Public Act 103-0883

SB0693 EnrolledLRB103 03146 AWJ 48152 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 Illinois Waterway Ports Commission Act is 
amended by changing Sections 5, 10, and 15 as follows:

 (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 
 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, 
 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.
(Source: P.A. 103-214, eff. 6-30-23.)

 (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.)

 (70 ILCS 1816/15)
 Sec. 15. Powers.
 (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 
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.)