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| Public Act 103-0883
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| SB0693 Enrolled | LRB103 03146 AWJ 48152 b |
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AN ACT concerning local government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Illinois Waterway Ports Commission Act is |
amended by changing Sections 5, 10, and 15 as follows:
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(70 ILCS 1816/5) |
Sec. 5. Creation; membership; administrative support. |
(a) The Illinois Waterway Ports Commission is hereby |
created. The Commission shall exercise jurisdiction with |
respect to the duties and powers delegated to it under this Act |
within the following port districts and counties: the Seneca |
Regional Port District, the Ottawa Port District, the Illinois |
Valley Regional Port District, the Heart of Illinois Regional |
Port District, and the Havana Port District and Fulton, Mason, |
Tazewell, Peoria, Woodford, Marshall, Putnam, Bureau, LaSalle, |
and Grundy counties. |
(b) The Commission shall consist of the following 9 |
appointed members: |
(1) a member appointed by the Chairperson of the Board |
of the Seneca Regional Port District, appointed by the |
Chairperson of the Board; |
(2) a member appointed by the Chairperson of the Board |
of the Ottawa Port District, appointed by the Chairperson |
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of the Board; |
(3) a member appointed by the Chairperson of the Board |
of the Illinois Valley Regional Port District, appointed |
by the Chairperson of the Board; |
(4) a member appointed by the Chairperson of the Board |
of the Heart of Illinois Regional Port District, appointed |
by the Chairperson of the Board; |
(5) a member appointed by the Chairperson of the Board |
of the Havana Regional Port District, appointed by the |
Chairperson of the Board; |
(6) a member from a not-for-profit organization that |
assists with local government planning within the northern |
territory of the Commission, appointed by the majority |
vote of the chairpersons of the Seneca Regional Port |
District, Ottawa Port District, Illinois Valley Regional |
Port District, Heart of Illinois Regional Port District, |
and Havana Regional Port District; |
(7) a member appointed by the Tri-County Regional |
Planning Commission from the Tri-County Regional Planning |
Commission; |
(8) a member from a not-for-profit organization that |
assists with local government planning within the southern |
territory of the Commission, appointed by the majority |
vote of the chairpersons of the Seneca Regional Port |
District, Ottawa Port District, Illinois Valley Regional |
Port District, Heart of Illinois Regional Port District, |
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and Havana Regional Port District; |
(9) a member that is recommended by the Chairperson of |
the Board of the Heart of Illinois Regional Port District |
and appointed by the majority vote of the chairpersons of |
the Seneca Regional Port District, Ottawa Port District, |
Illinois Valley Regional Port District, Heart of Illinois |
Regional Port District, and Havana Regional Port District. |
The members shall be appointed no later than 90 days after |
the effective date of this Act. The members shall hold office |
for a period of 6 years, or until a successor has been |
appointed, and the members shall serve without compensation. |
At the expiration of the term of an appointed member, the |
person, organization, chairperson, or chairpersons who |
appointed the member shall appoint a successor who shall hold |
office for 6 years or until a successor has been appointed. |
(c) The members of the Commission shall elect a |
chairperson of the Commission for a 2-year term after all the |
members are selected. A member of the Commission shall not |
serve more than 2 terms as chairperson. |
(d) If a vacancy occurs in the Commission membership, the |
vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as the original |
appointment for the remainder of the unexpired term. |
(e) The Commission shall meet no less than once a year. |
(f) The Heart of Illinois Regional Port District shall |
provide administrative support and other support to the |
Commission. |
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(Source: P.A. 103-214, eff. 6-30-23.)
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(70 ILCS 1816/10) |
Sec. 10. Duties. The Commission has the following duties: |
(1) to coordinate and synchronize common efforts and |
initiatives within the areas over which it has jurisdiction |
under this Act in order to enhance the reporting and benefits |
of statistical data; |
(2) to make recommendations to the Governor, the General |
Assembly, Congress, and federal agencies on regional issues |
that impact multimodal transportation, economic development, |
environmental sustainability, and climate resiliency within |
the areas over which it has jurisdiction under this Act; |
(3) to coordinate and synchronize common efforts and |
initiatives with the Mid-America Port Commission and the |
Joliet Regional Port District; |
(4) to coordinate and synchronize federal activities |
associated with the nonfederal sponsorship and development of |
the M-55 Illinois-Gulf Marine Highway; and |
(5) to request funding or assist in requesting funding, as |
it deems necessary, for those areas over which it has |
jurisdiction under this Act. |
(Source: P.A. 103-214, eff. 6-30-23.)
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(70 ILCS 1816/15) |
Sec. 15. Powers. |
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(a) The Commission may request funding from any federal, |
state, municipal, or local government or any other person or |
organization for purposes of the Commission within the |
Commission's jurisdiction. The individual port districts |
within the Commission's jurisdiction retain authority to |
request funding from any federal, state, municipal, or local |
government or any other person or organization for purposes of |
the individual port districts within the Commission area. |
(b) The Commission may enter into a memorandum of |
understanding or intergovernmental agreement with the State, a |
unit of local government, or a federal governmental |
organization in the performance of its duties. The Commission |
may not exercise control over an a operation of a port district |
established by any other law except by voluntary agreement |
between the port district and the Commission. |
(c) The Commission may acquire, purchase, install, lease, |
construct, own, hold, maintain, equip, use, control, or |
operate ports, harbors, waterways, channels, wharves, piers, |
docks, quays, elevators, tipples, compresses, bulk loading and |
unloading facilities, warehouse, dry docks, marine support |
railways, tugboats, ships, vessels, shipyards, shipbuilding |
facilities, machinery and equipment dredges, or any other |
facilities required or incidental to the construction, |
outfitting, dry docking, or repair of ships or vessels, or |
water, air, or rail terminals, or roadways or approaches to |
the facilities or other structures or facilities necessary for |
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the convenient use of the same in the aid of commerce, |
including the dredging, deepening, extending, widening, or |
enlarging of any ports, harbors, rivers, channels, or |
waterways, the damming of inland waterways, the establishment |
of a water basin, the acquisition and development of |
industrial sites, or the reclaiming of submerged lands. |
(d) The Commission may not exercise control over the |
operation of port districts established by any other law of |
the State, except by voluntary agreement between the port |
district and the Commission. |
(e) (c) The Commission may perform any other act that may |
be useful in performing its duties under Section 10 or powers |
under this Section, including, but not limited to, enhancing |
the reporting and benefits of statistical data. |
(Source: P.A. 103-214, eff. 6-30-23; revised 9-25-23.)
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