Rep. Kelly M. Burke
Filed: 5/23/2020
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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2135
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2135, AS AMENDED, | ||||||
3 | with reference to page and line numbers of House Amendment No. | ||||||
4 | 5, as follows: | ||||||
5 | on page 12, by deleting lines 3 through 15; and | ||||||
6 | on page 35, immediately below line 11, by inserting the | ||||||
7 | following: | ||||||
8 | "Section 15-37. The Cook County Forest Preserve District | ||||||
9 | Act is amended by changing Section 40 as follows:
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10 | (70 ILCS 810/40) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 6443)
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11 | Sec. 40.
The corporate authorities of forest preserve | ||||||
12 | districts,
having the control or supervision of any forest | ||||||
13 | preserves, may erect and
maintain within such forest preserves, | ||||||
14 | under the control or supervision of
such corporate authorities, |
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1 | edifices to be used for the collection and
display of animals | ||||||
2 | as customary in zoological parks, and may collect and
display | ||||||
3 | such animals, or permit the directors or trustees of any | ||||||
4 | zoological
society devoted to the purposes aforesaid to erect | ||||||
5 | and maintain a
zoological park and to collect and display | ||||||
6 | zoological collections within
any forest preserve now or | ||||||
7 | hereafter under the control or supervision of
such forest | ||||||
8 | preserve district, out of funds belonging to such zoological
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9 | society, or to contract with the directors or trustees of any | ||||||
10 | zoological
society on such terms and conditions as may to such | ||||||
11 | corporate authorities
seem best, relative to the erection, | ||||||
12 | operation and maintenance of a
zoological park and the | ||||||
13 | collection and display of such animals within such
forest | ||||||
14 | preserve, out of the tax provided in Section 41.
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15 | Such forest preserve district may charge, or permit such
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16 | zoological society to charge an admission fee. The proceeds of | ||||||
17 | such
admission fee shall be devoted exclusively to the | ||||||
18 | operation and
maintenance of such zoological park and the | ||||||
19 | collections therein. All
such zoological parks shall be open to | ||||||
20 | the public without charge for a
period equivalent to 52 days | ||||||
21 | each year. Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory | ||||||
22 | Act of the 101st General Assembly through June 30, 2022, any | ||||||
23 | such zoological parks shall be open to the public without | ||||||
24 | charge for a period equivalent to 52 days. All such zoological | ||||||
25 | parks shall be
open without charge to organized groups of | ||||||
26 | children in attendance at
schools in the State. The managing |
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1 | authority of the zoological park may
limit the number of any | ||||||
2 | such groups in any given day and may establish
other rules and | ||||||
3 | regulations that reasonably ensure public safety,
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4 | accessibility, and convenience, including but not limited to | ||||||
5 | standards of
conduct and supervision. Charges may be made at | ||||||
6 | any time for special
services and for admission to special | ||||||
7 | facilities within any zoological park
for the education, | ||||||
8 | entertainment or convenience of visitors.
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9 | (Source: P.A. 86-1248.)"; and
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10 | by deleting line 24, on page 47, through line 12, on page 52.
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