97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB6217

 

Introduced , by Rep. Rita Mayfield

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
5 ILCS 595/10  from Ch. 1, par. 7110

    Amends the Great Lakes Naval Base Jurisdiction Act. Provides that the City of North Chicago is prohibited from discriminating in the provision of law enforcement services against the children of personnel serving in the United States Navy, or any other children, attending any public school located on lands within the United States Naval Training Base at Great Lakes. Authorizes the City of North Chicago to exercise its police powers and to provide law enforcement services to public schools located on lands within the United States Naval Training Base at Great Lakes. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Great Lakes Naval Base Jurisdiction Act is
5amended by changing Section 10 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 595/10)  (from Ch. 1, par. 7110)
7    Sec. 10. Cession of jurisdiction to the United States.
8    (a) The United States owns or controls certain lands under
9the jurisdiction of the Department of the Navy used as the
10United States Naval Training Base at Great Lakes in Lake
11County, Illinois, and concurrent legislative jurisdiction over
12those lands has not been ceded to the United States by the
13State of Illinois. The ceding of concurrent legislative
14jurisdiction to the United States will facilitate the orderly
15administration of law and justice by the State and by the
16United States in the Great Lakes Base area.
17    (b) The State of Illinois cedes to the United States
18concurrent legislative jurisdiction over all the lands and
19parcels of land owned or controlled or that may from time to
20time later be owned or controlled by the United States under
21the jurisdiction of the Department of the Navy and used as the
22United States Naval Training Base at Great Lakes, Lake County,
23Illinois.

 

 

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1    (c) Cession shall take effect only upon the filing of an
2acceptance by the United States. Federal jurisdiction shall end
3whenever the United States shall cease to own, lease, or use
4for national purposes the lands or improvements on those lands.
5    (d) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to deprive
6the State of Illinois of any of its jurisdiction over the
7described lands, and that jurisdiction shall be concurrent with
8that of the United States.
9    (e) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,
10the City of North Chicago is prohibited from discriminating in
11the provision of law enforcement services against the children
12of personnel serving in the United States Navy, or any other
13children, attending any public school located on lands within
14the United States Naval Training Base at Great Lakes. The City
15of North Chicago is authorized to exercise its police powers
16and to provide law enforcement services to public schools
17located on lands within the United States Naval Training Base
18at Great Lakes.
19(Source: P.A. 87-253.)
 
20    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
21becoming law.