[ Search ] [ Legislation ]
[ Home ] [ Back ] [ Bottom ]
91_HB2656
LRB9103538MWpc
1 AN ACT concerning public property.
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 or
8 receive through gift, grant, legacy, dedication in plats of
9 subdivision or otherwise, parks, playgrounds, areas enclosing
10 flood plains, floodwater runoff channels and detention ponds
11 or basins, and other public grounds and easements located in
12 the unincorporated part of the county and not accepted by a
13 municipality, park district or other public agency; may hold
14 and maintain those such grounds and lands; may supervise or
15 regulate their use for any proper public purpose; and may
16 enact ordinances or resolutions to provide for monetary
17 relief for damages caused by filling or dumping into areas
18 enclosing floodplains, floodwater runoff channels or
19 detention ponds or basins. Monetary relief for the such
20 damages shall be based on the cost of removing soil, debris,
21 rubbish or any other material from the floodplain, floodwater
22 runoff channel or detention pond or basin.
23 (Source: P.A. 86-962; 86-1028.)