Chapter 65, MUNICIPALITIES

(65 ILCS 5/11-61-1a) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-61-1a) Sec. 11-61-1a. Any municipality with a population of over 500,000 may utilize the quick-take procedures if such procedures are commenced on or before January 1, 1990, for exercising the power of eminent domain under Section 7-103 …

(65 ILCS 5/11-61-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-61-2) Sec. 11-61-2. The corporate authorities of each municipality may vacate, lay out, establish, open, alter, widen, extend, grade, pave, or otherwise improve streets, alleys, avenues, sidewalks, wharves, parks, and public grounds; and …

(65 ILCS 5/11-61-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-61-3) Sec. 11-61-3. The corporate authorities of each municipality having a population of less than 1,000,000 inhabitants shall have the express power to purchase or lease either real estate or personal property for public purposes throug…

(65 ILCS 5/11-61-4) Sec. 11-61-4. Eminent domain. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, any power granted under this Code to acquire property by condemnation or eminent domain is subject to, and shall be exercised in accordance with, the Eminent Domain Act. (Source: P…

(65 ILCS 5/11-62-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-62-1) Sec. 11-62-1. The corporate authorities of each municipality may provide for the erection and care of all public buildings necessary for the use of the municipality. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

(65 ILCS 5/11-62.1-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-62.1-1) Sec. 11-62.1-1. Any municipality may set aside and maintain space in its public buildings or may obtain space and maintain such space in privately owned buildings for court room and office use by the circuit court of the county …

(65 ILCS 5/11-63-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-63-1) Sec. 11-63-1. Subject to the provisions of this Division 63, the corporate authorities of any municipality having a population of less than 500,000 inhabitants may establish, equip, maintain and operate a community building or build…

(65 ILCS 5/11-63-10) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-63-10) Sec. 11-63-10. Subject to the rules of the corporate authorities, or the board to which the management has been delegated, each community building and its facilities shall be available for the use and benefit of the municipal inha…

(65 ILCS 5/11-63-11) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-63-11) Sec. 11-63-11. If the management of the community building or buildings has been vested by the corporate authorities in the playground and recreation board, or in a special board, as authorized by Section 11-63-4, such board shall…

(65 ILCS 5/11-63-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-63-2) Sec. 11-63-2. The corporate authorities of any municipality specified in Section 11-63-1 may not exercise the authorities granted by Section 11-63-1 until the question of establishing, equipping, maintaining and operating a communit…

(65 ILCS 5/11-63-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-63-3) Sec. 11-63-3. Any municipality which votes favorably upon the proposition stated in Section 11-63-2 may also issue bonds, as herein provided, for the acquisition or construction, or both, of such property, either real or personal, o…

(65 ILCS 5/11-63-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-63-4) Sec. 11-63-4. Whenever the proposition stated in Section 11-63-2 has been adopted by any municipality specified in Section 11-63-1, the corporate authorities may assume the management of any community building or buildings or may ve…

(65 ILCS 5/11-63-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-63-5) Sec. 11-63-5. The corporate authorities may acquire a site or sites for a community building or buildings by condemnation in the name of the municipality in the manner provided for the exercise of the right of eminent domain under t…

(65 ILCS 5/11-63-6) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-63-6) Sec. 11-63-6. The corporate authorities may dedicate and set apart for the use of any community building any land or building which is owned or leased by the municipality and which is not dedicated or devoted to another and inconsis…

(65 ILCS 5/11-63-7) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-63-7) Sec. 11-63-7. The managing authority may accept any gift of real or personal property, but if the acceptance will subject the municipality to expense, or is subject to a condition, it shall be subject to approval by the corporate au…

(65 ILCS 5/11-63-8) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-63-8) Sec. 11-63-8. Any 2 or more contiguous municipalities, which have voted to establish a community building or buildings, may jointly establish, equip, operate and maintain the same. Any school board or park board, if otherwise author…

(65 ILCS 5/11-63-9) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-63-9) Sec. 11-63-9. Any community building may be dedicated to the soldiers and sailors of the municipality in such manner as the managing authority determines, or in the event that 50% or more of the cost of the building is paid for by d…

(65 ILCS 5/11-64-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-64-1) Sec. 11-64-1. Any municipality with a population of less than 500,000 may issue bonds for the purpose of constructing, acquiring, purchasing, improving, repairing or equipping a municipal hall or halls or any other municipal buildin…

(65 ILCS 5/11-64-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-64-2) Sec. 11-64-2. A certified copy of the ordinance authorizing the issuance of the bonds provided for in Section 11-64-1 shall be filed with the county clerk in each county in which any portion of the issuing municipality is situated. …

(65 ILCS 5/11-65-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-65-1) Sec. 11-65-1. In this Division 65, unless the context otherwise requires; (1) "Municipal convention hall" means a municipally-owned building or auditorium with all necessary adjuncts thereto, including but not limited to hotels, res…

(65 ILCS 5/11-65-10) Sec. 11-65-10. Public-facilities corporations authorized. (a) Each municipality referenced in Section 11-65-2 is authorized to incorporate a public-facilities corporation to exercise, as business agent of the municipality, the powers of the municipality set f…

(65 ILCS 5/11-65-15) Sec. 11-65-15. Exemption from use and occupation taxes. No tax is imposed under the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, or the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act upon the use or sale of tangible personal property sold to a public-…

(65 ILCS 5/11-65-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-65-2) Sec. 11-65-2. Every municipality that has a population exceeding 40,000; and every municipality with a population of 12,500 or more but less than 25,000 that (i) is located in a county with a population of 250,000 or more but less t…

(65 ILCS 5/11-65-20) Sec. 11-65-20. Exemptions from property taxation. All real property and the municipal convention hall owned by the public-facilities corporation is exempt from property taxation. (Source: P.A. 95-672, eff. 10-11-07.)

(65 ILCS 5/11-65-25) Sec. 11-65-25. Tax exemptions for existing public-facilities corporations. If, before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, a municipality has incorporated a public-facilities corporation and the public-facilities corporation…

(65 ILCS 5/11-65-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-65-3) Sec. 11-65-3. Every such municipality may acquire by dedication, gift, lease, contract, purchase, or condemnation all property and rights, necessary or proper, within the corporate limits of the municipality, for municipal conventio…

(65 ILCS 5/11-65-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-65-4) Sec. 11-65-4. All appropriations and bond issues for the use of such a municipal convention hall shall be made by the corporate authorities in the manner provided by law. All warrants upon which any portion of these funds are to be …

(65 ILCS 5/11-65-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-65-5) Sec. 11-65-5. The corporate authorities, in the manner and at the time provided by law, shall provide by ordinance for the collection of a direct annual tax sufficient to pay the interest on bonds issued under this Division 65 as it…

(65 ILCS 5/11-65-6) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-65-6) Sec. 11-65-6. Every such municipality referenced in Section 11-65-2 has the power under this Division 65 to contract for the management of all or any portion of the municipal convention hall, including, but not limited to, long-term…

(65 ILCS 5/11-65-7) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-65-7) Sec. 11-65-7. The corporate authorities, under rules and regulations prescribed by a general ordinance, and not otherwise, may provide for granting the free use of such a municipal convention hall to the inhabitants of the municipal…

(65 ILCS 5/11-65-8) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-65-8) Sec. 11-65-8. 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 convention hall. All these ordinances, for the violation of wh…

(65 ILCS 5/11-65-9) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-65-9) Sec. 11-65-9. Every municipality owning and operating such a municipal convention hall shall keep books of account for the municipal convention hall separate and distinct from other municipal accounts and in such manner as to show t…

(65 ILCS 5/11-66-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-66-1) Sec. 11-66-1. Every city and village with a population of less than 500,000 in the manner provided in this Division 66, may establish and maintain a municipal coliseum to be used for general educational and amusement purposes for th…

(65 ILCS 5/11-66-10) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-66-10) Sec. 11-66-10. The board of directors, with the approval of the corporate authorities may acquire a site for a municipal coliseum by condemnation in the name of the municipality. Any proceeding to condemn for this purpose shall be…

(65 ILCS 5/11-66-11) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-66-11) Sec. 11-66-11. All municipal coliseums established and maintained under "An Act to enable cities and villages having a population not to exceed five hundred thousand (500,000), to establish and maintain public and municipal colise…

(65 ILCS 5/11-66-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-66-2) Sec. 11-66-2. Whenever 100 or more electors of a specified municipality present a written petition to the municipal clerk asking that an annual tax be levied for the establishment and maintenance of a municipal coliseum in the munic…

(65 ILCS 5/11-66-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-66-3) Sec. 11-66-3. If a majority of all votes cast at the election are in favor of the tax levy for a municipal coliseum, the corporate authorities, in the next annual tax levy, shall include a tax not to exceed .25% of the value, as equ…

(65 ILCS 5/11-66-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-66-4) Sec. 11-66-4. Whenever a one year period has elapsed after which a municipal coliseum has been sold by the municipality and during which the tax authorized by this Division 66 has not been levied, the municipal authorities may pass …

(65 ILCS 5/11-66-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-66-5) Sec. 11-66-5. Whenever a specified municipality decides to establish and maintain a municipal coliseum, the mayor or president of the municipality, with the approval of the corporate authorities, shall appoint a board of 3 directors…

(65 ILCS 5/11-66-6) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-66-6) Sec. 11-66-6. These directors shall meet immediately after their appointment and organize by the election of one of their members as president and one as secretary. The president and secretary shall have the duties usually performed…

(65 ILCS 5/11-66-7) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-66-7) Sec. 11-66-7. Subject to the approval of the corporate authorities, the board of directors, for the purpose of assisting in establishing a municipal coliseum, has the power to borrow money on the coliseum property, and to issue bond…

(65 ILCS 5/11-66-8) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-66-8) Sec. 11-66-8. The board of directors of a municipal coliseum shall make a full report of receipts and expenditures to the corporate authorities annually on or before July first of each year, and annually, prior to the passage of the…

(65 ILCS 5/11-66-9) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-66-9) Sec. 11-66-9. Every municipal coliseum shall be for the free use and benefit of the inhabitants of the municipality wherein the coliseum is established, for lectures, concerts, public assemblies, other general educational purposes, …

(65 ILCS 5/11-67-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-67-1) Sec. 11-67-1. Subject to a referendum vote, any municipality having a population of 75,000 or less, may acquire, construct, manage, control, maintain, and operate within its corporate limits a municipal coliseum with all necessary a…

(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 tho…

(65 ILCS 5/11-67-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-67-2) Sec. 11-67-2. Whenever, in a specified municipality not less than 5% of the electors voting at the last preceding general municipal election petition the municipal clerk for the submission to a referendum vote the proposition of est…

(65 ILCS 5/11-67-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-67-3) Sec. 11-67-3. Every such municipality has the power to acquire by dedication, gift, lease, contract, or purchase, all property and rights, necessary or proper, within the corporate limits of the municipality for municipal coliseum p…

(65 ILCS 5/11-67-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-67-4) Sec. 11-67-4. Every such municipality has the power to levy and collect taxes for the purpose of establishing and maintaining a municipal coliseum. However, any tax levied to establish and maintain such a coliseum shall not exceed .…

(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 is…

(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 compensat…