Chapter 70 — SPECIAL DISTRICTS

(70 ILCS 1520/0.01) (from Ch. 105, par. 333.37h) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Chicago Park District Bond (1935) Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(70 ILCS 1520/1) (from Ch. 105, par. 333.38) Sec. 1. The commissioners of the Chicago Park District without submission of the question to the voters for approval may incur indebtedness and issue bonds therefor in the amount of not to exceed $6,000,000 for the purchase of any and …

(70 ILCS 1520/2) (from Ch. 105, par. 333.39) Sec. 2. The ordinance authorizing said bonds shall prescribe all details thereof and shall provide for the levy and collection of a direct annual tax upon all the taxable property within the Chicago Park District sufficient to pay the …

(70 ILCS 1520/3) (from Ch. 105, par. 333.40) Sec. 3. Money received from the proceeds of taxes levied for payment of principal of and interest upon such bonds shall be deposited in a special fund of such park district suitably designated for identification and such fund shall be …

(70 ILCS 1520/4) (from Ch. 105, par. 333.41) Sec. 4. The proceeds of the sale of said bonds and any money received by way of grant from the Federal government in connection with the purchase of such bonds may be expended by the commissioners without prior appropriation thereof un…

(70 ILCS 1525/0.01) (from Ch. 105, par. 333.43a9) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Chicago Park District Bond (1965) Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(70 ILCS 1525/1) (from Ch. 105, par. 333.43b) Sec. 1. The commissioners of the Chicago Park District without submission of the question to the voters for approval may incur indebtedness and issue bonds therefor in the amount of not to exceed $10,000,000 for the payment of any and…

(70 ILCS 1525/2) (from Ch. 105, par. 333.43c) Sec. 2. The ordinance authorizing said bonds shall prescribe all details thereof and shall provide for the levy and collection of a direct annual tax upon all the taxable property within the Chicago Park District sufficient to pay the…

(70 ILCS 1525/3) (from Ch. 105, par. 333.43d) Sec. 3. Money received from the proceeds of taxes levied for payment of principal of and interest upon such bonds shall be deposited in a special fund of such park district suitably designated for identification and such fund shall be…

(70 ILCS 1530/0.01) (from Ch. 105, par. 333.43d9) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Chicago Park District Corporate Note Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(70 ILCS 1530/1) (from Ch. 105, par. 333.43e) Sec. 1. The Chicago Park District organized under "An Act in relation to the creation, maintenance, operation and improvement of the Chicago Park District", approved July 10, 1933, as amended, is authorized to issue from time to time …

(70 ILCS 1530/2) (from Ch. 105, par. 333.43f) Sec. 2. This Act shall be cumulative and it shall constitute complete authority for the issuance of notes as provided for hereunder notwithstanding any other statute or law to the contrary. (Source: P.A. 77-1632.)

(70 ILCS 1535/0.01) (from Ch. 105, par. 333.43p) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Chicago Park District Street Car Line Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(70 ILCS 1535/1) (from Ch. 105, par. 333.44) Sec. 1. The Chicago Park District is authorized to permit the laying of tracks and the operation of electric surface car lines by electric surface car companies or public authorities through any park or parks under control of said dist…

(70 ILCS 1535/2) (from Ch. 105, par. 333.45) Sec. 2. The Chicago Park District shall grant permission subject to the requirement that all expenses for alterations, location or relocation of existing facilities and the repair and upkeep of the same shall be borne by the company, c…

(70 ILCS 1540/0.01) (from Ch. 105, par. 333.45h) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Chicago Park District Judgment Indebtedness Bond Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(70 ILCS 1540/1) (from Ch. 105, par. 333.46) Sec. 1. The Chicago Park District, without the submission thereof to the voters for approval, is authorized to issue bonds in an amount not to exceed $1,100,000 to pay judgment indebtedness based upon the order or judgment of any court…

(70 ILCS 1545/0.01) (from Ch. 105, par. 333.50) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Chicago Park and City Exchange of Functions Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(70 ILCS 1545/1) (from Ch. 105, par. 333.51) Sec. 1. For the purposes of this Act: (a) "city" means any city having a population in excess of 500,000. (b) "park district" means a park district having a population in excess of 500,000 and a geographic area coextensive with such a …

(70 ILCS 1545/10) (from Ch. 105, par. 333.60) Sec. 10. Persons who were employed on the effective date as Park Policemen and whose employment is transferred to the city by the Act, shall, until January 1, 1960, remain members of the park police annuity fund. From and after Januar…

(70 ILCS 1545/11) (from Ch. 105, par. 333.61) Sec. 11. Park district employees, other than park policemen, whose employment is transferred to the city by this Act, and who were members of the park employees annuity fund, shall remain members of the park employees annuity fund. (S…

(70 ILCS 1545/12) (from Ch. 105, par. 333.62) Sec. 12. Employees of the city who are members of an annuity and benefit fund maintained by the city and whose employment is transferred by this Act to the park district, shall remain members of such annuity and benefit fund. (Source:…

(70 ILCS 1545/13) (from Ch. 105, par. 333.63) Sec. 13. The park policemen's annuity act and the park policemen's annuity fund shall be continued to the end that the annuity rights and credits of eligible members, contributors and annuitants shall be preserved. Annuitants and reci…

(70 ILCS 1545/14) (from Ch. 105, par. 333.64) Sec. 14. The park employees annuity Act and the Park employees annuity Fund shall be continued to the end that the annuity rights and credits of eligible members, contributors and annuitants shall be preserved. Persons employed by the…

(70 ILCS 1545/15) (from Ch. 105, par. 333.65) Sec. 15. Persons classified in the civil service of the city in positions pertaining to the management, maintenance, supervision and operation of the parks and playgrounds transferred by this Act to the park district who on the effect…

(70 ILCS 1545/16) (from Ch. 105, par. 333.66) Sec. 16. The city shall be obligated to make the contributions heretofore required of the park district under the park policemen's annuity act and the park employees annuity act in respect to park policemen and other park employees wh…

(70 ILCS 1545/17) (from Ch. 105, par. 333.67) Sec. 17. This Act shall not affect the powers of the park district to acquire, lay out, establish, construct and maintain public parks under "An Act in relation to the creation, maintenance, operation and improvement of the Chicago Pa…

(70 ILCS 1545/18) (from Ch. 105, par. 333.68) Sec. 18. The city shall succeed to the rights and powers of the park district in respect to agreements and permits relating to the Chicago Transit Authority under Section 7 of "An Act in relation to the creation, maintenance, operatio…

(70 ILCS 1545/19) (from Ch. 105, par. 333.69) Sec. 19. If any surface or subsurface utilities serve parks and boulevards and it is either impossible or impractical to separate the maintenance and operation of such utilities between parks and boulevards, the park district and the …

(70 ILCS 1545/2) (from Ch. 105, par. 333.52) Sec. 2. On the effective date, the title to, control and jurisdiction of all park district boulevards, boulevard appurtenances, and park district street maintenance equipment, shall be vested in the city. On that date the city shall as…

(70 ILCS 1545/20) (from Ch. 105, par. 333.70) Sec. 20. If any provision of this Act is held invalid such provision shall be deemed to be excised from this Act and the invalidity thereof shall not affect any of the other provisions of this Act. If the application of any provision …

(70 ILCS 1545/3) (from Ch. 105, par. 333.53) Sec. 3. On the effective date, the title to, control and jurisdiction of all parks, bathing beaches, bathing bath houses and playgrounds under the jurisdiction of the city, including in each case park and playground equipment and facil…

(70 ILCS 1545/4) (from Ch. 105, par. 333.54) Sec. 4. All persons employed by the park district upon the effective date as park policemen, or in boulevard maintenance and repair work, or in the investigation, study and planning of traffic on boulevards, who held such positions by …

(70 ILCS 1545/5) (from Ch. 105, par. 333.55) Sec. 5. All persons employed by the city upon the effective date in positions related to the management, maintenance, supervision and operation of the parks and playgrounds transferred to the park district who held such positions by vi…

(70 ILCS 1545/6) (from Ch. 105, par. 333.56) Sec. 6. Employees transferred under Sections 4 and 5 shall have the same standing, grade, class or rank which they held in the classified service of the governmental unit from which they were transferred. For the purpose of determining…

(70 ILCS 1545/7) (from Ch. 105, par. 333.57) Sec. 7. In the event the classified civil service of the city or park district exempts from its provisions positions held by any employees transferred hereunder, the employees so affected shall be assigned a position in the classified …

(70 ILCS 1545/8) (from Ch. 105, par. 333.58) Sec. 8. The provisions of Sections 4, 5, 6 and 7 shall not be construed to require the subsequent retention or employment of more employees than are necessary to the performance of the functions assumed by the city and park district un…

(70 ILCS 1545/9) (from Ch. 105, par. 333.59) Sec. 9. Except as otherwise herein provided, this Act shall not affect the annuity rights, credits or status of persons who on the effective date were eligible members, contributors or annuitants under the park policemen's annuity act,…

(70 ILCS 1550/0.01) (from Ch. 105, par. 453.9) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Chicago Submerged Lands (1903) Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(70 ILCS 1550/1) (from Ch. 105, par. 454) Sec. 1. That the land, including all submerged and artificially made land, lying within the south boundary line of Jackson Park and the south line of Seventy-ninth street as extended one thousand feet into Lake Michigan and a line easterl…

(70 ILCS 1555/1) (from Ch. 105, par. 454a) Sec. 1. That the land, including all submerged and artificially made land, situated in the City of Chicago, County of Cook and State of Illinois, lying within the area bounded on the north by the south boundary line of Jackson Park exten…

(70 ILCS 1555/1.1) (from Ch. 105, par. 454a.1) Sec. 1.1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Chicago Submerged Lands (1931) Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(70 ILCS 1560/0.01) (from Ch. 105, par. 327v5.9) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Park District Exposition Authority Lease Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(70 ILCS 1560/1) (from Ch. 105, par. 327v6) Sec. 1. The Commissioners of any park district located in whole or in part in any city having a population of 500,000 or more are hereby authorized and empowered to lease to a Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, for a term not e…

(70 ILCS 1560/2) (from Ch. 105, par. 327v7) Sec. 2. Upon the final termination of the original lease or of any renewal thereof, and subject to the provisions of Section 1 of this Act, the Authority, at the election of the park district, shall cause to be removed from the demised …

(70 ILCS 1565/0.01) (from Ch. 105, par. 327w9) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Park Waterworks Improvement Lease Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(70 ILCS 1565/1) (from Ch. 105, par. 327x) Sec. 1. Any park commission, park board or board of park commissioners which has heretofore acquired the title to any land adjacent to or adjoining upon or penetrating into any public waters in this State or to the submerged lands and be…

(70 ILCS 1565/2) (from Ch. 105, par. 327y) Sec. 2. Any such park commission, park board or board of park commissioners may also grant, convey or lease to any such city the right to construct and maintain roadways, tunnels and any other appropriate approaches to or from any such m…

(70 ILCS 1570/0.01) (from Ch. 105, par. 78.9) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Lincoln Park Commissioners Land Condemnation Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(70 ILCS 1570/1) (from Ch. 105, par. 79) Sec. 1. That the commissioners of Lincoln Park, a board of park commissioners existing under the laws of this State and having control of a certain park or parks, boulevard and driveways bordering upon the public waters of Lake Michigan in…