93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB5497


 
Introduced 2/6/2004, by Michael J. Madigan
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		












50 ILCS 605/1
  from Ch. 30, par. 156









    Amends the Local Government Property Transfer Act.  Adds a caption to the
definitions Section of the Act.
















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    AN ACT concerning local government. 

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
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represented in the General Assembly: 


 
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    Section 5. The Local Government Property Transfer Act is 
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amended by changing
Section 1 as follows:


 
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    (50 ILCS 605/1)  (from Ch. 30, par. 156)

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    Sec. 1. Definitions.
When used in this Act:


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    (a) The term "transferor municipality" shall mean a 
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municipal
corporation transferring real estate or any interest 
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therein, under the
provisions of this Act.


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    (b) The term "transferee municipality" shall mean a 
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municipal
corporation receiving a transfer of real estate or 
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any interest therein
under provisions of this Act.


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    (c) The term "municipality" whether used by itself or in 
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conjunction
with other words, as in (a) or (b) above, shall 
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mean and include any
municipal corporation or political 
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subdivision organized and existing
under the laws of the State 
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of Illinois and including, but without
limitation, any city, 
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village, or incorporated town, whether organized
under a 
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special charter or under the General Act, or whether operating

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under the commission or managerial form of government, county, 
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school
districts, trustees of schools, boards of education, 
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sanitary district or
sanitary district
trustees, forest 
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preserve district or forest preserve district
commissioner, 
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park district or park commissioners, airport authority and

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township.


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    (d) The term "restriction" shall mean any condition, 
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limitation,
qualification, reversion, possibility of 
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reversion, covenant, agreement
or restraint of whatever kind or 
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nature, the effect of which is to
restrict the use or ownership 
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of real estate by a municipality as
defined in (c) above.


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    (e) The term "corporate authorities" shall mean the members 
 


 






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of the
legislative body of any municipality as defined in (c) 
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above.


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    (f) The term "held" or any form thereof, when used in 
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reference to
the interest of a municipality in real estate 
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shall be taken and
construed to refer to and include all of the 
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right, title and interest
of such municipality of whatever kind 
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or nature, in and to such real
estate.


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    (g) Each of the terms above defined and the terms contained 
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in the
definition of each of said terms shall be taken and 
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construed to include
the plural form thereof.


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    (h) The term "Local Improvement Act" shall mean an Act of 
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the
General Assembly of the State of Illinois entitled "An Act 
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concerning
local improvements," approved June 14, 1897, and the 
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amendments thereto.


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    (i) The term "State of Illinois" shall mean the State of 
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Illinois or
any department, commission, board or other agency 
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of the State.


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(Source: P.A. 82-783.)