawa Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1837, Section 30
  Acquisition of property. The District has the power to acquire and accept by purchase, lease, gift, grant, or otherwise any property and rights useful for...
• Illinois Ottawa Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1837, Section 35
  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 Ottawa Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1837, Section 40
  Export trading companies. The District is authorized and empowered to establish, organize, own, acquire, participate in, operate, sell, and transfer export trading companies, whether as...
• Illinois Ottawa Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1837, Section 45
  Grants, loans, and appropriations. The District has the power to apply for and accept grants, loans, or appropriations from the federal government or any agency...
• Illinois Ottawa Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1837, Section 50
  Insurance contracts. The District has the power to procure and enter into contracts for any type of insurance or indemnity against loss or damage to...
• Illinois Ottawa Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1837, Section 55
  Rentals, charges, and fees. With respect to any and all leases, easements, rights-of-way, privileges, and permits made or granted by the Board, the Board may...
• Illinois Ottawa Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1837, Section 60
  Borrowing money. The District has the continuing power to borrow money and issue either general obligation bonds after approval by referendum as provided in this...
• Illinois Ottawa Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1837, Section 65
  Revenue bonds. All revenue bonds shall be payable solely from the revenues or income to be derived from the terminals, terminal facilities, airfields, airports, or...
• Illinois Ottawa Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1837, Section 70
  Issuing bonds. All bonds, whether general obligation or revenue, shall be issued and sold by the Board in any manner as the Board shall determine....
• Illinois Ottawa Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1837, Section 75
  Rates and charges for facilities. Upon the issue of any revenue bonds as provided in this Act, the Board shall fix and establish rates, charges,...
• Illinois Ottawa Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1837, Section 80
  Bonds not obligations of the State or district. Under no circumstances shall any bonds issued by the District or any other obligation of the District...
• Illinois Ottawa Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1837, Section 85
  Tax levy. The Board may, after referendum approval, levy a tax for corporate purposes of the District annually at the rate approved by referendum, but...
• Illinois Ottawa Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1837, Section 90
  Permits. 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 Ottawa Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1837, Section 95
  Board members. The governing and administrative body of the District shall be a Board consisting of 7 members, to be known as the Ottawa Port...
• Illinois Ottawa Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1837, Section 100
  Board appointments; terms. The Governor shall appoint 4 members of the Board and the Mayor shall appoint 3 members of the Board. All initial appointments...
• Illinois Ottawa Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1837, Section 105
  Resignation and removal of Board members. Members of the Board shall hold office until their respective successors have been appointed and qualified. Any member may...
• Illinois Ottawa Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1837, Section 110
  Organization of the Board. As soon as possible after the appointment of the initial members, the Board shall organize for the transaction of business, select...
• Illinois Ottawa Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1837, Section 115
  Meetings; quorum; approval by chairperson. Regular meetings of the Board shall be held at least once in each calendar month, the time and place of...
• Illinois Ottawa Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1837, Section 120
  Secretary and treasurer; oath and bond. The Board shall appoint a secretary and a treasurer, who need not be members of the Board, to hold...
• Illinois Ottawa Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1837, Section 125
  Deposits; checks or drafts. All funds deposited by the treasurer in any bank or savings and loan association shall be placed in the name of...
• Illinois Ottawa Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1837, Section 130
  General manager. The Board may appoint a general manager who shall be a person of recognized ability and business experience to hold office during the...
• Illinois Ottawa Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1837, Section 135
  Fines and penalties. The Board has the power to pass all ordinances and make all rules and regulations proper or necessary, and to carry into...
• Illinois Ottawa Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1837, Section 140
  Report and financial statement. Within 60 days after the end of each fiscal year, the Board shall prepare and print a complete and detailed report...
• Illinois Ottawa Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1837, Section 145
  Investigations. The Board may investigate conditions in which it has an interest within the boundaries of the District, the enforcement of its ordinances, rules, and...
• Illinois Ottawa Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1837, Section 150
  Administrative Review Law. All final administrative decisions of the Board shall be subject to judicial review pursuant to the provisions of the Administrative Review Law,...
• Illinois Ottawa Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1837, Section 155
  Records. In the conduct of any investigation authorized by Section 145, the District shall, at its expense, provide a stenographer to take down all testimony...
• Illinois Ottawa Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1837, Section 160
  Annexation. 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 Ottawa Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1837, Section 165
  Petition for annexation. At least 5% of the legal voters resident within the limits of the proposed addition to the District may petition the circuit...
• Illinois Ottawa Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1837, Section 170
  Annexation of territory having no legal voters. If there is territory contiguous to the District that has no legal voters residing therein, a petition to...
• Illinois Ottawa Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1837, Section 175
  Non-applicability. The provisions of the Illinois Municipal Code, the Airport Authorities Act, and the General County Airport and Landing Field Act, shall not be effective...
• Illinois Ottawa Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1837, Section 180
  Severability. The provisions of this Act are severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes. (Source: P.A. 96-1522, eff. 2-14-11.)
• Illinois Special Districts: Article -
  Amendatory provisions; text omitted
• Illinois Ottawa Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1837, Section 185
  (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 96-1522, eff. 2-14-11; text omitted.)
• Illinois Ottawa Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1837, Section 999
  Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law. (Source: P.A. 96-1522, eff. 2-14-11.)

Last modified: February 18, 2015