Rep. Joe Sosnowski

Filed: 2/22/2013

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1200

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1200 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
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

 

 

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1erect, enlarge, ornament, build, rebuild, rehabilitate,
2improve, maintain and operate its aquarium or museum or museums
3within any public park now or hereafter under the control or
4supervision of any city or park district, and to contract with
5any such directors or trustees of any such aquarium, museum or
6museums relative to the erection, enlargement, ornamentation,
7building, rebuilding, rehabilitation, improvement, maintenance
8and operation thereof. Any city or park district may charge, or
9permit such an aquarium or museum to charge, an admission fee.
10Any such aquarium or museum, however, shall be open without
11charge, when accompanied by a teacher, to the children in
12actual attendance upon grades kindergarten through twelve in
13any of the schools in this State at all times. Any such
14aquarium or museum, however, must be open to persons who reside
15in this State without charge for a period equivalent to 26 52
16days, at least 6 of which must be during the period from June
17through August, each year. Notwithstanding said provisions,
18charges may be made at any time for special services and for
19admission to special facilities within any aquarium or museum
20for the education, entertainment or convenience of visitors.
21The proceeds of such admission fees and charges for special
22services and special facilities shall be devoted exclusively to
23the purposes for which the tax authorized by Section 2 hereof
24may be used. If any owner or owners of any lands or lots
25abutting or fronting on any such public park, or adjacent
26thereto, have any private right, easement, interest or property

 

 

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1in such public park appurtenant to their lands or lots or
2otherwise, which would be interfered with by the erection and
3maintenance of any aquarium or museum as hereinbefore provided,
4or any right to have such public park remain open or vacant and
5free from buildings, the corporate authorities of the city or
6park district having control of such park, may condemn the same
7in the manner prescribed for the exercise of the right of
8eminent domain under the Eminent Domain Act.
9(Source: P.A. 97-187, eff. 7-22-11.)
 
10    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
11becoming law.".