Chapter 70 — SPECIAL DISTRICTS

(70 ILCS 1105/11) (from Ch. 85, par. 6811) Sec. 11. Board and officers. (a) The board is the corporate authority of the district and may pass and enforce all necessary ordinances, rules, and regulations for the management of the property and conduct of the business of the distric…

(70 ILCS 1105/12) (from Ch. 85, par. 6812) Sec. 12. Contracts. All contracts for supplies, material, or work involving an expenditure in of more than $10,000 shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder, after advertising at least once in one or more newspapers of general circul…

(70 ILCS 1105/13) (from Ch. 85, par. 6813) Sec. 13. Funds of the district. (a) The board of commissioners, when requested by the treasurer of the district, shall designate one or more banks or savings and loan associations where the funds of the district received by the treasurer…

(70 ILCS 1105/14) (from Ch. 85, par. 6814) Sec. 14. Civil service. Whenever the county in which a district is located is governed by a law regulating its civil service and the method of selecting its employees, all employees of the district, except the treasurer and attorneys, sh…

(70 ILCS 1105/15) (from Ch. 85, par. 6815) Sec. 15. Records and reports. The board shall keep a record of all ordinances and other proceedings which shall be open to the inspection of any person residing in the district at all reasonable and proper times. The board shall report a…

(70 ILCS 1105/16) (from Ch. 85, par. 6816) Sec. 16. Ordinances. An action of the board requires the affirmative vote of 3 commissioners. An ordinance imposing a fine or penalty or making an appropriation shall, within 10 days after its passage, be published at least once in a new…

(70 ILCS 1105/17) (from Ch. 85, par. 6817) Sec. 17. Debt and bonds. The board of a museum district may, for any of its authorized purposes, borrow money upon the faith and credit of the district and may issue bonds. A district may not, however, become indebted in any manner or fo…

(70 ILCS 1105/18) (from Ch. 85, par. 6818) Sec. 18. Taxes. (a) After the first Monday in October and by the first Monday in December in each year, the board shall levy the general taxes for the district for the next fiscal year. Taxes shall be levied in the same manner as taxes a…

(70 ILCS 1105/19) (from Ch. 85, par. 6819) Sec. 19. Lapse of appropriations and levies. Any appropriation or levy made for the purpose of constructing, restoring, reconditioning, reconstructing, or acquiring improvements and for the development of historical sites, together with …

(70 ILCS 1105/2) (from Ch. 85, par. 6802) Sec. 2. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 86-477. Repealed by P.A. 91-918, eff. 7-7-00.)

(70 ILCS 1105/20) (from Ch. 85, par. 6820) Sec. 20. Fiscal year and appropriation ordinances. (a) The board shall fix a fiscal year for the district. The board shall, within or before the first quarter of each fiscal year, adopt an annual appropriation ordinance appropriating the…

(70 ILCS 1105/21) (from Ch. 85, par. 6821) Sec. 21. Transfers and further appropriations. After the adoption of the annual appropriation ordinance, no further appropriations may be made at any other time during that fiscal year, except the board may amend its appropriation ordina…

(70 ILCS 1105/22) (from Ch. 85, par. 6822) Sec. 22. Prompt payment. Purchases made pursuant to this Act shall be made in compliance with the Local Government Prompt Payment Act, as now or hereafter amended. (Source: P.A. 86-477.)

(70 ILCS 1105/23) (from Ch. 85, par. 6823) Sec. 23. Annexation. Any territory adjoining a museum district and situated in the same county as the district may become a part of the district as provided in this Section. Upon the filing with the circuit court of the county in which t…

(70 ILCS 1105/24) (from Ch. 85, par. 6824) Sec. 24. Charges for use of facilities. The district may enact and enforce rules and regulations for the management, maintenance, care, protection, and use of its facilities. Charges or rates for the use of a facility may be established,…

(70 ILCS 1105/25) (from Ch. 85, par. 6825) Sec. 25. Violations. A member of the board of a district or any other person holding any other office, trust, or employment under a district who wilfully violates any of the provisions of this Act commits a business offense and shall be …

(70 ILCS 1105/26) (from Ch. 85, par. 6826) Sec. 26. Building codes. The board of commissioners of a district whose boundaries encompass 2 or more municipalities may elect to be governed exclusively by the rules and regulations governing the construction and alteration of building…

(70 ILCS 1105/27) Sec. 27. Cessation of district organization. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a majority vote of the board of commissioners is in favor of the proposition to annex the district to another district whose boundaries are contiguous, or consolidate the…

(70 ILCS 1105/3) (from Ch. 85, par. 6803) Sec. 3. Authorization to create district. Whenever an area of contiguous territory lying wholly within one county contains one or more historical sites and one or more municipalities, the territory may be incorporated as a museum district…

(70 ILCS 1105/4) (from Ch. 85, par. 6804) Sec. 4. Petition for referendum. (a) Any 200 legal voters residing within the limits of a proposed district may petition the circuit court of the county in which the proposed district lies for an order to submit the question to the electo…

(70 ILCS 1105/5) (from Ch. 85, par. 6805) Sec. 5. Referendum. The proposition shall be substantially in the following form: "Shall the .... Museum District be organized in the territory described as follows: (insert description)?". If a majority of the votes cast on the question …

(70 ILCS 1105/6) (from Ch. 85, par. 6806) Sec. 6. Board of Commissioners. (a) The affairs of the district shall be managed by a board of commissioners consisting of 5 commissioners, who shall be appointed by the presiding officer of the county board of the county in which the mus…

(70 ILCS 1105/7) (from Ch. 85, par. 6807) Sec. 7. Historical sites. A museum district has the power to acquire, improve, and maintain any interest in lands containing one or more historical sites, together with related lands and facilities, for the purpose of protecting and prese…

(70 ILCS 1105/8) (from Ch. 85, par. 6808) Sec. 8. Real estate. A museum district may acquire lands for its purposes (i) by lease, (ii) in fee simple by gift, grant, legacy, purchase, or condemnation, or (iii) by easement. A museum district may construct, lay out, improve, and mai…

(70 ILCS 1105/8.5) Sec. 8.5. Eminent domain. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, any power granted under this Act to acquire property by condemnation or eminent domain is subject to, and shall be exercised in accordance with, the Eminent Domain Act. (Source: P.A. 94-…

(70 ILCS 1105/9) (from Ch. 85, par. 6809) Sec. 9. Installment purchases and leases. The board of a museum district may by ordinance (i) purchase or lease as lessee real or personal property, or acquire an easement in real property, for public purposes pursuant to contracts or lea…

(70 ILCS 1205/1-1) (from Ch. 105, par. 1-1) Sec. 1-1. This Act may be cited as the Park District Code. (Source: P.A. 86-1475.)

(70 ILCS 1205/1-2) (from Ch. 105, par. 1-2) Sec. 1-2. (a) It is the intent of this codification that from and after its effective date, all existing park districts heretofore organized, together with all districts hereafter organized under this code, shall have identical powers, …

(70 ILCS 1205/1-3) (from Ch. 105, par. 1-3) Sec. 1-3. (a) The term "park district" or "district" where used herein shall refer to any district having a population of less than 500,000 inhabitants organized under the provisions of this code, or any district organized under "An Act…

(70 ILCS 1205/1-5) (from Ch. 105, par. 1-5) Sec. 1-5. Referenda. Whenever a proposition or public question is required to be submitted, pursuant to this Act, for approval or rejection by the electorate at an election, the time and manner of conducting such referendum shall be in …

(70 ILCS 1205/1-6) (from Ch. 105, par. 1-6) Sec. 1-6. Election Definitions. As used in this Act in connection with elections of park district officials and referenda: (a) "Voter" or "legal voter" or "elector" means a person qualified to vote under the general election law. (b) "C…

(70 ILCS 1205/10-1) (from Ch. 105, par. 10-1) Sec. 10-1. Every park district shall retain and be vested with all power and authority contained in "An Act to authorize the commissioners of park districts to convey property to and lease property from the Federal Government", approv…

(70 ILCS 1205/10-3) (from Ch. 105, par. 10-3) Sec. 10-3. Every park district shall retain and be vested with all power and authority contained in an act entitled "An Act to enable the board of park commissioners of certain park districts to convey certain lands for park and other…

(70 ILCS 1205/10-4) (from Ch. 105, par. 10-4) Sec. 10-4. Any park district shall have the power to acquire by gift, grant or purchase, real estate and lands for use as a site for an armory and to convey, sell, donate, lease or rent real estate or lands so acquired and any real es…

(70 ILCS 1205/10-7) (from Ch. 105, par. 10-7) Sec. 10-7. Sale, lease, or exchange of realty. (a) Any park district owning and holding any real estate is authorized (1) to sell or lease that property to the State of Illinois, with the State's consent, or another unit of Illinois S…

(70 ILCS 1205/10-7a) (from Ch. 105, par. 10-7a) Sec. 10-7a. When any park district owns and holds such real estate, and desires to sell the same under provisions of Section 10-7 hereof or to transfer real estate subject to subsection (f) of Section 10-7, the board shall, by four-…

(70 ILCS 1205/10-7b) (from Ch. 105, par. 10-7b) Sec. 10-7b. Such property, subject to the provisions of Section 10-7a, shall not be sold or transferred unless the sale or transfer thereof is approved by a majority of the voters of said park district voting on the question at a re…

(70 ILCS 1205/10-7c) (from Ch. 105, par. 10-7c) Sec. 10-7c. Upon the completion of the publication required by Section 10-7a the board shall either abandon said sale or transfer or certify the question to the proper election officials, who shall submit the question of selling or …

(70 ILCS 1205/10-7d) (from Ch. 105, par. 10-7d) Sec. 10-7d. If a majority of the voters in any park district voting on the question at a referendum held for that purpose votes in favor of selling such property under Sections 10-7 to 10-7d hereof, inclusive, the governing board sh…

(70 ILCS 1205/11-1) (from Ch. 105, par. 11-1) Sec. 11-1. Nothing in this code shall be deemed to repeal "An Act to enable park commissioners having control of a park or parks bordering upon public waters in this state, to enlarge and connect the same from time to time by extensio…

(70 ILCS 1205/11-2) (from Ch. 105, par. 11-2) Sec. 11-2. When any park district borders upon any navigable body of water, the title to the bed or submerged land of which is vested in the State of Illinois, said district may take possession of, enclose, fill in, reclaim and protec…

(70 ILCS 1205/11-3) (from Ch. 105, par. 11-3) Sec. 11-3. Whenever the land so taken possession of, enclosed, filled in, and reclaimed under Section 11-2 shall lie along property not belonging to such district, and by the taking possession of, enclosing and filling in such submerg…

(70 ILCS 1205/11-4) (from Ch. 105, par. 11-4) Sec. 11-4. Subject to the provisions of Section 1 of "An Act to define the powers of members of police forces established and maintained by park districts", approved April 29, 1931, as now or hereafter amended, whenever any park distr…

(70 ILCS 1205/11-5) (from Ch. 105, par. 11-5) Sec. 11-5. Nothing in Section 11-2 to 11-4 inclusive shall be construed as granting to any such district the right to interfere with the navigation of any navigable body of water or to shut off the access to any public dock or landing…

(70 ILCS 1205/11.1-1) (from Ch. 105, par. 11.1-1) Sec. 11.1-1. The term "harbor", as used in this article includes harbors, marinas, slips, docks, piers, breakwaters, and all buildings, structures, facilities, connections, equipment, parking areas and all other improvements for u…

(70 ILCS 1205/11.1-10) (from Ch. 105, par. 11.1-10) Sec. 11.1-10. The State and all counties, cities, villages, incorporated towns and other municipal corporations, political subdivisions and public bodies, and public officers of any thereof, all banks, bankers, trust companies, …

(70 ILCS 1205/11.1-2) (from Ch. 105, par. 11.1-2) Sec. 11.1-2. Any park district bordering upon any public waters has the power to acquire, construct, replace, enlarge, improve, maintain and operate a harbor for recreational use and benefit of the public anywhere within the juris…

(70 ILCS 1205/11.1-3) (from Ch. 105, par. 11.1-3) Sec. 11.1-3. A park district, to carry out the purposes of this Article, has all the rights and powers over its harbor as it does over its other property, and its rights and powers include but are not limited to the following: (a)…

(70 ILCS 1205/11.1-4) (from Ch. 105, par. 11.1-4) Sec. 11.1-4. The park district shall submit its plan for any construction to be undertaken under this Article for approval to: (a) the Department of Natural Resources of the State of Illinois, and to (b) the proper officials of th…

(70 ILCS 1205/11.1-5) (from Ch. 105, par. 11.1-5) Sec. 11.1-5. All right, title and interest of the State of Illinois in and to submerged lands, naturally and artificially made or reclaimed lands, both within the boundaries of the harbor and adjoining its outer or water side, are…