(65 ILCS 5/11-67-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-67-5)
Sec. 11-67-5.
Every such municipality has the power to borrow money
on the credit of the municipality and to issue bonds, in the manner
provided by law, for the purpose of establishing and maintaining a
municipal coliseum. But no issue of bonds shall be valid unless the
proposition of issuing the bonds is first certified by the municipal clerk
and submitted to the electors of
the municipality and is approved by a majority of those voting on the
proposition. The proposition shall be substantially in the following form:
Shall bonds for the purpose of establishing and maintaining a YES municipal coliseum, in the amount
of $....(insert amount), be issued NO by the ....(insert name of municipality)?
Each year after bonds are issued under this Division 67 and until all
bonds so issued are retired, there shall be included in and added to the
taxes levied for municipal purposes, a direct annual tax for an amount
sufficient to pay the interest as it accrues on each bond so issued, and
also to pay the principal of these bonds at par value, as the bonds
respectively fall due. Any tax levied to pay off any bond issue
hereafter approved shall not exceed .05% of the value, as equalized or
assessed by the Department of Revenue, upon the taxable
property within the municipality.
(Source: P.A. 81-1489; 81-1509 .)
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(65 ILCS 5/11-67-6) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-67-6)
Sec. 11-67-6.
Every such municipality which establishes and owns a
municipal coliseum has the power to license or lease all or any part of the
coliseum to assemblages for definite short periods of time, upon such terms
and compensation as may be prescribed by the corporate authorities or as
may be determined by ordinances, rules, or regulations passed or prescribed
by the corporate authorities.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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(65 ILCS 5/11-67-7) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-67-7)
Sec. 11-67-7.
The corporate authorities may provide for granting the free
use of such a municipal coliseum to the inhabitants of the municipality, or
to local bodies or organizations existing within the municipality, for
civic, patriotic, educational, charitable, or political purposes and also
for historic celebrations, free amusements, concerts, entertainments,
lectures, and discussions.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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(65 ILCS 5/11-67-8) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-67-8)
Sec. 11-67-8.
The corporate authorities from time to time may establish by
ordinance all needful rules and regulations for the management and control
of such a municipal coliseum. All these ordinances, for the violation of
which fines are imposed, shall be published in the same manner and form as
is required for other ordinances of the municipality, and these ordinances
may be printed in book or pamphlet form in such manner as the corporate
authorities shall direct. Rules established by these ordinances shall be
brought to the notice of the public by being posted in conspicuous places
in the coliseum. When these ordinances are printed in book or pamphlet
form, and purport to be published by authority of the corporate authorities
of a designated municipality, the book or pamphlet shall be received in all
courts as evidence of the contents of these ordinances, and of the passage
and publication thereof as of the date therein mentioned, without further
proof.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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(65 ILCS 5/11-67-9) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-67-9)
Sec. 11-67-9. Every municipality owning and operating such a
municipal coliseum shall keep books of account for the coliseum separate
and distinct from other municipal accounts and in such manner as to show
the true and complete financial standing and results of the municipal
ownership and operation. These accounts shall be so kept as to show: (1)
the actual cost to the municipality of maintenance, extension, and
improvement, (2) all operating expenses of every description, (3) if
water or other service is furnished for the use of the municipal
coliseum without charge, as nearly as possible, the value of that
service, and also the value of any use or service rendered by the
municipal coliseum to the municipality without charge, (4) reasonable
allowances for interest, depreciation, and insurance, and (5) estimates
of the amount of taxes that would be chargeable against that property if
owned by a private corporation. The corporate authorities shall have
printed annually for public distribution, a report showing the
financial results, in the form specified in this section, of the
municipal ownership and operation.
The accounts of the municipal coliseum shall be examined at least
once a year by a licensed Certified Public Accountant permitted to perform audits under the Illinois Public Accounting Act, who shall report to the corporate
authorities the results of his examination. This accountant shall be
selected as the corporate authorities may direct, and he shall receive
for his services such compensation, to be paid out of the revenue from
the municipal coliseum, as the corporate authorities may prescribe.
(Source: P.A. 94-465, eff. 8-4-05.)
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(65 ILCS 5/11-67-10) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-67-10)
Sec. 11-67-10.
If a majority of the electors voting on the proposition in
any municipality have voted for a municipal coliseum under "An Act to
enable cities, villages and incorporated towns having a population of
seventy-five thousand or less, to establish and maintain municipal
coliseums," approved May 19, 1927, as amended, that municipality has the
same powers and is subject to the same duties as a municipality whose
electors approve the establishment and maintenance of a municipal coliseum
under this Division 67. If a majority of the electors voting on the
proposition in any municipality have voted for the issuance of bonds or
obligations under that Act, that municipality has the same powers and is
subject to the same duties as a municipality whose electors approve the
issuance of bonds under this Division 67.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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(65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 68 heading) DIVISION 68.
STADIUMS AND ATHLETIC FIELDS
IN CITIES
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(65 ILCS 5/11-68-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-68-1)
Sec. 11-68-1.
For the purpose of promoting the health and welfare of its
citizens, any city with a population of more than 30,000 whose corporate
limits coincide with the limits of the township in which the city is
located, subject to a referendum vote, may acquire and improve not to
exceed 10 acres of land, within or without the city, to be set apart, held,
and maintained as a stadium and athletic field for the use of the public.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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(65 ILCS 5/11-68-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-68-2)
Sec. 11-68-2.
Whenever, in such a city, not less than 100 of its
electors petition the city clerk for submission to a referendum
vote the
proposition of acquiring and maintaining a stadium and athletic field,
the proposition shall be certified by the city clerk and submitted at
an election in accordance with the general election law.
The proposition shall be substantially in the following form:
Shall the city of .............. YES acquire and maintain a stadium
and athletic field? NO
(Source: P.A. 81-1489 .)
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(65 ILCS 5/11-68-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-68-3)
Sec. 11-68-3.
If a majority of the votes cast on the specified proposition
are in favor of acquiring and maintaining a stadium and athletic field,
a board of 5 stadium and athletic field commissioners shall be elected at
the next regular election for such officers as provided in the general election
law. The election for said commissioners shall be governed by the general
election law. Two of the commissioners shall hold office for one year; 3
shall hold office for 2 years. Their respective terms shall be determined
by lot. Successors shall be elected for a term of 2 years. Vacancies occurring
in the board shall be filled for the unexpired term by appointments of the
mayor. The commissioners shall serve without compensation.
The board of commissioners shall organize by electing one of their number
chairman and one secretary. They shall keep a record of their proceedings,
which, at all reasonable times, shall be open to inspection.
(Source: P.A. 81-1490.)
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(65 ILCS 5/11-68-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-68-4)
Sec. 11-68-4.
The board of stadium and athletic field commissioners elected
pursuant to the provisions of this Division 68 shall:
(1) select a suitable site of not more than 10 acres in area, within or
without the city, for a stadium and athletic field for the city;
(2) acquire title to the site so selected by accepting a donation or
legacy or by purchase or condemnation under the eminent domain
laws of this
State;
(3) erect a stadium on the site so selected and lay it out as an
athletic field for the use of the public;
(4) maintain, manage, and control the stadium and athletic field and
make and enforce proper rules and regulations for its beneficial use.
(Source: P.A. 83-388.)
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(65 ILCS 5/11-68-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-68-5)
Sec. 11-68-5.
Bonds of a city for raising funds to acquire or to improve
or to acquire and improve a stadium and athletic field may be issued in the
following manner:
Whenever 100 or more electors of any specified city, which has elected a
board of stadium and athletic field commissioners, file a written petition
in the office of the city clerk, asking that the proposition be submitted
to authorize the issuance of bonds for the purpose of providing for the
acquiring or improving or acquiring and improving of a stadium and athletic
field for the city, and the petition designates the amount of bonds
proposed to be issued, the city clerk shall certify the question of issuing
bonds for that purpose, to the amount named in the petition for submission
at an election in accordance with the general election law. The notice of
the referendum shall state the amount of bonds proposed to be issued.
The proposition shall be in substantially the following form:
Shall stadium and athletic field bonds of the city of YES .... be issued to the amount of $.... for the purpose of
acquiring (or improving, or acquiring and improving) a NO stadium and athletic field?
If a majority of the votes cast upon this proposition are in favor of
the issuance of the bonds, the stadium and athletic field commissioners
of the city shall issue bonds of the city, not exceeding the amount
voted upon at this election. The bonds shall mature not more than 20
years after the date of their issuance and shall be in denominations of
$100 or any multiple thereof, and shall bear interest, evidenced by
coupons, at a rate not exceeding the maximum rate authorized by the Bond
Authorization Act, as amended at the time of the making of the contract,
payable semi-annually, as shall be determined by the board of stadium and
athletic field commissioners. These bonds shall be sold at not less than
par and the proceeds thereof used solely for the purpose of acquiring or
improving a stadium and athletic field for the city.
With respect to instruments for the payment of money issued under this
Section either before, on, or after the effective date of this amendatory
Act of 1989, it is and always has been the intention of the General
Assembly (i) that the Omnibus Bond Acts are and always have been supplementary
grants of power to issue instruments in accordance with the Omnibus Bond
Acts, regardless of any provision of this Act that may appear to be or to
have been more restrictive than those Acts, (ii) that the provisions of
this Section are not a limitation on the supplementary authority granted by
the Omnibus Bond Acts, and (iii) that instruments issued under this Section
within the supplementary authority granted by the Omnibus Bond Acts are not
invalid because of any provision of this Act that may appear to be or to
have been more restrictive than those Acts.
The amendatory Acts of 1971, 1972 and 1973 are not a limit upon any
municipality which is a home rule unit.
(Source: P.A. 86-4 .)
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(65 ILCS 5/11-68-6) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-68-6)
Sec. 11-68-6.
For the purpose of providing a fund for the maintenance and
development of the stadium and athletic field and for the purpose of
retiring stadium and athletic field bonds, the board of stadium and
athletic field commissioners of any city have the power to levy an
annual tax of not more than .075% of the value, as equalized or assessed
by the Department of Revenue, of the taxable property
of the city, which shall be levied and collected at the time and in the
manner that other taxes are required to be levied and collected. This
tax, when levied and collected, shall be used to retire stadium and
athletic field bonds and shall be applied to the expenses of maintenance
and development of any stadium and athletic field theretofore acquired
by the city.
The foregoing limitation upon tax rate may be increased or decreased
according to the referendum provisions of the General Revenue Law of
Illinois.
(Source: P.A. 81-1509.)
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(65 ILCS 5/11-68-7) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-68-7)
Sec. 11-68-7.
Any stadium and athletic field which was acquired by such a
city and which, immediately prior to January 1, 1942, was being maintained
under "An Act to authorize the establishment and maintenance of stadium and
athletic fields in cities, having a population of more than thirty
thousand, the corporate limits of which coincide with the township limits
in which said cities are located," approved June 27, 1921, as amended,
shall be treated as if acquired under this Division 68 and may be continued
to be maintained under this Division 68.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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(65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 69 heading) DIVISION 69.
JOINT OWNERSHIP OF MUNICIPAL
BUILDINGS
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(65 ILCS 5/11-69-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-69-1)
Sec. 11-69-1.
Whenever the territories of any 2 or more municipalities in
the State of Illinois comprise the same or partly the same territory, the
municipalities concerned have the power jointly to purchase land and to
construct buildings and all necessary appurtenances within their common
corporate limits, and to own, operate, and maintain the land and buildings
jointly with one another, for their joint municipal purposes, on terms and
conditions to be agreed upon by the municipalities. Such municipalities
have the power to exercise the right of eminent domain by condemnation
proceedings in conformity with the provisions of the constitution and
statutes of the state for the acquirement of property, advantageous or
desirable for joint municipal purposes.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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(65 ILCS 5/11-69-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-69-2)
Sec. 11-69-2.
The purpose of Section 11-69-1 is for the benefit of
municipalities with common territory and whose building needs can be most
efficiently and economically handled by joint buildings for the several
municipalities. Section 11-69-1 shall be liberally construed to give effect
to these purposes.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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(65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 70 heading) DIVISION 70.
TAX FOR RESTORATION OF PUBLIC
BUILDINGS DAMAGED BY STORM OR FIRE
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(65 ILCS 5/11-70-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-70-1)
Sec. 11-70-1.
In any municipality, whether incorporated under general
law or special charter, in which the municipal hall, or any municipal
jail or police station, fire department house, or public library is
destroyed or seriously impaired by storm or fire, the corporate
authorities, in order to rebuild or restore any such building, thus
destroyed or seriously impaired, may levy an annual tax for not
exceeding 10 successive years of not exceeding .08333% of the value, as
equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, on
all of the taxable property in the municipality. This tax shall be
levied and collected in the same manner as the general taxes of that
municipality and shall be known as the public building restoration fund
tax. This tax shall not be included in the aggregate amount of taxes as
limited by Section 8-3-1, or by any provision of any special charter
under which such a municipality is now operating.
The foregoing limitation upon tax rates in municipalities of less
than 1,000,000 population may be increased or decreased according to the
referendum provisions of the General Revenue Law of Illinois.
(Source: P.A. 81-1509.)
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(65 ILCS 5/11-70-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-70-2)
Sec. 11-70-2.
Whenever the corporate authorities of any municipality
designated in Section 11-70-1 decides to rebuild or restore any of the
specified buildings, it shall make provision therefor by an ordinance. This
ordinance shall also state the number of years, not exceeding 10, that this
annual public building restoration fund tax shall be levied, and the per
cent, not exceeding .08333 on all of the taxable property in the
municipality. This tax shall be included in the annual appropriation and
tax levy ordinances of such a municipality for the years that it can be
levied under the provisions of this section and Section 11-70-1.
The foregoing limitation upon tax rates in municipalities of less than
1,000,000 population may be increased or decreased according to the
referendum provisions of the General Revenue Law of Illinois.
(Source: P.A. 76-1236.)
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(65 ILCS 5/11-70-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-70-3)
Sec. 11-70-3.
All money received from this public building restoration fund
tax shall be deposited in the municipal treasury to the credit of that
fund. All money so received shall be kept separate and apart from other
money of the municipality, and shall not be used or paid out for any other
purpose than that of paying the cost of rebuilding or restoring the
specified public buildings destroyed or seriously impaired by storm or
fire, until all of the costs have been discharged. If the money so received
can not be used annually to pay the cost but accumulates, the corporate
authorities may invest this money in good interest-paying securities, until
the money is needed for the payment of the costs of the rebuilding or
restoration.
(Source: Laws 1965, p. 2685.)
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(65 ILCS 5/Art 11 prec Div 71 heading)
PARKING FACILITIES
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(65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 71 heading) DIVISION 71.
OFF-STREET PARKING
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(65 ILCS 5/11-71-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-71-1)
Sec. 11-71-1. Any municipality is hereby authorized to:
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If any part of the financing of the acquisition and/or construction of
such parking facilities is done by means of special assessments or special
taxation, the provisions of Division 2 of Article 9 of this Code shall be
followed with respect to the special assessments or special taxation for
such purpose.
(Source: P.A. 94-1055, eff. 1-1-07.)
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(65 ILCS 5/11-71-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-71-2)
Sec. 11-71-2.
All bonds issued under authority of this Division 71 shall
bear interest at not more 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 and may be sold by the
corporate authorities in such manner as they deem best in the public
interest. However, such bonds shall be sold at such price that the interest
cost of the proceeds therefrom will 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% per annum, based on the
average maturity of such bonds, and computed according to standard tables
of bond values. Such bonds shall be payable solely and only from the
revenues to be derived from the operation of any or all of its parking
facilities and shall be secured by a pledge of the revenues of any or all
of its parking facilities, except as otherwise provided in paragraph (c) of
Section 11-71-1.
Such bonds when issued shall have all the qualities of negotiable
instruments under the Law Merchant and the Uniform Commercial Code. Such
bonds may bear such date or dates and may mature at such time or times, not
exceeding 30 years from their date or dates, and may be in such form, carry
such registration privilege, may be payable at such place or places, may be
subject to such terms of redemption, prior to maturity, with or without
premium, as so stated on the face of the bond, and contain such terms and
covenants, all as may be provided by ordinance authorizing the issuance of
such bonds. Such bonds shall be executed by such officers as the corporate
authorities shall designate in the ordinance. Any bonds bearing the
signatures of officers in office at the date of signing thereof shall be
valid and binding for all purposes, notwithstanding that before delivery
thereof any or all such persons whose signatures appear thereon shall cease
to be such officers.
Each such bond shall state upon its face that it is payable solely and
only from the proceeds derived from the operation of the parking facility
or facilities, except as otherwise provided in paragraph (c) of Section
11-71-1, and shall state upon its face that it does not constitute an
obligation of the municipality within the meaning of any constitutional or
statutory limitation or provision.
With respect to instruments for the payment of money issued under this
Section either before, on, or after the effective date of this amendatory
Act of 1989, it is and always has been the intention of the General
Assembly (i) that the Omnibus Bond Acts are and always have been
supplementary grants of power to issue instruments in accordance with the
Omnibus Bond Acts, regardless of any provision of this Act that may appear
to be or to have been more restrictive than those Acts, (ii) that the
provisions of this Section are not a limitation on the supplementary
authority granted by the Omnibus Bond Acts, and (iii) that instruments
issued under this Section within the supplementary authority granted
by the Omnibus Bond Acts are not invalid because of any provision of
this Act that may appear to be or to have been more restrictive than
those Acts.
The amendatory Acts of 1971, 1972 and 1973 are not a limit upon any
municipality which is a home rule unit.
(Source: P.A. 86-4.)
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(65 ILCS 5/11-71-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-71-3)
Sec. 11-71-3.
The corporate authorities of any such municipality availing
of the provisions of this Division 71, other than that concerning
advertising on parking meters, shall adopt an ordinance describing in a
general way the contemplated project and refer to plans and specifications
therefor, which shall be placed on file in the office of the clerk of such
municipality, and which shall be open for the inspection of the public.
Such ordinance shall state the estimated cost of such project, and the
method or methods of financing such project and the amount or proportion of
cost of such project to be financed by each of such methods. If part or all
of such project is to be financed by means of revenue bonds, the ordinance
also shall fix the amount of the revenue bonds proposed to be issued, the
maturity or maturities, the interest rate, and all details in respect
thereof and shall contain such covenants and restrictions as may be deemed
necessary or advisable by the corporate authorities. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, such ordinance shall contain such provisions
as may be determined by the corporate authorities as to:
(a) The issuance of additional revenue bonds that may thereafter be
issued payable from the revenues derived from the operation of any such
parking facilities and for the payment of the principal and interest upon
such bonds;
(b) The regulation as to the use of any such parking facilities to
assure the maximum use or occupancy thereof;
(c) The kind and amount of insurance to be carried, including use and
occupancy insurance, the cost of which shall be payable only from the
revenues to be derived from the project;
(d) Operation, maintenance, management, accounting and auditing, and the
keeping of records, reports and audits of any such parking facilities;
(e) The obligation of the municipality to maintain the project in good
condition and to operate the same in an economical and efficient manner;
(f) Such other provisions as may be deemed necessary or desirable to
assure a successful and profitable operation of the project and prompt
payment of principal of and interest upon any revenue bonds so authorized.
If any part of such project is to be financed by means of special
assessments or special taxation, any ordinances or other procedures
required under Division 2 of Article 9 of this Code shall be adopted and
followed.
After the ordinance has been adopted and approved, it shall be published
once in a newspaper published and having general circulation in such
municipality, or if there be no such newspaper published in such
municipality, then the ordinance should be posted in at least 5 of the most
public places in such municipality, and shall become effective 10 days
after publication or posting thereof.
(Source: Laws 1963, p. 2256.)
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(65 ILCS 5/11-71-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-71-4)
Sec. 11-71-4.
Whenever bonds are issued as provided by this Division 71, it
shall be the duty of the corporate authorities to establish charges and
fees for the use of any such parking facilities sufficient at all times to
pay maintenance and operation costs, and principal of and interest upon
such bonds, and all revenues derived from the operation thereof shall be
set aside as a separate fund and account and used only as hereinafter
provided, except as otherwise provided in paragraph (c) of Section 11-71-1.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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(65 ILCS 5/11-71-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-71-5)
Sec. 11-71-5.
Whenever revenue bonds are issued under this Division 71, the
revenues derived from the operation of the project, except as otherwise
provided in paragraph (c) of Section 11-71-1, shall be set aside as
collected and be deposited in a separate fund, separate and apart from all
other funds of such municipality, and be used in paying the cost of
maintenance and operation, paying the principal of and interest upon the
bonds of such municipality, issued under this Division 71, and for the
transfer of any surplus amounts annually to the general corporate fund of
any such municipality only when and in the manner permitted and authorized
in accordance with the covenants and provisions and terms of the ordinance
authorizing the issuance of any such bonds under the provisions of this
Division 71.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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(65 ILCS 5/11-71-6) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-71-6)
Sec. 11-71-6.
The provisions of this Division 71 and of any ordinance or
other proceeding authorizing the issuance of bonds under this Division 71
shall constitute a contract with the holders of such bonds, and any holder
of a bond or bonds, or any of the coupons of any bond or bonds of such
municipality, issued under this Division 71, may either by an ordinary civil
action, mandamus, injunction or other proceeding, enforce and compel
the performance of all duties required by this Division 71, including the
making and collecting of sufficient charges and fees for service and use
thereof, and the application of income and revenue thereof.
(Source: P.A. 83-345.)
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