Illinois Compiled Statutes
Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS
70 ILCS 1600/ - Exposition Authority Incorporation Act.

(70 ILCS 1600/0.01) (from Ch. 32, par. 503a90)
Sec. 0.01.
Short title.
This Act may be cited as the
Exposition Authority Incorporation Act.

(Source: P.A. 86-1324.)
 
(70 ILCS 1600/1) (from Ch. 32, par. 503b)
Sec. 1.

Exposition Authorities may be organized in the manner provided by
this Act to conduct expositions, theatricals, cinema exhibitions, concerts,
recitals, lectures and industrial, trade, scientific, cultural and
educational exhibits, amusement devices, convention halls, public
restaurants, stadia, athletic fields, athletic contests and games, and
other forms and places of public entertainment in any park district located
in whole or in part in any city having a population of two hundred thousand
or more. Each such authority shall be a body politic and corporate, but
shall not have the power to levy or impose taxes.
No certificate of authority shall be issued by the secretary of state to
any association or corporation other than one created under the provisions
of this Act who shall use the words "Exposition Authority" as a name or
part of a name for engaging in any enterprise in this state.

(Source: Laws 1935, p. 613.)
 
(70 ILCS 1600/2) (from Ch. 32, par. 503c)
Sec. 2.

Whenever the commissioners, or a majority of the commissioners, of
any park district located in whole or in part in any city having a
population of two hundred thousand or more shall cause to be filed with the
secretary of state a petition requesting the formation of an Exposition
Authority under this Act the secretary of state shall issue a certificate
of incorporation to the Exposition Authority by the name designated in such
petition reciting that the purposes for which it has been incorporated and
the powers of the corporation are set forth in "An Act to provide for the
incorporation of Exposition Authorities" and the date of approval of said
Act and if subsequently amended adding thereto the words "as amended."
Such petition shall be signed and verified under oath before some
officer competent to take acknowledgment of deeds by at least a majority of
the commissioners of such park district, and shall set forth the following:
(1) a copy of a resolution passed by such park district authorizing the
commissioners to file such petition; (2) the name of the proposed
corporation which shall include the words "Exposition Authority"; (3) a
description of the territorial area of the park district and of the site to
be occupied by such Authority, together with a specification of the park
area of the park district to be devoted to the use of such authority.

(Source: Laws 1935, p. 613.)
 
(70 ILCS 1600/3) (from Ch. 32, par. 503d)
Sec. 3.

Every such Authority shall have a board of ten commissioners, to be
appointed by the mayor, with the approval of the city council of the city
in which the property of such Authority is located. One of such
commissioners shall serve for one year, one for two years, one for three
years, one for four years, one for five years, one for six years, one for
seven years, one for eight years, one for nine years and one for ten years,
and until their successors, respectively, are appointed and qualified. Upon
expiration of the term of each of such commissioners his successor shall be
appointed in like manner for a term of ten years and until his successor is
appointed and qualified. Each commissioner shall be a legal voter of said
city, and before entering upon the duties of his office shall take and
subscribe an oath to support the constitution of the United States and the
constitution of the state of Illinois and to faithfully discharge his
duties as commissioner. Each commissioner before entering upon the duties
of his office shall also execute a bond, with security to be approved by a
circuit judge residing in the county wherein the Authority is located, in
the penal sum of $30,000 payable to such Authority conditioned for the
faithful performance of his duties as such commissioner. The commissioners
shall serve without compensation.

(Source: P.A. 77-1288.)
 
(70 ILCS 1600/4) (from Ch. 32, par. 503e)
Sec. 4.

Annually the commissioners shall choose from among their members a
president and vice-president, to serve for a term of one year and until
their successors are chosen and qualified. The president shall preside at
the meetings of the commissioners but shall have the power to vote as any
other member and shall not have the power of veto. In the absence of the
president, the vice-president shall perform the president's functions. No
official action shall be taken except upon the affirmative vote of six
commissioners.
The commissioners shall appoint a secretary and a treasurer, either from
within or outside of their own membership, who shall be residents of the
city in which the property of the Authority is located and shall serve for
a term prescribed by the commissioners. Before entering upon the duties of
their respective offices the secretary and treasurer shall execute a bond,
with security to be approved by the commissioners of such Authority, in the
penal sum of $30,000 payable to such Authority conditioned for the faithful
performance of the duties of the office.
The commissioners shall prescribe the powers and duties and fix the
compensation of the secretary, treasurer and all other officers and
employees of the Authority.

(Source: Laws 1935, p. 613.)
 
(70 ILCS 1600/5) (from Ch. 32, par. 503f)
Sec. 5.

Every Authority organized under this Act shall have the
following rights, powers and privileges in addition to the powers
expressed in the purposes for which such Authority is authorized to be
organized:
(1) to have succession by its corporate name;
(2) to sue and be sued in its corporate name;
(3) to adopt and use a corporate seal;
(4) to acquire park lands by lease from any park district and to
construct, reconstruct or acquire by gift, grant, purchase, lease or
otherwise buildings and other structures and personal property for any
purpose within the powers of such Authority and to sell, transfer or
convey its property, or any part thereof, except that acquired by lease,
when no longer necessary or useful for its purposes or to exchange any
such property for other property which it may use for any purpose within
the powers of such Authority;
(5) to charge and collect rentals, license or permit fees and
admission fees;
(6) to purchase and enter into contracts for any type of insurance
or surety bond covering fire, use and occupancy, tornado, weather,
damage to property, theft, robbery, workers' compensation, public
liability, fidelity, contract obligations, and all other types of
insurance and indemnity that may be desirable in the performance of the
functions of such Authority;
(7) to enter into any contract or agreement which may be desirable
in the opinion of the board of commissioners of such Authority for the
performance of any functions or the exercise of any powers granted to
it;
(8) to borrow money and to issue and sell or pledge to any person
its notes, bonds or other evidences of indebtedness which, however,
shall not be a lien upon any rights or property of such Authority but
may be secured by a lien only upon its revenue or upon the revenue of
any project of such Authority;
(9) to invest and reinvest any money held in reserves or sinking
funds or in any funds not required for immediate disbursement in bonds
and tax anticipation warrants issued by the park district, sanitary
district, school district, county or city in which the property of such
Authority is located, or in the bonds of the state of Illinois or of the
United States, and to sell or pledge such securities for any purpose
within the powers of such Authority;
(10) to secure grants and loans, or either, from the United States
government, or any agency thereof, for financing projects authorized
under this Act and for such purposes to sell or pledge its notes, bonds
or other evidences of indebtedness, and its securities, and execute any
contracts and documents and do all things that may be required by the
United States government or such agency.

(Source: P.A. 81-992.)

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