§ 1 This Act shall be known and may be cited as the “Illinois …
§ 2 When used in this Act: “District” means …
§ 3 There is created a political subdivision, body politic and municipal …
§ 3.1 All property of every kind belonging to the Illinois International …
§ 4 It shall be the duty of the Port District: …
§ 4a Any changes and modifications in harbor plans within the area of the …
§ 5 The Port District shall have the following rights and powers: …
§ 5.01 Any public warehouse or other public storage facility owned or …
§ 5.02 All leases or other contracts for operation of any public warehouse …
§ 6 Unless and until the revenues from operations conducted by the Port …
§ 7 The Port District shall have power to acquire and accept by purchase, …
§ 7.5 Eminent domain
§ 8 The District has power to apply for and accept grants, loans or …
§ 8.01 The Port District has power to apply to proper authorities of the …
§ 9 The District has power to procure and enter into contracts for any …
§ 9.01 The District has the continuing power to borrow money for the purpose …
§ 9.02 Under no circumstances shall any bonds, notes, or certificates issued …
§ 9.03 The State and all counties, cities, villages, incorporated towns and …
§ 10 The District shall not have power to levy taxes for any purpose …
§ 11 It shall be unlawful to make any fill or deposit of rock, earth, …
§ 12 The governing and administrative body of the District shall be a …
§ 13 The Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall …
§ 14 Members of the Board shall hold office until their respective …
§ 15 As soon as possible after the appointment of the initial members, the …
§ 16 Regular meetings of the Board shall be held at least once in each …
§ 17 The Board shall appoint a secretary and a treasurer, who need not be …
§ 18 All funds deposited by the treasurer in any bank or savings and loan …
§ 19 In case any officer whose signature appears upon any check or draft, …
§ 19.1 Purchases made pursuant to this Act shall be made in compliance with …
§ 20 The Board may appoint an executive director, who shall be a person of …
§ 21 The Board shall have power to pass all ordinances and make all rules …
§ 22 As soon after the end of each fiscal year as may be expedient, the …
§ 24 The Board may investigate conditions in which it has an interest …
§ 25 All final administrative decisions of the Board hereunder, shall be …
§ 26 If any provision of this Act is held invalid such provision shall be …
§ 27 The provisions of the Illinois Municipal Code, as heretofore and …
§ 28 Cessation of district organization

Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes > 70 ILCS 1810 - Illinois International Port District Act

  • Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Heretofore: means any time previous to the day on which the statute takes effect; and the word "hereafter" at any time after such day. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.17
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Recess: A temporary interruption of the legislative business.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • Veto: The procedure established under the Constitution by which the President/Governor refuses to approve a bill or joint resolution and thus prevents its enactment into law. A regular veto occurs when the President/Governor returns the legislation to the house in which it originated. The President/Governor usually returns a vetoed bill with a message indicating his reasons for rejecting the measure. In Congress, the veto can be overridden only by a two-thirds vote in both the Senate and the House.