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1 | AN ACT concerning local government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Park District Code is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 2-2.1 as follows:
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6 | (70 ILCS 1205/2-2.1) (from Ch. 105, par. 2-2.1)
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7 | Sec. 2-2.1.
(a) When 2 or more park districts are situated | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | entirely within
the corporate limits of the same municipality, | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | a park district coterminous with
such municipality may be | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | organized in the manner hereinafter provided, and,
when so | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | organized, shall supersede the park districts previously | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | existing
within the limits of the municipality. The petition to | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | organize such a park
district shall comply with the | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | requirements of Section 2-2, but must be
signed by not less | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | than 100 legal voters residing in each of the existing
park | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | districts and, if the municipality includes territory not | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | included
within any existing park district, by at least 100 | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | legal voters residing in
such territory or by at least 10% of | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | the legal voters residing in such
territory, whichever is less. | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | The petition shall also state whether the
proposed district | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | shall have 5 elected commissioners or 7 appointed
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22 | commissioners. If the proposed district shall have 7 appointed
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23 | commissioners, the chief executive officer of the |
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1 | municipality, with the
advice and consent of the corporate | ||||||
2 | authorities, shall appoint the
commissioners. The initial | ||||||
3 | appointed commissioners shall serve terms
determined by lot as | ||||||
4 | follows: 2 for terms of 2 years, 2 for terms of 4
years, and 3 | ||||||
5 | for terms of 6 years. Thereafter, appointed commissioners
shall | ||||||
6 | serve for terms of 6 years. A vacancy in the office of | ||||||
7 | appointed
commissioner shall be filled for the unexpired term | ||||||
8 | in the same manner as
an original appointment. "Municipality" | ||||||
9 | as used in this Section means a city, village or
incorporated | ||||||
10 | town.
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11 | (b) (Blank). When 2 or more municipalities, one of which | ||||||
12 | having a population of
less than 500, are situated within a | ||||||
13 | park district, the park district may
be reorganized into 2 new | ||||||
14 | park districts, one of which shall be coterminous
with the | ||||||
15 | municipality having a population of less than 500, and one of | ||||||
16 | which
shall be coterminous with the remaining territory of the | ||||||
17 | park district.
A petition to reorganize such park district | ||||||
18 | shall comply with the requirements
of Section 2-2, but must be | ||||||
19 | signed by at least 100 legal voters residing in the
district to | ||||||
20 | be reorganized. Title and possession of all real property and
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21 | permanently located personal property of the district to be | ||||||
22 | reorganized
shall vest in the new district in which the | ||||||
23 | property is located.
Each new district shall succeed to its | ||||||
24 | proportionate share of the bonded
indebtedness of the | ||||||
25 | reorganized district, to be determined according to
the value, | ||||||
26 | as equalized and assessed by the Department of Revenue, of all
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1 | taxable property in each new district. Title and possession to | ||||||
2 | all other
property of the district as well as all other rights | ||||||
3 | and obligations of
the district shall be equitably distributed | ||||||
4 | and apportioned between the 2
districts, as determined by the | ||||||
5 | governing boards of both park districts.
In the event that no | ||||||
6 | agreement can be reached, the court in which
the petition was | ||||||
7 | filed to organize the new districts shall make the
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8 | determination. All monies of the district on hand and all | ||||||
9 | monies received
from taxes levied before the creation of the 2 | ||||||
10 | new districts shall be paid
on a pro rata basis to each new | ||||||
11 | district according to the value, as
equalized and assessed by | ||||||
12 | the Department of Revenue, of all taxable
property in each new | ||||||
13 | district. This subsection (b) shall be effective only
until | ||||||
14 | January 1, 1987.
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15 | (c) (Blank). "Municipality" as used in this Section means a | ||||||
16 | city, village or
incorporated town.
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17 | (Source: P.A. 86-307.)
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