republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/96th/sb-3505.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "CIVIC CENTER SUPPORT"
description: "Amends the Metropolitan Civic Center Support Act. Provides that, if the State has issued its bonds on behalf of a local Civic Center Authority to help fund the construction of the Authority's facilities, if those bonds have been outstanding for at least 10 years, and if the board of trustees or the city council of the village or city where the Civic Center Authority is located makes a finding in a duly adopted ordinance that it is no longer feasible to operate or cause the facilities of the Authority to be operated in such a manner that, collectively, they will earn sufficient revenues for the Authority to pay all of its operating costs, then the board of trustees or city council may, at its option, apply to the State for relief from the terms of Support Agreements between the State and the Authority. Sets forth procedures for application, payment of principal and interest, deposits for payments, and dissolution of the Civic Center Authority. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "SB 3505"
citation: "Illinois SB 3505 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2010-02-10"
last_action: "2010-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74ea6abf-0985-42ba-aee3-1277923e6088"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3505&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=51425&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "db7ba4f8aba5940a6dd2b04ad266c0d1de2b02ec857e827e4bcdf0765e785ddf"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
---

# Illinois SB 3505 (96th) — CIVIC CENTER SUPPORT

Amends the Metropolitan Civic Center Support Act. Provides that, if the State has issued its bonds on behalf of a local Civic Center Authority to help fund the construction of the Authority's facilities, if those bonds have been outstanding for at least 10 years, and if the board of trustees or the city council of the village or city where the Civic Center Authority is located makes a finding in a duly adopted ordinance that it is no longer feasible to operate or cause the facilities of the Authority to be operated in such a manner that, collectively, they will earn sufficient revenues for the Authority to pay all of its operating costs, then the board of trustees or city council may, at its option, apply to the State for relief from the terms of Support Agreements between the State and the Authority. Sets forth procedures for application, payment of principal and interest, deposits for payments, and dissolution of the Civic Center Authority. Effective immediately.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB3505&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=51425&DocNum=3505&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB3505eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=51425&DocNum=3505&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB3505enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=51425&DocNum=3505&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- M. Maggie Crotty — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2010-02-10** Filed with Secretary by Sen. M. Maggie Crotty `filing`
- **2010-02-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-02-10** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-24** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-04** Do Pass Local Government; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-03-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 9, 2010
- **2010-03-09** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-03-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 10, 2010
- **2010-03-10** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Edward D. Maloney
- **2010-03-10** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-03-11** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2010-03-11** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Al Riley
- **2010-03-11** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-03-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-03-11** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-17** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Kevin A. McCarthy
- **2010-03-17** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Al Riley
- **2010-03-22** Assigned to State Government Administration Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-14** Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-04-14** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-04-20** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2010-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-04-28** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-04-28** Passed Both Houses
- **2010-05-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2010-07-22** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-22** Effective Date July 22, 2010
- **2010-07-22** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1209 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/74ea6abf-0985-42ba-aee3-1277923e6088`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).