Public Act 098-0772
 
SB3387 EnrolledLRB098 19455 JLK 55533 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
Sections 2-18, 8-1, and 8-9 and by adding Section 2-17.5 as
follows:
 
    (70 ILCS 1205/2-17.5 new)
    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 the effective date of 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. 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 districts, and 1 commissioner
elected at large. The terms of office of the initial
commissioners elected under 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 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 districts to reflect the results of the census.
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 the effective date of 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 the effective date of 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 the effective date of 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.
 
    (70 ILCS 1205/2-18)  (from Ch. 105, par. 2-18)
    Sec. 2-18. (a) Except for the Fox Valley Park District on
and after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th
General Assembly, in In any Pleasure Driveway and Park District
in which the legal voters have heretofore determined that the
governing board shall be appointed, such method shall continue
in effect and the board shall consist of 7 trustees. In such
case and if the district is wholly contained within a single
county the trustees shall be appointed by the presiding officer
of the county board with the advice and consent of the county
board. If the district is located in more than one county, the
number of trustees who are residents of a county shall be in
proportion, as nearly as practicable, to the number of
residents of the district who reside in that county in relation
to the total population of the district, except that the board
of trustees may determine that one trustee is to be appointed
from each county within the district, such appointment to be
made by the appropriate appointing authority as hereinafter
provided. Each trustee shall be appointed by the county board
of his or her county of residence, or in the case of a home rule
county, by the chief executive officer of the county with the
advice and consent of the county board.
    (b) Upon the expiration of the term of a trustee who is in
office at the time of the publication of each decennial Federal
census of population, the successor shall be a resident of
whichever county is entitled to such representation as
determined under subsection (a), and he shall be appointed by
the county board of that county, or in the case of a home rule
county as defined by Article VII, Section 6 of the Illinois
Constitution, the chief executive officer of that county, with
the advice and consent of the county board. Thereafter, each
trustee shall be succeeded by a resident of the same county who
shall be appointed by the same appointing authority. The
appropriate appointing authority shall appoint trustees
biennially for such district on the first Monday in July, to
fill the vacancies on the board of trustees caused by the
expiration of the term of office of trustees and the trustees
shall be legal voters and reside within the park district;
provided, that no more than 4 trustees at any one time shall
belong to the same political party. Each of the trustees shall
receive a certificate of appointment and qualify within 10 days
from the receipt of notice of appointment.
    Trustees shall be appointed for a period of 4 years and
shall hold their office until their successors are appointed
and qualified.
    Whenever a vacancy is created other than by the expiration
of a trustee's term of office, it shall be filled by the
appropriate appointing authority as provided in subsection
(a).
    All trustees appointed for any park district, as herein
provided, shall have and exercise all the powers conferred upon
trustees elected under the provisions of this Code.
    In a Pleasure Driveway and Park District the trustees of
which are appointed as herein provided, whenever a provision in
this Code or any other applicable law authorizes a public
question of any kind to be submitted to the electors of the
district at an election, a petition by electors of the district
asking that such question be submitted shall be signed by a
number of registered voters of such district equal to not less
than 10% of the number of registered voters in the district as
of the last preceding regular election.
(Source: P.A. 86-694.)
 
    (70 ILCS 1205/8-1)  (from Ch. 105, par. 8-1)
    Sec. 8-1. General corporate powers. Every park district
shall, from the time of its organization, be a body corporate
and politic by the such name as set forth in the petition for
its organization, the specific name set forth in this Code, or
the such name as it may adopt under Section 8-9 8-8 hereof and
shall have and exercise the following powers:
    (a) To adopt a corporate seal and alter the same at
pleasure; to sue and be sued; and to contract in furtherance of
any of its corporate purposes.
    (b) (1) To acquire by gift, legacy, grant or purchase, or
by condemnation in the manner provided for the exercise of the
power of eminent domain under the Eminent Domain Act, any and
all real estate, or rights therein necessary for building,
laying out, extending, adorning and maintaining any such parks,
boulevards and driveways, or for effecting any of the powers or
purposes granted under this Code as its board may deem proper,
whether such lands be located within or without such district;
but no park district, except as provided in paragraph (2) of
this subsection, shall have any power of condemnation in the
manner provided for the exercise of the power of eminent domain
under the Eminent Domain Act or otherwise as to any real
estate, lands, riparian rights or estate, or other property
situated outside of such district, but shall only have power to
acquire the same by gift, legacy, grant or purchase, and such
district shall have the same control of and power over lands so
acquired without the district as over parks, boulevards and
driveways within such district.
    (2) In addition to the powers granted in paragraph (1) of
subsection (b), a park district located in more than one
county, the majority of its territory located in a county over
450,000 in population and none of its territory located in a
county over 1,000,000 in population, shall have condemnation
power in the manner provided for the exercise of the power of
eminent domain under the Eminent Domain Act or as otherwise
granted by law as to any and all real estate situated up to one
mile outside of such district which is not within the
boundaries of another park district.
    (c) To acquire by gift, legacy or purchase any personal
property necessary for its corporate purposes provided that all
contracts for supplies, materials or work involving an
expenditure in excess of $20,000 shall be let to the lowest
responsible bidder after due advertisement. No district shall
be required to accept a bid that does not meet the district's
established specifications, terms of delivery, quality, and
serviceability requirements. Contracts which, by their nature,
are not adapted to award by competitive bidding, such as
contracts for the services of individuals possessing a high
degree of professional skill where the ability or fitness of
the individual plays an important part, contracts for the
printing of finance committee reports and departmental
reports, contracts for the printing or engraving of bonds, tax
warrants and other evidences of indebtedness, contracts for
utility services such as water, light, heat, telephone or
telegraph, contracts for the use, purchase, delivery,
movement, or installation of data processing equipment,
software, or services and telecommunications and interconnect
equipment, software, or services, contracts for duplicating
machines and supplies, contracts for goods or services procured
from another governmental agency, purchases of equipment
previously owned by some entity other than the district itself,
and contracts for the purchase of magazines, books,
periodicals, pamphlets and reports are not subject to
competitive bidding. Contracts for emergency expenditures are
also exempt from competitive bidding when the emergency
expenditure is approved by 3/4 of the members of the board.
    All competitive bids for contracts involving an
expenditure in excess of $20,000 must be sealed by the bidder
and must be opened by a member or employee of the park board at
a public bid opening at which the contents of the bids must be
announced. Each bidder must receive at least 3 days notice of
the time and place of the bid opening.
    For purposes of this subsection, "due advertisement"
includes, but is not limited to, at least one public notice at
least 10 days before the bid date in a newspaper published in
the district or, if no newspaper is published in the district,
in a newspaper of general circulation in the area of the
district.
    (d) To pass all necessary ordinances, rules and regulations
for the proper management and conduct of the business of the
board and district and to establish by ordinance all needful
rules and regulations for the government and protection of
parks, boulevards and driveways and other property under its
jurisdiction, and to effect the objects for which such
districts are formed.
    (e) To prescribe such fines and penalties for the violation
of ordinances as it shall deem proper not exceeding $1,000 for
any one offense, which fines and penalties may be recovered by
an action in the name of such district in the circuit court for
the county in which such violation occurred. The park district
may also seek in the action, in addition to or instead of fines
and penalties, an order that the offender be required to make
restitution for damage resulting from violations, and the court
shall grant such relief where appropriate. The procedure in
such actions shall be the same as that provided by law for like
actions for the violation of ordinances in cities organized
under the general laws of this State, and offenders may be
imprisoned for non-payment of fines and costs in the same
manner as in such cities. All fines when collected shall be
paid into the treasury of such district.
    (f) To manage and control all officers and property of such
districts and to provide for joint ownership with one or more
cities, villages or incorporated towns of real and personal
property used for park purposes by one or more park districts.
In case of joint ownership, the terms of the agreement shall be
fair, just and equitable to all parties and shall be set forth
in a written agreement entered into by the corporate
authorities of each participating district, city, village or
incorporated town.
    (g) To secure grants and loans, or either, from the United
States Government, or any agency or agencies thereof, for
financing the acquisition or purchase of any and all real
estate, or rights therein, or for effecting any of the powers
or purposes granted under this Code as its Board may deem
proper.
    (h) To establish fees for the use of facilities and
recreational programs of the districts and to derive revenue
from non-resident fees from their operations. Fees charged
non-residents of such district need not be the same as fees
charged to residents of the district. Charging fees or deriving
revenue from the facilities and recreational programs shall not
affect the right to assert or utilize any defense or immunity,
common law or statutory, available to the districts or their
employees.
    (i) To make contracts for a term exceeding one year, but
not to exceed 3 years, notwithstanding any provision of this
Code to the contrary, relating to: (1) the employment of a park
director, superintendent, administrator, engineer, health
officer, land planner, finance director, attorney, police
chief, or other officer who requires technical training or
knowledge; (2) the employment of outside professional
consultants such as engineers, doctors, land planners,
auditors, attorneys, or other professional consultants who
require technical training or knowledge; (3) the provision of
data processing equipment and services; and (4) the purchase of
energy from a utility or an alternative retail electric
supplier. With respect to any contract made under this
subsection (i), the corporate authorities shall include in the
annual appropriation ordinance for each fiscal year an
appropriation of a sum of money sufficient to pay the amount
which, by the terms of the contract, is to become due and
payable during that fiscal year.
    (j) To enter into licensing or management agreements with
not-for-profit corporations organized under the laws of this
State to operate park district facilities if the corporation
covenants to use the facilities to provide public park or
recreational programs for youth.
(Source: P.A. 98-325, eff. 8-12-13.)
 
    (70 ILCS 1205/8-9)  (from Ch. 105, par. 8-9)
    Sec. 8-9. Name change.
    (a) Whenever two-thirds of the governing board of a park
district shall approve an ordinance or resolution to change the
name of such park district, a copy of such ordinance or
resolution shall be duly certified by the president and
secretary of such board and filed in the office of the county
clerk of the counties wherein such park district is located.
Upon the filing of the aforesaid ordinance or resolution for
change of name in the office of said county clerk such change
of name of such park district shall be complete.
    (b) Whenever a Public Act changes the name of a park
district, the secretary of the board of the park district
shall, within 30 days after the date upon which the Public Act
becomes law, obtain copies of the Public Act that are duly
certified by the Secretary of State and file a certified copy
of the Public Act in the office of the county clerk of each
county in which the park district is located. The change of
name of a park district by a Public Act shall be complete upon
the Public Act becoming law.
(Source: Laws 1951, p. 113.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.