Illinois Compiled Statutes
Chapter 45 - INTERSTATE COMPACTS
45 ILCS 165/ - Mid-America Port Commission Agreement Act.

(45 ILCS 165/1)
Sec. 1.
Short title.
This Act may be cited as the Mid-America Port Commission Agreement Act.

(Source: P.A. 91-566, eff. 8-14-99.)

(45 ILCS 165/5)
Sec. 5.
Agreement.
The State of Illinois ratifies and approves the
Mid-America Port Commission Agreement and enters into that Agreement with
Missouri and Iowa in substantially the following form:

This agreement shall be known as and may be cited as the "Mid-America
Port Commission Agreement". This agreement allows for the states of Illinois
and Iowa to join the effort of the state of Missouri for developing the
Mid-America Port Commission.

There is created a Mid-America Port Commission to be governed by a
nine-member port commission. The governors of Missouri, Illinois and Iowa shall
appoint one member to the port commission in accordance with the laws of the
respective state. Each state shall also be represented by two members elected
through the county governance in the geographical jurisdiction of the port
commission. The port commission members shall hold office for a period of six
years. The port commission members shall elect a chairperson of the port
commission after all the members are selected. The position of chairperson
shall rotate among the Missouri, Iowa and Illinois members for two-year
periods. A member of the port commission shall not serve more than two terms.

The port commission shall have the power to 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, warehouses, 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
thereto, 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.

(Source: P.A. 91-566, eff. 8-14-99.)

(45 ILCS 165/10)
Sec. 10.
Jurisdiction.
Adams, Brown, Cass, Hancock, Pike, Schuyler,
Henderson, Warren, Morgan, Mercer, and Scott Counties in Illinois and any
additional counties that may be added to the Mid-America Intermodal Authority
Port District are included in the jurisdiction
of the Mid-America Port Commission. Any territory that is disconnected from
the Mid-America Intermodal Authority Port District shall cease to be under the
jurisdiction of the Mid-America Port Commission.

(Source: P.A. 91-566, eff. 8-14-99.)

(45 ILCS 165/15)
Sec. 15.
Powers.
(a) Any power or powers, privileges, or authority exercised or capable of
exercise by a public agency of this State may be exercised and enjoyed jointly
with the Mid-America Port Commission according to the powers delegated to the
commission pursuant to this Act.
(b) A public agency of this State may enter into a letter of understanding
with the Commission to advance the purposes of the Commission.
(c) The Mid-America Port Commission shall exercise no control over the
operation of port districts established by any other law of this State, except
by voluntary agreement between the port district and the Commission.

(Source: P.A. 91-566, eff. 8-14-99.)

(45 ILCS 165/20)
Sec. 20.
Appointment of commissioners; vacancy.
(a) Within 90 days after the effective date of this Act, the Governor shall
appoint
one commissioner
to the Mid-America Port Commission
created
by agreement between Illinois, Missouri, and Iowa.
This commissioner must be appointed from among those members of the Mid-America
Intermodal Authority Port
District Board that were appointed by the Governor.
(b) Within 90 days after the effective date of this Act, the Mid-America
Intermodal Authority Port District Board, from its members, shall appoint 2
commissioners to the Mid-America Port Commission.
(c) Commissioners must be members of the Mid-America Intermodal Authority
Port District Board. If a commissioner ceases to be a member of the
Mid-America
Intermodal Authority Port District Board, there shall be vacancy in the office
of
commissioner.
(d) A vacancy in the office of commissioner shall be filled by appointment
of
the
Governor, in the case of a vacancy in the office of commissioner appointed by
the
Governor, or by the Mid-America Intermodal Authority Port District Board, in
the case
of a vacancy in the office of commissioner appointed by the Mid-America
Intermodal Authority Port District
Board.

(Source: P.A. 91-566, eff. 8-14-99.)

(45 ILCS 165/25)
Sec. 25.
Term of office.
Each commissioner shall be appointed to serve a
term of 6 years. At the expiration of the term of the commissioner appointed
by the Governor, the Governor shall appoint a successor who shall hold office
for 6 years. At the expiration of the term of a commissioner appointed by the
Mid-America Intermodal Authority Port District Board, the
Mid-America Intermodal Authority Port District Board
shall appoint a successor who shall
hold office for 6 years. Each commissioner shall hold office until his
successor has been appointed.

(Source: P.A. 91-566, eff. 8-14-99.)

(45 ILCS 165/27)
Sec. 27.
Commissioners; compensation.
The commissioners shall serve
without compensation but shall be entitled to be reimbursed for their necessary
expenses
incurred in the performance of their duties.

(Source: P.A. 91-566, eff. 8-14-99.)

(45 ILCS 165/30)
Sec. 30.
Consent and approval of agreement by Congress.
The Mid-America
Port Commission has the power to apply to the Congress of the United
States for its consent and approval of the agreement. In the absence of the
consent of Congress and until the consent of Congress has been secured, the
agreement shall be binding on the State of Illinois in all respects permitted
by the law for the states of Illinois, Missouri, and Iowa without the consent
of Congress to cooperate, for the purposes enumerated in and in the manner
provided in the agreement.

(Source: P.A. 91-566, eff. 8-14-99.)

(45 ILCS 165/900)
Sec. 900.
(Amendatory provisions; text omitted).

(Source: P.A. 91-566, eff. 8-14-99; text omitted.)

(45 ILCS 165/99)
Sec. 99.
Effective date.
This Act takes effect upon becoming law.

(Source: P.A. 91-566, eff. 8-14-99.)