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Public Act 91-0293

HB0841 Enrolled                                LRB9102029MWgc

    AN ACT to  amend  the  Park  District  Code  by  changing
Section 6-4.

    Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:

    Section 5.  The Park District Code is amended by changing
Section 6-4 as follows:

    (70 ILCS 1205/6-4) (from Ch. 105, par. 6-4)
    Sec. 6-4.  The issue  of  bonds  or  notes  by  any  park
district shall be authorized by ordinance, and a copy of that
ordinance  properly certified by the secretary shall be filed
in the office of the clerk in each of  the  counties  wherein
such  district  lies.   Except  as otherwise provided in this
Section, bonds and notes  the  aggregate  outstanding  unpaid
principal  balance  of  which  exceeds  0.575%  of  the total
assessed valuation of all taxable property  in  the  district
may not be issued by any park district, until the proposition
to  issue the same has been certified by the secretary to the
proper election officials who shall submit the proposition at
an election in accordance  with  the  general  election  law.
Notice  of  the  referendum shall be given and the referendum
shall be conducted in the  manner  provided  by  the  general
election law.
    Submission  of  any proposition of issuing bonds or notes
shall be authorized by resolution to be adopted by the  board
which  shall designate the  election at which the proposition
is to be submitted and designate  the  amount  of  bonds  and
purpose for which the bonds are to be issued.
    Any  proposition to issue bonds shall be in substantially
the following form:
-------------------------------------------------------------
    Shall bonds or notes of the
..... Park District (name it) to     YES
the amount of..... Dollars
($.....) be issued for the        ---------------------------
purpose of.....?  (Here insert
any one or more of the               NO
purposes authorized in
Section 6-2 hereof)
-------------------------------------------------------------
This Section shall not be construed to require  a  referendum
for  bonds  issued under Section 9-2b nor for bonds to refund
any maturing bond issues as provided  in  the  Park  District
Refunding  Bond  Act "An Act authorizing any park district to
issue refunding bonds and to provide for the  levy  of  taxes
for  the  payment  thereof",  approved August 15, 1941, or to
refund any judgment indebtedness including any unpaid  public
benefits  and  amounts  assessed  against  any park district,
whether due or not due under Division 2 of Article 9  of  the
Illinois  Municipal  Code,  but  bonds may be issued for such
purposes without referendum.
    Bonds heretofore or hereafter issued and outstanding that
are approved by referendum, bonds issued under  this  Section
that  have  been  paid  in  full  or for which provisions for
payment have been made by an irrevocable deposit of funds  in
an  amount  sufficient  to  pay the principal and interest on
those bonds to their respective maturity date, non-referendum
bonds  issued under any other  provision  of  this  Act,  and
bonded indebtedness assumed from another park district do not
limit  in  any  way  the  right  of  a park district to issue
non-referendum bonds in accordance with this Section.
    This Section shall not be construed to permit issuance of
bonds for the purpose of refunding revenue bonds as  provided
in  Section  6-2  until the proposition to issue the same has
been  submitted  as  herein  provided  at  an   election   in
accordance with the general election law.
(Source: P.A. 86-494.)

    Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.

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