Bill Text: IL HB4373 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Creates the Quad Cities Regional Metropolitan Authority Compact Act. Provides for the creation of the Quad Cities Regional Metropolitan Authority by the states of Illinois and Iowa. Provides that the territory of the Authority is Scott County, Iowa and Rock Island County, Illinois. Provides that the purposes of the Authority are to provide facilities and to foster cooperative efforts for the development and public benefit of its territory. Sets forth the membership of the board of the Authority and the powers and duties of the Authority. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB4373 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB4373-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB4373 Introduced , by Rep. Michael Halpin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
New Act
Creates the Quad Cities Regional Metropolitan Authority Compact Act. Provides for the creation of the Quad Cities Regional Metropolitan Authority by the states of Illinois and Iowa. Provides that the territory of the Authority is Scott County, Iowa and Rock Island County, Illinois. Provides that the purposes of the Authority are to provide facilities and to foster cooperative efforts for the development and public benefit of its territory. Sets forth the membership of the board of the Authority and the powers and duties of the Authority. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Quad
Cities Regional Metropolitan Authority Compact Act.
Section 5. State may enter into compact. The State of
Illinois may enter into the Quad Cities Regional Metropolitan
Authority Compact with the State of Iowa if the State of Iowa
joins the compact.
Section 10. Compact. The compact shall be in substantially
the following form:
"COMPACT BETWEEN IOWA AND ILLINOIS TO CREATE THE QUAD CITIES
REGIONAL METROPOLITAN AUTHORITY.
ARTICLE 1. SHORT TITLE.
This compact may be cited as the "Quad Cities Regional
Metropolitan Authority Compact".
ARTICLE 2. AUTHORIZATION.
The states of Illinois and Iowa authorize the creation of
the Quad Cities Regional Metropolitan Authority to include the
territories of Scott County in the State of Iowa and Rock
Island County in the State of Illinois.
ARTICLE 3. PURPOSES.

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The purposes of the Authority are to provide facilities and
to foster cooperative efforts, all for the development and
public benefit of its territory. This compact shall be
liberally interpreted to carry out these purposes.
ARTICLE 4. CREATION.
The Authority is created when (i) the Secretary of State of
Iowa certifies to the Secretary of State of Illinois and the
Secretary of State of Illinois certifies to the Secretary of
State of Iowa that substantially similar legislation is signed
into law in both Iowa and Illinois and (ii) Congress has given
its consent.
ARTICLE 5. BOARD MEMBERS.
The Authority shall be governed by a Board of not more than
8 members, one-half of whom are residents of Rock Island
County, Illinois and one-half of whom are residents of Scott
County, Iowa. The Iowa members shall be chosen in the manner
and for the terms fixed by the law of Iowa. The Illinois
members shall be chosen in the manner and for the terms fixed
by the law of Illinois.
ARTICLE 6. BOARD OFFICERS.
The Board shall elect annually from its members a
chairperson, a vice chairperson, a secretary, and other
officers it determines necessary.
ARTICLE 7. BOARD OPERATIONS.
The Board shall adopt bylaws governing its meetings, fiscal
year, election of officers, and other matters of procedure and

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operation.
ARTICLE 8. BOARD EXPENSES AND COMPENSATION.
(a) Members shall be reimbursed for reasonable expenses
incurred while carrying out official duties.
(b) Members shall be compensated as authorized by
substantially identical laws of the states of Illinois and
Iowa.
ARTICLE 9. EMPLOYEES.
(a) The Board may hire an executive director, a treasurer,
and other employees it determines necessary and shall fix their
qualifications, duties, compensation, and terms of employment.
(b) The executive director, treasurer, and other employees
shall have no pension benefits or rights of collective
bargaining other than those authorized by substantially
identical laws of the states of Iowa and Illinois.
ARTICLE 10. GENERAL POWERS.
The Authority has the following general powers:
(1) To sue and be sued.
(2) To own, operate, manage, or lease facilities within
the territory of the Authority. "Facility" means an
airport, port, wharf, dock, harbor, bridge, school,
tunnel, terminal, industrial park, waste disposal system,
mass transit system, parking area, road, recreational
area, conservation area, or other project beneficial to the
territory of the Authority as authorized by substantially
identical laws of the states of Iowa and Illinois, together

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with related or incidental fixtures, equipment,
improvements, and real or personal property.
(3) To fix and collect reasonable fees and charges for
the use of its facilities.
(4) To own or lease interests in real or personal
property.
(5) To accept and receive money, services, property,
and other things of value.
(6) To disburse funds for its lawful activities.
(7) To enter into agreements with political
subdivisions of the state of Illinois or Iowa or with the
United States.
(8) To pledge or mortgage its property.
(9) To perform other functions necessary or incidental
to its purposes and powers.
(10) To exercise other powers conferred by
substantially identical laws of the states of Iowa and
Illinois.
(11) To impose any tax throughout the region, subject
to referendum approval by the voters of each county in the
region, that may be lawfully imposed in both Iowa and
Illinois, and to provide that such referendum language be
placed on the ballot in each state; a tax under this
paragraph (11) shall be imposed for no longer than 10 years
unless it is reauthorized by a subsequent referendum in
each state. The referendum in each state must include

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identical language specifying the purposes for which tax
proceeds shall be used, and those proceeds may be used only
for those purposes and for administrative purposes as
provided in subsection (c) of Article 11.
ARTICLE 11. TAXES.
(a) Except as provided in paragraph (11) of Article 10, the
Authority shall have no independent power to tax.
(b) A political subdivision of the state of Iowa or
Illinois shall not impose taxes to fund the Authority or any of
the Authority's projects except as specifically authorized by
substantially identical laws of the states of Illinois and
Iowa.
(c) In addition to the uses specified in the referendum
authorizing the imposition of a tax, the Authority may use up
to 1% of the total revenue derived from a tax imposed under
paragraph (11) of Article 10 for administrative purposes to
successfully carry out its duties.
ARTICLE 12. REPORTS.
The Authority shall report annually to the Governors and
legislatures of the states of Iowa and Illinois concerning its
facilities, activities, and finances and may make
recommendations for state legislation.
ARTICLE 13. PENALTIES.
The states of Illinois and Iowa may provide by
substantially identical laws for the enforcement of the
ordinances of the Authority and for penalties for the violation

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of those ordinances.
ARTICLE 14. SUBSTANTIALLY IDENTICAL LAWS.
Substantially identical laws of the states of Iowa and
Illinois which are in effect before the Authority is created
shall apply unless the laws are contrary to or inconsistent
with the provisions of this compact. A question of whether the
laws of the states of Iowa and Illinois are substantially
identical may be determined and enforced by a federal district
court.
ARTICLE 15. DISSOLUTION.
The Authority may be dissolved by independent action of a
political subdivision of the state of Iowa or the state of Iowa
as authorized by law of the state of Iowa or by independent
action of a political subdivision of the state of Illinois or
the state of Illinois as authorized by law of the state of
Illinois.
ARTICLE 16. SUBJECT TO LAWS AND CONSTITUTIONS.
This compact, the enabling laws of the states of Iowa and
Illinois, and the Authority are subject to the laws and
Constitution of the United States and the Constitutions of the
states of Illinois and Iowa.
ARTICLE 17. CONSENT OF CONGRESS.
The Attorneys General of the states of Iowa and Illinois
shall jointly seek the consent of the Congress of the United
States to enter into or implement this compact.
ARTICLE 18. BINDING EFFECT.

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This compact and substantially identical enabling laws are
binding on the states of Illinois and Iowa to the full extent
allowed without the consent of Congress. If the consent of
Congress is necessary, this compact and substantially
identical enabling laws are binding on the states of Iowa and
Illinois to the full extent when consent is obtained.
ARTICLE 19. SIGNING.
This compact shall be signed in duplicate by the authorized
representatives of the states of Illinois and Iowa. One signed
copy shall be filed with the Secretary of State of Iowa and the
other with the Secretary of State of Illinois."
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.