(55 ILCS 5/5-11001) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-11001)
Sec. 5-11001.
Construction and maintenance of parking facilities.
Any county is hereby authorized to:
(a) Own, construct, equip, manage, control, erect, improve, extend,
maintain and operate motor vehicle parking lots, garages, parking meters,
and any other revenue producing facilities necessary or incidental to the
regulation, control and parking of motor vehicles (hereinafter referred to
as parking facilities), and to purchase real estate to be used for parking
facilities, as the county board finds necessary;
(b) Maintain, improve, extend and operate any such parking facilities
and to charge for the use thereof;
(c) Borrow money and issue and sell bonds in such amount or amounts as
the county board may determine for the purpose of acquiring, completing,
erecting, constructing, equipping, improving, extending, maintaining or
operating any or all of its parking facilities, and to refund and refinance
the same from time to time as often as it shall be advantageous and to the
public interest to do so;
(d) Acquire by eminent domain sufficient real estate for motor vehicle
parking lots or garages.
(Source: P.A. 93-420, eff. 8-5-03.)
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