Bill Text: IL HB0904 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois International Port District Act. Authorizes the Port District to apply to United States authorities to establish, operate, maintain, and lease foreign trade zones and sub-zones within a specifically described area within the City of Chicago described as that portion of the City of Chicago located within the following area: Beginning at the point of intersection of the Cook County DuPage County line and York Road, then North along York Road to its intersection with Touhy Avenue, then east along Touhy Avenue to its intersection with the Northwest Tollway, then southeast along the Northwest Tollway to its intersection with Lee Street, then south along Lee Street to Higgins Road, then south and east along Higgins Road to its intersection with Mannheim Road, then south along Mannheim Road to its intersection with Irving Park Road, then west along Irving Park Road to its intersection with the Cook County DuPage County line, then north and west along the county line to the point of beginning. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-29 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB0904 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB0904-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB0904 Introduced , by Rep. Mark L. Walker SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
70 ILCS 1810/8.01 from Ch. 19, par. 159.1
Amends the Illinois International Port District Act. Authorizes the Port District to apply to United States authorities to establish, operate, maintain, and lease foreign trade zones and sub-zones within a specifically described area within the City of Chicago described as that portion of the City of Chicago located within the following area: Beginning at the point of intersection of the Cook County DuPage County line and York Road, then North along York Road to its intersection with Touhy Avenue, then east along Touhy Avenue to its intersection with the Northwest Tollway, then southeast along the Northwest Tollway to its intersection with Lee Street, then south along Lee Street to Higgins Road, then south and east along Higgins Road to its intersection with Mannheim Road, then south along Mannheim Road to its intersection with Irving Park Road, then west along Irving Park Road to its intersection with the Cook County DuPage County line, then north and west along the county line to the point of beginning. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning local government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois International Port District Act is
amended by changing Section 8.01 as follows:
(70 ILCS 1810/8.01) (from Ch. 19, par. 159.1)
Sec. 8.01. Foreign trade zones. The Port District has power
to apply to proper authorities of the United States of America
pursuant to appropriate law for the right to establish,
operate, maintain, and lease foreign trade zones and sub-zones
within the limits of the Chicago Regional Port District, or
within the jurisdiction of the United States Customs Service
Office of the Chicago Port of Entry, or within Area A and to
establish, operate, maintain, and lease such foreign trade
zones and sub-zones. In this Section, "Area A" is that portion
of the City of Chicago located within the following area:
Beginning at the point of intersection of the Cook County
DuPage County line and York Road, then North along York Road to
its intersection with Touhy Avenue, then east along Touhy
Avenue to its intersection with the Northwest Tollway, then
southeast along the Northwest Tollway to its intersection with
Lee Street, then south along Lee Street to Higgins Road, then
south and east along Higgins Road to its intersection with

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Mannheim Road, then south along Mannheim Road to its
intersection with Irving Park Road, then west along Irving Park
Road to its intersection with the Cook County DuPage County
line, then north and west along the county line to the point of
beginning.
(Source: P.A. 83-1360.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.