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92_HB5577enr HB5577 Enrolled LRB9213692BDdvB 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 thatcity whichhas a 26 population exceeding 40,00075,000; and every municipality 27citywith 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, HB5577 Enrolled -2- LRB9213692BDdvB 1 control, maintain, and operate within its corporate limits a 2 municipal convention hall or halls, with all necessary3adjuncts 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 municipalitycitymay 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 municipalitycity, 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 municipalitycity, 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 authoritiescity councilin 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 authoritiescity 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 authoritiescity 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 HB5577 Enrolled -3- LRB9213692BDdvB 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 authoritiescity councilof any 6 municipality A) with a population of 12,500 or more but less 7 thanthen25,000 that i) is located in a county with a 8 population of 250,000 or more but less than 260,000 and ii) 9 does not levy a property tax; or B) with a population between 10 40,000 and 75,000 shall not levy a property tax for purposes 11 of this Division 65. 12 (Source: P.A. 91-682, eff. 1-26-00.) 13 (65 ILCS 5/11-65-6) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-65-6) 14 Sec. 11-65-6. Every such municipality referenced in 15 Section 11-65-2city which acquires and owns a municipal16convention hallhas the power under this Division 65 to 17 contract for the management of all or any portion of the 18 municipal convention hall, including, but not limited to, 19 long-term multi-year contracts and to license or lease all or 20 any part of the municipal convention hall to assemblages for 21 definite short periods of time, upon such terms and 22 compensation as may be prescribed by the corporate 23 authoritiescity councilor as may be determined by 24 ordinances, rules, or regulations passed or prescribed by the 25 corporate authoritiescity council. 26 (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.) 27 (65 ILCS 5/11-65-7) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-65-7) 28 Sec. 11-65-7. The corporate authoritiescity council, 29 under rules and regulations prescribed by a general 30 ordinance, and not otherwise, may provide for granting the 31 free use of such a municipal convention hall to the 32 inhabitants of the municipalitycity, or to local bodies or HB5577 Enrolled -4- LRB9213692BDdvB 1 organizations existing within the municipalitycity, for 2 civic, patriotic, educational, charitable, or political 3 purposes and also for historic celebrations, free amusements, 4 concerts, entertainments, lectures and discussions. 5 (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.) 6 (65 ILCS 5/11-65-8) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-65-8) 7 Sec. 11-65-8. The corporate authoritiescity councilfrom 8 time to time may establish by ordinance all needful rules and 9 regulations for the management and control of such a 10 municipal convention hall. All these ordinances, for the 11 violation of which fines are imposed shall be published in 12 the same manner and form as is required for other ordinances 13 of the municipality, and these ordinances may be printed in 14 book or pamphlet form in such manner as the corporate 15 authorities shall direct. Rules established by these 16 ordinances shall be brought to the notice of the public by 17 being posted in conspicuous places in the municipal 18 convention hall. When these ordinances are printed in book or 19 pamphlet form, and purport to be published by authority of 20 the corporate authoritiescity council, the book or pamphlet 21 shall be received in all courts as evidence of the contents 22 of these ordinances, and of the passage and publication 23 thereof as of the dates therein mentioned, without further 24 proof. 25 (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.) 26 (65 ILCS 5/11-65-9) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-65-9) 27 Sec. 11-65-9. Every municipalitycityowning and 28 operating such a municipal convention hall shall keep books 29 of account for the municipal convention hall separate and 30 distinct from other municipalcityaccounts and in such 31 manner as to show the true and complete financial standing 32 and results of the municipalcityownership and operation. HB5577 Enrolled -5- LRB9213692BDdvB 1 These accounts shall be so kept as to show: (1) the actual 2 cost to the municipalitycityof maintenance, extension, and 3 improvement, (2) all operating expenses of every description, 4 (3) if water or other service is furnished for the use of the 5 municipal convention hall without charge, as nearly as 6 possible, the value of that service, and also the value of 7 any use or service rendered by the municipal convention hall 8 to the municipalitycitywithout charge, (4) reasonable 9 allowances for interest, depreciation, and insurance, and (5) 10 estimates of the amount of taxes that would be chargeable 11 against the property if owned by a private corporation. The 12 corporate authoritiescity councilshall publish a report 13 annually showing the financial results, in the form specified 14 in this section, of the municipalcityownership and 15 operation in one or more newspapers published in the 16 municipality, or, if no newspaper is published therein, then 17 in one or more newspapers with a general circulation within 18 the municipality. 19 The accounts of the convention hall shall be examined at 20 least once a year by an expert accountant who shall report to 21 the corporate authoritiescity councilthe results of his 22 examination. This expert accountant shall be selected as the 23 corporate authoritiescity councilmay direct, and he shall 24 receive for his services such compensation, to be paid out of 25 the revenue from the municipal convention hall, as the 26 corporate authoritiescity councilmay prescribe. 27 (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)