HB1680ham001 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. William Davis

Filed: 4/11/2005

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1680

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1680 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Park District Code is amended by adding Section 3-10.2 as follows:

(70 ILCS 1205/3-10.2 new)

Sec. 3-10.2. Public hearing.

(a) Before adopting an ordinance concerning the annexation of any territory to a park district under Section 3-1, 3-2, 3-3a, 3-8, 3-9, or 3-10, the board shall conduct a public hearing on the proposed ordinance.

(b) The board shall give notice of the public hearing stating the date, time, place, and purpose of the hearing and that a copy of the ordinance and a map of the territory proposed to be annexed may be inspected at the office the district secretary and the office of the county clerk. The district secretary shall cause the notice to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the district and in the territory proposed for annexation not less than 30 nor more than 45 days before the date of the hearing. The district secretary shall also send notice of the hearing by first class mail, not less than 20 days before the hearing, to the owners of property being proposed for annexation to the district. The mailed notice shall be addressed to those parties identified on the most current real estate tax assessment rolls for the county in which the property is located as being the parties to whom current real estate tax bills are being sent. If a party to whom a notice is mailed is not the actual owner of the property, that party is obligated to immediately forward the notice to the owner. A certified copy of the proposed ordinance together with an accurate map of the territory proposed to be annexed shall also be filed with the county clerk of each county in which any of the territory is located. The district secretary and the county clerk shall make the ordinance, together with an accurate map of the territory proposed to be annexed, available to the general public for inspection.

(c) At the public hearing, all persons desiring to offer statements or other evidence in support of or in opposition to the proposed ordinance shall be afforded an opportunity to do so orally, in writing, or both.

(d) Within 60 days after the public hearing, the board shall consider all of the evidence before it and may, based upon that evidence, adopt or reject the proposed ordinance in whole or in part. If the ordinance is not adopted within 60 days after the public hearing, the proposed ordinance may not be subsequently adopted in whole or in part unless another public hearing is held and notice given as provided in this Section.".