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92_HB3710

 
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 1        AN ACT in relation to forest preserve districts.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.   The Forest Preserve Zoological Parks Act is
 5    amended by changing Sections 1 and 2 as follows:

 6        (70 ILCS 835/1) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 6801)
 7        Sec. 1. The  corporate  authorities  of  forest  preserve
 8    districts, containing a population of 140,000 150,000 or more
 9    located  in  counties  of  less  than  3,000,000 inhabitants,
10    having the control or supervision of  any  forest  preserves,
11    may  erect  and  maintain within such forest preserves, under
12    the control or supervision  of  such  corporate  authorities,
13    edifices to be used for the collection and display of animals
14    as customary in zoological parks, and may collect and display
15    such  animals,  or  permit  the  directors or trustees of any
16    zoological society devoted to the purposes aforesaid to erect
17    and maintain a zoological park and  to  collect  and  display
18    zoological  collections  within  any  forest  preserve now or
19    hereafter under the control or  supervision  of  such  forest
20    preserve  district, out of funds belonging to such zoological
21    society, or to contract with the directors or trustees of any
22    zoological society on such terms and  conditions  as  may  to
23    such   corporate  authorities  seem  best,  relative  to  the
24    erection, operation and maintenance of a zoological park  and
25    the collection and display of such animals within such forest
26    preserve, out of the tax hereinafter in this Act provided.
27        This  Act  applies  to  any forest preserve district that
28    maintains a zoological park that was established  under  this
29    Act  prior  to  1964,  regardless  of  whether the population
30    requirements continue to be met.
31        Such a forest preserve  district,  or  the  directors  or
 
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 1    trustees of such zoological society when so authorized by the
 2    forest  preserve district, may (a) police the property of the
 3    zoological park, (b) employ, establish, maintain and equip  a
 4    security   force  for  fire  and  police  protection  of  the
 5    zoological park and (c) provide that  the  personnel  of  the
 6    security  force  shall  perform  other  tasks relating to the
 7    maintenance and operation of the zoological park. Members  of
 8    the  security  force  shall be conservators of the peace with
 9    all the powers of policemen in cities and of sheriffs,  other
10    than to serve or execute civil processes, but such powers may
11    be  exercised  only within the area comprising the zoological
12    park when required to protect the zoological park's  property
13    and interests, its personnel and persons using the facilities
14    or  at  the specific request of appropriate federal, State or
15    local law enforcement officials.
16        Such forest preserve district may charge, or permit  such
17    zoological  society  to charge an admission fee. The proceeds
18    of such admission fee shall be  devoted  exclusively  to  the
19    operation  and  maintenance  of  such zoological park and the
20    collections therein. All such zoological parks shall be  open
21    to  the  public without charge for at least one day each week
22    and to the children in actual  attendance  upon  any  of  the
23    schools in the State at all times, except that charges may be
24    made  at  any  time for special services and for admission to
25    special  facilities  within  any  zoological  park  for   the
26    education, entertainment or convenience of visitors.
27    (Source: P.A. 91-817, eff. 6-13-00.)

28        (70 ILCS 835/2) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 6802)
29        Sec.  2.  For the purpose of constructing and maintaining
30    and caring for any such zoological park and the buildings and
31    grounds thereof and of  securing  and  displaying  zoological
32    collections  thereon  the corporate authorities of any forest
33    preserve district containing a population of 150,000 or  more
 
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 1    but less than 3,000,000 are authorized to levy annually a tax
 2    of  not to exceed .0058% of value as equalized or assessed by
 3    the Department of Revenue, upon all the taxable  property  in
 4    the district; provided however, in a forest preserve district
 5    located  in  a  county with a population in excess of 140,000
 6    150,000  but  less  than  200,000  and  contiguous   to   the
 7    Mississippi  River,  the  annual  tax may be at a rate not to
 8    exceed .01%.  This tax shall be levied and collected  in  the
 9    same  manner  as  the  general  taxes  of the forest preserve
10    district and shall be in addition to the maximum of all other
11    taxes and  tax  rates  which  the  district  is  now  or  may
12    hereafter  be authorized to levy upon the aggregate valuation
13    of all taxable property within  the  district  and  shall  be
14    exclusive  of  and in addition to the maximum amount and rate
15    of taxes the district is now or may hereafter  be  authorized
16    to  levy  for general purposes under Section 13 of "An Act to
17    provide for the creation and management  of  forest  preserve
18    districts and repealing certain Acts therein named", approved
19    June  27,  1913, as amended, or under any other law which may
20    limit the amount of tax  which  the  district  may  levy  for
21    general  purposes.  The proceeds of the tax herein authorized
22    shall be kept as a separate fund.
23    (Source: P.A. 85-1352.)

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

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