Illinois Compiled Statutes
Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS
70 ILCS 1235/ - Park Commissioners Land Sale Act.

(70 ILCS 1235/0.01) (from Ch. 105, par. 112.9)
Sec. 0.01.
Short title.
This Act may be cited as the
Park Commissioners Land Sale Act.

(Source: P.A. 86-1324.)
 
(70 ILCS 1235/1) (from Ch. 105, par. 113)
Sec. 1.
Any board of park commissioners having the
control or supervision of any public park, boulevard, driveway or highway,
and having any piece or parcel of land not exceeding 3 acres in area,
which shall no longer be needed or deemed necessary or useful for the
purpose of said park, boulevard, driveway or highway may apply to the
Circuit Court of the county in which such piece or parcel of land is
situated, by petition in writing for leave to sell the same. Notice of such
application shall be given by said board of park commissioners in some
newspaper published in said county at least ten days before the day of the hearing on such application named
therein. All persons interested may
appear before said Circuit Court either in person or by attorney at the hearing on such
application and object to the granting thereof. After
hearing all persons interested, if said court shall deem the granting of
said application to be for the public interest, it shall direct that the
property mentioned in said application, or any part thereof, be sold and
conveyed by the said board of park commissioners for the use of said park,
boulevard, driveway or highway, upon such terms and conditions as the said
court may think proper.

(Source: P.A. 99-53, eff. 7-16-15.)
 
(70 ILCS 1235/5)
Sec. 5. (Repealed).

(Source: P.A. 98-333, eff. 8-13-13. Repealed internally, eff. 12-31-18.)
 
(70 ILCS 1235/10)
Sec. 10. (Repealed).

(Source: P.A. 100-595, eff. 6-29-18. Repealed internally, eff. 12-31-19.)
 
(70 ILCS 1235/15)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on June 30, 2024)
Sec. 15. Sale of Bensenville Park District land.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Bensenville Park District may sell up to 125 acres of the White Pines Golf Course owned by the District if:
(b) This Section is repealed on June 30, 2024.

(Source: P.A. 102-300, eff. 8-6-21; 102-914, eff. 5-27-22.)
 
(70 ILCS 1235/20)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2025)
Sec. 20. Elliot Golf Course.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Rockford Park District may sell all or part of the property containing the former Elliot Golf Course or other property adjacent thereto if:
(b) The sale may be performed in a single transaction or multiple independent transactions and to one or more buyers.
(c) The Public Works Department of the City of Rockford shall have the right to review any proposed development plan that is submitted to the Village of Cherry Valley for the properties described in this Section in order to confirm that the proposed development plan does not adversely impact drainage, water detention, or flooding on the property legally described in the perpetual flowage easement recorded as Document Number 9509260 in the Office of the Winnebago County Recorder on March 17, 1995. The Public Works Department of the City of Rockford shall complete its review of any proposed development plan under this subsection (c) within 45 days after its receipt of that plan from the Village of Cherry Valley.
(d) This Section is repealed January 1, 2025.

(Source: P.A. 102-923, eff. 5-27-22.)

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