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1 | AN ACT concerning parks and recreation.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Park | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | and Recreational Facility Construction Act . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | "Department" means the Department of Natural Resources. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | "Grant index" means a figure for each park or recreation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | unit equal to one minus the
ratio of the park or recreation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | unit's equalized assessed valuation per capita to the equalized | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | assessed valuation per capita of the park or recreation unit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | located at the 90th percentile for all park or recreation units | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | in the State. The grant index shall be no less than 0.35 and no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | greater than
0.75 for each park or recreation unit; provided | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | that the grant index for park or recreation units whose
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16 | equalized assessed valuation per capita is at the
99th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | percentile and above for all park or recreation units in the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | State shall be 0.00. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | "Park or recreation unit" means the governmental unit of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | any public park, park district, park and recreation district, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | recreational facility, or recreation system established under | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | the Park District Code, the Chicago Park District Act, the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | Metro-East Park and Recreation District Act, or the Illinois | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | Municipal Code.
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25 | "Park or recreation unit construction project" means the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
26 | acquisition, development,
construction, reconstruction, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
27 | rehabilitation, improvement, architectural
planning, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
28 | installation, maintenance, and upkeep of capital facilities | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
29 | consisting of buildings,
structures, durable equipment, and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
30 | land for park or recreation purposes.
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31 | Section 10. Grant awards. The Capital Development Board is |
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1 | authorized to
make grants to park or recreation units for park | ||||||
2 | or recreation unit construction projects with funds
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3 | appropriated by the General
Assembly from the Park and | ||||||
4 | Recreational Facility Construction Fund pursuant to the | ||||||
5 | provisions of this
Act. | ||||||
6 | Section 15. Grants. The Department is authorized
to | ||||||
7 | determine grant eligibility for park or recreation unit | ||||||
8 | construction projects and shall determine the priority order | ||||||
9 | for park or recreation unit construction project grants
to be | ||||||
10 | made by the Capital Development Board.
When grant eligibility | ||||||
11 | has been determined for a park or recreation unit construction | ||||||
12 | project, the
Capital Development Board shall notify the
park or | ||||||
13 | recreation unit of the dollar amount of the park or recreation | ||||||
14 | unit construction
project's cost that the park or recreation | ||||||
15 | unit will be required to finance with non-grant
funds in order | ||||||
16 | to qualify to receive a park or recreation unit construction | ||||||
17 | project grant under
this Act from the Capital Development | ||||||
18 | Board. The Department shall thereafter determine whether a | ||||||
19 | grant shall be made. | ||||||
20 | Section 20. Grant application; facilities plan. Park or | ||||||
21 | recreation units
shall apply to the Department for park or | ||||||
22 | recreation unit construction project
grants. Park or | ||||||
23 | recreation units filing grant applications shall
submit to the | ||||||
24 | Department a facilities plan that shall include,
but not be | ||||||
25 | limited to, an assessment of present and future park or | ||||||
26 | recreation facility
needs as required by present and | ||||||
27 | anticipated park or recreational programming, the
availability | ||||||
28 | of local financial resources
including current revenues, fund | ||||||
29 | balances, and unused bonding capacity, a
fiscal plan for | ||||||
30 | meeting present and anticipated debt service obligations, and a
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31 | maintenance plan and schedule that contain necessary | ||||||
32 | assurances that new,
renovated, and existing facilities are | ||||||
33 | being or will be properly maintained.
The Department shall | ||||||
34 | review and approve park or recreation unit facilities plans
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1 | prior to determining eligibility and authorizing grants. Each | ||||||
2 | park or recreation unit that is determined to be eligible shall | ||||||
3 | annually update its facilities plan and submit the
revised plan | ||||||
4 | to the
Department for approval. | ||||||
5 | Section 25. Eligibility and project standards. | ||||||
6 | (a) The Department shall establish eligibility standards | ||||||
7 | for
park or recreation unit construction project grants and | ||||||
8 | approve a park or recreation unit's eligibility for a park or | ||||||
9 | recreation unit
construction project grant pursuant to the | ||||||
10 | established
standards. These standards shall include minimum | ||||||
11 | service population requirements for park or recreation unit | ||||||
12 | construction project grants. The Department shall approve a | ||||||
13 | park or recreation unit's eligibility for a construction | ||||||
14 | project grant and the Chicago Park District's eligibility for a | ||||||
15 | debt service grant or lease grant pursuant to the established | ||||||
16 | standards. | ||||||
17 | (b) The Capital Development Board shall establish
project | ||||||
18 | standards for all park or recreation unit construction project | ||||||
19 | grants provided pursuant
to this Act. These standards shall | ||||||
20 | include the determination of recognized project costs that | ||||||
21 | shall be eligible
for State financial assistance and enrichment | ||||||
22 | costs that shall not be eligible
for State financial | ||||||
23 | assistance. | ||||||
24 | (c) The Department and the Capital Development Board shall
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25 | not establish standards that disapprove or otherwise establish | ||||||
26 | limitations
that restrict the eligibility of the Chicago Park | ||||||
27 | District for a park or recreation unit construction project | ||||||
28 | grant based on the fact that any or
all of the park or | ||||||
29 | recreation unit construction project grant will be used to make | ||||||
30 | lease payments, as authorized by subsection (b) of Section 35 | ||||||
31 | of
this Act. | ||||||
32 | Section 30. Priority of construction projects. The | ||||||
33 | Department shall develop standards for the determination of | ||||||
34 | priority needs
concerning park or recreation unit construction |
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1 | projects based upon approved facilities
plans. These standards | ||||||
2 | shall call for prioritization based on
the degree of need and | ||||||
3 | project type in the following order: | ||||||
4 | (1) Replacement or reconstruction of park or | ||||||
5 | recreation unit facilities destroyed or damaged
by flood, | ||||||
6 | tornado, fire, earthquake, or other disasters, either | ||||||
7 | man-made or
produced by nature;
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8 | (2) Replacement or reconstruction of park or | ||||||
9 | recreation unit
facilities determined to be severe and | ||||||
10 | continuing health or life safety
hazards;
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11 | (3) Alterations necessary to provide accessibility for | ||||||
12 | qualified individuals
with disabilities;
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13 | (4) Projects designed to address
population growth or | ||||||
14 | to replace aging park or recreation unit facilities; and | ||||||
15 | (5) Other unique solutions to facility needs.
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16 | Section 35. Grant amounts; permitted
use; prohibited use. | ||||||
17 | (a) The product of the park or recreation unit's grant | ||||||
18 | index and the
recognized project cost, as determined by the | ||||||
19 | Capital Development Board, for an
approved park or recreation | ||||||
20 | unit construction project shall equal the amount of the grant | ||||||
21 | the
Capital Development Board shall provide to the eligible | ||||||
22 | park or recreation unit. The grant
index shall not be used in | ||||||
23 | cases where the General Assembly and the Governor
approve | ||||||
24 | appropriations designated for specifically identified park or | ||||||
25 | recreation unit
construction projects.
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26 | (b) In each fiscal year in which park or recreation unit | ||||||
27 | construction project grants are
awarded, 20% of the total | ||||||
28 | amount awarded statewide shall be awarded to the Chicago Park | ||||||
29 | District, provided that the Chicago Park District complies
with | ||||||
30 | the provisions of this Act.
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31 | In addition to the uses otherwise authorized by this Act, | ||||||
32 | the Chicago Park District is authorized to use any or all
of | ||||||
33 | the park or recreation unit construction project grants (i) to | ||||||
34 | pay debt service, as defined
in the Local Government Debt | ||||||
35 | Reform Act, on bonds, as defined in the Local
Government Debt |
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1 | Reform Act, issued to finance one or more park or recreation | ||||||
2 | unit construction
projects and (ii) to the extent that any such | ||||||
3 | bond is a lease or other
installment or financing contract | ||||||
4 | between the park or recreation unit and a public
building | ||||||
5 | commission that has issued bonds to finance one or more | ||||||
6 | qualifying
park or recreation unit construction projects, to | ||||||
7 | make lease payments under the lease.
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8 | (c) No portion of a park or recreation unit construction | ||||||
9 | project grant awarded by the
Capital Development Board shall be | ||||||
10 | used by a park or recreation unit for any
on-going operational | ||||||
11 | costs.
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12 | Section 37. Carry over projects. If a park or recreation | ||||||
13 | unit has been determined eligible for a park or recreation unit | ||||||
14 | construction project, has arranged and approved
all local | ||||||
15 | financing, and is eligible to receive a park or recreation unit | ||||||
16 | construction project
grant award in any fiscal year, but does | ||||||
17 | not receive such award in that year
due to lack of adequate | ||||||
18 | appropriations, those park or recreation unit construction | ||||||
19 | projects shall
continue to be considered for grant awards
for | ||||||
20 | the following fiscal year. | ||||||
21 | Section 40. Supervision of park or recreation unit | ||||||
22 | construction projects. The Capital
Development Board shall | ||||||
23 | exercise general supervision over park or recreation unit | ||||||
24 | construction
projects financed pursuant to this Act. Park or | ||||||
25 | recreation units, however, must be allowed to choose the | ||||||
26 | architect and engineer for their park or recreation unit | ||||||
27 | construction projects, and no project may be disapproved by the | ||||||
28 | Department or the Capital Development Board solely due to a | ||||||
29 | park or recreation unit's selection of an architect or | ||||||
30 | engineer. | ||||||
31 | Section 50. Referendum requirements. After the Department
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32 | has approved all or part of a park or recreation unit's | ||||||
33 | application and made a determination of eligibility for a park |
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1 | or recreation unit construction project grant, the park or | ||||||
2 | recreation unit shall submit
the project or the financing of | ||||||
3 | the project to a referendum when the
referendum is required by | ||||||
4 | law. | ||||||
5 | Section 55. Rules. | ||||||
6 | (a) The Capital Development Board shall promulgate such | ||||||
7 | rules as it deems
necessary for carrying out its | ||||||
8 | responsibilities under the provisions of this
Act.
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9 | (b) The Department shall promulgate such rules as it deems
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10 | necessary for carrying out its responsibilities under the | ||||||
11 | provisions of this
Act.
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12 | Section 60. Capital needs assessment. The Department and | ||||||
13 | the Capital Development Board shall file with the General
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14 | Assembly a comprehensive assessment report of the capital needs | ||||||
15 | of all
park or recreation units in this State before January 1, | ||||||
16 | 2006
and every 2 years thereafter. This assessment shall | ||||||
17 | include, without
limitation, an analysis of the 6 categories of | ||||||
18 | capital needs prioritized in
Section 5-30 of this Act. | ||||||
19 | Section 900. The State Finance Act is amended by adding | ||||||
20 | Section
5.640 as follows:
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21 | (30 ILCS 105/5.640 new)
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22 | Sec. 5.640. The Park and Recreational Facility | ||||||
23 | Construction Fund.
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