(70 ILCS 5/2.7.1)
Sec. 2.7.1.
Greater Metropolitan Airport Authority.
(a) The Greater Metropolitan Airport Authority is hereby established, the territory of which shall include all of the territory within the corporate limits of Peoria County. Within 30 days after the initial appointments have been made under subsection (c) of this Section, the Authority board shall notify the office of the Secretary of State of the establishment of the Greater Metropolitan Airport Authority, and the Secretary of State shall issue a certificate of incorporation to the Authority. Upon the issuance of a certificate of incorporation, the Greater Metropolitan Airport Authority shall be deemed an organized airport authority under this Act.
(b) If all of the airport facilities of an existing Airport Authority are situated within Peoria County on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, that existing Airport Authority shall be dissolved upon the establishment of the Greater Metropolitan Airport Authority. In such event, the rights to all property, assets, and liabilities, including bonded indebtedness, of the existing Airport Authority shall be assumed by the Greater Metropolitan Airport Authority.
(c) The Board of Commissioners of the Greater Metropolitan Airport Authority shall consist of 9 commissioners who shall reside within its corporate limits, and who shall be appointed as follows:
(1) The Board of Commissioners of an existing Airport
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| Authority referenced in subsection (b) of this Section shall, upon the establishment of the Greater Metropolitan Airport Authority, be reappointed by their respective appointing authorities to serve their remaining terms of office. Successor appointments to the existing board members shall be made by the original appointing authority. |
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(2) Within 20 days after the effective date of this |
| amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, one additional commissioner shall be appointed by each mayor, with the advice and consent of the governing body, of a municipality located wholly within the territory of the Greater Metropolitan Airport Authority that has a population of more than 5,000. No appointment shall be made under this subpart by an appointing authority who is entitled to make an appointment under subpart (1) of this subsection. |
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(3) The members of the General Assembly whose |
| legislative districts encompass any part of the Greater Metropolitan Airport Authority shall appoint any additional commissioners necessary to create a Board of Commissioners consisting of 9 commissioners. |
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(4) Of the commissioners appointed under subparts (2) |
| and (3) of this subsection, one commissioner shall be appointed for a 3-year term, one commissioner shall be appointed for a 4-year term, and one commissioner shall be appointed for a 5-year term. Initial terms shall be determined by lot. Any successor to a commissioner appointed under subpart (2) or (3) of this subsection shall be appointed for a 5-year term. |
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(Source: P.A. 95-365, eff. 1-1-08.) |
(70 ILCS 5/3.1)
(from Ch. 15 1/2, par. 68.3a)
Sec. 3.1.
Boards of commissioners - Appointment.
The Boards of Commissioners of Authorities shall be appointed as follows:
(1) In case there are one or more municipalities having a population of 5,000 or more within the Authority, the commissioners shall be appointed as follows:
(a) Where there is only one such municipality, 3
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| commissioners shall be appointed from such municipality, and 2 commissioners shall be appointed at large. |
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(a-5) Within 30 days after the effective date of this |
| amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, one additional commissioner shall be appointed to the board of the Springfield Airport Authority from each municipality having a population of 5,000 or more within the Authority, and one additional commissioner shall be appointed at large. The additional commissioners shall serve for a term of 4 or 5 years, as determined by lot. Their successors shall serve for terms of 5 years. |
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(b) Where there are 2 or more such municipalities, |
| one commissioner shall be appointed from each municipality with a population between 5,000 and 45,000, 2 commissioners shall be appointed from each municipality with a population of more than 45,000, and 3 commissioners shall be appointed at large; except that when the physical facilities of the airport of the Authority are located wholly within a single county with a population between 600,000 and 3,000,000 there shall be one commissioner appointed from each municipality within the corporate limits of the Authority having 5,000 or more population and 5 commissioners appointed at large. If the Authority is located wholly within the corporate limits of such municipalities, 2 commissioners shall be appointed from the one of such municipalities having the largest population, and one commissioner shall be appointed from each of the other such municipalities, and 2 commissioners shall be appointed at large. |
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(c) Commissioners representing the area within an |
| Authority located outside of any municipality having 5,000 or more population and commissioners appointed at large when the authority is wholly contained within a single county shall be appointed by the presiding officer of the county board with the advice and consent of the county board, and when the physical facilities of the airport of the Authority are located wholly within a single county with a population between 600,000 and 3,000,000 the commissioners appointed at large shall be appointed by the chairman of the county board of such county, and any commissioner representing the area within any such municipality shall be appointed by its mayor or the presiding officer of its governing body. If however the district is located in more than one county other than a county with a population between 600,000 and 3,000,000, the members of the General Assembly whose legislative districts encompass any portion of the Authority shall appoint the commissioners representing the area within an Authority located outside of any municipality having 5,000 or more population and commissioners at large but any commissioner representing the area within any such municipality shall be appointed by its mayor or the presiding officer of its governing body. |
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(d) A commissioner representing the area within any |
| such municipality shall reside within its corporate limits. A commissioner appointed at large may reside either within or without any such municipality but must reside within the territory of the authority. Should any commissioner cease to reside within that part of the territory he represents, or should the territory in which he resides cease to be a part of the authority, then his office shall be deemed vacated, and shall be filled by appointment for the remainder of the term as hereinafter provided. |
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(2) In case there are no municipalities having a population of 5,000 or more within such authority located wholly within a single county, such order shall so find, and in such case the Board shall consist of 5 commissioners who shall be appointed at large by the presiding officer of the county board with the advice and consent of the county board. If however the district is located in more than one county, the members of the General Assembly whose legislative districts encompass any portion of the Authority shall appoint the commissioners at large.
(3) Should a municipality which is wholly within an authority attain, or should such a municipality be established, having a population of 5,000 or more after the entry of said order by the circuit court, the presiding officer of such municipality may petition the circuit court for an order finding and determining the population of such municipality and, if it is found and determined upon the hearing of said petition that the population of such municipality is 5,000 or more, the board of commissioners of such authority as previously established shall be increased by one commissioner who shall reside within the corporate limits of such municipality and shall be appointed by its presiding officer. The initial commissioner so appointed shall serve for a term of 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 years, as may be determined by lot, and his successors shall be similarly appointed and shall serve for terms of 5 years. All provisions of this section applicable to commissioners representing municipal areas shall apply to any such commissioner. Each such commissioner shall reside within the authority and shall continue to reside therein.
(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, the Board of Commissioners of a Metropolitan Airport Authority shall consist of 9 commissioners.
Seven commissioners shall be residents of the county with a population between 600,000 and 3,000,000 within which the Metropolitan Airport Authority was established. These commissioners shall be appointed by the county board chairman of the county with a population between 600,000 and 3,000,000 within which the Metropolitan Airport Authority was established, with the advice and consent of the county board of that county.
Two commissioners shall be residents of the territory of the Authority located outside the county with a population between 600,000 and 3,000,000. These commissioners shall be appointed jointly by the mayors of the municipalities having a population over 5,000 that are located outside the county with a population between 600,000 and 3,000,000, with the advice and consent of the governing bodies of those municipalities.
The transition from the pre-existing composition of the Metropolitan Airport Authority Board of Commissioners to the composition specified in this amendatory Act of 1991 shall be accomplished as follows:
(A) The appointee who was required to be a resident |
| of the area outside of the county with a population between 600,000 and 3,000,000 may serve until his or her term expires. The replacement shall be one of the 2 appointees who shall be residents of the territory of the Authority located outside the county with a population between 600,000 and 3,000,000. |
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(B) The other 8 commissioners may serve until their |
| terms expire. Upon the occurrence of the second vacancy among these 8 commissioners after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1991, the replacement shall be the second of the 2 appointees who shall be residents of the territory of the Authority located outside of the county with a population between 600,000 and 3,000,000. Upon the expiration of the terms of the other 7 commissioners, the replacements shall be residents of the county with a population between 600,000 and 3,000,000. |
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(C) All commissioners appointed after the effective |
| date of this amendatory Act of 1991, and their successors, shall be appointed in the manner set forth in this amendatory Act of 1991. |
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(Source: P.A. 94-466, eff. 1-1-06; 95-641, eff. 10-11-07.) |
(70 ILCS 5/22.3)
Sec. 22.3.
Further powers of the Rail Authority.
(a) Except as otherwise limited by this Act, the Rail Authority shall have all powers to meet its responsibilities and to carry out its purposes, including, but not limited to, the following powers:
(i) To sue and be sued.
(ii) To invest any funds or any moneys not required
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| for immediate use or disbursement, as provided in the Public Funds Investment Act. |
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(iii) To make, amend, and repeal by-laws, rules and |
| regulations, and resolutions not inconsistent with Sections 22.1 through 22.7 of this Act. |
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(iv) To set and collect fares or other charges for |
| the use of rail or other facilities of the Rail Authority. |
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(v) To conduct or contract for studies as to the |
| feasibility and costs of providing any particular service as authorized by this Act. |
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(vi) To publicize services of the Authority and to |
| enter into cooperative agreements with non-rail transportation service providers, including airport operations. |
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(vii) To hold, sell, sell by installment contract, |
| lease as lessor, transfer, or dispose of such real or personal property of the Rail Authority, including rail facilities or related facilities, as the Board of Directors deems appropriate in the exercise of its powers and to mortgage, pledge, or otherwise grant security interests in any such property. |
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(viii) To enter at reasonable times upon such lands, |
| waters, or premises as, in the judgment of the Board of Directors of the Rail Authority, may be necessary, convenient, or desirable for the purpose of making surveys, soundings, borings, and examinations to accomplish any purpose authorized by Sections 22.1 through 22.7 of this Act after having given reasonable notice of such proposed entry to the owners and occupants of such lands, waters, or premises, the Rail Authority being liable only for actual damage caused by such activity. |
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(ix) To enter into contracts of group insurance for |
| the benefit of its employees and to provide for retirement or pensions or other employee benefit arrangements for such employees, and to assume obligations for pensions or other employee benefit arrangements for employees of transportation agencies, all or part of the facilities of which are acquired by the Rail Authority. |
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(x) To provide for the insurance of any property, |
| directors, officers, employees, or operations of the Rail Authority against any risk or hazard, and to self-insure or participate in joint self-insurance pools or entities to insure against such risk or hazard. |
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(xi) To pass all resolutions and make all rules and |
| regulations proper or necessary to regulate the use, operation, and maintenance of the property and facilities of the Rail Authority and, by resolution, to prescribe fines or penalties for violations of those rules and regulations. No fine or penalty shall exceed $1,000 per offense. Any resolution providing for any fine or penalty shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the metropolitan region. No such resolution shall take effect until 10 days after its publication. |
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(xii) To enter into arbitration arrangements, which |
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(xiii) To make and execute all contracts and other |
| instruments necessary or convenient to the exercise of its powers. |
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(b) In each case in which this Act gives the Rail Authority the power to construct or acquire rail facilities or related facilities or any other real or personal property, the Rail Authority shall have the power to acquire such property by contract, purchase, gift, grant, exchange for other property or rights in property, lease (or sublease), or installment or conditional purchase contracts, which leases or contracts may provide for consideration to be paid in installments during a period not exceeding 40 years, and to dispose of such property or rights by lease or sale as the Board of Directors shall determine. Property may be acquired subject to such conditions, restrictions, liens, or security or other interests of other parties as the Board of Directors may deem appropriate, and in each case the Rail Authority may acquire a joint, leasehold, easement, license, or other partial interest in such property. Any such acquisition may provide for the assumption of, or agreement to pay, perform, or discharge outstanding or continuing duties, obligations, or liabilities of the seller, lessor, donor, or other transferor of or of the trustee with regard to such property. In connection with the acquisition of Rail Facilities or Related Facilities, including, but not limited to, vehicles, buses, or rapid transit equipment, the Rail Authority may also execute agreements concerning such equipment leases, equipment trust certificates, conditional purchase agreements, and such other security agreements and may make such agreements and covenants as required, in the form customarily used in such cases appropriate to effect such acquisition. The Rail Authority may not acquire property by eminent domain.
(Source: P.A. 95-641, eff. 10-11-07.) |