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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Park District Aquarium and Museum Act is
5amended by changing Section 1 as follows:
 
6    (70 ILCS 1290/1)  (from Ch. 105, par. 326)
7    Sec. 1. Erect, operate, and maintain aquariums and museums.
8The corporate authorities of cities and park districts having
9the control or supervision of any public park or parks, are
10hereby authorized to purchase, erect and maintain within any
11public park or parks under the control or supervision of such
12corporate authorities, edifices to be used as aquariums or as
13museums of art, industry, science or natural or other history,
14or to permit the directors or trustees of any corporation or
15society organized for the construction or maintenance and
16operation of an aquarium or museum as hereinabove described to
17erect, enlarge, ornament, build, rebuild, rehabilitate,
18improve, maintain and operate its aquarium or museum or museums
19within any public park now or hereafter under the control or
20supervision of any city or park district, and to contract with
21any such directors or trustees of any such aquarium, museum or
22museums relative to the erection, enlargement, ornamentation,
23building, rebuilding, rehabilitation, improvement, maintenance

 

 

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1and operation thereof. Any city or park district may charge, or
2permit such an aquarium or museum to charge, an admission fee.
3Any such aquarium or museum, however, shall be open without
4charge, when accompanied by a teacher, to the children in
5actual attendance upon grades kindergarten through twelve in
6any of the schools in this State at all times. Any such
7aquarium or museum, however, must be open to persons who reside
8in this State the public without charge for a period equivalent
9to 52 days, at least 6 of which must be during the period from
10June through August, each year. Notwithstanding said
11provisions, charges may be made at any time for special
12services and for admission to special facilities within any
13aquarium or museum for the education, entertainment or
14convenience of visitors. The proceeds of such admission fees
15and charges for special services and special facilities shall
16be devoted exclusively to the purposes for which the tax
17authorized by Section 2 hereof may be used. If any owner or
18owners of any lands or lots abutting or fronting on any such
19public park, or adjacent thereto, have any private right,
20easement, interest or property in such public park appurtenant
21to their lands or lots or otherwise, which would be interfered
22with by the erection and maintenance of any aquarium or museum
23as hereinbefore provided, or any right to have such public park
24remain open or vacant and free from buildings, the corporate
25authorities of the city or park district having control of such
26park, may condemn the same in the manner prescribed for the

 

 

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1exercise of the right of eminent domain under the Eminent
2Domain Act.
3(Source: P.A. 94-1055, eff. 1-1-07.)
 
4    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
5becoming law.