(70 ILCS 200/Art. 255 heading)

(70 ILCS 200/255-1) Sec. 255-1. Short title. This Article may be cited as the Springfield Metropolitan Exposition and Auditorium Authority Law of 1997. (Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98.)

(70 ILCS 200/255-5) Sec. 255-5. Definitions. When used in this Article: "Authority" means the Springfield Metropolitan Exposition and Auditorium Authority. "Board" means the governing and administrative body of the Springfield Metropolitan Exposition and Auditorium Authority. "Governor" means the Governor of the State of Illinois. "Metropolitan area" means all that territory in the State of Illinois lying within the corporate boundaries of the Townships of Springfield, Woodside and Capital in the County of Sangamon. (Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98.)

(70 ILCS 200/255-10) Sec. 255-10. Authority created; principal office. There is hereby created a political subdivision, body politic and municipal corporation by the name and style of Springfield Metropolitan Exposition and Auditorium Authority in the metropolitan area. The principal office of the Authority shall be in the City of Springfield. (Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98.)

(70 ILCS 200/255-15) Sec. 255-15. Duties. It shall be the duty of the authority to promote, operate and maintain expositions and conventions from time to time in the metropolitan area and in connection therewith to arrange, finance and maintain industrial, cultural, educational, trade and scientific exhibits and to construct, equip and maintain auditoriums and exposition buildings for such purposes. The Authority is granted all rights and powers necessary to perform such duties. (Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98.)

(70 ILCS 200/255-20) Sec. 255-20. Rights and powers. The Springfield Metropolitan Exposition and Auditorium Authority shall have the following rights and powers: (a) To purchase, own, construct, lease as lessee or in any other way acquire, improve, extend, repair, reconstruct, regulate, operate, equip and maintain fair and exposition grounds, convention or exhibition centers and civic auditoriums, including sites and parking areas and facilities therefor located within the metropolitan area; (b) 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 fairs, exhibits, shows and events whether conducted by the Authority or some other person or governmental agency; (c) To exercise the right of eminent domain to acquire sites for such grounds, centers and auditoriums, and parking areas and facilities in the manner provided for the exercise of the right of eminent domain under the Eminent Domain Act; (d) To fix and collect just, reasonable and nondiscriminatory charges for the use of such parking areas and facilities, grounds, centers and auditoriums and 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; (e) To enter into contracts treating in any manner with the objects and purposes of this Article. (Source: P.A. 94-1055, eff. 1-1-07.)

(70 ILCS 200/255-22) Sec. 255-22. 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 200/255-25) Sec. 255-25. Federal money. The Authority shall have the power to apply for and accept grants, loans or appropriations from the Federal Government or any agency or instrumentality thereof to be used for any of the purposes of the Authority and to enter into any agreement with the Federal Government in relation to such grants, loans or appropriations. (Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98.)

(70 ILCS 200/255-30) Sec. 255-30. Borrowing; revenue bonds. The Authority shall have the continuing power to borrow money for the purpose of carrying out and performing its duties and exercising its rights and 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 dispose of its interest bearing revenue bonds, and may also from time to time issue and dispose of its interest bearing revenue bonds to refund any of its interest bearing revenue bonds or its general obligation bonds at maturity or pursuant to redemption provisions or at any time before maturity with the consent of the holders thereof. All such interest bearing revenue bonds of the Authority shall be payable solely from such of the revenues or income to be derived from the fairs, exhibits, shows and events and other authorized activities operated by it, the charges made for the use of its facilities and the funds, if any, received and to be received by the Authority from any other source as are pledged by the ordinance authorizing the bonds. Such bonds may bear such date or dates, may mature at such time or times not exceeding forty years from their respective dates, may bear interest at such rate or rates, 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, may be in such form, may carry such registration privileges, 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 executed in such manner and may contain such terms and covenants, all as may be provided in said ordinance. In case any officer whose signature appears on any bond ceases (after attaching his signature) to hold office, his 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 a mandamus, injunction, or other civil action or proceeding 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 non-negotiable, all such bonds shall be negotiable instruments under the law of the State of Illinois. The bonds shall be sold by the corporate authorities of the Authority in such manner as said corporate authorities shall determine, except that if issued to bear interest at the maximum rate authorized by the Bond Authorization Act, as amended at the time of the making of the contract, the bonds shall be sold for not less than par and accrued interest and except that the selling price of bonds bearing interest at a rate of less than the maximum rate authorized by the Bond Authorization Act, as amended at the time of the making of the contract, shall be such that the interest cost to the Authority of the money received from the sale of the bonds shall not exceed the maximum rate authorized by the Bond Authorization Act, as amended at the time of the making of the contract, computed to absolute maturity of said bonds according to standard tables of bond values. 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 so pledged to pay: (a) the cost of maintaining, repairing, regulating and operating the said 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 undertaking of the Authority in connection with the issuance thereof and the issuance of any additional bonds payable from such revenue income to be derived from the fairs, exhibits, shows and events and from charges made for the use of its facilities or for admissions to its events, or from 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 had 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. Before any such revenue bonds (excepting refunding bonds) are sold the entire authorized issue, or any part thereof, shall be offered for sale as a unit after advertising for bids at least three times in a daily newspaper of general circulation published in the metropolitan area, the last publication to be at least ten days before bids are required to be filed. Copies of such advertisement may be published in any newspaper or financial publication in the United States. All bids shall be sealed, filed and opened as provided by ordinance and the bonds shall be awarded to the highest and best bidder or bidders therefor. The Authority shall have the right to reject all bids and readvertise for bids in the manner provided for in the initial advertisement. However, if no bids are received such bonds may be sold at not less than par value, without further advertising, within 60 days after the bids are required to be filed pursuant to any advertisement. With respect to instruments for the payment of money issued under this Section either before, on, or after the effective date of Public Act 86-4, 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 Article 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 Article that may appear to be or to have been more restrictive than those Acts. (Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98.)

(70 ILCS 200/255-35) Sec. 255-35. Bonds; nature of indebtedness. Under no circumstances shall any bonds issued by the Authority under Section 255-30 be or become an indebtedness or obligation of the State of Illinois or of any other political subdivision of or municipality within the State, nor shall any such bond 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 the revenues or income as aforesaid. (Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98.)

(70 ILCS 200/255-40) Sec. 255-40. Tax. For the year 1973 and subsequent years, the Authority has power to levy and collect annually, taxes upon all the taxable property in the metropolitan area for the purpose of the payment for land leased, condemned or purchased for a fair and exposition grounds, convention or exhibition centers and civic auditoriums, for the purchase, construction, leasing as lessee, equipping, supplying, or other acquisition of such grounds, centers and auditoriums, and for the payment of expenses incident thereto, for the payment of the principal of and interest on all bonds of the Authority and for all other corporate purposes as set forth in this Article. The Board may accumulate funds for the purposes of building construction, repairs and improvements, payment of principal and interest on general obligation bonds and may annually levy taxes for such purposes in excess of its current requirements but subject to the tax rate limitation as provided in this Section. All general taxes proposed by the Board to be levied upon the taxable property within the metropolitan area shall be levied by ordinance. After the ordinance has been adopted it shall within 10 days after its passage be published once in a newspaper published and having a general circulation within the metropolitan area and shall then be in effect. A certified copy of such levy ordinance shall be filed with the county clerk no later than the 3rd Tuesday in September in each year. Thereupon the county clerk shall extend such tax. However, the aggregate amount of taxes levied for any one year shall not exceed the rate of .05% of the value of the taxable property of the metropolitan area as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue. (Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98.)

(70 ILCS 200/255-45) Sec. 255-45. Borrowing; general obligation and revenue bonds; backdoor referendum. The Authority may borrow money for the purpose of carrying out its duties and exercising its powers under this Article, and issue its general obligation and revenue bonds as evidence of the indebtedness incurred. In addition to other purposes, such bonds may be issued for the purpose of refunding outstanding general obligation or revenue bonds of the Authority. Such general obligation and revenue bonds shall be in the form, shall mature at the time (no later than 40 years from the date of issuance), shall bear interest at the rates (not to exceed the maximum rate authorized by the Bond Authorization Act, as amended at the time of the making of the contract), shall be executed by the officers and shall be sold in the manner as the Board shall determine; except that if issued to bear interest at the maximum rate authorized by the Bond Authorization Act, as amended at the time of the making of the contract, the bonds shall be sold for not less than par and accrued interest, and that the selling prices of bonds bearing interest at a rate of less than the maximum rate authorized by the Bond Authorization Act, as amended at the time of the making of the contract, shall be such that the interest cost to the Authority of the money received from the sale of the bonds shall not exceed the maximum rate authorized by the Bond Authorization Act, as amended at the time of the making of the contract, computed to absolute maturity of the bonds in accordance with standard tables of bond values. In case any officer whose signature appears on any bond ceases, after affixing his signature, to hold office, his signature shall nevertheless be valid and effective for all purposes. Before any such bonds (for which a referendum is not required by Section 255-50) may be authorized to be issued, the Board shall by ordinance propose the issuance of the bonds. This ordinance shall set forth the total principal amount of bonds proposed to be issued and shall in a general way describe the purpose for which the bonds are to be issued. After this ordinance has been passed by the Board it shall within 10 days be published once in a newspaper published and having a general circulation within the metropolitan area. The publication of the ordinance shall include a notice of (1) the specific number of voters required to sign a petition requesting that the question of the adoption of the ordinance be submitted to the electors of the metropolitan area; (2) the time in which the petition must be filed; and (3) the date of the prospective referendum. The Secretary of the Board shall provide a petition form to any individual requesting one. If within 30 days after the publication of the ordinance proposing the issuance of bonds for which a referendum is not required by Section 255-50, a petition signed by registered voters of the metropolitan area equal to 10% or more of the registered voters in the metropolitan area, is filed with the Secretary of the Board asking for a referendum on the proposition to issue the bonds, the Board shall certify the proposition, in the form provided by Section 255-50, to the proper election officials in accordance with the general election law. If no such petition or no valid petition is filed within 30 days after the publication of the ordinance, it shall then be in effect. If such a petition is so filed the ordinance proposing the issuance of the bonds shall not be in effect and the bonds proposed by the ordinance shall not be issued until the proposition has been approved by a majority of the voters of the metropolitan area voting on the proposition. When the ordinance proposing the issuance of the bonds is in effect, the Board may by ordinance authorize the issuance of such bonds setting forth the maturity schedule, interest rate, form and other details of the bonds and their issuance. A copy of the ordinance so authorizing the issuance of the bonds certified by the secretary shall be filed in the office of the county clerk. With respect to instruments for the payment of money issued under this Section either before, on, or after the effective date of Public Act 86-4, 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 Article 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 Article that may appear to be or to have been more restrictive than those Acts. (Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98; 90-655, eff. 7-30-98.)

(70 ILCS 200/255-50) Sec. 255-50. G.O. bonds; election. General obligation bonds of the Authority, the aggregate outstanding unpaid balance of which exceeds 1 1/2% of the total assessed valuation of all taxable property within the metropolitan area shall not be issued until the proposition to issue the same has been certified to the proper election officials who shall submit the proposition at an election in accordance with the general election law. Any such proposition shall be in substantially the following form: -------------------------------------------------------------- Shall bonds of the "Springfield Metropolitan Exposition andYES Auditorium Authority" in the -------------------------- amount of.... Dollars ($....) NO be issued for the purpose of ....?-------------------------------------------------------------- (Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98.)

(70 ILCS 200/255-55) Sec. 255-55. Election; canvass of returns; expenses. Any referendum required under Section 255-45 or 255-50 shall be ordered and certified by the Board and shall be conducted and notice thereof given in accordance with the general election law. The returns of the election shall be filed with the Secretary of the Board and shall be canvassed and the results ascertained by the Board and entered upon the records of the Authority. The expenses of the referendum shall be paid by the Authority. (Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98.)

(70 ILCS 200/255-60) Sec. 255-60. Board created. The governing and administrative body of the Authority shall be a board consisting of 11 members and shall be known as the Springfield Metropolitan Exposition and Auditorium Authority Board. (Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98.)

(70 ILCS 200/255-65) Sec. 255-65. Term of Board members; election of successors. Board members shall be elected biennially by the electors of the metropolitan area in each odd numbered year beginning with 1981 on the day fixed by the general election law. The 3 members elected in 1974 shall serve for a term of 4 years and their successors to be elected in 1978 shall serve for a period of 6 years and until their successors are elected and qualified under the consolidated schedule of election in 1985. The 4 members to be elected in 1976 shall serve until their successors are elected and qualified at the regular elections in 1981. Their successors shall serve for a term of 6 years. The successors of the 4 members elected in 1972 to serve for a term of 6 years shall serve for a term of 4 years and until their successors are elected in 1983. Their successors shall serve for a term of 6 years. Such members elected after 1983 shall serve for a term of 6 years. In each election after 1972 a number of members shall be elected equal to the number of members whose terms are then expiring. In elections after 1972 there shall also be elected members to fill any vacancies with unexpired terms of at least 2 years, whether the vacancies are temporarily filled by appointment or not. The election of members to fill each vacancy shall be by separate vote, but the ballot for such vote may be on the same ballot as for the regular election of members. (Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98.)

(70 ILCS 200/255-70) Sec. 255-70. Qualifications of Board members and voters. Each Board member shall be a registered voter, as provided in the general election law, qualified to vote within the metropolitan area. All persons qualified to vote and who are registered voters in the metropolitan area, all as provided in the general election law, are eligible to vote in all elections held pursuant to this Article. (Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98.)

(70 ILCS 200/255-75) Sec. 255-75. Nomination of Board members. Nomination of a candidate for member of the Board at any election to be held after June 1, 1970, shall be made by a petition filed with the county clerk, signed by at least 50 voters qualified to vote at the election. The petition shall be in substantially the following form: NOMINATING PETITION To the County Clerk of Sangamon County: We, the undersigned, being 50 or more of the voters qualified to vote, hereby petition that .... who resides at ...., (Springfield, Woodside, Capital) Township, in Sangamon County shall be a candidate for the office of member of the Board of the Springfield Metropolitan Exposition and Auditorium Authority (for a full term) (to fill a vacancy, term expiring on (insert date)) to be voted for at an election to be held on (insert date). NAME ...............ADDRESS ............ The foregoing petition shall be verified by a certificate which may be substantially in the following form: I, ...., hereby certify that I am a voter residing in (Springfield, Woodside, Capital) Township, Sangamon County, Illinois, and qualified to vote at the election referred to above, and that the signatures on this sheet were signed in my presence and are genuine and to the best of my knowledge and belief the persons so signing were at the time of signing voters qualified to vote at said election. s/................. SUBSCRIBED and SWORN to before me on (insert date). ...................Notary Public (Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98; 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)

(70 ILCS 200/255-80) Sec. 255-80. Election of Board members. Elections for members of the Board shall be governed by the general election law. Each voter may cast as many votes as there are offices to be filled at such election for trustee, but such votes may not be cumulated. Upon completion of the canvass of votes the county clerk shall notify the secretary of the Board of the results thereof. (Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98.)

(70 ILCS 200/255-85) Sec. 255-85. Board members; vacancy in office. Members of the board shall hold office until their respective successors have been elected and qualified. In case of resignation, death, conviction of a felony or ceasing to reside in the metropolitan area or other reason established by law, the member's office shall become vacant. Each vacancy may be filled until the next regular election of members by appointment by a majority vote of the remaining members of the Board of a person resident in the metropolitan area. (Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98.)

(70 ILCS 200/255-90) Sec. 255-90. Organization of the Board. As soon as practicably possible after the appointment of the initial members and, thereafter, within 15 days of each election of members, the Board shall organize for the transaction of business, select a chairman, vice-chairman, and a temporary secretary from its own number, and adopt by-laws and regulations to govern its proceedings. The initial chairman and his successors shall be elected by the Board from time to time for the term of his office as a member of the Board. Terms of members are subject to Section 2A-54 of the Election Code. (Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98; 90-655, eff. 7-30-98.)

(70 ILCS 200/255-95) Sec. 255-95. Meetings; quorum; approval of ordinances and resolutions by chairman; public records. Regular meetings of the Board shall be held at least once in each calendar month, the time and place of such meetings to be fixed by the Board. Six members of the Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. All action of the Board shall be by ordinance or resolution and the affirmative vote of at least 6 members shall be necessary for the adoption of any ordinance or resolution. All such ordinances and resolutions before taking effect shall be approved by the chairman of the Board, and if he shall approve thereof he shall sign the same, and such as he shall not approve he shall return to the Board with his objections thereto in writing at the next regular meeting of the Board occurring after the passage thereof. But in case the chairman shall fail to return any ordinance or resolution with his objections thereto by the time aforesaid, he shall be deemed to have approved the same and it shall take effect accordingly. Upon the return of any ordinance or resolution by the chairman with his objections, the vote by which the same was passed shall be reconsidered by the Board, and if upon such reconsideration said ordinance or resolution is passed by the affirmative vote of at least 7 members, it shall go into effect notwithstanding the veto of the chairman. All ordinances, resolutions and all proceedings of the Authority and all documents and records in its possession shall be public records, and open to public inspection, except such documents and records as shall be kept or prepared by the Board for use in negotiations, actions or proceedings to which the Authority is a party. (Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98.)

(70 ILCS 200/255-100) Sec. 255-100. Deposit of funds. All funds deposited by the treasurer in any bank or savings and loan association shall be placed in the name of the Authority and shall be withdrawn or paid out only by check or draft upon the bank or savings and loan association, signed by the chairman, vice-chairman, secretary or treasurer and countersigned by one of the same officers, but no one officer shall both sign and countersign a check or draft. The Board may designate any of its members or any officer or employee of the Authority to affix the signature of the chairman and another to affix the signature of the treasurer to any check or draft for payment of salaries or wages and for payment of any other obligation of not more than $2,500.00. No bank or savings and loan association shall receive public funds as permitted by this Section, unless it has complied with the requirements established pursuant to Section 6 of the Public Funds Investment Act. (Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98.)

(70 ILCS 200/255-105) Sec. 255-105. Bidders; civil action to compel compliance. Any bidder who has submitted a bid in compliance with the requirements for bidding under this Article may bring a civil action in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction in Sangamon County to compel compliance with the provisions of this Article relating to the awarding of contracts by the Board. (Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98.)

(70 ILCS 200/255-110) Sec. 255-110. Report and 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. (Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98.)

(70 ILCS 200/255-115) Sec. 255-115. Disconnection of territory. The owner or owners of record of any area of land consisting of one or more tracts in Sangamon County located within the corporate limits of the Springfield Metropolitan Exposition and Auditorium Authority which (1) contains 20 or more acres; (2) is not subdivided into municipal lots and blocks; (3) is located on the border of the Springfield Metropolitan Exposition and Auditorium Authority; and (4) which, if disconnected will not result in the isolation of any part of the "Authority" from the remainder of the "Authority", may have the area disconnected as follows: The owner or owners of record of any such area shall file a petition in the circuit court of the county in which the land is situated, alleging facts in support of the disconnection. The Springfield Metropolitan Exposition and Auditorium Authority shall be made a defendant and it or any taxpayer residing in the Springfield Metropolitan Exposition and Auditorium Authority may appear and defend against the petition. If the court finds that the allegations of the petition are true, and that the area of land is entitled to disconnection, it shall order the designated land disconnected from the Springfield Metropolitan Exposition and Auditorium Authority. (Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98.)

(70 ILCS 200/255-120) Sec. 255-120. Tax status of disconnected territory. The disconnection of any territory from the Springfield Metropolitan Exposition and Auditorium Authority shall not exempt it from taxation for the purpose of paying any indebtedness contracted by the corporate authorities of the Springfield Metropolitan Exposition and Auditorium Authority prior to the filing of the petition for disconnection. On the contrary, the territory shall be assessed and taxed to pay such indebtedness until this indebtedness is completely paid, the same as though the territory had not been disconnected. Except for this purpose, the county clerk of Sangamon County shall not include disconnected territory within the limits of the Springfield Metropolitan Exposition and Auditorium Authority from which the territory has been disconnected. (Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98.)

(70 ILCS 200/255-125) Sec. 255-125. Reconnection of disconnected territory. Any area which has been disconnected from the Springfield Metropolitan Exposition and Auditorium Authority and which is subsequently subdivided into municipal lots and blocks or is used for commercial purposes may be reconnected and annexed to the Authority in the following manner: The Authority shall file in the circuit court a petition alleging facts in support of reconnection and annexation. The owners of property within the area sought to be reconnected shall be made defendants and may appear and defend against the petition. If the court finds that the allegations of the petition are true and that the Authority is entitled to have the area reconnected under the terms of this Section, it shall enter an order reconnecting and annexing the area to the Authority. (Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98.)

(70 ILCS 200/255-130) Sec. 255-130. 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 2-25. Incurring obligations. Section 2-30. Prompt payment. Section 2-35. Acquisition of property from person, State, or local agency. Section 2-45. Insurance. Section 2-60. Investment in bonds. Section 2-76. Board members; financial matters; compensation for secretary or treasurer; conflict of interest. Section 2-101. Secretary; treasurer; funds deposited in bank or savings and loan association. 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 2-128. Contracts; award to other than highest or lowest bidder by three-fourths vote. Section 2-130. Bids and advertisements. Section 2-140. State financial support. Section 2-145. Anti-trust laws. Section 2-150. Tax exemption. Section 2-155. Partial invalidity. (Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98.)