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65 ILCS 5/11-63-7
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-63-7)Sec. 11-63-7.         The managing authority may accept any gift of real or  personal property, but if the acceptance will subject the municipality to  expense, or is subject to a condition, it shall be subject to approval by  the corporate authorities.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
65 ILCS 5/11-63-8
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-63-8)Sec. 11-63-8.         Any 2 or more contiguous municipalities, which have voted to  establish a community building or buildings, may jointly establish, equip,  operate and maintain the same. Any school board or park board, if otherwise  authorized, may join with any municipality in the establishment, equipment,  operation and maintenance of a community building or buildings. In any case  of joint management, the terms shall be fixed by agreement of the corporate  authorities thereof.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
65 ILCS 5/11-63-9
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-63-9)Sec. 11-63-9.         Any community building may be dedicated to the soldiers and  sailors of the municipality in such manner as the managing authority  determines, or in the event that 50% or more of the cost of the building is  paid for by donations or legacies, it may be dedicated in  accordance with the terms, if any, of the instrument by which the donation  or legacy is made.    (Source: P.A. 83-388.)
65 ILCS 5/11-63-10
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-63-10)Sec. 11-63-10.         Subject to the rules of the corporate authorities, or the  board to which the management has been delegated, each community building  and its facilities shall be available for the use and benefit of the  municipal inhabitants for recreational and educational purposes. Such  corporate authorities or board may charge reasonable admission or use fees  and may permit the use of a community building and its facilities  temporarily, for any reasonable and legitimate private use, on such terms  as may be reasonable and proper. When 50% or more of the cost of the  building has been paid for from donations or legacies for the  purpose of paying part of the cost of the building or all the cost, the use  of the building shall be free and no admission or use fees shall be  charged, and the words "reasonable and legitimate" as used in the prior  portion of this section shall not authorize a use permit for a valuable  consideration. No private use shall be permitted which unduly restricts the  public use of the building and its facilities. Private permittees may  charge admission fees, except where 50% or more of the cost of the building  has been paid for from donations or legacies  for the purpose of  paying part of or all of the cost of the building.    (Source: P.A. 83-388.)
65 ILCS 5/11-63-11
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-63-11)Sec. 11-63-11.         If the management of the community building or buildings has  been vested by the corporate authorities in the playground and recreation  board, or in a special board, as authorized by Section 11-63-4, such board  shall make a full report of receipts and expenditures to the corporate  authorities within 30 days after the close of each fiscal year and shall,  at least 10 days prior to the passage of the municipal appropriation  ordinance and tax levy ordinance, report and certify to the corporate  authorities an itemization of the amount of money required for the ensuing  year, for community building purposes. The treasurer of the municipality  shall be treasurer of all funds provided by this Division 63 and he shall  pay out the same only upon written order of a majority of the playground  and recreation board or special board, if created, whenever the management  of any community building or buildings is vested in any such playground and  recreation board or any such special board.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 64 heading
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 DIVISION 64.      BONDS FOR MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS
65 ILCS 5/11-64-1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-64-1)Sec. 11-64-1.         Any municipality with a population of less than 500,000 may  issue bonds for the purpose of constructing, acquiring, purchasing,  improving, repairing or equipping a municipal hall or halls or any other  municipal building or buildings used for any municipal purpose, including  the acquisition of a site or sites therefor. The bonds shall be issued  subject to the provisions of Sections 8-4-1, 8-4-2 and 11-64-2. These bonds  may be issued in an amount which, including the existing municipal  indebtedness, does not exceed the constitutional limitation as to debt,  notwithstanding any legislative debt limitation to the contrary.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
65 ILCS 5/11-64-2
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-64-2)Sec. 11-64-2.         A certified copy of the ordinance authorizing the issuance of  the bonds provided for in Section 11-64-1 shall be filed with the county  clerk in each county in which any portion of the issuing municipality is  situated. Each such county clerk shall annually extend taxes against all of  the taxable property contained in the municipality or in that portion  thereof which is situated in his county at a rate sufficient to pay the  maturing principal and interest of these bonds. This rate shall be extended  against all of the taxable property of that municipality in addition to all  other taxes now or hereafter authorized to be levied by that municipality.If any part of the tax liability created under this section is  discharged from other sources, the corporate authorities of that  municipality shall not apply any of the tax money collected under the  provisions of this section to any object or purpose other than the  discharge of the principal and interest on these bonds. The money so  collected shall be held in the municipal treasury as a special fund for  that purpose until the entire liability of that municipality upon these  bonds is fully discharged. Before any part of the municipal revenue or  income from any other source is applied in discharge of the interest or  principal of these bonds, the municipal treasurer, comptroller, or other  custodian of the funds of the municipality shall publish a statement  setting forth fully the amount of funds so taken from other sources, and  from what source and fund taken. This statement shall be published in like  manner as is required for the publication of city ordinances before they  become effective.Any officer who uses any of the tax money so collected for any other  purpose than that authorized by the provisions of this section shall be  liable to prosecution for diverting public funds from the uses to which  they have been appropriated or set apart.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 65 heading
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 DIVISION 65.      MUNICIPAL CONVENTION HALLS
65 ILCS 5/11-65-1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (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
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (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
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (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 the Eminent Domain Act.       (Source: P.A. 94-1055, eff. 1-1-07.)
65 ILCS 5/11-65-4
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (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
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (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
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (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
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (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
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (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
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (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.)
65 ILCS 5/11-65-10
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

Sec. 11-65-10. Public-facilities corporations authorized.(a) Each municipality referenced in Section 11-65-2 is authorized to incorporate a public-facilities corporation to exercise, as business agent of the municipality, the powers of the municipality set forth in Section 11-65-2, Section 11-65-6, and Section 11-65-7, and also the power of the municipality to acquire by dedication, gift, lease, contract, or purchase all property and rights, necessary or proper, within the corporate limits of the municipality, for municipal convention hall purposes.(b) In this Division 65, unless the context otherwise requires, a "public-facilities corporation" means an Illinois not-for-profit corporation whose purpose is charitable and civic, organized solely for the purpose of (i) acquiring a site or sites appropriate for a municipal convention hall; (ii) constructing, building, and equipping thereon a municipal convention hall; and (iii) collecting the revenues therefrom, entirely without profit to the public-facilities corporation, its officers, or directors.  A public-facilities corporation shall assist the municipality it serves in the municipality's essential governmental purposes.(c) The municipality shall retain control of the public-facilities corporation by means of the municipality's expressed legal right, set forth in the articles of incorporation of the public-facilities corporation, to appoint, remove, and replace the members of the board of directors of the public-facilities corporation. The directors and officers of the public-facilities corporation shall serve without compensation but may be reimbursed for their reasonable expenses that are incurred on behalf of the public-facilities corporation.  Upon retirement or redemption of any bonds or other debt instruments issued by the public-facilities corporation in connection with the development of the municipal convention hall, the legal title to the municipal convention hall shall be transferred to the municipality without any further consideration by or on behalf of the municipality.(d)  The municipality may designate a public-facilities corporation to include a facility that operates for the benefit of multiple units of local government through a management board created by a duly executed intergovernmental cooperation agreement and ratified by each duly elected board. (Source: P.A. 98-109, eff. 7-25-13.)
65 ILCS 5/11-65-15
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

Sec. 11-65-15. Exemption from use and occupation taxes. No tax is imposed under the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, or the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act upon the use or sale of tangible personal property sold to a public-facilities corporation for purposes of constructing or furnishing a municipal convention hall.  (Source: P.A. 95-672, eff. 10-11-07.)
65 ILCS 5/11-65-20
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

Sec. 11-65-20. Exemptions from property taxation. All real property and the municipal convention hall owned by the public-facilities corporation is exempt from property taxation.  (Source: P.A. 95-672, eff. 10-11-07.)
65 ILCS 5/11-65-25
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

Sec. 11-65-25. Tax exemptions for existing public-facilities corporations. If, before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, a municipality has incorporated a public-facilities corporation and the public-facilities corporation complies with the requirements set forth in Section 11-65-10, then, for all purposes:(1) No tax is imposed under the Use Tax Act, the     Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, or the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act upon the use or sale of tangible personal property sold to a public-facilities corporation for purposes of constructing or furnishing a municipal convention hall; and(2) all real property and the municipal convention     hall owned by the public-facilities corporation is exempt from property taxation. (Source: P.A. 95-672, eff. 10-11-07.)
65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 66 heading
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 DIVISION 66.      COLISEUMS IN CITIES AND VILLAGES OF LESS THAN 500,000
65 ILCS 5/11-66-1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-66-1)Sec. 11-66-1.         Every city and village with a population of less than 500,000 in the  manner provided in this Division 66, may establish and maintain a  municipal coliseum to be used for general educational and amusement  purposes for the benefit of its inhabitants. For this purpose, the  corporate authorities may levy a tax not to exceed .25% of the value, as  equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, on  all the taxable property of the municipality, for the establishment of  such a coliseum, and thereafter may annually levy a tax not to exceed  .05% of the value, as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue,  on all the taxable property of the municipality, for  the maintenance thereof. Those taxes shall be levied and collected in  like manner as other taxes of the municipality are levied and collected  for municipal purposes. This tax when collected shall be paid to the  municipal treasurer and shall be designated as the municipal coliseum  fund. This tax shall be in addition to all other taxes which the  municipality is now or may be hereafter authorized to levy and collect,  and shall be in addition to the amount authorized to be levied for  general purposes as provided by Section 8-3-1.The foregoing limitations upon tax rates may be increased or  decreased according to the referendum provisions of the General Revenue  Law of Illinois.    (Source: P.A. 81-1509.)
65 ILCS 5/11-66-2
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-66-2)Sec. 11-66-2.         Whenever 100 or more electors of a specified  municipality present a written petition to the municipal clerk  asking that an annual tax be levied for the establishment and  maintenance of a municipal coliseum in the municipality, the municipal  clerk shall certify the proposition for submission  to the electors of the municipality at an election in accordance with the  general election law.The question shall be in substantially the following form:    --------------------------------------------------------------Shall an annual tax be leviedfor the establishment and               YESmaintenance of a municipal         ---------------------------coliseum in the city (or                NOvillage) of ....?--------------------------------------------------------------    (Source: P.A. 81-1489.)