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70 ILCS 210/3 (2026)

There is hereby created a political subdivision, unit of local government with only those powers authorized by law, body politic and municipal corporation by the name and style of Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority in the metropolitan area

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(70 ILCS 210/3) (from Ch. 85, par. 1223)
    Sec. 3. There is hereby created a political subdivision, unit of local government with only those powers authorized by law, body politic and municipal corporation by the name and style of Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority in the metropolitan area.
    The Authority may sue and be sued in its corporate name but execution shall not in any case issue against any real property of the Authority. It may adopt a common seal and change the same at pleasure. The principal office of the Authority shall be in the City of Chicago.
(Source: P.A. 86-17; 87-733.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1996–2022 · leading case: Healy v. Metro. Pier & Exposition Auth., 804 F.3d 836 (7th Cir. 2015).
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Healy v. Metro. Pier & Exposition Auth., 804 F.3d 836 (7th Cir. 2015). · cites it 2× “70 ILCS 210/3 (“There is hereby created a political subdivision, unit of local government with only those powers authorized by law, body politic and municipal corporation by the name and style of Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority in the metropolitan area.”
Allegro Servs., Ltd. v. Metro. Pier & Exposition Auth., 665 N.E.2d 1246 (Ill. 1996). “70 ILCS 210/3 (West 1994). Unlike the municipalities in Sea-Land, the Authority does not possess any police power or otherwise exercise plenary powers of local government, and the airport departure tax does not represent an independent, discretionary exercise of a delegated…”
Enriquez v. Navy Pier, Inc, 2022 IL App (1st) 211414-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2022). “70 ILCS 210/3 (West 2020). That statute requires the MPEA “[t]o carry out or otherwise provide for the recreational, cultural, commercial, or residential development of Navy Pier and to construct, equip, and maintain grounds, buildings, and facilities for those purposes.”
Chicago Acorn v. Metro. Pier & Exposition Auth., 941 F. Supp. 692 (N.D. Ill. 1996). “70 ILCS 210/3 (1955). The statute itself enumerates powers given to the Authority, further supporting its existence as a governmental entity.”
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