HB3414 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB3414

Introduced , by Rep. Natalie A. Manley

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

70 ILCS 1205/8-10b

from Ch. 105, par. 8-10.2

Amends the Park District Code. Provides that any single park district and another unit of local government may take any joint action relating to recreational programs for the handicapped (removing the limitation allowing this only in counties with a population of 300,000 or less).

A BILL FOR

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 Section 8-10b as follows:

(70 ILCS 1205/8-10b) (from Ch. 105, par. 8-10.2)

Sec. 8-10b. Joint recreational programs for the handicapped. Any 2 or more park districts, or any in counties with a population of 300,000 or less, a single park district and another unit of local government, are authorized to take any action jointly relating to recreational programs for the handicapped that could be taken individually and to enter into agreements with other park districts and recreation boards and the corporate authorities of cities, villages and incorporated towns specified in Sections 11-95-2 and 11-95-3 of the "Illinois Municipal Code", approved May 29, 1961, as amended, or any combination thereof, for the purpose of providing for the establishment, maintenance and management of joint recreational programs for the handicapped of all the participating districts and municipal areas, including provisions for transportation of participants, procedures for approval of budgets, authorization of expenditures and sharing of expenses, location of recreational areas in the area of any of the participating districts and municipalities, acquisition of real estate by gift, legacy, grant, or purchase, employment of a director and other professional workers for such program who may be employed by one participating district, municipality or board which shall be reimbursed on a mutually agreed basis by the other districts, municipalities and boards that are parties to the joint agreement, authorization for one municipality, board or district to supply professional workers for a joint program conducted in another municipality or district and to provide other requirements for operation of such joint program as may be desirable.

(Source: P.A. 92-230, eff. 1-1-02.)