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65 ILCS 5/11-66-3
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-66-3)Sec. 11-66-3.         If a majority of all votes cast at the election are in favor of the tax  levy for a municipal coliseum, the corporate authorities, in the next  annual tax levy, shall include 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 a  municipal coliseum in the municipality, 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 and for the payment for the use  of any money loaned or advanced to the municipality for the purpose of  buying a site and building the municipal coliseum, and for the repayment of  any money so loaned or advanced. Payment for the use of money so loaned or  advanced shall be in such form and manner as the board of directors may  determine, and the amount so paid shall not exceed 5% annually on any money  so loaned or advanced. The corporate authorities of such a municipality,  when real estate owned by the municipality is not necessary for any other  municipal purpose, may authorize the use of the real estate for the  municipal coliseum.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. 86-1028.)
65 ILCS 5/11-66-4
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-66-4)Sec. 11-66-4.         Whenever a one year period has elapsed after which a  municipal coliseum has been sold by the municipality and during which the  tax authorized by this Division 66 has not been levied, the municipal  authorities may pass an ordinance transferring the unobligated balance in  the municipal coliseum fund to the general corporate fund.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
65 ILCS 5/11-66-5
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-66-5)Sec. 11-66-5.         Whenever a specified municipality decides to establish and  maintain a municipal coliseum, the mayor or president of the municipality,  with the approval of the corporate authorities, shall appoint a board of 3  directors. None of the directors shall hold any other office with the  government of the municipality, and all of them shall be citizens of the  municipality and chosen with reference to their special fitness for the  office. The first board of directors shall hold office, one for one year,  one for 2 years, and the third for 3 years, from and after the first day of  July following their appointment. At their first regular meeting after  their appointment they shall cast lots for the respective terms. Annually  thereafter, before the first of July of each year, the mayor or president  shall appoint one director to take the place of the retiring director.  These subsequent appointees shall hold office for a period of 3 years. All  directors shall hold office until their respective successors are  appointed. The mayor or president, with the approval of the corporate  authorities, may remove any director for misconduct in office or neglect of  duty. Vacancies in the board of directors, however occasioned, shall be  filled for the remainder of the unexpired term in like manner as original  appointments.No director at any time, either directly or indirectly, shall be  interested in any contract with the board or in the purchase or sale of any  supplies or materials used in the building or maintenance of the municipal  coliseum. No director shall receive compensation for his services as  director.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
65 ILCS 5/11-66-6
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-66-6)Sec. 11-66-6.         These directors shall meet immediately after their  appointment and organize by the election of one of their members as  president and one as secretary. The president and secretary shall have the  duties usually performed by such officers of similar boards. After the  organization the board of directors shall make and adopt such by-laws,  rules, and regulations for their own guidance, for the transaction of the  business of the board, and for the management of the municipal coliseum as  they may deem expedient. These by-laws, rules and regulations shall not be  inconsistent with this Division 66. Subject to the approval of the  corporate authorities, the board of directors may build, erect, construct,  and equip a municipal coliseum for the uses designated in this Division 66,  and may purchase or lease such real estate, and perform all such acts as  may be reasonably necessary to accomplish that purpose. The board shall  have exclusive care, custody, and management of the municipal coliseum  after it is constructed, and the exclusive control of the expenditure of  all money collected to the credit of the municipal coliseum fund. No money  shall be drawn by the board from the municipal treasurer, except upon order  of the board and upon checks or vouchers drawn upon the municipal  treasurer, and signed by the president and secretary of the board.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
65 ILCS 5/11-66-7
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-66-7)Sec. 11-66-7.         Subject to the approval of the corporate authorities, the  board of directors, for the purpose of assisting in establishing a  municipal coliseum, has the power to borrow money on the coliseum property,  and to issue bonds secured by mortgage or deed of trust on that property.  These bonds shall mature on or before 20 years from the date of their  issuance, and shall draw interest at a rate of not to exceed the maximum  rate authorized by the Bond Authorization Act, as amended at the time of  the making of the contract, payable semi-annually. The board may negotiate  and sell these bonds at not less than par and accrued interest. These bonds  and all interest coupons attached thereto may be executed by the board, and  the mortgage or deed of trust securing them shall be executed by the  municipality through its proper officers. All proceeds arising from these  bonds shall be paid to the municipal treasurer, and by him deposited to the  credit of the municipal coliseum fund, and the proceeds shall be used only  for the establishment of such a municipal coliseum. Out of the annual tax  levy the board of directors shall provide a sinking fund for the retirement  of these bonds when they become due.With respect to instruments for the payment of money issued under this  Section either before, on, or after the effective date of this amendatory  Act of 1989, it is and always has been the intention of the General  Assembly (i) that the Omnibus Bond Acts are and always have been  supplementary grants of power to issue instruments in accordance with the  Omnibus Bond Acts, regardless of any provision of this Act that may appear  to be or to have been more restrictive than those Acts, (ii) that the  provisions of this Section are not a limitation on the supplementary  authority granted by the Omnibus Bond Acts, and (iii) that instruments  issued under this Section within the supplementary authority granted by the  Omnibus Bond Acts are not invalid because of any provision of this Act that  may appear to be or to have been more restrictive than those Acts.  Any bonds issued under this Section as limited bonds as defined in Section 3  of  the Local Government Debt Reform Act shall comply with the requirements of the  Bond Issue Notification Act.The amendatory Acts of 1971, 1972 and 1973 are not a limit upon any  municipality which is a home rule unit.    (Source: P.A. 89-655, eff. 1-1-97.)
65 ILCS 5/11-66-8
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-66-8)Sec. 11-66-8.         The board of directors of a municipal coliseum shall make a  full report of receipts and expenditures to the corporate authorities  annually on or before July first of each year, and annually, prior to the  passage of the annual appropriation ordinance and tax levy ordinance by the  corporate authorities, shall report and certify to the corporate  authorities the amount of money appropriated by them for the ensuing year,  and the items thereof, and the amount of money necessary to be raised by  taxation for the maintenance of the municipal coliseum.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
65 ILCS 5/11-66-9
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-66-9)Sec. 11-66-9.         Every municipal coliseum shall be for the free use and  benefit of the inhabitants of the municipality wherein the coliseum is  established, for lectures, concerts, public assemblies, other general  educational purposes, and for the purpose of maintaining free amusements  and entertainments. All of these uses shall be subject to such reasonable  rules and regulations as the board of directors may adopt in order to  render the use of the property of the greatest benefit to the greatest  number. The board of directors has the power to temporarily lease the  coliseum, when not in use for public purposes, for any reasonable and  legitimate private use, on such terms as they may prescribe. When so  temporarily leased, an admission fee may be charged by the lessees. All  rentals received shall be paid to the municipal treasurer, and by him  deposited to the credit of the municipal coliseum fund.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
65 ILCS 5/11-66-10
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-66-10)Sec. 11-66-10. The board of directors, with the approval of the corporate  authorities may acquire a site for a municipal coliseum by condemnation in  the name of the municipality. Any proceeding to condemn for this purpose  shall be maintained and conducted in the manner 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 5/11-66-11
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-66-11)Sec. 11-66-11.         All municipal coliseums established and maintained under "An  Act to enable cities and villages having a population not to exceed five  hundred thousand (500,000), to establish and maintain public and municipal  coliseums," approved June 27, 1913, as amended, which were in existence  immediately prior to January 1, 1942, shall be treated as properly  established under this Division 66 and may be continued to be maintained  under this Division 66. All cities and villages whose electors have  approved the levy of an annual tax for a public municipal coliseum under  that Act may continue to levy the tax under this Division 66 without  submitting the question of its levy to the electors for approval.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 67 heading
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 DIVISION 67.      COLISEUMS IN MUNICIPALITIES OF 75,000 OR LESS
65 ILCS 5/11-67-1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-67-1)Sec. 11-67-1.         Subject to a referendum vote, any municipality having a  population of 75,000 or less, may acquire, construct, manage, control,  maintain, and operate within its corporate limits a municipal coliseum with  all necessary adjuncts thereto.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
65 ILCS 5/11-67-2
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-67-2)Sec. 11-67-2.         Whenever, in a specified municipality not less than 5%  of the electors voting at the last preceding general municipal election  petition the municipal clerk for the submission to a referendum vote the  proposition of establishing and maintaining a municipal coliseum, the municipal  clerk shall certify the proposition for submission at an election in accordance  with the general election law. The proposition shall be substantially in the  following form:    --------------------------------------------------------------Shall the city (or village or            YESincorporated town) of .... establish    ----------------------and maintain a municipal coliseum?           NO--------------------------------------------------------------If a majority of the votes cast upon the proposition are in favor thereof,  a municipal coliseum shall be established and maintained in that municipality.    (Source: P.A. 81-1489.)
65 ILCS 5/11-67-3
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-67-3)Sec. 11-67-3.         Every such municipality has the power 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 coliseum purposes.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
65 ILCS 5/11-67-4
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-67-4)Sec. 11-67-4.         Every such municipality has the power to levy and collect taxes for  the purpose of establishing and maintaining a municipal coliseum.  However, any tax levied to establish and maintain such a coliseum shall  not exceed .025% of the value, as equalized or assessed by the  Department of Revenue, of all taxable property within  that municipality.These taxes shall be in addition to the amount authorized to be  levied for general purposes under Section 8-3-1.The foregoing limitation upon tax rate may be increased or decreased  according to the referendum provisions of the General Revenue Law of  Illinois.    (Source: P.A. 81-1509.)
65 ILCS 5/11-67-5
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-67-5)Sec. 11-67-5.         Every such municipality has the power to borrow money  on the credit of the municipality and to issue bonds, in the manner  provided by law, for the purpose of establishing and maintaining a  municipal coliseum. But no issue of bonds shall be valid unless the  proposition of issuing the bonds is first certified by the municipal clerk  and submitted to the electors of  the municipality and is approved by a majority of those voting on the  proposition. The proposition shall be substantially in the following form:    --------------------------------------------------------------Shall bonds for the purpose ofestablishing and maintaining a                   YESmunicipal coliseum, in the amount            -----------------of $....(insert amount), be issued               NOby the ....(insert name of municipality)?--------------------------------------------------------------Each year after bonds are issued under this Division 67 and until all  bonds so issued are retired, there shall be included in and added to the  taxes levied for municipal purposes, a direct annual tax for an amount  sufficient to pay the interest as it accrues on each bond so issued, and  also to pay the principal of these bonds at par value, as the bonds  respectively fall due. Any tax levied to pay off any bond issue  hereafter approved shall not exceed .05% of the value, as equalized or  assessed by the Department of Revenue, upon the taxable  property within the municipality.    (Source: P.A. 81-1489; 81-1509.)
65 ILCS 5/11-67-6
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-67-6)Sec. 11-67-6.         Every such municipality which establishes and owns a  municipal coliseum has the power to license or lease all or any part of the  coliseum 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: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
65 ILCS 5/11-67-7
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-67-7)Sec. 11-67-7.         The corporate authorities may provide for granting the free  use of such a municipal coliseum 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: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
65 ILCS 5/11-67-8
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-67-8)Sec. 11-67-8.         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 coliseum. 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 coliseum. When these ordinances are printed in book or pamphlet  form, and purport to be published by authority of the corporate authorities  of a designated municipality, 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 date therein mentioned, without further  proof.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
65 ILCS 5/11-67-9
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-67-9)Sec. 11-67-9. Every municipality owning and operating such a  municipal coliseum shall keep books of account for the coliseum 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  coliseum without charge, as nearly as possible, the value of that  service, and also the value of any use or service rendered by the  municipal coliseum 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 that property if  owned by a private corporation. The corporate authorities shall have  printed annually for public distribution, a report showing the  financial results, in the form specified in this section, of the  municipal ownership and operation.The accounts of the municipal coliseum 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 coliseum, as the corporate authorities may prescribe.       (Source: P.A. 94-465, eff. 8-4-05.)
65 ILCS 5/11-67-10
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-67-10)Sec. 11-67-10.         If a majority of the electors voting on the proposition in  any municipality have voted for a municipal coliseum under "An Act to  enable cities, villages and incorporated towns having a population of  seventy-five thousand or less, to establish and maintain municipal  coliseums," approved May 19, 1927, as amended, that municipality has the  same powers and is subject to the same duties as a municipality whose  electors approve the establishment and maintenance of a municipal coliseum  under this Division 67. If a majority of the electors voting on the  proposition in any municipality have voted for the issuance of bonds or  obligations under that Act, that municipality has the same powers and is  subject to the same duties as a municipality whose electors approve the  issuance of bonds under this Division 67.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 68 heading
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 DIVISION 68.      STADIUMS AND ATHLETIC FIELDS IN CITIES
65 ILCS 5/11-68-1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-68-1)Sec. 11-68-1.         For the purpose of promoting the health and welfare of its  citizens, any city with a population of more than 30,000 whose corporate  limits coincide with the limits of the township in which the city is  located, subject to a referendum vote, may acquire and improve not to  exceed 10 acres of land, within or without the city, to be set apart, held,  and maintained as a stadium and athletic field for the use of the public.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
65 ILCS 5/11-68-2
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-68-2)Sec. 11-68-2.         Whenever, in such a city, not less than 100 of its  electors petition the city clerk for submission to a referendum  vote the  proposition of acquiring and maintaining a stadium and athletic field,  the proposition shall be certified by the city clerk and submitted at  an election in accordance with the general election law.  The proposition shall be substantially in the following form:    --------------------------------------------------------------Shall the city of ..............       YESacquire  and  maintain  a stadium    ------------------------and athletic field?                       NO--------------------------------------------------------------    (Source: P.A. 81-1489.)