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90_SB1603
70 ILCS 1505/15 from Ch. 105, par. 333.15
70 ILCS 1505/15b new
70 ILCS 1505/15c new
Amends the Chicago Park District Act. Provides that the
Chicago Park District may improve, maintain, and equip lands
or estates "when authorized by the Commissioners"; deletes a
current limitation to "a park or playground". Deletes
provisions concerning the acquisition of permanent buildings
or structures and the improvement or remodeling of property
on which the term of a permit or lease is not less than 10
years. Provides that the Chicago Park District may grant
licenses, easements, and rights of way to municipalities,
corporations, or persons for the construction, operation, and
maintenance of facilities on, under, or across property of
the district for water, sewer, telephone, electricity, gas,
or other public services. Provides that the Chicago Park
District may enter into leases for a period not to exceed 5
years for any equipment and machinery that may be required
for corporate purposes.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Chicago Park District Act by changing
2 Section 15 and by adding Sections 15b and 15c.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Chicago Park District Act is amended by
6 changing Section 15 and adding Sections 15b and 15c as
7 follows:
8 (70 ILCS 1505/15) (from Ch. 105, par. 333.15)
9 Sec. 15. Acquisition of real estate.
10 (a) The Chicago Park District may acquire by gift,
11 grant, purchase, or condemnation (and may incur indebtedness
12 for the purchase of) any real estate lands, riparian estates
13 or rights, and other property (including abandoned railroad
14 rights-of-way) required or needed for any park, for parkways,
15 driveways, or boulevards, or for extending, adorning, or
16 maintaining the same for the purpose of establishing,
17 acquiring, completing, enlarging, ornamenting, building,
18 rebuilding, and improving public parks, boulevards, bridges,
19 subways, viaducts, and approaches thereto, wharfs, piers,
20 jetties, air landing fields and basins, shore protection
21 works, pleasure grounds and ways, walks, pathways, driveways,
22 roadways, highways, and all public works, grounds, or
23 improvements under the control of and within the jurisdiction
24 of the park commissioners, including (i) filling in submerged
25 land for park purposes, (ii) constructing all buildings,
26 field houses, stadiums, shelters, conservatories, museums,
27 service shops, power plants, structures, playground devices,
28 and boulevard and building lighting systems, and (iii)
29 building all other types of permanent improvement and
30 construction necessary to render the property under the
31 control of the park commissioners usable for the enjoyment of
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1 that property as public parks, parkways, boulevards, and
2 pleasureways, whether the land is located within or without
3 the district, if the land is deemed necessary for park
4 purposes or for parkways, driveways, or boulevards. The
5 Chicago Park District shall have no power of condemnation,
6 however, as to real estate lands, riparian rights or estates,
7 or other property located outside the district, but shall
8 only have power to acquire that property by gift, grant, or
9 purchase.
10 (b) After December 31, 1958, the powers granted in this
11 Section are subject to and limited by the Chicago Park and
12 City Exchange of Functions Act. As provided in that Act and
13 in Section 7 of this Act, the Chicago Park District may not
14 after that date acquire, extend, and maintain boulevards,
15 driveways, roadways, and highways used as thoroughfares for
16 vehicular traffic into or within parks, or any bridges,
17 subways, viaducts, and approaches thereto.
18 (c) The Chicago Park District may acquire by lease or
19 permit the right to occupy and use real estate lands and
20 riparian estates for park and parkway purposes and may
21 improve, maintain, and equip the lands and estates when
22 authorized by the Commissioners as a park or playground, but
23 no permanent building or structure shall be placed upon lands
24 so acquired by lease or permit. The Chicago Park District
25 may, however, improve, remodel, and equip buildings and
26 structures to make them suitable for operation by the Chicago
27 Park District for park purposes if, at the time of the
28 commencement of any improvement or remodeling, the remaining
29 portion of the term of the permit or lease is not less than
30 10 years.
31 (d) The power of condemnation conferred by this Act
32 shall be exercised in the manner provided for the exercise of
33 the right of eminent domain under Article VII of the Code of
34 Civil Procedure.
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1 (Source: P.A. 87-356.)
2 (70 ILCS 1505/15b new)
3 Sec. 15b. Licenses, easements, and rights of way. In
4 addition to the other powers and authority now possessed by
5 it, the Chicago Park District shall have the power to grant
6 licenses, easements, and rights of way, subject to any
7 conditions that may be determined by the District, to
8 municipalities, corporations, or persons for the
9 construction, operation, and maintenance of facilities on,
10 under, or across any property of the Chicago Park District
11 for water, sewer, telephone, electricity, gas, or other
12 public services.
13 (70 ILCS 1505/15c new)
14 Sec. 15c. Lease for equipment and machinery. In
15 addition to the other powers and authority now possessed by
16 it, the Chicago Park District may, when authorized by the
17 Commissioners, enter into a leases for a period not to exceed
18 5 years for any equipment and machinery that may be required
19 for corporate purposes.