Public Act 93-0420

HB0841 Enrolled                      LRB093 05621 WGH 05714 b

    AN ACT in relation to county government.

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

    Section  5.  The  Counties  Code  is  amended by changing
Section 5-11001 as follows:

    (55 ILCS 5/5-11001) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-11001)
    Sec. 5-11001. Construction  and  maintenance  of  parking
facilities. Any county is hereby authorized to:
    (a)  Own,   construct,  equip,  manage,  control,  erect,
improve, extend, maintain and operate motor  vehicle  parking
lots,   garages,   parking  meters,  and  any  other  revenue
producing  facilities  necessary   or   incidental   to   the
regulation,   control   and   parking   of   motor   vehicles
(hereinafter  referred  to  as  parking  facilities),  and to
purchase real estate to be used for  parking  facilities,  as
the county board finds necessary;
    (b)  Maintain,  improve,  extend  and  operate  any  such
parking facilities and to charge for the use thereof;
    (c)  Borrow money and issue and sell bonds in such amount
or  amounts as the county board may determine for the purpose
of acquiring, completing, erecting, constructing,  equipping,
improving,  extending, maintaining or operating any or all of
its parking facilities, and to refund and refinance the  same
from time to time as often as it shall be advantageous and to
the public interest to do so;
    (d)  Acquire by eminent domain sufficient real estate for
motor vehicle parking lots or garages.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

    Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.