(55 ILCS 5/Div. 5-26 heading) Division 5-26.
Monuments in
Honor of Soldiers and Sailors
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(55 ILCS 5/5-26001) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-26001)
Sec. 5-26001.
Submission of question of erecting memorial.
Upon the petition of two hundred, or more, legal voters of a
county being filed with the county clerk, praying that the proposition
of erecting or completing a monument or memorial building in honor of
its soldiers and sailors at the county seat be submitted to a vote of
the people of such county, such proposition shall be submitted to a vote
of the people at any regular election. The county board shall
certify the proposition to the proper election officials, who shall submit
the proposition at an election in accordance with the general election law.
Such proposition shall be in substantially the following form:
Proposition for the erection of a monument or YES memorial building in honor
of the soldiers and sailors NO of the county.
If a majority of all the votes cast on such proposition is in favor
thereof, the county board of such county, within one year after such
election, shall appropriate sufficient funds to erect a suitable
monument or a suitable memorial building, and purchase a site therefor,
if necessary, at the county seat, in honor of its soldiers and sailors.
If the revenues of the county under the general tax levy are
insufficient to provide for the erection of such building and the
purchase of a site therefor, if necessary, the county board may also at
the same election cause submission to the voters the proposition
of levying an additional tax and issuing bonds therefor in the manner
provided by Sections 5-2001 and 5-2005, as amended.
If a memorial building is erected it shall be under the supervision
and control of the county board, and the county board may permit such
use of the building as it deems advisable.
(Source: P.A. 86-962 .)
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(55 ILCS 5/5-26002) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-26002)
Sec. 5-26002.
Subscriptions.
Whenever the people of any county shall
desire to erect, or contribute to the erection of a memorial building in
honor of their soldiers and sailors and shall procure bona fide
subscription to the extent of two-thirds of the estimated cost thereof, it
shall be lawful for any county by a two-thirds vote of the county board or
board of county commissioners, as the case may be, to contribute such sum
or sums of money toward the cost of erecting such a memorial building not
exceeding one-third of the cost thereof, as shall be deemed discreet and
proper: Provided, that such contribution shall be made subject to the
following conditions: (1) said building shall be constructed in accordance
with plans, approved by such county board; (2) when erected, shall be
forever used exclusively for public or civic purposes; and (3) if, at any
time after the construction thereof, it shall cease to be used for such
purposes, it and the property upon which it is situate, shall revert to and
become the property of said county.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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(55 ILCS 5/5-26003) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-26003)
Sec. 5-26003.
Lease of county building as memorial.
If any
county shall own and possess any real estate suitable for a
site for a memorial building, it shall be lawful for the county board
or board of county commissioners, as the case may be, by
two-thirds vote, to enter into a lease for a period not exceeding
ninety-nine years, by which said real estate may be leased to the
organization or individuals contemplating the erection of a memorial
building through private donations or contributions: Provided, the amount
contributed or donated by public subscriptions for such purpose shall be
equal to at least double the value of such real estate: Provided, further,
that said lease shall provide that said building shall, when erected, be
used exclusively for public or civic purposes, and that upon the expiration
of said lease, or the violation of any of its terms or conditions, the
improvements thereon shall revert to and become the property of said
county.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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(55 ILCS 5/5-26004) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-26004)
Sec. 5-26004.
Use.
Available space in memorial buildings
constructed under the provisions of this Division, may be set aside for the
use of organizations of honorably discharged soldiers and sailors of the
United States without charge.
Boys' clubs, associations of commerce, civic improvement and health
bodies, farm bureaus and other similar non-partisan and non-sectarian
organizations, not organized for profit, shall be deemed within the meaning
of the words "public or civic purposes," and available space in such
memorial buildings may be rented or leased at a reasonable rental to any
such organization.
In the discretion of the county board, the memorial building may be
constructed so as to be suitable for use as a county orphans' home, or a
county hospital, and may be used for either purpose.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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(55 ILCS 5/5-26005) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-26005)
Sec. 5-26005. Maintenance. Whenever any memorial building is
erected through private subscriptions, as herein provided, or any veterans' memorial is erected, it shall be
lawful for the county board or board of county commissioners, as the case
may be, to appropriate such sums of money from year to year as it may deem
reasonable and proper to cover any deficiency in the cost of the maintenance
thereof.
(Source: P.A. 98-312, eff. 8-12-13.)
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(55 ILCS 5/5-26006) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-26006)
Sec. 5-26006.
Exempt from taxation.
Memorial
buildings erected in accordance
with the provisions of this Division shall be deemed county
property and shall be exempt from taxation.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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