Public Act 102-0725

HB4114 Enrolled LRB102 18997 AWJ 27725 b

AN ACT concerning local government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,

represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Kaskaskia Regional Port District Act is

amended by changing Section 7.1 as follows:

(70 ILCS 1830/7.1) (from Ch. 19, par. 507.1)

Sec. 7.1. Additional rights and powers. The Port District

has the following additional rights and powers:

(a) To issue permits for the construction of all

wharves, piers, dolphins, booms, weirs, breakwaters,

bulkheads, jetties, bridges or other structures of any

kind, over, under, in, or within 40 feet of any navigable

waters within the Port District, for the deposit of rock,

earth, sand or other material, or any matter of any kind or

description in such waters;

(b) To prevent and remove obstructions in navigable

waters, including the removal of wrecks or vessels; to

recover damages, including attorney fees, for the removal

and clean-up of the site or sites and the surrounding or

downstream environment; these rights and powers shall

include, but are not limited to, emergency powers to seize

wrecks or vessels, remediate damages, and provide for the

disposition of the wrecks or vessels;

(c) To locate and establish dock lines and shore or

harbor lines;

(d) To regulate the anchorage, moorage and speed of

water borne vessels and to establish and enforce

regulations for the operation of bridges;

(e) To acquire, own, construct, lease, operate and

maintain terminals, terminal facilities, port facilities,

transportation equipment facilities, railroads and

marinas, and airport facilities and systems, and to fix

and collect just, reasonable, and non-discriminatory

charges for use of such facilities, equipment and systems.

The charges so collected shall be used to defray the

reasonable expenses of the Port District, and to pay the

principal of and interest on any revenue bonds issued by

the Port District;

(f) To operate, maintain, manage, lease, sub-lease,

and to make and enter into contracts for the use,

operation or management of, and to provide rules and

regulations for, the operation, management or use of, any

public port or public port facility;

(g) To fix, charge and collect reasonable rentals,

tolls, fees and charges for the use of any public port, or

any part thereof, or any public port facility;

(h) To establish, maintain, expand and improve

roadways, railroads, and approaches by land, or water, to

any such terminal, terminal facility and port facilities,

and to contract or otherwise provide by condemnation, if

necessary, for the removal of any port, terminal, terminal

facilities and port facility hazards or the removal or

relocation of all private structures, railroads, mains,

pipes, conduits, wires, poles, and all other facilities

and equipment which may interfere with the location,

expansion, development or improvement of ports, terminals,

terminal facilities and port facilities or with the safe

approach thereto, or exit or takeoff therefrom by

vehicles, vessels, barges and other means of

transportation, and to pay the cost of removal or

relocation;

(i) To police its physical property only and all

waterways and to exercise police powers in respect thereto

or in respect to the enforcement of any rule or regulation

provided by the ordinances of the District and to employ

and commission police officers and other qualified persons

to enforce such rules and regulations. A regulatory

ordinance of the District adopted under any provisions of

this Section may provide for a suspension or revocation of

any rights or privileges within the control of the

District for a violation of any such regulatory ordinance.

(j) To enter into agreements with the corporate

authorities or governing body of any other municipal

corporation or any political subdivision of this State to

pay the reasonable expense of services furnished by such

municipal corporation or political subdivision for or on

account of income producing properties of the District;

(k) To enter into contracts dealing in any manner with

the objects and purposes of this Act;

(l) To acquire, own, lease, mortgage, sell, or

otherwise dispose of interests in and to real property and

improvements situate thereon and in personal property

necessary to fulfill the purposes of the District;

(m) To designate the fiscal year for the District;

(n) To engage in any activity or operation which is

incidental to and in furtherance of efficient operation to

accomplish the District's primary purpose;

(o) To acquire, erect, construct, maintain and operate

aquariums, museums, planetariums, climatrons and other

edifices for the collection and display of objects

pertaining to natural history or the arts and sciences and

to permit the directors or trustees of any corporation or

society organized for the erection, construction,

maintenance and operation of an aquarium, museum,

planetarium, climatron or other such edifice to perform

such erection, construction, maintenance and operation on

or within any property now or hereafter owned by or under

the control or supervision of the District; and to

contract with any such directors or trustees relative to

such acquisition, erection, construction, maintenance and

operation and to charge or authorize such directors or

trustees to charge an admission fee, the proceeds of which

shall be devoted exclusively to such erection,

construction, maintenance and operation;

(p) To do any act which is enumerated in Section

11-74.1-1 of the "Illinois Municipal Code", in the same

manner and form as though the District were a

"municipality" as referred to in such Section;

(q) To acquire, own, erect, construct, lease,

reconstruct, improve, maintain and operate one or more, or

a combination or combinations of, industrial buildings,

office buildings, buildings to be used as a factory, mill

shops, processing plants, packaging plants, assembly

plants, fabricating plants, and buildings to be used as

warehouses and other storage facilities.

(r) To acquire, own, construct, lease or contract for

any period not exceeding 99 years, operate, develop, and

maintain Port District water and sewage systems and other

utility systems and services, including, but not limited

to, pipes, mains, lines, sewers, pumping stations,

settling tanks, treatment plants, water purification

equipment, wells, storage facilities, lines, and all other

equipment, material, and facilities necessary to those

systems, for the use, upon payment of reasonable fee set

by the District, of any tenant, occupant, or user of the

District facilities or any person engaged in commerce in

the District; provided that the District shall not

acquire, own, construct, lease, operate, develop, and

maintain the systems and services if those systems and

services can be provided by an investor-owned public

utility offering electric or gas services. The public

utility shall provide the District with a written

response, within 30 days after receiving a written request

from the District for those systems or services, stating

whether it will or will not be able to provide the

requested systems or services in accordance with the

Public Utilities Act.

(Source: P.A. 99-507, eff. 6-24-16.)