PUBLIC LAW 101-288—MAY 10, 1990 104 STAT. 179 ARTICLE 6—BOARD OFFICERS The board shall elect annually from its members a chairperson, a vice chairperson, a secretary, and other officers it determines necessary. ARTICLE 7—BOARD OPERATION The board shall adopt bylaws governing its meetings, fiscal year, election of officers, and other matters of procedure and operation. ARTICLE 8—BOARD EXPENSES AND COMPENSATION (a) Members shall be reimbursed for reasonable expenses incurred while carrying out official duties. (b) Members shall be compensated as authorized by substantially identical laws of the states of Illinois and Iowa. ARTICLE 9—EMPLOYEES (a) The board shall hire an executive director, a treasurer, and other employees it determines necessary and shall fix their qualifications, duties, compensation, and terms of employment. (b) The executive director, treasurer, and other employees shall have no pension benefits or rights of collective bargaining other than those authorized by substantially identical laws of the states of Iowa and Illinois. ARTICLE 10—GENERAL POWERS The authority has the following general powers: (1) To sue and be sued. (2) To own, operate, manage, or lease facilities within the territory of the authority. "Facility" means an airport, port, wharf, dock, harbor, bridge, tunnel, terminal, industrial park, waste disposal system, mass transit system, parking area, road, recreational area, conservation area, or other project beneficial to the territory of the authority as authorized by substantially identical laws of the states of Iowa and Illinois, together with related or incidental fixtures, equipment, improvements, and real or personal property. (3) To fix and collect reasonable fees and charges for the use of its facilities. (4) To own or lease interests in real or personal property. (5) To accept and receive money, services, property, and other things of value. (6) To disburse funds for its lawful activities. (7) To enter into agreements with political subdivisions of the state of Illinois or Iowa or with the United States. (8) To pledge or mortgage its property. (9) To perform other functions necessary or incidental to its purposes and powers. (10) To exercise other powers conferred by substantially identical laws of the states of Iowa and Illinois. ARTICLE 11—EMINENT DOMAIN Real property. (a) The authority has the power to acquire real property by eminent domain.
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