SB1413 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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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.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning local government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section 5-1049 as follows:

(55 ILCS 5/5-1049) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1049)

Sec. 5-1049. Public grounds. A county board may accept or receive through gift, grant, legacy, dedication in plats of subdivision or otherwise, parks, playgrounds, areas enclosing flood plains, floodwater runoff channels and and detention ponds or basins, and other public grounds and easements located in the unincorporated part of the county and not accepted by a municipality, park district or other public agency; may hold and maintain such grounds and lands; may supervise or regulate their use for any proper public purpose; and may enact ordinances or resolutions to provide for monetary relief for damages caused by filling or dumping into areas enclosing floodplains, floodwater runoff channels or detention ponds or basins. Monetary relief for such damages shall be based on the cost of removing soil, debris, rubbish or any other material from the floodplain, floodwater runoff channel or detention pond or basin.

(Source: P.A. 86-962; 86-1028.)