(65 ILCS 5/11‑65‑1)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑65‑1) Sec. 11‑65‑1. In this Division 65, unless the context otherwise requires; (1) "Municipal convention hall" means a
municipally‑owned building or auditorium with all necessary adjuncts thereto, including but not limited to hotels, restaurants, and gift shops, that is used, licensed, or leased for definite short periods of time for assemblages of people. "Municipal convention hall" also means a building or auditorium with all necessary adjuncts thereto that will become municipally‑owned at a date certain.
(2) "Municipal convention hall purposes" means the
municipal corporate purposes defined and designated in this Division 65.
The objects and purposes defined and set forth in this Division 65 are
municipal corporate objects and purposes. (Source: P.A. 92‑774, eff. 1‑1‑03.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑65‑2)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑65‑2) Sec. 11‑65‑2. Every municipality that has a population
exceeding 40,000; and every
municipality with a population of 12,500 or more but less than
25,000
that (i) is located in a county with a population of 250,000 or more but less
than 260,000 and (ii)
does not levy a property tax;
has the
power to acquire, construct, manage, control, maintain, and operate within
its corporate limits a municipal convention hall or halls. (Source: P.A. 91‑682, eff. 1‑26‑00; 92‑774, eff. 1‑1‑03.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑65‑3)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑65‑3) Sec. 11‑65‑3. Every such municipality may acquire by dedication,
gift, lease,
contract, purchase, or condemnation all property and rights, necessary or
proper, within the corporate limits of the municipality, for
municipal convention
hall purposes, and for these purposes may (1) appropriate money, (2) levy
and collect taxes, (3) borrow money on the credit of the municipality, and (4)
issue bonds therefor. In all cases where property is acquired or sought to be acquired by
condemnation, the procedure shall be, as nearly as may be, like that
provided for the exercise of the right of eminent
domain under Article VII of the Code of Civil Procedure, as heretofore
and hereafter amended. (Source: P.A. 92‑774, eff. 1‑1‑03.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑65‑4)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑65‑4) Sec. 11‑65‑4. All appropriations and bond issues for the use of such a
municipal convention hall shall be made by the corporate authorities in the
manner
provided by law. All warrants upon which any portion of these funds are to
be paid out shall bear the signature of such officials as may be designated
by the corporate authorities. (Source: P.A. 92‑774, eff. 1‑1‑03.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑65‑5)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑65‑5) Sec. 11‑65‑5. The corporate authorities, in the manner
and at the time provided by
law, shall provide by ordinance for the collection of a direct annual tax
sufficient to pay the interest on bonds issued under this Division 65 as it
falls due, and also to pay the principal thereof as it falls due, unless the
bonds are to be payable from sources other than a tax levy. Except that the corporate authorities of any
municipality
A) with a population of 12,500 or more but less than 25,000
that i) is located in a county with a population of 250,000 or more but less
than 260,000 and ii) does not levy a property tax; or B) with a population
between 40,000 and 75,000 shall not levy a property tax for purposes of this
Division 65. (Source: P.A. 91‑682, eff. 1‑26‑00; 92‑774, eff. 1‑1‑03.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑65‑6)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑65‑6) Sec. 11‑65‑6. Every such municipality referenced in Section 11‑65‑2 has the
power under this Division 65 to contract for the
management of all or any portion of the municipal convention hall, including,
but not limited to, long‑term multi‑year contracts and to license or lease
all or any part of the municipal convention
hall to assemblages for definite short periods of time, upon such terms and
compensation as may be prescribed by the corporate authorities or as may be
determined by ordinances, rules, or regulations passed or prescribed by the
corporate authorities. (Source: P.A. 92‑774, eff. 1‑1‑03.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑65‑7)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑65‑7) Sec. 11‑65‑7. The corporate authorities, under rules and
regulations prescribed by a
general ordinance, and not otherwise, may provide for granting the free use
of such a municipal convention hall to the inhabitants of the municipality, or
to
local bodies or organizations existing within the municipality,
for civic,
patriotic, educational, charitable, or political purposes and also for
historic celebrations, free amusements, concerts, entertainments, lectures
and discussions. (Source: P.A. 92‑774, eff. 1‑1‑03.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑65‑8)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑65‑8) Sec. 11‑65‑8. The corporate authorities from time to
time may establish by ordinance
all needful rules and regulations for the management and control of such a
municipal convention hall. All these ordinances, for the violation of which
fines are imposed shall be published in the same manner and form as is
required for other ordinances of the municipality, and these ordinances may
be printed in book or pamphlet form in such manner as the corporate
authorities shall direct. Rules established by these ordinances shall be
brought to the notice of the public by being posted in conspicuous places
in the municipal convention hall. When these ordinances are printed in book
or
pamphlet form, and purport to be published by authority of the corporate
authorities, the book or pamphlet shall be received in all courts as evidence
of the contents of these ordinances, and of the passage and publication
thereof as of the dates therein mentioned, without further proof. (Source: P.A. 92‑774, eff. 1‑1‑03.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑65‑9)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑65‑9) Sec. 11‑65‑9. Every municipality owning and operating such a
municipal convention
hall shall keep books of account for the municipal convention hall separate
and
distinct from other municipal accounts and in such manner as to
show the true
and complete financial standing and results of the municipal
ownership and
operation. These accounts shall be so kept as to show: (1) the actual cost
to the municipality of maintenance, extension, and improvement,
(2) all operating
expenses of every description, (3) if water or other service is furnished
for the use of the municipal convention hall without charge, as nearly as
possible,
the value of that service, and also the value of any use or service
rendered by the municipal convention hall to the municipality
without charge, (4) reasonable
allowances for interest, depreciation, and insurance, and (5) estimates of
the amount of taxes that would be chargeable against the property if owned
by a private corporation. The corporate authorities shall
publish a report annually
showing the financial results, in the form specified in this section, of
the municipal ownership and operation in one or more newspapers
published in the
municipality, or, if no newspaper is published therein, then in one or more
newspapers with a general circulation within the municipality. The accounts of the convention hall shall be examined at least once a
year by a licensed Certified Public Accountant permitted to perform audits under the Illinois Public Accounting Act who shall report to the corporate authorities the
results of his examination. This accountant shall be selected as the
corporate authorities may direct, and he shall receive for
his services such
compensation, to be paid out of the revenue from the municipal convention
hall, as
the corporate authorities may prescribe. (Source: P.A. 94‑465, eff. 8‑4‑05.)
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