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SB132 Engrossed LRB093 04297 MKM 04343 b
1 AN ACT in relation to county government.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing
5 Section 5-1049 as follows:
6 (55 ILCS 5/5-1049) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1049)
7 Sec. 5-1049. Public grounds. A county board may accept
8 or receive through gift, grant, legacy, dedication in plats
9 of subdivision or otherwise, parks, playgrounds, areas
10 enclosing flood plains, floodwater runoff channels and
11 detention ponds or basins, and other public grounds and
12 easements located in the unincorporated part of the county
13 and not accepted by a municipality, park district or other
14 public agency; may hold and maintain thosesuch grounds and
15 lands; may supervise or regulate their use for any proper
16 public purpose; and may enact ordinances or resolutions to
17 provide for monetary relief for damages caused by filling or
18 dumping into areas enclosing floodplains, floodwater runoff
19 channels or detention ponds or basins. Monetary relief for
20 thesuch damages shall be based on the cost of removing soil,
21 debris, rubbish or any other material from the floodplain,
22 floodwater runoff channel or detention pond or basin.
23 (Source: P.A. 86-962; 86-1028.)