HB2828ham001 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Charles Meier

Filed: 3/24/2017

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2828

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2828 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Park and Recreational Facility Construction Act of 2009 is amended by changing Section 10-20 as follows:

(30 ILCS 764/10-20)

Sec. 10-20. Priorities for projects. In considering applications for grants under this Act, the Department shall give priority to projects that will provide the greatest benefit to the residents of the State, based upon criteria established by the Department in rules promulgated pursuant to this Act which reflect the useful life of existing facilities and improvements, address public health and safety needs, correct accessibility deficiencies, and reflect outdoor recreation needs and priorities, including handicap-accessible playground equipment, such as ramped, ground-level play features, accessible swings, wheelchair accessible tables, adjustable equipment, universally accessible swings, and transfer platforms, identified through the Department's Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan (SCORP) Program. The Department shall prioritize projects that create parks universally designed to meet everyone's needs, ages, and mobility and where all equipment, and the park itself, is handicap-accessible over projects that would create parks where only some equipment, or only the park itself, is handicap-accessible.

(Source: P.A. 99-391, eff. 1-1-16.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.".