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House File 2135

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  1  1                                         HOUSE FILE 2135    
  1  2 
  1  3                             AN ACT
  1  4 RELATING TO A MID-AMERICA PORT COMMISSION AGREEMENT AND
  1  5    PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.  
  1  6 
  1  7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  1  8 
  1  9    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  28K.1  MID-AMERICA PORT
  1 10 COMMISSION AGREEMENT.
  1 11    The mid-America port commission agreement is entered into
  1 12 and enacted into law with the state of Illinois and the state
  1 13 of Missouri if those states legally join the agreement, in the
  1 14 form substantially as follows:  
  1 15                            AGREEMENT
  1 16    This agreement shall be known as and may be cited as the
  1 17 "Mid-America Port Commission Agreement".  This agreement
  1 18 allows for the states of Missouri and Illinois to join the
  1 19 effort of the state of Iowa for developing the mid-America
  1 20 port commission.  
  1 21                         PORT COMMISSION
  1 22    There is created a mid-America port commission to be
  1 23 governed by a nine-member port commission.  The governors of
  1 24 Iowa, Illinois, and Missouri shall appoint one member to the
  1 25 port commission in accordance with the laws of the respective
  1 26 state.  Each state shall also be represented by two members
  1 27 elected through the county governance in the geographical
  1 28 jurisdiction of the port commission.  The port commission
  1 29 members shall hold office for a period of six years.  The port
  1 30 commission members shall elect a chairperson of the port
  1 31 commission after all the members are selected.  The position
  1 32 of chairperson shall rotate among the Iowa, Illinois, and
  1 33 Missouri members for two-year periods.  A member of the port
  1 34 commission shall not serve more than two terms.  
  1 35                      POWERS OF COMMISSION
  2  1    The port commission shall have the power to acquire,
  2  2 purchase, install, lease, construct, own, hold, maintain,
  2  3 equip, use, control, or operate ports, harbors, waterways,
  2  4 channels, wharves, piers, docks, quays, elevators, tipples,
  2  5 compresses, bulk loading and unloading facilities, warehouses,
  2  6 dry docks, marine support railways, tugboats, ships, vessels,
  2  7 shipyards, shipbuilding facilities, machinery and equipment,
  2  8 dredges, or any other facilities required or incidental to the
  2  9 construction, outfitting, dry docking, or repair of ships or
  2 10 vessels, or water, air, or rail terminals, or roadways or
  2 11 approaches thereto, or other structures or facilities
  2 12 necessary for the convenient use of the same in the aid of
  2 13 commerce, including the dredging, deepening, extending,
  2 14 widening, or enlarging of any ports, harbors, rivers,
  2 15 channels, or waterways, the damming of inland waterways, the
  2 16 establishment of a water basin, the acquisition and
  2 17 development of industrial sites, or the reclaiming of
  2 18 submerged lands.
  2 19    Sec. 2.  NEW SECTION.  28K.2  CITATION.
  2 20    This division shall be known and may be cited as the "Mid-
  2 21 America Port Commission Act".
  2 22    Sec. 3.  NEW SECTION.  28K.3  JURISDICTION.
  2 23    The Iowa counties which shall be included in the
  2 24 jurisdiction of the mid-America port commission agreement are
  2 25 Lee, Henry, and Des Moines counties.
  2 26    Sec. 4.  NEW SECTION.  28K.4  AUTHORITY.
  2 27    Any power or powers, privileges, or authority exercised or
  2 28 capable of exercise by a public agency of this state may be
  2 29 exercised and enjoyed jointly with the mid-America port
  2 30 commission according to the powers delegated to the commission
  2 31 under this chapter.
  2 32    A public agency of this state may enter into a chapter 28E
  2 33 agreement with the commission to advance the purposes of the
  2 34 commission.
  2 35    Sec. 5.  NEW SECTION.  28K.5  COUNTY ELECTION OF PORT
  3  1 COMMISSION MEMBERS.
  3  2    The chairpersons of the Lee, Henry, and Des Moines county
  3  3 boards of supervisors shall jointly elect two members to serve
  3  4 on the port commission.
  3  5    Sec. 6.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of
  3  6 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.  
  3  7 
  3  8 
  3  9                                                             
  3 10                               RON J. CORBETT
  3 11                               Speaker of the House
  3 12 
  3 13 
  3 14                                                             
  3 15                               MARY E. KRAMER
  3 16                               President of the Senate
  3 17 
  3 18    I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
  3 19 is known as House File 2135, Seventy-seventh General Assembly.
  3 20 
  3 21 
  3 22                                                             
  3 23                               ELIZABETH ISAACSON
  3 24                               Chief Clerk of the House
  3 25 Approved                , 1998
  3 26 
  3 27 
  3 28                         
  3 29 TERRY E. BRANSTAD
  3 30 Governor
     

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