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SB0637*LRB10406915RTM25634a* EnrolledSen. LRB104 06915 RTM 16951 b AN ACT concerning local government.
BeMike itPorfirio enactedFiled: by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:
Section4/30/2025 5.10400SB0637sam001 LRB104 06915 RTM 25634 a AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 637 AMENDMENT NO.
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Amend Senate Bill 637 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 5.
The corporate authorities of forest preserve districts, having the control or supervision of any forest preserves, may erect and maintain within such forest preserves, under the control or supervision of such corporate authorities, edifices to be used for the collection and display of animals as customary in zoological parks, and may collect and display such animals, or permit the directors or trustees of any zoological society devoted to the purposes aforesaid to erect and maintain a zoological park and to collect and display zoological collections within any forest 10400SB0637sam001 -2- LRB104 06915 RTM 25634 a preserve now or hereafter under the control or supervision of such forest preserve district, out of funds belonging to such zoological society, or to contract with the directors or trustees of any zoological society on such terms and conditions as may to such corporate authorities seem best, relative to the erection, operation and maintenance of a zoological park and the collection and display of such animals SB0637 Enrolled - 2 - LRB104 06915 RTM 16951 b within such forest preserve, out of the tax provided in Section 41.
Charges may be made at 10400SB0637sam001 -3- LRB104 06915 RTM 25634 a any time for special services and for admission to special facilities within any zoological park for the education, entertainment or convenience of visitors.
Subject to approval by the forest preserve district board, the managing authority of the zoological park may sublease or license no more than 15 acres of land within its boundaries for recreational use by a governmental entity or a not-for-profit SB0637 Enrolled - 3 - LRB104 06915 RTM 16951 b organization to gain revenue in support of the zoological park's mission.
A sublease or license under this Section shall expire after 1540 years or upon the expiration of the contract between the forest preserve district and the zoological society, including renewal terms, whichever occurs first.
This Act takes effect upon becoming law.law.".