Illinois Compiled Statutes 70 Special Districts: Article -
- Illinois America's Central Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1860, Section 1
This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "America's Central Port District Act." (Source: P.A. 98-854, eff. 1-1-15.)
- Illinois America's Central Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1860, Section 2
When used in this Act: "District" or "Port District" means America's Central Port District created by this Act. "Terminal" means a public place, station or...
- Illinois America's Central Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1860, Section 3
There is created a political subdivision, body politic, and municipal corporation by the name of America's Central Port District embracing the following territory in Madison...
- Illinois America's Central Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1860, Section 3.1
It is declared that the main purpose of this Act is to promote industrial, commercial and transportation activities, thereby reducing the evils attendant upon...
- Illinois America's Central Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1860, 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, bulkheads,...
- Illinois America's Central Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1860, Section 4.1
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 America's Central Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1860, 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 America's Central Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1860, 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 America's Central Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1860, 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 America's Central Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1860, Section 6
The District has power to apply for and accept grants, loans, or appropriations from the federal government, the State of Illinois, Madison or Jersey Counties,...
- Illinois America's Central Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1860, 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 America's Central Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1860, Section 7.5
Authorization to borrow moneys. The District's Board may borrow money from any bank or other financial institution and may provide appropriate security for that borrowing,...
- Illinois America's Central Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1860, Section 8
The District has the continuing power to borrow money and issue either general obligation bonds, after approval by referendum as hereinafter provided, or revenue bonds...
- Illinois America's Central Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1860, Section 9
All revenue bonds shall be payable solely from the revenues or income to be derived from the terminals, terminal facilities, airfields, airports or port...
- Illinois America's Central Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1860, Section 10
All bonds, whether general obligation or revenue, shall be sold by the Board in such manner as the Board shall determine. However, if any...
- Illinois America's Central Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1860, Section 11
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 America's Central Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1860, Section 12
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 America's Central Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1860, Section 13
The Board may, after referendum approval, levy a tax for corporate purposes of the District annually at the rate approved by referendum, but which rate...
- Illinois America's Central Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1860, Section 14
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 America's Central Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1860, Section 15
The governing and administrative body of the Port District shall be a Board of Commissioners consisting of 9 members, to be known as the America's...
- Illinois America's Central Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1860, Section 15.5
A mayor may hold the office of Commissioner of America's Central Port District simultaneously with the office of mayor. Notwithstanding any statute to the contrary,...
- Illinois America's Central Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1860, Section 16
The Governor shall appoint 6 members of the Board and the Mayor of the cities of Venice, Madison and Granite City shall each appoint one...
- Illinois America's Central Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1860, Section 17
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 America's Central Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1860, Section 18
The chairman and successors shall be elected by the Board from time to time for a term of office as provided in the District bylaws....
- Illinois America's Central Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1860, Section 19
Regular meetings of the Board shall be held at least once in each calendar month, the time and place of such meetings to be fixed...
- Illinois America's Central Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1860, Section 20
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 America's Central Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1860, Section 21
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 America's Central Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1860, Section 22
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 America's Central Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1860, Section 23
The Board may appoint an executive director who shall be a person of recognized ability and business experience to hold office during the pleasure...
- Illinois America's Central Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1860, Section 24
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 America's Central Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1860, Section 25
Within 60 days after the end of each fiscal year, the Board shall cause to be prepared and printed a complete and detailed report and...
- Illinois America's Central Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1860, Section 27
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 America's Central Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1860, Section 28
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 America's Central Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1860, Section 29
In the conduct of any investigation authorized by Section 27 the Port District shall, at its expense, provide a stenographer to take down all...
- Illinois America's Central Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1860, Section 30
If any provision of this Act is held invalid such provision shall be deemed to be exercised from this Act and the invalidity thereof...
- Illinois America's Central Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1860, Section 31
The provisions of the Illinois Municipal Code, as heretofore and hereafter amended, or the provisions of "An Act in relation to airport authorities", approved...
- Illinois America's Central Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1860, Section 32
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 America's Central Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1860, Section 33
At least 5% of the legal voters resident within the limits of such proposed addition to the District shall petition the circuit court for the...
- Illinois America's Central Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1860, Section 34
If there is territory contiguous to the District which has no legal voters residing therein, a petition to annex such territory, signed by all the...
Last modified: February 18, 2015