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Public Act 095-0364
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LRB095 07608 HLH 27758 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 Metro-East Park and Recreation District Act |
is amended by changing Sections 5, 10, and 20 as follows:
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(70 ILCS 1605/5)
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Sec. 5. Definitions. In this Act:
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"Board" means the board of directors of the Metro-East Park |
and Recreation
District.
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"Chief executive officer" means the chairman of the county |
board of a county.
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"County" means Madison, St. Clair, Monroe, Clinton, or
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Jersey, or Macoupin County.
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"District" or "Metro-East District" means the Metro-East |
Park and Recreation
District
created
under this Act.
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"Governing body" means a county board.
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"Metro-East Park and Recreation Fund" means the
fund held |
by the District
that is the repository for all
taxes and other
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moneys raised by or for the District
under this Act.
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"Metro-East region" means Madison, St. Clair, Monroe, |
Clinton, Macoupin, and Jersey
Counties.
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"Park district" means a park district organized under the |
Park District Code.
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(Source: P.A. 91-103, eff. 7-13-99.)
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(70 ILCS 1605/10)
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Sec. 10. Creation of Metro-East Park and Recreation |
District.
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(a) The Metro-East Park and Recreation District may be |
created,
incorporated,
and
managed under this Section and may |
exercise the powers given to the
District
under this Act.
Any |
county
may be included in the Metro-East District if the voters |
in the
county or
counties to be included in the District vote |
to be included in the District.
Any recreation
system or public |
parks system that exists within the Metro-East District
created
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under this
Section shall remain in existence with the same |
powers and responsibilities it
had prior to
the creation of the |
Metro-East District. Nothing in this Section shall be
construed |
in any
manner to limit or prohibit:
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(1) later establishment or cessation of any park or |
recreation system
provided for by law; or
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(2) any powers and responsibilities of any park or |
recreation system
provided for by law.
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(b) When the Metro-East District is organized, it shall be |
a body corporate
and
a
political subdivision of this State, and |
the District shall be known as the
"Metro-East
Park and |
Recreation District", and in that name may sue and be sued, |
issue
general
revenue bonds, and impose and collect taxes or |
fees under this Act.
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(c) The Metro-East District shall have as its primary duty |
the development,
operation, and maintenance of a public system |
of interconnecting trails and
parks
throughout the counties |
comprising the District. The Metro-East District shall
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supplement
but shall not substitute for the powers and |
responsibilities of the other parks
and
recreation systems |
within the Metro-East District and shall have the power to
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contract with
the State of Illinois, the United States |
government, and other parks and recreation systems as well as |
with the departments or agencies of any of those governmental |
bodies and with other public and private
entities. |
(d) All counties and communities comprising the Metro-East |
Park and Recreation District shall make available upon written |
request from the District, at no cost to the District, any and |
all technical information and data necessary for the |
implementation of the District's goals.
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(Source: P.A. 91-103, eff. 7-13-99.)
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(70 ILCS 1605/20)
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Sec. 20. Board of directors.
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(a) If the Metro-East District is created by only one |
county, the District
shall be
managed by a board of directors |
consisting of 3 members.
Two members shall be appointed by the |
chief executive officer, with the advice
and consent of the |
county board, of the county in which the District is
located,
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and one member shall be appointed by the minority members of |
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the county board
with
the advice and consent of the county |
board.
The first appointment shall be
made within 90
days and |
not sooner than 60 days after the District has been organized. |
Each
member of
the board so appointed shall be a legal voter in |
the District. The first
directors shall be
appointed to hold |
office for terms of one, 2, and 3 years, and until June 30
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thereafter,
respectively, as determined by lot. Thereafter, |
successors shall be appointed
in the same
manner no later than |
the first day of the month in which the term of a director
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expires. All terms expire if another county joins the District.
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A vacancy occurring otherwise than by expiration of term |
shall be filled
in the same manner as the original appointment.
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(b) If the Metro-East District is created by more than one |
county, each
county that elects to join the District shall
be |
represented by a certain number of board members. The board |
members shall
be
distributed from the counties electing to join |
the District as follows:
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(1) The chief executive officer, with the advice and |
consent of the county
board, of St.
Clair county shall |
appoint 2 members and the minority members of the county
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board, with the advice and consent of the county board, |
shall appoint one
member.
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(2) The chief executive officer, with the advice and |
consent of the county
board, of
Madison County shall |
appoint 2 members and the minority members of the county
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board, with the advice and consent of the county board, |
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shall appoint one
member.
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(3) The chief executive officer, with the advice and |
consent of the county
board, of
Clinton County shall |
appoint one member.
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(4) The chief executive officer, with the advice and |
consent of the county
board, of
Jersey County shall appoint |
one member.
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(5) The chief executive officer, with the advice and |
consent of the county
board, of
Monroe County shall appoint |
one member.
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(6) The chief executive officer, with the advice and |
consent of the county board, of Macoupin County shall |
appoint one member.
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The board members shall serve 3-year terms, except that |
board members first
appointed shall be appointed to serve terms |
of one, 2, or 3 years as determined
by lot,
provided that board |
members from counties eligible to appoint more than one
member
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may not serve identical initial terms. On the expiration of the |
initial terms
of
appointment and on the expiration of any |
subsequent term, the resulting vacancy
shall be
filled in the |
same manner as the original appointment.
Board members shall |
serve until
their
successors are appointed. Board members are |
eligible for reappointment.
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(c) No board member may hold a public office in any county |
within the
Metro-East District, other than the office of notary |
public. Board members must
be
citizens of the
United States and |
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they must reside within the county from which they are
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appointed. No
board member may receive compensation for |
performance of duties as a board
member.
No board member may be |
financially interested directly or indirectly in any
contract
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entered into under this Act.
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(d) Promptly after their appointment, the initial board |
members shall hold an
organizational meeting at which they |
shall elect a president and any other
officers that
they deem |
necessary from among their number. The members shall make and |
adopt
any
bylaws, rules, and regulations for their guidance and |
for the government of the
parks,
neighborhood trails, and |
recreational grounds and facilities that may be
expedient and |
not
inconsistent with this Act.
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(e) Board members shall have the exclusive control of the |
expenditures of all
money collected to the credit of the |
Metro-East Park and Recreation Fund
created pursuant
to Section |
35, and of the supervision, improvement, care, and custody of |
public
parks,
neighborhood trails, recreational facilities, |
and grounds owned, maintained, or
managed
by the Metro-East |
District. All moneys received for those purposes shall be
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deposited in
the
Metro-East Park and Recreation Fund. The board |
shall have power to purchase or
otherwise secure ground to be |
used for parks, neighborhood trails, recreational
facilities,
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and grounds; shall have power to appoint suitable persons to |
maintain the
parks,
neighborhood trails, recreational grounds, |
and facilities and to administer
recreational
programs and to |