45 ILCS 35/1
Short title
Short title. This Act may be cited as the Quad Cities Interstate Metropolitan Authority Act. (Source: P.A. 87-622.)
Illinois Compiled Statutes 45 ILCS 35 — Quad Cities Interstate Metropolitan Authority Act.
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Provisions
45 ILCS 35/5
Purposes
Purposes. (a) This Act is enabling legislation for the Quad Cities Interstate Metropolitan Authority Compact entered into by the states of Illinois and Iowa as authorized by the Quad Cities Interstate Metropolitan Authority Compact Act. (b) The Quad Cities Interstate Metropolitan Authority ("Authority") shall engage in…
45 ILCS 35/10
Definitions
Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the context otherwise requires: "Authority" means the Quad Cities Interstate Metropolitan Authority created under this Act. "Board" means the board of commissioners of the Authority. "Cost", with respect to any project for a metropolitan facility, includes construction contract…
45 ILCS 35/15
Petition and public hearing
Petition and public hearing. (a) Upon the petition of eligible electors of a metropolitan area equal in number to at least 10% of the persons who voted in the last general election held in the metropolitan area for the office of President of the United States or governor, the governing body of the county shall adopt a…
45 ILCS 35/20
Election
Election. (a) Upon receipt of the resolution, the proper election officials shall place the proposition on the ballot of a special election but not at a general election, called by the governing body of the metropolitan area. At the election, the proposition shall be submitted in substantially the following form: Shall…
45 ILCS 35/25
Board of commissioners; Appointment
Board of commissioners; Appointment. (a) The Authority established under this Act shall be governed by a board of commissioners appointed as provided in subsection (b). The appointment of the commissioners shall be made in writing and shall indicate the legal residence of each appointee. (b) The board of commissioners…
45 ILCS 35/30
Terms of office
Terms of office. (a) All initial appointments of commissioners shall be made within 30 days after the establishment of the Authority. The Authority is considered established when the proposition is approved by the voters under Section 20. Each appointment shall be in writing and a certificate of appointment signed by t…
45 ILCS 35/35
Organization; officers; meetings; compensation
Organization; officers; meetings; compensation. (a) The board of commissioners may exercise all of its legislative and executive powers granted under this Act. Within 30 days after the appointment of the initial commissioners, the board shall meet and elect a chairperson from among its members for a term of one year. T…
45 ILCS 35/40
Powers and duties
Powers and duties. (a) The Authority constitutes a municipal corporation and body politic separate from any other municipality, state, or other public or governmental agency. The Authority has the following express powers, subject to any restrictions or limitations contained in this Act, and all other powers incidental…
45 ILCS 35/42
Eminent domain
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.)
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Regulations and ordinances; violation
Regulations and ordinances; violation. Regulations adopted under Section 40 shall be contained in an ordinance that shall be placed on file in the office of the Authority in typewritten or printed form for public inspection not less than 15 days before adoption. The ordinance may impose fines of not more than $100 as t…
45 ILCS 35/50
Eminent domain
Eminent domain. If land in fee simple, rights in land, air, or water, easements or other interests in land, air, water, property, or property rights are acquired or sought to be acquired by the Authority by condemnation, the condemnation procedure shall be in accordance with the eminent domain statutes of the state in…
45 ILCS 35/55
Procedures
Procedures. Actions by the board of a legislative character, including the adoption of regulations, shall be in the form of an ordinance, and after adoption the ordinance shall be filed with the secretary and shall be made a matter of public record in the office of the Authority. Other actions by the board shall be by…
45 ILCS 35/60
Official records; bond for officers and employees
Official records; bond for officers and employees. (a) The board shall provide for the safekeeping of its permanent records and for the recording of the corporate action of the Authority. The board shall keep a true and accurate account of its receipts, and an annual audit shall be made of its books, records, and accou…
45 ILCS 35/65
Change of name
Change of name. The board may change the name of the Authority by ordinance. A certified copy of the ordinance shall be filed with the appropriate state office and the county recorder or equivalent county officer of each county in which the Authority or part of the Authority is located. The name change shall be effecti…
45 ILCS 35/70
Budget and appropriation
Budget and appropriation. (a) Annually, the board shall prepare and adopt a budget and provide appropriations as provided in this Section. (b) The budget shall show (i) the amount required for each class of proposed expenditures, (ii) a comparison of the amounts proposed to be expended with the amounts expended for lik…
45 ILCS 35/75
Local occupation and use taxes
Local occupation and use taxes. (a) If an Authority is established as provided in Section 20 and after approval of a referendum by a simple majority of votes cast in each metropolitan area in favor of the occupation and use taxes, the governing board of a county in this State within a metropolitan area which is part of…
45 ILCS 35/80
Bonds and notes payable from revenue
Bonds and notes payable from revenue. (a) The bonds issued by the board pursuant to this Act shall be authorized by resolution of the board and shall be either term or serial bonds, shall bear the date, mature at the time (not exceeding 40 years from their respective dates), bear interest at the rate (not exceeding the…
45 ILCS 35/85
Existing jurisdictions
Existing jurisdictions. Existing jurisdictions, including those involving airports, mass transit, river bridges, waste disposal systems, and intermodal water ports within their jurisdictional boundaries, are protected from incorporation by the Authority and shall not be incorporated in the Authority except by their res…
45 ILCS 35/90
Cooperation with other governments
Cooperation with other governments. The Authority may apply for and receive a grant or loan of moneys or other financial aid from the State or federal government or from any State or federal agency, department, bureau, or board necessary or useful for the undertaking, performance, or execution of any of its corporate o…
45 ILCS 35/95
Transfer of existing facilities
Transfer of existing facilities. (a) Any county, city, commission, authority, or person may sell, lease, lend, grant, or convey to the Authority a facility, any part of a facility, or any interest in real or personal property that may be used by the Authority in the construction, improvement, maintenance, leasing, or o…
45 ILCS 35/100
Moneys of the Authority
Moneys of the Authority. Moneys of an Authority shall be paid to the treasurer of the Authority. The treasurer shall not commingle the moneys with any other moneys, but shall deposit them in a separate account or accounts. Moneys in the accounts shall be paid out on the check of the treasurer on the requisition of the…
45 ILCS 35/105
Contracts
Contracts. All contracts entered into by the Authority for the construction, reconstruction, and improvement of metropolitan facilities shall be entered into pursuant to and shall comply with applicable State laws. However, if the Authority determines an emergency exists, it may enter into contracts obligating the Auth…
45 ILCS 35/110
Exemption from taxation
Exemption from taxation. Since the Authority is performing essential governmental functions, the Authority is not required to pay any taxes or assessments of any kind or nature upon any property required or used by it for its purposes or any rates, fees, rents, receipts, or incomes at any time received by it. The bonds…
45 ILCS 35/115
Dissolution; referendum
Dissolution; referendum. (a) The Authority shall be dissolved only by a majority vote in a referendum undertaken in a manner similar to the referendum provided for in Section 20. The board shall call, upon its own motion, by petition of the eligible electors as provided in Section 15, or by action of the governing body…
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