65 ILCS 5/ Illinois Municipal Code.

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65 ILCS 5/Art 11 prec Div 54

(65 ILCS 5/Art 11 prec Div 54 heading)

ATHLETIC CONTESTS AND OTHER AMUSEMENTS

65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 54

(65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 54 heading) DIVISION 54.

ATHLETIC CONTESTS

AND EXHIBITIONS FOR GAIN

65 ILCS 5/11-54-1

(65 ILCS 5/11-54-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-54-1)

Sec. 11-54-1.

The corporate authorities of each municipality may license,
tax, and regulate all athletic contests and exhibitions carried on for
gain. This tax shall be based on the gross receipts derived from the sale
of admission tickets, but the tax shall not exceed 3% of the gross
receipts. No municipality may impose a tax under this Section, or impose any other amusement or exhibition tax, on ticket sales, membership fees, or any other charges for attending exhibitions or attractions associated with a zoological park authorized under Section 40 of the Cook County Forest Preserve District Act, nor may any municipality impose a duty to collect a tax under this Section, or any other amusement or exhibition tax, on any owner or operator of a zoological park authorized under Section 40 of the Cook County Forest Preserve District Act.

(Source: P.A. 96-1516, eff. 2-4-11.)

65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 54.1

(65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 54.1 heading) DIVISION 54.1.

CARNIVALS

65 ILCS 5/11-54.1-1

(65 ILCS 5/11-54.1-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-54.1-1)

Sec. 11-54.1-1.

"Carnival" means and includes an aggregation of
attractions, whether shows, acts, games, vending devices or amusement
devices, whether conducted under one or more managements or independently,
which are temporarily set up or conducted in a public place or upon any
private premises accessible to the public, with or without admission fee,
and which, from the nature of the aggregation, attracts attendance and
causes promiscuous intermingling of persons in the spirit of merrymaking
and revelry.

(Source: Laws 1963, p. 860.)

65 ILCS 5/11-54.1-2

(65 ILCS 5/11-54.1-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-54.1-2)

Sec. 11-54.1-2.

No carnival shall be set up, run, operated or conducted
within the limits of a city, village or incorporated town unless a written
permit from the corporate authorities has been issued, setting forth the
conditions under which such carnival shall be operated. The permit shall be
granted upon the condition that there shall not be set up or operated any
gambling device, lottery, number or paddle wheel, number board, punch
board, or other game of chance, or any lewd, lascivious or indecent show or
attraction making an indecent exposure of the person or suggesting lewdness
or immorality.

(Source: Laws 1963, p. 860.)

65 ILCS 5/11-54.1-3

(65 ILCS 5/11-54.1-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-54.1-3)

Sec. 11-54.1-3.

No such permit shall be granted by the corporate
authorities until they shall have investigated the carnival and are
satisfied that, if permitted, it will be operated in accordance with the
permit and the provisions of this Division 54.1. Such corporate
authorities may issue the permit and collect permit fees necessary to
pay the expenses of the investigation and to aid in policing the grounds
and otherwise to compensate the city, village or incorporated town in
such amount as the corporate authorities may determine. Each permit
shall contain the proviso that sheriffs and police officers
shall have free access to the grounds and all booths, shows and
concessions on such grounds at all times, and it shall be the duty of
all officers present at such carnival to enforce all the provisions of
this Division 54.1.

(Source: P.A. 83-341.)