HB5899ham001 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Rep. Mike Fortner
Filed: 2/28/2012
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5899 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5899 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:


 
 
4    "Section 5. The Counties Code is amended  by changing 
5Section 5-1104.1 as follows:
 



6    (55 ILCS 5/5-1104.1)  (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1104.1)



7    Sec. 5-1104.1. 
If a forest preserve district organized 
8under the
Downstate Forest Preserve District Act has, either 
9before or after the
effective date of this amendatory Act of 
101991, adopted a comprehensive
policy for the
management and 
11maintenance of the streams, lakes, ponds and water courses

12located on the property owned by the district, the power 
13conferred on a
county board under Section 5-1104 shall be 
14exercised in a manner consistent
with such comprehensive policy 
15and only pursuant to an intergovernmental
agreement between the 
16forest preserve district and the county specifying in
detail 
 
 
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1the respective obligations of the parties.

2    A county may, either before or after the
effective date of 
3this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, enter into an 
4intergovernmental agreement with any forest preserve district 
5within the county that exempts the forest preserve district 
6from compliance with county zoning ordinances. 
7(Source: P.A. 87-847.)

 
 
8    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
9becoming law.".