28K.1 - MID-AMERICA PORT COMMISSION AGREEMENT.
28K.1 MID-AMERICA PORT COMMISSION AGREEMENT.
The mid-America port commission agreement is entered into and
enacted into law with the state of Illinois and the state of Missouri
if those states legally join the agreement, in the form substantially
as follows:
1. Agreement. This agreement shall be known as and may be
cited as the "Mid-America Port Commission Agreement". This
agreement allows for the states of Missouri and Illinois to join the
effort of the state of Iowa for developing the mid-America port
commission.
2. Port commission. There is created a mid-America port
commission to be governed by a nine-member port commission. The
governors of Iowa, Illinois, and Missouri shall appoint one member to
the port commission in accordance with the laws of the respective
state. Each state shall also be represented by two members elected
through the county governance in the geographical jurisdiction of the
port commission. The port commission members shall hold office for a
period of six years. The port commission members shall elect a
chairperson of the port commission after all the members are
selected. The position of chairperson shall rotate among the Iowa,
Illinois, and Missouri members for two-year periods. A member of the
port commission shall not serve more than two terms.
3. Powers of commission. The port commission shall have the
power to 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, warehouses, 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 thereto, 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. Section History: Recent Form
98 Acts, ch 1092, §1; 2008 Acts, ch 1032, §201