Illinois Compiled Statutes
Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS
70 ILCS 1845/ - Seneca Regional Port District Act.

(70 ILCS 1845/1) (from Ch. 19, par. 351)
Sec. 1.

This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Seneca Regional Port District Act."

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 2957.)
 
(70 ILCS 1845/2) (from Ch. 19, par. 352)
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 1961, p. 2957.)
 
(70 ILCS 1845/2.1) (from Ch. 19, par. 352.1)
Sec. 2.1.

"District" or "Port District" means the Seneca Regional Port
District created by this Act.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 2957.)
 
(70 ILCS 1845/2.2) (from Ch. 19, par. 352.2)
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 1961, p. 2957.)
 
(70 ILCS 1845/2.3) (from Ch. 19, par. 352.3)
Sec. 2.3.

"Terminal facilities" means all land, buildings, structures,
improvements, equipment and appliances useful in the operation of public
warehouse, storage and transportation facilities and industrial,
manufacturing or commercial activities 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
or maintenance of a public airport; except that nothing in this definition
contained shall be interpreted as granting authority to the District to
acquire, purchase, create, erect or construct a bridge across any waterway
which serves as a boundary between the State of Illinois and any other
state.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 2957.)
 
(70 ILCS 1845/2.4) (from Ch. 19, par. 352.4)
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 1961, p. 2957.)
 
(70 ILCS 1845/2.5) (from Ch. 19, par. 352.5)
Sec. 2.5.

"Aircraft" means any contrivance now known or hereafter invented,
used or designed for navigation of, or flight in, the air.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 2957.)
 
(70 ILCS 1845/2.6) (from Ch. 19, par. 352.6)
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 1961, p. 2957.)
 
(70 ILCS 1845/2.7) (from Ch. 19, par. 352.7)
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 1961, p. 2957.)
 
(70 ILCS 1845/2.8) (from Ch. 19, par. 352.8)
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 from an airport
located within the District.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 2957.)
 
(70 ILCS 1845/2.9) (from Ch. 19, par. 352.9)
Sec. 2.9.

"Commercial Aircraft" means any aircraft other than public
aircraft engaged in the business of transporting persons or property.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 2957.)
 
(70 ILCS 1845/2.10) (from Ch. 19, par. 352.10)
Sec. 2.10.

"Private Aircraft" means any aircraft other than public and
commercial aircraft.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 2957.)
 
(70 ILCS 1845/2.11) (from Ch. 19, par. 352.11)
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 1961, p. 2957.)
 
(70 ILCS 1845/2.12) (from Ch. 19, par. 352.12)
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 1961, p. 2957.)
 
(70 ILCS 1845/2.13) (from Ch. 19, par. 352.13)
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 1961, p. 2957.)
 
(70 ILCS 1845/2.14) (from Ch. 19, par. 352.14)
Sec. 2.14.

"Navigable waters" means any public waters which are or can be
made usable for water commerce.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 2957.)
 
(70 ILCS 1845/2.15) (from Ch. 19, par. 352.15)
Sec. 2.15.

"Governmental agency" means the Federal, State and any local
governmental body, and any agency or instrumentality, corporate or
otherwise, thereof.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 2957.)
 
(70 ILCS 1845/2.16) (from Ch. 19, par. 352.16)
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 1961, p. 2957.)
 
(70 ILCS 1845/2.17) (from Ch. 19, par. 352.17)
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 1961, p. 2957.)
 
(70 ILCS 1845/2.18) (from Ch. 19, par. 352.18)
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 1961, p. 2957.)
 
(70 ILCS 1845/2.19) (from Ch. 19, par. 352.19)
Sec. 2.19.
"Board" means the Seneca Port District Board.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 2957.)
 
(70 ILCS 1845/2.20) (from Ch. 19, par. 352.20)
Sec. 2.20.
"Governor" means the Governor of the State of Illinois.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 2957.)
 
(70 ILCS 1845/2.21) (from Ch. 19, par. 352.21)
Sec. 2.21.

"President" means the President of the board of trustees of the
Village of Seneca.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 2957.)
 
(70 ILCS 1845/3) (from Ch. 19, par. 353)
Sec. 3.

There is created a political subdivision, body politic, and
municipal corporation by the name of the Seneca Regional Port District
embracing the following territory in La Salle County: all of the
territory included within the corporate limits of the Village of Seneca;
and all of Sections 24 and 25, Township 33 North, Range 5 East of the
Third Principal meridian, in Manlius Township; and Section 36, Township
33 North, Range 5 East of the Third Principal meridian, in Brookfield
Township; and
The following described territory located in Grundy County, Illinois:
That portion of Section 30, Township 33 North, Range 6 East of the Third
Principal Meridian, in Erienna Township, which lies north of the
Illinois River and south and west of the right of way line of the
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company, containing 7 acres
more or less.
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: P.A. 81-1509.)
 
(70 ILCS 1845/4) (from Ch. 19, par. 354)
Sec. 4.

In addition to powers otherwise provided for, the Port District has
the rights and powers set out in Sections 4.1 through 4.17.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 2957.)
 
(70 ILCS 1845/4.1) (from Ch. 19, par. 354.1)
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 40 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 said waters;
except that nothing contained in this paragraph 1 shall be construed so
that it will be deemed necessary to obtain a permit from the District for
the erection, operation or maintenance of any bridge crossing a waterway
which serves as a boundary between the State of Illinois and any other
State, when said erection, operation or maintenance is performed by any
city within the District.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 2957.)
 
(70 ILCS 1845/4.2) (from Ch. 19, par. 354.2)
Sec. 4.2.

To prevent or remove obstructions in navigable waters, including
the removal of wrecks.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 2957.)
 
(70 ILCS 1845/4.3) (from Ch. 19, par. 354.3)
Sec. 4.3.
To locate and establish dock lines and shore or harbor lines.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 2957.)
 
(70 ILCS 1845/4.4) (from Ch. 19, par. 354.4)
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 1961, p. 2957.)
 
(70 ILCS 1845/4.5) (from Ch. 19, par. 354.5)
Sec. 4.5.

To acquire, own, construct, lease, operate and maintain
terminals, terminal facilities and port facilities, and to fix and collect
just, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory 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 interest on
any revenue bonds issued by the District.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 2957.)
 
(70 ILCS 1845/4.6) (from Ch. 19, par. 354.6)
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.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 2957.)
 
(70 ILCS 1845/4.7) (from Ch. 19, par. 354.7)
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 1961, p. 2957.)
 
(70 ILCS 1845/4.8) (from Ch. 19, par. 354.8)
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 1961, p. 2957.)
 
(70 ILCS 1845/4.9) (from Ch. 19, par. 354.9)
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 takeoff 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 two miles beyond its corporate limits.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 2957.)
 
(70 ILCS 1845/4.10) (from Ch. 19, par. 354.10)
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 1961, p. 2957.)
 
(70 ILCS 1845/4.11) (from Ch. 19, par. 354.11)
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 owned or within
the control of such government or agency and to pay all or an agreed
portion of the cost of such removal or relocation.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 2957.)
 
(70 ILCS 1845/4.12) (from Ch. 19, par. 354.12)
Sec. 4.12.

For the prevention of accidents, for the furtherance and
protection of public health, safety and convenience in respect to
aeronautics, for the protection of property and persons within the
district from any hazard or nuisance resulting from the flight of
aircraft, for the prevention of interference between, or collision of,
aircraft while in flight or upon the ground, for the prevention or
abatement of nuisances in the air or upon the ground or for the
extension of increase in the usefulness or safety of any public airport
or public airport facility owned by the District, the District may
regulate and restrict the flight of aircraft while within or above the
incorporated territory of the District.

(Source: P.A. 80-1495.)
 
(70 ILCS 1845/4.13) (from Ch. 19, par. 354.13)
Sec. 4.13.

To police its physical property only and all waterways and to
exercise police powers in respect thereto or in respect to the enforcement
of any rule or regulation provided by the ordinances of the District and to
employ and commission police officers and other qualified persons to
enforce the same. The use of any such public airport or public airport
facility of the District shall be subject to the reasonable regulation and
control of the District and upon such reasonable terms and conditions as
shall be established by its Board. A regulatory ordinance of the District
adopted under any provisions of this Section may provide for a suspension
or revocation of any rights or privileges within the control of the
District for a violation of any such regulatory ordinance. Nothing in this
Section or in other provisions of this Act shall be construed to authorize
the Board to establish or enforce any regulation or rule in respect to
aviation, or the operation or maintenance of any airport facility within
its jurisdiction, which is in conflict with any federal or state law or
regulation applicable to the same subject matter.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 2957.)
 
(70 ILCS 1845/4.14) (from Ch. 19, par. 354.14)
Sec. 4.14.

To enter into agreements with the corporate authorities or
governing body of any other municipal corporation or any political
subdivision of this State to pay the reasonable expense of services
furnished by such municipal corporation or political subdivision for or on
account of income producing properties of the District.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 2957.)
 
(70 ILCS 1845/4.14a) (from Ch. 19, par. 354.14a)
Sec. 4.14a.

To establish, organize, own, acquire, participate in,
operate, sell and transfer Export Trading Companies, whether as
shareholder, partner, or co-venturer, alone or in cooperation with federal,
state or local governmental authorities, federal, state or national banking
associations, or any other public or private corporation or person or
persons. The term "Export Trading Companies" means a person, partnership,
association, public or private corporation or similar organization, whether
operated for profit or not for profit, which is organized and operated
principally for purposes of exporting goods or services produced in the
United States, importing goods or services produced in foreign countries,
conducting third-country trading or facilitating such trade by providing
one or more services in support of such trade. Such Export Trading
Companies and all of the property thereof, wholly or partly owned, directly
or indirectly, by the District, shall have the same privileges
and immunities as accorded to the District; and Export Trading Companies
may borrow money or obtain financial assistance from private lenders or
federal and state governmental authorities or issue general obligation and
revenue bonds with the same kinds of security, and in accordance with the
same procedures, restrictions and privileges applicable when the District
obtains financial assistance or issues bonds for any of its other authorized
purposes. Such Export Trading Companies are authorized, if necessary or
desirable, to apply for certification under Title II or Title III of the Export
Trading Company Act of 1982.

(Source: P.A. 84-993.)
 
(70 ILCS 1845/4.15) (from Ch. 19, par. 354.15)
Sec. 4.15.

To enter into contracts dealing in any manner with the objects
and purposes of this Act.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 2957.)
 
(70 ILCS 1845/4.16) (from Ch. 19, par. 354.16)
Sec. 4.16.

To acquire, own, lease, sell or otherwise dispose of interests
in and to real property and improvements situated thereon and in personal
property necessary to fulfill the purposes of the District.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 2957.)
 
(70 ILCS 1845/4.17) (from Ch. 19, par. 354.17)
Sec. 4.17.
To designate the fiscal year for the District.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 2957.)
 
(70 ILCS 1845/4.18) (from Ch. 19, par. 354.18)
Sec. 4.18.

Purchases made pursuant to this Act shall be made in
compliance with the "Local Government Prompt Payment Act", approved by the
Eighty-fourth General Assembly.

(Source: P.A. 84-731.)
 
(70 ILCS 1845/5) (from Ch. 19, par. 355)
Sec. 5. The District has power to acquire and accept by purchase, lease,
gift, grant or otherwise any property and rights useful for its purposes
and to provide for the development of channels, ports, harbors, airports,
airfields, terminals, port facilities and terminal facilities adequate to
serve the needs of commerce within the District. The District may acquire
real or personal property or any rights therein in the manner, as near as
may be,
as is provided for the exercise of the right
of eminent domain under the Eminent Domain Act; except that no rights or property of any kind or character now
or hereafter owned, leased, controlled or operated and used by, or
necessary for the actual operations of, any common carrier engaged in
interstate commerce, or of any other public utility subject to the
jurisdiction of the Illinois Commerce Commission, shall be taken or
appropriated by the District without first obtaining the approval of the
Illinois Commerce Commission.

(Source: P.A. 94-1055, eff. 1-1-07.)
 
(70 ILCS 1845/5.5)
Sec. 5.5. Eminent domain. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, any power granted under this Act to acquire property by condemnation or eminent domain is subject to, and shall be exercised in accordance with, the Eminent Domain Act.

(Source: P.A. 94-1055, eff. 1-1-07.)
 
(70 ILCS 1845/6) (from Ch. 19, par. 356)
Sec. 6.

The District has power to apply for and accept grants, loans, or
appropriations from the Federal Government or any agency or instrumentality
thereof to be used for any of the purposes of the District and to enter
into any agreements with the Federal Government in relation to such grants,
loans or appropriations.
The District may petition any federal, state, municipal, or local
authority, administrative, judicial and legislative, having jurisdiction in
the premises for the adoption and execution of any physical improvement,
change in method or system of handling freight, warehousing, docking,
lightering, and transfer of freight, which in the opinion of the District
is designed to improve or better the handling of commerce in and through
the Port District or improve terminal or transportation facilities therein.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 2957.)
 
(70 ILCS 1845/7) (from Ch. 19, par. 357)
Sec. 7.

The District has power to procure and enter into contracts for any
type of insurance or indemnity against loss or damage to property from any
cause, including loss of use and occupancy, against death or injury of any
person, against employers' liability, against any act of any member,
officer, or employee of the District in the performance of the duties of
his office or employment or any other insurable risk.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 2957.)
 
(70 ILCS 1845/8) (from Ch. 19, par. 358)
Sec. 8.

The District has the continuing power to borrow money and
issue either general obligation bonds after approval by referendum as
hereinafter provided or revenue bonds without referendum approval for
the purpose of acquiring, constructing, reconstructing, extending or
improving terminals, terminal facilities, airfields, airports and port
facilities, and for acquiring any property and equipment useful for the
construction, reconstruction, extension, improvement or operation of its
terminals, terminal facilities, airfields, airports and port facilities,
and for acquiring necessary cash working funds.
The District may pursuant to ordinance adopted by the Board and
without submitting the question to referendum from time to time issue
and dispose of its interest bearing revenue bonds and may also in the
same manner from time to time issue and dispose of its interest bearing
revenue bonds to refund any revenue bonds at maturity or pursuant to redemption
provisions or at any time before maturity with the consent of the holders thereof.
If the Board desires to issue general obligation bonds it shall adopt an
ordinance specifying the amount of bonds to be issued, the purpose for which
they will be issued, the maximum rate of interest they will bear which shall
not be more than that permitted in "An Act to authorize public corporations
to issue bonds, other evidences of indebtedness and tax anticipation warrants
subject to interest rate limitations set forth therein", approved May 26,
1970, as now or hereafter amended. Such interest may be paid semiannually.
The ordinance shall also specify the date of maturity which shall not be
more than 20 years after the date of issuance and shall levy a tax that will be required
to amortize such bonds. This ordinance shall not be effective until it has
been submitted to referendum of, and approved by, the legal voters of the
District. The Board shall certify the ordinance and the proposition to
the proper election officials, who shall submit the proposition to the voters
at an election in accordance with the general election law. If a majority
of the vote on the proposition is in favor of the issuance of such general
obligation bonds the county clerk shall annually extend taxes against all
taxable property
within the District at a rate sufficient to pay the maturing principal
and interest of these bonds.
The proposition shall be in substantially the following form:

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Shall general obligation bonds
in the amount of $.... be issued YES
by the Seneca Regional Port District
for the purpose of ...., maturing in -------------------
not more than .... years, bearing not
more than ....% interest, and a tax NO
levied to pay the principal and interest
thereof?

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(Source: P.A. 82-902.)
 
(70 ILCS 1845/9) (from Ch. 19, par. 359)
Sec. 9.

All revenue bonds shall be payable solely from the revenues or
income to be derived from the terminals, terminal facilities, airfields,
airports or port facilities or any part thereof, may bear such date or dates
and may mature at such time or times not exceeding 40 years from their respective
dates, all as may be provided in the ordinance authorizing their issuance.
All bonds, whether revenue or general obligation, may bear interest at such
rate or rates as permitted in "An Act to authorize public corporations to
issue bonds, other evidences of indebtedness and tax anticipation warrants
subject to interest rate limitations set forth therein", approved May 26,
1970, as now or hereafter amended. Such interest may be paid semiannually.
All such bonds may be in such form, may carry such registration privileges,
may be executed in such manner, may be payable at such place or places,
may be made subject to redemption
in such manner and upon such terms, with or without premium as is stated
on the face thereof, may be authenticated in such manner and may contain
such terms and covenants, all as may be provided in the ordinance authorizing issuance.
The holder or holders of any bonds or interest coupons appertaining
thereto issued by the District may bring civil actions or mandamus, injunction
or other proceedings to compel the performance and observance by the
District or any of
its officers, agents or employees of any contract or covenant made by the
District with the holders of such bonds or interest coupons and to compel
the District and any of its officers, agents or employees to perform any
duties required to be performed for the benefit of the holders of any such
bonds or interest coupons by the provision in the ordinance authorizing
their issuance, and to enjoin the District and any of its officers, agents
or employees from taking any action in conflict with any such contract or
covenant, including the establishment of charges, fees and rates for the
use of facilities as hereinafter provided.
Notwithstanding the form and tenor of any bond, whether revenue or
general obligation, and in the absence of any express recital on the face
thereof that it is nonnegotiable, all such bonds shall be negotiable
instruments. Pending the preparation and execution of any such bonds,
temporary bonds may be issued with or without interest coupons as may be
provided by ordinance.

(Source: P.A. 83-345.)
 
(70 ILCS 1845/10) (from Ch. 19, par. 360)
Sec. 10.

All bonds, whether general obligation or revenue, shall be issued
and sold by the Board in such manner as the Board shall determine. However,
if any bonds are issued to bear interest at the maximum rate of interest
allowed by Section 8 or 9, whichever may be applicable, the bonds shall
be sold for not less than par and accrued interest. The selling price of
bonds bearing interest at a rate less than the maximum allowable interest
rate per annum shall be such that the interest cost to the District of the
money received from the bond sale shall not exceed the maximum annual
interest rate allowed by Section 8 or 9, whichever may be applicable,
computed to absolute maturity of such bonds according to standard tables of
bond values.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 2957.)
 
(70 ILCS 1845/11) (from Ch. 19, par. 361)
Sec. 11.

Upon the issue of any revenue bonds as herein provided the Board
shall fix and establish rates, charges and fees for the use of facilities
acquired, constructed, reconstructed, extended or improved with the
proceeds derived from the sale of said revenue bonds sufficient at all
times with other revenues of the District, if any, to pay; (a) the cost of
maintaining, repairing, regulating and operating the said facilities; and
(b) the bonds and interest thereon as they become due, and all sinking fund
requirements and other requirements provided by the ordinance authorizing
the issuance of the bonds or as provided by any trust agreement executed to
secure payment thereof.
To secure the payment of any or all revenue bonds and for the purpose of
setting forth the covenants and undertaking of the District in connection
with the issuance of revenue bonds and the issuance of any additional
revenue bonds payable from such revenue income to be derived from the
terminals, terminal facilities, airports, airfields and port facilities the
District may execute and deliver a trust agreement or agreements except
that no lien upon any physical property of the District shall be created
thereby. A remedy for any breach or default of the terms of any such trust
agreement by the District may be by mandamus proceedings in
the circuit court to compel performance and compliance therewith, but
the trust agreement may prescribe by whom or on whose behalf such action
may be instituted.

(Source: P.A. 79-1361.)
 
(70 ILCS 1845/12) (from Ch. 19, par. 362)
Sec. 12.

Under no circumstances shall any bonds issued by the District or
any other obligation of the District be or become an indebtedness or
obligation of the State of Illinois or of any other political subdivision
of or municipality within the State.
No revenue bond shall be or become an indebtedness of the District
within the purview of any constitutional limitation or provision, and it
shall be plainly stated on the face of each revenue bond that it does not
constitute such an indebtedness, or obligation but is payable solely from
the revenues or income derived from terminals, terminal facilities,
airports, airfields and port facilities.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 2957.)
 
(70 ILCS 1845/13) (from Ch. 19, par. 363)
Sec. 13.

The Board may, after referendum approval, levy a tax for
corporate purposes of the District annually at the rate approved by
referendum, but which rate shall not exceed .05% of the value of all
taxable property within the Port District as equalized or assessed by
the Department of Revenue.
If the Board desires to levy such a tax it shall order that the question
be submitted at a referendum to be held within the District. The Board
shall certify its order and the question to the proper election officials,
who shall submit the question to the voters at an election
in accordance with the general election law. The Board shall cause the
result of the referendum to be entered upon the records of the Port
District. If a majority of the vote on the question is in favor of the question, the
Board may annually thereafter levy a tax for corporate purposes at a
rate not to exceed that approved by referendum but in no event to exceed
.05% of the value of all taxable property with the District as equalized
or assessed by the Department of Revenue.
The question shall be in substantially the following
form:

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Shall the Seneca Regional
Port District levy a tax
for corporate purposes YES
annually at a rate not to
exceed ....% of the value ----------------------------
of taxable property as
equalized or assessed by the NO
Department of Revenue?

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(Source: P.A. 81-1489.)
 
(70 ILCS 1845/14) (from Ch. 19, par. 364)
Sec. 14.

It is unlawful to make any fill or deposit of rock, earth, sand,
or other material, or any refuse matter of any kind or description, or
build or commence the building of any wharf, pier, dolphin, boom, weir,
breakwater, bulkhead, jetty, bridge, or other structure over, under, or
within 40 feet of any navigable waters within the Port District without
first submitting the plans, profiles, and specifications therefor, and such
other data and information as may be required, to the Port District and
receiving a permit therefor; and any person, corporation, company, city or
municipality or other agency, which shall do any of the things above
prohibited, without securing a permit therefor as above provided, shall be
guilty of a Class A misdemeanor; provided, however, that no such permit
shall be required in the case of any project for which a permit shall have
been secured from a proper governmental agency prior to the creation of the
Port District nor shall any such permit be required in the case of any
project to be undertaken by any city, village or incorporated town in the
District, or any combination thereof, for which a permit is required from a
governmental agency other than the District before the municipality can
proceed with such project. And in such event, such municipalities, or any
of them, shall give at least 10 days' notice to the District of the
application for a permit for any such project from a governmental agency
other than the District so that the District may be present and represent
its position relative to such application before such other governmental
agency. Any structure, fill or deposit erected or made in any of the public
bodies of water within the Port District, in violation of the provisions of
this section is a purpresture and may be abated as such at the expense of
the person, corporation, company, municipality or other agency responsible
therefor, or if in the discretion of the Port District, it is decided that
such structure, fill or deposit may remain, the Port District may fix such
rule, regulation, requirement, restrictions, or rentals or require and
compel such changes, modifications and repairs as shall be necessary to
protect the interest of the Port District.

(Source: P.A. 77-2335.)
 
(70 ILCS 1845/15) (from Ch. 19, par. 365)
Sec. 15.

The governing and administrative body of the Port District shall
be a Board consisting of 7 members, to be known as the Seneca Regional Port
District Board. All members of the Board shall be residents of the
District. The members of the Board shall serve without compensation but
shall be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred by them in the performance
of their duties. However, any member of the Board who is appointed to the
office of secretary or treasurer may receive compensation for his services
as such officer. No member of the Board or employee of the District shall
have any private financial interest, profit or benefit in any contract,
work or business of the District nor in the sale or lease of any property
to or from the District.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 2957.)
 
(70 ILCS 1845/16) (from Ch. 19, par. 366)
Sec. 16.

The Governor shall appoint 3 members of the Board and the
President of the Village of Seneca shall appoint 3 members of the Board,
and the Chairman of the La Salle County Board, shall appoint one member of
the Board. All initial appointments shall be made within 60 days after this
Act takes effect. Of the 3 members initially appointed by the Governor, one
shall be appointed for an initial term expiring June 1, 1962, one for an
initial term expiring June 1, 1963 and one for an initial term expiring
June 1, 1964. The terms of the members initially appointed by the President
shall expire June 1, 1964. The term of the member initially appointed by
the Chairman of the La Salle County Board shall expire June 1, 1964. At the
expiration of the term of any member, his successor shall be appointed by
the Governor or the President or the Chairman of the County Board of La
Salle County in like manner and with like regard to place of residence of
the appointee, as in the case of the appointments for the initial terms
except that after September 30, 1973, appointments to be made by the
Chairman of the county board shall be made with the advice and consent of
the county board.
After the expiration of initial terms each successor shall hold office
for the term of 3 years beginning the first day of June of the year in
which the term of office commences. In the case of a vacancy during the
term of office of any member appointed by the Governor, the Governor shall
make an appointment for the remainder of the term vacant and until a
successor is appointed and qualified. In case of a vacancy during the term
of office of any member appointed by the President, the President shall
make an appointment for the remainder of the term vacant and until a
successor is appointed and qualified. In case of a vacancy during the term
of office of any member appointed by the Chairman of the County Board of La
Salle County, the Chairman of the County Board of La Salle County shall
make an appointment with the advice and consent of the county board for the
remainder of the term vacant and until a successor is appointed and
qualified. The Governor, President and the Chairman of the County Board of
La Salle County shall certify their respective appointments to the
Secretary of State. Within 30 days after certification of his appointment,
and before entering upon the duties of his office, each member of the Board
shall take and subscribe the constitutional oath of office and file it in
the office of the Secretary of State.

(Source: P.A. 78-1128.)
 
(70 ILCS 1845/17) (from Ch. 19, par. 367)
Sec. 17.

Members of the Board shall hold office until their respective
successors have been appointed and qualified. Any member may resign from
his office to take effect when his successor has been appointed and has
qualified. The Governor, President and the Chairman of the La Salle County
Board, respectively, may remove any member of the Board they have appointed
in case of incompetency, neglect of duty or malfeasance in office. They
shall give such member a copy of the charges against him and an opportunity
to be publicly heard in person or by counsel in his own defense upon not
less than 10 days' notice. In case of failure to qualify within the time
required, or of abandonment of his office, or in case of death, conviction
of a felony or removal from office, the office of such member shall become
vacant. Each vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term by appointment
in like manner as in case of expiration of the term of a member of the
Board.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 2957.)
 
(70 ILCS 1845/18) (from Ch. 19, par. 368)
Sec. 18.

As soon as possible after the appointment of the initial members,
the Board shall organize for the transaction of business, select a chairman
and a temporary secretary from its own number, and adopt bylaws and
regulations to govern its proceedings. The initial chairman and successors
shall be elected by the Board from time to time for the term of his office
as a member of the Board.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 2957.)
 
(70 ILCS 1845/19) (from Ch. 19, par. 369)
Sec. 19.

Regular meetings of the Board shall be held at least once in each
calendar month, the time and place of such meetings to be fixed by the
Board. Four members of the Board shall constitute a quorum for the
transaction of business. All action of the Board shall be by ordinance or
resolution and the affirmative vote of at least 4 members shall be
necessary for the adoption of any ordinance or resolution. All such
ordinances and resolutions before taking effect shall be approved by the
chairman of the Board, and if he approves thereof he shall sign the same,
and such as he does not approve he shall return to the Board with his
objections thereto in writing at the next regular meeting of the Board
occurring after the passage thereof. But in the case the chairman fails to
return any ordinance or resolution with his objections thereto by the time
aforesaid, he shall be deemed to have approved the same and it shall take
effect accordingly. Upon the return of any ordinance or resolution by the
chairman with his objections, the vote by which the same was passed shall
be reconsidered by the Board, and if upon such reconsideration said
ordinance or resolution is passed by the affirmative vote of at least 5
members, it shall go into effect notwithstanding the veto of the chairman.
All ordinances, resolutions and all proceedings of the District and all
documents and records in its possession shall be public records, and open
to public inspection, except such documents and records as are kept or
prepared by the Board for use in negotiations, legal actions or proceedings
to which the District is a party.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 2957.)
 
(70 ILCS 1845/20) (from Ch. 19, par. 370)
Sec. 20.

The Board shall appoint a secretary and a treasurer, who need not
be members of the Board, to hold office during the pleasure of the Board,
and fix their duties and compensation. The secretary and treasurer shall be
residents of the District. Before entering upon the duties of their
respective offices they shall take and subscribe the constitutional oath of
office, and the treasurer shall execute a bond with corporate sureties to
be approved by the Board. The bond shall be payable to the District in
whatever penal sum may be directed by the Board conditioned upon the
faithful performance of the duties of the office and the payment of all
money received by him according to law and the orders of the Board. The
Board may, at any time, require new bond from the treasurer in such penal
sum as may then be determined by the Board. The obligation of the sureties
shall not extend to any loss sustained by the insolvency, failure or
closing of any savings and loan association or national or State bank
wherein the treasurer has deposited
funds if the bank or savings and loan association has been approved
by the Board as a depositary for these
funds. The oaths of office and the treasurer's bond shall be filed in the
principal office of the District.

(Source: P.A. 83-541.)
 
(70 ILCS 1845/21) (from Ch. 19, par. 371)
Sec. 21.

All funds deposited by the treasurer in any bank or savings
and loan association shall be placed
in the name of the District and shall be withdrawn or paid out only by
check or draft upon the bank or savings and loan association, signed
by the treasurer and countersigned by
the chairman of the Board. Subject to prior approval of such designations
by a majority of the Board, the chairman may designate any other Board
member or any officer of the District to affix the signature of the
chairman and the treasurer may designate any other officer of the District
to affix the signature of the treasurer to any check or draft for payment
of salaries or wages and for payment of any other obligation of not more
than $2,500.
No bank or savings and loan association shall receive public funds as
permitted by this Section, unless it has complied with the requirements
established pursuant to Section 6 of "An Act relating to certain investments of public
funds by public agencies", approved July 23, 1943, as now or hereafter amended.

(Source: P.A. 83-541.)
 
(70 ILCS 1845/22) (from Ch. 19, par. 372)
Sec. 22.

In case any officer whose signature appears upon any check or
draft issued pursuant to this Act ceases to hold his office before the
delivery thereof to the payee, his signature nevertheless shall be valid
and sufficient for all purposes with the same effect as if he had remained
in office until delivery thereof.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 2957.)
 
(70 ILCS 1845/23) (from Ch. 19, par. 373)
Sec. 23.

The Board may appoint a general manager who shall be a person of
recognized ability and business experience to hold office during the
pleasure of the Board. The general manager shall have management of the
properties and business of the District and the employees thereof subject
to the general control of the Board, shall direct the enforcement of all
ordinances, resolutions, rules and regulations of the Board, and shall
perform such other duties as may be prescribed from time to time by the
Board. The Board may appoint a general attorney and a chief engineer, and
may provide for the appointment of other officers, attorneys, engineers,
consultants, agents and employees as may be necessary. The Board shall
define their duties and may require bonds of such of them as it may
designate. The general manager, general attorney, chief engineer and all
other officers provided for pursuant to this Section shall be exempt from
taking and subscribing any oath of office and shall not be members of the
Board. The compensation of the general manager, general attorney, chief
engineer, and all other officers, attorneys, consultants, agents and
employees shall be fixed by the Board.

(Source: P.A. 80-323.)
 
(70 ILCS 1845/24) (from Ch. 19, par. 374)
Sec. 24.

The Board has power to pass all ordinances and make all rules and
regulations proper or necessary, and to carry into effect the powers
granted to the District, with such fines or penalties as may be deemed
proper. All fines and penalties shall be imposed by ordinances, which shall
be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the area embraced by
the District. No such ordinance shall take effect until 10 days after its
publication.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 2957.)
 
(70 ILCS 1845/25) (from Ch. 19, par. 375)
Sec. 25.

Within 60 days after the end of each fiscal year, the Board shall
cause to be prepared and printed a complete and detailed report and
financial statement of the operations and assets and liabilities of the
Port District. A reasonably sufficient number of copies of such report
shall be printed for distribution to persons interested, upon request, and
a copy thereof shall be filed with the Governor and the county clerks and
the presiding officer of the county boards of La Salle and Grundy counties.
A copy of such report shall be addressed to and mailed to the corporate
authorities of each municipality within the area of the District.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 2957.)
 
(70 ILCS 1845/27) (from Ch. 19, par. 377)
Sec. 27.

The Board may investigate conditions in which it has an interest
within the area of the District, the enforcement of its ordinances, rules
and regulations, and the action, conduct and efficiency of all officers,
agents and employees of the District. In the conduct of such investigations
the Board may hold public hearings on its own motion, and shall do so on
complaint of any municipality within the District. Each member
of the Board shall have power to administer oaths, and the secretary, by
order of the Board, shall issue subpoenas to secure the attendance and
testimony of witnesses, and the production of books and papers relevant to
such investigations and to any hearing before the Board or any member
thereof.
Any circuit court of this State, upon application
of the Board, or any member thereof, may in its discretion compel
the attendance of witnesses, the production of books and papers, and giving of
testimony before the Board or before any member thereof or any officers'
committee appointed by the Board, by attachment for contempt or otherwise
in the same manner as the production of evidence may be compelled before
the court.

(Source: P.A. 83-334.)
 
(70 ILCS 1845/28) (from Ch. 19, par. 378)
Sec. 28.

All final administrative decisions of the Board hereunder shall be
subject to judicial review pursuant to the provisions of the Administrative
Review Law, and all amendments and
modifications thereof, and the rules adopted pursuant thereto. The term
"administrative decision" is defined as in Section 3-101 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

(Source: P.A. 82-783.)
 
(70 ILCS 1845/29) (from Ch. 19, par. 379)
Sec. 29.

In the conduct of any investigation authorized by Section 27 the
Port District shall, at its expense, provide a stenographer to take down
all testimony and shall preserve a record of such proceedings. The notice
of hearing, complaint, and all other documents in the nature of pleadings
and written motions filed in the proceedings, the transcript of testimony
and the orders or decision of the Board constitutes the record of such
proceedings.
The Port District is not required to certify any record or file any
answer or otherwise appear in any proceeding for judicial review of an
administrative decision unless the party asking for review deposits with
the clerk of the court the sum of 75 cents per page of the record
representing the costs of such certification. Failure to make such deposit
is ground for dismissal of the action.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 2957.)
 
(70 ILCS 1845/30) (from Ch. 19, par. 380)
Sec. 30.

If any provision of this Act is held invalid such provision
shall be deemed to be excised from this Act and the invalidity thereof
shall not affect any of the other provisions of this Act. If the
application of any provision of this Act to any person or circumstance
is held invalid it shall not affect the application to such persons or
circumstances other than those as to which it is invalid. The provisions
of this Act shall not be considered as impairing, altering, modifying,
repealing or superseding any of the jurisdiction or powers of the Illinois
Commerce Commission or of the Department of Natural Resources under
the Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act.
Nothing in this Act or done under its authority shall apply
to, restrict, limit or interfere with the use of any terminal facility
or port facility owned or operated by any private person for the storage
or handling or transfer of any commodity moving in interstate commerce
or the use of the land and facilities of a common carrier or other
public utility and the space above such land and facilities in the
business of such common carrier or other public utility, without
approval of the Illinois Commerce Commission and without the payment of
just compensation to any such common carrier or other public utility for
damages resulting from any such restriction, limitation or interference.

(Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)
 
(70 ILCS 1845/31) (from Ch. 19, par. 381)
Sec. 31.

The provisions of the Illinois Municipal Code, or the provisions
of "An Act in relation to airport authorities" approved April 4, 1945, as
amended, or the provisions of "An Act to empower counties to acquire,
own, construct, manage, maintain, operate, and lease airports and landing
fields, to levy taxes and issue bonds therefor, and to exercise the power
of eminent domain", approved March 14, 1941, as amended, or the
provisions of "An Act to authorize counties having less than 500,000
population to acquire, construct, improve, repair, maintain and operate
certain airports, to charge for the use thereof and repealing a certain act
herein named", approved July 17, 1945, as amended, or the provisions of
"An Act in relation to the establishment, acquisition, maintenance and
operation of airports and landing fields by counties of less than 500,000
population, and by such counties jointly with certain taxing districts
located within or partly within such counties, and to provide methods for
financing thereof", approved July 22, 1943, as amended, shall not be
effective within the area of the District insofar as the provisions of said
Acts conflict with the provisions of this Act or grant substantially the
same powers to any municipal corporation or political subdivision as are
granted to the District by this Act.

(Source: Laws 1963, p. 822.)
 
(70 ILCS 1845/32) (from Ch. 19, par. 382)
Sec. 32.

Territory which is contiguous to the District and which is not
included within any other port district may be annexed to and become a part
of the District in the manner provided in Section 33 or 34 whichever may be
applicable.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 2957.)
 
(70 ILCS 1845/33) (from Ch. 19, par. 383)
Sec. 33.

At least 5% of the legal voters resident within the limits
of such proposed addition to the District shall petition the circuit
court for the county in which the major part of the District is
situated, to cause the question to be submitted to the legal voters of
such proposed additional territory, whether such proposed additional
territory shall become a part of the District and assume a proportionate
share of the general obligation bonded indebtedness, if any, of the
District. Such petition shall be addressed to the court and shall
contain a definite description of the boundaries of the territory to be
embraced in the proposed addition.
Upon filing any such petition with the clerk of the court, the court shall
fix a time and place for a hearing upon the subject of the petition.
Notice shall be given by the court to whom the petition is addressed, or
by the circuit clerk or sheriff of the county in which such petition is
made at the order and direction of the court, of the time and place of the
hearing upon the subject of the petition at least 20 days prior thereto
by at least one publication thereof in any newspaper having general circulation
within the area proposed to be annexed, and by mailing a copy of such notice
to the mayor or president of the board of trustees of all cities, villages
and incorporated towns within the District.
At the hearing all persons residing in or owning property situated in
the area proposed to be annexed to the District may appear and be heard
touching upon the sufficiency of the petition. If the court finds that
the petition does not comply with the requirements of the law, the court
shall dismiss the petition; but if the court finds that the petition
is sufficient the court shall certify the proposition 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, such notice
shall specify the purpose of such election with a description of the area
proposed to be annexed to the District.
Each legal voter resident within the area proposed to be annexed to the
District shall have the right to cast a ballot at such referendum.
The proposition shall be in substantially
the following form:

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For joining the Seneca Regional
Port District and assuming a
proportionate share of general
obligation bonded indebtedness, if any.

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Against joining the Seneca
Regional Port District and assuming
a proportionate share of general
obligation bonded indebtedness, if any.

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The court shall cause a statement of the result of such election to be
filed in the records of the court.
If a majority of the votes cast upon the question of
annexation to the District are in favor of becoming a part of such
District, the court shall then enter an order stating that such
additional territory shall thenceforth be an integral part of the Seneca
Regional Port District and subject to all of the benefits of service and
responsibilities of the District. The circuit clerk shall transmit a
certified copy of the order to the circuit clerk of any other county in
which any of the territory affected is situated.

(Source: P.A. 83-343.)
 
(70 ILCS 1845/34) (from Ch. 19, par. 384)
Sec. 34.

If there is territory contiguous to the District which has no
legal voters residing therein, a petition to annex such territory, signed
by all the owners of record of such territory may be filed with the court
of the county in which the major part of the District is situated. A time
and place for a hearing on the subject of the petition shall be fixed and
notice thereof shall be given in the manner provided in Section 33. At
such hearing any owner of land in the territory proposed to be annexed, the
District and any resident of the District may appear and be heard touching
on the sufficiency of the petition. If the court finds that the petition
satisfies the requirements of this Section it shall enter an order stating
that thenceforth such territory shall be an integral part of the Seneca
Regional Port District and subject to all of the benefits of service and
responsibilities, including the assumption of a proportionate share of the
general obligation bonded indebtedness, if any, of the District. The
circuit clerk shall transmit a certified copy of the order of the court to
the circuit clerk of any other county in which the annexed territory is
situated.

(Source: Laws 1967, p. 3695.)

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