Illinois Compiled Statutes 70 Special Districts: Article 8 - General Powers Of Park Districts

• Illinois Park District Code. - 70 ILCS 1205, Section 8-1
  General corporate powers. Every park district shall, from the time of its organization, be a body corporate and politic by the name set forth in...
• Illinois Park District Code. - 70 ILCS 1205, Section 8-1.1
  Property owned by a park district shall not be subject to annexation by a municipality without the express consent of the board of park commissioners...
• Illinois Park District Code. - 70 ILCS 1205, Section 8-1.2
  Eminent domain. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, any power granted under this Code to acquire property by condemnation or eminent domain is subject...
• Illinois Park District Code. - 70 ILCS 1205, Section 8-2
  An Act entitled "An Act to provide for making improvements and repairs by any park commissioners upon boulevards, parkways and highways", approved April 22,...
• Illinois Park District Code. - 70 ILCS 1205, Section 8-3
  All park districts shall retain and be vested with all power and authority contained in an act entitled "An Act concerning Aquariums and Museums...
• Illinois Park District Code. - 70 ILCS 1205, Section 8-4
  All park districts shall retain and be vested with all power and authority contained in an act entitled "An Act authorizing park commissioners to...
• Illinois Park District Code. - 70 ILCS 1205, Section 8-5
  All park districts shall retain and be vested with all the powers granted by an act entitled "An Act in relation to the construction...
• Illinois Park District Code. - 70 ILCS 1205, Section 8-6
  Nothing in this Code shall be deemed to repeal "An Act to authorize the confinement in houses of correction of persons convicted of the...
• Illinois Park District Code. - 70 ILCS 1205, Section 8-6a
  Park district land outside of boundaries; subject to ordinances. Park district land located outside the district's boundaries and not contiguous for the purpose of...
• Illinois Park District Code. - 70 ILCS 1205, Section 8-7
  Any park district shall have power within its jurisdiction to designate by ordinance the whole or any part of two or more streets, roads,...
• Illinois Park District Code. - 70 ILCS 1205, Section 8-8
  Any park district, when so requested by its treasurer, shall designate one or more banks or savings and loan associations in which the funds...
• Illinois Park District Code. - 70 ILCS 1205, Section 8-8a
  Transfer of interest income. Any park district, when requested by its treasurer, may transfer the interest earned on any of the moneys of the...
• Illinois Park District Code. - 70 ILCS 1205, Section 8-9
  Name change. (a) Whenever two-thirds of the governing board of a park district shall approve an ordinance or resolution to change the name of such...
• Illinois Park District Code. - 70 ILCS 1205, Section 8-10
  All park districts shall have power to plan, establish and maintain recreational programs, provide musical concerts, to construct, equip and maintain airports, landing fields...
• Illinois Park District Code. - 70 ILCS 1205, Section 8-10a
  Every Park District is authorized to establish, maintain and manage recreational programs for the handicapped, including both mentally and physically handicapped, to provide transportation...
• Illinois Park District Code. - 70 ILCS 1205, Section 8-10b
  Joint recreational programs for the handicapped. Any 2 or more park districts, or in counties with a population of 300,000 or less, a single...
• Illinois Park District Code. - 70 ILCS 1205, Section 8-11
  In addition to the other powers and authority now possessed by it, every park district shall have the power to grant licenses, easements, and...
• Illinois Park District Code. - 70 ILCS 1205, Section 8-12
  In addition to other powers and authority now possessed by it, every park district shall have the power: (1) To lease from any public...
• Illinois Park District Code. - 70 ILCS 1205, Section 8-13
  In addition to the other powers and authority now possessed by it, every park district may enter into a lease for a period of...
• Illinois Park District Code. - 70 ILCS 1205, Section 8-14
  All Park Districts have the power to dedicate areas as nature preserves as provided in the "Illinois Natural Areas Preservation Act", as now or...
• Illinois Park District Code. - 70 ILCS 1205, Section 8-15
  In addition to the other powers and authority now possessed by it, every park district shall have the power and authority to purchase or...
• Illinois Park District Code. - 70 ILCS 1205, Section 8-16
  In addition to the other powers and authority now possessed by it, every park district shall have the power and authority to lease real...
• Illinois Park District Code. - 70 ILCS 1205, Section 8-17
  The corporate authorities of each park district or municipality may provide for joining the park district or municipality in membership in the Illinois Association...
• Illinois Park District Code. - 70 ILCS 1205, Section 8-18
  Every park district shall have the power and authority to develop, operate, finance and participate in joint recreational programs with contiguous park districts, or...
• Illinois Park District Code. - 70 ILCS 1205, Section 8-19
  Any park district may sell or deliver alcoholic liquors in accordance with the provisions of "An Act relating to alcoholic liquors", approved January 31,...
• Illinois Park District Code. - 70 ILCS 1205, Section 8-20
  Each park district shall indemnify and protect members of the park board and employees of such district against civil rights damage claims and suits,...
• Illinois Park District Code. - 70 ILCS 1205, Section 8-21
  Each park district may insure against any loss or liability of the park district, members of the park board, and employees thereof, by reason...
• Illinois Park District Code. - 70 ILCS 1205, Section 8-22
  Whenever a park district owns any personal property that in the opinion of three-fifths of the members of the board then holding office is...
• Illinois Park District Code. - 70 ILCS 1205, Section 8-23
  Criminal background investigations. (a) An applicant for employment with a park district is required as a condition of employment to authorize an investigation to determine...
• Illinois Park District Code. - 70 ILCS 1205, Section 8-24
  Concussion and head injury educational materials. In addition to the other powers and authority now possessed by it, any park district is authorized and encouraged...
• Illinois Park District Code. - 70 ILCS 1205, Section 8-30
  Advisory referenda. By a vote of the majority of the members of the park district board, the board may authorize an advisory question of...
• Illinois Park District Code. - 70 ILCS 1205, Section 8-50
  Definitions. For the purposes of Sections 8-50 through 8-57, the following terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context requires a different meaning: "Delivery...
• Illinois Park District Code. - 70 ILCS 1205, Section 8-51
  Authorization for design-build; advertisement. (a) A park district shall have the power to enter into design-build contracts. In addition to the requirements set forth in...
• Illinois Park District Code. - 70 ILCS 1205, Section 8-52
  Solicitation of design-build proposals. (a) When a park district elects to use the design-build delivery method, it must issue a notice of intent to receive...
• Illinois Park District Code. - 70 ILCS 1205, Section 8-53
  Development of design-build scope and performance criteria. (a) The park district shall develop, with the assistance of a licensed design professional or a landscape architect...
• Illinois Park District Code. - 70 ILCS 1205, Section 8-54
  Procedures for design-build selection. (a) The park district must use a two-phase procedure for the selection of the successful design-build entity. Phase I of the...
• Illinois Park District Code. - 70 ILCS 1205, Section 8-55
  Small design-build projects. In any case where the total overall cost of the project is estimated to be less than $12,000,000, the park district may...
• Illinois Park District Code. - 70 ILCS 1205, Section 8-56
  Submission of design-build proposals. Design-build proposals must be properly identified and sealed. Proposals may not be reviewed until after the deadline for submission has passed...
• Illinois Park District Code. - 70 ILCS 1205, Section 8-57
  Design-build award. The park district may award a design-build contract to the highest overall ranked entity. Notice of award shall be made in writing. Unsuccessful...

Last modified: February 18, 2015