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55 ILCS 5/5-1049

(55 ILCS 5/5-1049) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1049)

Sec. 5-1049.

Public grounds.

A county board may accept or receive
through gift, grant, legacy, dedication in plats of subdivision or
otherwise, parks, playgrounds, areas enclosing flood plains, floodwater
runoff channels and detention ponds or basins, and other public grounds and
easements located in the unincorporated part of the county and not accepted
by a municipality, park district or other public agency; may
hold and maintain such grounds and lands; may supervise or
regulate their use for any proper public purpose; and may enact
ordinances or resolutions to provide for monetary relief for damages caused
by filling or dumping into areas enclosing floodplains, floodwater runoff
channels or detention ponds or basins.  Monetary relief for such damages
shall be based on the cost of removing soil, debris, rubbish or any other
material from the floodplain, floodwater runoff channel or detention pond
or basin.

(Source: P.A. 86-962; 86-1028.)