2023 Illinois Compiled Statutes › Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS › 70 ILCS 200/ - Civic Center Code. › Article 240 - Rockford Civic Center

(70 ILCS 200/Art. 240 heading)
ARTICLE 240.  
		ROCKFORD CIVIC CENTER
(70 ILCS 200/240-1)
Sec. 240-1. 
		Short title. 
		This Article may be cited as the Rockford Civic Center Law of 1997.
(Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98.)
(70 ILCS 200/240-5)
Sec. 240-5. 
		Definitions. 
		When used in this Article:
"Authority" means the Rockford Metropolitan Exposition, Auditorium and
Office Building Authority.
"Board" means the governing and administrative body of the Rockford
Metropolitan Exposition, Auditorium and Office Building Authority.
"Metropolitan area" means all that territory in the State of Illinois
lying within the corporate boundaries of the County of Winnebago.
(Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98.)
(70 ILCS 200/240-10)
Sec. 240-10. 
		Authority created; principal office. 
		There
is hereby created a political subdivision, body politic and
municipal corporation by the name and style of Rockford Metropolitan
Exposition, Auditorium and Office Building Authority in the metropolitan
area.
The principal office
of the Authority shall be in the City of Rockford.
(Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98.)
(70 ILCS 200/240-15)
Sec. 240-15. 
		Rights and powers. 
		The
Authority shall have the following rights and powers:
(a) To acquire, own, construct, lease, operate, equip and maintain
fair, exposition, arena, office and municipal office buildings,
and associated facilities and grounds, 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, 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 body or agency.
(c) To fix and collect just, reasonable and nondiscriminatory charges
and rents for the
use of such parking areas and facilities, grounds, centers, buildings
and auditoriums and admission charges to fairs, shows, exhibits and events
sponsored or held by the Authority  and to lease air space over and appurtenant
to such areas,
facilities, grounds, centers, buildings and auditoriums. The charges
so collected may be made available to defray the
reasonable expenses of the Authority and to pay the principal of and the
interest upon any bonds issued by the Authority.
(d) To own, lease or otherwise acquire an interest, in whole or in part,
in any public or private firm, corporation or association useful for its
purposes and in conformance with its rights and powers.
(e) To enter into contracts, leases, obligations and the
like with any public or private person, firm, corporation or association
treating in any manner within the rights and powers as set forth in this
Article.
(Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98.)
(70 ILCS 200/240-20)
Sec. 240-20. State office building. The Authority may make
expenditures for the planning, acquisition,
development and construction of a State
office building in Rockford, Illinois.  Such expenditures may be made from
funds appropriated for such purposes from the Build Illinois Bond Fund.
(Source: P.A. 94-91, eff. 7-1-05.)
(70 ILCS 200/240-22)
Sec. 240-22. 
		Bonds other than revenue bonds. 
		No Bonds, other than revenue bonds issued pursuant to Section 2-52,
shall be issued by the Authority until the proposition to issue the same
has been submitted to and approved by a majority of the voters of said
metropolitan area voting upon the proposition at a general election in
accordance with the general election law. The Authority may by resolution order
such proposition submitted at a regular election in accordance with the general
election law, whereupon the recording officer shall certify the resolution and
the proposition to the proper election officials for submission.  Any
proposition to issue bonds as herein set forth shall be in substantially the
following form:
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Shall bonds of the "Rockford
Metropolitan Exposition, Auditorium         YES
and Office Building Authority" to        --------------------
the amount of ....  Dollars ($    )         NO
be issued for the purpose of ....?
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(Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98.)
(70 ILCS 200/240-23)
Sec. 240-23. 
		Tax. 
		If a majority of the voters of said metropolitan area approve the
issuance of bonds as provided in Section 240-22, the
Authority
shall have power to levy and collect annually a sum sufficient to pay
for the annual principal and interest charges on such bonds; provided,
that such tax levy shall be reduced by a sum equal to such grants or
matching grants as the Authority shall receive, in any year, for this
purpose.
Such taxes proposed by the Authority 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. 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; provided the aggregate amount of taxes levied for any
one year shall not exceed the rate of .0005% of the full fair cash
value, as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue.
(Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98.)
(70 ILCS 200/240-25)
Sec. 240-25. 
		Board created. 
		The governing and
administrative body of the Authority shall be a board
consisting of 9 members and shall be known as the Rockford Metropolitan
Exposition Auditorium and Office Building Board. The members of the board
shall be individuals of generally recognized ability and integrity.
(Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98.)
(70 ILCS 200/240-30)
Sec. 240-30. 
		Board members appointed. 
		Within 60 days
after October 7, 1969 (the effective date of Public Act 76-1769), the mayor of Rockford,
with the advice and consent of the Rockford city council, shall appoint 5
members of the board for initial terms expiring June first of the years
1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, and 1974 respectively; the mayor of Loves Park,
with the advice and consent of the Loves Park city council, shall appoint
one member for an initial term expiring June first, 1972; the Chairman of
the Winnebago County Board, with the advice and consent of the Winnebago
County Board, shall appoint 3 members for initial terms expiring June first
of the years 1970, 1972, and 1974, respectively. At the expiration of the
term of any member appointed by the Mayor of Rockford, his successor shall
be appointed by the Mayor of Rockford in like manner; at the expiration of
the term of the member appointed by the Mayor of Loves Park, his successor
shall be appointed in like manner by the Mayor of Loves Park; at the
expiration of the term of any member appointed by the Chairman of the
Winnebago County Board, his successor shall be appointed by the Chairman of
the Winnebago County Board in like manner as appointments for the initial
term. All successors shall hold office for a term of 5 years from
the
first day of June of the year in which they are appointed, except in case
of an appointment to fill a vacancy.
(Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98.)
(70 ILCS 200/240-35)
Sec. 240-35. 
		
		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.
Five 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 5 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 6 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 200/240-37)
Sec. 240-37. 
		Funds; compliance with Public Funds Investment Act. 
		All funds deposited by the treasurer
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 treasurer
and countersigned by the
chairman of the Board. The Board may designate any of its members or any
officer or employee of the Authority to deposit funds or to sign
any check or draft.
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 200/240-40)
Sec. 240-40. Security police force. The Board of the
Authority may establish and maintain a Security
Police Force and may define and prescribe all such peace officers' duties
and compensation.  Every security police officer appointed by the Board
to such Security Police Force, as the same shall be from time to time hereafter
constituted, shall have and is hereby vested with police powers, and is
hereby authorized to act as a conservator of the peace within and upon driveways,
sidewalks and property controlled by such Authority, and shall have power
to make arrests or cause to be arrested, with or without process, any person
who breaks the peace, or may be found violating any of the penal ordinances
of such Authority, or of the City of Rockford or any criminal law of the State.
An arrest may be made by any such officer without a warrant when a criminal
offense is committed or attempted in his presence or when a criminal offense
has, in fact, been committed, and the officer has reasonable ground for
believing that the person to be arrested has committed it.  Any person so
arrested shall, without unnecessary delay, be taken by such officer before
the circuit court of the county having jurisdiction of the offense committed
or charged against such person, and such police officer shall thereupon
make and file a complaint in writing under oath, against such defendant,
charging the violation by such defendant of such statute or ordinance, and
such offender shall thereupon be dealt with according to law in the same
manner as if he had been arrested in the first instance under warrant lawfully
issued.  However, no member of any such Security Police Force shall be vested
with any police power outside the limits of the metropolitan area except
pursuant to and in accordance with an intergovernmental cooperation agreement
to which the Authority is a party.
In all actions for the violation of any ordinance of the Authority, the
first process shall be a summons or a warrant.  A warrant for the arrest
of an accused person may issue upon the affidavit of any person that an
ordinance has been violated, and that person making the complaint has reasonable
grounds to believe that the party charged is guilty thereof.  Every person
arrested upon a warrant, without unnecessary delay, shall be taken before
the proper officer for trial.
The Board of the Authority may establish reasonable eligibility requirements
for appointment to such Security Police Force relating to health, habits
and moral character.  However, no person may be appointed hereunder unless
that person is at least 21 years of age.  No person may be appointed to
or be retained in the Security Police Force unless that person is of good
character and not a habitual drunkard, gambler or a person convicted of
a felony or a crime involving moral turpitude.  All such Security Police
Force personnel authorized to carry weapons shall receive a course of training
in the legal and practical use of such weapons as is required of a police
officer under the Peace Officer and Probation Officer Firearm Training Act, and all such Security Police Force
personnel shall also have received the training and certification required
by the Illinois Police Training Act.
(Source: P.A. 98-725, eff. 1-1-15.)
(70 ILCS 200/240-45)
Sec. 240-45. 
		Ordinances and rules; fines and penalties. 
		
The Board shall have power to pass all ordinances and make all
rules and regulations proper or necessary to carry into effect the powers
granted to the Authority, with such fines or penalties as may be deemed
proper.  No fine or penalty, however, shall exceed $500 and no imprisonment
authorized by this Section for failure to pay any fine, penalty or cost
shall exceed 6 months for one offense.  All fines and penalties shall
be imposed by ordinance, which shall be published in a newspaper of general
circulation published in the area embraced by the Authority. No such ordinance
shall take effect until ten days after its publication.
The Board is authorized to recover the fines and penalties imposed for
violation of its ordinances by suit in the name of the Authority before
the circuit court of Winnebago County.  The procedure in such suits shall
be the same as that provided by law for like suits for the violation of
ordinances in cities organized under the Illinois Municipal Code, and offenders
may be imprisoned for nonpayment of fines and costs in the same manner as
in such cities.  All fines when collected shall be paid into the treasury
of the Authority.
(Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98.)
(70 ILCS 200/240-50)
Sec. 240-50. Contracts. All contracts for sale of
property of the value of more than
$10,000 or for a concession in or lease of property including air rights, of the
Authority for a term of more than one year shall be awarded to the highest
responsible bidder, after advertising for bids. All construction contracts
and contracts for supplies, materials, equipment and services, when the
expense thereof will exceed $10,000, shall be let to the lowest responsible
bidder, after advertising for bids, excepting (1) when repair parts,
accessories, equipment or services are required for equipment or services
previously furnished or contracted for; (2) when the nature of the services
required is such that competitive bidding is not in the best interest of
the public, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
the services of accountants, architects, attorneys, engineers, physicians,
superintendents of construction, and others possessing a high degree of
skill; and (3) when services such as water, light, heat, power, telephone
or
telegraph are required.
All contracts involving less than $10,000 shall be let by competitive
bidding to the lowest responsible bidder whenever possible, and in any
event in a manner calculated to ensure the best interests of the
public.
In determining the responsibility of any bidder, the Board may take in
account the past record of dealings with the bidder, experience, adequacy
of equipment, ability to complete performance within the time set, and
other factors besides financial responsibility, but in no case shall any
such contracts be awarded to any other than the highest bidder (in case of
sale, concession or lease) or the lowest bidder (in case of purchase or
expenditure) unless authorized or approved by the affirmative vote of at least
 6 of the members of the Board present at a meeting
at which a quorum is present, and unless such action is
accompanied by a statement in writing setting forth the reasons for not
awarding the contract to the highest or lowest bidder, as the case may be,
which statement shall be kept on file in the principal office of the
Authority and open to public inspection.
From the group of responsible bidders the lowest bidder shall be
selected in the following manner: to all bids for sales the gross receipts
of which are not taxable under the Retailers' Occupation Tax
Act, there shall be added an amount equal to the tax
which would be payable under said Act, if applicable, and the lowest in
amount of said adjusted bids and bids for sales the gross receipts of which
are taxable under said Act shall be considered the lowest bid; provided,
that, if said lowest bid relates to a sale not taxable under said Act, any
contract entered into thereon shall be in the amount of the original bid
not adjusted as aforesaid.
Contracts shall not be split into parts involving expenditures of less
than $10,000 for the purposes of avoiding the provisions of this Section, and
all such split contracts shall be void. If any collusion occurs among
bidders or prospective bidders in restraint of freedom of competition, by
agreement to bid a fixed amount or to refrain from bidding or otherwise,
the bids of such bidders shall be void. Each bidder shall accompany his bid
with a sworn statement that he has not been a party to any such agreement.
Members of the Board, officers and employees of the Authority, and their
relatives within the fourth degree of consanguinity by the terms of the
civil law, are forbidden to be interested directly or indirectly in any
contract for construction or maintenance work or for the delivery of
materials, supplies or equipment.
The Board shall have the right to reject all bids and to readvertise for
bids. If after any such advertisement no responsible and satisfactory bid,
within the terms of the advertisement, shall be received, the Board may
award such contract, without competitive bidding, provided that it shall
not be less advantageous to the Authority than any valid bid received
pursuant to advertisement.
The Board shall adopt rules and regulations to carry into effect the
provisions of this Section.
(Source: P.A. 99-642, eff. 7-28-16.)
(70 ILCS 200/240-55)
Sec. 240-55. 
		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 the circuit court in Winnebago 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 200/240-60)
Sec. 240-60. 
		
		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 2-16. Duties; auditorium and other buildings; lease of space.
Section 2-25.  Incurring obligations.
Section 2-30. Prompt payment.
Section 2-35.  Acquisition of property from person, State, or local
agency.
Section 2-40.  Federal money.
Section 2-45. Insurance.
Section 2-52. Borrowing; revenue bonds; interest payable semi-annually;
bond sale price; effect of Omnibus Bond Acts.
Section 2-55. Bonds; nature of indebtedness.
Section 2-60. Investment in bonds.
Section 2-76. Board members; financial matters; compensation for secretary
or treasurer; conflict of interest.
Section 2-80. Board members' oath.
Section 2-83. Removal of Board member from office.
Section 2-85. Board members; vacancy in office.
Section 2-90.  Organization of the Board.
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 2-130. Bids and advertisements.
Section 2-135. Report and financial statement.
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.)