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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. For a period of 3
7years beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of
8the 99th General Assembly, any Any such aquarium or museum,
9however, must be open to persons who reside in this State
10without charge for a period equivalent to: (i) for persons 23
11years of age and younger, 52 days, at least 6 of which must be
12during the period from June through August, each year; and (ii)
13for persons older than 23 years of age, 26 days, at least 6 of
14which must be during the period from June through August, each
15year. Notwithstanding said provisions, charges may be made at
16any time for special services and for admission to special
17facilities within any aquarium or museum for the education,
18entertainment or convenience of visitors. The proceeds of such
19admission fees and charges for special services and special
20facilities shall be devoted exclusively to the purposes for
21which the tax authorized by Section 2 hereof may be used. If
22any owner or owners of any lands or lots abutting or fronting
23on any such public park, or adjacent thereto, have any private
24right, easement, interest or property in such public park
25appurtenant to their lands or lots or otherwise, which would be
26interfered with by the erection and maintenance of any aquarium

 

 

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