Public Act 099-0016
 
HB3882 EnrolledLRB099 08623 AWJ 28786 b


  
    AN ACT concerning local government.
  
 
    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 2-2.1 as follows:
 



    (70 ILCS 1205/2-2.1)  (from Ch. 105, par. 2-2.1)



    Sec. 2-2.1. 
(a) When 2 or more park districts are situated 
entirely within
the corporate limits of the same municipality, 
a park district coterminous with
such municipality may be 
organized in the manner hereinafter provided, and,
when so 
organized, shall supersede the park districts previously 
existing
within the limits of the municipality. The petition to 
organize such a park
district shall comply with the 
requirements of Section 2-2, but must be
signed by not less 
than 100 legal voters residing in each of the existing
park 
districts and, if the municipality includes territory not 
included
within any existing park district, by at least 100 
legal voters residing in
such territory or by at least 10% of 
the legal voters residing in such
territory, whichever is less. 
The petition shall also state whether the
proposed district 
shall have 5 elected commissioners or 7 appointed

commissioners.  If the proposed district shall have 7 appointed

commissioners, the chief executive officer of the 
municipality, with the
advice and consent of the corporate 
authorities, shall appoint the
commissioners.  The initial 
appointed commissioners shall serve terms
determined by lot as 
follows:  2 for terms of 2 years, 2 for terms of 4
years, and 3 
for terms of 6 years.  Thereafter, appointed commissioners
shall 
serve for terms of 6 years.  A vacancy in the office of 
appointed
commissioner shall be filled for the unexpired term 
in the same manner as
an original appointment. "Municipality" 
as used in this Section means a city, village or
incorporated 
town. 

    (b) (Blank). When 2 or more municipalities, one of which 
having a population of
less than 500, are situated within a 
park district, the park district may
be reorganized into 2 new 
park districts, one of which shall be coterminous
with the 
municipality having a population of less than 500, and one of 
which
shall be coterminous with the remaining territory of the 
park district.
A petition to reorganize such park district 
shall comply with the requirements
of Section 2-2, but must be 
signed by at least 100 legal voters residing in the
district to 
be reorganized.  Title and possession of all real property and

permanently located personal property of the district to be 
reorganized
shall vest in the new district in which the 
property is located.
Each new district shall succeed to its 
proportionate share of the bonded
indebtedness of the 
reorganized district, to be determined according to
the value, 
as equalized and assessed by the Department of Revenue, of all

taxable property in each new district.  Title and possession to 
all other
property of the district as well as all other rights 
and obligations of
the district shall be equitably distributed 
and apportioned between the 2
districts, as determined by the 
governing boards of both park districts.
In the event that no 
agreement can be reached, the court in which
the petition was 
filed to organize the new districts shall make the

determination.  All monies of the district on hand and all 
monies received
from taxes levied before the creation of the 2 
new districts shall be paid
on a pro rata basis to each new 
district according to the value, as
equalized and assessed by 
the Department of Revenue, of all taxable
property in each new 
district.  This subsection (b) shall be effective only
until 
January 1, 1987.

    (c) (Blank). "Municipality" as used in this Section means a 
city, village or
incorporated town.

(Source: P.A. 86-307.)