95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB1413

 

Introduced 2/9/2007, by Sen. Mike Jacobs

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
55 ILCS 5/5-1049   from Ch. 34, par. 5-1049

    Amends the Counties Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning public grounds.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section
5 5-1049 as follows:
 
6     (55 ILCS 5/5-1049)  (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1049)
7     Sec. 5-1049. Public grounds. A county board may accept or
8 receive through gift, grant, legacy, dedication in plats of
9 subdivision or otherwise, parks, playgrounds, areas enclosing
10 flood plains, floodwater runoff channels and and detention
11 ponds or basins, and other public grounds and easements located
12 in the unincorporated part of the county and not accepted by a
13 municipality, park district or other public agency; may hold
14 and maintain such grounds and lands; may supervise or regulate
15 their use for any proper public purpose; and may enact
16 ordinances or resolutions to provide for monetary relief for
17 damages caused by filling or dumping into areas enclosing
18 floodplains, floodwater runoff channels or detention ponds or
19 basins. Monetary relief for such damages shall be based on the
20 cost of removing soil, debris, rubbish or any other material
21 from the floodplain, floodwater runoff channel or detention
22 pond or basin.
23 (Source: P.A. 86-962; 86-1028.)