Public Act 098-0500
 
SB2304 EnrolledLRB098 10682 JDS 40986 b

    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Forest Preserve Zoological Parks Act is
amended by changing Section 1 as follows:
 
    (70 ILCS 835/1)  (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 6801)
    Sec. 1. The corporate authorities of forest preserve
districts, containing a population of 140,000 or more located
in counties of less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, having the
control or supervision of any forest preserves, may erect and
maintain within such forest preserves, under the control or
supervision of such corporate authorities, edifices to be used
for the collection and display of animals as customary in
zoological parks, and may collect and display such animals, or
permit the directors or trustees of any zoological society
devoted to the purposes aforesaid to erect and maintain a
zoological park and to collect and display zoological
collections within any forest preserve now or hereafter under
the control or supervision of such forest preserve district,
out of funds belonging to such zoological society, or to
contract with the directors or trustees of any zoological
society on such terms and conditions as may to such corporate
authorities seem best, relative to the erection, operation and
maintenance of a zoological park and the collection and display
of such animals within such forest preserve, out of the tax
hereinafter in this Act provided.
    This Act applies to any forest preserve district that
maintains a zoological park that was established under this Act
prior to 1964, regardless of whether the population
requirements continue to be met.
    A Such a forest preserve district, containing a population
of 140,000 or more district, or the directors or trustees of
such zoological society when so authorized by the forest
preserve district, may (a) police the property of the
zoological park, (b) employ, establish, maintain and equip a
security force for fire and police protection of the zoological
park and (c) provide that the personnel of the security force
shall perform other tasks relating to the maintenance and
operation of the zoological park. Members of the security force
shall be conservators of the peace with all the powers of
policemen in cities and of sheriffs, other than to serve or
execute civil processes, but such powers may be exercised only
within the area comprising the zoological park when required to
protect the zoological park's property and interests, its
personnel and persons using the facilities or at the specific
request of appropriate federal, State or local law enforcement
officials. All otherwise lawful actions taken on or after
August 13, 1978 (the effective date of Public Act 80-1364) and
before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th
General Assembly by a forest preserve district or a zoological
society located in a county of 3,000,000 or more in exercising
the powers provided in this paragraph are hereby validated,
notwithstanding Public Act 80-1364, which was a
non-substantive combining revisory Act.
    A Such forest preserve district, containing a population of
140,000 or more located in counties of less than 3,000,000
inhabitants, may charge, or permit such zoological society to
charge, an admission fee. The proceeds of such admission fee
shall be devoted exclusively to the operation and maintenance
of such zoological park and the collections therein. All such
zoological parks shall be open to the public without charge (i)
a total number of days, to be scheduled at any time during the
calendar year, equivalent to at least one day for each 7 days
the zoological park is open during the calendar year and (ii)
to the children in actual attendance upon any of the schools in
the State at all times. The managing authority of the
zoological park may limit the number of school groups that may
attend the zoo on any given day and may establish other rules
and regulations that reasonably ensure public safety,
accessibility, and convenience, including without limitation
standards of conduct and supervision. Charges may be made at
any time for special services and for admission to special
facilities within any zoological park for the education,
entertainment or convenience of visitors.
(Source: P.A. 92-548, eff. 6-24-02; 93-651, eff. 6-1-04.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.

Effective Date: 8/16/2013