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Public Act 92-0230
SB755 Enrolled LRB9200656TAtm
AN ACT concerning recreational areas.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Park District Code is amended by changing
Section 8-10b as follows:
(70 ILCS 1205/8-10b) (from Ch. 105, par. 8-10.2)
Sec. 8-10b. Joint recreational programs for the
handicapped. Any 2 or more park districts, or in counties
with a population of 300,000 or less, a single park district
and another unit of local government, are authorized to take
any action jointly relating to recreational programs for the
handicapped that could be taken individually and to enter
into agreements with other park districts and recreation
boards and the corporate authorities of cities, villages and
incorporated towns specified in Sections 11-95-2 and 11-95-3
of the "Illinois Municipal Code", approved May 29, 1961, as
amended, or any combination thereof, for the purpose of
providing for the establishment, maintenance and management
of joint recreational programs for the handicapped of all the
participating districts and municipal areas, including
provisions for transportation of participants, procedures for
approval of budgets, authorization of expenditures and
sharing of expenses, location of recreational areas in the
area of any of the participating districts and
municipalities, acquisition of real estate by gift, legacy,
grant, or purchase, employment of a director and other
professional workers for such program who may be employed by
one participating district, municipality or board which shall
be reimbursed on a mutually agreed basis by the other
districts, municipalities and boards that are parties to the
joint agreement, authorization for one municipality, board or
district to supply professional workers for a joint program
conducted in another municipality or district and to provide
other requirements for operation of such joint program as may
be desirable.
(Source: P.A. 83-616.)
Section 10. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
changing Section 11-95-14 as follows:
(65 ILCS 5/11-95-14) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-95-14)
Sec. 11-95-14. The corporate authorities of any 2 or more
municipalities specified in Section 11-95-2 and any 2 or more
recreation boards specified in Section 11-95-3, or any
combination thereof, are authorized to take any action
jointly relating to recreational programs for the handicapped
that could be taken individually and to enter into agreements
with other such recreation boards, corporate authorities and
park districts or any combination thereof, for the purpose of
providing for the establishment, maintenance and management
of joint recreational programs for the handicapped of all the
participating districts and municipal areas, including
provisions for transportation of participants, procedures for
approval of budgets, authorization of expenditures and
sharing of expenses, location of recreational areas in the
area of any of the participating districts and
municipalities, acquisition of real estate by gift, legacy,
grant, or purchase, employment of a director and other
professional workers for such program who may be employed by
one participating district, municipality or board which shall
be reimbursed on a mutually agreed basis by the other
municipalities, districts and boards that are parties to the
joint agreement, authorization for one municipality, board or
district to supply professional workers for a joint program
conducted in another municipality or district and to provide
other requirements for operation of such joint program as may
be desirable. The corporate authorities of any municipality
that is a party to a joint agreement entered into under this
Section may levy and collect a tax, in the manner provided by
law for the levy and collection of other municipal taxes in
the municipality but in addition to taxes for general
purposes authorized by Section 8-3-1 or levied as limited by
any provision of a special charter under which the
municipality is incorporated, at not to exceed .04% of the
value, as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue,
of all taxable property within the municipality for the
purpose of funding that municipality's share of the expenses
for providing the programs under that joint agreement.
However, no tax may be levied pursuant to this Section in any
area in which a tax is levied under Section 5-8 of The Park
District Code.
(Source: P.A. 85-124.)
Passed in the General Assembly May 09, 2001.
Approved August 02, 2001.
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