Full Text of SB1959 96th General Assembly
SB1959ham002 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore
Filed: 6/23/2009
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1959
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1959, AS AMENDED, | 3 |
| by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the | 4 |
| following:
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| "(220 ILCS 5/8-511 rep.)
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| Section 5. If and only if House Bill 2424 of the 96th | 7 |
| General Assembly becomes law, then the Public Utilities Act is | 8 |
| amended by repealing Section 8-511.
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| Section 10. If and only if House Bill 2424 of the 96th | 10 |
| General Assembly becomes law, then the Park and Recreational | 11 |
| Facility Construction Act is amended by changing Sections 20-5 | 12 |
| and 20-10 as follows: | 13 |
| (09600HB2424sam001, Art. 20, Sec. 20-5)
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| Sec. 20-5. Definitions. As used in this Act: | 15 |
| "Department" means the Department of Natural Resources. |
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| "Grant index" means a figure for each park or recreation | 2 |
| unit equal to one minus the
ratio of the park or recreation | 3 |
| unit's equalized assessed valuation per capita to the equalized | 4 |
| assessed valuation per capita of the park or recreation unit | 5 |
| located at the 90th percentile for all park or recreation units | 6 |
| in the State. The grant index shall be no less than 0.35 and no | 7 |
| greater than
0.75 for each park or recreation unit; provided | 8 |
| that the grant index for park or recreation units whose
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| equalized assessed valuation per capita is at the
99th | 10 |
| percentile and above for all park or recreation units in the | 11 |
| State shall be 0.00. | 12 |
| "Park or recreation unit" means the governmental unit of | 13 |
| any public park, park district, park and recreation district, | 14 |
| recreational facility, or recreation system established under | 15 |
| the Park District Code, the Chicago Park District Act, the | 16 |
| Metro-East Park and Recreation District Act, or the Illinois | 17 |
| Municipal Code or the governmental unit of a forest preserve | 18 |
| district established under the Downstate Forest Preserve | 19 |
| District Act that maintains a zoological park pursuant to the | 20 |
| Forest Preserve Zoological Parks Act .
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| "Park or recreation unit construction project" means the | 22 |
| acquisition, development,
construction, reconstruction, | 23 |
| rehabilitation, improvement, architectural
planning, | 24 |
| installation, maintenance, and upkeep of (i) capital | 25 |
| facilities consisting of buildings,
structures, durable | 26 |
| equipment, and land for park or recreation purposes , and (ii) |
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| open spaces and natural areas, as those terms are defined in | 2 |
| Section 10 of the Illinois Open Land Trust Act , and (iii) | 3 |
| zoological parks established under the Forest Preserve | 4 |
| Zoological Parks Act .
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| (Source: 09600HB2424sam001.)
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| (09600HB2424sam001, Art. 20, Sec. 20-10)
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| Sec. 20-10. Grant awards. The Department is authorized to
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| make grants to park or recreation units for park or recreation | 9 |
| unit construction projects with funds
appropriated for that | 10 |
| purpose from the Build Illinois Bond Fund. However, in the case | 11 |
| of a park or recreation unit that is a forest preserve | 12 |
| district, the Department is not authorized to make grants for | 13 |
| purposes other than those enumerated in the Forest Preserve | 14 |
| Zoological Parks Act.
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| (Source: 09600HB2424sam001.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 17 |
| becoming law.".
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