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Public Act 098-0312
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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 Counties Code is amended by changing Section |
5-26005 as follows:
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(55 ILCS 5/5-26005) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-26005)
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Sec. 5-26005. Maintenance. Whenever any memorial building |
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erected through private subscriptions, as herein provided, |
or any veterans' memorial is erected, it shall be
lawful for |
the county board or board of county commissioners, as the case
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may be, to appropriate such sums of money from year to year as |
it may deem
reasonable and proper to cover any deficiency in |
the cost of the maintenance
thereof.
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(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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Section 10. The Township Code is amended by changing |
Section 160-5 as follows:
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(60 ILCS 1/160-5)
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Sec. 160-5. Township monuments; petition and referendum.
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(a) Upon the petition of 100 or more legal voters of a |
township being filed
with the township clerk praying that the |
proposition of erecting or completing
a monument or memorial in |
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honor of its soldiers and sailors or other notable
persons |
buried in the township be submitted to the voters of the |
township at an
election, the township clerk shall certify the |
proposition to the proper
election officials, who shall submit |
the proposition to the voters of the
township at an election in |
accordance with the general election law.
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(b) The form of the proposition shall be substantially as |
follows:
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Shall a monument or memorial be erected in honor of |
(the soldiers and
sailors of the township or other notable |
person)?
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The votes shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No".
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(c) If a majority of all the votes cast upon the |
proposition are in favor of
it, the township supervisor, |
township clerk, and township treasurer, within one
year after |
the election, shall purchase or procure a site and erect the
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monument or memorial.
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(d) Provisions for the payment and maintenance for the |
monument or memorial shall be made by
the proper taxing and |
financial officers in the same manner as for other
township |
expenditures.
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(Source: P.A. 81-1489; 88-62.)
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Section 15. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by |
changing Section 11-116-2 as follows:
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(65 ILCS 5/11-116-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-116-2)
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Sec. 11-116-2.
When the petition specified in this Division |
116 is
filed with the municipal clerk of a municipality |
specified in this
Division 116, the question of erecting a |
monument or memorial shall be
certified by the clerk and |
submitted to the electors of the municipality.
The question |
shall be in substantially the following form:
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Shall a monument (or memorial
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be erected in honor of YES
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....... (insert for whom to be --------------------------
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erected) by .......... (insert
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name of the municipality) at a NO
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cost not to exceed $....?
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If a majority of those voting on the question vote yes, the
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corporate authorities shall have the monument or memorial |
erected and,
if necessary, shall levy and collect, in the same |
manner as other
general taxes are levied and collected, a tax |
sufficient to raise the
amount specified in the petition, and |
to provide for the maintenance of the memorial.
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(Source: P.A. 81-1489.)
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Section 20. The Park District Code is amended by changing |
Section 10-4 as follows:
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(70 ILCS 1205/10-4) (from Ch. 105, par. 10-4)
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Sec. 10-4.
Any park district shall have the power to |
acquire by gift, grant
or purchase, real estate and lands for |
use as a site for an armory and to
convey, sell, donate, lease |
or rent real estate or lands so acquired and
any real estate or |
lands now owned by such park district to the State of
Illinois |
or to any proper agency thereof for use as a site for an |
armory,
but the park district shall have no power to divert any |
gift, grant or
legacy from the specific purpose designated by |
the donor.
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Such district shall have power to acquire by lease or |
permit the right
to occupy and use real estate, land and |
riparian estates for park and
playground purposes and to |
improve, maintain and equip the same as a park
or playground, |
and to place permanent buildings and structures thereon.
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Such district may by ordinance lease, for any period not |
exceeding
99 years, any tract or parcel of land of the park |
district to any
organization incorporated under the laws of |
this State as a corporation not
for pecuniary profit, as a site |
for a memorial to the military and naval
forces of this State |
and of the United States, provided that such organization shall |
be responsible for the maintenance of the memorial.
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(Source: P.A. 83-388.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
becoming law.
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