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Public Act 099-0016
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| HB3882 Enrolled | LRB099 08623 AWJ 28786 b |
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AN ACT concerning local government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Park District Code is amended by changing |
Section 2-2.1 as follows:
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(70 ILCS 1205/2-2.1) (from Ch. 105, par. 2-2.1)
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Sec. 2-2.1.
(a) When 2 or more park districts are situated |
entirely within
the corporate limits of the same municipality, |
a park district coterminous with
such municipality may be |
organized in the manner hereinafter provided, and,
when so |
organized, shall supersede the park districts previously |
existing
within the limits of the municipality. The petition to |
organize such a park
district shall comply with the |
requirements of Section 2-2, but must be
signed by not less |
than 100 legal voters residing in each of the existing
park |
districts and, if the municipality includes territory not |
included
within any existing park district, by at least 100 |
legal voters residing in
such territory or by at least 10% of |
the legal voters residing in such
territory, whichever is less. |
The petition shall also state whether the
proposed district |
shall have 5 elected commissioners or 7 appointed
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commissioners. If the proposed district shall have 7 appointed
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commissioners, the chief executive officer of the |
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municipality, with the
advice and consent of the corporate |
authorities, shall appoint the
commissioners. The initial |
appointed commissioners shall serve terms
determined by lot as |
follows: 2 for terms of 2 years, 2 for terms of 4
years, and 3 |
for terms of 6 years. Thereafter, appointed commissioners
shall |
serve for terms of 6 years. A vacancy in the office of |
appointed
commissioner shall be filled for the unexpired term |
in the same manner as
an original appointment. "Municipality" |
as used in this Section means a city, village or
incorporated |
town.
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(b) (Blank). When 2 or more municipalities, one of which |
having a population of
less than 500, are situated within a |
park district, the park district may
be reorganized into 2 new |
park districts, one of which shall be coterminous
with the |
municipality having a population of less than 500, and one of |
which
shall be coterminous with the remaining territory of the |
park district.
A petition to reorganize such park district |
shall comply with the requirements
of Section 2-2, but must be |
signed by at least 100 legal voters residing in the
district to |
be reorganized. Title and possession of all real property and
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permanently located personal property of the district to be |
reorganized
shall vest in the new district in which the |
property is located.
Each new district shall succeed to its |
proportionate share of the bonded
indebtedness of the |
reorganized district, to be determined according to
the value, |
as equalized and assessed by the Department of Revenue, of all
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taxable property in each new district. Title and possession to |
all other
property of the district as well as all other rights |
and obligations of
the district shall be equitably distributed |
and apportioned between the 2
districts, as determined by the |
governing boards of both park districts.
In the event that no |
agreement can be reached, the court in which
the petition was |
filed to organize the new districts shall make the
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determination. All monies of the district on hand and all |
monies received
from taxes levied before the creation of the 2 |
new districts shall be paid
on a pro rata basis to each new |
district according to the value, as
equalized and assessed by |
the Department of Revenue, of all taxable
property in each new |
district. This subsection (b) shall be effective only
until |
January 1, 1987.
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(c) (Blank). "Municipality" as used in this Section means a |
city, village or
incorporated town.
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(Source: P.A. 86-307.)
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