Illinois Compiled Statutes 70 Special Districts: Article -
- Illinois Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Act. - 70 ILCS 210, Section 1
This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Act. (Source: P.A. 86-17.)
- Illinois Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Act. - 70 ILCS 210, Section 2
When used in this Act: "Authority" means Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority. "Governmental agency" means the Federal government, State government, and any unit of local...
- Illinois Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Act. - 70 ILCS 210, Section 3
There is hereby created a political subdivision, unit of local government with only those powers authorized by law, body politic and municipal corporation by...
- Illinois Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Act. - 70 ILCS 210, Section 4
It shall be the duty of the Authority: (a) To promote, operate, and maintain fairs, expositions, meetings, and conventions from time to time in...
- Illinois Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Act. - 70 ILCS 210, Section 5
The Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority shall also have the following rights and powers: (a) To accept from Chicago Park Fair, a corporation, an assignment...
- Illinois Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Act. - 70 ILCS 210, Section 5.1
Purchases made pursuant to this Act shall be made in compliance with the "Local Government Prompt Payment Act", approved by the Eighty-fourth General Assembly....
- Illinois Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Act. - 70 ILCS 210, Section 5.2
Exemption from taxation. All property of the Authority is exempt from taxation by the State or taxing units of the State. (Source: P.A. 88-556,...
- Illinois Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Act. - 70 ILCS 210, Section 5.3
Eminent domain. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, any power granted under this Act to acquire property by condemnation or eminent domain is subject...
- Illinois Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Act. - 70 ILCS 210, Section 5.4
Exhibitor rights and work rule reforms. (a) Legislative findings. (1) The Authority is a political subdivision of the State of Illinois subject to the plenary...
- Illinois Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Act. - 70 ILCS 210, Section 5.6
Marketing agreement. (a) The Authority shall enter into a marketing agreement with a not-for-profit organization headquartered in Chicago and recognized by the Department of Commerce...
- Illinois Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Act. - 70 ILCS 210, Section 5.7
Naming rights. (a) The Authority may grant naming rights to the grounds, buildings, and facilities of the Authority. The Authority shall have all powers necessary...
- Illinois Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Act. - 70 ILCS 210, Section 6
The Authority shall not incur any obligations for salaries, office or administrative expenses except within the amounts of funds which will be available to...
- Illinois Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Act. - 70 ILCS 210, Section 6.1
The Authority shall annually develop and adopt a financial plan covering a period of at least 3 fiscal years. The Authority shall adopt within...
- Illinois Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Act. - 70 ILCS 210, Section 7
The Authority shall have power to acquire and accept by purchase, lease, gift, or otherwise any property or rights from any person or persons...
- Illinois Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Act. - 70 ILCS 210, Section 8
The Authority shall have the power to apply for and accept grants, loans, or appropriations from any governmental agency to be used for any...
- Illinois Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Act. - 70 ILCS 210, Section 9
The Authority shall have the power to procure and enter into contracts for any type of insurance and indemnity against loss or damage to...
- Illinois Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Act. - 70 ILCS 210, Section 10
The Authority shall have the continuing power to borrow money for the purpose of carrying out and performing its duties and exercising its powers under...
- Illinois Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Act. - 70 ILCS 210, Section 10.1
(a) The Authority is hereby authorized to provide for the issuance, from time to time, of refunding or advance refunding bonds for the purpose of...
- Illinois Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Act. - 70 ILCS 210, Section 10.2
Bonding disclosure. (a) Truth in borrowing disclosure. Within 60 business days after the issuance of any bonds under this Act, the Authority shall disclose the...
- Illinois Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Act. - 70 ILCS 210, Section 11
Under no circumstances shall any bonds issued by the Authority or any other obligation of the Authority be or become an indebtedness or obligation...
- Illinois Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Act. - 70 ILCS 210, Section 12
The State and all counties, cities, villages, incorporated towns and other municipal corporations, political subdivisions and public bodies, and public officers of any thereof,...
- Illinois Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Act. - 70 ILCS 210, Section 13
(a) The Authority shall not have power to levy taxes for any purpose, except as provided in subsections (b), (c), (d), (e), and (f). (b)...
- Illinois Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Act. - 70 ILCS 210, Section 13.1
There is hereby created the Metropolitan Fair and Exposition Authority Improvement Bond Fund and the Metropolitan Fair and Exposition Authority Completion Note Subordinate Fund in...
- Illinois Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Act. - 70 ILCS 210, Section 13.2
The McCormick Place Expansion Project Fund is created in the State Treasury. All moneys in the McCormick Place Expansion Project Fund are allocated to and...
- Illinois Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Act. - 70 ILCS 210, Section 14
Board; compensation. The governing and administrative body of the Authority shall be a board known as the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Board. On the effective...
- Illinois Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Act. - 70 ILCS 210, Section 14.2
Ethical conduct. (a) The Trustee, members of the interim board, members of the Board, and all employees of the Authority shall comply with the provisions...
- Illinois Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Act. - 70 ILCS 210, Section 14.5
Trustee of the Authority. (a) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, the Authority shall be governed by...
- Illinois Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Act. - 70 ILCS 210, Section 15
Interim board members. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the contrary, the term of office of each interim member of the Board ends...
- Illinois Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Act. - 70 ILCS 210, Section 16
Vacancies. Members of the board shall hold office until their respective successors have been appointed and qualified. Any member may resign from his or her...
- Illinois Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Act. - 70 ILCS 210, Section 17
As soon as practicably possible after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1989, the members of the Board shall organize for the...
- Illinois Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Act. - 70 ILCS 210, Section 18
Regular meetings of the Board shall be held at least once in each calendar month, the time and place of such meetings to be...
- Illinois Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Act. - 70 ILCS 210, Section 19
The Board shall appoint a secretary-treasurer, who need not be a member of the board, to hold office during the pleasure of the Board,...
- Illinois Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Act. - 70 ILCS 210, Section 20
Except as otherwise provided in this Section, all funds deposited by the secretary-treasurer in any bank or savings and loan association shall be placed...
- Illinois Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Act. - 70 ILCS 210, Section 21
In case any officer whose signature appears upon any check or draft, issued pursuant to this Act, ceases (after attaching his signature) to hold...
- Illinois Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Act. - 70 ILCS 210, Section 22
Chief executive officer. (a) The chief executive officer of the Authority shall be responsible for the management of the properties, business and employees of the...
- Illinois Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Act. - 70 ILCS 210, Section 22.1
The Authority shall pass all ordinances and make all rules and regulations necessary to assure equal access for economically disadvantaged persons, including but not limited...
- Illinois Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Act. - 70 ILCS 210, Section 23
The Board shall have power to pass all ordinances and make all rules and regulations proper or necessary to carry into effect the powers...
- Illinois Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Act. - 70 ILCS 210, Section 23.1
Affirmative action. (a) The Authority shall, within 90 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1984, establish and maintain an affirmative action...
- Illinois Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Act. - 70 ILCS 210, Section 24
All contracts for the sale of property of the value of more than $10,000 or for any concession in or lease of property of...
- Illinois Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Act. - 70 ILCS 210, Section 25
Advertisements for bids and rebids required to be conducted under the provisions of Section 24 shall be published at least 3 times in a...
- Illinois Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Act. - 70 ILCS 210, Section 25.1
(a) This Section applies to agreements described in Section 5(h) and contracts described in Section 5(j). (b) When the Authority proposes to enter into a...
- Illinois Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Act. - 70 ILCS 210, Section 25.2
A person which has individually or in joint venture provided the Authority with professional services respecting the feasibility or advisability of undertaking a project...
- Illinois Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Act. - 70 ILCS 210, Section 25.3
(a) No person who is a member of the Board, a Trustee appointed under Section 22, or an officer or employee of the Authority,...
- Illinois Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Act. - 70 ILCS 210, Section 25.4
Contracts for professional services. (a) When the Authority proposes to enter into a contract or agreement for professional services, other than the marketing agreement required...
- Illinois Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Act. - 70 ILCS 210, Section 25.5
Prohibition on political contributions. (a) Any business entity whose contracts with the Authority, in the aggregate, annually total more than $50,000, and any affiliated entities...
- Illinois Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Act. - 70 ILCS 210, Section 26
(a) As soon after the end of each fiscal year as may be expedient, the Board shall cause to be prepared and printed a...
- Illinois Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Act. - 70 ILCS 210, Section 27
The Board may investigate conditions in which it has an interest within the area of the Authority, the enforcement of its ordinances, rules and...
- Illinois Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Act. - 70 ILCS 210, Section 28
If any provision of this Act is held invalid such provision shall be deemed to be excised from this Act and the invalidity thereof shall...
Last modified: February 18, 2015