(45 ILCS 100/0.01) (from Ch. 127, par. 63r) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Bi-State Development Compact Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)
(45 ILCS 100/1) (from Ch. 127, par. 63r-1) Sec. 1. Within sixty days after this act becomes effective, the governor by and with the advice and consent of the Senate shall appoint three commissioners to enter into a compact on behalf of the State of Illinois with the State of Missouri. One commissioner shall be designated as chairman of the Illinois delegation. If the Senate is not in session at the time for making any appointment, the governor shall make a temporary appointment as in case of a vacancy. Any two of the commissioners so appointed together with the attorney general of the State of Illinois may act to enter into the following compact:
(45 ILCS 100/2) (from Ch. 127, par. 63r-2) Sec. 2. The compact when signed by the signatories of each state as herein provided shall become binding upon the State of Illinois and shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State of Illinois. (Source: Laws 1949, p. 449.)
(45 ILCS 100/3) (from Ch. 127, par. 63r-3) Sec. 3. Vacancies occurring in the office of any appointed commissioner shall be filled by appointment by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. In any case of vacancy, while the Senate is not in session, the Governor shall make a temporary appointment until the next meeting of the Senate, when he shall nominate some person to fill such office. (Source: Laws 1949, p. 449.)
(45 ILCS 100/4) (from Ch. 127, par. 63r-4) Sec. 4. The Bi-State Agency shall have power to apply to the congress of the United States for its consent and approval of the compact; but in the absence of such consent of congress and until the same shall have been secured, the compact shall be binding upon the State of Illinois in all respects permitted by law for the two states of Missouri and Illinois without the consent of congress to cooperate, for the purposes enumerated in the compact, and in the manner provided therein. (Source: Laws 1949, p. 449.)
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