Bill Text: IL HB4591 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Forest Preserve Zoological Parks Act. Provides that a zoological park shall be open to the public without charge for at least 1 day for every 30 days (rather than every 7 days) the zoological park is open. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB4591 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB4591-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB4591 Introduced , by Rep. Tony McCombie SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
70 ILCS 835/1 from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 6801
Amends the Forest Preserve Zoological Parks Act. Provides that a zoological park shall be open to the public without charge for at least 1 day for every 30 days (rather than every 7 days) the zoological park is open. Effective immediately.
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AN ACT concerning local government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Forest Preserve Zoological Parks Act is
amended by changing Section 1 as follows:
(70 ILCS 835/1) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 6801)
Sec. 1. The corporate authorities of forest preserve
districts, containing a population of 140,000 or more located
in counties of less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, having the
control or supervision of any forest preserves, may erect and
maintain within such forest preserves, under the control or
supervision of such corporate authorities, edifices to be used
for the collection and display of animals as customary in
zoological parks, and may collect and display such animals, or
permit the directors or trustees of any zoological society
devoted to the purposes aforesaid to erect and maintain a
zoological park and to collect and display zoological
collections within any forest preserve now or hereafter under
the control or supervision of such forest preserve district,
out of funds belonging to such zoological society, or to
contract with the directors or trustees of any zoological
society on such terms and conditions as may to such corporate
authorities seem best, relative to the erection, operation and

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maintenance of a zoological park and the collection and display
of such animals within such forest preserve, out of the tax
hereinafter in this Act provided.
This Act applies to any forest preserve district that
maintains a zoological park that was established under this Act
prior to 1964, regardless of whether the population
requirements continue to be met.
A forest preserve district, containing a population of
140,000 or more, or the directors or trustees of such
zoological society when so authorized by the forest preserve
district, may (a) police the property of the zoological park,
(b) employ, establish, maintain and equip a security force for
fire and police protection of the zoological park and (c)
provide that the personnel of the security force shall perform
other tasks relating to the maintenance and operation of the
zoological park. Members of the security force shall be
conservators of the peace with all the powers of policemen in
cities and of sheriffs, other than to serve or execute civil
processes, but such powers may be exercised only within the
area comprising the zoological park when required to protect
the zoological park's property and interests, its personnel and
persons using the facilities or at the specific request of
appropriate federal, State or local law enforcement officials.
All otherwise lawful actions taken on or after August 13, 1978
(the effective date of Public Act 80-1364) and before the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General

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Assembly by a forest preserve district or a zoological society
located in a county of 3,000,000 or more in exercising the
powers provided in this paragraph are hereby validated,
notwithstanding Public Act 80-1364, which was a
non-substantive combining revisory Act.
A forest preserve district, containing a population of
140,000 or more located in counties of less than 3,000,000
inhabitants, may charge, or permit such zoological society to
charge, an admission fee. The proceeds of such admission fee
shall be devoted exclusively to the operation and maintenance
of such zoological park and the collections therein. All such
zoological parks shall be open to the public without charge (i)
a total number of days, to be scheduled at any time during the
calendar year, equivalent to at least one day for each 30 7
days the zoological park is open during the calendar year and
(ii) to the children in actual attendance upon any of the
schools in the State at all times. The managing authority of
the zoological park may limit the number of school groups that
may attend the zoo on any given day and may establish other
rules and regulations that reasonably ensure public safety,
accessibility, and convenience, including without limitation
standards of conduct and supervision. Charges may be made at
any time for special services and for admission to special
facilities within any zoological park for the education,
entertainment or convenience of visitors.
(Source: P.A. 98-500, eff. 8-16-13.)

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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.