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Public Act 095-0364 |
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AN ACT concerning local government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Metro-East Park and Recreation District Act | ||||
is amended by changing Sections 5, 10, and 20 as follows:
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(70 ILCS 1605/5)
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Sec. 5. Definitions. In this Act:
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"Board" means the board of directors of the Metro-East Park | ||||
and Recreation
District.
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"Chief executive officer" means the chairman of the county | ||||
board of a county.
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"County" means Madison, St. Clair, Monroe, Clinton, or
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Jersey , or Macoupin County.
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"District" or "Metro-East District" means the Metro-East | ||||
Park and Recreation
District
created
under this Act.
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"Governing body" means a county board.
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"Metro-East Park and Recreation Fund" means the
fund held | ||||
by the District
that is the repository for all
taxes and other
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moneys raised by or for the District
under this Act.
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"Metro-East region" means Madison, St. Clair, Monroe, | ||||
Clinton, Macoupin, and Jersey
Counties.
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"Park district" means a park district organized under the | ||||
Park District Code.
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(Source: P.A. 91-103, eff. 7-13-99.)
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(70 ILCS 1605/10)
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Sec. 10. Creation of Metro-East Park and Recreation | ||
District.
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(a) The Metro-East Park and Recreation District may be | ||
created,
incorporated,
and
managed under this Section and may | ||
exercise the powers given to the
District
under this Act.
Any | ||
county
may be included in the Metro-East District if the voters | ||
in the
county or
counties to be included in the District vote | ||
to be included in the District.
Any recreation
system or public | ||
parks system that exists within the Metro-East District
created
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under this
Section shall remain in existence with the same | ||
powers and responsibilities it
had prior to
the creation of the | ||
Metro-East District. Nothing in this Section shall be
construed | ||
in any
manner to limit or prohibit:
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(1) later establishment or cessation of any park or | ||
recreation system
provided for by law; or
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(2) any powers and responsibilities of any park or | ||
recreation system
provided for by law.
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(b) When the Metro-East District is organized, it shall be | ||
a body corporate
and
a
political subdivision of this State, and | ||
the District shall be known as the
"Metro-East
Park and | ||
Recreation District", and in that name may sue and be sued, | ||
issue
general
revenue bonds, and impose and collect taxes or | ||
fees under this Act.
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(c) The Metro-East District shall have as its primary duty | ||
the development,
operation, and maintenance of a public system | ||
of interconnecting trails and
parks
throughout the counties | ||
comprising the District. The Metro-East District shall
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supplement
but shall not substitute for the powers and | ||
responsibilities of the other parks
and
recreation systems | ||
within the Metro-East District and shall have the power to
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contract with
the State of Illinois, the United States | ||
government, and other parks and recreation systems as well as | ||
with the departments or agencies of any of those governmental | ||
bodies and with other public and private
entities. | ||
(d) All counties and communities comprising the Metro-East | ||
Park and Recreation District shall make available upon written | ||
request from the District, at no cost to the District, any and | ||
all technical information and data necessary for the | ||
implementation of the District's goals.
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(Source: P.A. 91-103, eff. 7-13-99.)
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(70 ILCS 1605/20)
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Sec. 20. Board of directors.
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(a) If the Metro-East District is created by only one | ||
county, the District
shall be
managed by a board of directors | ||
consisting of 3 members.
Two members shall be appointed by the | ||
chief executive officer, with the advice
and consent of the | ||
county board, of the county in which the District is
located,
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and one member shall be appointed by the minority members of |
the county board
with
the advice and consent of the county | ||
board.
The first appointment shall be
made within 90
days and | ||
not sooner than 60 days after the District has been organized. | ||
Each
member of
the board so appointed shall be a legal voter in | ||
the District. The first
directors shall be
appointed to hold | ||
office for terms of one, 2, and 3 years, and until June 30
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thereafter,
respectively, as determined by lot. Thereafter, | ||
successors shall be appointed
in the same
manner no later than | ||
the first day of the month in which the term of a director
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expires. All terms expire if another county joins the District.
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A vacancy occurring otherwise than by expiration of term | ||
shall be filled
in the same manner as the original appointment.
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(b) If the Metro-East District is created by more than one | ||
county, each
county that elects to join the District shall
be | ||
represented by a certain number of board members. The board | ||
members shall
be
distributed from the counties electing to join | ||
the District as follows:
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(1) The chief executive officer, with the advice and | ||
consent of the county
board, of St.
Clair county shall | ||
appoint 2 members and the minority members of the county
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board, with the advice and consent of the county board, | ||
shall appoint one
member.
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(2) The chief executive officer, with the advice and | ||
consent of the county
board, of
Madison County shall | ||
appoint 2 members and the minority members of the county
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board, with the advice and consent of the county board, |
shall appoint one
member.
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(3) The chief executive officer, with the advice and | ||
consent of the county
board, of
Clinton County shall | ||
appoint one member.
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(4) The chief executive officer, with the advice and | ||
consent of the county
board, of
Jersey County shall appoint | ||
one member.
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(5) The chief executive officer, with the advice and | ||
consent of the county
board, of
Monroe County shall appoint | ||
one member.
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(6) The chief executive officer, with the advice and | ||
consent of the county board, of Macoupin County shall | ||
appoint one member.
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The board members shall serve 3-year terms, except that | ||
board members first
appointed shall be appointed to serve terms | ||
of one, 2, or 3 years as determined
by lot,
provided that board | ||
members from counties eligible to appoint more than one
member
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may not serve identical initial terms. On the expiration of the | ||
initial terms
of
appointment and on the expiration of any | ||
subsequent term, the resulting vacancy
shall be
filled in the | ||
same manner as the original appointment.
Board members shall | ||
serve until
their
successors are appointed. Board members are | ||
eligible for reappointment.
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(c) No board member may hold a public office in any county | ||
within the
Metro-East District, other than the office of notary | ||
public. Board members must
be
citizens of the
United States and |
they must reside within the county from which they are
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appointed. No
board member may receive compensation for | ||
performance of duties as a board
member.
No board member may be | ||
financially interested directly or indirectly in any
contract
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entered into under this Act.
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(d) Promptly after their appointment, the initial board | ||
members shall hold an
organizational meeting at which they | ||
shall elect a president and any other
officers that
they deem | ||
necessary from among their number. The members shall make and | ||
adopt
any
bylaws, rules, and regulations for their guidance and | ||
for the government of the
parks,
neighborhood trails, and | ||
recreational grounds and facilities that may be
expedient and | ||
not
inconsistent with this Act.
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(e) Board members shall have the exclusive control of the | ||
expenditures of all
money collected to the credit of the | ||
Metro-East Park and Recreation Fund
created pursuant
to Section | ||
35, and of the supervision, improvement, care, and custody of | ||
public
parks,
neighborhood trails, recreational facilities, | ||
and grounds owned, maintained, or
managed
by the Metro-East | ||
District. All moneys received for those purposes shall be
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deposited in
the
Metro-East Park and Recreation Fund. The board | ||
shall have power to purchase or
otherwise secure ground to be | ||
used for parks, neighborhood trails, recreational
facilities,
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and grounds; shall have power to appoint suitable persons to | ||
maintain the
parks,
neighborhood trails, recreational grounds, | ||
and facilities and to administer
recreational
programs and to |
fix their compensation; and shall have power to remove those
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appointees.
The board shall keep accurate records of all its | ||
proceedings and actions and
shall comply with the provisions of | ||
the
Open Meetings Act and the Freedom of Information Act.
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(Source: P.A. 91-103, eff. 7-13-99.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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