|
|
|||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1680
| ||||||
| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1680 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| ||||||
| 4 | "Section 5. The Park District Code is amended by adding | ||||||
| 5 | Section 3-10.2 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (70 ILCS 1205/3-10.2 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 3-10.2. Public hearing.
| ||||||
| 8 | (a) Before adopting an ordinance concerning the annexation | ||||||
| 9 | of any territory to a park district under Section 3-1, 3-2, | ||||||
| 10 | 3-3a, 3-8, 3-9, or 3-10, the board shall conduct a public | ||||||
| 11 | hearing on the proposed ordinance. | ||||||
| 12 | (b) The board shall give notice of the public hearing | ||||||
| 13 | stating the date, time, place, and purpose of the hearing and | ||||||
| 14 | that a copy of the ordinance and a map of the territory | ||||||
| 15 | proposed to be annexed may be inspected at the office the | ||||||
| 16 | district secretary and the office of the county clerk. The | ||||||
| 17 | district secretary shall cause the notice to be published in a | ||||||
| 18 | newspaper of general circulation in the district and in the | ||||||
| 19 | territory proposed for annexation not less than 30 nor more | ||||||
| 20 | than 45 days before the date of the hearing. The district | ||||||
| 21 | secretary shall also send notice of the hearing by first class | ||||||
| 22 | mail, not less than 20 days before the hearing, to the owners | ||||||
| 23 | of property being proposed for annexation to the district. The | ||||||
| 24 | mailed notice shall be addressed to those parties identified on | ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | the most current real estate tax assessment rolls for the | ||||||
| 2 | county in which the property is located as being the parties to | ||||||
| 3 | whom current real estate tax bills are being sent. If a party | ||||||
| 4 | to whom a notice is mailed is not the actual owner of the | ||||||
| 5 | property, that party is obligated to immediately forward the | ||||||
| 6 | notice to the owner. A certified copy of the proposed ordinance | ||||||
| 7 | together with an accurate map of the territory proposed to be | ||||||
| 8 | annexed shall also be filed with the county clerk of each | ||||||
| 9 | county in which any of the territory is located. The district | ||||||
| 10 | secretary and the county clerk shall make the ordinance, | ||||||
| 11 | together with an accurate map of the territory proposed to be | ||||||
| 12 | annexed, available to the general public for inspection. | ||||||
| 13 | (c) At the public hearing, all persons desiring to offer | ||||||
| 14 | statements or other evidence in support of or in opposition to | ||||||
| 15 | the proposed ordinance shall be afforded an opportunity to do | ||||||
| 16 | so orally, in writing, or both. | ||||||
| 17 | (d) Within 60 days after the public hearing, the board | ||||||
| 18 | shall consider all of the evidence before it and may, based | ||||||
| 19 | upon that evidence, adopt or reject the proposed ordinance in | ||||||
| 20 | whole or in part. If the ordinance is not adopted within 60 | ||||||
| 21 | days after the public hearing, the proposed ordinance may not | ||||||
| 22 | be subsequently adopted in whole or in part unless another | ||||||
| 23 | public hearing is held and notice given as provided in this | ||||||
| 24 | Section.".
| ||||||