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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 Commissioners Land Sale Act is amended
5by changing Section 5 as follows:
 
6    (70 ILCS 1235/5)
7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2013)
8    Sec. 5. Sale of golf course land.
9    (a) Any board of park commissioners having the control or
10supervision of any parcel of land that is used for golf course
11purposes or parcel of land that is adjacent to such land used
12for golf course purposes or separated from it by a river in a
13non-home rule county with a population greater than 500,000 but
14less than 1,000,000, and having any piece or parcel of that
15land not exceeding 8 acres in area that is no longer needed or
16deemed necessary or useful for the purpose of that golf course,
17may apply to the circuit court of the county in which the piece
18or parcel of land is situated by petition in writing for leave
19to sell that parcel. Notice of such application shall be given
20by the board of park commissioners in some newspaper published
21in the county at least 10 days before the day named therein
22stating when the application will be made. All persons
23interested may appear before the circuit court either in person

 

 

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1or by attorney when the application is made and object to the
2granting of the application. After hearing all persons
3interested, if the court deems the granting of the application
4to be for the public interest, it shall direct that the
5property mentioned in the application, or any part thereof, be
6sold and conveyed by the board of park commissioners upon such
7terms and conditions as the court may think proper.
8    (b) (Blank) This Section is repealed on December 31, 2013.
9(Source: P.A. 95-930, eff. 8-26-08.)
 
10    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
11becoming law.