Illinois Compiled Statutes 70 Special Districts: Article 255 - Springfield Metropolitan Exposition And Auditorium Authority

• Illinois Civic Center Code. - 70 ILCS 200, Section 255-1
  Short title. This Article may be cited as the Springfield Metropolitan Exposition and Auditorium Authority Law of 1997. (Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98.)
• Illinois Civic Center Code. - 70 ILCS 200, Section 255-5
  Definitions. When used in this Article: "Authority" means the Springfield Metropolitan Exposition and Auditorium Authority. "Board" means the governing and administrative body of the...
• Illinois Civic Center Code. - 70 ILCS 200, Section 255-10
  Authority created; principal office. There is hereby created a political subdivision, body politic and municipal corporation by the name and style of Springfield Metropolitan...
• Illinois Civic Center Code. - 70 ILCS 200, Section 255-15
  Duties. It shall be the duty of the authority to promote, operate and maintain expositions and conventions from time to time in the metropolitan...
• Illinois Civic Center Code. - 70 ILCS 200, Section 255-20
  Rights and powers. The Springfield Metropolitan Exposition and Auditorium Authority shall have the following rights and powers: (a) To purchase, own, construct, lease as lessee...
• Illinois Civic Center Code. - 70 ILCS 200, Section 255-22
  Eminent domain. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, any power granted under this Article to acquire property by condemnation or eminent domain is subject...
• Illinois Civic Center Code. - 70 ILCS 200, Section 255-25
  Federal money. The Authority shall have the power to apply for and accept grants, loans or appropriations from the Federal Government or any agency...
• Illinois Civic Center Code. - 70 ILCS 200, Section 255-30
  Borrowing; revenue bonds. The Authority shall have the continuing power to borrow money for the purpose of carrying out and performing its duties and...
• Illinois Civic Center Code. - 70 ILCS 200, Section 255-35
  Bonds; nature of indebtedness. Under no circumstances shall any bonds issued by the Authority under Section 255-30 be or become an indebtedness or obligation...
• Illinois Civic Center Code. - 70 ILCS 200, Section 255-40
  Tax. For the year 1973 and subsequent years, the Authority has power to levy and collect annually, taxes upon all the taxable property in...
• Illinois Civic Center Code. - 70 ILCS 200, Section 255-45
  Borrowing; general obligation and revenue bonds; backdoor referendum. The Authority may borrow money for the purpose of carrying out its duties and exercising its...
• Illinois Civic Center Code. - 70 ILCS 200, Section 255-50
  G.O. bonds; election. General obligation bonds of the Authority, the aggregate outstanding unpaid balance of which exceeds 1 1/2% of the total assessed valuation...
• Illinois Civic Center Code. - 70 ILCS 200, Section 255-55
  Election; canvass of returns; expenses. Any referendum required under Section 255-45 or 255-50 shall be ordered and certified by the Board and shall be...
• Illinois Civic Center Code. - 70 ILCS 200, Section 255-60
  Board created. The governing and administrative body of the Authority shall be a board consisting of 11 members and shall be known as the...
• Illinois Civic Center Code. - 70 ILCS 200, Section 255-65
  Term of Board members; election of successors. Board members shall be elected biennially by the electors of the metropolitan area in each odd numbered...
• Illinois Civic Center Code. - 70 ILCS 200, Section 255-70
  Qualifications of Board members and voters. Each Board member shall be a registered voter, as provided in the general election law, qualified to vote...
• Illinois Civic Center Code. - 70 ILCS 200, Section 255-75
  Nomination of Board members. Nomination of a candidate for member of the Board at any election to be held after June 1, 1970, shall...
• Illinois Civic Center Code. - 70 ILCS 200, Section 255-80
  Election of Board members. Elections for members of the Board shall be governed by the general election law. Each voter may cast as many...
• Illinois Civic Center Code. - 70 ILCS 200, Section 255-85
  Board members; vacancy in office. Members of the board shall hold office until their respective successors have been elected and qualified. In case of...
• Illinois Civic Center Code. - 70 ILCS 200, Section 255-90
  Organization of the Board. As soon as practicably possible after the appointment of the initial members and, thereafter, within 15 days of each election...
• Illinois Civic Center Code. - 70 ILCS 200, Section 255-95
  Meetings; quorum; approval of ordinances and resolutions by chairman; public records. Regular meetings of the Board shall be held at least once in each...
• Illinois Civic Center Code. - 70 ILCS 200, Section 255-100
  Deposit of funds. All funds deposited by the treasurer in any bank or savings and loan association shall be placed in the name of...
• Illinois Civic Center Code. - 70 ILCS 200, Section 255-105
  Bidders; civil action to compel compliance. Any bidder who has submitted a bid in compliance with the requirements for bidding under this Article may...
• Illinois Civic Center Code. - 70 ILCS 200, Section 255-110
  Report and financial statement. As soon after the end of each fiscal year as may be expedient, the Board shall cause to be prepared...
• Illinois Civic Center Code. - 70 ILCS 200, Section 255-115
  Disconnection of territory. The owner or owners of record of any area of land consisting of one or more tracts in Sangamon County located...
• Illinois Civic Center Code. - 70 ILCS 200, Section 255-120
  Tax status of disconnected territory. The disconnection of any territory from the Springfield Metropolitan Exposition and Auditorium Authority shall not exempt it from taxation...
• Illinois Civic Center Code. - 70 ILCS 200, Section 255-125
  Reconnection of disconnected territory. Any area which has been disconnected from the Springfield Metropolitan Exposition and Auditorium Authority and which is subsequently subdivided into...
• Illinois Civic Center Code. - 70 ILCS 200, Section 255-130
  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...

Last modified: February 18, 2015