Chapter 70 — SPECIAL DISTRICTS

(70 ILCS 5/0.01) (from Ch. 15 1/2, par. 68.01) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Airport Authorities Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(70 ILCS 5/1) (from Ch. 15 1/2, par. 68.1) Sec. 1. Definitions. When used in this Act: "Aeronautics" means the act or practice of the art and science of transportation by aircraft and instruction therein, and establishment, construction, extension, operation, improvement, repair …

(70 ILCS 5/10) (from Ch. 15 1/2, par. 68.10) Sec. 10. Forms of corporate action. Action of the Board of Commissioners of an airport authority of a legislative character shall be in the form of an ordinance, and after adoption shall be filed with the Secretary and shall be made a …

(70 ILCS 5/11) (from Ch. 15 1/2, par. 68.11) Sec. 11. Records of authority and officers' bonds. The Board shall provide for the proper and safe keeping of its permanent records and for the recording of the corporate action of the Authority. It shall keep a true and accurate accou…

(70 ILCS 5/12) (from Ch. 15 1/2, par. 68.12) Sec. 12. Change of name. Whenever an ordinance shall be adopted by the Board of Commissioners of said Authority by a two-thirds vote of the membership to change the name of such Authority, a certified copy of such ordinance shall be fi…

(70 ILCS 5/13) (from Ch. 15 1/2, par. 68.13) Sec. 13. Annual appropriations and tax levy. Every Authority created under this Act is hereby empowered to levy and collect a general tax on all of the taxable property within the corporate limits of such Authority for the purpose of p…

(70 ILCS 5/13.1) (from Ch. 15 1/2, par. 68.13a) Sec. 13.1. In any Authority in which there has been established a maximum annual tax rate which is less than the maximum rate otherwise applicable by the terms of Section 13, the Board may, by ordinance or resolution duly adopted, c…

(70 ILCS 5/13.2) Sec. 13.2. Capital improvement program and budget. Each airport authority organized under this Act may annually prepare and update a 5-year capital improvement program and yearly capital budgets based on the program. The purposes of the program are to (i) invento…

(70 ILCS 5/13.3) Sec. 13.3. Appropriations for capital improvements. An airport authority that has prepared a capital improvement program under Section 13.2 may, in its annual appropriation ordinance, appropriate an amount not to exceed 3% of the equalized assessed value of prope…

(70 ILCS 5/14) (from Ch. 15 1/2, par. 68.14) Sec. 14. Cooperative action with other governments. An Airport Authority may apply for and receive the grant or loan of money or other financial aid from the state or federal government or from any state or federal agency, department, …

(70 ILCS 5/14.1) (from Ch. 15 1/2, par. 68.14a) Sec. 14.1. Bond limitation. An Authority may secure the necessary funds to finance part or all of the cost of (i) acquiring, establishing, constructing, developing, expanding, extending or further improving a public airport, public …

(70 ILCS 5/14.2) (from Ch. 15 1/2, par. 68.14b) Sec. 14.2. General plans and cost estimate to be approved. Before the adoption of any ordinance providing for the issuance of such bonds, the board of commissioners of the authority shall cause a description and general plan for the…

(70 ILCS 5/14.3) (from Ch. 15 1/2, par. 68.14c) Sec. 14.3. Bond ordinance. Upon the approval of the general plan and cost estimate for any such project by the Department of Transportation, if required, the Board of Commissioners of the authority shall provide by ordinance for the…

(70 ILCS 5/14.4) (from Ch. 15 1/2, par. 68.14d) Sec. 14.4. Bonds registered and negotiable. Bonds, whether payable from taxes or from revenues, may be made registrable either as to principal or as to both principal and interest and shall be deemed to be negotiable instruments and…

(70 ILCS 5/14.5) (from Ch. 15 1/2, par. 68.14e) Sec. 14.5. Referendum if bonds exceed 3/4 of one per cent of assessed value. In case any such ordinance provides for the issuance of bonds in an amount which, together with the aggregate of all tax secured bonds theretofore issued u…

(70 ILCS 5/15) (from Ch. 15 1/2, par. 68.15) Sec. 15. Obligations payable from operating revenue. The Board of Commissioners of an Authority, from time to time, may execute and deliver bonds, notes or certificates of indebtedness payable from revenues, in such form as may be appr…

(70 ILCS 5/15.1) (from Ch. 15 1/2, par. 68.15a) Sec. 15.1. Ordinance authorizing obligations payable from operating revenue; Disposition of revenue; Enforcement of contract against airport authority. The ordinance authorizing the issuance of any such bonds, notes, or certificates…

(70 ILCS 5/15.2) (from Ch. 15 1/2, par. 68.15b) Sec. 15.2. An Airport Authority may construct office, aircraft hangar and service buildings and appurtenant facilities upon a public airport owned and operated by the authority for the use and occupancy of the State Department of Tr…

(70 ILCS 5/16) (from Ch. 15 1/2, par. 68.16) Sec. 16. Pre-existing public agencies. Except as otherwise provided in this Section, in case any airport authority organized hereunder shall be coterminous with, or shall include within its corporate limits, in whole or in part, any pr…

(70 ILCS 5/16.1) (from Ch. 15 1/2, par. 68.16a) Sec. 16.1. Sale or disposition of surplus property, etc. An airport authority shall have the power to sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of real property which is no longer needed by, appropriate to, required for the use of, or pro…

(70 ILCS 5/17) (from Ch. 15 1/2, par. 68.17) Sec. 17. Dissolution of an authority. In case any Airport Authority has not become or has ceased to be the owner of an airport and has fully discharged all of its debts and obligations or has arranged for the assumption thereof by any …

(70 ILCS 5/17.1) (from Ch. 15 1/2, par. 68.17a) Sec. 17.1. Any township located outside the territory of a county in which a Metropolitan Airport Authority is established, but which was included in a pre-existing airport authority which has been acquired by the Metropolitan Airpo…

(70 ILCS 5/17.2) (from Ch. 15 1/2, par. 68.17b) Sec. 17.2. Whenever a township disconnects from a Metropolitan Airport Authority as provided in Section 17.1, such township and the municipalities within such township shall be paid upon such terms as may be agreed upon by their cor…

(70 ILCS 5/17.3) (from Ch. 15 1/2, par. 68.17c) Sec. 17.3. Any Metropolitan Airport Authority which, on the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1986, does not have a runway in excess of 5,100 feet shall, prior to the construction of a new runway or the extension of any exist…

(70 ILCS 5/18) (from Ch. 15 1/2, par. 68.18) Sec. 18. Acquisition, construction or improvement of airport - Notice - Bond issues - Disconnection and reconnection of land. After the site of any airport to be acquired, established or constructed by the Authority has been determined…

(70 ILCS 5/19) (from Ch. 15 1/2, par. 68.19) Sec. 19. Construction of Act. This Act shall be deemed to be a general law, complete in itself and distinct and separate from any prior law. The provisions of this Act shall be liberally construed. Nothing contained in this Act shall b…

(70 ILCS 5/2) (from Ch. 15 1/2, par. 68.2) Sec. 2. Creation of an airport authority. (a) Any area of contiguous territory having a population of not less than 5,000 and containing one or more municipalities as defined by this Act, and in which there is not included any territory …

(70 ILCS 5/2.1) (from Ch. 15 1/2, par. 68.2a) Sec. 2.1. Petition - Setting for public hearing and notice thereof. Any 500 or more electors residing within the area may file with the clerk of the circuit court of the county in which the area is situated, a petition in the circuit …

(70 ILCS 5/2.2) (from Ch. 15 1/2, par. 68.2b) Sec. 2.2. Procedure on petition. The circuit court may continue the hearing on the petition from time to time. Should it appear on such public hearing that a part only of any municipality is included within the territory described in …

(70 ILCS 5/2.3) (from Ch. 15 1/2, par. 68.2c) Sec. 2.3. Election - procedure. The clerk of the circuit court shall certify the order for submission of the proposition, to the proper election authorities, who shall submit the proposition to the voters at an election in accordance …

(70 ILCS 5/2.4) (from Ch. 15 1/2, par. 68.2d) Sec. 2.4. How population to be determined. In determining the population of the territory, or of any included municipality, the last federal, State or municipal census for the territory or municipality shall be used, and the populatio…

(70 ILCS 5/2.5) (from Ch. 15 1/2, par. 68.2e) Sec. 2.5. Where territory in more than one county. In case the territory is situated in 2 or more counties, then the petition shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of the county in which the greater portion of…

(70 ILCS 5/2.6) (from Ch. 15 1/2, par. 68.2f) Sec. 2.6. Establishment of authority and completion of corporate record. If a majority of the votes cast upon the question of the adoption of this Act and the establishment of an Airport Authority shall be in favor of the same, the in…

(70 ILCS 5/2.7) (from Ch. 15 1/2, par. 68.2g) Sec. 2.7. Metropolitan Airport Authority. (a) Upon the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1986, in any county with a population between 600,000 and 3,000,000 and contiguous to a county with a population in excess of 1,000,000 in…

(70 ILCS 5/2.7.1) Sec. 2.7.1. Greater Metropolitan Airport Authority. (a) The Greater Metropolitan Airport Authority is hereby established, the territory of which shall include all of the territory within the corporate limits of Peoria County. Within 30 days after the initial app…

(70 ILCS 5/2.7.2) Sec. 2.7.2. Crawford County Airport Authority. (a) The Crawford County Airport Authority is hereby established, the territory of which shall include all of the territory within the corporate limits of Crawford County. Within 30 days after the initial appointment…

(70 ILCS 5/2.7.3) Sec. 2.7.3. Central Illinois Regional Airport Authority. (a) The Central Illinois Regional Airport Authority is hereby established, the territory of which shall include all of the territory within the corporate limits of McLean County. Within 30 days after the i…

(70 ILCS 5/20) (from Ch. 15 1/2, par. 68.20) Sec. 20. Partial invalidity. If any provision of this Act, or the application of any provision thereof to any property, person or circumstance, is held to be invalid, such provision as to such property, person or circumstance shall be …

(70 ILCS 5/21) (from Ch. 15 1/2, par. 68.21) Sec. 21. Validation. All contracts, leases, agreements, or other obligations entered into by any airport authority that is authorized under this amendatory Act of 1992 to acquire, own, operate, and finance any commercial or recreationa…

(70 ILCS 5/22.1) Sec. 22.1. Establishment of a Rail Authority. (a) The Board of Commissioners of an airport authority in Winnebago County may, by resolution, establish a Rail Authority as provided in Sections 22.1 through 22.7 of this Act. A certified copy of that resolution shal…

(70 ILCS 5/22.2) Sec. 22.2. Provision of rail and related transportation services. The Rail Authority shall also have the power to provide non-rail transportation services within the Counties, which may consist of shuttle bus service to or from an airport, needed storage faciliti…

(70 ILCS 5/22.3) Sec. 22.3. Further powers of the Rail Authority. (a) Except as otherwise limited by this Act, the Rail Authority shall have all powers to meet its responsibilities and to carry out its purposes, including, but not limited to, the following powers: (i) To sue and …

(70 ILCS 5/22.4) Sec. 22.4. Bonds and notes. (a) The Rail Authority shall have the power to borrow money and to issue its negotiable bonds or notes as provided in this Section. Unless otherwise indicated in this Section, the term "notes" also includes bond anticipation notes, whi…

(70 ILCS 5/22.6) Sec. 22.6. Exemption from taxation. The Rail Authority and the Rail Corporation shall be exempt from all State and unit of local government taxes and registration and license fees. All property of the Rail Authority or of the Rail Corporation shall be public prop…

(70 ILCS 5/22.7) Sec. 22.7. Federal, State, and other funds. The Rail Authority shall have the power to apply for, receive, and expend grants, loans, or other funds from the State of Illinois or any of its departments or agencies, from any unit of local government, or from the fe…

(70 ILCS 5/2a.1) (from Ch. 15 1/2, par. 68.2a1) Sec. 2a.1. Petition-Setting forth tax rate. The petition may, in addition to the matters required to be set forth in Section 2.1, also set forth a tax rate, not to exceed the rate specified in Section 13, as the maximum tax rate for…

(70 ILCS 5/3) (from Ch. 15 1/2, par. 68.3) Sec. 3. Boards of commissioners. Every authority established under this Act shall be governed by a board of commissioners. For authorities other than Metropolitan Airport Authorities, the Greater Metropolitan Airport Authority, and the C…

(70 ILCS 5/3.1) (from Ch. 15 1/2, par. 68.3a) Sec. 3.1. Boards of commissioners - Appointment. The Boards of Commissioners of Authorities shall be appointed as follows: (1) In case there are one or more municipalities having a population of 5,000 or more within the Authority, the…

(70 ILCS 5/3.2) (from Ch. 15 1/2, par. 68.3b) Sec. 3.2. Manner of exercising appointments. All appointments of Commissioners to Boards of Commissioners of Airport Authorities shall be in writing and shall indicate the legal residence of the person appointed and whether or not he …

(70 ILCS 5/3.3) (from Ch. 15 1/2, par. 68.3c) Sec. 3.3. Effect of invalidity of appointment provision. Should the foregoing provisions respecting the appointment of commissioners representing the area within any municipality of five thousand or more population be invalid when app…