(70 ILCS 200/Art. 155 heading)

(70 ILCS 200/155-1) Sec. 155-1. Short title. This Article may be cited as the Matteson Civic Center Law of 1997. (Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98.)

(70 ILCS 200/155-5) Sec. 155-5. Definitions. As used in this Article, unless the context otherwise requires: "Authority" means the Matteson Metropolitan Civic Center Authority. "Board" means the governing and administrative body of the Matteson Metropolitan Civic Center Authority. "Metropolitan area" means all that territory which lies within the corporate boundaries of the Village of Matteson. (Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98.)

(70 ILCS 200/155-10) Sec. 155-10. Matteson Metropolitan Civic Center Authority; creation. There is hereby created a unit of local government known as the Matteson Metropolitan Civic Center Authority in the metropolitan area. The principal office of the Authority shall be in the Village of Matteson. (Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98.)

(70 ILCS 200/155-15) Sec. 155-15. Rights and powers. The Authority shall have the following rights and powers: (a) To acquire, purchase, own, construct, lease as lessee or in any other way acquire, improve, extend, repair, reconstruct, regulate, operate, equip and maintain fair or exposition grounds, convention or exhibition centers, civic auditoriums, and office and municipal buildings, including sites and parking areas and facilities therefor located within the metropolitan area. (b) To enter into contracts treating in any manner with the objects and purposes of this Article. (c) To plan for such grounds, centers and auditoriums and to plan, sponsor, hold, arrange, and finance fairs, industrial, cultural, educational, trade and scientific exhibits, shows and events and to use or allow the use of such grounds, centers and auditoriums for the holding of fair, exhibits, shows and events, whether conducted by the Authority or some other person or governmental agency. (d) To exercise the right of eminent domain to acquire sites for such grounds, centers, building and auditoriums, and parking areas and facilities in the manner provided for the exercise of the right to eminent domain under the Eminent Domain Act. (e) To fix and collect just, reasonable and nondiscriminatory charges and rents for the use of such parking areas and facilities, grounds, centers, buildings and auditoriums, and to collect admission charges to fairs, shows, exhibits and events sponsored or held by the Authority. The charges collected may be made available to defray the reasonable expenses of the Authority and to pay the principal of and the interest on any bonds issued by the Authority. (Source: P.A. 94-1055, eff. 1-1-07.)

(70 ILCS 200/155-17) Sec. 155-17. 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 to, and shall be exercised in accordance with, the Eminent Domain Act. (Source: P.A. 94-1055, eff. 1-1-07.)

(70 ILCS 200/155-18) Sec. 155-18. Acquisition of property; grants, loans and appropriations. The Authority shall have the power (i) to acquire and accept by purchase, lease, gift or otherwise any property or rights from any person or governmental agency useful for its purposes, (ii) to apply for and accept grants, matching grants, loans or appropriations from the State of Illinois or any agency or instrumentality thereof to be used for any of the purposes of the Authority, and (iii) to enter into any agreement with the State of Illinois or any governmental agency in relation to such grants, matching grants, loans or appropriations. (Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98.)

(70 ILCS 200/155-20) Sec. 155-20. State and municipal financial support. (a) The Authority created by this Article shall receive financial support from the State in the amounts provided for in Section 4 of the Metropolitan Civic Center Support Act, as now or hereafter amended. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Authority's base sum of State financial support under subdivision (3)(a)(ii) of Section 4 of the Metropolitan Civic Center Support Act, as now or hereafter amended, shall be calculated by using the multiplier contained in that Act times the total assessed valuation, as equalized by the Department of Revenue, of all taxable property located within the metropolitan area of the Authority for the year 1987. (b) The Authority created by this Article may receive financial support from any municipality in order for the Authority to undertake any of its authorized rights and powers. Any municipality, both within and outside of the metropolitan area, is authorized to pay and to irrevocably pledge to the Authority or the holders of any bonds issued and sold by the Authority pursuant to this Article any or all of its existing and future revenues derived from its imposition of a tax upon all persons engaged in such municipality in the business of renting, leasing or renting rooms in a hotel, as defined in the Hotel Operator's Occupation Tax Act, as now or hereafter amended, provided such municipality determines, in its discretion, that such payment or pledge shall assist in, among other things, attracting nonresident, overnight visitors to that municipality. (Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98.)

(70 ILCS 200/155-25) Sec. 155-25. Power to borrow money; bonds; issuance and sale. The Authority shall have continuing power to borrow money for the purpose of carrying out and performing its duties and exercising its powers under this Article. For the purpose of evidencing the obligation of the Authority to repay any money borrowed as aforesaid, the Authority may, pursuant to an ordinance adopted by the Board, from time to time issue and sell its revenue bonds, and may also from time to time issue and sell its revenue bonds to refund or advance refund any bonds. All such bonds shall be payable solely from the revenues or income to be derived from the fairs, expositions, exhibitions, rentals and leases and other authorized activities operated by the Authority, and from funds, if any, received and to be received by the Authority or pledged as security for such bonds from any other source. Such bonds may bear such date or dates, may mature at such time or times not exceeding 40 years from their respective date, may bear interest at such rate or rates, may be in such form, may carry such conversion, registration and exchange privileges, may be subject to defeasance on such terms, may be executed in such manner, may be payable at such place or places, may be made subject to redemption in such manner and upon such terms, with or without premium as is stated on the face thereof and may contain such terms and covenants, all as may be provided in the ordinance. In case any officer whose signature appears on any bond ceases (after attaching his or her signature) to hold office, his or her signature shall nevertheless be valid and effective for all purposes. The holder or holders of any bonds, or interest coupons appertaining thereto, issued by the Authority may bring mandamus, injunction, or other civil actions or proceedings to compel the performance and observance by the Authority or any of its officers, agents or employees of any contract or covenant made by the Authority with the holders of such bonds or interest coupons, to compel the Authority and any of its officers, agents or employees to perform any duties required to be performed for the benefit of the holders of any such bonds or interest coupons by the provisions of the ordinance authorizing their issuance, and to enjoin the Authority and any of its officers, agents or employees from taking any action in conflict with any such contract or covenant. Notwithstanding the form and tenor of any such bonds and in the absence of any express recital on the face thereof that it is nonnegotiable, all such bonds shall be negotiable instruments under the Uniform Commercial Code, as now or hereafter amended. From and after the issuance of any bonds as herein provided it shall be the duty of the corporate authorities of the Authority to fix and establish rates, charges, rents, and fees for the use of facilities acquired, constructed, reconstructed, extended or improved with the proceeds of the sale of said bonds sufficient at all times, with other revenues of the Authority, to pay: (a) the cost of leasing, maintaining, repairing, regulating and operating the facilities; and (b) the bonds and interest thereon as they shall become due, and all sinking fund requirements and other requirements provided by the ordinance authorizing the issuance of the bonds or as provided by any trust agreement executed to secure payment thereof. To secure the payment of any or all of such bonds and for the purpose of setting forth the covenants and undertakings of the Authority in connection with the issuance thereof and the issuance of any additional bonds payable from such revenue to be derived from the fairs, recreational, theatrical or cultural expositions, sport activities, exhibitions, office rentals, and air space leases and rentals, and other revenue, if any, the Authority may execute and deliver a trust agreement or agreements; provided that no lien upon any physical property of the Authority shall be created thereby. A remedy for any breach or default of the terms of any such trust agreement by the Authority may be by mandamus, injunction, or other civil actions or proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction to compel performance and compliance therewith, but the trust agreement may prescribe by whom or on whose behalf such action may be instituted. The Authority shall have the right to sell its bonds by negotiated sale or pursuant to advertisement and sealed bid. (Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98.)

(70 ILCS 200/155-30) Sec. 155-30. Bonds; nature of indebtedness. Under no circumstances shall any bonds issued by the Authority under Section 155-25 be or become an indebtedness or obligation of the State of Illinois or any unit of local government (other than the Authority) or school district within the State, nor shall any such bond or obligation be or become an indebtedness of the Authority within the purview of any constitutional limitation or provision, and it shall be plainly stated on the face of each such bond that it does not constitute such an indebtedness or obligation but is payable solely from revenues or income. (Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98.)

(70 ILCS 200/155-32) Sec. 155-32. Investments in bonds. The State and all counties, cities, villages, incorporated towns and other units of local government and public bodies, and public officers of any thereof; all banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks and institutions, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies and other persons carrying on an insurance business; and all executors, administrators, guardians, and trustees and other fiduciaries may legally invest any sinking funds, moneys or other funds belonging to them or within their control in any bonds issued pursuant to this Article. (Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98.)

(70 ILCS 200/155-35) Sec. 155-35. Elections; general obligation bonds; form of ballot. No bonds other than revenue bonds issued pursuant to Section 155-25 shall be issued by the Authority until a proposition to issue the same has been submitted to and approved by a majority of the voters of said metropolitan area voting upon the proposition at a general election in accordance with the general election law. The Authority may by resolution order such proposition submitted at a regular election in accordance with the general election law, whereupon the recording officer shall certify the resolution and the proposition to the proper election officials for submission. Any proposition to issue bonds as herein set forth shall be in substantially the following form: -------------------------------------------------------------- Shall general obligationbonds of the MattesonMetropolitan Civic CenterYESAuthority to the amount of.....................Dollars($........) be issued for ----------------------------the purpose of .............and shall annual taxes beauthorized to be leviedNOon all taxable propertywithin the metropolitan areato pay such bond?-------------------------------------------------------------- (Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98.)

(70 ILCS 200/155-40) Sec. 155-40. Bonds; principal and interest payments; taxation. If a majority of the voters of said metropolitan area approve the issuance of bonds as provided in Section 155-35, the Authority shall have power to issue general obligation bonds, pledge its full faith and credit to the payment thereof and levy taxes sufficient to pay for the annual principal and interest charges on such bonds. Such bonds may bear such date or dates, may mature at such time or times not exceeding 40 years from their respective date, may bear interest at such rate or rates, may be in such form, may carry such conversion, registration and exchange privileges, may be subject to defeasance upon such terms, may be executed in such manner, may be payable at such place or places, may be made subject to redemption in such manner and upon such terms, with or without premium as is stated on the face thereof, may be sold by negotiated sale or pursuant to advertisement and sealed bid, and may contain such terms and covenants, all as may be provided by the Authority. Such taxes proposed by the Authority to be levied upon the taxable property within the metropolitan area shall be levied by ordinance and be unlimited as to rate and amount. A certified copy of such levy ordinance shall be filed with the county clerk, and thereupon the county clerk shall extend such tax in each year as provided in such ordinance and in accordance with law. (Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98.)

(70 ILCS 200/155-45) Sec. 155-45. Board created. The governing and administrative body of the Authority shall be a Board consisting of 7 members and shall be known as the Matteson Metropolitan Civic Center Board. (Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98.)

(70 ILCS 200/155-50) Sec. 155-50. Members; terms; oath. Membership on the Board shall consist of those persons duly elected to serve on the Matteson Village Board of Trustees. Terms for members of the Board of the Authority shall coincide with their respective terms of office as members of the Matteson Village Board of Trustees. Before entering upon the duties of his office, each member of the Board shall take and subscribe the constitutional oath of office and file it in the office of the Secretary of State. (Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98.)

(70 ILCS 200/155-55) Sec. 155-55. Contracts. All contracts for sale of property of the value of more than $10,000, or for a concession in or lease of property, including air rights, of the Authority for a term of more than one year, shall be awarded to the highest responsible bidder, after advertising for bids. All construction contracts and contracts for supplies, materials, equipment and services, when the expense thereof will exceed $10,000, shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder, after advertising for bids, except: (1) when repair parts, accessories, equipment or services are required for equipment or services previously furnished or contracted for; (2) when the nature of the services required is such that competitive bidding is not in the best interest of the public, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the services of accountants, architects, attorneys, engineers, financial advisors, investment bankers, physicians, superintendents of construction, and others possessing a high degree of skill; and (3) when services such as water, light, heat, power, telephone or telegraph are required. All contracts involving less than $10,000 shall be let by competitive bidding to the lowest responsible bidder whenever possible, and in any event in a manner calculated to ensure the best interests of the public. In determining the responsibility of any bidder, the Board may take into account the past record of dealings with the bidder, the bidder's experience, adequacy of equipment, and ability to complete performance within the time set, and other factors besides financial responsibility, but in no case shall any such contract be awarded to any other than the highest bidder (in case of sale, concession or lease) or the lowest bidder (in case of purchase or expenditure) unless authorized or approved by a vote of at least 5 of the members of the Board, and unless such action is accompanied by a statement in writing setting forth the reasons for not awarding the contract to the highest or lowest bidder, as the case may be, which statement shall be kept on file in the principal office of the Authority and open to public inspection. Members of the Board, officers and employees of the Authority, and their relatives within the fourth degree of consanguinity by the terms of the civil law, are forbidden to be interested directly or indirectly in any contract for construction or maintenance work or for the delivery of materials, supplies or equipment. The Board shall have the right to reject all bids and to readvertise for bids. If after any such advertisement no responsible and satisfactory bid, within the terms of the advertisement, shall be received, the Board may award such contract, without competitive bidding, provided that it shall not be less advantageous to the Authority than any valid bid received pursuant to advertisement. The Board shall adopt rules and regulations to carry into effect the provisions of this Section. (Source: P.A. 93-491, eff. 1-1-04.)

(70 ILCS 200/155-60) Sec. 155-60. Report; financial statement. As soon after the end of each fiscal year as may be expedient, the Board shall cause to be prepared and printed a complete and detailed report and financial statement of its operations and of its assets and liabilities. A reasonably sufficient number of copies of such report shall be printed for distribution to persons interested upon request, and a copy thereof shall be filed with the county clerk and the Village President of Matteson. (Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98.)

(70 ILCS 200/155-65) Sec. 155-65. 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 2-10. Lawsuits; common seal. Section 2-17. Duties; auditorium and other buildings. Section 2-25. Incurring obligations. Section 2-30. Prompt payment. Section 2-40. Federal money. Section 2-45. Insurance. Section 2-75. Board members; financial matters; conflict of interest. Section 2-90. Organization of the Board. Section 2-96. Meetings; action by 4 Board members. Section 2-101. Secretary; treasurer; funds deposited in bank or savings and loan association. Section 2-106. Funds; compliance with Public Funds Investment Act. Section 2-110. Signatures on checks or drafts. Section 2-115. General manager; other appointments. Section 2-120. Ordinances, rules, and regulations; fines and penalties. Section 2-130. Bids and advertisements. Section 2-145. Anti-trust laws. Section 2-150. Tax exemption. (Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98.)