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Cook County Forest Preserve District Act

  • 70 ILCS 810/0.01— Short title
  • 70 ILCS 810/1— This Act shall apply only to forest preserve districts lying wholly within counties having a population of 3,000,000 or more
  • 70 ILCS 810/2— As used in this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the terms specified in Section 2.1 through 2.3 have the meanings ascribed to them in those Sections
  • 70 ILCS 810/2.1— "Board" means the county board of commissioners when acting as the governing body of a forest preserve district
  • 70 ILCS 810/2.2— "County" means a county having a population of 3,000,000 or more
  • 70 ILCS 810/2.3— "District" means a forest preserve district wholly within a county having a population of 3,000,000 or more
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  • 70 ILCS 810/5— The county board of commissioners of the county in which a forest preserve district is located shall be the forest preserve district board of such district and the president of the county board shall be the president of the forest preserve district board
  • 70 ILCS 810/6— The board shall comply with the provisions of "An Act concerning the use of Illinois mined coal in certain plants and institutions", filed July 13, 1937, as heretofore or hereafter amended
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  • 70 ILCS 810/8.2— Property owned by a forest preserve district shall not be subject to special assessments by any other unit of local government
  • 70 ILCS 810/8.3— Property owned by a forest preserve district shall not be subject to annexation without express consent of the district
  • 70 ILCS 810/8.4— Rules and regulations governing construction
  • 70 ILCS 810/8.5— Eminent domain
  • 70 ILCS 810/9— Every forest preserve district board is empowered to dedicate areas as nature preserves as provided in the "Illinois Natural Areas Preservation Act", as now or hereafter amended, and to cooperate with the Illinois Nature Preserves Commission in matters relating to the purposes of that Act
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  • 70 ILCS 810/12— The board of any forest preserve district may by ordinance regulate, control and license all modes of travel within forest preserves
  • 70 ILCS 810/13— The board of any forest preserve district may by ordinance issue licenses for any activity reasonably connected with the purpose for which the forest preserve district has been created
  • 70 ILCS 810/14— The board, as corporate authority of a forest preserve district, shall have power to pass and enforce all necessary ordinances, rules and regulations for the management of the property and conduct of the business of such district
  • 70 ILCS 810/14.1— Purchases made pursuant to this Act shall be made in compliance with the "Local Government Prompt Payment Act", approved by the Eighty-fourth General Assembly
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  • 70 ILCS 810/16— The board of any forest preserve district, when so requested by the treasurer of the district, shall designate one or more banks or savings and loan associations in which the funds and moneys received by the treasurer, by virtue of his office, may be deposited
  • 70 ILCS 810/17— Application of human resource ordinance
  • 70 ILCS 810/17.5— Power to deduct wages for debts
  • 70 ILCS 810/18— The board shall keep a record of all ordinances and other proceedings which shall be open to the inspection of any person residing in such district at all reasonable and proper times
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  • 70 ILCS 810/20— The president shall preside at all meetings of the board and be the executive officer of the district
  • 70 ILCS 810/21— The board may, for any of the purposes enumerated in this Act, borrow money upon the faith and credit of such district, and may issue bonds therefor
  • 70 ILCS 810/21.1— Contracts with the County
  • 70 ILCS 810/21.2— Indebtedness of district; additional bonds
  • 70 ILCS 810/22— All general taxes levied by the board of any forest preserve district shall be levied by general categories after the first Monday in October and by the first Monday in December annually for all fiscal years in the same manner as taxes are levied for city and village purposes
  • 70 ILCS 810/23— Any appropriation or levy made for the purpose of constructing improvements in the development of forests and lands of the district need not be expended during the fiscal year in which such appropriation or levy is made
  • 70 ILCS 810/24— The fiscal year of each forest preserve district subject to this Act shall extend from January 1, until December 31
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  • 70 ILCS 810/28— For the purpose of creating a fund as prescribed in Section 27, any district by resolution of its board may incur an indebtedness and issue bonds for the indebtedness in an amount or amounts not exceeding in the aggregate $14,000,000 outstanding at any one time
  • 70 ILCS 810/29— All moneys received from the issuance of bonds as provided in Section 28 shall be set apart in the working cash fund by the district treasurer and shall be used only for the purposes and in the manner hereinafter provided
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  • 70 ILCS 810/37— The holder of any bond or coupon of any bond issued under Sections 31 through 39 of this Act may proceed either in law or in equity to compel performance of all duties required by those Sections respecting the facility or facilities for which such bond or coupon was issued
  • 70 ILCS 810/38— Any such forest preserve district has the power to acquire by purchase, gift, condemnation or otherwise, property necessary or appropriate for the purpose of exercising the powers granted by Sections 31 through 39
  • 70 ILCS 810/39— Nothing in Sections 31 through 39 shall prohibit any such forest preserve district from appropriating funds as otherwise provided in this Act for the construction, equipping, acquisition, extension, improvement, operation or maintenance of any recreational facilities
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  • 70 ILCS 810/42.3— All moneys received from the issuance of bonds as provided in Section 42.2 shall be set apart in the zoological park working cash fund by the district treasurer and shall be used only for the purposes and in the manner hereinafter provided
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  • 70 ILCS 810/42.5— Web-based signature
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  • 70 ILCS 810/44.1— For the purpose of making capital improvements in connection with botanical gardens, the corporate authorities of the forest preserve district in which such gardens are maintained may incur an indebtedness and issue bonds therefor in amounts not exceeding in the aggregate $32,000,000
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