Illinois Statutes Chapter 70. Special Districts § 1816/15. Powers

(a) The Commission may request funding from any federal, state, municipal, or local government or any other person or organization for purposes of the Commission within the Commission's jurisdiction. The individual port districts within the Commission's jurisdiction retain authority to request funding from any federal, state, municipal, or local government or any other person or organization for purposes of the individual port districts within the Commission area.

(b) The Commission may enter into a memorandum of understanding or intergovernmental agreement with the State, a unit of local government, or a federal governmental organization in the performance of its duties. The Commission may not exercise control over an operation of a port district established by any other law except by voluntary agreement between the port district and the Commission.

(c) The Commission may acquire, purchase, install, lease, construct, own, hold, maintain, equip, use, control, or operate ports, harbors, waterways, channels, wharves, piers, docks, quays, elevators, tipples, compresses, bulk loading and unloading facilities, warehouse, dry docks, marine support railways, tugboats, ships, vessels, shipyards, shipbuilding facilities, machinery and equipment dredges, or any other facilities required or incidental to the construction, outfitting, dry docking, or repair of ships or vessels, or water, air, or rail terminals, or roadways or approaches to the facilities or other structures or facilities necessary for the convenient use of the same in the aid of commerce, including the dredging, deepening, extending, widening, or enlarging of any ports, harbors, rivers, channels, or waterways, the damming of inland waterways, the establishment of a water basin, the acquisition and development of industrial sites, or the reclaiming of submerged lands.

(d) The Commission may not exercise control over the operation of port districts established by any other law of the State, except by voluntary agreement between the port district and the Commission.

(e) The Commission may perform any other act that may be useful in performing its duties under Section 10 or powers under this Section, including, but not limited to, enhancing the reporting and benefits of statistical data.