Illinois Compiled Statutes 70 ILCS 1230 — Park Commissioners Water Control Act.

Short title

Short title. This Act may be cited as the Park Commissioners Water Control Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

Every board of park commissioners existing under the laws of this state, which has now, or may hereafter have or acquire control over any public park, boulevard or driveway bordering upon any public waters in this state shall have the power to extend such park, boulevard or driveway over and upon the bed of such public…

The fact that any individual, corporation, or other person shall be made a party defendant to any such condemnation proceedings hereby authorized, shall not establish any presumption as to the validity or the extent of the title of such defendant, but before damages shall be assessed to any such defendant, the court sh…

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.)

In all cases in which said board of park commissioners shall have acquired or contracted to acquire the riparian rights of the owners of any lands along the shore adjoining such public waters or rivers, or have acquired or contracted to acquire lands owned or claimed by such owners, and have agreed upon the dividing li…

Such board of park commissioners shall have the power to pay for any such rights, lands or territory, thus acquired, and for the construction and protection of such park, boulevard, driveway or parkway or such extension or connection either out of its general revenues or by the issue and sale, from time to time, of int…

The title to any such extension or connection of such park or parks, boulevards, driveways and parkways, and to the bed thereof shall be, and hereby becomes vested in such board of park commissioners for public purposes, and the same shall thereby become a part of the public park or parks under the control of such boar…

No such board of park commissioners shall be hereby authorized to extend any of its park or boulevard system outside of or beyond the limits of the district or territory, the property of which shall be taxable for the maintenance of the parks under the control of such board of park commissioners, except into, over and…

The powers granted by this act to any board of park commissioners shall not be construed to have been exhausted by any one use of the same, but said commissioners may, from time to time, proceed with further enlargements or extensions: Provided, however, That all such enlargements or extensions lie within the district…