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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.

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