HB5899 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB5899

Introduced 2/16/2012, by Rep. Mike Fortner

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

55 ILCS 5/5-1104.1

from Ch. 34, par. 5-1104.1

Amends the Counties Code. Authorizes a county to enter into an intergovernmental agreement with any forest preserve district that exempts the district from compliance with county zoning ordinances. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning local 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 5-1104.1 as follows:

(55 ILCS 5/5-1104.1) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1104.1)

Sec. 5-1104.1. If a forest preserve district organized under the Downstate Forest Preserve District Act has, either before or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1991, adopted a comprehensive policy for the management and maintenance of the streams, lakes, ponds and water courses located on the property owned by the district, the power conferred on a county board under Section 5-1104 shall be exercised in a manner consistent with such comprehensive policy and only pursuant to an intergovernmental agreement between the forest preserve district and the county specifying in detail the respective obligations of the parties.

A county may enter into an intergovernmental agreement with any forest preserve district within the county that exempts the forest preserve district from compliance with county zoning ordinances.

(Source: P.A. 87-847.)

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