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HB1671 Enrolled |
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LRB095 07515 HLH 27660 b |
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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 Downstate Forest Preserve District Act is |
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| amended by adding Section 6f as follows:
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| (70 ILCS 805/6f new) |
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| Sec. 6f. A forest preserve district that acquires a parcel |
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| of land in excess of 600 acres that includes one or more |
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| vacant, subdivided residential outlots on the boundary of the |
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| 600 acres, regardless of whether the outlots are contiguous to |
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| one another, may sell the outlots when the board of |
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| commissioners determines that the sale is advantageous to the |
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| district. The board shall approve the sale by an affirmative |
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| vote of two-thirds of the members of the board then holding |
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| office. A sale may not be approved by the board unless all the |
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| parcels involved in the sale have been appraised by an MIA |
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| appraiser or a State-certified real estate appraiser within one |
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| year before the date the sale is to take effect. Any property |
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| sold under this Section must be sold for fair market value. The |
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| net proceeds of the sale of any parcel of land under this |
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| Section shall be set aside and expended only for capital |
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| improvements that are required to make the 600 acres accessible |
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| and open to the public or the payment of bond indebtedness |