Illinois Compiled Statutes 70 Special Districts: Article -
- Illinois Southwest Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1855, Section 1
This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Southwest Regional Port District Act". (Source: Laws 1961, p. 2993.)
- Illinois Southwest Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1855, Section 2
When used in this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the terms set out in Sections 2.1 through 2.21 shall have the meaning ascribed...
- Illinois Southwest Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1855, Section 2.1
"District" or "Port District" means the Southwest Regional Port District created by this Act. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 2993.)
- Illinois Southwest Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1855, 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 Southwest Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1855, 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 Southwest Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1855, 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 Southwest Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1855, Section 2.5
"Aircraft" means any contrivance now known or hereafter invented, used or designed for navigation of, or flight in, the air. (Source: Laws 1961, p.
- Illinois Southwest Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1855, 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 Southwest Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1855, 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 Southwest Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1855, 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 Southwest Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1855, Section 2.9
"Commercial aircraft" means any aircraft other than public aircraft engaged in the business of transporting persons or property. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 2993.)
- Illinois Southwest Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1855, Section 2.10
"Private aircraft" means any aircraft other than public and commercial aircraft. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 2993.)
- Illinois Southwest Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1855, Section 2.11
"Public aircraft" means an aircraft used exclusively in the governmental service of the United States, or of any state or of any public agency,...
- Illinois Southwest Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1855, 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 Southwest Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1855, 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 Southwest Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1855, Section 2.14
"Navigable waters" means any public waters which are or can be made usable for water commerce. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 2993.)
- Illinois Southwest Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1855, Section 2.15
"Governmental agency" means the federal, State and any local governmental body, and any agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, thereof. (Source: Laws 1961, p.
- Illinois Southwest Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1855, 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 Southwest Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1855, 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 Southwest Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1855, 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 Southwest Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1855, Section 2.19
"Board" means the Southwest Port District Board. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 2993.)
- Illinois Southwest Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1855, Section 2.20
"Governor" means the Governor of the State of Illinois. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 2993.)
- Illinois Southwest Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1855, Section 2.21
"City" means any city, village, incorporated town or civil township located within the District. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 2993.)
- Illinois Southwest Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1855, Section 3
There is created a political subdivision, body politic and municipal corporation by the name of Southwest Regional Port District which shall embrace, include and...
- Illinois Southwest Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1855, Section 3.1
It is declared that the main purpose of this Act is to promote industrial, commercial, transportation and recreational activities and facilities, thereby reducing the...
- Illinois Southwest Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1855, Section 4
The Port District has the following rights and powers: 1. To issue permits: for the construction of all wharves, piers, dolphins, booms, weirs, breakwaters,...
- Illinois Southwest Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1855, Section 4.2
The District may acquire, erect, construct, maintain and operate aquariums, museums, planetariums, climatrons and other edifices for the collection and display of objects pertaining...
- Illinois Southwest Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1855, Section 4.3
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 Southwest Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1855, Section 4.4
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 Southwest Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1855, Section 4.5
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 Southwest Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1855, Section 5
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 Southwest Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1855, Section 5.05
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 Southwest Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1855, Section 5.1
The District is authorized and empowered to establish, organize, own, acquire, participate in, operate, sell and transfer Export Trading Companies, whether as shareholder, partner,...
- Illinois Southwest Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1855, Section 6
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 Southwest Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1855, Section 7
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 Southwest Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1855, Section 8
The District has the continuing power to borrow money and issue either general obligation bonds as hereinafter provided or revenue bonds as hereinafter provided...
- Illinois Southwest Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1855, Section 9
The District may pursuant to ordinance adopted by the Board and without submitting the question to referendum from time to time issue and dispose...
- Illinois Southwest Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1855, Section 10
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 Southwest Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1855, Section 11
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 Southwest Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1855, Section 12
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 Southwest Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1855, Section 13
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 Southwest Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1855, Section 14
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 Southwest Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1855, Section 15
Under no circumstances shall any bonds issued by the District or any other obligation of the District be or become an indebtedness or obligation...
- Illinois Southwest Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1855, Section 16
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 Southwest Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1855, Section 17
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 Southwest Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1855, Section 18
The governing and administrative body of the District shall be a Board consisting of 7 members, to be known as Southwest Regional Port District...
- Illinois Southwest Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1855, Section 19
Except as otherwise provided in this Act, it shall be unlawful for any member, officer, employee or other appointee of the Board and District...
- Illinois Southwest Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1855, Section 20
The Governor, by and with the consent of the Senate, shall appoint the members of the Board and fill any and all vacancies. If...
- Illinois Southwest Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1855, Section 21
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 Southwest Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1855, Section 22
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 Southwest Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1855, Section 23
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 Southwest Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1855, Section 24
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 Southwest Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1855, Section 25
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 Southwest Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1855, Section 26
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 Southwest Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1855, Section 27
The Board may appoint, for a term of not to exceed 5 years, a general manager who shall be a person of recognized ability...
- Illinois Southwest Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1855, Section 28
The Board has power to pass all ordinances and make all rules and regulations proper or necessary, and to carry into effect the powers...
- Illinois Southwest Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1855, Section 29
Within 60 days after the end of each fiscal year, the Board shall cause to be prepared by a certified public accountant a complete...
- Illinois Southwest Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1855, 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 Southwest Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1855, 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, and...
- Illinois Southwest Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1855, 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 Southwest Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1855, Section 34
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 Southwest Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1855, Section 35
The provisions of the Illinois Municipal Code, approved May 29, 1961, as subsequently amended, or the provisions of "An Act in relation to airport...
- Illinois Southwest Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1855, 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 Southwest Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1855, Section 37
At least 5% of the legal voters resident within the limits of such proposed addition to the District shall petition the circuit court for...
- Illinois Southwest Regional Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1855, 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