(70 ILCS 1825/1)(from Ch. 19, par. 251) Sec. 1. This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Joliet Regional Port District Act". (Source: Laws 1957, p. 1302.)
(70 ILCS 1825/2)(from Ch. 19, par. 252) Sec. 2. When used in this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the terms set out in Sections 2.1 through 2.21 have the meaning ascribed to them in those Sections. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/2.1)(from Ch. 19, par. 252.1) Sec. 2.1. "District" or "Port District" means the Joliet Regional Port District created by this Act. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/2.2)(from Ch. 19, par. 252.2) Sec. 2.2. "Terminal" means a public place, station or depot for receiving and delivering baggage, mail, freight, or express matter and for any combination of such purposes, in connection with the transportation of persons and property on water or land or in the air. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/2.3)(from Ch. 19, par. 252.3) Sec. 2.3. "Terminal facilities" means all lands, buildings, structures, improvements, equipment and appliances useful in the operation of public warehouse, storage and transportation facilities for the accommodation of or in connection with commerce by water or land or in the air or useful as an aid, or constituting an advantage or convenience to, the safe landing, taking off and navigation of aircraft, or the safe and efficient operation of maintenance of a public airport. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/2.4)(from Ch. 19, par. 252.4) Sec. 2.4. "Port facilities" means all public structures, except terminal facilities as defined herein, that are in, over, under, or adjacent to navigable waters and are necessary for or incident to the furtherance of water commerce and includes the widening and deepening of slips, harbors, and navigable waters. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/2.5)(from Ch. 19, par. 252.5) Sec. 2.5. "Aircraft" means any contrivance now known or hereafter invented, used or designated for navigation of, or flight in, the air. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/2.6)(from Ch. 19, par. 252.6) Sec. 2.6. "Airport" means any locality, either land or water, which is used or designed for the landing and taking off of aircraft, or for the location of runways, landing fields, airdromes, hangars, buildings, structures, airport roadways and other facilities. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/2.7)(from Ch. 19, par. 252.7) Sec. 2.7. "Airport Hazard" means any structure, or object of natural growth, located on or in the vicinity of an airport, or any use of land near an airport which is hazardous to the use of such airport for the landing and take‑off of aircraft. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/2.8)(from Ch. 19, par. 252.8) Sec. 2.8. "Approach" means any path, course or zone defined by an ordinance of the District or by other lawful regulation, on the ground or in the air, or both, for the use of aircraft in landing and taking off of an airport located within the District. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/2.9)(from Ch. 19, par. 252.9) Sec. 2.9. "Commercial Aircraft" means any aircraft other than public aircraft engaged in the business of transporting persons or property. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/2.10)(from Ch. 19, par. 252.10) Sec. 2.10. "Private Aircraft" means any aircraft other than public and commercial aircraft. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/2.11)(from Ch. 19, par. 252.11) Sec. 2.11. "Public Aircraft" means an aircraft used exclusively in the governmental service of the United States, or of any state or of any public agency, including military and naval aircraft. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/2.12)(from Ch. 19, par. 252.12) Sec. 2.12. "Public Airport" means an airport owned by a Port District, an airport authority or other public agency which is used or is intended for use by public, commercial and private aircraft and by persons owning, managing, operating or desiring to use, inspect or repair any such aircraft or to use any such airport for aeronautical purposes. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/2.13)(from Ch. 19, par. 252.13) Sec. 2.13. "Public Interest" means the protection, furtherance and advancement of the general welfare and of public health and safety and public necessity and convenience in respect to aeronautics. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/2.14)(from Ch. 19, par. 252.14) Sec. 2.14. "Navigable waters" means any public waters which are or can be made usable for water commerce. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/2.15)(from Ch. 19, par. 252.15) Sec. 2.15. "Governmental Agency" means the Federal, State and any local government body, and any agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, thereof. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/2.16)(from Ch. 19, par. 252.16) Sec. 2.16. "Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, both domestic and foreign, company, association or joint stock association, and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee, or personal representative thereof. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/2.17)(from Ch. 19, par. 252.17) Sec. 2.17. "General Obligation bond" means any bond issued by the District any part of the principal or interest of which bond is to be paid by taxation. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/2.18)(from Ch. 19, par. 252.18) Sec. 2.18. "Revenue bond" means any bond issued by the District the principal and interest of which bond is payable solely from revenues or income derived from terminal, terminal facilities, or port facilities of the District. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/2.19)(from Ch. 19, par. 252.19) Sec. 2.19. "Board" means the Joliet Regional Port District Board. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/2.20)(from Ch. 19, par. 252.20) Sec. 2.20. "Governor" means the Governor of the State of Illinois. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/2.21)(from Ch. 19, par. 252.21) Sec. 2.21. "Mayor" means the Mayor of the City of Joliet. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/3)(from Ch. 19, par. 253) Sec. 3. There is created a political subdivision, body politic, and municipal corporation by the name of the Joliet Regional Port District embracing all the territory included within the present limits of the following townships in Will County, Illinois, now adjoining or traversed by the Illinois Waterway: DuPage, Lockport, Joliet, Troy and Channahon. Territory may be annexed to the District in the manner hereinafter provided in this Act. The District may sue and be sued in its corporate name but execution shall not in any case issue against any property of the District. It may adopt a common seal and change the same at pleasure. (Source: Laws 1957, p. 1302.)
(70 ILCS 1825/3.1)(from Ch. 19, par. 253.1) Sec. 3.1. It is declared that the main purpose of this Act is to promote industrial, commercial and transportation activities, thereby reducing the evils attendant upon unemployment and enhancing the public health and welfare of this State. All property of every kind belonging to the Port District shall be exempt from taxation, provided that taxes may be assessed and levied upon a lessee of the District by reason of the value of the real estate and all improvements thereon. All property of the District shall be construed as constituting public property owned by a municipal corporation and used exclusively for public purposes within the provisions of Section 15‑155 of the Property Tax Code. (Source: P.A. 88‑670, eff. 12‑2‑94.)
(70 ILCS 1825/4)(from Ch. 19, par. 254) Sec. 4. In addition to powers otherwise provided for, the Port District has the rights and powers set out in Sections 4.1 through 4.24. (Source: P.A. 83‑1102.)
(70 ILCS 1825/4.1)(from Ch. 19, par. 254.1) Sec. 4.1. 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 50 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. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/4.2)(from Ch. 19, par. 254.2) Sec. 4.2. To prevent or remove obstructions in navigable waters including the removal of wrecks. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/4.3)(from Ch. 19, par. 254.3) Sec. 4.3. To locate and establish dock lines and shore or harbor lines. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/4.4)(from Ch. 19, par. 254.4) Sec. 4.4. To regulate the anchorage, moorage, and speed of water‑borne vessels and to establish and enforce regulations for the operation of bridges. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/4.5)(from Ch. 19, par. 254.5) Sec. 4.5. To acquire, own, construct, lease and lease to others, operate, and maintain terminals, terminal facilities, and port facilities, and to fix and collect just, reasonable, and non‑discriminatory charges for the use of such facilities. The charges so collected shall be used to defray the reasonable expenses of the Port District and to pay the principal of and the interest on any revenue bonds issued by the District. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/4.6)(from Ch. 19, par. 254.6) Sec. 4.6. To locate, establish and maintain a public airport, public airports and public airport facilities within its corporate limits or within or upon any body of water adjacent thereto, and to construct, develop, expand, extend and improve any such airport or airport facility. Such power and those related thereto may be exercised only with the approval of the voters in the district. The Board shall by ordinance, duly adopted, cause to be submitted to the legal voters of the district a proposition to establish and maintain an airport within the district by certifying the proposition and the ordinance to the proper election officials who shall submit the proposition to the voters at an election in accordance with the general election law. In addition to the requirements of the general election law, notice of the submission of such proposition at any election shall be published at least 10 days prior to the date of the election at least once in one or more newspapers published in the district or, if no newspaper is published in the district, in one or more newspapers with a general circulation within the district. The proposition shall be in substantially the following form: ‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑ Shall the Joliet Yes Regional Port District be authorized to establish ‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑ and maintain a public airport facility ? No ‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑ If a majority of those voting upon the proposition vote in favor of the proposition, the Board may thereafter exercise such powers. (Source: P.A. 83‑1102.)
(70 ILCS 1825/4.7)(from Ch. 19, par. 254.7) Sec. 4.7. To operate, maintain, manage, lease, sublease, 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 airport or public airport facility. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/4.8)(from Ch. 19, par. 254.8) Sec. 4.8. To fix, charge and collect reasonable rentals, tolls, fees, and charges for the use of any public airport, or any part thereof, or any public airport facility. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/4.9)(from Ch. 19, par. 254.9) Sec. 4.9. To establish, maintain, extend and improve roadways and approaches by land, water or air to any such airport and to contract or otherwise provide, by condemnation if necessary, for the removal of any airport hazard or the removal or relocation of all private structures, railways, mains, pipes, conduits, wires, poles, and all other facilities and equipment which may interfere with the location, expansion, development, or improvement of airports or with the safe approach thereto or take‑off therefrom by aircraft, and to pay the cost of removal or relocation; and, subject to the "Airport Zoning Act", approved July 17, 1945, as amended, to adopt, administer and enforce airport zoning regulations for territory which is within its corporate limits or which extends not more than 2 miles beyond its corporate limits. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/4.10)(from Ch. 19, par. 254.10) Sec. 4.10. To restrict the height of any object of natural growth or structure or structures within the vicinity of any airport or within the lines of an approach to any airport and, when necessary, for the reduction in the height of any such existing object or structure, to enter into an agreement for such reduction or to accomplish same by condemnation. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/4.11)(from Ch. 19, par. 254.11) Sec. 4.11. To agree with the state or federal governments or with any public agency in respect to the removal and relocation of any object of natural growth, airport hazard or any structure or building within the vicinity of any airport or within an approach and which is owne
(70 ILCS 1825/1)(from Ch. 19, par. 251) Sec. 1. This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Joliet Regional Port District Act". (Source: Laws 1957, p. 1302.)
(70 ILCS 1825/2)(from Ch. 19, par. 252) Sec. 2. When used in this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the terms set out in Sections 2.1 through 2.21 have the meaning ascribed to them in those Sections. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/2.1)(from Ch. 19, par. 252.1) Sec. 2.1. "District" or "Port District" means the Joliet Regional Port District created by this Act. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/2.2)(from Ch. 19, par. 252.2) Sec. 2.2. "Terminal" means a public place, station or depot for receiving and delivering baggage, mail, freight, or express matter and for any combination of such purposes, in connection with the transportation of persons and property on water or land or in the air. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/2.3)(from Ch. 19, par. 252.3) Sec. 2.3. "Terminal facilities" means all lands, buildings, structures, improvements, equipment and appliances useful in the operation of public warehouse, storage and transportation facilities for the accommodation of or in connection with commerce by water or land or in the air or useful as an aid, or constituting an advantage or convenience to, the safe landing, taking off and navigation of aircraft, or the safe and efficient operation of maintenance of a public airport. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/2.4)(from Ch. 19, par. 252.4) Sec. 2.4. "Port facilities" means all public structures, except terminal facilities as defined herein, that are in, over, under, or adjacent to navigable waters and are necessary for or incident to the furtherance of water commerce and includes the widening and deepening of slips, harbors, and navigable waters. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/2.5)(from Ch. 19, par. 252.5) Sec. 2.5. "Aircraft" means any contrivance now known or hereafter invented, used or designated for navigation of, or flight in, the air. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/2.6)(from Ch. 19, par. 252.6) Sec. 2.6. "Airport" means any locality, either land or water, which is used or designed for the landing and taking off of aircraft, or for the location of runways, landing fields, airdromes, hangars, buildings, structures, airport roadways and other facilities. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/2.7)(from Ch. 19, par. 252.7) Sec. 2.7. "Airport Hazard" means any structure, or object of natural growth, located on or in the vicinity of an airport, or any use of land near an airport which is hazardous to the use of such airport for the landing and take‑off of aircraft. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/2.8)(from Ch. 19, par. 252.8) Sec. 2.8. "Approach" means any path, course or zone defined by an ordinance of the District or by other lawful regulation, on the ground or in the air, or both, for the use of aircraft in landing and taking off of an airport located within the District. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/2.9)(from Ch. 19, par. 252.9) Sec. 2.9. "Commercial Aircraft" means any aircraft other than public aircraft engaged in the business of transporting persons or property. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/2.10)(from Ch. 19, par. 252.10) Sec. 2.10. "Private Aircraft" means any aircraft other than public and commercial aircraft. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/2.11)(from Ch. 19, par. 252.11) Sec. 2.11. "Public Aircraft" means an aircraft used exclusively in the governmental service of the United States, or of any state or of any public agency, including military and naval aircraft. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/2.12)(from Ch. 19, par. 252.12) Sec. 2.12. "Public Airport" means an airport owned by a Port District, an airport authority or other public agency which is used or is intended for use by public, commercial and private aircraft and by persons owning, managing, operating or desiring to use, inspect or repair any such aircraft or to use any such airport for aeronautical purposes. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/2.13)(from Ch. 19, par. 252.13) Sec. 2.13. "Public Interest" means the protection, furtherance and advancement of the general welfare and of public health and safety and public necessity and convenience in respect to aeronautics. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/2.14)(from Ch. 19, par. 252.14) Sec. 2.14. "Navigable waters" means any public waters which are or can be made usable for water commerce. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/2.15)(from Ch. 19, par. 252.15) Sec. 2.15. "Governmental Agency" means the Federal, State and any local government body, and any agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, thereof. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/2.16)(from Ch. 19, par. 252.16) Sec. 2.16. "Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, both domestic and foreign, company, association or joint stock association, and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee, or personal representative thereof. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/2.17)(from Ch. 19, par. 252.17) Sec. 2.17. "General Obligation bond" means any bond issued by the District any part of the principal or interest of which bond is to be paid by taxation. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/2.18)(from Ch. 19, par. 252.18) Sec. 2.18. "Revenue bond" means any bond issued by the District the principal and interest of which bond is payable solely from revenues or income derived from terminal, terminal facilities, or port facilities of the District. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/2.19)(from Ch. 19, par. 252.19) Sec. 2.19. "Board" means the Joliet Regional Port District Board. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/2.20)(from Ch. 19, par. 252.20) Sec. 2.20. "Governor" means the Governor of the State of Illinois. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/2.21)(from Ch. 19, par. 252.21) Sec. 2.21. "Mayor" means the Mayor of the City of Joliet. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/3)(from Ch. 19, par. 253) Sec. 3. There is created a political subdivision, body politic, and municipal corporation by the name of the Joliet Regional Port District embracing all the territory included within the present limits of the following townships in Will County, Illinois, now adjoining or traversed by the Illinois Waterway: DuPage, Lockport, Joliet, Troy and Channahon. Territory may be annexed to the District in the manner hereinafter provided in this Act. The District may sue and be sued in its corporate name but execution shall not in any case issue against any property of the District. It may adopt a common seal and change the same at pleasure. (Source: Laws 1957, p. 1302.)
(70 ILCS 1825/3.1)(from Ch. 19, par. 253.1) Sec. 3.1. It is declared that the main purpose of this Act is to promote industrial, commercial and transportation activities, thereby reducing the evils attendant upon unemployment and enhancing the public health and welfare of this State. All property of every kind belonging to the Port District shall be exempt from taxation, provided that taxes may be assessed and levied upon a lessee of the District by reason of the value of the real estate and all improvements thereon. All property of the District shall be construed as constituting public property owned by a municipal corporation and used exclusively for public purposes within the provisions of Section 15‑155 of the Property Tax Code. (Source: P.A. 88‑670, eff. 12‑2‑94.)
(70 ILCS 1825/4)(from Ch. 19, par. 254) Sec. 4. In addition to powers otherwise provided for, the Port District has the rights and powers set out in Sections 4.1 through 4.24. (Source: P.A. 83‑1102.)
(70 ILCS 1825/4.1)(from Ch. 19, par. 254.1) Sec. 4.1. 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 50 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. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/4.2)(from Ch. 19, par. 254.2) Sec. 4.2. To prevent or remove obstructions in navigable waters including the removal of wrecks. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/4.3)(from Ch. 19, par. 254.3) Sec. 4.3. To locate and establish dock lines and shore or harbor lines. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/4.4)(from Ch. 19, par. 254.4) Sec. 4.4. To regulate the anchorage, moorage, and speed of water‑borne vessels and to establish and enforce regulations for the operation of bridges. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/4.5)(from Ch. 19, par. 254.5) Sec. 4.5. To acquire, own, construct, lease and lease to others, operate, and maintain terminals, terminal facilities, and port facilities, and to fix and collect just, reasonable, and non‑discriminatory charges for the use of such facilities. The charges so collected shall be used to defray the reasonable expenses of the Port District and to pay the principal of and the interest on any revenue bonds issued by the District. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/4.6)(from Ch. 19, par. 254.6) Sec. 4.6. To locate, establish and maintain a public airport, public airports and public airport facilities within its corporate limits or within or upon any body of water adjacent thereto, and to construct, develop, expand, extend and improve any such airport or airport facility. Such power and those related thereto may be exercised only with the approval of the voters in the district. The Board shall by ordinance, duly adopted, cause to be submitted to the legal voters of the district a proposition to establish and maintain an airport within the district by certifying the proposition and the ordinance to the proper election officials who shall submit the proposition to the voters at an election in accordance with the general election law. In addition to the requirements of the general election law, notice of the submission of such proposition at any election shall be published at least 10 days prior to the date of the election at least once in one or more newspapers published in the district or, if no newspaper is published in the district, in one or more newspapers with a general circulation within the district. The proposition shall be in substantially the following form: ‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑ Shall the Joliet Yes Regional Port District be authorized to establish ‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑ and maintain a public airport facility ? No ‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑ If a majority of those voting upon the proposition vote in favor of the proposition, the Board may thereafter exercise such powers. (Source: P.A. 83‑1102.)
(70 ILCS 1825/4.7)(from Ch. 19, par. 254.7) Sec. 4.7. To operate, maintain, manage, lease, sublease, 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 airport or public airport facility. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/4.8)(from Ch. 19, par. 254.8) Sec. 4.8. To fix, charge and collect reasonable rentals, tolls, fees, and charges for the use of any public airport, or any part thereof, or any public airport facility. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/4.9)(from Ch. 19, par. 254.9) Sec. 4.9. To establish, maintain, extend and improve roadways and approaches by land, water or air to any such airport and to contract or otherwise provide, by condemnation if necessary, for the removal of any airport hazard or the removal or relocation of all private structures, railways, mains, pipes, conduits, wires, poles, and all other facilities and equipment which may interfere with the location, expansion, development, or improvement of airports or with the safe approach thereto or take‑off therefrom by aircraft, and to pay the cost of removal or relocation; and, subject to the "Airport Zoning Act", approved July 17, 1945, as amended, to adopt, administer and enforce airport zoning regulations for territory which is within its corporate limits or which extends not more than 2 miles beyond its corporate limits. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/4.10)(from Ch. 19, par. 254.10) Sec. 4.10. To restrict the height of any object of natural growth or structure or structures within the vicinity of any airport or within the lines of an approach to any airport and, when necessary, for the reduction in the height of any such existing object or structure, to enter into an agreement for such reduction or to accomplish same by condemnation. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/4.11)(from Ch. 19, par. 254.11) Sec. 4.11. To agree with the state or federal governments or with any public agency in respect to the removal and relocation of any object of natural growth, airport hazard or any structure or building within the vicinity of any airport or within an approach and which is owne
(70 ILCS 1825/1)(from Ch. 19, par. 251) Sec. 1. This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Joliet Regional Port District Act". (Source: Laws 1957, p. 1302.)
(70 ILCS 1825/2)(from Ch. 19, par. 252) Sec. 2. When used in this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the terms set out in Sections 2.1 through 2.21 have the meaning ascribed to them in those Sections. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/2.1)(from Ch. 19, par. 252.1) Sec. 2.1. "District" or "Port District" means the Joliet Regional Port District created by this Act. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/2.2)(from Ch. 19, par. 252.2) Sec. 2.2. "Terminal" means a public place, station or depot for receiving and delivering baggage, mail, freight, or express matter and for any combination of such purposes, in connection with the transportation of persons and property on water or land or in the air. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/2.3)(from Ch. 19, par. 252.3) Sec. 2.3. "Terminal facilities" means all lands, buildings, structures, improvements, equipment and appliances useful in the operation of public warehouse, storage and transportation facilities for the accommodation of or in connection with commerce by water or land or in the air or useful as an aid, or constituting an advantage or convenience to, the safe landing, taking off and navigation of aircraft, or the safe and efficient operation of maintenance of a public airport. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/2.4)(from Ch. 19, par. 252.4) Sec. 2.4. "Port facilities" means all public structures, except terminal facilities as defined herein, that are in, over, under, or adjacent to navigable waters and are necessary for or incident to the furtherance of water commerce and includes the widening and deepening of slips, harbors, and navigable waters. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/2.5)(from Ch. 19, par. 252.5) Sec. 2.5. "Aircraft" means any contrivance now known or hereafter invented, used or designated for navigation of, or flight in, the air. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/2.6)(from Ch. 19, par. 252.6) Sec. 2.6. "Airport" means any locality, either land or water, which is used or designed for the landing and taking off of aircraft, or for the location of runways, landing fields, airdromes, hangars, buildings, structures, airport roadways and other facilities. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/2.7)(from Ch. 19, par. 252.7) Sec. 2.7. "Airport Hazard" means any structure, or object of natural growth, located on or in the vicinity of an airport, or any use of land near an airport which is hazardous to the use of such airport for the landing and take‑off of aircraft. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/2.8)(from Ch. 19, par. 252.8) Sec. 2.8. "Approach" means any path, course or zone defined by an ordinance of the District or by other lawful regulation, on the ground or in the air, or both, for the use of aircraft in landing and taking off of an airport located within the District. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/2.9)(from Ch. 19, par. 252.9) Sec. 2.9. "Commercial Aircraft" means any aircraft other than public aircraft engaged in the business of transporting persons or property. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/2.10)(from Ch. 19, par. 252.10) Sec. 2.10. "Private Aircraft" means any aircraft other than public and commercial aircraft. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/2.11)(from Ch. 19, par. 252.11) Sec. 2.11. "Public Aircraft" means an aircraft used exclusively in the governmental service of the United States, or of any state or of any public agency, including military and naval aircraft. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/2.12)(from Ch. 19, par. 252.12) Sec. 2.12. "Public Airport" means an airport owned by a Port District, an airport authority or other public agency which is used or is intended for use by public, commercial and private aircraft and by persons owning, managing, operating or desiring to use, inspect or repair any such aircraft or to use any such airport for aeronautical purposes. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/2.13)(from Ch. 19, par. 252.13) Sec. 2.13. "Public Interest" means the protection, furtherance and advancement of the general welfare and of public health and safety and public necessity and convenience in respect to aeronautics. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/2.14)(from Ch. 19, par. 252.14) Sec. 2.14. "Navigable waters" means any public waters which are or can be made usable for water commerce. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/2.15)(from Ch. 19, par. 252.15) Sec. 2.15. "Governmental Agency" means the Federal, State and any local government body, and any agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, thereof. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/2.16)(from Ch. 19, par. 252.16) Sec. 2.16. "Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, both domestic and foreign, company, association or joint stock association, and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee, or personal representative thereof. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/2.17)(from Ch. 19, par. 252.17) Sec. 2.17. "General Obligation bond" means any bond issued by the District any part of the principal or interest of which bond is to be paid by taxation. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/2.18)(from Ch. 19, par. 252.18) Sec. 2.18. "Revenue bond" means any bond issued by the District the principal and interest of which bond is payable solely from revenues or income derived from terminal, terminal facilities, or port facilities of the District. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/2.19)(from Ch. 19, par. 252.19) Sec. 2.19. "Board" means the Joliet Regional Port District Board. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/2.20)(from Ch. 19, par. 252.20) Sec. 2.20. "Governor" means the Governor of the State of Illinois. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/2.21)(from Ch. 19, par. 252.21) Sec. 2.21. "Mayor" means the Mayor of the City of Joliet. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/3)(from Ch. 19, par. 253) Sec. 3. There is created a political subdivision, body politic, and municipal corporation by the name of the Joliet Regional Port District embracing all the territory included within the present limits of the following townships in Will County, Illinois, now adjoining or traversed by the Illinois Waterway: DuPage, Lockport, Joliet, Troy and Channahon. Territory may be annexed to the District in the manner hereinafter provided in this Act. The District may sue and be sued in its corporate name but execution shall not in any case issue against any property of the District. It may adopt a common seal and change the same at pleasure. (Source: Laws 1957, p. 1302.)
(70 ILCS 1825/3.1)(from Ch. 19, par. 253.1) Sec. 3.1. It is declared that the main purpose of this Act is to promote industrial, commercial and transportation activities, thereby reducing the evils attendant upon unemployment and enhancing the public health and welfare of this State. All property of every kind belonging to the Port District shall be exempt from taxation, provided that taxes may be assessed and levied upon a lessee of the District by reason of the value of the real estate and all improvements thereon. All property of the District shall be construed as constituting public property owned by a municipal corporation and used exclusively for public purposes within the provisions of Section 15‑155 of the Property Tax Code. (Source: P.A. 88‑670, eff. 12‑2‑94.)
(70 ILCS 1825/4)(from Ch. 19, par. 254) Sec. 4. In addition to powers otherwise provided for, the Port District has the rights and powers set out in Sections 4.1 through 4.24. (Source: P.A. 83‑1102.)
(70 ILCS 1825/4.1)(from Ch. 19, par. 254.1) Sec. 4.1. 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 50 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. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/4.2)(from Ch. 19, par. 254.2) Sec. 4.2. To prevent or remove obstructions in navigable waters including the removal of wrecks. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/4.3)(from Ch. 19, par. 254.3) Sec. 4.3. To locate and establish dock lines and shore or harbor lines. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/4.4)(from Ch. 19, par. 254.4) Sec. 4.4. To regulate the anchorage, moorage, and speed of water‑borne vessels and to establish and enforce regulations for the operation of bridges. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/4.5)(from Ch. 19, par. 254.5) Sec. 4.5. To acquire, own, construct, lease and lease to others, operate, and maintain terminals, terminal facilities, and port facilities, and to fix and collect just, reasonable, and non‑discriminatory charges for the use of such facilities. The charges so collected shall be used to defray the reasonable expenses of the Port District and to pay the principal of and the interest on any revenue bonds issued by the District. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/4.6)(from Ch. 19, par. 254.6) Sec. 4.6. To locate, establish and maintain a public airport, public airports and public airport facilities within its corporate limits or within or upon any body of water adjacent thereto, and to construct, develop, expand, extend and improve any such airport or airport facility. Such power and those related thereto may be exercised only with the approval of the voters in the district. The Board shall by ordinance, duly adopted, cause to be submitted to the legal voters of the district a proposition to establish and maintain an airport within the district by certifying the proposition and the ordinance to the proper election officials who shall submit the proposition to the voters at an election in accordance with the general election law. In addition to the requirements of the general election law, notice of the submission of such proposition at any election shall be published at least 10 days prior to the date of the election at least once in one or more newspapers published in the district or, if no newspaper is published in the district, in one or more newspapers with a general circulation within the district. The proposition shall be in substantially the following form: ‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑ Shall the Joliet Yes Regional Port District be authorized to establish ‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑ and maintain a public airport facility ? No ‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑ If a majority of those voting upon the proposition vote in favor of the proposition, the Board may thereafter exercise such powers. (Source: P.A. 83‑1102.)
(70 ILCS 1825/4.7)(from Ch. 19, par. 254.7) Sec. 4.7. To operate, maintain, manage, lease, sublease, 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 airport or public airport facility. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/4.8)(from Ch. 19, par. 254.8) Sec. 4.8. To fix, charge and collect reasonable rentals, tolls, fees, and charges for the use of any public airport, or any part thereof, or any public airport facility. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/4.9)(from Ch. 19, par. 254.9) Sec. 4.9. To establish, maintain, extend and improve roadways and approaches by land, water or air to any such airport and to contract or otherwise provide, by condemnation if necessary, for the removal of any airport hazard or the removal or relocation of all private structures, railways, mains, pipes, conduits, wires, poles, and all other facilities and equipment which may interfere with the location, expansion, development, or improvement of airports or with the safe approach thereto or take‑off therefrom by aircraft, and to pay the cost of removal or relocation; and, subject to the "Airport Zoning Act", approved July 17, 1945, as amended, to adopt, administer and enforce airport zoning regulations for territory which is within its corporate limits or which extends not more than 2 miles beyond its corporate limits. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/4.10)(from Ch. 19, par. 254.10) Sec. 4.10. To restrict the height of any object of natural growth or structure or structures within the vicinity of any airport or within the lines of an approach to any airport and, when necessary, for the reduction in the height of any such existing object or structure, to enter into an agreement for such reduction or to accomplish same by condemnation. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3150.)
(70 ILCS 1825/4.11)(from Ch. 19, par. 254.11) Sec. 4.11. To agree with the state or federal governments or with any public agency in respect to the removal and relocation of any object of natural growth, airport hazard or any structure or building within the vicinity of any airport or within an approach and which is owne
