Division 68 - Stadiums and Athletic Fields In Cities
(65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 68 heading) DIVISION 68. STADIUMS AND ATHLETIC FIELDS IN CITIES
(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.) |
(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:
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Shall the city of .............. YES
acquire and maintain a stadium ‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑
and athletic field? NO
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(Source: P.A. 81‑1489.) |
(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.) |
(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.) |
(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:
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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?
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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.) |
(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.) |
(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.) |