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92_SB0755

 
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 1        AN ACT concerning recreational areas.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The Park District Code is amended by changing
 5    Section 8-10b as follows:

 6        (70 ILCS 1205/8-10b) (from Ch. 105, par. 8-10.2)
 7        Sec.  8-10b.  Joint   recreational   programs   for   the
 8    handicapped.    Any  2 or more park districts, or in counties
 9    with a population of 300,000 or less, a single park  district
10    and  another unit of local government, are authorized to take
11    any action jointly relating to recreational programs for  the
12    handicapped  that  could  be  taken individually and to enter
13    into agreements with  other  park  districts  and  recreation
14    boards  and the corporate authorities of cities, villages and
15    incorporated towns specified in Sections 11-95-2 and  11-95-3
16    of  the  "Illinois Municipal Code", approved May 29, 1961, as
17    amended, or any  combination  thereof,  for  the  purpose  of
18    providing  for  the establishment, maintenance and management
19    of joint recreational programs for the handicapped of all the
20    participating  districts  and  municipal   areas,   including
21    provisions for transportation of participants, procedures for
22    approval   of  budgets,  authorization  of  expenditures  and
23    sharing of expenses, location of recreational  areas  in  the
24    area    of   any   of   the   participating   districts   and
25    municipalities, acquisition of real estate by  gift,  legacy,
26    grant,  or  purchase,  employment  of  a  director  and other
27    professional workers for such program who may be employed  by
28    one participating district, municipality or board which shall
29    be  reimbursed  on  a  mutually  agreed  basis  by  the other
30    districts, municipalities and boards that are parties to  the
31    joint agreement, authorization for one municipality, board or
 
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 1    district  to  supply professional workers for a joint program
 2    conducted in another municipality or district and to  provide
 3    other requirements for operation of such joint program as may
 4    be desirable.
 5    (Source: P.A. 83-616.)

 6        Section  10.   The  Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
 7    changing Section 11-95-14 as follows:

 8        (65 ILCS 5/11-95-14) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-95-14)
 9        Sec. 11-95-14. The corporate authorities of any 2 or more
10    municipalities specified in Section 11-95-2 and any 2 or more
11    recreation  boards  specified  in  Section  11-95-3,  or  any
12    combination  thereof,  are  authorized  to  take  any  action
13    jointly relating to recreational programs for the handicapped
14    that could be taken individually and to enter into agreements
15    with other such recreation boards, corporate authorities  and
16    park districts or any combination thereof, for the purpose of
17    providing  for  the establishment, maintenance and management
18    of joint recreational programs for the handicapped of all the
19    participating  districts  and  municipal   areas,   including
20    provisions for transportation of participants, procedures for
21    approval   of  budgets,  authorization  of  expenditures  and
22    sharing of expenses, location of recreational  areas  in  the
23    area    of   any   of   the   participating   districts   and
24    municipalities, acquisition of real estate by  gift,  legacy,
25    grant,  or  purchase,  employment  of  a  director  and other
26    professional workers for such program who may be employed  by
27    one participating district, municipality or board which shall
28    be  reimbursed  on  a  mutually  agreed  basis  by  the other
29    municipalities, districts and boards that are parties to  the
30    joint agreement, authorization for one municipality, board or
31    district  to  supply professional workers for a joint program
32    conducted in another municipality or district and to  provide
 
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 1    other requirements for operation of such joint program as may
 2    be  desirable.  The corporate authorities of any municipality
 3    that is a party to a joint agreement entered into under  this
 4    Section may levy and collect a tax, in the manner provided by
 5    law  for  the levy and collection of other municipal taxes in
 6    the  municipality  but  in  addition  to  taxes  for  general
 7    purposes authorized by Section 8-3-1 or levied as limited  by
 8    any   provision   of   a  special  charter  under  which  the
 9    municipality is incorporated, at not to exceed  .04%  of  the
10    value, as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue,
11    of  all  taxable  property  within  the  municipality for the
12    purpose of funding that municipality's share of the  expenses
13    for  providing  the  programs  under  that  joint  agreement.
14    However, no tax may be levied pursuant to this Section in any
15    area  in  which a tax is levied under Section 5-8 of The Park
16    District Code.
17    (Source: P.A. 85-124.)

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