093_HB0842eng HB0842 Engrossed LRB093 05622 WGH 05715 b 1 AN ACT in relation to county government. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing 5 Section 5-11001 as follows: 6 (55 ILCS 5/5-11001) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-11001) 7 Sec. 5-11001. Construction and maintenance of parking 8 facilities. Any county is hereby authorized to: 9 (a) Own, construct, equip, manage, control, erect, 10 improve, extend, maintain and operate motor vehicle parking 11 lots, garages, parking meters, and any other revenue 12 producing facilities necessary or incidental to the 13 regulation, control and parking of motor vehicles 14 (hereinafter referred to as parking facilities), and to 15 purchase real estate to be used for parking facilities, as 16 the county board finds necessary; 17 (b) Maintain, improve, extend and operate any such 18 parking facilities and to charge for the use thereof; 19 (c) Borrow money and issue and sell bonds in such amount 20 or amounts as the county board may determine for the purpose 21 of acquiring, completing, erecting, constructing, equipping, 22 improving, extending, maintaining or operating any or all of 23 its parking facilities, and to refund and refinance the same 24 from time to time as often as it shall be advantageous and to 25 the public interest to do so. 26 (d) Acquire by eminent domain sufficient real estate for 27 motor vehicle parking lots or garages. 28 (Source: P.A. 86-962.) 29 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 30 becoming law.