65 ILCS 5/ Illinois Municipal Code.

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65 ILCS 5/11-63-6

(65 ILCS 5/11-63-6) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-63-6)

Sec. 11-63-6.

The corporate authorities may dedicate and set apart for the
use of any community building any land or building which is owned or leased
by the municipality and which is not dedicated or devoted to another and
inconsistent public use and may make appropriations from the general
corporate funds for any of the purposes provided by this Division 63.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

65 ILCS 5/11-63-7

(65 ILCS 5/11-63-7) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-63-7)

Sec. 11-63-7.

The managing authority may accept any gift of real or
personal property, but if the acceptance will subject the municipality to
expense, or is subject to a condition, it shall be subject to approval by
the corporate authorities.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

65 ILCS 5/11-63-8

(65 ILCS 5/11-63-8) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-63-8)

Sec. 11-63-8.

Any 2 or more contiguous municipalities, which have voted to
establish a community building or buildings, may jointly establish, equip,
operate and maintain the same. Any school board or park board, if otherwise
authorized, may join with any municipality in the establishment, equipment,
operation and maintenance of a community building or buildings. In any case
of joint management, the terms shall be fixed by agreement of the corporate
authorities thereof.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

65 ILCS 5/11-63-9

(65 ILCS 5/11-63-9) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-63-9)

Sec. 11-63-9.

Any community building may be dedicated to the soldiers and
sailors of the municipality in such manner as the managing authority
determines, or in the event that 50% or more of the cost of the building is
paid for by donations or legacies, it may be dedicated in
accordance with the terms, if any, of the instrument by which the donation
or legacy is made.

(Source: P.A. 83-388.)

65 ILCS 5/11-63-10

(65 ILCS 5/11-63-10) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-63-10)

Sec. 11-63-10.

Subject to the rules of the corporate authorities, or the
board to which the management has been delegated, each community building
and its facilities shall be available for the use and benefit of the
municipal inhabitants for recreational and educational purposes. Such
corporate authorities or board may charge reasonable admission or use fees
and may permit the use of a community building and its facilities
temporarily, for any reasonable and legitimate private use, on such terms
as may be reasonable and proper. When 50% or more of the cost of the
building has been paid for from donations or legacies for the
purpose of paying part of the cost of the building or all the cost, the use
of the building shall be free and no admission or use fees shall be
charged, and the words "reasonable and legitimate" as used in the prior
portion of this section shall not authorize a use permit for a valuable
consideration. No private use shall be permitted which unduly restricts the
public use of the building and its facilities. Private permittees may
charge admission fees, except where 50% or more of the cost of the building
has been paid for from donations or legacies
for the purpose of
paying part of or all of the cost of the building.

(Source: P.A. 83-388.)

65 ILCS 5/11-63-11

(65 ILCS 5/11-63-11) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-63-11)

Sec. 11-63-11.

If the management of the community building or buildings has
been vested by the corporate authorities in the playground and recreation
board, or in a special board, as authorized by Section 11-63-4, such board
shall make a full report of receipts and expenditures to the corporate
authorities within 30 days after the close of each fiscal year and shall,
at least 10 days prior to the passage of the municipal appropriation
ordinance and tax levy ordinance, report and certify to the corporate
authorities an itemization of the amount of money required for the ensuing
year, for community building purposes. The treasurer of the municipality
shall be treasurer of all funds provided by this Division 63 and he shall
pay out the same only upon written order of a majority of the playground
and recreation board or special board, if created, whenever the management
of any community building or buildings is vested in any such playground and
recreation board or any such special board.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 64

(65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 64 heading) DIVISION 64.

BONDS FOR MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS

65 ILCS 5/11-64-1

(65 ILCS 5/11-64-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-64-1)

Sec. 11-64-1.

Any municipality with a population of less than 500,000 may
issue bonds for the purpose of constructing, acquiring, purchasing,
improving, repairing or equipping a municipal hall or halls or any other
municipal building or buildings used for any municipal purpose, including
the acquisition of a site or sites therefor. The bonds shall be issued
subject to the provisions of Sections 8-4-1, 8-4-2 and 11-64-2. These bonds
may be issued in an amount which, including the existing municipal
indebtedness, does not exceed the constitutional limitation as to debt,
notwithstanding any legislative debt limitation to the contrary.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

65 ILCS 5/11-64-2

(65 ILCS 5/11-64-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-64-2)

Sec. 11-64-2.

A certified copy of the ordinance authorizing the issuance of
the bonds provided for in Section 11-64-1 shall be filed with the county
clerk in each county in which any portion of the issuing municipality is
situated. Each such county clerk shall annually extend taxes against all of
the taxable property contained in the municipality or in that portion
thereof which is situated in his county at a rate sufficient to pay the
maturing principal and interest of these bonds. This rate shall be extended
against all of the taxable property of that municipality in addition to all
other taxes now or hereafter authorized to be levied by that municipality.

If any part of the tax liability created under this section is
discharged from other sources, the corporate authorities of that
municipality shall not apply any of the tax money collected under the
provisions of this section to any object or purpose other than the
discharge of the principal and interest on these bonds. The money so
collected shall be held in the municipal treasury as a special fund for
that purpose until the entire liability of that municipality upon these
bonds is fully discharged. Before any part of the municipal revenue or
income from any other source is applied in discharge of the interest or
principal of these bonds, the municipal treasurer, comptroller, or other
custodian of the funds of the municipality shall publish a statement
setting forth fully the amount of funds so taken from other sources, and
from what source and fund taken. This statement shall be published in like
manner as is required for the publication of city ordinances before they
become effective.

Any officer who uses any of the tax money so collected for any other
purpose than that authorized by the provisions of this section shall be
liable to prosecution for diverting public funds from the uses to which
they have been appropriated or set apart.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 65

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

MUNICIPAL CONVENTION HALLS

65 ILCS 5/11-65-1

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

Sec. 11-65-1.

In this Division 65, unless the context otherwise requires;

(1) "Municipal convention hall" means a

municipally-owned building or auditorium with all necessary adjuncts thereto, including but not limited to hotels, restaurants, and gift shops, that is used, licensed, or leased for definite short periods of time for assemblages of people. "Municipal convention hall" also means a building or auditorium with all necessary adjuncts thereto that will become municipally-owned at a date certain.

(2) "Municipal convention hall purposes" means the

municipal corporate purposes defined and designated in this Division 65.

The objects and purposes defined and set forth in this Division 65 are
municipal corporate objects and purposes.

(Source: P.A. 92-774, eff. 1-1-03.)

65 ILCS 5/11-65-2

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

Sec. 11-65-2.

Every municipality that has a population
exceeding 40,000; and every
municipality with a population of 12,500 or more but less than
25,000
that (i) is located in a county with a population of 250,000 or more but less
than 260,000 and (ii)
does not levy a property tax;
has the
power to acquire, construct, manage, control, maintain, and operate within
its corporate limits a municipal convention hall or halls.

(Source: P.A. 91-682, eff. 1-26-00; 92-774, eff. 1-1-03.)