Full Text of SB1670 97th 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. Any such | 7 | | aquarium or museum, however, must be open to persons who reside | 8 | | in this State the
public without
charge
for a period equivalent | 9 | | to 52 days, at least 6 of which must be during the
period from | 10 | | June through August, each year.
Notwithstanding said | 11 | | provisions, charges may be made at any
time for
special | 12 | | services and for admission to special facilities within any
| 13 | | aquarium or museum for the education, entertainment or | 14 | | convenience of
visitors. The proceeds of such admission fees | 15 | | and charges for special
services and special facilities shall | 16 | | be devoted exclusively to the
purposes for which the tax | 17 | | authorized by Section 2 hereof may be used. If
any owner or | 18 | | owners of any lands or lots abutting or fronting on any such
| 19 | | public park, or adjacent thereto, have any private right, | 20 | | easement,
interest or property in such public park appurtenant | 21 | | to their lands or lots
or otherwise, which would be interfered | 22 | | with by the erection and
maintenance of any aquarium or museum | 23 | | as hereinbefore provided, or any
right to have such public park | 24 | | remain open or vacant and free from
buildings, the corporate | 25 | | authorities of the city or park district having
control of such | 26 | | park, may condemn the same in the manner prescribed for the
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| 1 | | exercise
of the right of eminent domain under the Eminent | 2 | | Domain Act.
| 3 | | (Source: P.A. 94-1055, eff. 1-1-07.)
| 4 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 5 | | becoming law.
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