Full Text of SB2304 98th General Assembly
SB2304 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| | 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014 SB2304 Introduced 2/15/2013, by Sen. William R. Haine SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 70 ILCS 835/1 | from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 6801 |
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Amends the Forest Preserve Zoological Parks Act to clarify the effects of both Public Act 80-320 and Public Act 80-414. Provides that a forest preserve district, containing a population of 140,000 or more, or the directors or trustees
of such zoological society when so authorized by the forest
preserve district, may police the property of the zoological
park, employ, establish, maintain and equip a security force
for fire and police protection of the zoological park, and
provide that the personnel of the security force shall perform
other tasks relating to the maintenance and operation of the
zoological park. Validates the exercise of those police powers from the effective date of Public Act 80-1364 until the effective date of the amendatory Act. 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 Forest Preserve Zoological Parks Act is | 5 | | amended by changing Section 1 as follows: | 6 | | (70 ILCS 835/1) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 6801)
| 7 | | Sec. 1. The corporate authorities of forest preserve | 8 | | districts,
containing a population of 140,000 or more located | 9 | | in counties
of less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, having the | 10 | | control or
supervision of any forest preserves, may erect and | 11 | | maintain within such
forest preserves, under the control or | 12 | | supervision of such corporate
authorities, edifices to be used | 13 | | for the collection and display of
animals as customary in | 14 | | zoological parks, and may collect and display
such animals, or | 15 | | permit the directors or trustees of any zoological
society | 16 | | devoted to the purposes aforesaid to erect and maintain a
| 17 | | zoological park and to collect and display zoological | 18 | | collections within
any forest preserve now or hereafter under | 19 | | the control or supervision of
such forest preserve district, | 20 | | out of funds belonging to such zoological
society, or to | 21 | | contract with the directors or trustees of any zoological
| 22 | | society on such terms and conditions as may to such corporate
| 23 | | authorities seem best, relative to the erection, operation and
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| 1 | | maintenance of a zoological park and the collection and display | 2 | | of such
animals within such forest preserve, out of the tax | 3 | | hereinafter in this
Act provided.
| 4 | | This Act applies to any forest preserve district that | 5 | | maintains a
zoological park that was established under this Act | 6 | | prior to 1964, regardless
of whether the population | 7 | | requirements continue to be met.
| 8 | | A Such a forest preserve district, containing a population | 9 | | of 140,000 or more district , or the directors or trustees
of | 10 | | such zoological society when so authorized by the forest
| 11 | | preserve district, may (a) police the property of the | 12 | | zoological
park, (b) employ, establish, maintain and equip a | 13 | | security force
for fire and police protection of the zoological | 14 | | park and (c)
provide that the personnel of the security force | 15 | | shall perform
other tasks relating to the maintenance and | 16 | | operation of the
zoological park. Members of the security force | 17 | | shall be
conservators of the peace with all the powers of | 18 | | policemen
in cities and of sheriffs, other than to serve or | 19 | | execute
civil processes, but such powers may be exercised only | 20 | | within
the area comprising the zoological park when required to | 21 | | protect
the zoological park's property and interests, its | 22 | | personnel and
persons using the facilities or at the specific | 23 | | request of
appropriate federal, State or local law enforcement | 24 | | officials.
All otherwise lawful actions taken on or after | 25 | | August 13, 1978 (the effective date of Public Act 80-1364) and | 26 | | before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th |
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| 1 | | General Assembly by a forest preserve district or a zoological | 2 | | society located in a county of 3,000,000 or more in exercising | 3 | | the powers provided in this paragraph are hereby validated, | 4 | | notwithstanding Public Act 80-1364, which was a | 5 | | non-substantive combining revisory Act.
| 6 | | A Such forest preserve district , containing a population of | 7 | | 140,000 or more located in counties
of less than 3,000,000 | 8 | | inhabitants, may charge, or permit such
zoological society to | 9 | | charge, an admission fee. The proceeds of such
admission fee | 10 | | shall be devoted exclusively to the operation and
maintenance | 11 | | of such zoological park and the collections therein. All
such | 12 | | zoological parks shall be open to the public without charge
(i) | 13 | | a total number of days, to be scheduled at any time during the | 14 | | calendar
year,
equivalent to at least one day for each 7 days | 15 | | the zoological park is open
during the
calendar year and (ii) | 16 | | to the children in actual attendance
upon
any of the schools in | 17 | | the State at all times. The managing authority of the
| 18 | | zoological park may limit the number of
school groups
that may | 19 | | attend the zoo on any given day and may establish other rules | 20 | | and
regulations
that reasonably ensure public safety, | 21 | | accessibility, and convenience, including
without
limitation | 22 | | standards of conduct and supervision. Charges may be
made at | 23 | | any time for special services and for admission to special
| 24 | | facilities within any zoological park for the education, | 25 | | entertainment
or convenience of visitors.
| 26 | | (Source: P.A. 92-548, eff. 6-24-02; 93-651, eff. 6-1-04 .)
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| 1 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 2 | | becoming law.
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