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 1                    AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 132

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill 132  by  replacing
 3    the title with the following:
 4        "AN ACT in relation to county government."; and

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

 7        "Section 5.  The Counties Code  is  amended  by  changing
 8    Section 5-1049 as follows:

 9        (55 ILCS 5/5-1049) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1049)
10        Sec.  5-1049.  Public  grounds. A county board may accept
11    or receive through gift, grant, legacy, dedication  in  plats
12    of   subdivision  or  otherwise,  parks,  playgrounds,  areas
13    enclosing  flood  plains,  floodwater  runoff  channels   and
14    detention  ponds  or  basins,  and  other  public grounds and
15    easements located in the unincorporated part  of  the  county
16    and  not  accepted  by a municipality, park district or other
17    public agency; may hold and maintain those such  grounds  and
18    lands;  may  supervise  or  regulate their use for any proper
19    public purpose; and may enact ordinances  or  resolutions  to
20    provide  for monetary relief for damages caused by filling or
21    dumping into areas enclosing floodplains,  floodwater  runoff
 
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 1    channels  or  detention ponds or basins.  Monetary relief for
 2    the such damages shall be based on the cost of removing soil,
 3    debris, rubbish or any other material  from  the  floodplain,
 4    floodwater runoff channel or detention pond or basin.
 5    (Source: P.A. 86-962; 86-1028.)".