(65 ILCS 5/11-45-11) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-45-11)
Sec. 11-45-11.
Whenever the commissioners appointed and acting under the
provisions of this Division 45 determine to erect a band-shell or similar
structure for the presentation of concerts or programs in the performing
arts as may be presented by them, or to purchase a site for same, or to
repair, remodel or improve an existing structure, or to build an addition
thereto, or to furnish necessary equipment therefor, or to do any or all of
these things, or to purchase a building and site, and necessary equipment
for the building, or to provide or accumulate a fund for the erection of a
new building or structure, the purchase of such building of an addition
thereto, or to pay for a site for the building or structure, or to purchase
necessary equipment for such, or to do any or all of these things, the
commissioners have the following power:
In case a new band-shell or a structure for the performing arts is to be
erected, or an existing structure is to be remodeled, repaired, improved,
or an addition thereto erected, or the grounds adjacent thereto are to be
prepared for seating, lighting, sound and general improvements or necessary
equipment therefor purchased, or any or all of such things are to be done,
the commissioners shall cause a plan for such band-shell or structure, or
for the remodeling, repairing or improving of such band-shell or structure,
and the grounds adjacent thereto, or the purchase of necessary equipment
therefor to be prepared, and an estimate made of the cost. If a site is to
be provided for the same, they shall also cause an estimate to be made of
the cost of such site. If necessary equipment is to be provided, the
commissioners shall cause an estimate to be made of the cost of such
equipment. They may then determine the term of years over which they shall
spread the collection of the cost of such band-shell or structure, or the
remodeling, repairing or improving of an existing structure, or the
erection of an addition thereto, or site, or equipment or any or all of
these things, not exceeding 20 years, and shall make a record of their
proceedings. The commissioners shall transmit a copy of the record of their
proceedings to the city council for its approval. If the city council
approves the action of the band commission or the band and performing arts
commission or the recreation board if designated, it may, by ordinance,
provide that the bonds of the city be issued for the payment of the cost,
so estimated as aforesaid, of the structure, or other repairs or equipment
herein referred to, in which event the ordinance shall also state the time
or times when such bonds, and the interest thereon shall become payable.
The whole of the principal of such bonds and the interest thereon, shall be
payable within 20 years and interest on such bonds shall not exceed the
maximum rate authorized by the Bond Authorization Act, as amended at the
time of the making of the contract. Such interest may be made payable at such
times as the ordinance may prescribe. However, the total tax which may be
levied hereunder for municipal band and/or performing arts purposes, including
the retirement of the bonds herein, shall not exceed the total which may be
authorized by the referendum providing for the levy of a tax as set out in
Section 11-45-2. If the city council adopts such an ordinance, the band
commission or the band and performing arts commission or the recreation
board if designated, shall set aside from the fund each year, a sum
sufficient to pay the principal and interest on such bonds. In addition,
however, any surplus remaining in the fund at the end of any year after
paying the principal and interest on such bonds, and after paying other
expenses for maintaining and employing a municipal band and/or for the
maintenance and conduct of programs in the performing arts, may be applied
to the retirement of such bonds. If, however, the city council shall not
provide that bonds of the city be issued as and for the purposes aforesaid,
but shall otherwise approve the action of the commission, then the
commission shall divide the total cost of the building, improvements or
equipment as they shall determine, to spread the collection thereof, and
shall certify the amount to the city council each year during the term over
which the commissioners shall have determined to spread the collection of
the cost of such building, improvements or equipment, or any or all of
these things.
The commission may receive any gifts tendered to be applied on the cost
of such building, improvements or equipment.
The city council on receiving the last mentioned certificate shall, in
its next annual appropriation ordinance, include the amount so certified
and shall, for the amount levy and collect a tax to pay the same. The total
amount thus levied, including costs of such building, remodeling or
equipment, shall not exceed the total which may be authorized by the
referendum provided for in Section 11-45-2. However, any surplus remaining
in the fund at the end of any year after setting aside funds for such
purposes and after paying other expenses for maintaining and employing a
municipal band and/or for the maintenance and conduct of programs in the
performing arts, may be applied to the fund being accumulated for such
building, improvements or equipment.
Such commissioners shall have authority to enter into contracts to carry
out the purposes of this Division 45 and to take title to any property
acquired by it for municipal band purposes and/or for the maintenance and
conduct of programs in the performing arts by the name of "The Municipal
Band Commission of the City/Village of ...., Illinois" or "The Municipal
Band and Performing Arts Commission of the City/Village of ...., Illinois"
or if designated according to Section 45-7, "The Recreation Board of the
City/Village of ...., Illinois".
With respect to instruments for the payment of money issued under this
Section either before, on, or after the effective date of this amendatory
Act of 1989, it is and always has been the intention of the General Assembly
(i) that the Omnibus Bond Acts are and always have been supplementary
grants of power to issue instruments in accordance with the Omnibus Bond
Acts, regardless of any provision of this Act that may appear to be or to
have been more restrictive than those Acts, (ii) that the provisions of
this Section are not a limitation on the supplementary authority granted by
the Omnibus Bond Acts, and (iii) that instruments issued under this Section
within the supplementary authority granted by the Omnibus Bond Acts are not
invalid because of any provision of this Act that may appear to be or to
have been more restrictive than those Acts.
(Source: P.A. 86-4.)
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(65 ILCS 5/11-45-12) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-45-12)
Sec. 11-45-12.
The commissioners shall determine when they will proceed
with the purchase of a building or site, or with the erection of a
band-shell or similar structure, or with the remodeling, repairing and
equipment, or any other proceeding permitted hereunder. They may proceed at
once or determine to wait and allow the fund to accumulate. If the
commissioners determine to let the fund accumulate, they shall invest the
money in interest paying securities such as are authorized by law for the
investment of public funds, thereto remain until the same is needed for
proceeding hereunder. The commissioners may contract for the expenditure of
such funds for the purposes herein designated and may apply the proceeds of
the tax and bonds issued hereunder, toward payment therefor.
(Source: Laws 1967, p. 2339.)
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(65 ILCS 5/11-45-13) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-45-13)
Sec. 11-45-13.
When the commissioners determine to commence the
construction of a band-shell, or performing arts structure, or to proceed
as herein otherwise authorized, they may adopt the plans therefor and
provide estimates of the costs thereof, and shall advertise for bids for
the completion of the program and shall let the contract or contracts for
the same to the lowest and best responsible bidder or bidders, and may
require from such bidders such security for the performance of the bids as
the commissioners may determine.
(Source: Laws 1967, p. 2339.)
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(65 ILCS 5/11-45-14) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-45-14)
Sec. 11-45-14.
The commissioners, after such band-shell or performing arts
structure has been erected, may levy a tax from year to year for such
amount as they deem necessary for the maintenance of such structure and
surrounding grounds. However, the total amount levied for all of the
purposes referred to in these Sections 11-45-7 through 11-45-16 shall not
exceed the total which may be authorized by the referendum provided for in
Section 11-45-2.
(Source: Laws 1967, p. 2339.)
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(65 ILCS 5/11-45-15) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-45-15)
Sec. 11-45-15.
The commissioners may, by agreement with the proper
officials of any park or school district in which the municipality may be
included, erect such structure on the property of such park or school
district after leasing such grounds upon a nominal rental basis, the
structure so erected to remain the property of the municipality.
(Source: Laws 1967, p. 2339.)
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(65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 45.1 heading) DIVISION 45.1.
CULTURAL CENTERS
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(65 ILCS 5/11-45.1-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-45.1-1)
Sec. 11-45.1-1.
The corporate authorities of each municipality may establish cultural
centers within the municipality. Such cultural centers may be devoted to
the exhibition of works of art, the conduct of programs of music and the
performing arts, the establishment of museums, the exhibition of historical
objects, the presentation of dramatic productions, and other exhibitions
and performances enhancing the cultural and intellectual level of the
community.
(Source: P.A. 76-211.)
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(65 ILCS 5/11-45.1-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-45.1-2)
Sec. 11-45.1-2.
For the purpose of establishing such cultural centers, the corporate
authorities may acquire all necessary real and personal property by
purchase, lease, gift or eminent domain. They may lease portions of a
cultural center to any not-for-profit organization engaged in activities
within the purview of cultural centers established under this division. The
terms and periods of such lease shall be those deemed appropriate by the
corporate authorities, provided that no lease may exceed 5 years. The
corporate authorities may also lease up to 25% of the floor area of any
cultural center to persons, organizations or corporations engaged in
noncultural activities, for the purpose of rendering auxiliary services.
Such as food dispensing, automobile parking, sale of books, records or
publications, and other necessary activities convenient for the use of the
cultural centers by the public.
(Source: P.A. 76-211.)
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(65 ILCS 5/11-45.1-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-45.1-3)
Sec. 11-45.1-3.
The corporate authorities may expend corporate funds for
the purpose of acquiring, maintaining and operating cultural centers,
including but not limited to compensation of employees and payment of
operating expenses. The corporate authorities may issue revenue bonds
pursuant to ordinance adopted for such purpose. Such bonds shall be payable
solely from the revenues to be derived from the operation of the cultural
center. Such bonds shall mature at a time not exceeding 40 years from their
respective dates of issue and shall be in such form, carry such
registration privileges, be executed in such manner, be offered for sale in
such manner, and be payable at such place or places and under such
conditions and terms as may be provided in the ordinance or in any
subsequent ordinance adopted pursuant hereto for the purpose of refunding
or refinancing any bonds issued hereunder. The holder or holders of such
bonds may bring suit to compel the municipality to perform any covenant or
duty created by the ordinance authorizing their issuance. The bonds shall
bear interest at a rate not to exceed the maximum rate authorized by the
Bond Authorization Act, as amended at the time of the making of the contract.
The corporate authorities may receive gifts and donations for the
purpose of acquiring, operating and maintaining a cultural center and may
enter into contractual arrangements with any public body, private
corporation or foundation for the purpose of receiving such grants or
gifts. The corporate authorities may acquire and operate one or more
buildings or one or more sites as cultural centers pursuant to the powers
herein granted.
The foregoing provisions and powers may be administered by such special
commission, board, department, or bureau of the municipality or by any
existing commission, board, department or bureau of the municipality, as
may be provided by ordinance adopted by the corporate authorities.
With respect to instruments for the payment of money issued under this
Section either before, on, or after the effective date of this amendatory
Act of 1989, it is and always has been the intention of the General
Assembly (i) that the Omnibus Bond Acts are and always have been
supplementary grants of power to issue instruments in accordance with the
Omnibus Bond Acts, regardless of any provision of this Act that may appear
to be or to have been more restrictive than those Acts, (ii) that the
provisions of this Section are not a limitation on the supplementary
authority granted by the Omnibus Bond Acts, and (iii) that instruments
issued under this Section within the supplementary authority granted by the
Omnibus Bond Acts are not invalid because of any provision of this Act that
may appear to be or to have been more restrictive than those Acts.
Any bonds issued under this Section as limited bonds as defined in Section
3
of
the Local Government Debt Reform Act shall comply with the requirements of the
Bond Issue Notification Act.
(Source: P.A. 89-655, eff. 1-1-97.)
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(65 ILCS 5/11-45.1-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-45.1-4)
Sec. 11-45.1-4.
Any municipality may levy a tax annually not to exceed .25% of the
value, as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, of all
the taxable property in the municipality for the purpose
of acquiring, operating and maintaining a cultural center, provided that
no such tax shall be levied in any such municipality until the question
of levying the tax has first been submitted to the electors of that
municipality at any election, and the tax has been approved by a majority of the
electors voting thereon. Such question shall be certified by the municipal
clerk and submitted by the proper election authority. If a majority of
the electors of the
municipality voting thereon vote for the levy of the tax, the
municipality is authorized to levy and collect the tax. This tax shall
be in addition to all other taxes which that municipality is now or
hereafter may be authorized to levy on the taxable property within the
municipality and shall be in addition to taxes for general purposes
authorized to be levied, as provided by Section 8-3-1 of this Code. This
tax shall be levied and collected in like manner as the general taxes
for that municipality.
(Source: P.A. 81-1489; 81-1509.)
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(65 ILCS 5/11-45.1-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-45.1-5)
Sec. 11-45.1-5.
For the purpose of acquiring and constructing a cultural center as
provided in this division, or for the equipping of any such cultural
center, any municipality may borrow money and issue its negotiable bonds
thereon, pledging the full faith and credit of the municipality. Such
bonds shall bear interest at not to exceed
the maximum rate authorized by the Bond Authorization Act, as amended at the
time of the making of the contract, but no such
bonds shall be issued unless the proposition to issue the bonds is first
submitted to the electors of the municipality and approved by a majority
of the electors voting thereon. The municipal clerk shall certify the
proposition to the proper election authority who shall submit the proposition
to a vote of the electors. The form of such proposition shall be in
accordance with the provisions of Section 8-4-2 of this Code.
With respect to instruments for the payment of money issued under this
Section either before, on, or after the effective date of this amendatory
Act of 1989, it is and always has been the intention of the General
Assembly (i) that the Omnibus Bond Acts are and always have been
supplementary grants of power to issue instruments in accordance with the
Omnibus Bond Acts, regardless of any provision of this Act that may appear
to be or to have been more restrictive than those Acts, (ii) that the
provisions of this Section are not a limitation on the supplementary
authority granted by the Omnibus Bond Acts, and (iii) that instruments
issued under this Section within the supplementary authority granted by the
Omnibus Bond Acts are not invalid because of any provision of this Act that
may appear to be or to have been more restrictive than those Acts.
(Source: P.A. 86-4.)
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(65 ILCS 5/11-45.1-6) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-45.1-6)
Sec. 11-45.1-6.
If any provision of this Division or application thereof to any person
or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity does not affect other
provisions or applications of this Act which can be given effect without
the invalid application or provision. To this end the provisions of this
division are declared to be severable.
(Source: P.A. 76-211.)
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(65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 46 heading) DIVISION 46.
ART COMMISSIONS
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(65 ILCS 5/11-46-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-46-1)
Sec. 11-46-1.
Whenever the city council of any city deems it advisable,
they may provide by ordinance for the creation of a commission to be known
as the art commission of that city.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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(65 ILCS 5/11-46-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-46-2)
Sec. 11-46-2.
Each art commission shall consist of the mayor of the city by
virtue of his office and 6 other members to be appointed by the mayor.
Three of these 6 members shall be appointed from one or more of the
professions of painting, sculpture, architecture, and landscape gardening,
but none of the 3 other members shall be appointed from these enumerated
professions.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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(65 ILCS 5/11-46-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-46-3)
Sec. 11-46-3.
The 3 members of the commission required to be appointed from
among the professions enumerated in Section 11-46-2 shall be appointed in
the first instance for one, 2, and 3 year terms of office respectively, as
the mayor may determine. The other appointed members of the commission also
shall be appointed in the first instance for one, 2 and 3 year terms of
office respectively. After the expiration of these first terms of office of
all of the appointed members respectively, their successors shall be
appointed for a term of 3 years in each case. All appointments to fill
vacancies shall be for the unexpired term.
In case a vacancy occurs in the commission for any reason the vacancy
shall be filled by appointment by the mayor. All appointees shall hold
their offices for their respective terms and until their successors are
appointed and have qualified.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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(65 ILCS 5/11-46-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-46-4)
Sec. 11-46-4.
The commission shall serve without compensation, and shall
elect a president and a secretary from its own members, whose terms of
office shall be for one year, and until their successors are elected and
have qualified.
The commission shall have power to adopt its own rules of procedure.
Four commissioners shall constitute a quorum.
The city council shall provide suitable offices for the commission and
shall make annual appropriations for the payment of the commission's
expenses.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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(65 ILCS 5/11-46-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-46-5)
Sec. 11-46-5.
Hereafter no work of art shall be erected or placed in, over,
or upon or allowed to be extended into, over, or upon any street, alley,
avenue, square, common, boulevard, park, grounds used for school or other
public purposes, municipal building, school building, or other public
building or public place under the control of the city, or any department
or officer thereof, unless the work of art, or a design thereof, together
with a statement of the proposed location of the work of art first has been
submitted to and approved by the commission. The commission, when they deem
it proper, may also require a complete model of the proposed work of art to
be submitted. The term "work of art" as used in this connection shall apply
to and include all paintings, mural decorations, stained glass, statues,
bas reliefs, sculptures, monuments, ornaments, fountains, arches,
ornamental gateways, or other structures of a permanent character intended
for ornament or commemoration. No existing work of art in the possession of
the city, or in any park, or school building, or on any boulevard, public
ground or school ground, shall be removed relocated, or altered in any way
without a similar approval of the commission, except as provided in Section
11-46-7.
The commission shall act in this same capacity and shall have these same
powers (1) in respect to designs of buildings, bridges, approaches, gates,
fences, lamps, or other structures to be erected upon land belonging to and
occupied by the city, or in any park, public ground, or boulevard under the
jurisdiction of the city, and (2) in respect of the lines, grades, and
platting of public ways and grounds, and (3) in respect of the arches,
bridges, structures, and approaches which will be the property of any
corporation or private individual, and which are to be extended over or
upon any street, avenue, highway, boulevard, park, or other public place
belonging to or under the jurisdiction of the city, and the commission's
approval shall be required for every such structure which is hereafter
contracted for, erected, or altered. But in case any such structure, not
including works of art, which is hereafter contracted for, erected, or
altered at a total expense not exceeding $200,000, the approval of the art
commission shall not be required if the city council so directs.
The commission may offer advice or suggestions to the owners of private
property in relation to the beautification of their property. Any person,
who is about to erect any building or make any improvement, may submit the
plans and designs thereof to the art commission for advice and suggestions.
The art commission may receive and act upon the complaints and suggestions
of citizens or voluntary associations having such objects and purposes in
view as are specified in this section.
The commission shall record its proceedings and make a report thereof in
writing annually to the mayor of the city.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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