(65 ILCS 5/11-95-10) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-95-10)
Sec. 11-95-10.
All playgrounds, recreation centers, recreation
systems, and swimming pools which were provided, established, maintained
and conducted under "An Act to provide for the acquisition, equipment,
conduct and maintenance of public playgrounds and recreation centers in
and by cities, towns and villages of less than one hundred and fifty
thousand inhabitants," approved June 24, 1921, as amended, and which
were being maintained and conducted immediately prior to January 1,
1942, shall be treated as properly provided and established under this
Division 95 and may be continued to be maintained and conducted under
this Division 95.
The corporate authorities of all municipalities whose electors have
approved the levy of an annual tax for the conduct and maintenance of a
supervised recreation system under the specified Act may, by ordinance
or resolution, and without referendum, increase the maximum rate at
which it levies taxes for recreation system purposes to .09% of the
value, as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, of all
taxable property within the corporate limits of the
municipality, applicable on August 3, 1967.
(Source: P.A. 81-1509.)
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