Full Text of HB5413 103rd General Assembly
HB5413 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY | | | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024 HB5413 Introduced 2/9/2024, by Rep. Laura Faver Dias SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: | | 70 ILCS 1205/8-10b | from Ch. 105, par. 8-10.2 |
| Amends the Park District Code. Provides that a joint agreement to provide recreational programs for persons with disabilities that is entered into between a park district and another unit of local government before, on, or after the effective date of the amendatory Act establishes a special recreation association that is a unit of local government. Provides that, unless otherwise provided in the provisions, a special recreation association shall have all powers, duties, and responsibilities of a park district organized under the Code. Provides that a special recreation association is dissolved upon termination of the joint agreement. Provides that nothing in the provisions authorizes a special recreation association to levy or collect taxes, except that a park district that is a party to a joint agreement is allowed to levy a tax for recreational programs under the joint agreement. |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government. | 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 | | represented in the General Assembly: | 4 | | Section 5. The Park District Code is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 8-10b as follows: | 6 | | (70 ILCS 1205/8-10b) (from Ch. 105, par. 8-10.2) | 7 | | Sec. 8-10b. Joint recreational programs for persons with | 8 | | disabilities. | 9 | | (a) Any 2 or more park districts, or in counties with a | 10 | | population of 300,000 or less, a single park district and | 11 | | another unit of local government, are authorized to take any | 12 | | action jointly relating to recreational programs for persons | 13 | | with disabilities that could be taken individually and to | 14 | | enter into agreements with other park districts and recreation | 15 | | boards and the corporate authorities of cities, villages and | 16 | | incorporated towns specified in Sections 11-95-2 and 11-95-3 | 17 | | of the "Illinois Municipal Code", approved May 29, 1961, as | 18 | | amended, or any combination thereof, for the purpose of | 19 | | providing for the establishment, maintenance and management of | 20 | | joint recreational programs for persons with disabilities of | 21 | | all the participating districts and municipal areas, including | 22 | | provisions for transportation of participants, procedures for | 23 | | approval of budgets, authorization of expenditures and sharing |
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| 1 | | of expenses, location of recreational areas in the area of any | 2 | | of the participating districts and municipalities, acquisition | 3 | | of real estate by gift, legacy, grant, or purchase, employment | 4 | | of a director and other professional workers for such program | 5 | | who may be employed by one participating district, | 6 | | municipality or board which shall be reimbursed on a mutually | 7 | | agreed basis by the other districts, municipalities and boards | 8 | | that are parties to the joint agreement, authorization for one | 9 | | municipality, board or district to supply professional workers | 10 | | for a joint program conducted in another municipality or | 11 | | district and to provide other requirements for operation of | 12 | | such joint program as may be desirable. | 13 | | (b) A joint agreement to provide recreational programs for | 14 | | person with disabilities that is entered into under this | 15 | | Section before, on, or after the effective date of this | 16 | | amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly establishes a | 17 | | special recreation association that is a unit of local | 18 | | government, as defined in Section 1 of Article VII of the | 19 | | Constitution. Unless otherwise provided by this Section, a | 20 | | special recreation association shall have all powers, duties, | 21 | | and responsibilities of a park district organized under this | 22 | | Code. A special recreation association is dissolved upon | 23 | | termination of the joint agreement. | 24 | | (c) Nothing in this Section authorizes a special | 25 | | recreation association to levy or collect taxes, except that a | 26 | | park district that is a party to a joint agreement is allowed |
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| 1 | | to levy a tax under Section 5-8. | 2 | | (Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.) |
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