Full Text of SB2139 97th General Assembly
SB2139 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| | 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012 SB2139 Introduced 2/10/2011, by Sen. Chris Lauzen SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 70 ILCS 1205/2-17.5 new | | 70 ILCS 1205/2-18 | from Ch. 105, par. 2-18 | 70 ILCS 1205/8-1 | from Ch. 105, par. 8-1 | 70 ILCS 1205/8-9 | from Ch. 105, par. 8-9 |
| Amends the Park District Code. Provides that the Fox Valley Pleasure Driveway and Park District is reorganized as a matter of law as the Fox Valley Park District. Provides for the transition from the existing park district board consisting of 6 appointed trustees with 4-year terms to a board of 7 elected commissioners with 4-year terms by providing for the appointed trustees now serving to be replaced as their terms expire by elected commissioners. Includes language concerning the length of terms for the commissioners elected in the first 2 elections held after the reorganization that corresponds to other portions of this Division. Makes corresponding changes in other Sections of the Code. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Park District Code is amended by changing | 5 | | Sections 2-18, 8-1, and 8-9 and by adding Section 2-17.5 as | 6 | | follows: | 7 | | (70 ILCS 1205/2-17.5 new) | 8 | | Sec. 2-17.5. Fox Valley Park District. | 9 | | (a) The Fox Valley Pleasure Driveway and Park District is | 10 | | reorganized by operation of law as the Fox Valley Park District | 11 | | under this Code on the effective date of this amendatory Act of | 12 | | the 97th General Assembly. | 13 | | (b) Each Fox Valley Park District commissioner shall be a | 14 | | legal voter and reside within the park district. Each | 15 | | commissioner shall be elected for a period of 4 years, except | 16 | | during the period of transition as specified in subsection (c), | 17 | | and shall hold
office until his or her successor is elected and | 18 | | has qualified. The proper election authority shall conduct the | 19 | | elections for commissioners at the time and in the manner | 20 | | provided by the general election law. | 21 | | (c) The first election for commissioners of the Fox Valley | 22 | | Park District shall be held at
the next regular election for | 23 | | park district commissioners prior to
the expiration of the |
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| 1 | | terms of the 3 or 4 former trustees (as the
case may be) whose | 2 | | terms first expire. At the first election, 3 commissioners | 3 | | shall be elected to succeed the former trustees whose terms | 4 | | have expired or whose terms will expire before the next | 5 | | election. These 3 newly elected commissioners shall decide by | 6 | | lot the term for which each shall hold office. The commissioner | 7 | | drawing the longest term shall serve for 4 years, the | 8 | | commissioner drawing the next longest term shall serve for 2 | 9 | | years, and the other commissioner shall serve for one year. Two
| 10 | | years thereafter, an election shall be held at the time | 11 | | provided by the
general election law, at which 4 commissioners
| 12 | | shall be elected to succeed the remaining former trustees whose | 13 | | terms next expire. These 4 commissioners shall
decide by lot | 14 | | the term for which each shall hold office. The 2 commissioners | 15 | | drawing the longest terms shall serve for 4
years, the | 16 | | commissioner drawing the next longest term shall serve for 2 | 17 | | years, and the other commissioner shall serve for one year. | 18 | | Thereafter, commissioners shall be elected
for a term of 4 | 19 | | years to succeed the commissioners whose terms
expire. | 20 | | (d) The Fox Valley Park District board of commissioners | 21 | | shall elect officers of the board at the first meeting of the | 22 | | board following the next general election for park district | 23 | | commissioners. | 24 | | (e) The Fox Valley Park District board of
commissioners may | 25 | | determine by ordinance that a minimum of one commissioner is to | 26 | | be elected from each county within
the district. |
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| 1 | | (f) As of the effective date of this amendatory Act of the | 2 | | 97th General Assembly, each Fox Valley Pleasure Driveway and | 3 | | Park District trustee in office shall, as a member of the board | 4 | | of the Fox Valley Park District, perform the duties and | 5 | | exercise the powers conferred upon park board commissioners | 6 | | under this Code, until his or her successor is elected and has | 7 | | qualified. | 8 | | (g) Any tax authorized by referendum or other means under | 9 | | this Code and levied by the Fox Valley Pleasure Driveway and | 10 | | Park District before the effective date of this amendatory Act | 11 | | of the 97th General Assembly shall not be affected or abrogated | 12 | | because of the name change, and the Fox Valley Park District | 13 | | may continue to levy and collect that tax.
| 14 | | (70 ILCS 1205/2-18) (from Ch. 105, par. 2-18)
| 15 | | Sec. 2-18. (a) Except for the Fox Valley Park District on | 16 | | and after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th | 17 | | General Assembly, in In any Pleasure Driveway and Park District | 18 | | in which the legal voters
have heretofore determined that the | 19 | | governing board shall be appointed,
such method shall continue | 20 | | in effect and the board shall consist of 7
trustees. In such | 21 | | case and if the district is wholly contained within
a single | 22 | | county the trustees shall be appointed by the presiding officer | 23 | | of the
county board with the advice and consent of the county | 24 | | board.
If the district is located in more than one county, the | 25 | | number of
trustees who are residents of a county shall be in
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| 1 | | proportion, as nearly as practicable, to the number of
| 2 | | residents of the district who reside in that county in
relation | 3 | | to the total population of the district, except that the board | 4 | | of
trustees
may determine that one trustee is to be appointed | 5 | | from each county within
the district, such appointment to be | 6 | | made by the appropriate appointing
authority as hereinafter | 7 | | provided. Each trustee shall be
appointed by the county board | 8 | | of his
or her county of residence, or in the case of a home rule
| 9 | | county, by the chief executive officer of the county with
the | 10 | | advice and consent of the county board.
| 11 | | (b) Upon the expiration of the term of a trustee who is
in | 12 | | office at the time of the publication of each decennial Federal | 13 | | census
of population, the successor shall be a resident of | 14 | | whichever county is
entitled to such representation as | 15 | | determined under subsection (a), and he
shall be appointed by | 16 | | the county board of that county, or
in the case of a home rule | 17 | | county as defined by Article VII, Section 6
of the Illinois | 18 | | Constitution, the chief executive officer of that county,
with | 19 | | the advice and consent of the county board. Thereafter, each
| 20 | | trustee shall be succeeded by a resident of the same county who | 21 | | shall
be appointed by the same appointing authority.
The | 22 | | appropriate appointing authority
shall appoint trustees | 23 | | biennially for such district on the first Monday in July, to
| 24 | | fill the vacancies on the board of trustees caused by the | 25 | | expiration of the term of
office of trustees and the trustees | 26 | | shall be legal voters and reside within
the park district; |
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| 1 | | provided, that no more than 4 trustees at any one time
shall | 2 | | belong to the same political party. Each of the trustees shall | 3 | | receive
a certificate of appointment and qualify within 10 days | 4 | | from the receipt of
notice of appointment.
| 5 | | Trustees shall be appointed for a period of 4 years and | 6 | | shall hold
their office until their successors are appointed | 7 | | and qualified.
| 8 | | Whenever a vacancy is created other than by the expiration | 9 | | of a
trustee's term of office, it shall be filled by the | 10 | | appropriate appointing
authority as provided in subsection | 11 | | (a).
| 12 | | All trustees appointed for any park district, as herein | 13 | | provided, shall
have and exercise all the powers conferred upon | 14 | | trustees elected under the
provisions of this Code.
| 15 | | In a Pleasure Driveway and Park District the trustees of | 16 | | which are
appointed as herein provided, whenever a provision in | 17 | | this Code or any other
applicable law authorizes
a public | 18 | | question of any kind to be submitted to the electors of the | 19 | | district at an
election, a petition by electors of the district | 20 | | asking that such question
be submitted shall be signed by a | 21 | | number of registered voters of
such district equal to not less | 22 | | than 10% of the number of registered voters in
the district as | 23 | | of the last preceding regular election.
| 24 | | (Source: P.A. 86-694.)
| 25 | | (70 ILCS 1205/8-1) (from Ch. 105, par. 8-1)
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| 1 | | Sec. 8-1. General corporate powers.
Every park district | 2 | | shall, from the time of its
organization, be a body corporate | 3 | | and politic by the such name as set forth
in the petition for | 4 | | its organization , the specific name set forth in this Code, or | 5 | | the such name as it may adopt under
Section 8-9 8-8 hereof and | 6 | | shall have and exercise the following powers:
| 7 | | (a) To adopt a corporate seal and alter the same at | 8 | | pleasure; to sue
and be sued; and to contract in furtherance of | 9 | | any of its corporate purposes.
| 10 | | (b) (1) To acquire by gift, legacy, grant or purchase, or | 11 | | by
condemnation in the manner provided for the exercise of the | 12 | | power of eminent
domain under the Eminent Domain Act, any and | 13 | | all real estate, or
rights therein necessary for building, | 14 | | laying out, extending, adorning
and maintaining any such parks, | 15 | | boulevards and driveways, or for
effecting any of the powers or | 16 | | purposes granted under this Code as its
board may deem proper, | 17 | | whether such lands be located within or without such
district; | 18 | | but no park district, except as provided in paragraph (2) of | 19 | | this
subsection, shall have any power of condemnation in the | 20 | | manner provided for the
exercise of the power of eminent domain | 21 | | under the Eminent Domain Act or otherwise as to any real
| 22 | | estate, lands, riparian rights or estate, or other property | 23 | | situated outside of
such district, but shall only have power to | 24 | | acquire the same by gift, legacy,
grant or purchase, and such | 25 | | district shall have the same control of and power
over lands so | 26 | | acquired without the district as over parks, boulevards and
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| 1 | | driveways within such district.
| 2 | | (2) In addition to the powers granted in paragraph (1) of | 3 | | subsection (b),
a park district located in more than one | 4 | | county, the majority of its territory
located in a county over | 5 | | 450,000 in population and none of its territory
located in a | 6 | | county over 1,000,000 in population, shall have condemnation
| 7 | | power in the manner provided for the exercise of the power of | 8 | | eminent domain
under the Eminent Domain Act
or as otherwise | 9 | | granted by law
as to any and all real estate situated up to one | 10 | | mile outside of such district
which is not within the | 11 | | boundaries of another park district.
| 12 | | (c) To acquire by gift, legacy or purchase any personal | 13 | | property necessary
for its corporate purposes provided that all | 14 | | contracts for supplies, materials
or work involving an | 15 | | expenditure in excess of $20,000 shall be let to the
lowest | 16 | | responsible bidder after due advertisement. No district shall | 17 | | be required to accept a bid that does not meet the district's | 18 | | established specifications, terms of
delivery, quality, and | 19 | | serviceability requirements. Contracts which, by their nature, | 20 | | are not adapted to award by competitive
bidding, such as | 21 | | contracts for the services of individuals
possessing a high | 22 | | degree of professional skill where the ability or
fitness of | 23 | | the individual plays an important part, contracts for the
| 24 | | printing of finance committee reports and departmental | 25 | | reports,
contracts for the printing or engraving of bonds, tax | 26 | | warrants and other
evidences of indebtedness, contracts for |
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| 1 | | utility services such as water,
light, heat, telephone or | 2 | | telegraph, contracts for the use, purchase,
delivery, | 3 | | movement, or installation of data processing equipment, | 4 | | software, or
services and telecommunications and interconnect | 5 | | equipment, software, or
services, contracts for duplicating | 6 | | machines and supplies, contracts for goods
or services procured | 7 | | from another governmental agency, purchases of equipment
| 8 | | previously owned by some entity other than the district itself, | 9 | | and
contracts for the purchase of magazines, books, | 10 | | periodicals, pamphlets and
reports are not subject to | 11 | | competitive bidding. Contracts for emergency expenditures are | 12 | | also exempt from competitive bidding when the
emergency | 13 | | expenditure is approved by 3/4 of the members of the board.
| 14 | | All competitive bids for contracts involving an | 15 | | expenditure in excess of
$20,000 must be sealed by the bidder | 16 | | and must be opened by a member or employee
of the park board at | 17 | | a public bid opening at which the contents of the bids
must be | 18 | | announced. Each bidder must receive at least 3 days notice of | 19 | | the
time and place of the bid opening.
| 20 | | For purposes of this subsection, "due advertisement" | 21 | | includes, but is not
limited to, at least one public notice at | 22 | | least 10 days before the bid date in
a newspaper published in | 23 | | the district or, if no newspaper is published in the
district, | 24 | | in a newspaper of general circulation in the area of the | 25 | | district.
| 26 | | (d) To pass all necessary ordinances, rules and regulations |
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| 1 | | for the
proper management and conduct of the business of the | 2 | | board and district
and to establish by ordinance all needful | 3 | | rules and regulations for the
government and protection of | 4 | | parks, boulevards and driveways and other
property under its | 5 | | jurisdiction, and to effect the objects for which
such | 6 | | districts are formed.
| 7 | | (e) To prescribe such fines and penalties for the violation | 8 | | of
ordinances as it shall deem proper not exceeding $1,000 for | 9 | | any
one
offense, which fines and penalties may be recovered by | 10 | | an action in the name
of such district in the circuit court for | 11 | | the county in which such
violation occurred. The park district | 12 | | may also seek in the action, in
addition to or instead of fines | 13 | | and penalties, an order that the offender
be required to make | 14 | | restitution for damage resulting from violations, and
the court | 15 | | shall grant such relief where appropriate. The procedure in
| 16 | | such actions shall be the same as that provided by law for like | 17 | | actions for the
violation of ordinances in cities organized | 18 | | under the general laws of this
State, and offenders may be | 19 | | imprisoned for non-payment of fines and costs in
the same | 20 | | manner as in such cities. All fines when collected shall be | 21 | | paid into
the treasury of such district.
| 22 | | (f) To manage and control all officers and property of such
| 23 | | districts and to provide for joint ownership with one or more | 24 | | cities,
villages or incorporated towns of real and personal | 25 | | property used for
park purposes by one or more park districts. | 26 | | In case of joint ownership,
the terms of the agreement shall be |
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| 1 | | fair, just and equitable to all
parties and shall be set forth | 2 | | in a written agreement entered into by
the corporate | 3 | | authorities of each participating district, city, village
or | 4 | | incorporated town.
| 5 | | (g) To secure grants and loans, or either, from the United | 6 | | States
Government, or any agency or agencies thereof, for | 7 | | financing the
acquisition or purchase of any and all real | 8 | | estate, or rights therein,
or for effecting any of the powers | 9 | | or purposes granted under this Code
as its Board may deem | 10 | | proper.
| 11 | | (h) To establish fees for the use of facilities and | 12 | | recreational programs of
the districts and to derive revenue | 13 | | from non-resident fees from their
operations. Fees charged | 14 | | non-residents of such district need not be the same as
fees | 15 | | charged to residents of the district. Charging fees or deriving | 16 | | revenue
from the facilities and recreational programs shall not | 17 | | affect the right to
assert or utilize any defense or immunity, | 18 | | common law or statutory, available
to the districts or their | 19 | | employees.
| 20 | | (i) To make contracts for a term exceeding one year, but | 21 | | not to exceed
3 years, notwithstanding any provision of this | 22 | | Code to the contrary,
relating to: (1) the employment of a park | 23 | | director, superintendent,
administrator, engineer, health | 24 | | officer, land planner, finance director,
attorney, police | 25 | | chief, or other officer who requires technical training or
| 26 | | knowledge; (2) the employment of outside professional |
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| 1 | | consultants such as
engineers, doctors, land planners, | 2 | | auditors, attorneys, or other
professional consultants who | 3 | | require technical training or knowledge; and (3)
the provision | 4 | | of data processing equipment and services. With respect to
any | 5 | | contract made under this subsection (i), the corporate | 6 | | authorities
shall include in the annual appropriation | 7 | | ordinance for each fiscal year an
appropriation of a sum of | 8 | | money sufficient to pay the amount which, by the
terms of the | 9 | | contract, is to become due and payable during that fiscal year.
| 10 | | (j) To enter into licensing or management agreements with | 11 | | not-for-profit
corporations organized under the laws of this | 12 | | State to operate park district
facilities if the corporation | 13 | | covenants to use the facilities to provide public
park or | 14 | | recreational programs for youth.
| 15 | | (Source: P.A. 94-1055, eff. 1-1-07; 95-67, eff. 1-1-08.)
| 16 | | (70 ILCS 1205/8-9) (from Ch. 105, par. 8-9)
| 17 | | Sec. 8-9. Name change. | 18 | | (a) Whenever two-thirds of the governing board of a park | 19 | | district
shall approve an ordinance or resolution to change the | 20 | | name of such park
district, a copy of such ordinance or | 21 | | resolution shall be duly certified by
the president and | 22 | | secretary of such board and filed in the office of the
county | 23 | | clerk of the counties wherein such park district is located. | 24 | | Upon
the filing of the aforesaid ordinance or resolution for | 25 | | change of name in
the office of said county clerk such change |
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| 1 | | of name of such park district
shall be complete.
| 2 | | (b) Whenever a Public Act changes the name of a park | 3 | | district, the secretary of the board of the park district | 4 | | shall, within 30 days after the date upon which the Public Act | 5 | | becomes law, obtain copies of the Public Act that are duly | 6 | | certified by the Secretary of State and file a certified copy | 7 | | of the Public Act in the office of the county clerk of each | 8 | | county in which the park district is located. The change of | 9 | | name of a park district by a Public Act shall be complete upon | 10 | | the Public Act becoming law. | 11 | | (Source: Laws 1951, p. 113.)
| 12 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 13 | | becoming law.
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