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Public Act 92-0774
HB5577 Enrolled LRB9213692BDdvB
AN ACT concerning municipalities.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
changing Sections 11-65-1, 11-65-2, 11-65-3, 11-65-4,
11-65-5, 11-65-6, 11-65-7, 11-65-8, and 11-65-9 as follows:
(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) "Convention hall" or "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: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
(65 ILCS 5/11-65-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-65-2)
Sec. 11-65-2. Every municipality that city which has a
population exceeding 40,000 75,000; and every municipality
city 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, with all necessary
adjuncts thereto.
(Source: P.A. 91-682, eff. 1-26-00.)
(65 ILCS 5/11-65-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-65-3)
Sec. 11-65-3. Every such municipality city may acquire by
dedication, gift, lease, contract, purchase, or condemnation
all property and rights, necessary or proper, within the
corporate limits of the municipality city, 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 city, 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. 82-783.)
(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 city council 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 city council.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
(65 ILCS 5/11-65-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-65-5)
Sec. 11-65-5. The corporate authorities city council, 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 city council of any
municipality A) with a population of 12,500 or more but less
than then 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.)
(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 city which acquires and owns a municipal
convention hall 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 city council or as may be determined by
ordinances, rules, or regulations passed or prescribed by the
corporate authorities city council.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
(65 ILCS 5/11-65-7) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-65-7)
Sec. 11-65-7. The corporate authorities city council,
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 city, or to local bodies or
organizations existing within the municipality city, for
civic, patriotic, educational, charitable, or political
purposes and also for historic celebrations, free amusements,
concerts, entertainments, lectures and discussions.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
(65 ILCS 5/11-65-8) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-65-8)
Sec. 11-65-8. The corporate authorities city council 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 city council, 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: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
(65 ILCS 5/11-65-9) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-65-9)
Sec. 11-65-9. Every municipality city owning and
operating such a municipal convention hall shall keep books
of account for the municipal convention hall separate and
distinct from other municipal city accounts and in such
manner as to show the true and complete financial standing
and results of the municipal city ownership and operation.
These accounts shall be so kept as to show: (1) the actual
cost to the municipality city 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 city 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 city council shall publish a report
annually showing the financial results, in the form specified
in this section, of the municipal city 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 an expert accountant who shall report to
the corporate authorities city council the results of his
examination. This expert accountant shall be selected as the
corporate authorities city council 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 city council may prescribe.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
Passed in the General Assembly May 29, 2002.
Approved August 06, 2002.
Effective January 01, 2003.
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