(a) No municipality or political subdivision in this State, whether acting alone or jointly with another municipality or political subdivision or with the State, shall submit any project application under the provisions of the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982, or any amendment thereof, unless the project and the project application have been first approved by the Department. Except as provided in subsections (b) or (c) below, no such municipality or political subdivision shall directly accept, receive, or disburse any funds granted by the United States under the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982, but it shall designate the Department as its agent to accept, receive, and disburse such funds, provided further, however, nothing in this Section shall be construed to prohibit the following:
         (1) Any municipality or any political subdivision of
    
more than 500,000 inhabitants from disbursing such funds through its corporate authorities.
        (2) Any municipality or any political subdivision
    
owning a primary commercial service airport serving at least 10,000 annual enplanements from accepting, receiving, or disbursing funds directly from the federal government.
    It shall enter into an agreement with the Department prescribing the terms and conditions of such agency in accordance with federal laws, rules and regulations and applicable laws of this State. This subsection (a) does not apply to any project application submitted in connection with the O’Hare Modernization Program as defined in § 10 of the O’Hare Modernization Act, with O’Hare International Airport, or with Midway International Airport.

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Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 620 ILCS 5/38.01

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • State: when applied to different parts of the United States, may be construed to include the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14
  • United States: may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14

     (b) The City of Chicago may submit a project application under the provisions of the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982, as now or hereafter amended, or any other federal law providing for airport planning or development, if the application is submitted in connection with (i) the O’Hare Modernization Program as defined in § 10 of the O’Hare Modernization Act, (ii) O’Hare International Airport, or (iii) Midway International Airport; and the City may directly accept, receive, and disburse any such funds.
     (c) Any federal money awarded to airports in the State under the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982, or any amendment thereof, that includes project applications approved by the Department where the Department is designated as the agent to accept, receive, and disburse such funds shall also include a State match to the local share of the application for all costs eligible under the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982, or any amendment thereof, subject to the provisions of Section 34 and Section 41 of this Act and available eligible appropriation.