Bill Text: IL SB1824 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Amends the Counties Code. Provides that it shall be lawful for the county board to appropriate funds to maintain a memorial within the county. Amends the Township Code. Provides that the township shall provide for the maintenance of a monument or memorial erected pursuant to a vote by voters of the township. Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that the corporate authorities of a municipality shall levy and collect taxes, as necessary, for the maintenance of memorials erected in that municipality pursuant to a majority vote. Amends the Park District Act. Provides that any memorial built on leased land within a park district must be maintained by the organization that leased the land. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-08-12 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0312 [SB1824 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SB1824-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Amends the Counties Code. Provides that it shall be lawful for the county board to appropriate funds to maintain a memorial within the county. Amends the Township Code. Provides that the township shall provide for the maintenance of a monument or memorial erected pursuant to a vote by voters of the township. Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that the corporate authorities of a municipality shall levy and collect taxes, as necessary, for the maintenance of memorials erected in that municipality pursuant to a majority vote. Amends the Park District Act. Provides that any memorial built on leased land within a park district must be maintained by the organization that leased the land. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-08-12 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0312 [SB1824 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SB1824-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning local government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | 5-26005 as follows:
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6 | (55 ILCS 5/5-26005) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-26005)
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7 | Sec. 5-26005. Maintenance. Whenever any memorial building | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | is
erected through private subscriptions, as herein provided, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | or any veterans' memorial is erected, it shall be
lawful for | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | the county board or board of county commissioners, as the case
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11 | may be, to appropriate such sums of money from year to year as | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | it may deem
reasonable and proper to cover any deficiency in | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | the cost of the maintenance
thereof.
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14 | (Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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15 | Section 10. The Township Code is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | Section 160-5 as follows:
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17 | (60 ILCS 1/160-5)
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18 | Sec. 160-5. Township monuments; petition and referendum.
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19 | (a) Upon the petition of 100 or more legal voters of a | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | township being filed
with the township clerk praying that the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | proposition of erecting or completing
a monument or memorial in |
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1 | honor of its soldiers and sailors or other notable
persons | ||||||
2 | buried in the township be submitted to the voters of the | ||||||
3 | township at an
election, the township clerk shall certify the | ||||||
4 | proposition to the proper
election officials, who shall submit | ||||||
5 | the proposition to the voters of the
township at an election in | ||||||
6 | accordance with the general election law.
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7 | (b) The form of the proposition shall be substantially as | ||||||
8 | follows:
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9 | Shall a monument or memorial be erected in honor of | ||||||
10 | (the soldiers and
sailors of the township or other notable | ||||||
11 | person)?
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12 | The votes shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No".
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13 | (c) If a majority of all the votes cast upon the | ||||||
14 | proposition are in favor of
it, the township supervisor, | ||||||
15 | township clerk, and township treasurer, within one
year after | ||||||
16 | the election, shall purchase or procure a site and erect the
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17 | monument or memorial.
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18 | (d) Provisions for the payment and maintenance for the | ||||||
19 | monument or memorial shall be made by
the proper taxing and | ||||||
20 | financial officers in the same manner as for other
township | ||||||
21 | expenditures.
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22 | (Source: P.A. 81-1489; 88-62.)
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23 | Section 15. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by | ||||||
24 | changing Section 11-116-2 as follows:
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1 | (65 ILCS 5/11-116-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-116-2)
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2 | Sec. 11-116-2.
When the petition specified in this Division | ||||||
3 | 116 is
filed with the municipal clerk of a municipality | ||||||
4 | specified in this
Division 116, the question of erecting a | ||||||
5 | monument or memorial shall be
certified by the clerk and | ||||||
6 | submitted to the electors of the municipality.
The question | ||||||
7 | shall be in substantially the following form:
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9 | Shall a monument (or memorial
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10 | be erected in honor of YES
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11 | ....... (insert for whom to be --------------------------
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12 | erected) by .......... (insert
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13 | name of the municipality) at a NO
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14 | cost not to exceed $....?
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15 | -------------------------------------------------------------
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16 | If a majority of those voting on the question vote yes, the
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17 | corporate authorities shall have the monument or memorial | ||||||
18 | erected and,
if necessary, shall levy and collect, in the same | ||||||
19 | manner as other
general taxes are levied and collected, a tax | ||||||
20 | sufficient to raise the
amount specified in the petition , and | ||||||
21 | to provide for the maintenance of the memorial .
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22 | (Source: P.A. 81-1489 .)
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23 | Section 20. The Park District Code is amended by changing | ||||||
24 | Section 10-4 as follows:
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1 | (70 ILCS 1205/10-4) (from Ch. 105, par. 10-4)
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2 | Sec. 10-4.
Any park district shall have the power to | ||||||
3 | acquire by gift, grant
or purchase, real estate and lands for | ||||||
4 | use as a site for an armory and to
convey, sell, donate, lease | ||||||
5 | or rent real estate or lands so acquired and
any real estate or | ||||||
6 | lands now owned by such park district to the State of
Illinois | ||||||
7 | or to any proper agency thereof for use as a site for an | ||||||
8 | armory,
but the park district shall have no power to divert any | ||||||
9 | gift, grant or
legacy from the specific purpose designated by | ||||||
10 | the donor.
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11 | Such district shall have power to acquire by lease or | ||||||
12 | permit the right
to occupy and use real estate, land and | ||||||
13 | riparian estates for park and
playground purposes and to | ||||||
14 | improve, maintain and equip the same as a park
or playground, | ||||||
15 | and to place permanent buildings and structures thereon.
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16 | Such district may by ordinance lease, for any period not | ||||||
17 | exceeding
99 years, any tract or parcel of land of the park | ||||||
18 | district to any
organization incorporated under the laws of | ||||||
19 | this State as a corporation not
for pecuniary profit, as a site | ||||||
20 | for a memorial to the military and naval
forces of this State | ||||||
21 | and of the United States , provided that such organization shall | ||||||
22 | be responsible for the maintenance of the memorial .
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23 | (Source: P.A. 83-388.)
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24 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
25 | becoming law.
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