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Public Act 92-0553
HB4257 Enrolled LRB9212588BDdv
AN ACT concerning aquariums and museums.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Park District Aquarium and Museum Act is
amended by changing Section 1 as follows:
(70 ILCS 1290/1) (from Ch. 105, par. 326)
Sec. 1. The corporate authorities of cities and park
districts having the control or supervision of any public
park or parks, are hereby authorized to purchase, erect and
maintain within any public park or parks under the control or
supervision of such corporate authorities, edifices to be
used as aquariums or as museums of art, industry, science or
natural or other history, or to permit the directors or
trustees of any corporation or society organized for the
construction or maintenance and operation of an aquarium or
museum as hereinabove described to erect, enlarge, ornament,
build, rebuild, rehabilitate, improve, maintain and operate
its aquarium or museum or museums within any public park now
or hereafter under the control or supervision of any city or
park district, and to contract with any such directors or
trustees of any such aquarium, museum or museums relative to
the erection, enlargement, ornamentation, building,
rebuilding, rehabilitation, improvement, maintenance and
operation thereof. Any city or park district may charge, or
permit such an aquarium or museum to charge, an admission
fee.: Provided, that Any such aquarium or museum, however,
shall be open to the public without charge for at least one
day each week, and, when accompanied by a teacher, to the
children in actual attendance upon grades kindergarten
through twelve in any of the schools in this State at all
times. During a 2-year period beginning on the effective date
of this amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly, Any such
aquarium or museum, however, must be open to the public
without charge for a period equivalent to 52 days, at least 6
of which must be during the period from June through August,
each year, instead of at least one day each week.
Notwithstanding said provisions, charges may be made at any
time for special services and for admission to special
facilities within any aquarium or museum for the education,
entertainment or convenience of visitors. The proceeds of
such admission fees and charges for special services and
special facilities shall be devoted exclusively to the
purposes for which the tax authorized by Section 2 hereof may
be used. If any owner or owners of any lands or lots abutting
or fronting on any such public park, or adjacent thereto,
have any private right, easement, interest or property in
such public park appurtenant to their lands or lots or
otherwise, which would be interfered with by the erection and
maintenance of any aquarium or museum as hereinbefore
provided, or any right to have such public park remain open
or vacant and free from buildings, the corporate authorities
of the city or park district having control of such park, may
condemn the same in the manner prescribed for the exercise of
the right of eminent domain under Article VII of the Code of
Civil Procedure, as now or hereafter amended.
(Source: P.A. 91-918, eff. 7-7-00.)
Passed in the General Assembly April 18, 2002.
Approved June 24, 2002.
Effective January 01, 2003.
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