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Public Act 90-0328

HB0235 Enrolled                                LRB9000879DJcd

    AN ACT concerning civic centers.

    WHEREAS, Codification of laws relating to  civic  centers
will  achieve  the  goals  of (i) consolidating the many laws
relating to civic centers; (ii) updating the  often  obsolete
language   currently   in  use  in  these  many  laws;  (iii)
incorporating  uniform  terminology  that   will   ensure   a
constancy  of understanding and interpretation of these laws;
and  (iv)  eliminating  the  need  for  duplicative  language
throughout these laws; and

    WHEREAS, The Illinois General Assembly seeks  to  achieve
these  goals  by  consolidating the many civic center laws of
Illinois  into  a  Civic  Center  Code,  without  making  any
substantive changes in the meaning, effect, or application of
those laws; and

    WHEREAS, Because this Act is a codification  of  existing
law, the following matters of form are used:
    (a)  in  Articles 5 through 280, the parenthetic citation
before a Section in the form "(from XX ILCS XX/XX)" (i) is an
informational reference to  the  prior  law  from  which  the
Section  is  derived  and (ii) is not part of the text of the
law;
    (b)  in Articles 5 through 280, in the text of a Section,
(i) matter that is stricken indicates  a  deletion  from  the
prior  law  and  (ii) matter that is underscored indicates an
addition to the prior law; and
    (c)  in Articles 5 through 280, the parenthetic  citation
after  a  Section in the form "(Source: P.A. XX-XXXX)" (i) is
an informational reference to the most recent sources of  the
continued  text  in  the Session Laws of Illinois and (ii) is
not part of the law; therefore

    Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
                         ARTICLE 1.
                         SHORT TITLE

    Section  1-1.  Short title.  This Act may be cited as the
Civic Center Code.

                         ARTICLE 2.
              STANDARD CIVIC CENTER PROVISIONS

    Section 2-1.  Scope of Article.  This Article sets  forth
standard  provisions  that  apply to a civic center authority
only  when  the  specific  Section   of   this   Article   is
incorporated  by  reference into the Article authorizing that
civic center.

    Section 2-3. Purpose. The purpose of this Article  is  to
accomplish  the  aims of the State of Illinois to enhance the
ability of its citizens to  avail  themselves  of  civic  and
cultural   centers  geographically  situated  throughout  the
entire State of Illinois.

    Section 2-5.  Definitions.  In this Article:
    "Authority" means the Authority as defined in the Article
creating the Authority, except that in the case of provisions
incorporated by reference into Article 25, in the context  of
that   incorporation   by  reference  "Authority"  means  the
Committee as defined in Article 25.
    "Governmental agency" means the federal  government,  the
State,  any  unit of local government or school district, and
any agency or instrumentality thereof.
    "Person"  means  any   individual,   firm,   partnership,
corporation, company, association or joint stock association;
and  includes  any  trustee,  receiver,  assignee or personal
representative thereof.
    "Board" means the governing and  administrative  body  of
the   Authority  as  defined  in  the  Article  creating  the
Authority, except that in the case of provisions incorporated
by  reference  into  Article  25,  in  the  context  of  that
incorporation by reference "Board"  means  the  Committee  as
defined in Article 25.
    "Metropolitan  area", for an Authority created under this
Act, means the metropolitan area for the Authority as defined
in the Article creating the Authority.

    Section 2-10.  Lawsuits; common seal.
    (a)  The Authority may sue and be sued in  its  corporate
name  but  execution  shall not in any case issue against any
property of the Authority.
    (b)  The Authority may adopt a common seal and change the
same at its pleasure.

    Section 2-15. Duties; auditorium, recreational, and other
buildings; lease of space.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the
Authority  to  promote,  operate  and  maintain  expositions,
conventions,  and  theatrical, sports and cultural activities
from time to time in the metropolitan area and in  connection
therewith   to  arrange,  finance  and  maintain  industrial,
cultural,  educational,   theatrical,   sports,   trade   and
scientific  exhibits  and  to  construct,  equip and maintain
auditorium, exposition, recreational and office buildings for
such purposes.
    The provision of office space for lease  and  rental  and
the   lease  of  air  space  over  and  appurtenant  to  such
structures shall  be  deemed  an  integral  function  of  the
Authority.
    The  Authority is granted all rights and powers necessary
to perform such duties.
    Section 2-16. Duties;  auditorium  and  other  buildings;
lease  of  space.  It  shall  be the duty of the Authority to
promote, operate and maintain expositions,  conventions,  and
theatrical,  sports and cultural activities from time to time
in the metropolitan  area  and  in  connection  therewith  to
arrange,   finance   and   maintain   industrial,   cultural,
educational,   theatrical,   sports,   trade  and  scientific
exhibits and to construct,  equip  and  maintain  auditorium,
exposition and office buildings for such purposes.
    The  provision  of  office space for rental and lease and
the  lease  of  air  space  over  and  appurtenant  to   such
structures  shall  be  deemed  an  integral  function  of the
Authority.
    The Authority is granted all rights and powers  necessary
to perform such duties.

    Section  2-17. Duties; auditorium and other buildings. It
shall be the duty of the Authority to  promote,  operate  and
maintain  expositions,  conventions, or theatrical, sports or
cultural activities from time to  time  in  the  metropolitan
area  and  in  connection  therewith  to arrange, finance and
maintain  industrial,  cultural,   educational,   theatrical,
sports,   trade  or  scientific  exhibits  and  to  lease  or
construct,  equip  and   maintain   auditoriums,   exposition
buildings or office buildings for such purposes.
    The  Authority is granted all rights and powers necessary
to perform such duties.

    Section  2-20.  Rights  and  powers,  including   eminent
domain.  The  Authority  shall  have the following rights and
powers:
    (a)  To  acquire,  purchase,  own,  construct,  lease  as
lessee or in any other way acquire, improve, extend,  repair,
reconstruct, regulate, operate, equip and maintain exhibition
centers,  civic  auditoriums,  cultural facilities and office
buildings, including sites and parking areas  and  commercial
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, buildings  and  auditoriums,
and  parking  areas and facilities in the manner provided for
the exercise of the right of eminent domain under Article VII
of the Code of Civil Procedure, as amended;
    (d)  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.  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.

    Section 2-21. Rights and powers. The Authority shall have
the following rights and powers:
    (a)  To  acquire,  purchase,  own,  construct,  lease  as
lessee or in any other way acquire, improve, extend,  repair,
reconstruct,  regulate,  operate,  equip and maintain fair or
exposition grounds, convention or exhibition  centers,  civic
auditoriums,  and  office  and municipal buildings, including
sites and  parking  areas  and  facilities  therefor  located
within the metropolitan area.
    (b)  To  enter into contracts treating in any manner with
the objects and purposes of this Article.
    (c)  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.
    (d)  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  to  collect  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.

    Section  2-25.   Incurring  obligations.   The  Authority
shall not incur any obligations for salaries or for office or
administrative  expenses  except  within the amounts of funds
that will be available to it  when  such  obligations  become
payable.

    Section  2-30. Prompt payment.  Purchases made under this
Article shall be made in compliance with the Local Government
Prompt Payment Act.

    Section  2-35.   Acquisition  of  property  from  person,
State, or local agency.  The Authority shall have  power  (i)
to  acquire  and accept by purchase, lease, gift or otherwise
any property or rights useful for  the  Authority's  purposes
from  any  person or persons, from any municipal corporation,
body politic, or agency of  the  State,  or  from  the  State
itself,   (ii)  to  apply  for  and  accept  grants, matching
grants, loans or appropriations from the State of Illinois or
any agency or instrumentality thereof to be used for  any  of
the  purposes  of  the Authority, and (iii) to enter into any
agreement with the State of  Illinois  in  relation  to  such
grants, matching grants, loans or appropriations.

    Section  2-36.  Acquisition  of  property  from person or
governmental agency. The Authority shall have the  power  (i)
to  acquire  and accept by purchase, lease, gift or otherwise
any property or rights from any person or governmental agency
useful for its purposes, (ii) to apply for and accept grants,
matching grants, loans or appropriations from  the  State  of
Illinois  or any agency or instrumentality thereof to be used
for any of the purposes of the Authority, and (iii) to  enter
into  any agreement with the State of Illinois in relation to
such grants, matching grants, loans or appropriations.

    Section 2-40.  Federal money.  The Authority  shall  have
the  power  (i)  to  apply  for  and  accept grants, matching
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 (ii) to enter  into  any
agreement  with  the  federal  government in relation to such
grants, matching grants, loans or appropriations.

    Section 2-45. Insurance.  The Authority  shall  have  the
power  to  procure  and  enter into contracts for any type of
insurance and indemnity against loss or  damage  to  property
from  any  cause,  against loss of use and occupancy, against
employers' liability, against any act of any member, officer,
or employee of the Board or Authority in the  performance  of
the duties of the office or employment, and against any other
insurable risk.

    Section  2-50.  Borrowing; revenue bonds; suits to compel
performance. The Authority shall  have  continuing  power  to
borrow  money  for the purpose of carrying out and performing
its duties and exercising its 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
bonds  at maturity or pursuant to redemption provisions or at
any time before maturity with  the  consent  of  the  holders
thereof.  All  such  bonds  shall  be payable solely from the
revenues or income to be derived from the fairs, expositions,
exhibitions,  rentals  and  leases   and   other   authorized
activities  operated  by it, and from funds, if any, received
and to be received by the Authority from  any  other  source.
Such  bonds  may  bear such date or dates, may mature at such
time or times not exceeding 40 years  from  their  respective
dates,  may bear interest at such rate or rates not exceeding
the maximum rate permitted by the Bond Authorization Act, may
be in such form, may carry such registration privileges,  may
be  executed  in such manner, 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 suits at law or proceedings in  equity  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  or  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 Uniform Commercial Code.
    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, 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  undertakings
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, recreational,
theatrical,  and  cultural  expositions,  sports  activities,
exhibitions, office rentals, and air space leases and rentals
and 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 by mandamus
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 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 3 times in a daily  newspaper  of  general  circulation
published  in  the metropolitan area, the last publication to
be at least 10 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 to 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.

    Section 2-51. Borrowing; revenue bonds; mandamus or other
actions to  compel  performance.  The  Authority  shall  have
continuing  power to borrow money for the purpose of carrying
out and performing its duties and exercising its 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
bonds  at maturity or pursuant to redemption provisions or at
any time before maturity with  the  consent  of  the  holders
thereof.   All  such  bonds  shall be payable solely from the
revenues or income to be derived from the fairs, expositions,
exhibitions,  rentals  and  leases   and   other   authorized
activities operated by the Authority, and from funds, if any,
received  and  to be received by the Authority from any other
source.  Such bonds may bear such date or dates,  may  mature
at  such  time  or  times  not  exceeding 40 years from their
respective dates, may bear interest at such  rate  or  rates,
not   exceeding  the  maximum  rate  permitted  by  the  Bond
Authorization Act, may  be  in  such  form,  may  carry  such
registration  privileges, may be executed in such manner, 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 the 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
mandamus,  injunction,  or other civil actions or proceedings
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 Uniform Commercial Code.
    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, to pay:
    (a)  the  cost  of   leasing,   maintaining,   repairing,
regulating and operating the 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  undertakings
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, recreational,
theatrical  or  cultural   expositions,   sport   activities,
exhibitions,   office  rentals,  and  air  space  leases  and
rentals, and 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  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 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 3 times in a daily  newspaper  of  general  circulation
published  in  the metropolitan area, the last publication to
be at least 10 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.

    Section 2-52. Borrowing; revenue bonds; interest  payable
semi-annually;  bond sale price; effect of Omnibus Bond Acts.
The Authority shall have continuing power to borrow money for
the purpose of carrying out and  performing  its  duties  and
exercising its 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
bonds at maturity or pursuant to redemption provisions or  at
any  time  before  maturity  with  the consent of the holders
thereof. All such bonds shall  be  payable  solely  from  the
revenues or income to be derived from the fairs, expositions,
exhibitions,   rentals   and   leases  and  other  authorized
activities operated by it, and from funds, if  any,  received
and  to  be  received by the Authority from any other source.
Such bonds may bear such date or dates, may  mature  at  such
time  or  times  not exceeding 40 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 executed in such manner,  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
mandamus,  injunction,  or other civil actions or proceedings
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 Uniform Commercial Code.
    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 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  or
certificates 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 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 undertakings
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,  recreational,
theatrical,    cultural,   expositions,   sport   activities,
exhibitions,  office  rentals,  and  air  space  leases   and
rentals, and 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 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  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 3 times in a daily  newspaper  of  general  circulation
published  in  the metropolitan area, the last publication to
be at least 10 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.

    Section 2-55. Bonds; nature of  indebtedness.   Under  no
circumstances  shall  any bonds issued by the Authority be or
become an indebtedness or obligation of the State of Illinois
or of any political subdivision of or municipality within the
State, nor shall any such bond or obligation 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  provided  in  this
Article.

    Section  2-60.  Investment  in  bonds.  The State and all
counties, cities,  villages,  incorporated  towns  and  other
municipal  corporations,  political  subdivisions  and public
bodies, and  public  officers  of  any  thereof;  all  banks,
bankers,  trust  companies,  savings  banks and institutions,
building   and   loan   associations,   savings   and    loan
associations, investment companies and other persons carrying
on  an insurance business; and all executors, administrators,
guardians, trustees and other fiduciaries may legally  invest
any sinking funds, moneys or other funds belonging to them or
within  their  control  in  any bonds issued pursuant to this
Article, it being the purpose of this  Section  to  authorize
the  investment  in  such  bonds  of  all sinking, insurance,
retirement, compensation, pension and  trust  funds,  whether
owned or controlled by private or public persons or officers;
provided, however, that nothing contained in this Section may
be  construed  as  relieving  any  person  from  any  duty of
exercising  reasonable  care  in  selecting  securities   for
investment.

    Section  2-65.  Bonds other than revenue bonds. No bonds,
other than revenue bonds issued  pursuant  to  Section  2-50,
shall  be  issued  by  the Authority until the proposition to
issue the bonds has been  submitted  to  and  approved  by  a
majority  of  the voters of the metropolitan area voting upon
the proposition at a general election in accordance with  the
general  election  law. The Authority may by resolution order
the 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 under this  Section  shall  be  in
substantially the following form:
         Shall bonds of the (name of Authority) to the amount
    of   $(amount)  be  issued  for  the  purpose  of  (state
    purpose)?
The votes shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No".

    Section 2-70. Tax. If a majority of  the  voters  of  the
metropolitan  area  approve the issuance of bonds as provided
in Section 2-65, 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.
    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. Upon the filing of
the  ordinance  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.

    Section 2-75. Board members; financial matters;  conflict
of  interest.  The  members  of the Board shall serve without
compensation, but shall be  reimbursed  for  actual  expenses
incurred by them in the performance of their duties.
    No member of the Board or employee of the Authority shall
have any private financial interest, profit or benefit in any
contract, work or business of the Authority or in the sale or
lease of any property to or from the Authority.

    Section   2-76.   Board   members;   financial   matters;
compensation   for   secretary   or  treasurer;  conflict  of
interest. The  members  of  the  Board  shall  serve  without
compensation,  but  shall  be  reimbursed for actual expenses
incurred by them in the performance of their duties. However,
any member of the Board who is appointed  to  the  office  of
secretary  or  treasurer  may receive compensation for his or
her services as such officer.
    No member of the Board or employee of the Authority shall
have any private financial interest, profit or benefit in any
contract, work or business of the Authority or in the sale or
lease of any property to or from the Authority.

    Section 2-80. Board members' oath. Within 30  days  after
certification  of  appointment,  and before entering upon the
duties of office, each member of the  Board  shall  take  and
subscribe  the  constitutional  oath of office and file it in
the office of the Secretary of State.

    Section 2-83. Removal of Board member  from  office.  The
appointing  officer  may  remove  any  member  of  the  Board
appointed by the officer, in case of incompetency, neglect of
duty,  or malfeasance in office, after service on the member,
by registered United States mail, return requested, of a copy
of the written charges against the member and an  opportunity
to  be publicly heard in person or by counsel in the member's
own defense upon not less than 10 days' notice.

    Section 2-85. Board members; vacancy in  office.  Members
of  the  Board  shall  hold  office  until  their  respective
successors  have been appointed and qualified. Any member may
resign from office; the resignation  takes  effect  when  the
member's successor has been appointed and has qualified.
    In  case  of failure to qualify within the time required,
abandonment of office,  death,  conviction  of  a  felony  or
removal  from  office, a member's office shall become vacant.
Each vacancy shall  be  filled  for  the  unexpired  term  by
appointment  in  like  manner as in the case of expiration of
the term of a member of the Board.

    Section 2-90.  Organization of the  Board.   As  soon  as
practicably  possible  after  the  appointment of the initial
members, the Board shall  organize  for  the  transaction  of
business,  select  a  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  the chairman's office as a member of the Board or for the
term of 3 years, whichever is shorter.

    Section  2-95.  Meetings;  action  by  5  Board  members.
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 actions 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  ordinances,  resolutions  and  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.

    Section  2-96.  Meetings;  action  by  4  Board  members.
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.
    Four  members  of the Board shall constitute a quorum for
the transaction of business.  All actions of the Board  shall
be  by ordinance or resolution and the affirmative vote of at
least 4 members shall be necessary for the  adoption  of  any
ordinance or resolution.
    All   ordinances,  resolutions  and  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.

    Section 2-97. Board  meetings;  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.
    All   ordinances,  resolutions  and  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.

    Section 2-100. Secretary;  treasurer.   The  Board  shall
appoint  a secretary and a treasurer, who need not be members
of the Board, to hold office during the pleasure of the Board
and shall fix their duties and compensation. Before  entering
upon  the  duties of their respective offices they shall take
and subscribe the constitutional  oath  of  office,  and  the
treasurer  shall execute a bond with corporate sureties to be
approved by the Board.  The bond  shall  be  payable  to  the
Authority  in  whatever  penal  sum  may be directed upon the
faithful performance of the duties  of  the  office  and  the
payment  of  all money received by the treasurer according to
law and the orders of the Board.  The Board may, at any time,
require a new bond from the treasurer in a penal sum  as  may
then  be  determined  by  the  Board.  The  obligation of the
sureties shall not  extend  to  any  loss  sustained  by  the
insolvency,  failure or closing of any national or state bank
wherein the treasurer has deposited funds  if  the  bank  has
been  approved  by the Board as a depositary for those funds.
The oaths of office and the treasurer's bond shall  be  filed
in the principal office of the Authority.

    Section  2-101.  Secretary; treasurer; funds deposited in
bank or savings and loan association. The Board shall appoint
a secretary and a treasurer, who need not be members  of  the
Board,  to  hold  office during the pleasure of the Board and
shall fix their duties and compensation. Before entering upon
the duties of their respective offices they  shall  take  and
subscribe   the   constitutional  oath  of  office,  and  the
treasurer shall execute a bond with corporate sureties to  be
approved  by  the  Board.  The  bond  shall be payable to the
Authority in whatever penal sum  may  be  directed  upon  the
faithful  performance  of  the  duties  of the office and the
payment of all money received by the treasurer  according  to
law  and the orders of the Board. The Board may, at any time,
require a new bond from the treasurer in such  penal  sum  as
may  then  be  determined by the Board. The obligation of the
sureties shall not  extend  to  any  loss  sustained  by  the
insolvency,  failure  or  closing  of  any  savings  and loan
association or national or State bank wherein  the  treasurer
has   deposited  funds  if  the  bank  or  savings  and  loan
association has been approved by the Board  as  a  depository
for those funds. The oaths of office and the treasurer's bond
shall be filed in the principal office of the Authority.

    Section   2-105.   Funds.  All  funds  deposited  by  the
treasurer in any bank shall be placed  in  the  name  of  the
Authority and shall be withdrawn or paid out only by check or
draft   upon   the   bank,   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 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.

    Section   2-106.  Funds;  compliance  with  Public  Funds
Investment Act. 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 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 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.
    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.

    Section 2-110. Signatures on checks or  drafts.  In  case
any  officer  whose signature appears upon any check or draft
issued pursuant to this Article ceases to hold  office  after
attaching his or her signature and before the delivery of the
check  or  draft  to  the  payee, that signature nevertheless
shall be valid and sufficient for all purposes with the  same
effect  as  if  the  officer  had  remained  in  office until
delivery.
    Section 2-115.  General manager; other appointments.  The
Board  may appoint a general manager who shall be a person of
recognized ability and business experience,  to  hold  office
during  the pleasure of the Board.  The general manager shall
have  management  of  the  properties  and  business  of  the
Authority and of the employees thereof subject to the general
control of the Board, shall direct  the  enforcement  of  all
ordinances,  resolutions, rules and regulations of the Board,
and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed from
time to time by the Board.
    The Board may appoint a  general  attorney  and  a  chief
engineer  and shall provide for the appointment of such other
officers, attorneys, engineers, planners, consultants, agents
and employees as may be necessary.  The  Board  shall  define
their  duties  and require bonds of such of them as the Board
may designate.
    The general manager, general  attorney,  chief  engineer,
and  all other officers provided for pursuant to this Section
shall be exempt from  taking  and  subscribing  any  oath  of
office and shall not be members of the Board.
    The   compensation   of   the  general  manager,  general
attorney, chief engineer, and all other officers,  attorneys,
planners, consultants, agents and employees shall be fixed by
the Board.

    Section  2-120. Ordinances, rules, and regulations; 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.   All  fines  and  penalties  shall  be  imposed   by
ordinance, which shall be published in a newspaper of general
circulation  published  in  the  metropolitan  area.  No such
ordinance imposing a fine or penalty shall take effect  until
10 days after its publication.

    Section  2-122.  Rules  and  regulations;  penalties. The
Board shall have power to  make  all  rules  and  regulations
proper  or  necessary to carry into effect the powers granted
to the Authority,  with  such  penalties  as  may  be  deemed
proper.

    Section  2-125. Contracts; award to other than highest or
lowest bidder by vote of 5 Board members. All  contracts  for
the  sale of property of the value of more than $2,500 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  $2,500,  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 $2,500 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.  Competitive bidding is not
required  for  the lease of real estate or buildings owned or
controlled by the Authority.  The Board is empowered to offer
such leases upon such terms as it deems advisable.
    In determining the  responsibility  of  any  bidder,  the
Board  may take into account the past record of dealings with
the bidder, the bidder's experience, adequacy  of  equipment,
and  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 a vote of at least 5 members of the
Board,  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.
    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.

    Section 2-126. Contracts; award to other than highest  or
lowest  bidder  by vote of 4 Board members. All contracts for
the sale of property of the value of more than $2,500 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  $2,500,  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 $2,500 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.  Competitive bidding is not
required  for  the lease of real estate or buildings owned or
controlled by the Authority.  The Board is empowered to offer
such leases upon such terms as it deems advisable.
    In determining the  responsibility  of  any  bidder,  the
Board  may take into account the past record of dealings with
the bidder, the bidder's experience, adequacy  of  equipment,
and  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 a vote of at least 4 members of the
Board,  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.
    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.

    Section 2-127. Contracts; award to other than highest  or
lowest  bidder by four-fifths vote. All contracts for sale of
property of the value of more than $2500, 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 $2500, shall be let  to  the  lowest  responsible
bidder,  after  advertising for bids, except: (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 $2500 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 into account the past record of dealings  with
the  bidder,  the bidder's experience, adequacy of equipment,
and ability to complete performance within the time set,  and
other  factors  besides  financial  responsibility, but in no
case shall any such contract 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 a vote  of  at  least  4/5  of  the
members  of  the Board, 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.
    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.

    Section 2-128. Contracts; award to other than highest  or
lowest  bidder  by  three-fourths vote. All contracts for the
sale of property of the value of more than $2,500 or for  any
concession  in  or  lease  of property 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
$2,500,  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 $2,500 shall be let  by
competitive  bidding 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 into account the past record of dealings with
the bidder, the bidder's experience, adequacy  of  equipment,
and  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 a vote of at least three-fourths of
the   members  of  the  Board,  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", approved June 28, 1933, as
amended, 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 $2,500 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.

    Section 2-130. Bids and advertisements.    Advertisements
for  bids  shall  be  published  at  least  twice  in a daily
newspaper   of   general   circulation   published   in   the
metropolitan area, the last publication to  be  at  least  10
calendar  days  before  the time for receiving bids, and such
advertisements shall also be  posted  on  readily  accessible
bulletin  boards  in  the  principal office of the Authority.
Such advertisements  shall  state  the  time  and  place  for
receiving  and  opening  bids  and, by reference to plans and
specifications on file at the time of the first  publication,
or  in the advertisement itself, shall describe the character
of the proposed contract in sufficient detail to fully advise
prospective bidders of their obligations and to  ensure  free
and open competitive bidding.
    All  bids  in  response to advertisements shall be sealed
and shall be publicly opened by the Board,  and  all  bidders
shall   be   entitled   to   be   present  in  person  or  by
representatives.   Cash  or  a  certified   or   satisfactory
cashier's  check, as a deposit of good faith, in a reasonable
amount to be fixed by the Board before advertising for  bids,
shall be required with the proposal of each bidder.  Bond for
faithful  performance of the contract with surety or sureties
satisfactory to the  Board  and  adequate  insurance  may  be
required  in  reasonable  amounts  to  be  fixed by the Board
before advertising for bids.
    The contract shall be awarded  as  promptly  as  possible
after the opening of bids.  The bid of the successful bidder,
as  well  as  the  bids of the unsuccessful bidders, shall be
placed on file and be open to public  inspection.   All  bids
shall  be  void  if any disclosure of the terms of any bid in
response to an advertisement is made or permitted to be  made
by the Board before the time fixed for opening bids.

    Section   2-132.   Bidders;   civil   action   to  compel
compliance. Any bidder who has submitted a bid in  compliance
with the requirements for bidding may bring a civil action in
the  circuit  court  in  the county in which the metropolitan
area is located to compel compliance with the  provisions  of
this  Article  relating  to  the awarding of contracts by the
Board.

    Section 2-135. 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  and  a  copy
thereof  shall  be  filed  with  the  county  clerk  and  the
appointing officers.

    Section  2-140.  State  financial support.  The Authority
created by this Article shall receive financial support  from
the  State  in  the  amounts provided for in Section 4 of the
Metropolitan Civic Center Support Act.

    Section  2-145.  Antitrust  laws.    The   Authority   is
expressly made the beneficiary of the provisions of Section 1
of  the  Local  Government  Antitrust  Exemption Act, and the
General Assembly intends that the "State action exemption" to
the application  of  the  federal  antitrust  laws  be  fully
available  to  the Authority to the extent its activities are
either (1) expressly or by necessary  implication  authorized
by   this  Article  or  other  Illinois  law  or  (2)  within
traditional areas of local governmental activity.

    Section  2-150.  Tax  exemption.   All  property  of  the
Authority shall be exempt from taxation by the State  or  any
taxing unit therein.

    Section  2-155.  Partial  invalidity. If any provision of
this Article is held invalid such provision shall  be  deemed
to  be  excised  from this Article and the invalidity thereof
shall not affect any of the other provisions of this Article.
If the application of any provision of this  Article  to  any
person  or  circumstance  is held invalid it shall not affect
the  application  of  such  provision  to  such  persons   or
circumstances  other  than  those  as  to  which  it  is held
invalid.

                         ARTICLE 5.
                     ALEDO CIVIC CENTER

    (70 ILCS 220/1-2)
    Section 5-1. Short title. Sec. 1-2. This Article shall be
known and may be cited as the Aledo Civic Center Law of 1997.
(Source: P.A. 84-245.)
    (70 ILCS 220/1-3, in part)
    Section 5-5. Definitions. Sec. 1-3.  When  used  in  this
Article:
    "Authority" means the Aledo Civic Center Authority.
    "Board"  means  the  governing and administrative body of
the Aledo Community Center Authority.
    "Metropolitan area" means all that territory in the State
of Illinois lying within the corporate boundaries  of  Mercer
Township in the County of Mercer.
(Source: P.A. 85-1448.)

    (70 ILCS 220/1-4, in part)
    Section  5-10.  Authority created; principal office. Sec.
1-4. There is hereby created a  political  subdivision,  body
politic  and  municipal  corporation by the name and style of
the Aledo Community  Center  Authority  in  the  metropolitan
area.
    The  principal  office  of  the Authority shall be in the
City of Aledo.
(Source: P.A. 84-245.)

    (70 ILCS 220/1-14, in part)
    Section 5-15. Board created. Sec. 1-14. The governing and
administrative  body  of  the  Authority  shall  be  a  board
consisting of 9 members and shall be known as the Aledo Civic
Center Authority Board.  The members of the  board  shall  be
individuals of generally recognized ability and integrity.

    (70 ILCS 220/1-15, in part)
    Section  5-20. Board members appointed. Sec. 1-15. Within
60 days after  September  3,  1985  (the  effective  date  of
Article  1  of  Public  Act  84-245),  this  Article  becomes
effective: the Mayor of the City of Aledo with the advice and
consent  of the Aledo City Council shall appoint 3 members of
the Board for initial terms expiring June 1, 1986; 3  members
for  initial  terms  expiring June 1, 1987; and 3 members for
initial terms expiring June 1, 1988.  The successors  of  the
initial  members shall be appointed in like manner for 3 year
terms from the date of appointment,  except  in  case  of  an
appointment to fill a vacancy.
(Source: P.A. 84-245.)

    (70 ILCS 220/1-16, in part)
    Section  5-25.  Removal  of Board members. Sec. 1-16. The
appointing officer, with the advice and consent of the  Aledo
City Council, may remove any member of the Board appointed by
him, in case of incompetency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance
in  office, after service on him, by registered United States
mail, return requested, of a  copy  of  the  written  charges
against him and an opportunity to be publicly heard in person
or  by counsel in his own defense upon not less than 10 days'
notice.
(Source: P.A. 84-245.)

    (70 ILCS 220/1-25, in part)
    Section 5-30. Bidders; civil action to compel compliance.
Sec. 1-25.  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 of Mercer county in
which the metropolitan area is located to  compel  compliance
with  the  provisions  of  this  Article  Act relating to the
awarding of contracts by the Board.
(Source: P.A. 84-245.)

    Section   5-35.   Standard   civic   center    provisions
incorporated  by  reference.  The  following Sections of this
Code are incorporated by reference into this Article:
    Section 2-3. Purpose.
    Section 2-5.  Definitions.
    Section 2-10.  Lawsuits; common seal.
    Section 2-15. Duties; auditorium, recreational, and other
buildings; lease of space.
    Section  2-20.  Rights  and  powers,  including   eminent
domain.
    Section 2-25.  Incurring obligations.
    Section  2-35.   Acquisition  of  property  from  person,
State, or local agency.
    Section 2-40.  Federal money.
    Section 2-45. Insurance.
    Section  2-50.  Borrowing; revenue bonds; suits to compel
performance.
    Section 2-55. Bonds; nature of indebtedness.
    Section 2-60. Investment in bonds.
    Section 2-75. Board members; financial matters;  conflict
of interest.
    Section 2-80. Board members' oath.
    Section 2-85. Board members; vacancy in office.
    Section 2-90.  Organization of the Board.
    Section 2-95. Meetings; action by 5 Board members.
    Section 2-100. Secretary; treasurer.
    Section 2-105. Funds.
    Section 2-110. Signatures on checks or drafts.
    Section 2-115.  General manager; other appointments.
    Section 2-122. Rules and regulations; penalties.
    Section  2-125. Contracts; award to other than highest or
lowest bidder by vote of 5 Board members.
    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.
                         ARTICLE 10.
                     AURORA CIVIC CENTER

    (70 ILCS 225/1)
    Section 10-1. Short title. Sec. 1. This Article Act shall
be known and may be cited as the Aurora Civic Center  Law  of
1997 Act.
(Source: P.A. 78-927.)

    (70 ILCS 225/2, in part)
    Section  10-5.  Definitions.  Sec.  2.  When used in this
Article Act:
    "Authority"   means   Aurora   Metropolitan   Exposition,
Auditorium and Office Building Authority.
    "Board" means the governing and  administrative  body  of
the  Aurora  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 City
of Aurora and the Waubonsee Community College  District  #516
except  for those portions lying within counties which have a
civic center authority within the corporate  limits  of  such
counties.
(Source: P.A. 83-1456.)

    (70 ILCS 225/3, in part)
    Section  10-10. Authority created; principal office. Sec.
3. There is hereby  created  a  political  subdivision,  body
politic  and  municipal  corporation by the name and style of
Aurora  Metropolitan  Exposition,   Auditorium   and   Office
Building  Authority  in  the metropolitan area. The principal
office of the Authority shall be in the City of Aurora.
(Source: P.A. 78-927.)
    (70 ILCS 225/5)
    Section 10-15. Rights and powers. Sec. 5.  The  Authority
shall have the following rights and powers duties:
    (a)  To  acquire,  purchase,  own,  construct,  lease  as
lessee  or in any other way acquire, improve, extend, repair,
reconstruct,  regulate,  operate,  equip  and  maintain  fair
expositions grounds, convention or exhibition centers,  civic
auditoriums, and office, educational and municipal buildings,
including  sites  and  parking  areas and facilities therefor
located within the metropolitan area.
    (b)  To enter into contracts treating in any manner  with
the objects and purposes of this Article Act.
    (c)  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.
    (d)  To  exercise  the right of eminent domain to acquire
sites for such grounds, centers, buildings  and  auditoriums,
and  parking  areas and facilities in the manner provided for
the exercise of the right of eminent domain under Article VII
of the Code of Civil Procedure, as amended.
    (e)  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. 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.
(Source: P.A. 83-1456.)
    (70 ILCS 225/10)
    Section 10-16. Borrowing; revenue bonds; interest payable
semi-annually;  bond sale price; effect of Omnibus Bond Acts.
Sec. 10. The Authority shall have continuing power to  borrow
money  for  the  purpose  of  carrying out and performing its
duties and exercising its powers under this Article Act.
    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
bonds  at maturity or pursuant to redemption provisions or at
any time before maturity with  the  consent  of  the  holders
thereof.  All  such  bonds  shall  be payable solely from the
revenues or income to be derived from the fairs, expositions,
exhibitions,  rentals  and  leases   and   other   authorized
activities  operated  by it, and from funds, if any, received
and to be received by the Authority from  any  other  source.
Such  bonds  may  bear such date or dates, may mature at such
time or times not exceeding 40 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 executed in such manner, 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
mandamus,  injunction,  or  other  civil   actions   or   and
proceedings  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,  and  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 Uniform Commercial Code 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 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  or
certificates 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 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 undertakings
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,  recreational,
theatrical,    cultural,   expositions,   sport   activities,
exhibitions,  office  rentals,  and  air  space  leases   and
rentals,  and   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  by  mandamus
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  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  3  times  in  a daily newspaper of general circulation
published in the metropolitan area, the last  publication  to
be  at  least  10  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  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  Article  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 Article Act that
may appear to be or to have been more restrictive than  those
Acts.
(Source: P.A. 86-4.)

    (70 ILCS 225/13)
    Section  10-17.  Bonds other than revenue bonds. Sec. 13.
No bonds, other than revenue bonds issued pursuant to Section
10-16  10,  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:
-------------------------------------------------------------
    Shall bonds of the "Aurora              YES
Metropolitan Exposition, Auditorium
and Office Building Authority" to      ----------------------
the amount of.... Dollars ($    ) be
issued for the purpose of....?            NO
-------------------------------------------------------------
(Source: P.A. 81-1489.)

    (70 ILCS 225/14)
    Section 10-18.  Tax. Sec. 14. If a majority of the voters
of  said  metropolitan  area approve the issuance of bonds as
provided in Section 10-17 13 of this Act, 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.
    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. 81-1509.)

    (70 ILCS 225/15, in part)
    Section  10-20. Board created. Sec. 15. The governing and
administrative  body  of  the  Authority  shall  be  a  board
consisting of 9 members and shall  be  known  as  the  Aurora
Metropolitan Exposition Auditorium and Office Building Board.
The  members  of  the board shall be individuals of generally
recognized ability and integrity.
(Source: P.A. 78-927.)

    (70 ILCS 225/16, in part)
    Section 10-25. Board members appointed. Sec.  16.  Within
60  days after July 1, 1974 (the effective date of Public Act
78-927), this Act becomes effective the Mayor of Aurora, with
the advice and consent of  the  Aurora  city  council,  shall
appoint 9 members of the board, 3 members to be appointed for
terms  of  1  year,  3 members to be appointed for terms of 2
years, and 3 members to be appointed for terms  of  3  years,
such  terms  commencing on the date each is appointed. At the
expiration of the term of any member, his successor shall  be
appointed  by  the  Mayor  of  Aurora  in  like  manner.  All
successors  shall  hold office for a term of 3 years from the
date of appointment, except in case of an appointment to fill
a vacancy.
(Source: P.A. 78-927.)

    (70 ILCS 225/19, in part)
    Section 10-30. Quorum; votes necessary for  action.  Sec.
19.  Three 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.
(Source: P.A. 78-927.)

    (70 ILCS 225/25, in part)
    Section 10-35. Lease of real estate; competitive  bidding
not  required.  Sec.  25. Competitive bidding is not required
for the lease of real estate or buildings owned or controlled
by the Authority on July 13,  1982  (the  effective  date  of
Public  this  Amendatory Act 82-786).  The Board is empowered
to offer such leases upon such terms as it deems advisable.

    Section   10-40.   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 2-55. 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 2-97. Board meetings; public records.
    Section  2-101.  Secretary; treasurer; funds deposited in
bank or savings and loan association.
    Section  2-106.  Funds;  compliance  with  Public   Funds
Investment Act.
    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 2-127. Contracts; award to other than highest  or
lowest bidder by four-fifths vote.
    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.

                         ARTICLE 15.
                     BENTON CIVIC CENTER

    (70 ILCS 230/1-2)
    Section  15-1.  Short title. Sec. 1-2. This Article shall
be known and may be cited as the Benton Civic Center  Law  of
1997.
(Source: P.A. 85-1314.)

    (70 ILCS 230/1-3, in part)
    Section  15-5.  Definitions.  Sec. 1-3. When used in this
Article:
    "Authority" means the Benton Civic Center Authority.
    "Board" means the governing and  administrative  body  of
the Benton Civic Center Authority.
    "Metropolitan area" means all that territory in the State
of Illinois lying within the corporate boundaries of the City
of Benton in the County of Franklin.
(Source: P.A. 85-1314.)

    (70 ILCS 230/1-4, in part)
    Section  15-10. Authority created; principal office. Sec.
1-4. There is hereby created a  political  subdivision,  body
politic  and  municipal  corporation by the name and style of
the Benton Civic Center Authority in the metropolitan area.
    The principal office of the Authority  shall  be  in  the
City of Benton.
(Source: P.A. 85-1314.)

    (70 ILCS 230/1-14, in part)
    Section  15-15.  Board  created. Sec. 1-14. The governing
and administrative body of the Authority  shall  be  a  board
consisting  of  9  members  and  shall be known as the Benton
Civic Center Authority Board.  The members of the Board shall
be individuals of generally recognized ability and integrity.
(Source: P.A. 85-1314.)

    (70 ILCS 230/1-15, in part)
    Section 15-20. Board members appointed. Sec. 1-15. Within
60 days after January 1, 1989 (the effective date of  Article
I  of Public Act 85-1314) this Article becomes effective, the
Mayor of the City of Benton, with the advice and  consent  of
the Benton City Council, shall appoint 3 members of the Board
for  initial  terms  expiring  June  1,  1990;  3 members for
initial terms expiring  June  1,  1991;  and  3  members  for
initial  terms  expiring June 1, 1992.  The successors of the
initial members shall be appointed in like manner for 3  year
terms  from  the  date  of  appointment, except in case of an
appointment to fill a vacancy.
(Source: P.A. 85-1314.)

    (70 ILCS 230/1-16, in part)
    Section 15-25. Removal of Board members. Sec.  1-16.  The
Mayor  of  the City of Benton, with the advice and consent of
the Benton City Council, may remove any member of  the  Board
appointed  by him or her, in case of incompetency, neglect of
duty or malfeasance in office, after service on  the  member,
by  registered  United States mail, return receipt requested,
of a copy of the written charges against him or  her  and  an
opportunity  to  be publicly heard in person or by counsel in
his or her own defense upon not less than 10 days notice.
(Source: P.A. 85-1314.)

    (70 ILCS 230/1-25, in part)
    Section  15-30.   Bidders;   civil   action   to   compel
compliance.  Sec. 1-25. 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 of
Franklin County in which the metropolitan area is located  to
compel   compliance  with  the  provisions  of  this  Article
relating to the awarding of contracts by the Board.
(Source: P.A. 89-626, eff. 8-9-96.)

    (70 ILCS 230/1-26)
    Section 15-35. Report and financial statement. Sec. 1-26.
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  and  a
copy  thereof  shall  be  filed with the County Clerk and the
Mayor of the City of Benton.
(Source: P.A. 85-1314.)

    Section   15-40.   Standard   civic   center   provisions
incorporated by reference. The  following  Sections  of  this
Code are incorporated by reference into this Article:
    Section 2-3. Purpose.
    Section 2-5.  Definitions.
    Section 2-10.  Lawsuits; common seal.
    Section 2-15. Duties; auditorium, recreational, and other
buildings; lease of space.
    Section   2-20.  Rights  and  powers,  including  eminent
domain.
    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 2-50.  Borrowing; revenue bonds; suits to  compel
performance.
    Section 2-55. Bonds; nature of indebtedness.
    Section 2-60. Investment in bonds.
    Section  2-75. Board members; financial matters; conflict
of interest.
    Section 2-80. Board members' oath.
    Section 2-85. Board members; vacancy in office.
    Section 2-90.  Organization of the Board.
    Section 2-95. Meetings; action by 5 Board members.
    Section 2-100. Secretary; treasurer.
    Section 2-105. Funds.
    Section 2-110. Signatures on checks or drafts.
    Section 2-115.  General manager; other appointments.
    Section 2-122. Rules and regulations; penalties.
    Section 2-125. Contracts; award to other than highest  or
lowest bidder by vote of 5 Board members.
    Section 2-130. Bids and advertisements.
    Section 2-140. State financial support.
    Section 2-145. Anti-trust laws.
    Section 2-150. Tax exemption.

                         ARTICLE 20.
                  BLOOMINGTON CIVIC CENTER

    (70 ILCS 235/2)
    Section 20-1. Short title. Sec. 2. This Article Act shall
be  known  and  may  be cited as the Bloomington Civic Center
Authority Law of 1997 Act.
(Source: P.A. 80-1440.)

    (70 ILCS 235/3, in part)
    Section 20-5. Definitions. Sec.  3.  When  used  in  this
Article Act:
    "Authority" means the Bloomington Civic Center Authority.
    "Board"  means  the  governing and administrative body of
the Bloomington Civic Center Authority.
    "Metropolitan area" means all that territory in the State
of Illinois lying within the corporate boundaries of the City
of Bloomington.
(Source: P.A. 80-1440.)

    (70 ILCS 235/4, in part)
    Section 20-10. Authority created; principal office.  Sec.
4.  There  is hereby created a unit of local government known
as the Bloomington Civic Center Authority in the metropolitan
area.
    The principal office of the Authority  shall  be  in  the
City of Bloomington.
(Source: P.A. 80-1440.)

    (70 ILCS 235/5)
    Section  20-14.  Sec.  5. Powers and Duties.  It shall be
the duty of the Authority to promote,  operate  and  maintain
expositions,  conventions,  theatrical,  sports  and cultural
activities from time to time in the metropolitan area and  in
connection   therewith   to  arrange,  finance  and  maintain
industrial, cultural, educational, theatrical, sports,  trade
and  scientific exhibits and to construct, equip and maintain
auditoriums  and  exposition   and   office   buildings   and
associated facilities for such purposes.
    The  provision  of office, hotel and restaurant space for
lease and  rental  and  the  lease  of  air  space  over  and
appurtenant  to  such  structures shall be deemed an integral
function of the Authority.
    The Authority is granted all rights and powers  necessary
to perform such duties.
(Source: P.A. 89-626, eff. 8-9-96.)

    (70 ILCS 235/6)
    Section  20-15.  Rights and powers. Sec. 6. The 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  expositions
grounds, convention or exhibition centers, civic auditoriums,
office  and  municipal  buildings, and associated facilities,
including but not limited to hotel and restaurant facilities;
and 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,  lease
as  lessor,  or  allow  the  use  of  such  grounds, centers,
auditoriums and associated  facilities  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,  auditoriums, associated
facilities, and parking areas and facilities  in  the  manner
provided  for  the  exercise  of  the right of eminent domain
under Article VII of the Code of Civil Procedure, as amended;
    (d)  To   fix   and   collect   just,   reasonable    and
nondiscriminatory  charges  for the use of such parking areas
and facilities, grounds, centers, auditoriums and  associated
facilities  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 any manner with the
objects and purposes of this Article Act.
(Source: P.A. 82-783.)

    (70 ILCS 235/9)
    Section 20-20. Federal money. Sec. 9. 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. 80-1440.)
    (70 ILCS 235/11)
    Section 20-25. Borrowing; revenue  bonds.  Sec.  11.  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 Act.
    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 greater of (i) the maximum
rate authorized by the Bond Authorization Act, as amended  at
the  time of the making of the contract, or (ii) 8% per annum
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 suits at law or proceedings in equity  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, and 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 greater of (i) the maximum rate authorized  by  the  Bond
Authorization  Act,  as  amended at the time of the making of
the contract, or (ii) the rate of 8%  per  annum,  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  greater  of  (i)  the maximum rate
authorized by the Bond Authorization Act, as amended  at  the
time  of  the  making  of  the contract, or (ii) 8% per annum
shall be such that the interest cost to the Authority of  the
money  received  from  the sale of the bonds shall not exceed
the greater of (i) the maximum rate authorized  by  the  Bond
Authorization  Act,  as  amended at the time of the making of
the contract,  or  (ii)  8%  annually  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
proceedings in the circuit court 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  3  times  in  a  daily  newspaper  of  general
circulation  published  in  the  metropolitan  area, the last
publication to be at least 10 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  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  Article  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 Article Act that
may appear to be or to have been more restrictive than  those
Acts.
(Source: P.A. 86-4.)
    (70 ILCS 235/12)
    Section  20-27.  Bonds;  nature of indebtedness. Sec. 12.
Under  no  circumstances  shall  any  bonds  issued  by   the
Authority  under Section 20-25 11 of this Act 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. 80-1440.)

    (70 ILCS 235/14)
    Section  20-30.  Sec.  14.   General  obligation   bonds;
conditions. The Authority may borrow money for the purpose of
carrying  out its duties and exercising its powers under this
Article Act,  and  issue  its  general  obligation  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 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 greater of (i) the maximum rate  authorized  by
the  Bond  Authorization  Act,  as amended at the time of the
making of the contract, or  (ii)  8%  per  annum),  shall  be
executed  by  the  officers,  and shall be sold in the manner
that the Board shall determine; except that if issued to bear
interest at the greater of (i) the maximum rate authorized by
the Bond Authorization Act, as amended at  the  time  of  the
making of the contract, or (ii) the rate of 8% per annum, 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 greater of (i) the
maximum rate authorized by the  Bond  Authorization  Act,  as
amended at the time of the making of the contract, or (ii) 8%
per  annum  shall  be  such  that  the  interest  cost to the
Authority of the money received from the sale  of  the  bonds
shall  not  exceed  the  greater  of  (i)  the  maximum  rate
authorized  by  the Bond Authorization Act, as amended at the
time of the making of  the  contract,  or  (ii)  8%  annually
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.
    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  Article  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 Article Act that
may appear to be or to have been more restrictive than  those
Acts.
(Source: P.A. 89-626, eff. 8-9-96.)

    (70 ILCS 235/15)
    Section  20-35.  G.O.  bonds;  election. Sec. 15. General
obligation bonds of the Authority, shall not be issued  until
the  proposition  to issue the same has been submitted to and
approved by a majority of the voters of the metropolitan area
voting upon 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 "Bloomington
Civic Center Authority"                      YES
in the amount of ...............     ------------------------
Dollars ($..........) be issued              NO
for the purpose of ...............?
-------------------------------------------------------------
(Source: P.A. 81-1489.)

    (70 ILCS 235/16)
    Section  20-40.  G.O. bonds; canvass of election returns.
Sec. 16.  Any referendum required under  Sections  20-30  and
20-35 14 or 15 of this Act shall be certified by the Board to
the   proper   election  officials,  who  shall  conduct  the
referendum in accordance with the general election law.   The
returns  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.
(Source: P.A. 81-1489.)

    (70 ILCS 235/17)
    Section  20-45. Tax. Sec. 17. If a majority of the voters
of the said metropolitan area approve the issuance  of  bonds
as  provided  in  Sections 20-30 14 and 20-35 15 of this Act,
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.
    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.
(Source: P.A. 80-1440.)

    (70 ILCS 235/18, in part)
    Section  20-50. Board created. Sec. 18. The governing and
administrative  body  of  the  Authority  shall  be  a  board
consisting of 5 members and shall be known as the Bloomington
Civic Center Authority Board.
(Source: P.A. 80-1440.)

    (70 ILCS 235/19, in part)
    Section 20-55. Board members appointed. Sec.  19.  Within
60  days  after  September  15,  1978  (the effective date of
Public Act 80-1440), this Act becomes effective the Mayor  of
Bloomington  with  the  advice and consent of the Bloomington
city council shall appoint 5 members of the Board, one member
to be appointed for a term of  one  year,  2  members  to  be
appointed for terms of 2 years, and 2 members to be appointed
for  terms of 3 years, such terms commencing on the date each
is appointed.  At the expiration of the term of  any  member,
his  successor shall be appointed by the Mayor of Bloomington
in like manner.  All successors shall hold office for a  term
of 3 years from the date of appointment, except in case of an
appointment to fill a vacancy.
(Source: P.A. 80-1440.)

    (70 ILCS 235/21)
    Section  20-58.  Organization  of the Board. Sec. 21.  As
soon as practicably possible after  the  appointment  of  the
initial  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.
(Source: P.A. 80-1440.)

    (70 ILCS 235/22, in part)
    Section  20-60.  Quorum;  action by 3 Board members. Sec.
22. Three 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  3  members  shall be necessary for the adoption of any
ordinance or resolution.
(Source: P.A. 80-1440.)

    (70 ILCS 235/24)
    Section  20-62.  Funds;  compliance  with  Public   Funds
Investment   Act.  Sec.  24.   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.
    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 "An Act relating
to certain investments of public funds by  public  agencies",
approved July 23, 1943, as now or hereafter amended.
(Source: P.A. 83-541.)

    (70 ILCS 235/30)
    Section  20-65.  Report and financial statement. Sec. 30.
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. 80-1440.)

    Section   20-70.   Standard   civic   center   provisions
incorporated by reference. The  following  Sections  of  this
Code are incorporated by reference into this Article:
    Section 2-3. Purpose.
    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 2-80. Board members' oath.
    Section 2-83. Removal of Board member from office.
    Section 2-85. Board members; vacancy in office.
    Section 2-97. Board meetings; public records.
    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   2-132.   Bidders;   civil   action   to  compel
compliance.
    Section 2-140. State financial support.
    Section 2-145. Anti-trust laws.
    Section 2-150. Tax exemption.

                         ARTICLE 25.
                        BOONE COUNTY
                 COMMUNITY BUILDING COMPLEX

    (70 ILCS 260/1-1)
    Section 25-1. Sec. 1-1.  Short title.  This  Article  may
be cited as the Community Building Complex Committee of Boone
County Law of 1997.
(Source: P.A. 87-230.)

    (70 ILCS 260/1-5)
    Section  25-5.  Sec.  1-5.  Purpose.  The purpose of this
Article is to allow the Citizens of Boone County to maintain,
operate and enhance the existing community  building  complex
and property geographically situated in Belvidere, Illinois.
(Source: P.A. 87-230.)

    (70 ILCS 260/1-10, in part)
    Section 25-10. Sec. 1-10. Definitions.  In this Article:
    "Committee"   means   the   Community   Building  Complex
Committee of Boone County.
    "Committee" means the governing and  administrative  body
of the Community Building Complex Committee of Boone County.
    "Metropolitan area" means all that territory in the State
of  Illinois  lying  within the corporate boundaries of Boone
County.
    "Community  organization"  means   a   not   for   profit
organization  that has been registered with this State for at
least 5 years as a not for profit organization, qualifies for
tax exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(4) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and has  been  established  in
Boone  County  for at least 5 years; such as the YMCA and the
Boone County Arts Council.
(Source: P.A. 87-230.)

    (70 ILCS 260/1-15, in part)
    Section 25-15. Sec. 1-15. Creation of Committee.
    (a)  The Community Building Complex  Committee  of  Boone
County  is  created as a political subdivision, body politic,
and municipal corporation.
    (b)  The principal office of the Committee  shall  be  in
Boone County.
(Source: P.A. 87-230.)

    (70 ILCS 260/1-20)
    Section  25-20.  Sec. 1-20.  Duties.  The Committee shall
promote, operate, and maintain civic meetings and theatrical,
sports, and cultural activities from  time  to  time  in  the
Boone  County  area.   In  connection  with  its  duties, the
Committee shall arrange, finance,  and  maintain  industrial,
cultural,   educational,   theatrical,   sports,  trade,  and
scientific exhibits and shall construct, equip, and  maintain
auditorium,  exposition,  recreational,  and office buildings
for those purposes.  Providing office  space  for  lease  and
rental  and  leasing  air space over and appurtenant to those
structures are integral functions  of  the  Committee.    The
Committee  is  granted  all  rights  and  powers necessary to
perform its duties.
(Source: P.A. 87-230.)

    (70 ILCS 260/1-25)
    Section 25-25. Sec. 1-25.  Powers.  The Committee has the
following powers:
    (a)  To  acquire,  purchase,  own,  construct,  lease  as
lessee, or in any other way acquire, improve, extend, repair,
reconstruct,  regulate,  operate,  equip,  and  maintain  the
Community Building Complex including  sites,  parking  areas,
and  commercial  facilities  for  those  structures,  located
within Boone County.
    (b)  To  plan  for  grounds, centers, and auditoriums; 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 those grounds,
centers, and auditoriums for the holding of fairs,  exhibits,
shows, and events, whether conducted by the Committee or some
other person or governmental agency.
    (c)  To   fix   and   collect   just,   reasonable,   and
nondiscriminatory  (i)  charges  and rents for the use of its
parking areas and facilities,  grounds,  centers,  buildings,
and  auditoriums  and (ii) admission charges to fairs, shows,
exhibits, and events sponsored or held by the Committee.  The
charges  collected  may  be  made  available  to  defray  the
reasonable expenses of the Committee and to pay the principal
of and interest on any bonds issued by the Committee.
    (d)  To enter into contracts treating in any manner  with
the objects and purposes of this Article.
(Source: P.A. 87-230.)

    (70 ILCS 260/1-35)
    Section  25-27. Sec. 1-35.  Acquisition of property.  The
Committee  has  the  power  (i)  to  acquire  and  accept  by
purchase, lease, gift, or otherwise any  property  or  rights
from   any   person   or   persons,  or  from  any  municipal
corporation, or body politic, (ii) to apply  for  and  accept
grants,  matching grants, or loans from the State of Illinois
or any agency or instrumentality of the State to be used  for
any   of  the  purposes  of  the Committee other than capital
development, and (iii) to enter into any agreement  with  the
State  of  Illinois  in  relation  to  those grants, matching
grants, or loans.
(Source: P.A. 87-230.)

    (70 ILCS 260/1-65)
    Section 25-30. Sec. 1-65. Food and beverage tax.
    (a)  For the sole purpose  of  obtaining  funds  for  the
support,   construction,   maintenance,  or  financing  of  a
facility of the Committee, the city council of  the  City  of
Belvidere,  within  the  city,  and the county board of Boone
County, within those areas of the county outside the City  of
Belvidere,  may  jointly  impose  a tax on the retail sale of
food and beverages that  have  been  prepared  for  immediate
consumption.   The tax shall not exceed the rate of 1% of the
selling price of such food  and  beverages.   A  tax  imposed
under  this  Section  shall be in addition to any other taxes
imposed on food and beverages.
    (b)  The purchaser of food and beverages shall be  liable
for  the  payment  of  a tax imposed under this Section.  The
city council of the City of Belvidere and the county board of
Boone County may, however, jointly require  that  any  person
engaged  in  the  business  of  making  retail sales that are
subject to the tax must collect the  tax  and  pay  over  the
proceeds  of  the tax as prescribed by ordinances of the city
council and county board.
    (c)  For the  purposes  of  this  Section,  the  support,
construction,  maintenance, or financing of a facility of the
Committee may include the establishment of reserve funds  and
the expenditure of funds under an intergovernmental agreement
for those purposes.
    (d)  The  authority  to  impose  a tax under this Section
terminates 10 years after the effective date of the ordinance
authorizing the tax unless (i) a continuation of the  tax  is
approved   by  the  voters  of  Boone  County  by  referendum
conducted in accordance with the general election law or (ii)
there are outstanding bonds of the Committee.
(Source: P.A. 87-230.)

    (70 ILCS 260/1-70, in part)
    Section 25-35. Sec. 1-70. Creation of the Committee.  The
governing and administrative  body  of  the  Committee  shall
consist  of  11  members  and shall be known as the Community
Building Complex Committee.  The  members  of  the  Committee
shall  be  individuals  of  generally  recognized ability and
integrity.
(Source: P.A. 87-230.)

    (70 ILCS 260/1-75, in part)
    Section 25-40.  Sec.  1-75.  Members  of  the  Committee.
Within 60 days after September 3, 1991 (the effective date of
Article   1  of  Public  Act  87-230)  this  Article  becomes
effective,  the  appointing  authorities  shall  appoint  the
initial members of the Committee as follows:
         (1)  The chairman  of  the  county  board  of  Boone
    County,  with the advice and consent of the county board,
    shall appoint 2 members, one  of  whom  shall  not  be  a
    member of the county board.
         (2)  The  mayor  of  the City of Belvidere, with the
    advice and consent of the city council, shall  appoint  2
    members,  one  of  whom shall not be a member of the city
    council.
         (3)  The supervisor of Belvidere Township, with  the
    advice  and  consent  of  the township board of trustees,
    shall appoint one member.
         (4)  The boards of trustees of all townships  within
    Boone    County,   except   Belvidere   Township,   shall
    collectively appoint one member.
         (5)  The president of the Belvidere Park Board, with
    the advice and consent of the park board,  shall  appoint
    one member.
         (6)  The  chairman  of  the  county  board  of Boone
    County, with the advice and consent of the county  board,
    shall  appoint  2  members  from nominations submitted by
    community organizations.
         (7)  The school board of  Belvidere  Community  Unit
    School District Number 100 shall appoint one member.
         (8)  The  school board of North Boone Community Unit
    School District Number 200 shall appoint one member.
    The initial members of  the  Committee  shall  serve  for
terms determined by lot at the first meeting of th