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Shawneetown Regional Port District Act

70 ILCS 1850/1— This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Shawneetown Regional Port District Act"
70 ILCS 1850/2— When used in this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the terms set out in Sections 2.1 through 2.21 have the meaning ascribed to them in those Sections
70 ILCS 1850/2.1— "District" or "Port District" means the Shawneetown Regional Port District created by this Act
70 ILCS 1850/2.2— "Terminal" means a public place, station or depot for receiving and delivering baggage, mail, freight or express matter and for any combination of such purposes, in connection with the transportation of persons and property on water or land or in the air
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70 ILCS 1850/2.4— "Port Facilities" means all public structures, except terminal facilities as defined herein, that are in, over, under or adjacent to navigable waters and are necessary for or incident to the furtherance of water commerce and includes the widening and deepening of slips, harbors and navigable waters
70 ILCS 1850/2.5— "Aircraft" means any contrivance now known or hereafter invented, used or designed for navigation of, or flight in, the air
70 ILCS 1850/2.6— "Airport" means any locality, either land or water, which is used or designed for the landing and taking off of aircraft, or for the location of runways, landing fields, airdromes, hangars, buildings, structures, airport roadways and other facilities
70 ILCS 1850/2.7— "Airport Hazard" means any structure, or object of natural growth, located on or in the vicinity of an airport, or any use of land near an airport which is hazardous to the use of such airport for the landing and take-off of aircraft
70 ILCS 1850/2.8— "Approach" means any path, course or zone defined by an ordinance of the District or by other lawful regulation, on the ground or in the air, or both, for the use of aircraft in landing and taking off from an airport located within the District
70 ILCS 1850/2.9— "Commercial Aircraft" means any aircraft other than public aircraft engaged in the business of transporting persons or property
70 ILCS 1850/2.10— "Private Aircraft" means any aircraft other than public and commercial aircraft
70 ILCS 1850/2.11— "Public Aircraft" means an aircraft used exclusively in the governmental service of the United States, or of any state or of any public agency, including military and naval aircraft
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70 ILCS 1850/2.13— "Public Interest" means the protection, furtherance and advancement of the general welfare and of public health and safety and public necessity and convenience in respect to aeronautics
70 ILCS 1850/2.14— "Navigable waters" means any public waters which are or can be made usable for water commerce
70 ILCS 1850/2.15— "Governmental agency" means the Federal, State and any local governmental body, and any agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, thereof
70 ILCS 1850/2.16— "Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, both domestic and foreign, company, association, or joint stock association; and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee or personal representative thereof
70 ILCS 1850/2.17— "General obligation bond" means any bond issued by the District any part of the principal or interest of which bond is to be paid by taxation
70 ILCS 1850/2.18— "Revenue Bond" means any bond issued by the District the principal and interest of which bond is payable solely from revenues or income derived from terminal, terminal facilities or port facilities of the District
70 ILCS 1850/2.19— "Board" means the Shawneetown Port District Board
70 ILCS 1850/2.20— "Governor" means the Governor of the State of Illinois
70 ILCS 1850/2.21— "Mayor" means the Mayor of the City of Shawneetown, the President of the village of Equality or the President of the village of New Haven, as the case may require
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70 ILCS 1850/4— The Port District has the following rights and powers: 1
70 ILCS 1850/4.1— In addition to the rights and powers listed in Section 4, the Port District has the power to build, construct, repair and maintain levees
70 ILCS 1850/4.2— 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
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70 ILCS 1850/5.05— Eminent domain
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70 ILCS 1850/7.1— Rentals, charges, and fees
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70 ILCS 1850/9— All revenue bonds shall be payable solely from the revenues or income to be derived from the terminals, terminal facilities, airfields, airports, or port facilities or any part thereof
70 ILCS 1850/10— All bonds, whether general obligation or revenue, shall be issued and sold by the Board in such manner as the Board shall determine
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70 ILCS 1850/12— Under no circumstances shall any bonds issued by the District or any other obligation of the District be or become an indebtedness or obligation of the State of Illinois or of any other political subdivision of or municipality within the State
70 ILCS 1850/13— 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 shall not exceed .05% of the value of all taxable property within the Port District as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue
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70 ILCS 1850/15— The governing and administrative body of the Port District shall be a Board consisting of 7 members, to be known as the Shawneetown Regional Port District Board
70 ILCS 1850/16— The Governor shall appoint 4 members of the Board and each Mayor of the municipalities of Shawneetown, Equality and New Haven shall appoint one member of the Board
70 ILCS 1850/17— Members of the Board shall hold office until their respective successors have been appointed and qualified
70 ILCS 1850/18— As soon as possible after the appointment of the initial members, the Board shall organize for the transaction of business, select a chairman and a temporary secretary from its own number, and adopt bylaws and regulations to govern its proceedings
70 ILCS 1850/19— 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 by the board
70 ILCS 1850/20— The Board shall appoint a secretary and a treasurer, who need not be members of the Board, to hold office during the pleasure of the Board, and fix their duties and compensation
70 ILCS 1850/21— All funds deposited by the treasurer in any bank or savings and loan association shall be placed in the name of the District and shall be withdrawn or paid out only by check or draft upon the bank or savings and loan association, signed by the treasurer and countersigned by the chairman of the Board
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70 ILCS 1850/23— The Board may appoint a general manager who shall be a person of recognized ability and business experience to hold office during the pleasure of the Board
70 ILCS 1850/24— The Board has power to pass all ordinances and make all rules and regulations proper or necessary, and to carry into effect the powers granted to the District, with such fines or penalties as may be deemed proper
70 ILCS 1850/25— 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 financial statement of the operations and assets and liabilities of the Port District
70 ILCS 1850/27— The Board may investigate conditions in which it has an interest within the area of the District, the enforcement of its ordinances, rules and regulations, and the action, conduct and efficiency of all officers, agents and employees of the District
70 ILCS 1850/28— All final administrative decisions of the Board hereunder shall be subject to judicial review pursuant to the provisions of the Administrative Review Law, and all amendments and modifications thereof, and the rules adopted pursuant thereto
70 ILCS 1850/29— In the conduct of any investigation authorized by Section 27 the Port District shall, at its expense, provide a stenographer to take down all testimony and shall preserve a record of such proceedings
70 ILCS 1850/30— If any provision of this Act is held invalid such provision shall be deemed to be excised from this Act and the invalidity thereof shall not affect any of the other provisions of this Act
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70 ILCS 1850/32— Territory which is contiguous to the District and which is not included within any other port district may be annexed to and become a part of the District in the manner provided in Section 33 or 34 whichever may be applicable
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70 ILCS 1850/34— 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 owners of record of such territory may be filed with the circuit court for the county in which the major part of the District is situated
70 ILCS 1850/35— All property of every kind owned by the Port District shall be exempt from taxation
70 ILCS 1850/36— All property of the Port District shall be public grounds owned by a municipal corporation and used exclusively for public purposes within the tax exemption provisions of Sections 15-10, 15-15, 15-20, 15-30, 15-75, 15-140, 15-155, and 15-160 of the Property Tax Code