Public Act 099-0016
 
HB3882 EnrolledLRB099 08623 AWJ 28786 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 Park District Code is amended by changing
Section 2-2.1 as follows:
 
    (70 ILCS 1205/2-2.1)  (from Ch. 105, par. 2-2.1)
    Sec. 2-2.1. (a) When 2 or more park districts are situated
entirely within the corporate limits of the same municipality,
a park district coterminous with such municipality may be
organized in the manner hereinafter provided, and, when so
organized, shall supersede the park districts previously
existing within the limits of the municipality. The petition to
organize such a park district shall comply with the
requirements of Section 2-2, but must be signed by not less
than 100 legal voters residing in each of the existing park
districts and, if the municipality includes territory not
included within any existing park district, by at least 100
legal voters residing in such territory or by at least 10% of
the legal voters residing in such territory, whichever is less.
The petition shall also state whether the proposed district
shall have 5 elected commissioners or 7 appointed
commissioners. If the proposed district shall have 7 appointed
commissioners, the chief executive officer of the
municipality, with the advice and consent of the corporate
authorities, shall appoint the commissioners. The initial
appointed commissioners shall serve terms determined by lot as
follows: 2 for terms of 2 years, 2 for terms of 4 years, and 3
for terms of 6 years. Thereafter, appointed commissioners shall
serve for terms of 6 years. A vacancy in the office of
appointed commissioner shall be filled for the unexpired term
in the same manner as an original appointment. "Municipality"
as used in this Section means a city, village or incorporated
town.
    (b) (Blank). When 2 or more municipalities, one of which
having a population of less than 500, are situated within a
park district, the park district may be reorganized into 2 new
park districts, one of which shall be coterminous with the
municipality having a population of less than 500, and one of
which shall be coterminous with the remaining territory of the
park district. A petition to reorganize such park district
shall comply with the requirements of Section 2-2, but must be
signed by at least 100 legal voters residing in the district to
be reorganized. Title and possession of all real property and
permanently located personal property of the district to be
reorganized shall vest in the new district in which the
property is located. Each new district shall succeed to its
proportionate share of the bonded indebtedness of the
reorganized district, to be determined according to the value,
as equalized and assessed by the Department of Revenue, of all
taxable property in each new district. Title and possession to
all other property of the district as well as all other rights
and obligations of the district shall be equitably distributed
and apportioned between the 2 districts, as determined by the
governing boards of both park districts. In the event that no
agreement can be reached, the court in which the petition was
filed to organize the new districts shall make the
determination. All monies of the district on hand and all
monies received from taxes levied before the creation of the 2
new districts shall be paid on a pro rata basis to each new
district according to the value, as equalized and assessed by
the Department of Revenue, of all taxable property in each new
district. This subsection (b) shall be effective only until
January 1, 1987.
    (c) (Blank). "Municipality" as used in this Section means a
city, village or incorporated town.
(Source: P.A. 86-307.)

Effective Date: 1/1/2016