Public Act 101-0672
 
SB2779 EnrolledLRB101 18513 AWJ 67966 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 Park District Code is amended by changing
Section 2-17.5 as follows:
 
    (70 ILCS 1205/2-17.5)
    Sec. 2-17.5. Fox Valley Park District.
    (a) The Fox Valley Pleasure Driveway and Park District is
reorganized by operation of law as the Fox Valley Park District
under this Code on July 16, 2014 (the effective date of Public
Act 98-772) this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly.
    (b) Each Fox Valley Park District commissioner shall be a
legal voter and reside within the park district and, as to the
subdistrict commissioners, each shall reside within the
subdistrict from which he or she is elected. The proper
election authority shall conduct the elections for
commissioners at the time and in the manner provided by the
general election law.
    (c) Beginning with the consolidated election in 2017, 7
commissioners shall be elected for 4-year terms, consisting of
6 commissioners from 3 2-member subdistricts districts, and 1
commissioner elected at large. The terms of office of the
initial commissioners elected under Public Act 98-772 this
amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly will run as
follows, to be determined by lot: 4 members shall serve a
4-year term and may be re-elected for subsequent 4-year terms,
and 3 members shall serve a 2-year term and may be re-elected
for subsequent 4-year terms thereafter.
    The initial three subdistricts districts of the Fox Valley
Park District shall be as follows:
        (1) Those portions of Kane County and Kendall County
    west of the Fox River.
        (2) Those portions of Kane County and Kendall County
    east of the Fox River and south and west of a line
    following Indian Trail Road from the center line of the Fox
    River easterly to the intersection with Farnsworth Avenue,
    then southerly along Farnsworth Avenue to the intersection
    with the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad, then
    easterly to the county line.
        (3) Those portions of the district in DuPage County and
    Will County and that portion of Kane County generally north
    and east of a line following Indian Trail Road from the
    center line of the Fox River easterly to the intersection
    with Farnsworth Avenue, then southerly along Farnsworth
    Avenue to the intersection with Burlington Northern Santa
    Fe Railroad, then easterly to the county line.
    In the year following the next decennial census and each
decennial census thereafter, the board of commissioners shall
reapportion the subdistricts districts to reflect the results
of the census. A nominating petition for a candidate for
commissioner of a subdistrict or for a candidate for the
at-large commissioner shall contain signatures of registered
voters residing anywhere within the Fox Valley Park District,
but at least 50 such registered voters or 2% of the total
number of ballots cast Park District-wide in the last preceding
election for commissioners in the Fox Valley Park District,
whichever is less.
    The term of office for the commissioners elected under this
Section shall commence on the first Monday of the month
following the month of election. The terms of all appointed
trustees serving on July 16, 2014 (the effective date of Public
Act 98-772) this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly
shall end when their successors have been elected and
qualified.
    (d) The Fox Valley Park District board of commissioners
shall elect officers of the board at the first meeting of the
board following the next consolidated election for park
district commissioners.
    (e) As of July 16, 2014 (the effective date of Public Act
98-772) this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, each
Fox Valley Pleasure Driveway and Park District trustee in
office shall, as a member of the board of the Fox Valley Park
District, perform the duties and exercise the powers conferred
upon park board commissioners under this Code, until his or her
successor is elected and has qualified.
    (f) Any tax authorized by referendum or other means under
this Code and levied by the Fox Valley Pleasure Driveway and
Park District before July 16, 2014 (the effective date of
Public Act 98-772) this amendatory Act of the 98th General
Assembly shall not be affected or abrogated because of the name
change, and the Fox Valley Park District may continue to levy
and collect that tax.
(Source: P.A. 98-772, eff. 7-16-14.)