2023 Illinois Compiled Statutes › Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS › 70 ILCS 200/ - Civic Center Code. › Article 255 - Springfield Metropolitan Exposition And Auditorium Authority

(70 ILCS 200/Art. 255 heading)
ARTICLE 255.  
		SPRINGFIELD METROPOLITAN EXPOSITION
AND AUDITORIUM AUTHORITY
(70 ILCS 200/255-1)
Sec. 255-1. 
		Short title. 
		This Article may be cited as the Springfield
Metropolitan Exposition and Auditorium Authority Law of 1997.
(Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98.)
(70 ILCS 200/255-5)
Sec. 255-5. 
		Definitions. 
		When used in this Article:
"Authority" means the Springfield Metropolitan Exposition and Auditorium
Authority.
"Board" means the governing and administrative body of the Springfield
Metropolitan Exposition and Auditorium Authority.
"Governor" means the Governor of the State of Illinois.
"Metropolitan area" means all that territory in the State of Illinois
lying within the corporate boundaries of the Townships of Springfield,
Woodside and Capital in the County of Sangamon.
(Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98.)
(70 ILCS 200/255-10)
Sec. 255-10. 
		Authority created; principal office. 
		There
is hereby created a political subdivision, body politic and
municipal corporation by the name and style of Springfield Metropolitan
Exposition and Auditorium Authority in the metropolitan area.
The principal office
of the Authority shall be in the City of Springfield.
(Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98.)
(70 ILCS 200/255-15)
Sec. 255-15. 
		Duties. 
		It shall be the duty of the
authority to promote, operate and
maintain expositions and conventions from time to time in the metropolitan
area and in connection therewith to arrange, finance and maintain
industrial, cultural, educational, trade and scientific exhibits and to
construct, equip and maintain auditoriums and exposition buildings for such
purposes. The Authority is granted all rights and powers necessary to
perform such duties.
(Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98.)
(70 ILCS 200/255-20)
Sec. 255-20. Rights and powers. The Springfield
Metropolitan Exposition and Auditorium 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 exposition grounds, convention or exhibition centers and
civic auditoriums, including sites and parking areas and facilities
therefor located within the metropolitan area;
(b) To plan for such grounds, centers and auditoriums and to plan,
sponsor, hold, arrange and finance fairs, industrial, cultural,
educational, 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 the Eminent Domain Act;
(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;
(e) To enter into contracts treating in any manner with the objects and
purposes of this Article.
(Source: P.A. 94-1055, eff. 1-1-07.)
(70 ILCS 200/255-22)
Sec. 255-22. Eminent domain. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, any power granted under this Article to acquire property by condemnation or eminent domain is subject to, and shall be exercised in accordance with, the Eminent Domain Act.
(Source: P.A. 94-1055, eff. 1-1-07.)
(70 ILCS 200/255-25)
Sec. 255-25. 
		Federal money. 
		The Authority shall have the
power to apply for and accept grants,
loans or appropriations from the Federal Government or any agency or
instrumentality thereof to be used for any of the purposes of the Authority
and to enter into any agreement with the Federal Government in relation to
such grants, loans or appropriations.
(Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98.)
(70 ILCS 200/255-30)
Sec. 255-30. 
		Borrowing; revenue bonds. 
		The Authority
shall have the continuing power to borrow money for
the purpose of carrying out and performing its duties and exercising its
rights and powers under this Article.
For the purpose of evidencing the obligation of the Authority to repay
any money borrowed as aforesaid, the Authority may, pursuant to an
ordinance
adopted by the Board, from time to time issue and dispose of its interest
bearing revenue bonds, and may also from time to time issue and dispose of
its interest bearing revenue bonds to refund any of its interest bearing
revenue bonds or its general obligation bonds at maturity or pursuant to
redemption provisions or at any time before maturity with the consent of
the holders thereof.  All such interest bearing revenue bonds of the
Authority shall be payable solely from such of the revenues or income to be
derived from the fairs, exhibits, shows and events and other authorized
activities operated by it, the charges made for the use of its facilities
and the funds, if any, received and to be received by the Authority from
any other source as are pledged by the ordinance authorizing the bonds.
Such bonds may bear such date or dates, may mature at such time or times
not exceeding forty years from their respective dates, may bear interest at
such rate or rates, not exceeding
the maximum rate authorized by the Bond Authorization Act, as amended at the
time of the making of the contract, payable semi-annually, may
be in such form, may carry such registration privileges, may be payable at
such place or places, may be made subject to redemption in such manner and
upon such terms, with or without premium as is stated on the face thereof,
may be executed in such manner and may contain such terms and covenants,
all as may be provided in said ordinance.  In case any officer whose
signature appears on any bond ceases (after attaching his signature) to
hold office, his signature shall nevertheless be valid and effective for
all purposes.  The holder or holders of any bonds, or interest coupons
appertaining thereto issued by the Authority may bring a mandamus,
injunction, or other civil action or proceeding to compel the
performance and
observance by the Authority or any of its officers, agents or employees of
any contract or covenant made by the Authority with the holders of such
bonds or interest coupons, to compel the Authority and any of its
officers, agents or employees to perform any duties required to be
performed for the benefit of the holders of any such bonds or interest
coupons by the provisions of the ordinance authorizing their issuance, and
to
enjoin the Authority and any of its officers, agents or employees from
taking any action in conflict with any such contract or covenant.
Notwithstanding the form and tenor of any such bonds and in the absence
of any express recital on the face thereof that it is non-negotiable, all
such bonds shall be negotiable instruments under the law of the State of
Illinois.
The bonds shall be sold by the corporate authorities of the Authority in
such manner as said corporate authorities shall determine, except that if
issued to bear interest at the maximum rate authorized by the Bond
Authorization Act, as amended at the time of the making of the contract,
the bonds shall be sold for not less than par and accrued interest and
except that the selling price of bonds bearing interest at a rate of less than
the maximum rate authorized by the Bond Authorization Act, as amended at the
time of the making of the contract, shall be such that the interest cost to
the Authority of the money received from the sale of the bonds shall not
exceed the maximum rate authorized by the Bond Authorization Act, as
amended at the time of the making of the contract, computed to absolute
maturity of said bonds according to standard tables of bond values.
From and after the issuance of any bonds as herein provided it shall be
the duty of the corporate authorities of the Authority to fix and establish
rates, charges, rents and fees for the use of facilities acquired,
constructed, reconstructed, extended or improved with the proceeds of the
sale of said bonds sufficient at all times, with other revenues of the
Authority so pledged to pay:
(a) the cost of maintaining, repairing, regulating and operating the
said facilities; and
(b) the bonds and interest thereon as they shall become due, and all
sinking fund requirements and other requirements provided by the ordinance
authorizing the issuance of the bonds or as provided by any trust agreement
executed to secure payment thereof.
To secure the payment of any or all of such bonds and for the purpose of
setting forth the covenants and undertaking of the Authority in connection
with the issuance thereof and the issuance of any additional bonds payable
from such revenue income to be derived from the fairs, exhibits, shows and
events and from charges made for the use of its facilities or for
admissions to its events, or from other revenue, if any, the Authority may
execute and deliver a trust agreement or agreements; provided that no lien
upon any physical property of the Authority shall be created thereby.
A remedy for any breach or default of the terms of any such trust
agreement by the Authority may be had by mandamus, injunction, or other
civil actions
or proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction to compel
performance and compliance therewith, but the trust agreement may prescribe
by whom or on whose behalf such action may be instituted.
Before any such revenue bonds (excepting refunding bonds) are sold the entire
authorized issue, or any part thereof, shall be offered for sale as a unit
after advertising for bids at least three times in a daily newspaper of
general circulation published in the metropolitan area, the last
publication to be at least ten days before bids are required to be filed.
Copies of such advertisement may be published in any newspaper or financial
publication in the United States.  All bids shall be sealed, filed and
opened as provided by ordinance and the bonds shall be awarded to the
highest and best bidder or bidders therefor.  The Authority shall have the
right to reject all bids and readvertise for bids in the manner provided
for in the initial advertisement.  However, if no bids are received such
bonds may be sold at not less than par value, without further advertising,
within 60 days after the bids are required to be filed pursuant to any
advertisement.
With respect to instruments for the payment of money issued under this
Section either before, on, or after the effective date of Public Act 86-4, 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 Article 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 Article that may appear to be or to have been more restrictive
than
those Acts.
(Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98.)
(70 ILCS 200/255-35)
Sec. 255-35. 
		Bonds; nature of indebtedness. 
		Under no
circumstances shall any bonds issued by the Authority
under Section 255-30 be or become an indebtedness or
obligation of
the State of Illinois or of any other political subdivision of or
municipality within the State, nor shall any such bond be or become an
indebtedness of the Authority within the purview of any constitutional
limitation or provision, and it shall be plainly stated on the face of each
such bond that it does not constitute such an indebtedness or obligation
but is payable solely from the revenues or income as aforesaid.
(Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98.)
(70 ILCS 200/255-40)
Sec. 255-40. 
		Tax. 
		For the year 1973 and subsequent years, the Authority has power to
levy and collect annually, taxes upon all the taxable property in the
metropolitan area for the purpose of the payment for land leased,
condemned or purchased for a fair and exposition grounds, convention or
exhibition centers and civic auditoriums, for the purchase,
construction, leasing as lessee, equipping, supplying, or other
acquisition of such grounds, centers and auditoriums, and for the
payment of expenses incident thereto, for the payment of the principal
of and interest on all bonds of the Authority and for all other
corporate purposes as set forth in this Article. The Board may
accumulate
funds for the purposes of building construction, repairs and
improvements, payment of principal and interest on general obligation
bonds and may annually levy taxes for such purposes in excess of its
current requirements but subject to the tax rate limitation as provided
in this Section.
All general taxes proposed by the Board to be levied upon the taxable
property within the metropolitan area shall be levied by ordinance.
After the ordinance has been adopted it shall within 10 days after its
passage be published once in a newspaper published and having a general
circulation within the metropolitan area and shall then be in effect. A
certified copy of such levy ordinance shall be filed with the county
clerk no later than the 3rd Tuesday in September in each year. Thereupon
the county clerk shall extend such tax. However, the aggregate amount of
taxes levied for any one year shall not exceed the rate of .05% of the
value of the taxable property of the metropolitan area as equalized or
assessed by the Department of Revenue.
(Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98.)
(70 ILCS 200/255-45)
Sec. 255-45. 
		
		Borrowing; general obligation and revenue bonds; backdoor
referendum.  The Authority may borrow money for the purpose of carrying out
its duties and exercising its powers under this Article, and issue its general
obligation and revenue bonds as evidence of the indebtedness incurred.
In addition to other purposes, such bonds may be issued for the purpose
of refunding outstanding general obligation or revenue bonds of the
Authority.  Such general obligation and revenue bonds shall be in the
form, shall mature at the time (no later than 40 years from the date of
issuance), shall bear interest at the rates (not to exceed
the maximum rate authorized by the Bond Authorization Act, as amended at the
time of the making of the contract), shall be executed by the officers
and shall be sold in the manner as the Board shall determine; except that
if issued to bear interest at the maximum rate authorized by the Bond
Authorization Act, as amended at the time of the making of the contract,
the bonds shall be sold for not less than par and accrued interest, and
that the selling prices of bonds bearing interest at a rate of less than
the maximum rate authorized by the Bond Authorization Act, as amended at the
time of the making of the contract, shall be such that the interest cost to
the Authority of the money received from the sale of the bonds shall not exceed
the maximum rate authorized by the Bond Authorization Act, as amended at the
time of the making of the contract, computed to absolute maturity
of the bonds in accordance with standard tables of bond values.  In case
any officer whose signature appears on any bond ceases, after affixing
his signature, to hold office, his signature shall nevertheless be valid
and effective for all purposes.
Before any such bonds (for which a
referendum is not required by Section 255-50) may be
authorized to be issued, the Board shall by ordinance propose the
issuance of the bonds.  This ordinance shall set forth the total
principal amount of bonds proposed to be issued and shall in a general
way describe the purpose for which the bonds are to be issued.  After
this ordinance has been passed by the Board it shall within 10 days be
published once in a newspaper published and having a general circulation
within the metropolitan area.  The publication of the ordinance shall include
a notice of (1) the specific number of voters required to sign a petition
requesting that the question of the adoption of the ordinance be submitted
to the electors of the metropolitan area; (2) the time in which the petition
must be filed; and (3) the date of the prospective referendum.  The Secretary
of the Board shall provide a petition form to any individual requesting one.
If within 30 days after the publication of the ordinance proposing
the issuance of bonds for which a referendum is not required by Section
255-50, a petition signed by
registered voters of the metropolitan area equal to 10% or more of the
registered voters in the metropolitan area, is filed with the Secretary
of the Board asking for a referendum on the proposition to issue the
bonds, the Board shall certify the proposition, in the form provided by
Section 255-50, to the proper election officials in accordance with the
general election law. If no such petition or no valid petition is filed
within 30 days after the
publication of the ordinance, it shall then be in effect.  If such a
petition is so filed the ordinance proposing the issuance of the bonds
shall not be in effect and the bonds proposed by the ordinance shall not
be issued until the proposition has been approved by a majority of the
voters of the metropolitan area voting on the proposition.
When the ordinance proposing the issuance of the bonds is in effect,
the Board may by ordinance authorize the issuance of such bonds setting
forth the maturity schedule, interest rate, form and other details of
the bonds and their issuance.  A copy of the ordinance so authorizing the
issuance of the bonds certified by the secretary shall be filed in the
office of the county clerk.
With respect to instruments for the payment of money issued under this
Section either before, on, or after the effective date of Public Act 86-4,
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 Article 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 Article that may appear to be or to have been more restrictive
than those Acts.
(Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98; 90-655, eff. 7-30-98.)
(70 ILCS 200/255-50)
Sec. 255-50. 
		G.O. 
		bonds; election. General obligation
bonds of the Authority, the aggregate
outstanding unpaid balance of which exceeds 1 1/2% of the total assessed
valuation of all taxable property within the metropolitan area shall not
be issued until the proposition to issue the same has been certified to
the proper election officials who shall submit the proposition at an election
in accordance with the general election law. Any such proposition shall
be in substantially the following form:
--------------------------------------------------------------
Shall bonds of the "Springfield
Metropolitan Exposition and            YES
Auditorium Authority" in the       --------------------------
amount of.... Dollars ($....)          NO
be issued for the purpose of ....?
--------------------------------------------------------------
(Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98.)
(70 ILCS 200/255-55)
Sec. 255-55. 
		Election; canvass of returns; expenses. 
		Any referendum required under Section 255-45 or 255-50 shall
be ordered and certified by the Board and shall be conducted and
notice thereof given in accordance with the general election law.
The returns of the election shall be filed with the Secretary of
the Board and shall be canvassed and the results ascertained by
the Board and entered upon the records of the Authority.
The expenses of the referendum shall be paid by the Authority.
(Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98.)
(70 ILCS 200/255-60)
Sec. 255-60. 
		Board created. 
		The governing and
administrative body of the Authority shall be a
board consisting of 11 members and shall be known as the Springfield
Metropolitan Exposition and Auditorium Authority Board.
(Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98.)
(70 ILCS 200/255-65)
Sec. 255-65. 
		
		Term of Board members; election
of successors.
Board members shall be elected biennially by the electors of the
metropolitan area in each
odd numbered year beginning with 1981 on the day fixed by the general election
law.  The 3 members elected in 1974 shall serve for a term of
4 years
and their successors to be elected in 1978 shall serve for a period of 6
years and until their successors are elected and qualified under the
consolidated
schedule of election in 1985.  The 4 members to be elected in 1976
shall
serve until their successors are elected and qualified
at the regular elections in 1981.  Their successors shall serve for a term
of 6 years.  The successors of the 4 members elected
in 1972 to serve
for a term of 6 years shall serve for a term of 4
years and until their
successors are elected in 1983.  Their successors shall serve for a term
of 6 years.  Such members elected after 1983  shall serve for a
term of
6 years. In each election after 1972 a number of members shall be
elected
equal to the number of members whose terms are then expiring.  In elections
after
1972 there shall also be elected members to fill any vacancies with
unexpired terms of at least 2 years, whether the vacancies are
temporarily filled by appointment or not.  The election of members to
fill each vacancy shall be by separate vote, but the ballot for such
vote may be on the same ballot as for the regular election of members.
(Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98.)
(70 ILCS 200/255-70)
Sec. 255-70. 
		Qualifications of Board members and voters. 
		Each Board member shall be a registered voter, as provided in the
general election law, qualified to vote within the metropolitan area. All
persons qualified to vote and who are registered voters in the metropolitan
area, all as provided in the general election law, are eligible to vote in
all elections held pursuant to this Article.
(Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98.)
(70 ILCS 200/255-75)
Sec. 255-75. 
		Nomination of Board members. 
		Nomination of a candidate for
member of the Board at any election to be held after June 1, 1970, shall be
made by a petition filed with the county clerk, signed by at least 50 voters
qualified to vote at the election.  The petition shall be in substantially the
following form:
NOMINATING PETITION
To the County Clerk of Sangamon County:
We, the undersigned, being 50 or more of the voters qualified to vote,
hereby petition that .... who resides at ...., (Springfield, Woodside, Capital)
Township, in Sangamon County shall be a candidate for the office of member
of the Board of the Springfield Metropolitan Exposition and Auditorium
Authority (for a full term) (to fill a vacancy, term expiring on (insert
date)) to be voted for at an election to be held on (insert
date).
NAME ...............
ADDRESS ............
The foregoing petition shall be verified by a certificate which may be
substantially in the following form:
I, ...., hereby certify that I am a voter residing in (Springfield, Woodside,
Capital) Township, Sangamon County, Illinois, and qualified to vote at the
election referred to above, and that the signatures on this sheet were signed
in my presence and are genuine and to the best of my knowledge and belief
the persons so signing were at the time of signing voters qualified to vote
at said election.
s/.................
SUBSCRIBED and SWORN to before me on (insert date).
...................
Notary Public
(Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98; 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
(70 ILCS 200/255-80)
Sec. 255-80. 
		Election of Board members. 
		Elections
for members of the Board shall be governed by
the general election law.  Each voter may cast as many votes as there are
offices
to be filled at such election for trustee, but such votes may not be cumulated.
Upon completion of the canvass of votes the county clerk shall notify the
secretary of the Board of the results thereof.
(Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98.)
(70 ILCS 200/255-85)
Sec. 255-85. 
		Board members; vacancy in office. 
		Members
of the board shall hold office until their
respective successors have been elected and qualified. In case of
resignation, death, conviction of a felony or ceasing to reside in the
metropolitan area or other reason established by law, the member's office
shall become vacant. Each vacancy
may be filled until the next regular election of members by appointment by a
majority vote of the remaining members of the Board of a person resident
in the metropolitan area.
(Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98.)
(70 ILCS 200/255-90)
Sec. 255-90. 
		Organization of the Board. 
		As soon as practicably possible
after the appointment of the initial members and, thereafter, within 15 days
of each election of members, the Board shall organize for the transaction of
business, select a chairman, vice-chairman, and a temporary secretary from its
own number, and adopt by-laws and regulations to govern its proceedings.  The
initial chairman and his successors shall be elected by the Board from time to
time for the term of his office as a member of the Board.  Terms of members
are subject to Section 2A-54 of the Election Code.
(Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98; 90-655, eff. 7-30-98.)
(70 ILCS 200/255-95)
Sec. 255-95. 
		
		Meetings; quorum; approval of ordinances and resolutions
by chairman; public records. Regular meetings of the Board shall
be held at least once in each
calendar month, the time and place of such meetings to be fixed by the
Board.
Six members of the Board shall constitute a quorum for the
transaction of business. All action of the Board shall be by ordinance or
resolution and the affirmative vote of at least 6 members shall be
necessary for the adoption of any ordinance or resolution.
All such
ordinances and resolutions before taking effect shall be approved by the
chairman of the Board, and if he shall approve thereof he shall sign the
same, and such as he shall not approve he shall return to the Board with
his objections thereto in writing at the next regular meeting of the Board
occurring after the passage thereof. But in case the chairman shall fail to
return any ordinance or resolution with his objections thereto by the time
aforesaid, he shall be deemed to have approved the same and it shall take
effect accordingly. Upon the return of any ordinance or resolution by the
chairman with his objections, the vote by which the same was passed shall
be reconsidered by the Board, and if upon such reconsideration said
ordinance or resolution is passed by the affirmative vote of at least 7
members, it shall go into effect notwithstanding the veto of the chairman.
All ordinances, resolutions and all proceedings of the Authority and all
documents and records in its possession shall be public records, and open
to public inspection, except such documents and records as shall be kept or
prepared by the Board for use in negotiations, actions or
proceedings to
which the Authority is a party.
(Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98.)
(70 ILCS 200/255-100)
Sec. 255-100. 
		Deposit of funds. 
		All funds deposited by
the treasurer in any bank or savings
and loan association shall be placed
in the name of the Authority and shall be withdrawn or paid out only by
check or draft upon the bank or savings and loan association, signed by the
chairman, vice-chairman, secretary or treasurer and countersigned
by one of the same officers, but no one officer shall both sign and
countersign a check or draft.
The Board may designate any of its members or
any officer or employee of the Authority to affix the signature of the
chairman and another to affix the signature of the treasurer to any check
or draft for payment of salaries or wages and for payment of any other
obligation of not more than $2,500.00.
No bank or savings and loan association shall receive public funds as
permitted by this Section, unless it has complied with the requirements
established pursuant to Section 6 of the Public Funds Investment Act.
(Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98.)
(70 ILCS 200/255-105)
Sec. 255-105. 
		Bidders; civil action to compel compliance. 
		Any bidder who has
submitted a bid in compliance with the requirements
for bidding under this Article may bring a civil action in equity in any
court
of competent jurisdiction
in Sangamon County to compel compliance with the provisions of this Article
relating to the awarding of contracts by the Board.
(Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98.)
(70 ILCS 200/255-110)
Sec. 255-110. 
		Report and financial statement. 
		As soon
after the end of each fiscal year as may be expedient, the
Board shall cause to be prepared and printed a complete and detailed report
and financial statement of its operations and of its assets and
liabilities.  A reasonably sufficient number of copies of such report shall
be printed for distribution to persons interested, upon request.
(Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98.)
(70 ILCS 200/255-115)
Sec. 255-115. 
		Disconnection of territory. 
		The owner or
owners of record of any area of land consisting of one or
more tracts in Sangamon County located within the corporate limits of the
Springfield Metropolitan Exposition and Auditorium Authority which (1)
contains 20 or more acres; (2) is not subdivided into municipal lots and
blocks; (3) is located on the border of the Springfield Metropolitan
Exposition and Auditorium Authority; and (4) which, if disconnected will
not result in the isolation of any part of the "Authority" from the
remainder of the "Authority", may have the area disconnected as follows:
The owner or owners of record of any such area shall file a petition in
the circuit court of the county in which the land is situated, alleging
facts in support of the disconnection. The Springfield Metropolitan
Exposition and Auditorium Authority shall be made a defendant and it or any
taxpayer residing in the Springfield Metropolitan Exposition and Auditorium
Authority may appear and defend against the petition. If the court finds
that the allegations of the petition are true, and that the area of land is
entitled to disconnection, it shall order the designated land disconnected
from the Springfield Metropolitan Exposition and Auditorium Authority.
(Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98.)
(70 ILCS 200/255-120)
Sec. 255-120. 
		Tax status of disconnected territory. 
		The
disconnection of any territory from the Springfield Metropolitan
Exposition and Auditorium Authority shall not exempt it from taxation for
the purpose of paying any indebtedness contracted by the corporate
authorities of the Springfield Metropolitan Exposition and Auditorium
Authority prior to the filing of the petition for disconnection. On the
contrary, the territory shall be assessed and taxed to pay such
indebtedness until this indebtedness is completely paid, the same as though
the territory had not been disconnected. Except for this purpose, the
county clerk of Sangamon County shall not include disconnected territory
within the limits of the Springfield Metropolitan Exposition and Auditorium
Authority from which the territory has been disconnected.
(Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98.)
(70 ILCS 200/255-125)
Sec. 255-125. 
		Reconnection of disconnected territory. 
		Any area which has been disconnected from the Springfield Metropolitan
Exposition and Auditorium Authority and which is subsequently subdivided
into municipal lots and blocks or is used for commercial purposes may be
reconnected and annexed to the Authority in the following manner:
The Authority shall file in the circuit court a petition alleging facts
in support of reconnection and annexation. The owners of property within
the area sought to be reconnected shall be made defendants and may appear
and defend against the petition. If the court finds that the allegations of
the petition are true and that the Authority is entitled to have the area
reconnected under the terms of this Section, it shall enter an order
reconnecting and annexing the area to the Authority.
(Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98.)
(70 ILCS 200/255-130)
Sec. 255-130. 
		
		Standard civic center provisions incorporated by
reference.
 The following Sections of this Code are incorporated by reference into this
Article:
Section 2-5.  Definitions.
Section 2-10.  Lawsuits; common seal.
Section 2-25.  Incurring obligations.
Section 2-30. Prompt payment.
Section 2-35.  Acquisition of property from person, State, or local
agency.
Section 2-45. Insurance.
Section 2-60. Investment in bonds.
Section 2-76. Board members; financial matters; compensation for secretary
or treasurer; conflict of interest.
Section 2-101. Secretary; treasurer; funds deposited in bank or savings and
loan association.
Section 2-110. Signatures on checks or drafts.
Section 2-115.  General manager; other appointments.
Section 2-120. Ordinances, rules, and regulations; fines and penalties.
Section 2-128. Contracts; award to other than highest or lowest bidder by
three-fourths vote.
Section 2-130. Bids and advertisements.
Section 2-140. State financial support.
Section 2-145. Anti-trust laws.
Section 2-150. Tax exemption.
Section 2-155. Partial invalidity.
(Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98.)