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SB132 Engrossed                      LRB093 04297 MKM 04343 b

 1        AN ACT in relation to county government.

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

 4             Section 5.  The Counties Code is amended by changing
 5    Section 5-1049 as follows:

 6        (55 ILCS 5/5-1049) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1049)
 7        Sec. 5-1049.  Public grounds. A county board  may  accept
 8    or  receive  through gift, grant, legacy, dedication in plats
 9    of  subdivision  or  otherwise,  parks,  playgrounds,   areas
10    enclosing   flood  plains,  floodwater  runoff  channels  and
11    detention ponds or  basins,  and  other  public  grounds  and
12    easements  located  in  the unincorporated part of the county
13    and not accepted by a municipality, park  district  or  other
14    public  agency;  may hold and maintain those such grounds and
15    lands; may supervise or regulate their  use  for  any  proper
16    public  purpose;  and  may enact ordinances or resolutions to
17    provide for monetary relief for damages caused by filling  or
18    dumping  into  areas enclosing floodplains, floodwater runoff
19    channels or detention ponds or basins.  Monetary  relief  for
20    the such damages shall be based on the cost of removing soil,
21    debris,  rubbish  or  any other material from the floodplain,
22    floodwater runoff channel or detention pond or basin.
23    (Source: P.A. 86-962; 86-1028.)