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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Park District Aquarium and Museum Act is
5amended by changing Section 1 as follows:
 
6    (70 ILCS 1290/1)  (from Ch. 105, par. 326)
7    Sec. 1. Erect, operate, and maintain aquariums and museums.
8The corporate authorities of cities and park districts having
9the control or supervision of any public park or parks, are
10hereby authorized to purchase, erect and maintain within any
11public park or parks under the control or supervision of such
12corporate authorities, edifices to be used as aquariums or as
13museums of art, industry, science or natural or other history,
14or to permit the directors or trustees of any corporation or
15society organized for the construction or maintenance and
16operation of an aquarium or museum as hereinabove described to
17erect, enlarge, ornament, build, rebuild, rehabilitate,
18improve, maintain and operate its aquarium or museum or museums
19within any public park now or hereafter under the control or
20supervision of any city or park district, and to contract with
21any such directors or trustees of any such aquarium, museum or
22museums relative to the erection, enlargement, ornamentation,
23building, rebuilding, rehabilitation, improvement, maintenance

 

 

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1and operation thereof. Any city or park district may charge, or
2permit such an aquarium or museum to charge, an admission fee.
3Any such aquarium or museum, however, shall be open without
4charge, when accompanied by a teacher, to the children in
5actual attendance upon grades kindergarten through twelve in
6any of the schools in this State at all times. Any such
7aquarium or museum, however, must be open to persons who reside
8in this State without charge for a period equivalent to 26 52
9days, at least 6 of which must be during the period from June
10through August, each year. Notwithstanding said provisions,
11charges may be made at any time for special services and for
12admission to special facilities within any aquarium or museum
13for the education, entertainment or convenience of visitors.
14The proceeds of such admission fees and charges for special
15services and special facilities shall be devoted exclusively to
16the purposes for which the tax authorized by Section 2 hereof
17may be used. If any owner or owners of any lands or lots
18abutting or fronting on any such public park, or adjacent
19thereto, have any private right, easement, interest or property
20in such public park appurtenant to their lands or lots or
21otherwise, which would be interfered with by the erection and
22maintenance of any aquarium or museum as hereinbefore provided,
23or any right to have such public park remain open or vacant and
24free from buildings, the corporate authorities of the city or
25park district having control of such park, may condemn the same
26in the manner prescribed for the exercise of the right of

 

 

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1eminent domain under the Eminent Domain Act.
2(Source: P.A. 97-187, eff. 7-22-11.)
 
3    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
4becoming law.