Quad Cities Interstate Metropolitan Authority Act

The Quad Cities Interstate Metropolitan Authority Act authorizes the creation of a bi-state metropolitan authority as a public body serving an interstate urban region, operating under an interstate compact whose terms control over conflicting provisions of the enacting state's law. It establishes the authority through a petition and public hearing process followed by a referendum, and vests governance in an appointed board of commissioners with defined terms, officers, and meeting procedures. The authority receives powers including eminent domain, the adoption of regulations and ordinances with penalties for violations, revenue bonding, local occupation and use taxes, budgeting and appropriation, tax exemption on its own operations, and the transfer of existing facilities — while preserving the jurisdiction of existing units of government and providing for cooperation with other governments and for dissolution by referendum.

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