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91_HB2697

 
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 1        AN ACT concerning land.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.   The  Counties  Code  is amended by changing
 5    Section 5-1005 as follows:

 6        (55 ILCS 5/5-1005) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1005)
 7        Sec. 5-1005. Powers. Each county shall have power:
 8        1.  To purchase and hold the  real  and  personal  estate
 9    necessary  for  the  uses  of the county, and to purchase and
10    hold, for the benefit of the  county,  real  estate  sold  by
11    virtue  of  judicial  proceedings  in  which  the  county  is
12    plaintiff.
13        2.   To  sell  and  convey  or lease any real or personal
14    estate owned by the county.
15        3.  To make all  contracts  and  do  all  other  acts  in
16    relation to the property and concerns of the county necessary
17    to the exercise of its corporate powers.
18        4.    To   take  all  necessary  measures  and  institute
19    proceedings to enforce all laws for the prevention of cruelty
20    to animals.
21        5.  To purchase and hold or lease real estate upon  which
22    may  be  erected  and maintained buildings to be utilized for
23    purposes of agricultural experiments and  to  purchase,  hold
24    and  use  personal  property  for the care and maintenance of
25    such  real  estate  in  connection  with  such   experimental
26    purposes.
27        6.  To  cause  to  be  erected,  or  otherwise  provided,
28    suitable  buildings  for,  and maintain a county hospital and
29    necessary branch hospitals and/or  a  county  sheltered  care
30    home  or  county  nursing  home  for  the  care of such sick,
31    chronically ill or infirm persons as may  by  law  be  proper
 
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 1    charges  upon  the  county, or upon other governmental units,
 2    and to provide for the management of the  same.   The  county
 3    board  may establish rates to be paid by persons seeking care
 4    and treatment in such hospital or  home  in  accordance  with
 5    their   financial   ability  to  meet  such  charges,  either
 6    personally or through a hospital plan or hospital  insurance,
 7    and the rates to be paid by governmental units, including the
 8    State,  for  the  care  of  sick,  chronically  ill or infirm
 9    persons  admitted  therein   upon   the   request   of   such
10    governmental units. Any hospital maintained by a county under
11    this  Section  is authorized to provide any service and enter
12    into any contract or other arrangement not prohibited  for  a
13    hospital  that  is licensed under the Hospital Licensing Act,
14    incorporated under  the  General  Not-For-Profit  Corporation
15    Act,   and  exempt  from  taxation  under  paragraph  (3)  of
16    subsection (c) of Section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code.
17        7.  To contribute such sums  of  money  toward  erecting,
18    building,   maintaining,  and  supporting  any  non-sectarian
19    public hospital located within its limits as the county board
20    of the county shall deem proper.
21        8.  To purchase and hold real estate for the preservation
22    of forests, prairies and other natural areas and to  maintain
23    and regulate the use thereof.
24        9.  To  purchase  and hold real estate for the purpose of
25    preserving  historical  spots  in  the  county,  to  restore,
26    maintain and regulate the  use  thereof  and  to  donate  any
27    historical spot to the State.
28        10.  To  appropriate funds from the county treasury to be
29    used in any manner to be determined  by  the  board  for  the
30    suppression,  eradication  and  control of tuberculosis among
31    domestic cattle in such county.
32        11.  To take all necessary  measures  to  prevent  forest
33    fires and encourage the maintenance and planting of trees and
34    the preservation of forests.
 
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 1        12.  To authorize the closing on Saturday mornings of all
 2    offices  of  all  county  officers at the county seat of each
 3    county, and to otherwise regulate and fix the  days  and  the
 4    hours of opening and closing of such offices, except when the
 5    days  and  the  hours of opening and closing of the office of
 6    any county officer are otherwise fixed by law; but the  power
 7    herein  conferred  shall  not  apply to the office of State's
 8    Attorney and the offices of judges and clerks of courts  and,
 9    in  counties  of  500,000  or more population, the offices of
10    county clerk.
11        13.  To provide for the  conservation,  preservation  and
12    propagation of insectivorous birds through the expenditure of
13    funds provided for such purpose.
14        14.  To  appropriate  funds  from the county treasury and
15    expend the  same  for  care  and  treatment  of  tuberculosis
16    residents.
17        15.  In  counties having less than 1,000,000 inhabitants,
18    to take all necessary or proper steps for  the  extermination
19    of mosquitoes, flies or other insects within the county.
20        16.  To  install  an  adequate  system  of  accounts  and
21    financial records in the offices and divisions of the county,
22    suitable  to  the  needs of the office and in accordance with
23    generally accepted principles of accounting for  governmental
24    bodies,  which  system may include such reports as the county
25    board may determine.
26        17.  To  purchase  and   hold   real   estate   for   the
27    construction   and   maintenance  of  motor  vehicle  parking
28    facilities  for  persons  using  county  buildings,  but  the
29    purchase and use of such real estate shall not be for revenue
30    producing purposes.
31        18.  To acquire and hold title to real  property  located
32    within  the  county,  or partly within and partly outside the
33    county by dedication, purchase, gift, legacy  or  lease,  for
34    park  and recreational purposes and to charge reasonable fees
 
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 1    for the use of or admission to any such park or  recreational
 2    area  and  to  provide  police  protection  for  such park or
 3    recreational area. Personnel employed to provide such  police
 4    protection  shall  be  conservators  of the peace within such
 5    park or recreational  area  and  shall  have  power  to  make
 6    arrests on view of the offense or upon warrants for violation
 7    of  any of the ordinances governing such park or recreational
 8    area or for any breach of the peace in the same manner as the
 9    police in municipalities organized  and  existing  under  the
10    general laws of the State. All such real property outside the
11    county  shall  be  contiguous  to  the  county and within the
12    boundaries of the State of Illinois.
13        19.  To appropriate funds from the county treasury to  be
14    used  to  provide  supportive  social  services  designed  to
15    prevent   the  unnecessary  institutionalization  of  elderly
16    residents, or, for operation of, and  equipment  for,  senior
17    citizen   centers   providing   social  services  to  elderly
18    residents.
19        20.  To appropriate funds from the  county  treasury  and
20    loan  such  funds  to a county water commission created under
21    the "Water Commission Act", approved June 30, 1984, as now or
22    hereafter amended, in such amounts and upon such terms as the
23    county may determine or the county  and  the  commission  may
24    agree.   The  county  shall  not  under  any circumstances be
25    obligated to make  such  loans.   The  county  shall  not  be
26    required to charge interest on any such loans.
27        21.  To   acquire   and   hold  title  to  real  property
28    development rights.
29        All contracts for the purchase of coal under this Section
30    shall be subject to the provisions of the Illinois Mined Coal
31    Act "An Act concerning the use  of  Illinois  mined  coal  in
32    certain  plants  and  institutions",  filed July 13, 1937, as
33    amended.
34    (Source: P.A. 86-962; 86-1028.)
 
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 1        Section 10.  The Township Code  is  amended  by  changing
 2    Section 85-10 as follows:

 3        (60 ILCS 1/85-10)
 4        Sec. 85-10.  Township corporate powers.
 5        (a)  Every   township   has  the  corporate  capacity  to
 6    exercise the powers granted to it,  or  necessarily  implied,
 7    and  no  others.  Every  township has the powers specified in
 8    this Section.
 9        (b)  A township may sue and be sued.
10        (c)  A  township  may  acquire  (by  purchase,  gift,  or
11    legacy) and hold property, including development rights, both
12    real and personal, for the use of  its  inhabitants  and  may
13    sell  and  convey  that property. A township may purchase any
14    real estate or personal property for  public  purposes  under
15    contracts providing for payment in installments over a period
16    of  time of not more than 20 years in the case of real estate
17    and not more than 10 years in the case of personal  property.
18    A  township  may  finance  the purchase of any real estate or
19    personal property for public purpose under finance  contracts
20    providing  for  payment in installments over a period of time
21    of not more than 20 years in the case of real estate and  not
22    more  than  10  years  in  the  case  of personal property. A
23    township  may  construct  a  township  hall  under  contracts
24    providing for payment over a period of time of not more  than
25    5  years. The interest on the unpaid balance shall not exceed
26    that permitted in the Bond Authorization Act.
27        (d)  A township may make all contracts necessary  in  the
28    exercise of the township's powers.
29        (e)  A   township   may   expend   or  contract  for  the
30    expenditure of  any  federal  funds  made  available  to  the
31    township  by law for any purpose for which taxes imposed upon
32    township property or property  within  the  township  may  be
33    expended.
 
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 1        (f)  A  township  may  acquire  (singly or jointly with a
 2    municipality or municipalities) land or any interest in  land
 3    located within its township limits.  The township may acquire
 4    the land or interest by gift, purchase, or otherwise, but not
 5    by  condemnation.  A township may (singly or jointly) improve
 6    or arrange for the improvement of the land for industrial  or
 7    commercial purposes and may donate and  convey  the  land  or
 8    interest  in land so acquired and so improved to the Illinois
 9    Development Finance Authority.
10        (g)  (Blank)
11        (h)  It is the policy  of  this  State  that  all  powers
12    granted  either expressly or by necessary implication by this
13    Code,  any  other   Illinois   statute,   or   the   Illinois
14    Constitution to townships may be exercised by those townships
15    notwithstanding  effects  on competition. It is the intention
16    of the General Assembly that the "State action exemption"  to
17    the  application  of  federal  antitrust  statutes  be  fully
18    available  to  townships  to  the extent their activities are
19    authorized by law as stated in this Code.
20        (i)  A township  may  receive  funds  under  the  federal
21    Housing  and Community Development Act of 1974 and may expend
22    or contract for the expenditure  of  those  funds  and  other
23    township funds for the activities specified in Section 105 of
24    that  Act.   The powers granted under this subsection (i) are
25    in addition to powers otherwise possessed by a  township  and
26    shall not be construed as a limitation of those other powers.
27        (j)  A   township   may  establish  reasonable  fees  for
28    recreation  and  instructional  programs  sponsored  by   the
29    township.
30    (Source: P.A.  88-62; incorporates 88-356 and 88-360; 88-670,
31    eff. 12-2-94; 89-331, eff. 8-17-95.)

32        Section 15.  The Illinois Municipal Code  is  amended  by
33    changing Section 11-76.1-1 as follows:
 
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 1        (65 ILCS 5/11-76.1-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-76.1-1)
 2        Sec.  11-76.1-1.  Powers.  The  corporate  authorities of
 3    each municipality having a population of  less  than  500,000
 4    inhabitants  have  the  power  by  ordinance  adopted  by  an
 5    affirmative  vote  of  two-thirds  of  the  elected corporate
 6    authorities then holding office:
 7        (i)  to purchase or lease real or personal  property  for
 8    public purposes pursuant to contracts or leases which provide
 9    for  the  consideration for such purchase or lease to be paid
10    in annual installments  during  a  period  not  exceeding  20
11    years;
12        (ii)  to lease as lessee and to purchase real property or
13    personal  property for public purposes pursuant to a lease or
14    purchase agreement which  lease  or  purchase  agreement  may
15    provide  that  the  municipality may, at its option, purchase
16    the property which is subject to the agreement or lease  upon
17    terms wherein payments previously made, or a portion of them,
18    are  deducted  from  the  purchase  price  of the property as
19    provided for in such lease or agreement;.
20        (iii)  to purchase or  lease  real  property  development
21    rights.
22        A   municipality,  having  adopted  and  filed  with  the
23    municipal clerk such installment or lease agreement, executed
24    by officers of the municipality, may issue debt  certificates
25    to any person either in lieu of or in evidence of the amounts
26    payable  under  such  lease  or  installment agreement.  Such
27    certificates may contain such terms as are provided  for  the
28    issuance  of  bonds  generally  under Section 10 of the Local
29    Government Debt Reform Act,  as  now  or  hereafter  amended,
30    except  to  the  extent  such  terms  expressly conflict with
31    limitations  set  forth  in  this  Division.   Cash  proceeds
32    received upon issuance of such  certificates  shall  be  duly
33    applied  to  the acquisition and construction and payment for
34    the real or personal property which is the  subject  of  such
 
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 1    installment or lease agreement.
 2    (Source: P.A. 85-1419.)

 3        Section 20.  The Civic Center Code is amended by changing
 4    Section 105-20 as follows:

 5        (70 ILCS 200/105-20)
 6        Sec.  105-20. Rights and powers. The Authority shall have
 7    the following rights and powers:
 8        (a)  To  acquire,  purchase,  own,  construct,  lease  as
 9    lessee or in any other way acquire, improve, extend,  repair,
10    reconstruct,  regulate,  operate, equip and maintain land and
11    buildings, including development rights and  sites  for  boat
12    ramps,  campgrounds,  nature paths and other recreational and
13    parking areas and  facilities  therefor  located  within  the
14    metropolitan   area.    Nothing  in  this  Section  shall  be
15    construed to grant the Authority the power of eminent domain.
16        (b)  To enter into contracts treating in any manner  with
17    the objects and purposes of this Article.
18        (c)  To  plan for such facilities and to allow the use of
19    such facilities whether conducted by the  Authority  or  some
20    other person or governmental agency.
21        (d)  To    fix   and   collect   just,   reasonable   and
22    nondiscriminatory charges and  rents  for  the  use  of  such
23    parking  areas  and facilities, grounds and buildings held by
24    the Authority. The charges collected may be made available to
25    defray the reasonable expenses of the Authority  and  to  pay
26    the  principal of and the interest on any bonds issued by the
27    Authority.
28    (Source: P.A. 90-328, eff. 1-1-98.)

29        Section 25.  The Soil and  Water  Conservation  Districts
30    Act is amended by changing Section 22.04 as follows:
 
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 1        (70 ILCS 405/22.04) (from Ch. 5, par. 127.4)
 2        Sec.  22.04.  Property.  To  obtain  options  upon and to
 3    acquire, by purchase, exchange, lease, gift, grant, legacy or
 4    through condemnation, any  property,  real  or  personal,  or
 5    rights  or  interests,  including  real  property development
 6    rights, therein necessary for the purpose of the district; to
 7    maintain, administer and improve any properties acquired,  to
 8    receive income from such properties and to expend such income
 9    in  carrying out the purposes and provisions of this Act; and
10    to sell, lease or otherwise dispose of any of its property or
11    interests  therein  in  furtherance  of  the   purposes   and
12    provisions of this Act.
13    (Source: P.A. 83-388.)

14        Section  30.  The Conservation District Act is amended by
15    changing Section 12 as follows:

16        (70 ILCS 410/12) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 7112)
17        Sec. 12.  Powers.  To the extent necessary to  carry  out
18    the  purpose of this Act and in addition to any other powers,
19    duties and functions vested in a district by law, but subject
20    to such limitations and restrictions as are imposed elsewhere
21    by this Act or another law,  a  district  is  authorized  and
22    empowered:
23        (a)  To adopt by-laws, adopt and use a common seal, enter
24    into contracts, acquire and hold real and personal estate and
25    take  such  other  actions as may be necessary for the proper
26    conduct of its affairs.
27        (b)  To  make  and  publish  all  ordinances,  rules  and
28    regulations necessary for the management  and  protection  of
29    its property and the conduct of its affairs.
30        (c)  To  study  and ascertain the district's wildland and
31    other open space resources and outdoor recreation facilities,
32    the need for preserving such  resources  and  providing  such
 
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 1    facilities  and  the  extent  to  which  such needs are being
 2    currently met and to prepare and adopt a co-ordinated plan of
 3    areas and facilities to meet such needs.
 4        (d)  To acquire by gift, legacy,  purchase,  condemnation
 5    in  the  manner  provided  for  the  exercise of the right of
 6    eminent domain  under  Article  VII  of  the  Code  of  Civil
 7    Procedure,  approved  August  19,  1981,  as  amended, lease,
 8    agreement or  otherwise  the  fee  or  any  lesser  right  or
 9    interest, including a development right, in real property and
10    to  hold  the  same  with  or  without public access for open
11    space, wildland, scenic roadway, pathway, outdoor recreation,
12    or other conservation benefits.  A district that is  entirely
13    within  a  county of under 200,000 inhabitants and contiguous
14    to a county of more than 2,000,00  inhabitants  and  that  is
15    authorized  by  referendum  as  provided in subsection (d) of
16    Section 15 to incur  indebtedness  over  0.575%  but  not  to
17    exceed  1.725%  may  acquire  an  interest  in real estate by
18    condemnation only if  approved  by  an  affirmative  vote  of
19    two-thirds  of  the  total  number of trustees authorized for
20    that  district;  such  a  district  may  exchange,  sell,  or
21    otherwise dispose of any portion  of  any  interest  in  real
22    estate  acquired  by  it  by  any  means  within  2  years of
23    acquiring that interest, provided that a  public  hearing  on
24    the  exchange,  sale or other disposition of such real estate
25    or interest therein is held prior to such action.
26        The Department of Natural Resources, the county board, or
27    the governing body of any municipality,  district  or  public
28    corporation  may,  upon request of the conservation district,
29    set apart and transfer any real or personal property owned or
30    controlled by it and not devoted or dedicated  to  any  other
31    inconsistent  public  use,  to the conservation district.  In
32    acquiring  or  accepting  land   or   rights   thereto,   due
33    consideration  shall  be  given  to  its  open space, outdoor
34    recreation or other conservation values and no real  property
 
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 1    shall  be  acquired  or  accepted which in the opinion of the
 2    district or the Department of Natural  Resources  is  of  low
 3    value from the standpoint of its proposed use.
 4        (e)  To  classify,  designate,  plan,  develop, preserve,
 5    administer and maintain all areas, places and  facilities  in
 6    which  it  has an interest, and construct, reconstruct, alter
 7    and renew buildings  and  other  structures,  and  equip  and
 8    maintain the same.
 9        (f)  To accept gifts, grants, legacies, contributions and
10    appropriations  of  money  and  other  personal  property for
11    conservation purposes.
12        (g)  To employ and fix the compensation of  an  executive
13    officer  who  shall  be  responsible  to  the  board  for the
14    carrying out of its policies.  The  executive  officer  shall
15    have  the  power,  subject  to  the approval of the board, to
16    employ and  fix  the  compensation  of  such  assistants  and
17    employees  as  the  board may consider necessary for carrying
18    out the purposes and provisions of this Act.
19        (h)  To charge and collect reasonable fees for the use of
20    such  facilities,  privileges  and  conveniences  as  may  be
21    provided.
22        (i)  To police its property and to exercise police powers
23    in respect thereto or in respect to the  enforcement  of  any
24    rule or regulation provided by the ordinances of the district
25    and  to  employ  and  commission  police  officers  and other
26    qualified persons to enforce the same.
27        (j)  To  undertake  studies  pertaining  to  the  natural
28    history, archaeology,  history  or  conservation  of  natural
29    resources of the county.
30        (k)  To  lease land for a period not longer than 50 years
31    from the date of the lease to a responsible person, firm,  or
32    corporation  for  construction,  reconstruction,  alteration,
33    renewal,   equipment,   furnishing,  extension,  development,
34    operation  and  maintenance  of  lodges,   housekeeping   and
 
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 1    sleeping  cabins,  swimming pools, golf courses, campgrounds,
 2    sand beaches, marinas, convention and entertainment  centers,
 3    roads  and  parking  areas,  and  other related buildings and
 4    facilities. In any lease of  land  leased  pursuant  to  this
 5    subsection  (k),  upon  expiration  of the lease title to all
 6    structures  on  the  leased  land  shall  be  vested  in  the
 7    district.
 8        (l)  To  lease  any  building  or  facility  constructed,
 9    reconstructed,   altered,   renewed,   equipped,   furnished,
10    extended, developed, and maintained  by  the  district  to  a
11    responsible  person,  firm,  or  corporation for operation or
12    development, or both, and maintenance for a period not longer
13    than 20 years from the date of the lease.
14    (Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)

15        Section 35.  The Downstate Forest Preserve  District  Act
16    is amended by changing Section 6 as follows:

17        (70 ILCS 805/6) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 6309)
18        Sec.  6.  Acquisition and disposal of property.  Any such
19    District shall have power to acquire lands  and  grounds  for
20    the  aforesaid  purposes  by lease, or in fee simple by gift,
21    grant,  legacy,  purchase  or  condemnation,  or  to  acquire
22    easements or development rights in land,  and  to  construct,
23    lay  out,  improve  and maintain wells, power plants, comfort
24    stations, shelter houses,  paths,  driveways,  public  roads,
25    roadways and other improvements and facilities in and through
26    such  forest  preserves  as  they  shall  deem  necessary  or
27    desirable  for the use of such forest preserves by the public
28    and may acquire, develop, improve and maintain  waterways  in
29    conjunction  with the district. No district with a population
30    less than 600,000 shall have the power to purchase,  condemn,
31    lease   or   acquire   an   easement  in  property  within  a
32    municipality without the concurrence of the governing body of
 
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 1    the municipality, except where  such  district  is  acquiring
 2    land  for  a  linear park or trail not to exceed 100 yards in
 3    width or is acquiring land contiguous to an existing park  or
 4    forest  preserve,   and  no municipality shall annex any land
 5    for the purpose of defeating a District acquisition once  the
 6    District  has  given  notice of intent to acquire a specified
 7    parcel of land.  No district with a population of  less  than
 8    500,000  shall  (i)  have the power to condemn property for a
 9    linear park  or  trail  within  a  municipality  without  the
10    concurrence of the governing body of the municipality or (ii)
11    have the power to condemn property for a linear park or trail
12    in  an  unincorporated  area  without  the concurrence of the
13    governing body of the township within which the  property  is
14    located  or  (iii)  once  having  commenced  a  proceeding to
15    acquire  land  by  condemnation,  dismiss  or  abandon   that
16    proceeding  without  the  consent  of the property owners. No
17    district shall establish a trail surface within 50 feet of an
18    occupied  dwelling  which  was  in  existence  prior  to  the
19    approval of the acquisition by the district without obtaining
20    permission of the owners of the premises or  the  concurrence
21    of  the governing body of the municipality or township within
22    which the property is located.   All acquisitions of land  by
23    a  district  with a population less than 600,000 within 1 1/2
24    miles of a municipality shall be  preceded  by  a  conference
25    with  the  mayor  or  president  of  the  municipality or his
26    designated agent.   If  a  forest  preserve  district  is  in
27    negotiations  for  acquisition  of  land  with owners of land
28    adjacent to a municipality, the annexation of that land shall
29    be deferred for 6 months. The district shall have no power to
30    acquire an interest  in  real  estate  situated  outside  the
31    district  by  the exercise of the right of eminent domain, by
32    purchase or by lease, but shall have the power to acquire any
33    such property, or an easement in any such property, which  is
34    contiguous to the district by gift, legacy, or grant, subject
 
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 1    to  approval  of  the  county board of the county, and of any
 2    forest preserve district  or  conservation  district,  within
 3    which  the  property is located.  The district shall have the
 4    same control of and power over land, an interest in which  it
 5    has   so  acquired,  as  over  forest  preserves  within  the
 6    district. If any of the powers to acquire lands and  hold  or
 7    improve  the  same  given  to  Forest  Preserve Districts, by
 8    Sections 5 and 6 of this Act should  be  held  invalid,  such
 9    invalidity  shall not invalidate the remainder of this Act or
10    any of the other powers herein given and conferred  upon  the
11    Forest  Preserve  Districts.  Such  Forest Preserve Districts
12    shall also have power to lease not to exceed 40 acres of  the
13    lands and grounds acquired by it, for a term of not more than
14    99   years   to   veterans'   organizations  as  grounds  for
15    convalescing sick and disabled veterans, and as a place  upon
16    which to construct rehabilitation quarters, or to a county as
17    grounds  for  a county nursing home or convalescent home. Any
18    such Forest Preserve District shall also have power to  grant
19    licenses,  easements  and rights-of-way for the construction,
20    operation and maintenance upon, under or across any  property
21    of  such District of facilities for water, sewage, telephone,
22    telegraph, electric, gas or other public service, subject  to
23    such  terms  and  conditions  as  may  be  determined by such
24    District.
25        Any such District may purchase, but not condemn, a parcel
26    of land and sell a portion thereof for  not  less  than  fair
27    market  value  pursuant  to  resolution  of  the Board.  Such
28    resolution shall be passed by  the  affirmative  vote  of  at
29    least  2/3  of  all members of the board within 30 days after
30    acquisition by the district of such parcel.
31        Whenever  the  board  of  any  forest  preserve  district
32    determines that the public  interest  will  be  subserved  by
33    vacating  any  street, roadway, or driveway, or part thereof,
34    located within a forest preserve, it may vacate that  street,
 
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 1    roadway, or driveway, or part thereof, by an ordinance passed
 2    by the affirmative vote of at least 3/4 of all the members of
 3    the  board.  This  vote  shall  be taken by ayes and nays and
 4    entered in the records of the board.
 5        The determination of the board that the nature and extent
 6    of the public use or public interest to be subserved is  such
 7    as  to  warrant  the  vacation  of  any  street,  roadway, or
 8    driveway, or part thereof, is conclusive, and the passage  of
 9    such   an   ordinance   is   sufficient   evidence   of  that
10    determination, whether so recited in the  ordinance  or  not.
11    The   relief   to   the   public   from  further  burden  and
12    responsibility  of  maintaining  any   street,   roadway   or
13    driveway, or part thereof, constitutes a public use or public
14    interest authorizing the vacation.
15        Nothing  contained  in this Section shall be construed to
16    authorize the board of any forest preserve district to vacate
17    any street, roadway, or driveway, or part  thereof,  that  is
18    part of any State or county highway.
19        When  property  is  damaged by the vacation or closing of
20    any street, roadway, or driveway,  or  part  thereof,  damage
21    shall be ascertained and paid as provided by law.
22        Except  in  cases  where  the  deed,  or other instrument
23    dedicating a street, roadway, or driveway, or  part  thereof,
24    has expressly provided for a specific devolution of the title
25    thereto  upon the abandonment or vacation thereof, and except
26    where such street, roadway or driveway, or part  thereof,  is
27    held by the district by lease, or where the district holds an
28    easement  in  the land included within the street, roadway or
29    driveway, whenever any street, roadway, or driveway, or  part
30    thereof is vacated under or by virtue of any ordinance of any
31    forest preserve district, the title to the land in fee simple
32    included  within  the  street,  roadway, or driveway, or part
33    thereof, so vacated vests in the forest preserve district.
34        The board of any forest preserve district  is  authorized
 
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 1    to  sell  at  fair  market price, gravel, sand, earth and any
 2    other material obtained from the lands and  waters  owned  by
 3    the district.
 4        For  the  purposes  of  this  Section,  "acquiring  land"
 5    includes acquiring a fee simple, lease or easement in land.
 6    (Source: P.A. 86-267; 86-1387; 87-847.)

 7        Section 40.  The Cook County Forest Preserve District Act
 8    is amended by changing Section 10 as follows:

 9        (70 ILCS 810/10) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 6413)
10        Sec.  10.  Acquisition  of  property.  The  board of each
11    forest preserve  district  has  the  power  by  ordinance  to
12    purchase  or  lease  as  lessee real or personal property and
13    real  property   development   rights   (including,   without
14    limitation,  purchases  from  and  leases with other units of
15    local government, school districts, or the federal government
16    or any of  its  agencies  or  instrumentalities)  for  public
17    purposes  pursuant  to contracts or leases which provide that
18    the consideration for the purchase or lease may  be  paid  in
19    annual installments during the period not to exceed 40 years;
20    to  lease  as lessee or to purchase real property or personal
21    property for public purposes pursuant to a lease or  purchase
22    agreement  which  may  provide  that the district may, at its
23    option,  purchase  the  property  which  is  subject  to  the
24    agreement or lease upon  terms  wherein  payments  previously
25    made,  or  a  portion of them, are deducted from the purchase
26    price of the  property  as  provided  for  in  the  lease  or
27    agreement.
28        The  maximum amounts that will become due under the terms
29    of the purchase or lease agreements, together with all  other
30    indebtedness  of  the  district,  however, must be within the
31    constitutional limitations on the incurring  of  indebtedness
32    for the district and for pertinent public purposes.
 
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 1    (Source: P.A. 87-1191; 88-503.)

 2        Section  45.   The  Park  District  Code  is  amended  by
 3    changing Section 8-1 as follows:

 4        (70 ILCS 1205/8-1) (from Ch. 105, par. 8-1)
 5        Sec.  8-1.  Powers.  Every  park district shall, from the
 6    time of its organization, be a body corporate and politic  by
 7    such  name  as set forth in the petition for its organization
 8    or such name as it may adopt under  Section  8-8  hereof  and
 9    shall have and exercise the following powers:
10        (a)  To  adopt  a  corporate  seal  and alter the same at
11    pleasure; to sue and be sued; and to contract in  furtherance
12    of any of its corporate purposes.
13        (b) (1)  To  acquire  by gift, legacy, grant or purchase,
14    or by condemnation in the manner provided for the exercise of
15    the power of eminent domain under Article VII of the Code  of
16    Civil  Procedure,  approved  August 19, 1981, as amended, any
17    and all real estate, or rights, including development rights,
18     therein  necessary  for  building,  laying  out,  extending,
19    adorning  and  maintaining  any  such  parks,  boulevards and
20    driveways, or for effecting any of  the  powers  or  purposes
21    granted under this Code as its board may deem proper, whether
22    such lands be located within or without such district; but no
23    park  district,  except  as provided in paragraph (2) of this
24    subsection, shall have  any  power  of  condemnation  in  the
25    manner  provided  for  the  exercise  of the power of eminent
26    domain under Article VII of  the  Code  of  Civil  Procedure,
27    approved  August 19, 1981, as amended, or otherwise as to any
28    real estate, lands,  riparian  rights  or  estate,  or  other
29    property  situated  outside  of such district, but shall only
30    have power to acquire the same  by  gift,  legacy,  grant  or
31    purchase,  and  such  district shall have the same control of
32    and power over lands so acquired without the district as over
 
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 1    parks, boulevards and driveways within such district.
 2        (2)  In addition to the powers granted in  paragraph  (1)
 3    of  subsection  (b), a park district located in more than one
 4    county, the majority of its territory  located  in  a  county
 5    over  450,000 in population and none of its territory located
 6    in  a  county  over  1,000,000  in  population,  shall   have
 7    condemnation power in the manner provided for the exercise of
 8    the  power of eminent domain under Article VII of the Code of
 9    Civil Procedure, approved August 19, 1981, as amended, or  as
10    otherwise  granted  by  law  as  to  any  and all real estate
11    situated up to one mile outside of such district which is not
12    within the boundaries of another park district.
13        (c)  To acquire by gift, legacy or purchase any  personal
14    property  necessary  for its corporate purposes provided that
15    all contracts for supplies, materials or  work  involving  an
16    expenditure  in  excess of $10,000 shall be let to the lowest
17    responsible    bidder,    considering     conformity     with
18    specifications,    terms    of    delivery,    quality,   and
19    serviceability, after due advertisement, excepting  contracts
20    which by their nature are not adapted to award by competitive
21    bidding,  such  as  contracts for the services of individuals
22    possessing a high degree  of  professional  skill  where  the
23    ability or fitness of the individual plays an important part,
24    contracts  for  the printing of finance committee reports and
25    departmental reports, contracts for the printing or engraving
26    of bonds, tax warrants and other evidences  of  indebtedness,
27    contracts  for  utility  services such as water, light, heat,
28    telephone or telegraph,  contracts  for  the  use,  purchase,
29    delivery,   movement,  or  installation  of  data  processing
30    equipment, software, or services and  telecommunications  and
31    interconnect  equipment, software, or services, contracts for
32    duplicating machines and supplies,  contracts  for  goods  or
33    services procured from another governmental agency, purchases
34    of  equipment  previously owned by some entity other than the
 
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 1    district itself, and contracts for the purchase of magazines,
 2    books, periodicals, pamphlets and reports and excepting where
 3    funds  are  expended  in  an  emergency  and  such  emergency
 4    expenditure is approved by 3/4 of the members of the board.
 5        All  competitive  bids   for   contracts   involving   an
 6    expenditure in excess of $10,000 must be sealed by the bidder
 7    and  must be opened by a member or employee of the park board
 8    at a public bid opening at which the  contents  of  the  bids
 9    must  be announced.  Each bidder must receive at least 3 days
10    notice of the time and place of the bid opening.
11        For purposes  of  this  subsection,  "due  advertisement"
12    includes,  but  is not limited to, at least one public notice
13    at least 10 days before the bid date in a newspaper published
14    in the district or, if  no  newspaper  is  published  in  the
15    district,  in  a newspaper of general circulation in the area
16    of the district.
17        (d)  To  pass  all  necessary   ordinances,   rules   and
18    regulations  for  the  proper  management  and conduct of the
19    business of the  board  and  district  and  to  establish  by
20    ordinance   all   needful   rules  and  regulations  for  the
21    government and protection of parks, boulevards and  driveways
22    and  other property under its jurisdiction, and to effect the
23    objects for which such districts are formed.
24        (e)  To  prescribe  such  fines  and  penalties  for  the
25    violation of ordinances as it shall deem proper not exceeding
26    $500 for any one offense, which fines and  penalties  may  be
27    recovered  by  an  action in the name of such district in the
28    circuit  court  for  the  county  in  which  such   violation
29    occurred.  The  park district may also seek in the action, in
30    addition to or instead of fines and penalties, an order  that
31    the  offender  be  required  to  make  restitution for damage
32    resulting from violations, and the  court  shall  grant  such
33    relief  where  appropriate.   The  procedure  in such actions
34    shall be the same as that provided by law  for  like  actions
 
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 1    for the violation of ordinances in cities organized under the
 2    general  laws  of this State, and offenders may be imprisoned
 3    for non-payment of fines and costs in the same manner  as  in
 4    such  cities. All fines when collected shall be paid into the
 5    treasury of such district.
 6        (f)  To manage and control all officers and  property  of
 7    such districts and to provide for joint ownership with one or
 8    more  cities,  villages  or  incorporated  towns  of real and
 9    personal property used for park purposes by one or more  park
10    districts.  In  case  of  joint  ownership,  the terms of the
11    agreement shall be fair, just and equitable  to  all  parties
12    and shall be set forth in a written agreement entered into by
13    the  corporate  authorities  of  each participating district,
14    city, village or incorporated town.
15        (g)  To secure grants and  loans,  or  either,  from  the
16    United  States Government, or any agency or agencies thereof,
17    for financing the acquisition or purchase of any and all real
18    estate, or rights therein, or for effecting any of the powers
19    or purposes granted under this Code as  its  Board  may  deem
20    proper.
21        (h)  To  establish  fees  for  the  use of facilities and
22    recreational programs of the districts and to derive  revenue
23    from  non-resident  fees  from their operations. Fees charged
24    non-residents of such district need not be the same  as  fees
25    charged  to  residents  of  the  district.  Charging  fees or
26    deriving  revenue  from  the  facilities   and   recreational
27    programs  shall not affect the right to assert or utilize any
28    defense or immunity, common law or  statutory,  available  to
29    the districts or their employees.
30        (i)  To make contracts for a term exceeding one year, but
31    not  to exceed 3 years, notwithstanding any provision of this
32    Code to the contrary, relating to:  (1) the employment  of  a
33    park   director,   superintendent,  administrator,  engineer,
34    health officer, land  planner,  finance  director,  attorney,
 
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 1    police   chief,  or  other  officer  who  requires  technical
 2    training  or  knowledge;  (2)  the  employment   of   outside
 3    professional  consultants  such  as  engineers, doctors, land
 4    planners,  auditors,   attorneys,   or   other   professional
 5    consultants  who require technical training or knowledge; and
 6    (3) the provision of data processing equipment and  services.
 7    With  respect to any contract made under this subsection (i),
 8    the  corporate  authorities  shall  include  in  the   annual
 9    appropriation ordinance for each fiscal year an appropriation
10    of  a sum of money sufficient to pay the amount which, by the
11    terms of the contract, is to become due  and  payable  during
12    that fiscal year.
13        (j)  To  enter  into  licensing  or management agreements
14    with not-for-profit corporations organized under the laws  of
15    this  State  to  operate  park  district  facilities  if  the
16    corporation covenants to use the facilities to provide public
17    park or recreational programs for youth.
18    (Source:  P.A.  88-91;  88-426; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94; 89-458,
19    eff. 5-24-96; 89-509, eff. 7-5-96.)

20        Section 50.   The  River  Conservancy  Districts  Act  is
21    amended by changing Section 10a as follows:

22        (70 ILCS 2105/10a) (from Ch. 42, par. 393)
23        Sec.  10a.  Acquisition  of  property.  Such  conservancy
24    district  may  acquire by purchase, condemnation or otherwise
25    any and all real and personal property,  right  of  way,  and
26    privileges,  and  real  property  development  rights whether
27    within or without its corporate limits that may  be  required
28    for  its  corporate purposes; and in case any district formed
29    hereunder shall be unable to agree with any person  or  party
30    upon the terms and amounts for which it may desire to acquire
31    or  purchase any such property, it may proceed to acquire the
32    same in accordance with the terms and provisions of this Act.
 
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 1        Whenever  the  board  of  trustees  of  any   conservancy
 2    district  shall  pass  an  ordinance  for  the  making of any
 3    improvement which such district is authorized  to  make,  the
 4    making  of which will require that private property should be
 5    taken  or  damaged,  such  district  may  cause  compensation
 6    therefor to be  ascertained,  and  may  condemn  and  acquire
 7    possession  thereof in the same manner as nearly as may be as
 8    is provided for the exercise of the right of  eminent  domain
 9    under  Article  VII  of  the Code of Civil Procedure, and all
10    amendments thereto: Provided, however,  that  proceedings  to
11    ascertain  the compensation to be paid for taking or damaging
12    private property shall in all  cases  be  instituted  in  the
13    county  where  the  property sought to be taken or damaged is
14    situated; and, provided, that all damages to property whether
15    determined by agreement or by final judgment of  court  shall
16    be   paid,  prior  to  the  payment  of  any  other  debt  or
17    obligation.
18        When in making any improvements  which  any  district  is
19    authorized  by  this  Act  to  make, it shall be necessary to
20    enter upon and take possession  of  any  public  property  or
21    properties held for public use, the board of trustees of such
22    district  shall  have  the  power  to  and  may  acquire  the
23    necessary  right  of  way  over  any  other property held for
24    public use in the same  manner  as  is  herein  provided  for
25    acquiring  private  property,  and may enter upon and use the
26    same for the purposes aforesaid:  Provided,  the  public  use
27    thereof  shall not be unnecessarily interrupted or interfered
28    with, and that the same  shall  be  restored  to  its  former
29    usefulness as soon as possible.
30    (Source: P.A. 82-783.)

31        Section   55.   The  Open  Space  Lands  Acquisition  and
32    Development  Act  is amended by changing Sections 2.04, 2.05,
33    3, and 4 and adding Section 2.07 as follows:
 
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 1        (525 ILCS 35/2.04) (from Ch. 85, par. 2102.04)
 2        Sec.  2.04.  Local  government.      "Local   government"
 3    includes counties, townships, municipalities, park districts,
 4    conservation  districts,  forest  preserve  districts,  river
 5    conservancy  districts and any other unit of local government
 6    empowered to expend public funds for the acquisition of  land
 7    and  development  rights  and for the development of land for
 8    public outdoor park, recreation or conservation purposes.
 9    (Source: P.A. 84-109.)

10        (525 ILCS 35/2.05) (from Ch. 85, par. 2102.05)
11        Sec. 2.05.  Project.  "Project" means a proposal for  the
12    acquisition  of open space lands or development rights or for
13    the capital development of park, recreation  or  conservation
14    areas by a local government.
15    (Source: P.A. 84-771.)

16        (525 ILCS 35/2.07 new)
17        Sec.   2.07.  Development  rights.  "Development  rights"
18    mean the rights  granted  under  applicable  law  to  control
19    whether   and   to  what  extent  improvements  on  land  are
20    constructed or modified.

21        (525 ILCS 35/3) (from Ch. 85, par. 2103)
22        Sec.  3.  Grants.  From  appropriations  made  from   the
23    Capital Development Fund, Build Illinois Purposes Fund, Build
24    Illinois  Bond  Fund   or other available or designated funds
25    for such purposes, the Department shall make grants to  local
26    governments  as  financial  assistance,  on  a  reimbursement
27    basis,  for  the capital development and improvement of park,
28    recreation or conservation  areas,  marinas  and  shorelines,
29    including   planning  and  engineering  costs,  and  for  the
30    acquisition of open space  lands,  including  acquisition  of
31    easements,  development  rights, and other property interests
 
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 1    less than fee simple ownership if the  Department  determines
 2    that  such property interests are sufficient to carry out the
 3    purposes  of  this  Act,  subject  to  the   conditions   and
 4    limitations set forth in this Act.
 5        No  more  than  10% of the amount so appropriated for any
 6    fiscal year may be committed or expended on any  one  project
 7    described in an application under this Act.
 8        Any  grant  under this Act to a local government shall be
 9    conditioned upon the State providing assistance  on  a  50/50
10    matching  basis  for  the acquisition of open space lands and
11    development  rights   and   for   capital   development   and
12    improvement proposals.
13    (Source: P.A. 84-1308.)

14        (525 ILCS 35/4) (from Ch. 85, par. 2104)
15        Sec.  4.  Application.  Any local government may apply to
16    the Department for a grant under  this  Act.  An  application
17    must be in writing and contain a narrative description of the
18    project,   the   legal  description  of  the  open  lands  or
19    development rights to be acquired or  used  for  the  capital
20    development  project,  a  current  appraisal showing the fair
21    market value of those  lands  or  development  rights  to  be
22    acquired,  the  project  cost,  identification of a source of
23    continuous funding sufficient to maintain the new  facilities
24    to  be  created  by  capital  development,  the amount of the
25    project cost the applicant proposes to provide and such other
26    information as the Department reasonably requires.
27    (Source: P.A. 84-109.)

28        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
29    becoming law.
 
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 1                                INDEX
 2               Statutes amended in order of appearance
 3    55 ILCS 5/5-1005          from Ch. 34, par. 5-1005
 4    60 ILCS 1/85-10
 5    65 ILCS 5/11-76.1-1       from Ch. 24, par. 11-76.1-1
 6    70 ILCS 200/105-20
 7    70 ILCS 405/22.04         from Ch. 5, par. 127.4
 8    70 ILCS 410/12            from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 7112
 9    70 ILCS 805/6             from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 6309
10    70 ILCS 810/10            from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 6413
11    70 ILCS 1205/8-1          from Ch. 105, par. 8-1
12    70 ILCS 2105/10a          from Ch. 42, par. 393
13    525 ILCS 35/2.04          from Ch. 85, par. 2102.04
14    525 ILCS 35/2.05          from Ch. 85, par. 2102.05
15    525 ILCS 35/2.07 new
16    525 ILCS 35/3             from Ch. 85, par. 2103
17    525 ILCS 35/4             from Ch. 85, par. 2104

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