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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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