Public Act 094-0790
 		





SB2631 Enrolled
LRB094 18581 DRJ 54453 b






    AN ACT concerning local government.

 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:


 
    Section 5. The Civic Center Code is amended  by changing 
Section 280-20 as follows:
 



    (70 ILCS 200/280-20)



    Sec. 280-20. Rights and powers. The Authority shall have

the following rights and powers:

    (a) To purchase, own, construct, lease as lessee or in any 
other way
acquire, improve, extend, repair, reconstruct, 
regulate, operate, equip
and maintain fair and expositions 
grounds, convention or exhibition
centers, civic auditoriums, 
including sites and parking areas and
facilities therefor 
located within the metropolitan area and office buildings,
if 
such buildings are acquired as part of the main auditorium 
complex;

    (b) To plan for such grounds, centers and auditoriums and 
to plan,
sponsor, hold, arrange and finance fairs, industrial, 
cultural,
educational, theatrical, sports, trade and 
scientific exhibits, shows
and events and to use or allow the 
use of such grounds, centers and
auditoriums for the holding of 
fairs, exhibits, shows and events whether
conducted by the 
Authority or some other person or governmental agency;

    (c) To exercise the right of eminent domain to acquire 
sites for
such grounds, centers and auditoriums, and parking 
areas and facilities
in the manner provided for the exercise of 
the
right of eminent domain under Article VII of the Code of 
Civil
Procedure, as amended;

    (d) To fix and collect just, reasonable and 
nondiscriminatory
charges for the use of such parking areas and 
facilities, grounds,
centers and auditoriums and admission 
charges to fairs, shows, exhibits
and events sponsored or held 
by the Authority.  The charges collected
may be made available 
to defray the reasonable expenses of the Authority
and to pay 
the principal of and the interest on any bonds issued by the

Authority;

    (d-5) To sell the following real property and retain the 
proceeds from the sale: the 2 Rialto Square Building at the 
southeast corner of Chicago Street and Clinton Street, legally 
described as follows: Lot 1 and Lot 2 in Block 3 in East Juliet 
(now Joliet) in the City of Joliet in Will County, Illinois; 
and

    (e) To enter into contracts treating any manner with the 
objects and
purposes of this Article.

(Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98.)

 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.





Effective Date:  5/19/2006