Bill Text: IL HB2449 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the America's Central Port District Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the powers of the District to apply for and accept certain grants, loans, and appropriations and to make certain improvements and changes.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2025-02-04 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB2449 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB2449-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB2449 Introduced , by Rep. Amy Elik SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
70 ILCS 1860/6 from Ch. 19, par. 289
Amends the America's Central Port District Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the powers of the District to apply for and accept certain grants, loans, and appropriations and to make certain improvements and changes.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning local government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The America's Central Port District Act is
amended by changing Section 6 as follows:
(70 ILCS 1860/6) (from Ch. 19, par. 289)
Sec. 6. The The District has power to apply for and accept
grants, loans, or appropriations from the federal government,
the State of Illinois, Madison or Jersey Counties, 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, State, and county governments 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: P.A. 98-854, eff. 1-1-15.)