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91_HB0833
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1 AN ACT to amend the Park District Code by changing
2 Section 10-7.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Park District Code is amended by changing
6 Section 10-7 as follows:
7 (70 ILCS 1205/10-7) (from Ch. 105, par. 10-7)
8 Sec. 10-7. Sale, lease, or exchange of realty.
9 (a) Any park district owning and holding any real estate
10 is authorized to sell or lease such property to another unit
11 of Illinois State or local government, or to lease upon the
12 terms and at the price that the board determines for a period
13 not to exceed 99 years to any not for profit corporation
14 organized under the laws of this State, in either case for
15 public use, and provided that the grantee or lessee covenants
16 to hold and maintain such property for public park or
17 recreational purposes or such park district obtains other
18 real property of substantially the same size or larger and of
19 substantially the same or greater suitability for park
20 purposes without additional cost to such district.
21 (b) Any park district owning or holding any real estate
22 is authorized to convey such property to a nongovernmental
23 entity in exchange for other real property of substantially
24 equal or greater value as determined by 2 appraisals of the
25 property and of substantially the same or greater suitability
26 for park purposes without additional cost to such district.
27 Prior to such exchange with a nongovernmental entity the
28 park board shall hold a public meeting in order to consider
29 the proposed conveyance. Notice of such meeting shall be
30 published not less than three times (the first and last
31 publication being not less than 10 days apart) in a newspaper
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1 of general circulation within the park district. If there is
2 no such newspaper, then such notice shall be posted in not
3 less than 3 public places in said park district and such
4 notice shall not become effective until 10 days after said
5 publication or posting.
6 (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
7 this subsection (c) shall apply only to park districts that
8 serve territory within a municipality having more than 40,000
9 inhabitants and within a county having more than 260,000
10 inhabitants and bordering the Mississippi River. Any park
11 district owning or holding real estate is authorized to sell
12 that property to any not-for-profit corporation organized
13 under the laws of this State upon the condition that the
14 corporation uses the property for public park or recreational
15 programs for youth. The park district shall have the right
16 of re-entry for breach of condition subsequent. If the
17 corporation stops using the property for these purposes, the
18 property shall revert back to ownership of the park district.
19 Any temporary suspension of use caused by the construction of
20 improvements on the property for public park or recreational
21 programs for youth is not a breach of condition subsequent.
22 Prior to the sale of the property to a not-for-profit
23 corporation, the park board shall hold a public meeting to
24 consider the proposed sale. Notice of the meeting shall be
25 published not less than 3 times (the first and last
26 publication being not less than 10 days apart) in a newspaper
27 of general circulation within the park district. If there is
28 no such newspaper, then the notice shall be posted in not
29 less than 3 public places in the park district. The notice
30 shall be published or posted at least 10 days before the
31 meeting. A resolution to approve the sale of the property to
32 a not-for-profit corporation requires adoption by a majority
33 of the park board.
34 (d) Real estate, not subject to such covenant or which
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1 has not been conveyed and replaced as provided in this
2 Section, may be conveyed in the manner provided by Sections
3 10-7a to 10-7d hereof, inclusive.
4 (e) In addition to any other power provided in this
5 Section, any park district owning or holding real estate that
6 the board deems is not required for park or recreational
7 purposes may lease such real estate to any individual or
8 entity and may collect rents therefrom. Such lease shall not
9 exceed 2 and one-half times the term of years provided for in
10 Section 8-15 governing installment purchase contracts.
11 (Source: P.A. 89-458, eff. 5-24-96; 89-509, eff. 7-5-96;
12 90-14, eff. 7-1-97.)
13 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
14 becoming law.