(65 ILCS 5/11-68-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-68-3)
Sec. 11-68-3.
If a majority of the votes cast on the specified proposition
are in favor of acquiring and maintaining a stadium and athletic field,
a board of 5 stadium and athletic field commissioners shall be elected at
the next regular election for such officers as provided in the general election
law. The election for said commissioners shall be governed by the general
election law. Two of the commissioners shall hold office for one year; 3
shall hold office for 2 years. Their respective terms shall be determined
by lot. Successors shall be elected for a term of 2 years. Vacancies occurring
in the board shall be filled for the unexpired term by appointments of the
mayor. The commissioners shall serve without compensation.
The board of commissioners shall organize by electing one of their number
chairman and one secretary. They shall keep a record of their proceedings,
which, at all reasonable times, shall be open to inspection.
(Source: P.A. 81-1490.)
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(65 ILCS 5/11-68-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-68-4)
Sec. 11-68-4.
The board of stadium and athletic field commissioners elected
pursuant to the provisions of this Division 68 shall:
(1) select a suitable site of not more than 10 acres in area, within or
without the city, for a stadium and athletic field for the city;
(2) acquire title to the site so selected by accepting a donation or
legacy or by purchase or condemnation under the eminent domain
laws of this
State;
(3) erect a stadium on the site so selected and lay it out as an
athletic field for the use of the public;
(4) maintain, manage, and control the stadium and athletic field and
make and enforce proper rules and regulations for its beneficial use.
(Source: P.A. 83-388.)
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(65 ILCS 5/11-68-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-68-5)
Sec. 11-68-5.
Bonds of a city for raising funds to acquire or to improve
or to acquire and improve a stadium and athletic field may be issued in the
following manner:
Whenever 100 or more electors of any specified city, which has elected a
board of stadium and athletic field commissioners, file a written petition
in the office of the city clerk, asking that the proposition be submitted
to authorize the issuance of bonds for the purpose of providing for the
acquiring or improving or acquiring and improving of a stadium and athletic
field for the city, and the petition designates the amount of bonds
proposed to be issued, the city clerk shall certify the question of issuing
bonds for that purpose, to the amount named in the petition for submission
at an election in accordance with the general election law. The notice of
the referendum shall state the amount of bonds proposed to be issued.
The proposition shall be in substantially the following form:
Shall stadium and athletic field bonds of the city of YES .... be issued to the amount of $.... for the purpose of
acquiring (or improving, or acquiring and improving) a NO stadium and athletic field?
If a majority of the votes cast upon this proposition are in favor of
the issuance of the bonds, the stadium and athletic field commissioners
of the city shall issue bonds of the city, not exceeding the amount
voted upon at this election. The bonds shall mature not more than 20
years after the date of their issuance and shall be in denominations of
$100 or any multiple thereof, and shall bear interest, evidenced by
coupons, at a rate 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, as shall be determined by the board of stadium and
athletic field commissioners. These bonds shall be sold at not less than
par and the proceeds thereof used solely for the purpose of acquiring or
improving a stadium and athletic field for the city.
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.
The amendatory Acts of 1971, 1972 and 1973 are not a limit upon any
municipality which is a home rule unit.
(Source: P.A. 86-4 .)
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(65 ILCS 5/11-68-6) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-68-6)
Sec. 11-68-6.
For the purpose of providing a fund for the maintenance and
development of the stadium and athletic field and for the purpose of
retiring stadium and athletic field bonds, the board of stadium and
athletic field commissioners of any city have the power to levy an
annual tax of not more than .075% of the value, as equalized or assessed
by the Department of Revenue, of the taxable property
of the city, which shall be levied and collected at the time and in the
manner that other taxes are required to be levied and collected. This
tax, when levied and collected, shall be used to retire stadium and
athletic field bonds and shall be applied to the expenses of maintenance
and development of any stadium and athletic field theretofore acquired
by the city.
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.)
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(65 ILCS 5/11-68-7) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-68-7)
Sec. 11-68-7.
Any stadium and athletic field which was acquired by such a
city and which, immediately prior to January 1, 1942, was being maintained
under "An Act to authorize the establishment and maintenance of stadium and
athletic fields in cities, having a population of more than thirty
thousand, the corporate limits of which coincide with the township limits
in which said cities are located," approved June 27, 1921, as amended,
shall be treated as if acquired under this Division 68 and may be continued
to be maintained under this Division 68.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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(65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 69 heading) DIVISION 69.
JOINT OWNERSHIP OF MUNICIPAL
BUILDINGS
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(65 ILCS 5/11-69-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-69-1)
Sec. 11-69-1.
Whenever the territories of any 2 or more municipalities in
the State of Illinois comprise the same or partly the same territory, the
municipalities concerned have the power jointly to purchase land and to
construct buildings and all necessary appurtenances within their common
corporate limits, and to own, operate, and maintain the land and buildings
jointly with one another, for their joint municipal purposes, on terms and
conditions to be agreed upon by the municipalities. Such municipalities
have the power to exercise the right of eminent domain by condemnation
proceedings in conformity with the provisions of the constitution and
statutes of the state for the acquirement of property, advantageous or
desirable for joint municipal purposes.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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(65 ILCS 5/11-69-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-69-2)
Sec. 11-69-2.
The purpose of Section 11-69-1 is for the benefit of
municipalities with common territory and whose building needs can be most
efficiently and economically handled by joint buildings for the several
municipalities. Section 11-69-1 shall be liberally construed to give effect
to these purposes.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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(65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 70 heading) DIVISION 70.
TAX FOR RESTORATION OF PUBLIC
BUILDINGS DAMAGED BY STORM OR FIRE
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(65 ILCS 5/11-70-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-70-1)
Sec. 11-70-1.
In any municipality, whether incorporated under general
law or special charter, in which the municipal hall, or any municipal
jail or police station, fire department house, or public library is
destroyed or seriously impaired by storm or fire, the corporate
authorities, in order to rebuild or restore any such building, thus
destroyed or seriously impaired, may levy an annual tax for not
exceeding 10 successive years of not exceeding .08333% of the value, as
equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, on
all of the taxable property in the municipality. This tax shall be
levied and collected in the same manner as the general taxes of that
municipality and shall be known as the public building restoration fund
tax. This tax shall not be included in the aggregate amount of taxes as
limited by Section 8-3-1, or by any provision of any special charter
under which such a municipality is now operating.
The foregoing limitation upon tax rates in municipalities of less
than 1,000,000 population may be increased or decreased according to the
referendum provisions of the General Revenue Law of Illinois.
(Source: P.A. 81-1509.)
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(65 ILCS 5/11-70-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-70-2)
Sec. 11-70-2.
Whenever the corporate authorities of any municipality
designated in Section 11-70-1 decides to rebuild or restore any of the
specified buildings, it shall make provision therefor by an ordinance. This
ordinance shall also state the number of years, not exceeding 10, that this
annual public building restoration fund tax shall be levied, and the per
cent, not exceeding .08333 on all of the taxable property in the
municipality. This tax shall be included in the annual appropriation and
tax levy ordinances of such a municipality for the years that it can be
levied under the provisions of this section and Section 11-70-1.
The foregoing limitation upon tax rates in municipalities of less than
1,000,000 population may be increased or decreased according to the
referendum provisions of the General Revenue Law of Illinois.
(Source: P.A. 76-1236.)
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(65 ILCS 5/11-70-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-70-3)
Sec. 11-70-3.
All money received from this public building restoration fund
tax shall be deposited in the municipal treasury to the credit of that
fund. All money so received shall be kept separate and apart from other
money of the municipality, and shall not be used or paid out for any other
purpose than that of paying the cost of rebuilding or restoring the
specified public buildings destroyed or seriously impaired by storm or
fire, until all of the costs have been discharged. If the money so received
can not be used annually to pay the cost but accumulates, the corporate
authorities may invest this money in good interest-paying securities, until
the money is needed for the payment of the costs of the rebuilding or
restoration.
(Source: Laws 1965, p. 2685.)
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(65 ILCS 5/Art 11 prec Div 71 heading)
PARKING FACILITIES
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(65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 71 heading) DIVISION 71.
OFF-STREET PARKING
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