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91_SB1425enr SB1425 Enrolled LRB9111447MWpc 1 AN ACT in relation to special districts. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 (70 ILCS 1105/2 rep.) 5 Section 2. The Museum District Act is amended by 6 repealing Section 2. 7 Section 3. The Park District Aquarium and Museum Act is 8 amended by changing Section 1 as follows: 9 (70 ILCS 1290/1) (from Ch. 105, par. 326) 10 Sec. 1. The corporate authorities of cities and park 11 districts having the control or supervision of any public 12 park or parks, are hereby authorized to purchase, erect and 13 maintain within any public park or parks under the control or 14 supervision of such corporate authorities, edifices to be 15 used as aquariums or as museums of art, industry, science or 16 natural or other history, or to permit the directors or 17 trustees of any corporation or society organized for the 18 construction or maintenance and operation of an aquarium or 19 museum as hereinabove described to erect, enlarge, ornament, 20 build, rebuild, rehabilitate, improve, maintain and operate 21 its aquarium or museum or museums within any public park now 22 or hereafter under the control or supervision of any city or 23 park district, and to contract with any such directors or 24 trustees of any such aquarium, museum or museums relative to 25 the erection, enlargement, ornamentation, building, 26 rebuilding, rehabilitation, improvement, maintenance and 27 operation thereof. Any city or park district may charge, or 28 permit such an aquarium or museum to charge, an admission 29 fee: Provided, that any such aquarium or museum shall be open 30 to the public without charge for at least one day each week, SB1425 Enrolled -2- LRB9111447MWpc 1 and, when accompanied by a teacher, to the children in actual 2 attendance upon grades kindergarten through twelve in any of 3 the schools in this State at all times. During a 2-year 4 period beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act 5 of the 91st General Assembly, any such aquarium or museum 6 must be open to the public without charge for a period 7 equivalent to 52 days, at least 6 of which must be during the 8 period from June through August, each year, instead of at 9 least one day each week. Notwithstanding said provisions 10provision, charges may be made at any time for special 11 services and for admission to special facilities within any 12 aquarium or museum for the education, entertainment or 13 convenience of visitors. The proceeds of such admission fees 14 and charges for special services and special facilities shall 15 be devoted exclusively to the purposes for which the tax 16 authorized by Section 2 hereof may be used. If any owner or 17 owners of any lands or lots abutting or fronting on any such 18 public park, or adjacent thereto, have any private right, 19 easement, interest or property in such public park 20 appurtenant to their lands or lots or otherwise, which would 21 be interfered with by the erection and maintenance of any 22 aquarium or museum as hereinbefore provided, or any right to 23 have such public park remain open or vacant and free from 24 buildings, the corporate authorities of the city or park 25 district having control of such park, may condemn the same in 26 the manner prescribed for the exercise of the right of 27 eminent domain under Article VII of the Code of Civil 28 Procedure, as now or hereafter amended. 29 (Source: P.A. 82-783.) 30 Section 5. The Chicago Park District Act is amended by 31 changing Sections 3, 5, 14, and 16a as follows: 32 (70 ILCS 1505/3) (from Ch. 105, par. 333.3) SB1425 Enrolled -3- LRB9111447MWpc 1 Sec. 3. Commissioners; corporate body. There shall be 7 2 commissioners of the Chicago Park District. Within 30 days 3 after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1988 the 4 Mayor of the City of Chicago, with the approval of the City 5 Council, shall appoint the 2 additional commissioners of the 6 Chicago Park District authorized by this amendatory Act of 7 1988, one to serve a term ending June 30, 1992, and the other 8 to serve a term ending June 30, 1993, as designated by the 9 Mayor. The 5 commissioners holding office on the effective 10 date of this amendatory Act of 1988 shall continue in office 11 until his or her term otherwise ends. 12 Annually in the same manner as the original appointments 13 are made, a commissioner shall be appointed to succeed each 14 commissioner whose term then expires to serve for a term of 5 15 years and until his or her successor is appointed and 16 qualified. Vacancies in the office of commissioner shall be 17 filled by appointment by the mayor with the approval of the 18 City Council. 19 Each commissioner shall be a legal voter of and reside 20 within the district and before entering upon the duties of 21 his or her office shall take and subscribe an oath to 22 faithfully discharge his or her duties as commissioner. Each 23 commissioner shall be required to post a bond in the sum of 24 $50,000 for the use and benefit of the district subject to 25 the approval of the Circuit Court of Cook County with whom 26 such bond shall be posted. 27 In performing their functions as commissioners for the 28 Chicago Park District, the commissioners are subject to the 29 Public Officer Prohibited Activities Act.It shall be a petty30offense for any commissioner to be directly or indirectly31pecuniarily interested in any contract or work of any kind32whatever connected with said park district, and any contract33in which any commissioners shall be directly or indirectly34interested shall be null and void.SB1425 Enrolled -4- LRB9111447MWpc 1 From the time of the beginning of the term of the first 2 commissioners, the Chicago Park District shall constitute a 3 body politic and corporate and by such name and style may sue 4 and be sued, contract and be contracted with, acquire and 5 hold real property necessary for corporate purposes, and 6 adopt a common seal and alter the same at pleasure. 7 (Source: P.A. 85-1411.) 8 (70 ILCS 1505/5) (from Ch. 105, par. 333.5) 9 Sec. 5. General superintendent; Director of Human 10 Resources. The commissioners of the Chicago Park District 11 shall appoint a general superintendent. Such superintendent 12 shall be chosen without regard to his or her political 13 affiliations and upon the sole basis of his or her 14 administrative and technical qualifications to manage the 15 affairs of the district. He or she shall be a citizen of the 16 United States and a resident of the district. 17 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 2 of 18 the Park System Civil Service Act"An Act relating to the19civil service in park systems", approved June 10, 1911, as20now or hereafter amended,or any other law, the commissioners 21 shall appoint a Director of Human Resourcessuperintendent of22employment. The Director of Human Resourcessuperintendent23of employmentshall be a citizen of the United States and a 24 resident of the district. 25 (Source: P.A. 85-1411.) 26 (70 ILCS 1505/14) (from Ch. 105, par. 333.14) 27 Sec. 14. Civil service. The Park System Civil Service 28 Act"An Act relating to the civil service in park systems",29approved June 10, 1911, as amended,shall apply to the 30 Chicago Park District, and upon the coming into effect of 31 this act there shall be appointed but one Director of Human 32 Resourcessuperintendent of employmentand but one civil SB1425 Enrolled -5- LRB9111447MWpc 1 service board for such district. 2 Every officer and employe in the classified civil service 3 at the time this Act takes effect shall be assigned to a 4 position having, so far as possible, duties equivalent to his 5 former office or employment, and such officers and employes 6 shall have the same standing, grade, and privilege which they 7 respectively had in the districts from which they were 8 transferred, subject, however, to existing and future civil 9 service laws. This Section shall not be construed to require 10 the retention of more officers and employes than are 11 necessary to the proper performance of the functions of the 12 Chicago Park District and the rules of the civil service 13 board made in pursuance of the civil service law shall 14 control in the making of layoffs and reinstatements of such 15 officers and employes as are not necessary to be retained. 16 This act shall in no way be construed to affect the operation 17 of Article 5 or Article 12 of the"Illinois Pension Code" as18the same may from time to time be amended,nor to affect the 19 rights of employees to pensions or annuities nor any taxes 20 authorized to be levied therefor. In the case of employes and 21 policemen of superseded park districts not having annuity 22 benefit funds retained as employes or policemen of the 23 Chicago Park District such employes and policemen shall have 24 the right to enter as new employes and policemen. 25 (Source: Laws 1963, p. 147.) 26 (70 ILCS 1505/16a) (from Ch. 105, par. 333.16a) 27 Sec. 16a. Personnel code. 28 (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of the Park System 29 Civil Service Act or the provisions of any other law, the 30 board of commissioners by ordinance may establish a personnel 31 code for the Chicago Park District creating a system of 32 personnel administration based on merit principles and 33 scientific methods. SB1425 Enrolled -6- LRB9111447MWpc 1 (b) The passage by the board of commissioners of a 2 personnel code that complies with the provisions of this 3 Section shall suspend the applicability to the Chicago Park 4 District of the Park System Civil Service Act. That Act shall 5 again become applicable to the Chicago Park District 6 immediately upon the repeal by the board of commissioners of 7 the personnel code or of any provision of that Code that is 8 required by this Section. 9 (c) Any personnel code passed by the board of 10 commissioners under the authority of this Section shall 11 contain provisions necessary to create a personnel system 12 based on merit principles and scientific methods and shall at 13 a minimum contain the following provisions: 14 (1) The code shall create the office of Director of 15 Human ResourcesSuperintendent of Employment. The 16 Director of Human ResourcesSuperintendent of Employment17 shall be a resident of the district and shall be 18 appointed by the board of commissioners. 19 (2) The code shall provide for a personnel board 20 consisting of 3 members. Two members shall be 21 commissioners and the third shall be the Director of 22 Human ResourcesSuperintendent of Employmentor the 23 person lawfully acting in that capacity. Terms for 24 members shall be prescribed by the personnel code. The 25 commissioner members of the personnel board shall serve 26 without compensation but shall be reimbursed for 27 necessary travel and other expenses. The personnel board 28 may administer oaths, subpoena witnesses, and compel the 29 production of books and papers pertinent to any hearing 30 authorized by this Section. Any circuit court, upon 31 application by the personnel board or any member of the 32 board, may, in its discretion, compel the attendance of 33 witnesses, the production of books and papers, and the 34 giving of testimony before the board or its hearing SB1425 Enrolled -7- LRB9111447MWpc 1 officer in relation to a hearing. Any person who shall 2 refuse to comply with a lawfully served order to appear 3 or testify before the personnel board or its hearing 4 officer, or to produce books and papers relevant to the 5 hearing as commanded in a lawfully served subpoena, shall 6 be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor. Any person who, 7 having taken an oath or made affirmation before the board 8 or its hearing officer, knowingly swears or affirms 9 falsely is guilty of perjury and upon conviction shall be 10 punished accordingly. 11 (3) The code shall subject all positions of 12 employment in the Park District to the jurisdiction of 13 the personnel board, with the exception of offices or 14 high-ranking senior executive positions, confidential 15 positions, or special program positions that cannot be 16 subject to career service due to program requirements. 17 The board of commissioners shall, by resolution, 18 specifically exempt those offices or positions from the 19 jurisdiction of the personnel board. 20 (4) The substantive provisions of the code shall 21 provide, at a minimum, for the following: 22 (A) With the exceptions listed below, all 23 vacancies in positions of employment subject to the 24 jurisdiction of the personnel board shall be filled 25 only after providing reasonable public notice of the 26 vacancy and inviting those who meet the published 27 minimum requirements for the position as further 28 provided in this Section to apply for it. The 29 district shall specify in the announcement of the 30 vacancy the minimum requirements necessary to be 31 considered for the position, as contained in the 32 official position description for the position. The 33 district shall specify in the announcement of the 34 vacancy whether competition for the vacancy is open SB1425 Enrolled -8- LRB9111447MWpc 1 to non-employees of the district, or to employees of 2 the district, or to both. The district may dispense 3 with this requirement of public announcement when a 4 vacancy, for reasons promoting the efficiency of the 5 district service, is to be filled by demotion, 6 recall from layoff or leave of absence, or lateral 7 transfer of an employee; or as the result of a 8 lawful order of a court, arbitrator, or 9 administrative agency; or as the result of a bona 10 fide settlement of a legal claim; or in accordance 11 with the provisions of this Section governing 12 emergency appointments; or as a result of a 13 reclassification of an employee's job title made in 14 accordance with rules prescribed by the district for 15 correcting misclassifications; or as the result of a 16 need to correct or avoid violations of any ethics 17 ordinance of the district. 18 (B) All vacancies that have been publicly 19 announced in accordance with the provisions of 20 subparagraph (A) of this paragraph (4) shall 21 thereafter be filled by a competitive evaluation of 22 the relative qualifications of those who apply for 23 it. Any method of evaluation shall be reasonably 24 designed to select candidates on the basis of 25 job-related criteria. The personnel board shall 26 prescribe by rule the various methods of evaluation 27 that may be used. The public announcement of the 28 vacancy shall specify the method that will be used 29 for the particular vacancy. The Director of Human 30 ResourcesSuperintendent of Employmentshall 31 document the process of conducting each competitive 32 evaluation for each vacancy in sufficient detail 33 that the personnel board may determine the process 34 by which, and the basis on which, the person SB1425 Enrolled -9- LRB9111447MWpc 1 selected to fill the vacancy was selected. 2 (C) The district, where it determines that it 3 is in the interest of the efficiency of the service, 4 may specify reasonable lines of promotion or "career 5 ladder" progressions grouping related positions. The 6 district may, in its discretion, restrict 7 competition for a particular vacancy (i) to existing 8 employees who seek promotion to that vacancy from 9 the position class at the next lower step in the 10 relevant line of promotion or career ladder 11 progression or (ii) if there is no such lower step, 12 to existing employees seeking promotion from a 13 particular job classification or classifications 14 whose duties are reasonably related to the duties of 15 the vacancy being filled. No restriction of 16 competition for a vacancy to be filled by promotion 17 shall be applied unless the line of promotion or 18 similar restriction has first been approved by the 19 personnel board. 20 (D) Persons appointed to a position of 21 permanent employment shall acquire "career service" 22 status following successful completion of a 6-month 23 period of probation. 24 (E) The district may prescribe reasonable 25 rules that extend appropriate preference in filling 26 vacancies to qualified persons who have been members 27 of the armed forces of the United States in time of 28 hostilities with a foreign country or to qualified 29 persons who, while citizens of the United States, 30 were members of the armed forces of allies of the 31 United States in time of hostilities with a foreign 32 country. A "time of hostilities with a foreign 33 country" means the period of time from December 7, 34 1941, to December 31, 1945, and from June 27, 1950, SB1425 Enrolled -10- LRB9111447MWpc 1 to December 31, 1976 and during any other period 2 prescribed by the Board of Commissioners to take 3 account of periods in which the armed forces were 4 subjected to the risks of hostilities with a foreign 5 country. To qualify for this preference, a person 6 must have served in the armed forces for at least 6 7 months, been discharged on the ground of hardship, 8 or been released from active duty because of a 9 service-connected disability; the person must not 10 have received a dishonorable discharge. 11 (F) The district may make emergency 12 appointments without public announcement or 13 competition where immediate appointment is required 14 for reasons of the security or safety of the public 15 or of the district's property. Emergency 16 appointments shall be immediately reported to the 17 personnel board, which may disapprove them and order 18 them ended. No emergency appointment may last more 19 than 30 days, and no emergency appointment shall be 20 renewed. 21 (G) The district may make temporary 22 appointments to positions in which it is determined 23 by the personnel board that the continuous services 24 of the employee will be needed for less than 12 25 months. Appointments shall be made by public 26 announcement and competitive methods as provided in 27 subparagraph (A) of this paragraph (4), but the 28 employee thus appointed shall not acquire career 29 service status during the period of his or her 30 temporary appointment. 31 (H) The district may transfer employees 32 without competitive procedures from a position to a 33 similar position involving similar qualifications, 34 duties, responsibilities, and salary ranges. SB1425 Enrolled -11- LRB9111447MWpc 1 (I) The district may make layoffs by reason of 2 lack of funds or work, abolition of a position, or 3 material change in duties or organization. The 4 personnel code may provide for reemployment of 5 employees so laid off, giving consideration in both 6 layoffs and reemployment to performance record, 7 seniority in service, and impact on achieving equal 8 employment opportunity goals. 9 (J) Any employee with career service status 10 shall be discharged or suspended without pay for 11 more than 30 days only for cause and only upon 12 written charges for the discharge or suspension. The 13 employee shall have an opportunity to appeal the 14 action to the personnel board and to receive a 15 hearing before the personnel board or a hearing 16 officer appointed by it. The district may suspend, 17 without pay, the charged employee pending a hearing 18 and determination of an appeal by the personnel 19 board. All final administrative decisions by the 20 personnel board discharging or suspending, for more 21 than 30 days, an employee with career service status 22 are subject to judicial review under the 23 Administrative Review Law. 24 (K) The district shall extend, to persons who 25 are working in a position in which they lawfully 26 acquired civil service status by virtue of being 27 examined under the Park System Civil Service Act, 28 career service status in that position without 29 further examination. 30 (L) In filling any position subject to the 31 jurisdiction of the personnel board and not exempted 32 under paragraph (3) of subsection (c), the district 33 shall take no account, whether favorably or 34 unfavorably, of any candidate's political SB1425 Enrolled -12- LRB9111447MWpc 1 affiliation, political preferences or views, or 2 service to any political party or organization. The 3 district shall maintain procedures through which 4 employees may complain of violations of this 5 prohibition and through which any established 6 violation may be corrected. 7 (M) The district shall provide, by rule of the 8 personnel board, by collective bargaining agreements 9 with the appropriate collective bargaining 10 representatives, or both, for continued recognition 11 of any right acquired on or before the effective 12 date of this amendatory Act of 1991 by an employee 13 of the district to be employed or reemployed, as the 14 result of a layoff or a recall, in a position in 15 which the employee previously held civil service 16 status. Those previously acquired rights may be 17 modified by mutual agreement between the district 18 and the appropriate collective bargaining 19 representative. 20 (N) The code shall provide that in filling 21 vacancies, the district will follow the provisions 22 of any lawful affirmative action plan approved by 23 the board of commissioners. 24 (O) The code shall set forth specific 25 standards of employee performance that all district 26 employees shall be required to follow. 27 (5) The code shall provide for the preparation, 28 maintenance, and revision by the personnel board of a 29 position classification plan for all positions of 30 employment within the district, based on similarity of 31 duties performed, responsibilities assigned, and 32 conditions of employment, so that the same schedule of 33 pay may be equitably applied to all positions in the same 34 class. Every class of positions shall have a position SB1425 Enrolled -13- LRB9111447MWpc 1 description approved by the personnel board, specifying 2 the duties expected of the occupant of the position, the 3 minimum requirements of education, training, or 4 experience required for the position, and any other 5 information the personnel board by rule may prescribe for 6 inclusion in the position descriptions. No position 7 shall be filled, and no salary or other remuneration paid 8 to an occupant of a position, until the position has been 9 incorporated by the personnel board into the position 10 classification plan. 11 (6) The code shall provide for the preparation, 12 maintenance, and revision of a pay plan. The pay plan 13 shall be approved, and all revisions to it shall be 14 approved, by the board of commissioners. The pay plan 15 shall assign rates of pay to each position within the 16 approved position classification plan of the district. 17 No salary for any position of employment in the district 18 shall be paid unless and until that position has been 19 lawfully included in the pay plan. Nothing in this 20 Section shall relieve the district from the obligation to 21 bargain over rates of pay under the Illinois Public Labor 22 Relations Act or any other statute that regulates the 23 labor relations of the district. 24 (7) The code shall provide that no disbursing or 25 auditing officer of the district shall make or approve 26 any payment for personal service to any person holding a 27 position in the service of the district unless the 28 payroll voucher or account of the payment bears the 29 certification of the Director of Human Resources 30Superintendent of Employmentthat each person named 31 therein has been appointed and employed in accordance 32 with the provisions of the personnel code and the 33 provisions of this Section. The certification shall be 34 based either upon verification of the individual items in SB1425 Enrolled -14- LRB9111447MWpc 1 each payroll period or upon procedures developed for 2 avoiding unnecessary repetitive verification when other 3 evidence of compliance with applicable laws and rules is 4 available. The procedures may be based either upon a 5 continuation of payroll preparation by individual 6 departments or upon the use of a central payroll 7 preparation unit. The Director of Human Resources 8Superintendent of Employmentshall furnish the personnel 9 board with a copy of each payroll as certified. 10 (Source: P.A. 87-354; 87-895.) 11 Section 10. The Park District Code is amended by 12 changing Sections 10-7, 10-7a, 10-7b, and 10-7c as follows: 13 (70 ILCS 1205/10-7) (from Ch. 105, par. 10-7) 14 Sec. 10-7. Sale, lease, or exchange of realty. 15 (a) Any park district owning and holding any real estate 16 is authorized to sell or lease such property to another unit 17 of Illinois State or local government, or to lease upon the 18 terms and at the price that the board determines for a period 19 not to exceed 99 years to any corporation organized under the 20 laws of this State, in either case for public use, and 21 provided that the grantee or lessee covenants to hold and 22 maintain such property for public park or recreational 23 purposes or such park district obtains other real property of 24 substantially the same size or larger and of substantially 25 the same or greater suitability for park purposes without 26 additional cost to such district. 27 (b) Any park district owning or holding any real estate 28 is authorized to convey such property to a nongovernmental 29 entity in exchange for other real property of substantially 30 equal or greater value as determined by 2 appraisals of the 31 property and of substantially the same or greater suitability 32 for park purposes without additional cost to such district. SB1425 Enrolled -15- LRB9111447MWpc 1 Prior to such exchange with a nongovernmental entity the 2 park board shall hold a public meeting in order to consider 3 the proposed conveyance. Notice of such meeting shall be 4 published not less than three times (the first and last 5 publication being not less than 10 days apart) in a newspaper 6 of general circulation within the park district. If there is 7 no such newspaper, then such notice shall be posted in not 8 less than 3 public places in said park district and such 9 notice shall not become effective until 10 days after said 10 publication or posting. 11 (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 12 this subsection (c) shall apply only to park districts that 13 serve territory within a municipality having more than 40,000 14 inhabitants and within a county having more than 260,000 15 inhabitants and bordering the Mississippi River. Any park 16 district owning or holding real estate is authorized to sell 17 that property to any not-for-profit corporation organized 18 under the laws of this State upon the condition that the 19 corporation uses the property for public park or recreational 20 programs for youth. The park district shall have the right 21 of re-entry for breach of condition subsequent. If the 22 corporation stops using the property for these purposes, the 23 property shall revert back to ownership of the park district. 24 Any temporary suspension of use caused by the construction of 25 improvements on the property for public park or recreational 26 programs for youth is not a breach of condition subsequent. 27 Prior to the sale of the property to a not-for-profit 28 corporation, the park board shall hold a public meeting to 29 consider the proposed sale. Notice of the meeting shall be 30 published not less than 3 times (the first and last 31 publication being not less than 10 days apart) in a newspaper 32 of general circulation within the park district. If there is 33 no such newspaper, then the notice shall be posted in not 34 less than 3 public places in the park district. The notice SB1425 Enrolled -16- LRB9111447MWpc 1 shall be published or posted at least 10 days before the 2 meeting. A resolution to approve the sale of the property to 3 a not-for-profit corporation requires adoption by a majority 4 of the park board. 5 (d) Real estate, not subject to such covenant or which 6 has not been conveyed and replaced as provided in this 7 Section, may be conveyed in the manner provided by Sections 8 10-7a to 10-7d hereof, inclusive. 9 (e) In addition to any other power provided in this 10 Section, any park district owning or holding real estate that 11 the board deems is not required for park or recreational 12 purposes may lease such real estate to any individual or 13 entity and may collect rents therefrom. Such lease shall not 14 exceed 2 and one-half times the term of years provided for in 15 Section 8-15 governing installment purchase contracts. 16 (f) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if (i) 17 the real estate that a park district with a population of 18 3,000 or less transfers by lease, license, development 19 agreement, or other means to any private entity is greater 20 than 70% of the district's total property and (ii) the 21 current use of the real estate will be substantially altered 22 by that private entity, the real estate may be conveyed only 23 in the manner provided for in Sections 10-7a, 10-7b, and 24 10-7c. 25 (Source: P.A. 90-14, eff. 7-1-97; 91-423, eff. 8-6-99.) 26 (70 ILCS 1205/10-7a) (from Ch. 105, par. 10-7a) 27 Sec. 10-7a. When any park district owns and holds such 28 real estate, and desires to sell the same under provisions of 29 Section 10-7 hereof or to transfer real estate subject to 30 subsection (f) of Section 10-7, the board shall, by 31 four-fifths vote, adopt a resolution describing such property 32 and in and by said resolution find and declare that said 33 property is no longer needed or useful for park purposes and SB1425 Enrolled -17- LRB9111447MWpc 1 that it intends to sell or transfer the same. After said 2 resolution has been adopted the same shall be published not 3 less than 3threetimes (the first and last publication being 4 not less than 10 days apart) in a newspaper published and of 5 general circulation within the park district, if there be 6 such a paper. If there be no such newspaper, then publication 7 shall be in some newspaper of general circulation in such 8 district, if any, or if none, then such resolution shall be 9 posted in not less than 3threepublic places in said park 10 district and said resolution shall not become effective until 11 10tendays after said publication or posting. 12 (Source: P.A. 77-554.) 13 (70 ILCS 1205/10-7b) (from Ch. 105, par. 10-7b) 14 Sec. 10-7b. Such property, subject to the provisions of 15 Section 10-7a, shall not be sold or transferred unless the 16 sale or transfer thereof is approved by a majority of the 17 voters of said park district voting on the question at a 18 regular election. 19 (Source: P.A. 81-1489.) 20 (70 ILCS 1205/10-7c) (from Ch. 105, par. 10-7c) 21 Sec. 10-7c. Upon the completion of the publication 22 required by Section 10-7a the board shall either abandon said 23 sale or transfer or certify the question to the proper 24 election officials, who shall submit the question of selling 25 or transferring said property to the voters of said park 26 district at a regular election in accordance to the general 27 election law. The proposition shall be in substantially the 28 following form: 29 ------------------------------------------------------------- 30 Shall the.... park district 31 (sell or transfer)sellthe YES 32 following real estate.... (here describe ------------------- SB1425 Enrolled -18- LRB9111447MWpc 1 land proposed to be sold or transferred)? NO 2 ------------------------------------------------------------- 3 Notice of such referendum shall be given and said referendum 4 shall be conducted in the manner provided by the general 5 election law, but such notice shall describe the property to 6 be sold. 7 If a majority of the electors voting on the question vote 8 in the affirmative, the park district may thereafter sell or 9 transfer the real estate. 10 (Source: P.A. 81-1489.) 11 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 12 becoming law.