Public Act 097-1016
 
HB5899 EnrolledLRB097 19241 KMW 64483 b

    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section
5-1104.1 as follows:
 
    (55 ILCS 5/5-1104.1)  (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1104.1)
    Sec. 5-1104.1. If a forest preserve district organized
under the Downstate Forest Preserve District Act has, either
before or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of
1991, adopted a comprehensive policy for the management and
maintenance of the streams, lakes, ponds and water courses
located on the property owned by the district, the power
conferred on a county board under Section 5-1104 shall be
exercised in a manner consistent with such comprehensive policy
and only pursuant to an intergovernmental agreement between the
forest preserve district and the county specifying in detail
the respective obligations of the parties.
    A county may, either before or after the effective date of
this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, enter into an
intergovernmental agreement with any forest preserve district
within the county that exempts the forest preserve district
from compliance with county zoning ordinances.
(Source: P.A. 87-847.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.

Effective Date: 8/17/2012