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91_SB1294eng SB1294 Engrossed LRB9110035SMdv 1 AN ACT to amend the Forest Preserve Zoological Parks Act 2 by changing Section 1. 3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 4 represented in the General Assembly: 5 Section 5. The Forest Preserve Zoological Parks Act is 6 amended by changing Section 1 as follows: 7 (70 ILCS 835/1) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 6801) 8 Sec. 1. The corporate authorities of forest preserve 9 districts, containing a population of 150,000 or more located 10 in counties of less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, having the 11 control or supervision of any forest preserves, may erect and 12 maintain within such forest preserves, under the control or 13 supervision of such corporate authorities, edifices to be 14 used for the collection and display of animals as customary 15 in zoological parks, and may collect and display such 16 animals, or permit the directors or trustees of any 17 zoological society devoted to the purposes aforesaid to erect 18 and maintain a zoological park and to collect and display 19 zoological collections within any forest preserve now or 20 hereafter under the control or supervision of such forest 21 preserve district, out of funds belonging to such zoological 22 society, or to contract with the directors or trustees of any 23 zoological society on such terms and conditions as may to 24 such corporate authorities seem best, relative to the 25 erection, operation and maintenance of a zoological park and 26 the collection and display of such animals within such forest 27 preserve, out of the tax hereinafter in this Act provided. 28 This Act applies to any forest preserve district that 29 maintains a zoological park that was established under this 30 Act prior to 1964, regardless of whether the population 31 requirements continue to be met. SB1294 Engrossed -2- LRB9110035SMdv 1 Such a forest preserve district, or the directors or 2 trustees of such zoological society when so authorized by the 3 forest preserve district, may (a) police the property of the 4 zoological park, (b) employ, establish, maintain and equip a 5 security force for fire and police protection of the 6 zoological park and (c) provide that the personnel of the 7 security force shall perform other tasks relating to the 8 maintenance and operation of the zoological park. Members of 9 the security force shall be conservators of the peace with 10 all the powers of policemen in cities and of sheriffs, other 11 than to serve or execute civil processes, but such powers may 12 be exercised only within the area comprising the zoological 13 park when required to protect the zoological park's property 14 and interests, its personnel and persons using the facilities 15 or at the specific request of appropriate federal, State or 16 local law enforcement officials. 17 Such forest preserve district may charge, or permit such 18 zoological society to charge an admission fee. The proceeds 19 of such admission fee shall be devoted exclusively to the 20 operation and maintenance of such zoological park and the 21 collections therein. All such zoological parks shall be open 22 to the public without charge for at least one day each week 23 and to the children in actual attendance upon any of the 24 schools in the State at all times, except that charges may be 25 made at any time for special services and for admission to 26 special facilities within any zoological park for the 27 education, entertainment or convenience of visitors. 28 (Source: P.A. 80-1364.) 29 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 30 becoming law.