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92_HB2730 LRB9202354TAtm 1 AN ACT in relation to counties. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing 5 Section 5-1049 as follows: 6 (55 ILCS 5/5-1049) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1049) 7 Sec. 5-1049. Public grounds. A county board may accept or 8 receive through gift, grant, legacy, dedication in plats of 9 subdivision or otherwise, parks, playgrounds, areas enclosing 10 flood plains, floodwater runoff channels and detention ponds 11 or basins, and other public grounds and easements located in 12 the unincorporated part of the county and not accepted by a 13 municipality, park district or other public agency; may hold 14 and maintain thosesuchgrounds and lands; may supervise or 15 regulate their use for any proper public purpose; and may 16 enact ordinances or resolutions to provide for monetary 17 relief for damages caused by filling or dumping into areas 18 enclosing floodplains, floodwater runoff channels or 19 detention ponds or basins. Monetary relief for thesuch20 damages shall be based on the cost of removing soil, debris, 21 rubbish or any other material from the floodplain, floodwater 22 runoff channel or detention pond or basin. 23 (Source: P.A. 86-962; 86-1028.)