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Short title
Short title. This Act may be cited as the Museum District Act. (Source: P.A. 86-477.)
Illinois Compiled Statutes 70 ILCS 1105 — Museum District Act.
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Provisions
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Authorization to create district
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 as provided in this Act. (Source: P.A. 86-477.)
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Petition for referendum
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 electors of the proposed district whether or not it shall be organized as a museum district unde…
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Referendum
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 are in the affirmative, the district shall then be an organized museum district under this…
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Board of Commissioners
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 museum district is situated, with the advice and consent of the county board. The first appoi…
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Historical sites
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 preserving the historical sites and establishing a museum for the purpose of public awareness a…
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Real estate
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 maintain wells, power plants, comfort stations, shelter houses, paths, driveways, public road…
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Eminent domain
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. 94-1055, eff. 1-1-07.)
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Installment purchases and leases
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 leases which provide that the consideration for the purchase, lease, or easement may be paid…
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Licenses
Licenses. The board of a museum district may by ordinance issue licenses for any activity reasonably connected with its purposes. (Source: P.A. 86-477.)
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Board and officers
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 district. The president of the board may appoint employees to positions authorized by the board. (b…
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Contracts
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 circulation within the district, except work requiring personal confidence or necessary supplies w…
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Funds of the district
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 may be deposited. When a bank or savings and loan association has been designated as a depo…
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Civil service
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, shall be selected in the manner provided by and shall be subject to the law regulating the civ…
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Records and reports
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 annually to the county board concerning its revenues, expenditures, acquisition of historical…
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Ordinances
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 newspaper designated by the board and having a general circulation within the district, and the…
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Debt and bonds
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 for any purpose to an amount including existing indebtedness in the aggregate exceeding 1.5% o…
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Taxes
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 are levied for municipal purposes, except the filing of the ordinance with the county clerk s…
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Lapse of appropriations and levies
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 related lands and facilities, of the district need not be expended during the fiscal year in…
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Fiscal year and appropriation ordinances
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 sums of money that will be required to defray all necessary expenses and liabilities of the…
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Transfers and further appropriations
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 ordinance from time to time by the same procedure required by this Act for the original adoption o…
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Prompt payment
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.)
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Annexation
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 the district is located of a petition signed by not less than 10% of the legal voters residin…
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Charges for use of facilities
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, revised, and maintained from time to time, shall be payable under the supervision of the bo…
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Violations
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 fined at least $501 but not more than $10,000 and shall forfeit his or her office, trust, or…
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