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1 AN ACT concerning municipalities.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
5 changing Sections 11-65-1, 11-65-2, 11-65-3, 11-65-4,
6 11-65-5, 11-65-6, 11-65-7, 11-65-8, and 11-65-9 as follows:
7 (65 ILCS 5/11-65-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-65-1)
8 Sec. 11-65-1. In this Division 65, unless the context
9 otherwise requires;
10 (1) "Convention hall" or "Municipal convention hall"
11 means a municipally-owned building or auditorium with all
12 necessary adjuncts thereto, including but not limited to
13 hotels, restaurants, and gift shops, that is used, licensed,
14 or leased for definite short periods of time for assemblages
15 of people. "Municipal convention hall" also means a building
16 or auditorium with all necessary adjuncts thereto that will
17 become municipally-owned at a date certain.
18 (2) "Municipal convention hall purposes" means the
19 municipal corporate purposes defined and designated in this
20 Division 65.
21 The objects and purposes defined and set forth in this
22 Division 65 are municipal corporate objects and purposes.
23 (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
24 (65 ILCS 5/11-65-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-65-2)
25 Sec. 11-65-2. Every municipality that city which has a
26 population exceeding 40,000 75,000; and every municipality
27 city with a population of 12,500 or more but less than 25,000
28 that (i) is located in a county with a population of 250,000
29 or more but less than 260,000 and (ii) does not levy a
30 property tax; has the power to acquire, construct, manage,
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1 control, maintain, and operate within its corporate limits a
2 municipal convention hall or halls, with all necessary
3 adjuncts thereto.
4 (Source: P.A. 91-682, eff. 1-26-00.)
5 (65 ILCS 5/11-65-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-65-3)
6 Sec. 11-65-3. Every such municipality city may acquire by
7 dedication, gift, lease, contract, purchase, or condemnation
8 all property and rights, necessary or proper, within the
9 corporate limits of the municipality city, for municipal
10 convention hall purposes, and for these purposes may (1)
11 appropriate money, (2) levy and collect taxes, (3) borrow
12 money on the credit of the municipality city, and (4) issue
13 bonds therefor.
14 In all cases where property is acquired or sought to be
15 acquired by condemnation, the procedure shall be, as nearly
16 as may be, like that provided for the exercise of the right
17 of eminent domain under Article VII of the Code of Civil
18 Procedure, as heretofore and hereafter amended.
19 (Source: P.A. 82-783.)
20 (65 ILCS 5/11-65-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-65-4)
21 Sec. 11-65-4. All appropriations and bond issues for the
22 use of such a municipal convention hall shall be made by the
23 corporate authorities city council in the manner provided by
24 law. All warrants upon which any portion of these funds are
25 to be paid out shall bear the signature of such officials as
26 may be designated by the corporate authorities city council.
27 (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
28 (65 ILCS 5/11-65-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-65-5)
29 Sec. 11-65-5. The corporate authorities city council, in
30 the manner and at the time provided by law, shall provide by
31 ordinance for the collection of a direct annual tax
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1 sufficient to pay the interest on bonds issued under this
2 Division 65 as it falls due, and also to pay the principal
3 thereof as it falls due, unless the bonds are to be payable
4 from sources other than a tax levy.
5 Except that the corporate authorities city council of any
6 municipality with a population of 12,500 or more but less
7 then 25,000 that (i) is located in a county with a population
8 of 250,000 or more but less than 260,000 and (ii) does not
9 levy a property tax shall not levy a property tax for
10 purposes of this Division 65.
11 (Source: P.A. 91-682, eff. 1-26-00.)
12 (65 ILCS 5/11-65-6) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-65-6)
13 Sec. 11-65-6. Every such municipality referenced in
14 Section 11-65-2 city which acquires and owns a municipal
15 convention hall has the power under this Division 65 to
16 contract for the management of all or any portion of the
17 municipal convention hall, including, but not limited to,
18 long-term multi-year contracts and to license or lease all or
19 any part of the municipal convention hall to assemblages for
20 definite short periods of time, upon such terms and
21 compensation as may be prescribed by the corporate
22 authorities city council or as may be determined by
23 ordinances, rules, or regulations passed or prescribed by the
24 corporate authorities city council.
25 (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
26 (65 ILCS 5/11-65-7) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-65-7)
27 Sec. 11-65-7. The corporate authorities city council,
28 under rules and regulations prescribed by a general
29 ordinance, and not otherwise, may provide for granting the
30 free use of such a municipal convention hall to the
31 inhabitants of the municipality city, or to local bodies or
32 organizations existing within the municipality city, for
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1 civic, patriotic, educational, charitable, or political
2 purposes and also for historic celebrations, free amusements,
3 concerts, entertainments, lectures and discussions.
4 (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
5 (65 ILCS 5/11-65-8) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-65-8)
6 Sec. 11-65-8. The corporate authorities city council from
7 time to time may establish by ordinance all needful rules and
8 regulations for the management and control of such a
9 municipal convention hall. All these ordinances, for the
10 violation of which fines are imposed shall be published in
11 the same manner and form as is required for other ordinances
12 of the municipality, and these ordinances may be printed in
13 book or pamphlet form in such manner as the corporate
14 authorities shall direct. Rules established by these
15 ordinances shall be brought to the notice of the public by
16 being posted in conspicuous places in the municipal
17 convention hall. When these ordinances are printed in book or
18 pamphlet form, and purport to be published by authority of
19 the corporate authorities city council, the book or pamphlet
20 shall be received in all courts as evidence of the contents
21 of these ordinances, and of the passage and publication
22 thereof as of the dates therein mentioned, without further
23 proof.
24 (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
25 (65 ILCS 5/11-65-9) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-65-9)
26 Sec. 11-65-9. Every municipality city owning and
27 operating such a municipal convention hall shall keep books
28 of account for the municipal convention hall separate and
29 distinct from other municipal city accounts and in such
30 manner as to show the true and complete financial standing
31 and results of the municipal city ownership and operation.
32 These accounts shall be so kept as to show: (1) the actual
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1 cost to the municipality city of maintenance, extension, and
2 improvement, (2) all operating expenses of every description,
3 (3) if water or other service is furnished for the use of the
4 municipal convention hall without charge, as nearly as
5 possible, the value of that service, and also the value of
6 any use or service rendered by the municipal convention hall
7 to the municipality city without charge, (4) reasonable
8 allowances for interest, depreciation, and insurance, and (5)
9 estimates of the amount of taxes that would be chargeable
10 against the property if owned by a private corporation. The
11 corporate authorities city council shall publish a report
12 annually showing the financial results, in the form specified
13 in this section, of the municipal city ownership and
14 operation in one or more newspapers published in the
15 municipality, or, if no newspaper is published therein, then
16 in one or more newspapers with a general circulation within
17 the municipality.
18 The accounts of the convention hall shall be examined at
19 least once a year by an expert accountant who shall report to
20 the corporate authorities city council the results of his
21 examination. This expert accountant shall be selected as the
22 corporate authorities city council may direct, and he shall
23 receive for his services such compensation, to be paid out of
24 the revenue from the municipal convention hall, as the
25 corporate authorities city council may prescribe.
26 (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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