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 1        AN ACT concerning forest preserve districts.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The Downstate Forest Preserve District Act is
 5    amended by adding Section 7c as follows:

 6        (70 ILCS 805/7c new)
 7        Sec.  7c.   Conveyance  of  property  for  road purposes.
 8    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or any  other
 9    law  to the contrary, a forest preserve district located in a
10    county with a population of not less  than  750,000  and  not
11    more  than  1,200,000  may  not  sell,  lease,  or convey any
12    interest in  land  to  any  other  unit  of  State  or  local
13    government  for  the purpose of constructing a new roadway or
14    widening an existing roadway on or  through  forest  preserve
15    land  unless  the  proposed  sale,  lease,  or  conveyance is
16    approved by a concurrence of three-fourths of all the members
17    of the board of commissioners and, in the case of a  proposed
18    new  roadway,  submitted to the electors of the district at a
19    regular election and approved by a majority of  the  electors
20    voting  on  the question.  For any proposed new roadway on or
21    through forest preserve land, if such a proposed sale, lease,
22    or conveyance is approved by a concurrence  of  three-fourths
23    of  all  commissioners,  the  board  of  commissioners  shall
24    certify  the question to the proper election authority, which
25    must submit the question at an election  in  accordance  with
26    the Election Code.
27        The question must be in substantially the following form:
28             Shall  the (insert name of forest preserve district)
29        remove land from preservation to be (insert sold, leased,
30        or conveyed) to (insert name of unit of  State  or  local
31        government  to  which  the land is to be sold, leased, or
 
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 1        conveyed) for  the  purpose  of  constructing  a  county,
 2        State, municipal, or township public road through (insert
 3        location of road).
 4    The votes must be recorded as "Yes" or "No".
 5        If a majority of the electors voting on the question vote
 6    in  the  affirmative,  the forest preserve district may sell,
 7    lease, or convey the land for the proposed new roadway with a
 8    vote of concurrence by three-fourths of all  members  of  the
 9    board  of commissioners and upon such terms and conditions as
10    the board of commissioners  determines  to  be  in  the  best
11    interest of the district.
12        Nothing  in  this  Section  prevents  or  limits a forest
13    preserve district from constructing and maintaining  its  own
14    road  network  on  forest  preserve lands for the purposes of
15    providing access to the lands and facilities of the district.
16        This Section does  not  apply  to  the  sale,  lease,  or
17    conveyance   of  land  for  improvements  to  existing  roads
18    necessary for public safety that are  limited  to  sidewalks,
19    intersection improvements, and curb and gutter improvements.

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