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92_SB0755eng SB755 Engrossed LRB9200656TAtm 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 SB755 Engrossed -2- LRB9200656TAtm 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 SB755 Engrossed -3- LRB9200656TAtm 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.)