Bill Text: IL SB3027 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning playgrounds, recreation grounds, and athletic fields.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [SB3027 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SB3027-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | 16-7 as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/16-7) (from Ch. 122, par. 16-7)
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7 | Sec. 16-7.
Playgrounds,
recreation grounds and
and | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | athletic fields.
Any school district organized and existing | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | under the general law or by
special charter having a population | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | of not more than 500,000 inhabitants
may acquire real estate by | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | gift, donation, legacy, purchase or otherwise
and hold it for | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | the purpose of establishing playgrounds, recreation grounds
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13 | and athletic fields, and may equip, operate and maintain such | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | playgrounds,
recreation grounds and athletic fields, the cost | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | of such acquiring and
equipping to be paid either from the | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | proceeds of bonds issued for that
purpose or out of the | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | operations and maintenance fund, and the
cost of such | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | maintaining and operating to be paid from the educational
fund, | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | of the district. Such real estate need not be contiguous to any | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | other
school property or real estate owned by the school | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | district. | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | (Source: P.A. 86-970.)
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