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                                     LRB093 10910 SJM 12994 a

 1                    AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1881

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill 1881, on  page  5,
 3    line 2, by deleting "and"; and

 4    on page 5, line 5, before the period, by inserting "; and (o)
 5    made  by  the Chicago Park District for recreational programs
 6    for the handicapped under subsection (c) of Section  7.06  of
 7    the Chicago Park District Act"; and

 8    on  page  11,  immediately  below  line  20, by inserting the
 9    following:

10        "Section 10.  The Chicago Park District Act is amended by
11    adding Section 7.06 as follows:

12        (70 ILCS 1505/7.06 new)
13        Sec. 7.06.  Recreational programs  for  the  handicapped;
14    tax.
15        (a)  The   Chicago   Park   District   is  authorized  to
16    establish, maintain, and manage recreational programs for the
17    handicapped,   including   both   mentally   and   physically
18    handicapped, to provide transportation for the handicapped to
19    and from these programs, to provide for  the  examination  of
20    participants  in such programs as deemed necessary, to charge
21    fees for participating in the programs (the fee  charged  for
 
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 1    non-residents  of  the  district  need not be the same as the
 2    fees charged the residents of the district),  and  to  charge
 3    fees for transportation furnished to participants.
 4        (b)  For  the  purposes  of the recreational programs for
 5    the handicapped established under this Section,  the  Chicago
 6    Park  District is authorized to adopt procedures for approval
 7    of  budgets,  authorization  of  expenditures,  location   of
 8    recreational  areas,  acquisition  of  real  estate  by gift,
 9    legacy, grant, or purchase, and employment of a director  and
10    other professional workers for the programs.
11        (c)  For  the purposes of providing recreational programs
12    for the handicapped under  this  Section,  the  Chicago  Park
13    District may levy and collect annually a tax of not to exceed
14    .04% of the value, as equalized or assessed by the Department
15    of  Revenue,  of all taxable property in the district for the
16    purpose of funding the district's expenses of providing these
17    programs.  This tax shall be levied  and  collected  in  like
18    manner  as  the general taxes for the district. The tax shall
19    be in addition to all other taxes authorized  by  law  to  be
20    levied  and  collected  in  the  district  and  shall  not be
21    included within any limitation of rate contained in this  Act
22    or  any  other  law,  but  shall  be  excluded  therefrom, in
23    addition thereto, and in excess thereof.".