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92_SB0755
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1 AN ACT concerning recreational areas.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Park District Code is amended by changing
5 Section 8-10b as follows:
6 (70 ILCS 1205/8-10b) (from Ch. 105, par. 8-10.2)
7 Sec. 8-10b. Joint recreational programs for the
8 handicapped. Any 2 or more park districts, or in counties
9 with a population of 300,000 or less, a single park district
10 and another unit of local government, are authorized to take
11 any action jointly relating to recreational programs for the
12 handicapped that could be taken individually and to enter
13 into agreements with other park districts and recreation
14 boards and the corporate authorities of cities, villages and
15 incorporated towns specified in Sections 11-95-2 and 11-95-3
16 of the "Illinois Municipal Code", approved May 29, 1961, as
17 amended, or any combination thereof, for the purpose of
18 providing for the establishment, maintenance and management
19 of joint recreational programs for the handicapped of all the
20 participating districts and municipal areas, including
21 provisions for transportation of participants, procedures for
22 approval of budgets, authorization of expenditures and
23 sharing of expenses, location of recreational areas in the
24 area of any of the participating districts and
25 municipalities, acquisition of real estate by gift, legacy,
26 grant, or purchase, employment of a director and other
27 professional workers for such program who may be employed by
28 one participating district, municipality or board which shall
29 be reimbursed on a mutually agreed basis by the other
30 districts, municipalities and boards that are parties to the
31 joint agreement, authorization for one municipality, board or
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1 district to supply professional workers for a joint program
2 conducted in another municipality or district and to provide
3 other requirements for operation of such joint program as may
4 be desirable.
5 (Source: P.A. 83-616.)
6 Section 10. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
7 changing Section 11-95-14 as follows:
8 (65 ILCS 5/11-95-14) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-95-14)
9 Sec. 11-95-14. The corporate authorities of any 2 or more
10 municipalities specified in Section 11-95-2 and any 2 or more
11 recreation boards specified in Section 11-95-3, or any
12 combination thereof, are authorized to take any action
13 jointly relating to recreational programs for the handicapped
14 that could be taken individually and to enter into agreements
15 with other such recreation boards, corporate authorities and
16 park districts or any combination thereof, for the purpose of
17 providing for the establishment, maintenance and management
18 of joint recreational programs for the handicapped of all the
19 participating districts and municipal areas, including
20 provisions for transportation of participants, procedures for
21 approval of budgets, authorization of expenditures and
22 sharing of expenses, location of recreational areas in the
23 area of any of the participating districts and
24 municipalities, acquisition of real estate by gift, legacy,
25 grant, or purchase, employment of a director and other
26 professional workers for such program who may be employed by
27 one participating district, municipality or board which shall
28 be reimbursed on a mutually agreed basis by the other
29 municipalities, districts and boards that are parties to the
30 joint agreement, authorization for one municipality, board or
31 district to supply professional workers for a joint program
32 conducted in another municipality or district and to provide
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1 other requirements for operation of such joint program as may
2 be desirable. The corporate authorities of any municipality
3 that is a party to a joint agreement entered into under this
4 Section may levy and collect a tax, in the manner provided by
5 law for the levy and collection of other municipal taxes in
6 the municipality but in addition to taxes for general
7 purposes authorized by Section 8-3-1 or levied as limited by
8 any provision of a special charter under which the
9 municipality is incorporated, at not to exceed .04% of the
10 value, as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue,
11 of all taxable property within the municipality for the
12 purpose of funding that municipality's share of the expenses
13 for providing the programs under that joint agreement.
14 However, no tax may be levied pursuant to this Section in any
15 area in which a tax is levied under Section 5-8 of The Park
16 District Code.
17 (Source: P.A. 85-124.)