Illinois Compiled Statutes 70 Special Districts: Article -
- Illinois Upper Mississippi River International Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1863, Section 1
Short title. This Act may be cited as the Upper Mississippi River International Port District Act. (Source: P.A. 96-636, eff. 8-24-09.)
- Illinois Upper Mississippi River International Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1863, Section 2
Definitions. When used in this Act: "Aircraft" means any contrivance now known or hereafter invented, used or designed for navigation of, or flight in, the...
- Illinois Upper Mississippi River International Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1863, Section 3
Upper Mississippi River International Port District created. There is created a political subdivision, body politic, and municipal corporation by the name of the Upper Mississippi...
- Illinois Upper Mississippi River International Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1863, Section 4
Property of District; exemption. All property of every kind belonging to the Upper Mississippi River International Port District shall be exempt from taxation, provided that...
- Illinois Upper Mississippi River International Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1863, Section 5
Duties. The Port District shall have all of the following duties: (a) To study the existing harbor plans within the area of the District and...
- Illinois Upper Mississippi River International Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1863, Section 6
Changes in harbor plans. Any changes and modifications in harbor plans within the area of the Port District from time to time recommended by the...
- Illinois Upper Mississippi River International Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1863, Section 7
Rights and powers. The Port District shall have the following rights and powers: (a) to issue permits for the construction of all harbors, wharves, piers,...
- Illinois Upper Mississippi River International Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1863, Section 8
Contracts for the operation of warehouses and storage facilities. Any public warehouse or other public storage facility owned or otherwise controlled by the District shall...
- Illinois Upper Mississippi River International Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1863, Section 9
Procedure for leases or contracts for operation of warehouses and storage facilities. All leases or other contracts for operation of any public warehouse or public...
- Illinois Upper Mississippi River International Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1863, Section 10
Compliance; prompt payment. Purchases made pursuant to this Act shall be made in compliance with the Local Government Prompt Payment Act. (Source: P.A. 96-636, eff.
- Illinois Upper Mississippi River International Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1863, Section 11
Acquisition of property. The District has power to acquire and accept by purchase, lease, gift, grant, or otherwise any property and rights useful for its...
- Illinois Upper Mississippi River International Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1863, Section 12
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 Upper Mississippi River International Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1863, Section 13
Grants and loans. The District has power to apply for and accept grants, loans, or appropriations from the federal government, the State of Illinois, Carroll...
- Illinois Upper Mississippi River International Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1863, Section 14
Insurance contracts. The District has power to procure and enter into contracts for any type of insurance or indemnity against loss or damage to property...
- Illinois Upper Mississippi River International Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1863, Section 15
Foreign trade zones and sub-zones. The District has power to acquire or to apply to the proper authorities of the United States of America under...
- Illinois Upper Mississippi River International Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1863, Section 16
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 Upper Mississippi River International Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1863, Section 17
Borrowing money; revenue bonds. (a) The district has the continuing power to borrow money for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, reconstructing, extending, operating, or improving...
- Illinois Upper Mississippi River International Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1863, Section 18
Bonds not obligations of the State or District. Under no circumstances shall any bonds, notes, or certificates issued by the District or any other obligation...
- Illinois Upper Mississippi River International Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1863, Section 19
Revenue bonds as legal investments. The State and all counties, municipalities, villages, incorporated towns and other municipal corporations, political subdivisions, public bodies, and public officers...
- Illinois Upper Mississippi River International Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1863, Section 20
Permits. It shall be unlawful to make any fill or deposit of rock, earth, sand, or other material, or any refuse matter of any kind...
- Illinois Upper Mississippi River International Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1863, Section 21
Board of Commissioners. The governing and administrative body of the Port District shall be a Board of Commissioners consisting of 5 members, to be known...
- Illinois Upper Mississippi River International Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1863, Section 22
Appointment of Board. The Governor shall appoint one member of the Board and the County Board Chairs of Jo Daviess and Carroll Counties shall each...
- Illinois Upper Mississippi River International Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1863, Section 23
Removal of Board members; vacancies. Members of the Board shall hold office until their respective successors have been appointed and qualified. Any member may resign...
- Illinois Upper Mississippi River International Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1863, Section 24
Organization of Board. As soon as possible after the appointment of the initial members, the Board shall organize for the transaction of business, select a...
- Illinois Upper Mississippi River International Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1863, Section 25
Board meetings. Regular meetings of the Board shall be held at least once in each calendar month, the time and place of such meetings to...
- Illinois Upper Mississippi River International Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1863, Section 26
Secretary and treasurer. The Board shall appoint a secretary and a treasurer, who need not be members of the Board, to hold office during the...
- Illinois Upper Mississippi River International Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1863, Section 27
Deposits. 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 Upper Mississippi River International Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1863, Section 28
Valid; checks and drafts. In case any officer whose signature appears upon any check or draft issued pursuant to this Act, ceases to hold his...
- Illinois Upper Mississippi River International Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1863, Section 29
Executive director. The Board may appoint an Executive Director who shall be a person of recognized ability and business experience to hold office during the...
- Illinois Upper Mississippi River International Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1863, Section 30
Ordinances. 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 Upper Mississippi River International Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1863, Section 31
Financial statement. Within 60 days after the end of each fiscal year, the Board shall prepare and print a complete and detailed report and financial...
- Illinois Upper Mississippi River International Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1863, Section 32
Investigations by the Board. The Board may investigate conditions in which it has an interest within the area of the District; the enforcement of its...
- Illinois Upper Mississippi River International Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1863, Section 33
Final review of administrative decisions. All final administrative decisions of the Board hereunder shall be subject to judicial review pursuant to the provisions of the...
- Illinois Upper Mississippi River International Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1863, Section 34
Non-applicability. The provisions of this Act shall not be considered as impairing, altering, modifying, repealing or superseding any of the jurisdiction or powers of the...
- Illinois Upper Mississippi River International Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1863, Section 35
Annexation. Territory that is contiguous to the District and that is not included within any other port district may be annexed to and become a...
- Illinois Upper Mississippi River International Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1863, Section 36
Petition for annexation. At least 5% of the legal voters residing within the limits of the proposed addition to the District shall petition the circuit...
- Illinois Upper Mississippi River International Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1863, Section 37
Annexation of territory having no legal voters. If there is territory contiguous to the District that has no legal voters residing within it, a petition...
- Illinois Upper Mississippi River International Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1863, Section 38
Disconnection. The registered voters of a county included in the District may petition the local election authority requesting the submission of the question of whether...
- Illinois Upper Mississippi River International Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1863, Section 39
Severability. If any provision of this Act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity of that provision or application...
- Illinois Upper Mississippi River International Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1863, Section 40
Interference with private facilities. The provisions of this Act shall not be considered as impairing, altering, modifying, repealing, or superseding any of the jurisdiction or...
- Illinois Upper Mississippi River International Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1863, Section 41
Non-applicability of conflicting provisions of the Illinois Municipal Code. The provisions of the Illinois Municipal Code shall not be effective within the area of the...
- Illinois Upper Mississippi River International Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1863, Section 42
Authority to create and operate a utility district. The Upper Mississippi River International Port District shall have the authority to create and operate a utility...
- Illinois Upper Mississippi River International Port District Act. - 70 ILCS 1863, Section 999
Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law. (Source: P.A. 96-636, eff. 8-24-09.)
Last modified: February 18, 2015