(65 ILCS 5/11-95-14) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-95-14)
Sec. 11-95-14.
The corporate authorities of any 2 or more
municipalities specified in Section 11-95-2 and any 2 or more recreation
boards specified in Section 11-95-3, or any combination thereof, are
authorized to take any action jointly relating to recreational programs
for persons with disabilities that could be taken individually and to enter into
agreements with other such
recreation boards, corporate authorities and park districts or any
combination thereof, for the purpose of providing for the establishment,
maintenance and management of joint recreational programs for persons with disabilities of all the participating districts and municipal areas,
including provisions for transportation of participants, procedures for
approval of budgets, authorization of expenditures and sharing of
expenses, location of recreational areas in the area of any of the
participating districts and municipalities, acquisition of real estate by
gift, legacy, grant, or purchase, employment of a director and
other professional workers for such program who may be employed by one
participating district, municipality or board which shall be reimbursed
on a mutually agreed basis by the other municipalities, districts and
boards that are parties to the joint agreement, authorization for one
municipality, board or district to supply professional workers for a
joint program conducted in another municipality or district and to
provide other requirements for operation of such joint program as may be
desirable. The corporate authorities of any municipality that is a
party to a joint agreement entered into under this Section may levy and
collect a tax, in the manner provided by law for the levy and collection
of other municipal taxes in the municipality but in addition to taxes
for general purposes authorized by Section 8-3-1 or levied as limited by
any provision of a special charter under which the municipality is
incorporated, at not to exceed .04% of the value, as equalized or
assessed by the Department of Revenue, of all taxable
property within the municipality for the purpose of funding that
municipality's share of the expenses for providing the programs under
that joint agreement. However, no tax may be levied pursuant to this
Section in any area in which a tax is levied under Section 5-8 of the Park
District Code.
(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
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