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| AN ACT concerning local government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Chicago Park District Act is amended by | 5 |
| changing Section 15 as follows:
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| (70 ILCS 1505/15) (from Ch. 105, par. 333.15)
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| Sec. 15. Acquisition of real estate.
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| (a) The Chicago Park District may acquire by gift, grant, | 9 |
| purchase, or
condemnation (and may incur indebtedness for the | 10 |
| purchase of) any real
estate lands, riparian estates or rights, | 11 |
| and other property (including
abandoned railroad | 12 |
| rights-of-way) required or needed for any park, for
parkways, | 13 |
| driveways, or boulevards, or for extending, adorning, or
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| maintaining the same for the purpose of establishing, | 15 |
| acquiring,
completing, enlarging, ornamenting, building, | 16 |
| rebuilding, and improving
public parks, boulevards, bridges, | 17 |
| subways, viaducts, and approaches
thereto, wharfs, piers, | 18 |
| jetties, air landing fields and basins, shore
protection works, | 19 |
| pleasure grounds and ways, walks, pathways, driveways,
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| roadways, highways, and all public works, grounds, or | 21 |
| improvements under
the control of and within the jurisdiction | 22 |
| of the park commissioners,
including (i) filling in submerged | 23 |
| land for park purposes, (ii)
constructing all buildings, field |
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| houses, stadiums, shelters,
conservatories, museums, service | 2 |
| shops, power plants, structures,
playground devices, and | 3 |
| boulevard and building lighting systems, and (iii)
building all | 4 |
| other types of permanent improvement and construction
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| necessary to render the property under the control of the park
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| commissioners usable for the enjoyment of that property as | 7 |
| public parks,
parkways, boulevards, and pleasureways, whether | 8 |
| the land is located within
or without the district, if the land | 9 |
| is deemed necessary for park purposes
or for parkways, | 10 |
| driveways, or boulevards. The Chicago Park District shall
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| no power of condemnation, however, as to real estate lands, | 12 |
| riparian
rights or estates, or other property located outside | 13 |
| the district, but
shall only have power to acquire that | 14 |
| property by gift, grant, or purchase.
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| (b) After December 31, 1958, the powers granted in this | 16 |
| Section are
subject to and limited by the Chicago Park and City | 17 |
| Exchange of Functions
Act. As provided in that Act and in | 18 |
| Section 7 of this Act, the Chicago Park
District may not after | 19 |
| that date acquire, extend, and maintain boulevards,
driveways, | 20 |
| roadways, and highways used as thoroughfares for vehicular
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| traffic into or within parks, or any bridges, subways, | 22 |
| viaducts, and
approaches thereto.
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| (c) The Chicago Park District may acquire by lease or | 24 |
| permit the right
to occupy and use real estate lands and | 25 |
| riparian estates for park and
parkway purposes and may improve, | 26 |
| maintain, and equip the lands and estates
when authorized by |
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| the Commissioners.
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| (c-5) The Chicago Park District may sell, lease, or | 3 |
| otherwise convey all or any portion of District-owned property | 4 |
| that is used solely and exclusively as office or administrative | 5 |
| space. | 6 |
| (d) The power of condemnation conferred by this Act shall | 7 |
| be exercised
in the manner provided for the exercise of the | 8 |
| right of eminent domain
under the Eminent Domain Act.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-1055, eff. 1-1-07.)
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