Full Text of SB1824 98th General Assembly
SB1824eng 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local 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 Section | 5 | | 5-26005 as follows:
| 6 | | (55 ILCS 5/5-26005) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-26005)
| 7 | | Sec. 5-26005. Maintenance. Whenever any memorial building | 8 | | is
erected through private subscriptions, as herein provided, | 9 | | or any veterans' memorial is erected, it shall be
lawful for | 10 | | the county board or board of county commissioners, as the case
| 11 | | may be, to appropriate such sums of money from year to year as | 12 | | it may deem
reasonable and proper to cover any deficiency in | 13 | | the cost of the maintenance
thereof.
| 14 | | (Source: P.A. 86-962.)
| 15 | | Section 10. The Township Code is amended by changing | 16 | | Section 160-5 as follows:
| 17 | | (60 ILCS 1/160-5)
| 18 | | Sec. 160-5. Township monuments; petition and referendum.
| 19 | | (a) Upon the petition of 100 or more legal voters of a | 20 | | township being filed
with the township clerk praying that the | 21 | | proposition of erecting or completing
a monument or memorial in |
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| 1 | | honor of its soldiers and sailors or other notable
persons | 2 | | buried in the township be submitted to the voters of the | 3 | | township at an
election, the township clerk shall certify the | 4 | | proposition to the proper
election officials, who shall submit | 5 | | the proposition to the voters of the
township at an election in | 6 | | accordance with the general election law.
| 7 | | (b) The form of the proposition shall be substantially as | 8 | | follows:
| 9 | | Shall a monument or memorial be erected in honor of | 10 | | (the soldiers and
sailors of the township or other notable | 11 | | person)?
| 12 | | The votes shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No".
| 13 | | (c) If a majority of all the votes cast upon the | 14 | | proposition are in favor of
it, the township supervisor, | 15 | | township clerk, and township treasurer, within one
year after | 16 | | the election, shall purchase or procure a site and erect the
| 17 | | monument or memorial.
| 18 | | (d) Provisions for the payment and maintenance for the | 19 | | monument or memorial shall be made by
the proper taxing and | 20 | | financial officers in the same manner as for other
township | 21 | | expenditures.
| 22 | | (Source: P.A. 81-1489; 88-62.)
| 23 | | Section 15. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by | 24 | | changing Section 11-116-2 as follows:
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| 1 | | (65 ILCS 5/11-116-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-116-2)
| 2 | | Sec. 11-116-2.
When the petition specified in this Division | 3 | | 116 is
filed with the municipal clerk of a municipality | 4 | | specified in this
Division 116, the question of erecting a | 5 | | monument or memorial shall be
certified by the clerk and | 6 | | submitted to the electors of the municipality.
The question | 7 | | shall be in substantially the following form:
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| 9 | | Shall a monument (or memorial
| 10 | | be erected in honor of YES
| 11 | | ....... (insert for whom to be --------------------------
| 12 | | erected) by .......... (insert
| 13 | | name of the municipality) at a NO
| 14 | | cost not to exceed $....?
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| 16 | | If a majority of those voting on the question vote yes, the
| 17 | | corporate authorities shall have the monument or memorial | 18 | | erected and,
if necessary, shall levy and collect, in the same | 19 | | manner as other
general taxes are levied and collected, a tax | 20 | | sufficient to raise the
amount specified in the petition , and | 21 | | to provide for the maintenance of the memorial .
| 22 | | (Source: P.A. 81-1489 .)
| 23 | | Section 20. The Park District Code is amended by changing | 24 | | Section 10-4 as follows:
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| 1 | | (70 ILCS 1205/10-4) (from Ch. 105, par. 10-4)
| 2 | | Sec. 10-4.
Any park district shall have the power to | 3 | | acquire by gift, grant
or purchase, real estate and lands for | 4 | | use as a site for an armory and to
convey, sell, donate, lease | 5 | | or rent real estate or lands so acquired and
any real estate or | 6 | | lands now owned by such park district to the State of
Illinois | 7 | | or to any proper agency thereof for use as a site for an | 8 | | armory,
but the park district shall have no power to divert any | 9 | | gift, grant or
legacy from the specific purpose designated by | 10 | | the donor.
| 11 | | Such district shall have power to acquire by lease or | 12 | | permit the right
to occupy and use real estate, land and | 13 | | riparian estates for park and
playground purposes and to | 14 | | improve, maintain and equip the same as a park
or playground, | 15 | | and to place permanent buildings and structures thereon.
| 16 | | Such district may by ordinance lease, for any period not | 17 | | exceeding
99 years, any tract or parcel of land of the park | 18 | | district to any
organization incorporated under the laws of | 19 | | this State as a corporation not
for pecuniary profit, as a site | 20 | | for a memorial to the military and naval
forces of this State | 21 | | and of the United States , provided that such organization shall | 22 | | be responsible for the maintenance of the memorial .
| 23 | | (Source: P.A. 83-388.)
| 24 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 25 | | becoming law.
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