Bill Text: IL SB3370 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Township Code and the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that the township board or corporate authorities of a municipality that borders an airport with at least 500,000 combined aircraft departures and landings per year may, by ordinance, regulate airspace over the township or municipality. Defines "airspace" to mean an altitude up to 1,000 feet above the highest obstacle on the surface of the township or municipality.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-19 - Referred to Assignments [SB3370 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-SB3370-Introduced.html

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 SB3370 Introduced 2/19/2016, by Sen. Thomas Cullerton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
60 ILCS 1/85-60 new
65 ILCS 5/11-101-3 new
Amends the Township Code and the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that the township board or corporate authorities of a municipality that borders an airport with at least 500,000 combined aircraft departures and landings per year may, by ordinance, regulate airspace over the township or municipality. Defines "airspace" to mean an altitude up to 1,000 feet above the highest obstacle on the surface of the township or municipality.
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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 Township Code is amended by adding Section
85-60 as follows:
(60 ILCS 1/85-60 new)
Sec. 85-60. Airspace regulation. The township board of a
township that borders an airport, as defined in Section 6 of
the Illinois Aeronautics Act, with at least 500,000 combined
aircraft departures and landings per year may, by ordinance,
regulate airspace over the township. For the purposes of this
Section, "airspace" means an altitude up to 1,000 feet above
the highest obstacle on the surface of the township.
Section 10. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
adding Section 11-101-3 as follows:
(65 ILCS 5/11-101-3 new)
Sec. 11-101-3. Airspace regulation. The corporate
authorities of a municipality that borders an airport, as
defined in Section 6 of the Illinois Aeronautics Act, with at
least 500,000 combined aircraft departures and landings per
year may, by ordinance, regulate airspace over the

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municipality. For the purposes of this Section, "airspace"
means an altitude up to 1,000 feet above the highest obstacle
on the surface of the municipality.