Illinois Compiled Statutes 70 ILCS 1600 — Exposition Authority Incorporation Act.

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Short title. This Act may be cited as the Exposition Authority Incorporation Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

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, athleti…

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…

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

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 y…

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

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 t…

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 c…