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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB1625
Introduced 2/18/2009, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Barbara Flynn Currie - Patrick J Verschoore SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Township Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the power to acquire park land.
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A BILL FOR
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HB1625 |
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LRB096 05189 RLJ 15255 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 Township Code is amended by changing Section |
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| 120-5 as follows:
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| (60 ILCS 1/120-5)
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| Sec. 120-5. Power to acquire park land; inapplicable to |
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| church.
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| (a) A township, acting through the
the township board, may |
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| acquire lands (not
exceeding for any one park 25 acres in |
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| extent, unless received as a gift) to be
set apart and forever |
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| held and maintained and improved as public parks for the
free |
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| use of the public. |
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| (b) This Section does not apply to property owned by a |
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| church or any
organization owned, operated, or controlled by or |
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| affiliated with a church,
regardless of whether the property is |
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| subject to a lease, occupancy agreement,
or other contract, |
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| agreement, or arrangement with a person or entity other than
a |
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| church.
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| (Source: P.A. 86-282; 88-62.)
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