Bill Amendment: IL HB1131 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly
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Bill Title: SW IL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
Status: 2023-08-11 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0517 [HB1131 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB1131-Senate_Amendment_001.html
Bill Title: SW IL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
Status: 2023-08-11 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0517 [HB1131 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB1131-Senate_Amendment_001.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1131
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1131 on page 1, | ||||||
3 | immediately below the enacting clause, by inserting the | ||||||
4 | following:
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5 | "Section 3. The Quad Cities Regional Economic Development
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6 | Authority Act, approved September 22, 1987 is amended by | ||||||
7 | changing Sections 4 and 14 as follows:
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8 | (70 ILCS 510/4) (from Ch. 85, par. 6204)
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9 | Sec. 4. (a) There is hereby created a political | ||||||
10 | subdivision, body politic
and municipal corporation named the | ||||||
11 | Quad Cities Regional Economic Development
Authority.
The | ||||||
12 | territorial jurisdiction of the Authority is that geographic | ||||||
13 | area
within the boundaries of Jo Daviess, Carroll, Whiteside, | ||||||
14 | Stephenson, Lee, Rock Island, Henry, Knox, and Mercer , | ||||||
15 | Winnebago, and Boone counties in
the State of
Illinois and any | ||||||
16 | navigable waters and air space located therein.
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1 | (b) The governing and administrative powers of the | ||||||
2 | Authority shall be
vested in a body consisting of 18 16
members | ||||||
3 | including, as an ex officio
member,
the Director of Commerce | ||||||
4 | and Economic Opportunity, or his or her
designee.
The other | ||||||
5 | members of the Authority
shall be designated "public members", | ||||||
6 | 6 of whom shall be
appointed by the Governor
with the advice | ||||||
7 | and consent of the Senate. Of the 6 members
appointed by
the | ||||||
8 | Governor, one shall be from a city within the Authority's | ||||||
9 | territory
with a population of 25,000 or more and the | ||||||
10 | remainder shall be appointed at
large. Of the 6 members | ||||||
11 | appointed by the Governor, 2 members shall
have
business or | ||||||
12 | finance experience. One member shall be appointed by each of
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13 | the county board chairmen of Rock Island, Henry, Knox, and | ||||||
14 | Mercer , Winnebago, and Boone
Counties with the advice and | ||||||
15 | consent of the respective county board.
Within 60 days after | ||||||
16 | the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General | ||||||
17 | Assembly, one additional public member shall be appointed by | ||||||
18 | each of the county board chairpersons of Jo Daviess, Carroll, | ||||||
19 | Whiteside, Stephenson, and Lee counties with the advice and | ||||||
20 | consent of the respective county board. Of the public members | ||||||
21 | added by this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, one | ||||||
22 | shall serve for a one-year term, 2 shall serve for 2-year | ||||||
23 | terms, and 2 shall serve for 3-year terms, to be determined by | ||||||
24 | lot. Their successors shall serve for 3-year terms. Within 60 | ||||||
25 | days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the | ||||||
26 | 103rd General Assembly, one additional public member shall be |
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1 | appointed by each of the county board chairperson of Winnebago | ||||||
2 | and Boone counties with the advice and consent of the | ||||||
3 | respective county board. Of the public members added by this | ||||||
4 | amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly, one shall serve | ||||||
5 | for a 2-year term and one shall serve for a 3-year term, to be | ||||||
6 | determined by lot. Their successors shall serve for 3-year | ||||||
7 | terms. All public members shall reside within the territorial | ||||||
8 | jurisdiction of this
Act. Ten Nine
members shall constitute a | ||||||
9 | quorum.
The public members shall be
persons of recognized | ||||||
10 | ability and
experience in one or more of the following areas: | ||||||
11 | economic development,
finance, banking, industrial | ||||||
12 | development, small business management, real
estate | ||||||
13 | development, community development, venture finance, organized | ||||||
14 | labor
or civic, community or neighborhood organization. The | ||||||
15 | Chairman of the
Authority shall be a public member elected by | ||||||
16 | the affirmative vote of not
fewer than 10 6 members of the | ||||||
17 | Authority , except that any chairperson elected on or after the | ||||||
18 | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General | ||||||
19 | Assembly shall be elected by the affirmative vote of not fewer | ||||||
20 | than 9 members . The term of the Chairman
shall be one year.
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21 | (c) The terms of the initial
members of the Authority | ||||||
22 | shall begin 30 days after
the effective date of this Act, | ||||||
23 | except (i) the terms of those
members added by this
amendatory | ||||||
24 | Act of 1989 shall begin 30 days after the effective
date of | ||||||
25 | this amendatory Act of 1989 and (ii) the terms of those members | ||||||
26 | added
by this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly |
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1 | shall begin 30 days after
the effective date of this | ||||||
2 | amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly. Of
the 10 public | ||||||
3 | members
appointed pursuant to this Act, 2 (one of whom shall be | ||||||
4 | appointed by the
Governor) shall serve until the
third Monday | ||||||
5 | in January, 1989, 2 (one of whom shall be appointed by the
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6 | Governor) shall serve until the third Monday in
January, 1990, | ||||||
7 | 2
(one of whom shall be appointed by the Governor) shall serve | ||||||
8 | until the
third Monday in January, 1991, 2 (both of whom shall | ||||||
9 | be appointed by
the Governor) shall serve until the third | ||||||
10 | Monday in January, 1992, and 2 (one
of whom shall be appointed | ||||||
11 | by the Governor and one of whom shall be appointed
by the | ||||||
12 | county board chairman of Knox County) shall serve until the | ||||||
13 | third Monday
in January, 2004.
The initial terms of the | ||||||
14 | members appointed by the county board chairmen
(other than the | ||||||
15 | county board chairman of Knox County)
shall be determined by | ||||||
16 | lot. All successors shall be appointed by the
original | ||||||
17 | appointing authority and
hold office for a term of 3 years | ||||||
18 | commencing the third
Monday in January of the year in which | ||||||
19 | their term commences, except in case
of an appointment to fill | ||||||
20 | a vacancy.
Vacancies
occurring among the public members shall | ||||||
21 | be filled for the
remainder of the term.
In case of vacancy in | ||||||
22 | a Governor-appointed membership when
the Senate is not in | ||||||
23 | session, the Governor may make a temporary appointment
until | ||||||
24 | the next meeting of the Senate when a person shall be nominated | ||||||
25 | to
fill such office, and any person so nominated who is | ||||||
26 | confirmed by the
Senate shall hold office during the remainder |
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1 | of the term and until a
successor shall be appointed and | ||||||
2 | qualified.
Members of the Authority shall not be entitled to | ||||||
3 | compensation for their
services
as members but shall be | ||||||
4 | entitled to reimbursement for all necessary
expenses incurred | ||||||
5 | in connection with the performance of their duties as members.
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6 | (d) The Governor may remove any public member of the | ||||||
7 | Authority appointed
by the Governor in case
of incompetency, | ||||||
8 | neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office. The Chairman
of a | ||||||
9 | county board may remove any public member of the Authority | ||||||
10 | appointed
by such Chairman in the case of incompetency, | ||||||
11 | neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office.
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12 | (e) The Board shall appoint an Executive Director who | ||||||
13 | shall have a
background in finance, including familiarity with | ||||||
14 | the legal and
procedural requirements of issuing bonds, real | ||||||
15 | estate or economic
development and administration. The | ||||||
16 | Executive Director shall hold office
at the discretion of the | ||||||
17 | Board. The Executive Director shall be the chief
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18 | administrative and operational officer of the Authority, shall | ||||||
19 | direct
and supervise its administrative affairs and general | ||||||
20 | management, shall perform
such other duties as may be | ||||||
21 | prescribed from time to time by the members and
shall receive | ||||||
22 | compensation fixed by the Authority.
The Authority may engage | ||||||
23 | the services of such
other agents and employees, including | ||||||
24 | attorneys, appraisers, engineers,
accountants, credit analysts | ||||||
25 | and other consultants, as it may deem
advisable and may | ||||||
26 | prescribe their duties and fix their compensation.
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1 | (f) The Board shall create a task force to study and make
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2 | recommendations to the Board on the economic development of | ||||||
3 | the territory
within the jurisdiction of this Act. The number | ||||||
4 | of members
constituting the task force shall be set by the | ||||||
5 | Board and may vary from
time to time. The Board may set a | ||||||
6 | specific date by which the task force is
to submit its final | ||||||
7 | report and recommendations to the Board.
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8 | (Source: P.A. 97-278, eff. 8-8-11; 98-463, eff. 8-16-13.)
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9 | (70 ILCS 510/14) (from Ch. 85, par. 6214)
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10 | Sec. 14. Additional powers and duties.
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11 | (a) The Authority may, but
need not, acquire title to any | ||||||
12 | project with respect to which it exercises its
authority.
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13 | (b) The Authority shall have the power to enter into | ||||||
14 | intergovernmental
agreements with the State of Illinois, the | ||||||
15 | counties of Jo Daviess, Carroll, Whiteside, Stephenson, Lee, | ||||||
16 | Knox, Winnebago, Boone, Rock Island, Henry ,
or Mercer, the | ||||||
17 | State of Iowa or any authority established by the
State of | ||||||
18 | Iowa, the Illinois Finance Authority, the Illinois
Housing | ||||||
19 | Development Authority,
the United States government and any | ||||||
20 | agency or instrumentality of the
United States, any unit of | ||||||
21 | local government located within the territory of
the Authority | ||||||
22 | or any other unit of government to the extent allowed by
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23 | Article VII, Section 10 of the Illinois Constitution and the
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24 | Intergovernmental Cooperation Act.
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25 | (c) The Authority shall have the power to share employees |
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1 | with other
units of government, including agencies of the | ||||||
2 | United States, agencies of
the State of Illinois and agencies | ||||||
3 | or personnel of any unit of local
government.
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4 | (d) The Authority shall have the power to exercise powers | ||||||
5 | and issue
bonds as if it were a municipality so authorized in | ||||||
6 | Divisions 12.1, 74,
74.1, 74.3 and 74.5 of Article 11 of the | ||||||
7 | Illinois Municipal Code.
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8 | (Source: P.A. 93-205, eff. 1-1-04.)"; and
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9 | on page 8, immediately below line 5, by inserting the | ||||||
10 | following:
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11 | "Section 10. The Tri-County River Valley Development | ||||||
12 | Authority Law is amended by changing Sections 2004 and 2008 as | ||||||
13 | follows:
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14 | (70 ILCS 525/2004) (from Ch. 85, par. 7504)
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15 | Sec. 2004. Establishment.
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16 | (a) There is hereby created a political subdivision, body | ||||||
17 | politic
and municipal corporation named the Tri-County River | ||||||
18 | Valley Development
Authority. The territorial jurisdiction of | ||||||
19 | the Authority is that geographic
area within the boundaries of | ||||||
20 | McLean, Peoria, Tazewell , and Woodford counties in the
State | ||||||
21 | of Illinois and any navigable waters and air space located | ||||||
22 | therein.
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23 | (b) The governing and administrative powers of the |
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1 | Authority shall be
vested in a body consisting of 13 11 members | ||||||
2 | including, as ex officio members,
the Director of Commerce and
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3 | Economic Opportunity, or his or her designee, and
the Director | ||||||
4 | of Natural Resources, or
that Director's designee. The other | ||||||
5 | 11 9 members of the
Authority shall be designated
"public | ||||||
6 | members", 3 of whom shall be appointed by the Governor, 3 of | ||||||
7 | whom shall
be appointed one each by the county board chairmen | ||||||
8 | of Peoria, Tazewell and
Woodford counties and 5 3 of whom shall | ||||||
9 | be appointed one each by the city
councils of Bloomington, | ||||||
10 | East
Peoria, Normal, Pekin , and Peoria. All public members | ||||||
11 | shall reside within the
territorial jurisdiction of this Act. | ||||||
12 | Seven Six members shall constitute a quorum.
The public | ||||||
13 | members shall be persons of recognized ability and experience | ||||||
14 | in one
or more of the following areas: economic development, | ||||||
15 | finance, banking,
industrial development, small business | ||||||
16 | management, real estate development,
community development, | ||||||
17 | venture finance, organized labor or civic, community or
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18 | neighborhood organization. The Chairman of the
Authority shall | ||||||
19 | be elected by the Board annually from the 8 6 members appointed
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20 | by the county board chairmen and city councils.
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21 | (c) The terms of all members of the Authority shall begin | ||||||
22 | 30 days after
the effective date of this Article. Of the 9 | ||||||
23 | public members appointed
pursuant to this Act, 3 shall serve | ||||||
24 | until the third Monday in January 1992,
3 shall serve until the | ||||||
25 | third Monday in January 1993, and 3 shall serve
until the third | ||||||
26 | Monday in January 1994. All successors shall be appointed
by |
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1 | the original appointing authority and hold office for a term | ||||||
2 | of 3 years
commencing the third Monday in January of the year | ||||||
3 | in which their term
commences, except in case of an | ||||||
4 | appointment to fill a vacancy.
The initial member appointed by | ||||||
5 | the city council of Bloomington shall serve until the third | ||||||
6 | Monday in January 2025. The initial member appointed by the | ||||||
7 | city council of Normal shall serve until the third Monday in | ||||||
8 | January 2026. Vacancies occurring among the public members | ||||||
9 | shall be filled for the
remainder of the term. In case of | ||||||
10 | vacancy in a Governor-appointed
membership when the Senate is | ||||||
11 | not in session, the Governor may make a
temporary appointment | ||||||
12 | until the next meeting of the Senate when a person
shall be | ||||||
13 | nominated to fill such office, and any person so nominated who | ||||||
14 | is
confirmed by the Senate shall hold office during the | ||||||
15 | remainder of the term
and until a successor shall be appointed | ||||||
16 | and qualified. Members of the
Authority shall not be entitled | ||||||
17 | to compensation for their services as
members but may be | ||||||
18 | reimbursed for all necessary expenses incurred in
connection | ||||||
19 | with the performance of their duties as members.
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20 | (d) The Governor may remove any public member of the | ||||||
21 | Authority in case
of incompetency, neglect of duty, or | ||||||
22 | malfeasance in office.
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23 | (e) The Board may appoint an Executive Director who shall | ||||||
24 | have a
background in finance, including familiarity with the | ||||||
25 | legal and
procedural requirements of issuing bonds, real | ||||||
26 | estate or economic
development and administration. The |
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1 | Executive Director shall hold office
at the discretion of the | ||||||
2 | Board. The Executive Director shall be the chief
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3 | administrative and operational officer of the Authority, shall | ||||||
4 | direct
and supervise its administrative affairs and general | ||||||
5 | management, shall perform
such other duties as may be | ||||||
6 | prescribed from time to time by the members and
shall receive | ||||||
7 | compensation fixed by the Authority. The Executive Director
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8 | shall attend all meetings of the Authority; however, no action | ||||||
9 | of the
Authority shall be invalid on account of the absence of | ||||||
10 | the Executive
Director from a meeting. The Authority may | ||||||
11 | engage the services of such
other agents and employees, | ||||||
12 | including attorneys, appraisers, engineers,
accountants, | ||||||
13 | credit analysts and other consultants, as it may deem
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14 | advisable and may prescribe their duties and fix their | ||||||
15 | compensation.
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16 | (f) The Board may, by majority vote, nominate up to 4 | ||||||
17 | non-voting members
for appointment by the Governor. Non-voting | ||||||
18 | members shall be persons of
recognized ability and experience | ||||||
19 | in one or more of the following areas:
economic development, | ||||||
20 | finance, banking, industrial development, small
business | ||||||
21 | management, real estate development, community development,
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22 | venture finance, organized labor or civic, community or | ||||||
23 | neighborhood
organization. Non-voting members shall serve at | ||||||
24 | the pleasure of the Board.
All non-voting members may attend | ||||||
25 | meetings of the Board and may be
reimbursed as provided in | ||||||
26 | subsection (c).
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1 | (g) The Board shall create a task force to study and make
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2 | recommendations to the Board on the economic development of | ||||||
3 | the territory
within the jurisdiction of this Act. The members | ||||||
4 | of the task force shall
reside within the territorial | ||||||
5 | jurisdiction of this Article, shall serve at the
pleasure of | ||||||
6 | the Board and shall be persons of recognized ability and
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7 | experience in one or more of the following areas: economic | ||||||
8 | development,
finance, banking, industrial development, small | ||||||
9 | business management, real
estate development, community | ||||||
10 | development, venture finance, organized labor
or civic, | ||||||
11 | community or neighborhood organization. The number of members
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12 | constituting the task force shall be set by the Board and may | ||||||
13 | vary from
time to time. The Board may set a specific date by | ||||||
14 | which the task force is
to submit its final report and | ||||||
15 | recommendations to the Board.
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16 | (Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06.)
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17 | (70 ILCS 525/2008) (from Ch. 85, par. 7508)
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18 | Sec. 2008. Acquisition.
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19 | (a) The Authority may, but need not, acquire title to any
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20 | project with respect to which it exercises its authority.
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21 | (b) The Authority shall have power to acquire by purchase, | ||||||
22 | lease, gift or
otherwise any property or rights therein from | ||||||
23 | any person or persons, the
State of Illinois, any municipal | ||||||
24 | corporation, any local unit of government, the
government of | ||||||
25 | the United States and any agency or instrumentality of the
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1 | United States, any body politic or any county useful for its | ||||||
2 | purposes, whether
improved for the purposes of any prospective | ||||||
3 | project or unimproved. The
Authority may also accept any | ||||||
4 | donation of funds for its
purposes from any such source.
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5 | (c) The Authority shall have power to develop, construct | ||||||
6 | and improve,
either under its own direction or through | ||||||
7 | collaboration with any approved
applicant, or to acquire | ||||||
8 | through purchase or otherwise any project, using
for such | ||||||
9 | purpose the proceeds derived from its sale of revenue bonds, | ||||||
10 | notes
or other evidences of indebtedness or governmental loans | ||||||
11 | or grants and to
hold title in the name of the Authority to | ||||||
12 | such projects.
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13 | (d) The Authority shall have the power to enter into | ||||||
14 | intergovernmental
agreements with the State of Illinois, the | ||||||
15 | counties of McLean, Peoria, Tazewell , or
Woodford, the | ||||||
16 | Illinois Finance Authority, the Illinois Housing
Development | ||||||
17 | Authority, the
Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, the | ||||||
18 | United States government
and any agency or instrumentality of | ||||||
19 | the United States, any unit of local
government located within | ||||||
20 | the territory of the Authority or any other unit
of government | ||||||
21 | to the extent allowed by Article VII, Section 10 of the
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22 | Illinois Constitution and the Intergovernmental Cooperation | ||||||
23 | Act.
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24 | (e) The Authority shall have the power to share employees | ||||||
25 | with other units
of government, including agencies of the | ||||||
26 | United States, agencies of the
State of Illinois and agencies |
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1 | or personnel of any unit of local government.
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2 | (f) The Authority shall have the power to exercise powers | ||||||
3 | and issue
bonds as if it were a municipality so authorized in | ||||||
4 | Divisions 12.1, 74,
74.1, 74.3 and 74.5 of Article 11 of the | ||||||
5 | Illinois Municipal Code.
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6 | (Source: P.A. 93-205, eff. 1-1-04.)".
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