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				    (70 ILCS 508/25)
				
		
		    Sec. 25. 
		Powers. 
		The Authority possesses all powers of a body
corporate necessary and
convenient to accomplish the purpose of this Act, including without limitation
the following:
		
			        (1) to enter into loans, contracts, agreements, and mortgages in any matter connected  | 
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			        (2) to sue and be sued;
		
 
			        (3) to employ agents and employees necessary to carry out its purposes;
		
 
			        (4) to have, use, and alter a common seal;
		
 
			        (5) to adopt all needful ordinances, resolutions, by-laws, rules, and regulations for 
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| |      | the conduct of its business and affairs and for the management and use of the projects developed, constructed, acquired, and improved in furtherance of its purposes;
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			        (6) to designate the fiscal year for the Authority;
		
 
			        (7) to accept and expend appropriations;
		
 
			        (8) to have and exercise all powers and be subject to all duties usually incident to 
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| |      | boards of directors of corporations;
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			        (9) to acquire, own, lease, sell, or otherwise dispose of interests in and to real 
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| |      | property and improvements situated thereon and in personal property necessary to fulfill the purposes of the Authority;
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			        (10) to engage in any activity or operation that is incidental to and in furtherance of 
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| |      | efficient operation to accomplish the Authority's primary purpose;
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			        (11) to acquire, own, construct, lease, operate, and maintain within its corporate 
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| |      | limits terminals and terminal facilities and to fix and collect just, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory charges for the use of those facilities;
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			        (12) to collect fees and charges in connection with its loans, commitments, and 
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			        (13) to use the charges and fees collected as authorized under paragraphs (11) and (12) 
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| |      | of this Section to defray the reasonable expenses of the Authority and to pay the principal and interest of any revenue bonds issued by the Authority;
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			        (14) to use ground
water resources of Will County; and
		
 
			        (15) to borrow money and to issue revenue bonds, notes, or other evidences  of 
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| |      | indebtedness as provided in Section 35 of this Act to evidence the obligation of the Authority to repay the borrowings.
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		(Source: P.A. 90-83, eff. 7-10-97; 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
	
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