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 1                    AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4370

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 4370  by  replacing
 3    the title with the following:
 4        "AN ACT in relation to taxes."; and

 5    by  replacing  everything  after the enacting clause with the
 6    following:

 7        "Section 5.  The Property Tax Code is amended by changing
 8    Section 15-105 as follows:

 9        (35 ILCS 200/15-105)
10        Sec. 15-105.  Park and conservation districts.
11        (a)  All property within a park or conservation  district
12    having  with  2,000,000 or more inhabitants and owned by that
13    district is exempt, as is all property  located  outside  the
14    district  but  owned  by it and used as a nursery, garden, or
15    farm for the growing of shrubs, trees, flowers and plants for
16    use in beautifying, maintaining  and  operating  playgrounds,
17    parks,  parkways,  public  grounds,  and  buildings  owned or
18    controlled by the district.
19        (b)  All property belonging to any park  or  conservation
20    district  having  with  less  than  2,000,000  inhabitants is
21    exempt. All property leased to such park district for  $1  or
 
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 1    less  per  year  and  used  exclusively  as  open  space  for
 2    recreational purposes not exceeding 50 acres in the aggregate
 3    for each district is exempt.
 4        (c)  Also  exempt  is  All  property  belonging to a park
 5    district  organized  pursuant  to  the  Metro-East  Park  and
 6    Recreation District Act is exempt.
 7    (Source: P.A. 91-103, eff.  7-13-99;  91-490,  eff.  8-13-99;
 8    revised 10-7-99.)".

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