Full Text of HB0263 99th General Assembly
HB0263eng 99TH 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 Park District Aquarium and Museum Act is | 5 | | amended by changing Section 1 as follows:
| 6 | | (70 ILCS 1290/1) (from Ch. 105, par. 326)
| 7 | | Sec. 1. Erect, operate, and maintain aquariums and museums. | 8 | | The corporate authorities of cities and park districts having | 9 | | the
control or supervision of any public park or parks, are | 10 | | hereby authorized
to purchase, erect and maintain within any | 11 | | public park or parks under the
control or supervision of such | 12 | | corporate authorities, edifices to be used
as aquariums or as | 13 | | museums of art, industry, science or natural or other
history, | 14 | | or to permit the directors or trustees of any corporation or
| 15 | | society organized for the construction or maintenance and | 16 | | operation of an
aquarium or museum as hereinabove described to | 17 | | erect, enlarge, ornament,
build, rebuild, rehabilitate, | 18 | | improve, maintain and operate its aquarium or
museum or museums | 19 | | within any public park now or hereafter under the control
or | 20 | | supervision of any city or park district, and to contract with | 21 | | any such
directors or trustees of any such aquarium, museum or | 22 | | museums relative to
the erection, enlargement, ornamentation, | 23 | | building, rebuilding,
rehabilitation, improvement, maintenance |
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| 1 | | and operation thereof. Any city or
park district may charge, or | 2 | | permit such an aquarium or museum to charge,
an admission fee. | 3 | | Any such aquarium or museum,
however, shall be open without | 4 | | charge, when
accompanied by a teacher, to the children in | 5 | | actual attendance upon grades
kindergarten through twelve in | 6 | | any of the schools in this State at all
times. For a period of 3 | 7 | | years beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of | 8 | | the 99th General Assembly, any Any such aquarium or museum, | 9 | | however, must be open to persons who reside in this State | 10 | | without
charge
for a period equivalent to : (i) for persons 23 | 11 | | years of age and younger, 52 days, at least 6 of which must be | 12 | | during the
period from June through August, each year ; and (ii) | 13 | | for persons older than 23 years of age, 26 days, at least 6 of | 14 | | which must be during the period from June through August, each | 15 | | year .
Notwithstanding said provisions, charges may be made at | 16 | | any
time for
special services and for admission to special | 17 | | facilities within any
aquarium or museum for the education, | 18 | | entertainment or convenience of
visitors. The proceeds of such | 19 | | admission fees and charges for special
services and special | 20 | | facilities shall be devoted exclusively to the
purposes for | 21 | | which the tax authorized by Section 2 hereof may be used. If
| 22 | | any owner or owners of any lands or lots abutting or fronting | 23 | | on any such
public park, or adjacent thereto, have any private | 24 | | right, easement,
interest or property in such public park | 25 | | appurtenant to their lands or lots
or otherwise, which would be | 26 | | interfered with by the erection and
maintenance of any aquarium |
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| 1 | | or museum as hereinbefore provided, or any
right to have such | 2 | | public park remain open or vacant and free from
buildings, the | 3 | | corporate authorities of the city or park district having
| 4 | | control of such park, may condemn the same in the manner | 5 | | prescribed for the
exercise
of the right of eminent domain | 6 | | under the Eminent Domain Act.
| 7 | | (Source: P.A. 97-187, eff. 7-22-11.)
| 8 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 9 | | becoming law.
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