§ 11-48.3-1 This Division shall be known and may be cited as the Municipal Zoo …
§ 11-48.3-2 When used in this Division: “Authority” …
§ 11-48.3-3 The corporate authorities of any municipality having a population of …
§ 11-48.3-4 It shall be the duty of the Authority to arrange, finance and …
§ 11-48.3-5 The Authority shall have the following rights and duties: (a) To …
§ 11-48.3-6 The Authority shall not incur any obligations for salaries, office or …
§ 11-48.3-7 Purchases made pursuant to this Division shall be made in compliance …
§ 11-48.3-8 The Authority shall have the power to acquire and accept by purchase, …
§ 11-48.3-9 The Authority shall have the power to apply for and accept grants, …
§ 11-48.3-10 The Authority shall have the power to procure and enter into …
§ 11-48.3-11 The Authority shall have continuing power to borrow money for the …
§ 11-48.3-12 Under no circumstances shall any bonds issued by the Authority be or …
§ 11-48.3-13 The State and all counties, cities, villages, incorporated towns and …
§ 11-48.3-14 The governing and administrative body of the Authority shall be a …
§ 11-48.3-15 Within 60 days after corporate authorities of a single municipality …
§ 11-48.3-16 Members of the Board shall hold office until their respective …
§ 11-48.3-17 As soon as practicably possible after the appointment of the initial …
§ 11-48.3-18 Regular meetings of the Board shall be held at least once in each …
§ 11-48.3-19 The Board shall appoint a secretary and a treasurer, who need not be …
§ 11-48.3-20 All funds deposited by the treasurer in any bank or savings and loan …
§ 11-48.3-21 In case any officer whose signature appears upon any check or draft, …
§ 11-48.3-22 The Board may appoint a general manager who shall be a person of …
§ 11-48.3-23 The Board shall have power to pass all ordinances and make all rules …
§ 11-48.3-24 All contracts for sale of property of the value of more than $2,500 …
§ 11-48.3-25 Advertisements for bids shall be published at least twice in a daily …
§ 11-48.3-26 As soon after the end of each fiscal year as may be expedient, the …
§ 11-48.3-27 Exemption from taxation
§ 11-48.3-28 The Authority is hereby expressly made the beneficiary of the …
§ 11-48.3-29 The Authority shall receive financial support from the Department of …

Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes > 65 ILCS 5 > Article 11 > Art 11 prec Div 45 > Division 48.3 - Municipal Zoo Authorities

  • Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Authority: means any Municipal Zoo Authority, as provided in this Division. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 65 ILCS 5/11-48.3-2
  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Board: means the governing and administrative body of any Municipal Zoo Authority, as provided in this Division. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 65 ILCS 5/11-48.3-2
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Metropolitan Area: means all that territory in the State of Illinois lying within the corporate boundaries of the municipality or municipalities establishing an authority as provided in this Division. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 65 ILCS 5/11-48.3-2
  • Month: means a calendar month, and the word "year" a calendar year unless otherwise expressed; and the word "year" alone, is equivalent to the expression "year of our Lord. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.10
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Person: means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, both domestic and foreign, company, association or joint stock association; and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee or personal representative thereof. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 65 ILCS 5/11-48.3-2
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Uniform Commercial Code: A set of statutes enacted by the various states to provide consistency among the states' commercial laws. It includes negotiable instruments, sales, stock transfers, trust and warehouse receipts, and bills of lading. Source: OCC
  • Units of local government: has the meaning established in Section 1 of Article VII of the Constitution of the State of Illinois of 1970. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.28
  • Veto: The procedure established under the Constitution by which the President/Governor refuses to approve a bill or joint resolution and thus prevents its enactment into law. A regular veto occurs when the President/Governor returns the legislation to the house in which it originated. The President/Governor usually returns a vetoed bill with a message indicating his reasons for rejecting the measure. In Congress, the veto can be overridden only by a two-thirds vote in both the Senate and the House.