The Authority is hereby expressly made the beneficiary of the provisions of Section 1 of "An Act to make explicit the authorization for units of local government and certain other governmental bodies to act as permitted by statute or the Illinois Constitution, notwithstanding effects on competition", amendatory veto overridden November 3, 1983, as now or hereafter amended, and the General Assembly intends that the "State action exemption" to the application of the federal anti-trust laws be fully available to the Authority to the extent its activities are either (1) expressly or by necessary implication authorized by this Division or other Illinois law, or (2) within traditional areas of local governmental activity.
65 ILCS 5/11-48.3-28