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1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 132
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 132 by replacing
3 the title with the following:
4 "AN ACT in relation to county government."; and
5 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
6 following:
7 "Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing
8 Section 5-1049 as follows:
9 (55 ILCS 5/5-1049) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1049)
10 Sec. 5-1049. Public grounds. A county board may accept
11 or receive through gift, grant, legacy, dedication in plats
12 of subdivision or otherwise, parks, playgrounds, areas
13 enclosing flood plains, floodwater runoff channels and
14 detention ponds or basins, and other public grounds and
15 easements located in the unincorporated part of the county
16 and not accepted by a municipality, park district or other
17 public agency; may hold and maintain thosesuch grounds and
18 lands; may supervise or regulate their use for any proper
19 public purpose; and may enact ordinances or resolutions to
20 provide for monetary relief for damages caused by filling or
21 dumping into areas enclosing floodplains, floodwater runoff
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1 channels or detention ponds or basins. Monetary relief for
2 thesuch damages shall be based on the cost of removing soil,
3 debris, rubbish or any other material from the floodplain,
4 floodwater runoff channel or detention pond or basin.
5 (Source: P.A. 86-962; 86-1028.)".