Chapter 10 - Boards and Commissions
Division 8 - Bloomington-Normal Sister City Committee
SEC. 10.8-1 CREATION. There is hereby created a Bloomington-Normal Sister City Committee which shall function as outlined in this Section.
SEC. 10.8-2 PURPOSE. The purpose of the Bloomington-Normal Sister City Committee shall be to further international relations and good will between the Bloomington-Normal community and Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan, pursuant to the People to People Program instituted by the U.S. State Department.
SEC. 10.8-3 MEMBERSHIP. The Sister City Committee shall consist of twenty (20) members, ten (10) of which shall be nominated by the Mayor of the City of Bloomington with the advice and consent of the City Council; ten (10) of which are to be nominated by the Mayor of the Town of Normal with the advice and consent of the Normal Town Council. Each member shall serve a term of three (3) years and is not limited as to number of terms. Terms of office shall expire on a staggered basis so that the terms of approximately one-third (1/3) of the officers shall expire each year. Members whose terms have expired shall remain in office until a successor has been duly appointed by the appropriate body. (Amended 4/17/89)
SEC. 10.8-4 OFFICERS - POWERS AND DUTIES. The Sister City Committee shall have such officers as may be provided for in its by-laws with such powers and duties as may be prescribed in those by-laws provided that no such powers and duties may be exercised in a manner inconsistent with the laws of the United States or State of Illinois or the ordinances of the City of Bloomington or the Town of Normal.
SEC. 10.8-5 FINANCING. The Sister City Committee shall be responsible for preparing an annual budget for its operations to be submitted to the City Council annually. Its operations shall be conducted with such funds as are provided in the budget or otherwise appropriated annually plus any funds received in the form of donations, reimbursements, or other admission or other charges provided for by the Committee. In obtaining approved of expenditures, the Committee shall follow procedures prescribed by the Director of Finance. Otherwise its finances shall be as prescribed in its by-laws.
SEC. 10.8-6 MEETINGS. The Committee
shall meet in the manner prescribed in its by-law subject to the
requirements of the Open Meetings law.
(Sections 1 Through 6 of Division 8 Added 1/17/83)
SEC. 10.8-7 INUREMENT OF INCOME. No part of the net earnings of the Committee shall inure to the benefit, or be distributable to, its members, trustees, officers, or other private persons except that the Committee shall be authorized and empowered to pay reasonable compensation for services rendered in the standard manner in which expenditures are approved and paid. (Added 7/16/84)
SEC. 10.8-8 LEGISLATIVE OR POLITICAL ACTIVITIES. No substantial part of the activities of the Committee shall be the carrying on or propaganda or otherwise attempting to influence legislation and the Committee shall not participate in or intervene in (including the publishing or distribution of statements) any political campaign on behalf of any candidate for public office. (Added 7/16/84)
SEC. 10.8-9 OPERATIONAL LIMITATIONS. Notwithstanding any other Section of this Division, the Committee shall not carry on any other activity not permitted to be carried on:
- By an organization exempt from Federal Income Tax under
Sec. 501(C)(3) of the Internal Revenue Act of 1954 (or the corresponding
provisions of any future United States Internal Revenue Law);
or
- By an organization, contributions to which are deductible under Sec. 170(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (or the corresponding provisions of any future United States Internal Revenue Law). (Added 7/16/84)
SEC. 10.8-10 DISSOLUTION CLAUSE. Upon the dissolution of the Committee, the officers shall, after paying or making provisions for the payment of all of the liabilities of the Committee, dispose of all the assets of the Committee exclusively for the purposes of the Committee in such manner, or to such organization or organizations organized and operated exclusively for charitable, educational, religious, or scientific purposes, including the lessening of the burdens of government, as shall at the time qualify as an exempt organization or organizations under Sec. 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (or the corresponding provision of any future United States Internal Revenue Law), as the Committee shall determine. Any such assets not so disposed of shall be disposed of by the Circuit Court of the County in which the principal office of the Committee is then located, exclusively for such purposes or to such organization or organizations, as said Court shall determine, which are organized and operated exclusively for the purposes set forth herein. (Added 7/16/84)