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Public Act 095-0364


 

Public Act 0364 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY



 


 
Public Act 095-0364
 
SB0152 Enrolled LRB095 07608 HLH 27758 b

    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Metro-East Park and Recreation District Act
is amended by changing Sections 5, 10, and 20 as follows:
 
    (70 ILCS 1605/5)
    Sec. 5. Definitions. In this Act:
    "Board" means the board of directors of the Metro-East Park
and Recreation District.
    "Chief executive officer" means the chairman of the county
board of a county.
    "County" means Madison, St. Clair, Monroe, Clinton, or
Jersey, or Macoupin County.
    "District" or "Metro-East District" means the Metro-East
Park and Recreation District created under this Act.
    "Governing body" means a county board.
    "Metro-East Park and Recreation Fund" means the fund held
by the District that is the repository for all taxes and other
moneys raised by or for the District under this Act.
    "Metro-East region" means Madison, St. Clair, Monroe,
Clinton, Macoupin, and Jersey Counties.
    "Park district" means a park district organized under the
Park District Code.
(Source: P.A. 91-103, eff. 7-13-99.)
 
    (70 ILCS 1605/10)
    Sec. 10. Creation of Metro-East Park and Recreation
District.
    (a) The Metro-East Park and Recreation District may be
created, incorporated, and managed under this Section and may
exercise the powers given to the District under this Act. Any
county may be included in the Metro-East District if the voters
in the county or counties to be included in the District vote
to be included in the District. Any recreation system or public
parks system that exists within the Metro-East District created
under this Section shall remain in existence with the same
powers and responsibilities it had prior to the creation of the
Metro-East District. Nothing in this Section shall be construed
in any manner to limit or prohibit:
        (1) later establishment or cessation of any park or
    recreation system provided for by law; or
        (2) any powers and responsibilities of any park or
    recreation system provided for by law.
    (b) When the Metro-East District is organized, it shall be
a body corporate and a political subdivision of this State, and
the District shall be known as the "Metro-East Park and
Recreation District", and in that name may sue and be sued,
issue general revenue bonds, and impose and collect taxes or
fees under this Act.
    (c) The Metro-East District shall have as its primary duty
the development, operation, and maintenance of a public system
of interconnecting trails and parks throughout the counties
comprising the District. The Metro-East District shall
supplement but shall not substitute for the powers and
responsibilities of the other parks and recreation systems
within the Metro-East District and shall have the power to
contract with the State of Illinois, the United States
government, and other parks and recreation systems as well as
with the departments or agencies of any of those governmental
bodies and with other public and private entities.
    (d) All counties and communities comprising the Metro-East
Park and Recreation District shall make available upon written
request from the District, at no cost to the District, any and
all technical information and data necessary for the
implementation of the District's goals.
(Source: P.A. 91-103, eff. 7-13-99.)
 
    (70 ILCS 1605/20)
    Sec. 20. Board of directors.
    (a) If the Metro-East District is created by only one
county, the District shall be managed by a board of directors
consisting of 3 members. Two members shall be appointed by the
chief executive officer, with the advice and consent of the
county board, of the county in which the District is located,
and one member shall be appointed by the minority members of
the county board with the advice and consent of the county
board. The first appointment shall be made within 90 days and
not sooner than 60 days after the District has been organized.
Each member of the board so appointed shall be a legal voter in
the District. The first directors shall be appointed to hold
office for terms of one, 2, and 3 years, and until June 30
thereafter, respectively, as determined by lot. Thereafter,
successors shall be appointed in the same manner no later than
the first day of the month in which the term of a director
expires. All terms expire if another county joins the District.
    A vacancy occurring otherwise than by expiration of term
shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.
    (b) If the Metro-East District is created by more than one
county, each county that elects to join the District shall be
represented by a certain number of board members. The board
members shall be distributed from the counties electing to join
the District as follows:
        (1) The chief executive officer, with the advice and
    consent of the county board, of St. Clair county shall
    appoint 2 members and the minority members of the county
    board, with the advice and consent of the county board,
    shall appoint one member.
        (2) The chief executive officer, with the advice and
    consent of the county board, of Madison County shall
    appoint 2 members and the minority members of the county
    board, with the advice and consent of the county board,
    shall appoint one member.
        (3) The chief executive officer, with the advice and
    consent of the county board, of Clinton County shall
    appoint one member.
        (4) The chief executive officer, with the advice and
    consent of the county board, of Jersey County shall appoint
    one member.
        (5) The chief executive officer, with the advice and
    consent of the county board, of Monroe County shall appoint
    one member.
        (6) The chief executive officer, with the advice and
    consent of the county board, of Macoupin County shall
    appoint one member.
    The board members shall serve 3-year terms, except that
board members first appointed shall be appointed to serve terms
of one, 2, or 3 years as determined by lot, provided that board
members from counties eligible to appoint more than one member
may not serve identical initial terms. On the expiration of the
initial terms of appointment and on the expiration of any
subsequent term, the resulting vacancy shall be filled in the
same manner as the original appointment. Board members shall
serve until their successors are appointed. Board members are
eligible for reappointment.
    (c) No board member may hold a public office in any county
within the Metro-East District, other than the office of notary
public. Board members must be citizens of the United States and
they must reside within the county from which they are
appointed. No board member may receive compensation for
performance of duties as a board member. No board member may be
financially interested directly or indirectly in any contract
entered into under this Act.
    (d) Promptly after their appointment, the initial board
members shall hold an organizational meeting at which they
shall elect a president and any other officers that they deem
necessary from among their number. The members shall make and
adopt any bylaws, rules, and regulations for their guidance and
for the government of the parks, neighborhood trails, and
recreational grounds and facilities that may be expedient and
not inconsistent with this Act.
    (e) Board members shall have the exclusive control of the
expenditures of all money collected to the credit of the
Metro-East Park and Recreation Fund created pursuant to Section
35, and of the supervision, improvement, care, and custody of
public parks, neighborhood trails, recreational facilities,
and grounds owned, maintained, or managed by the Metro-East
District. All moneys received for those purposes shall be
deposited in the Metro-East Park and Recreation Fund. The board
shall have power to purchase or otherwise secure ground to be
used for parks, neighborhood trails, recreational facilities,
and grounds; shall have power to appoint suitable persons to
maintain the parks, neighborhood trails, recreational grounds,
and facilities and to administer recreational programs and to
fix their compensation; and shall have power to remove those
appointees. The board shall keep accurate records of all its
proceedings and actions and shall comply with the provisions of
the Open Meetings Act and the Freedom of Information Act.
(Source: P.A. 91-103, eff. 7-13-99.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.

Effective Date: 8/23/2007