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State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB5899 Introduced 2/16/2012, by Rep. Mike Fortner SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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55 ILCS 5/5-1104.1 | from Ch. 34, par. 5-1104.1 |
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Amends the Counties Code. Authorizes a county to enter into an intergovernmental agreement with any forest preserve district that exempts the district from compliance with county zoning ordinances. Effective immediately.
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| | HB5899 | | LRB097 19241 KMW 64483 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section |
| 5 | | 5-1104.1 as follows:
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| 6 | | (55 ILCS 5/5-1104.1) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1104.1)
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| 7 | | Sec. 5-1104.1.
If a forest preserve district organized |
| 8 | | under the
Downstate Forest Preserve District Act has, either |
| 9 | | before or after the
effective date of this amendatory Act of |
| 10 | | 1991, adopted a comprehensive
policy for the
management and |
| 11 | | maintenance of the streams, lakes, ponds and water courses
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| 12 | | located on the property owned by the district, the power |
| 13 | | conferred on a
county board under Section 5-1104 shall be |
| 14 | | exercised in a manner consistent
with such comprehensive policy |
| 15 | | and only pursuant to an intergovernmental
agreement between the |
| 16 | | forest preserve district and the county specifying in
detail |
| 17 | | the respective obligations of the parties.
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| 18 | | A county may enter into an intergovernmental agreement with |
| 19 | | any forest preserve district within the county that exempts the |
| 20 | | forest preserve district from compliance with county zoning |
| 21 | | ordinances. |
| 22 | | (Source: P.A. 87-847.)
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