§ 9-1a

Whenever any park district determines to acquire or construct a swimming pool, or an artificial ice skating rink, or extend or improve a swimming pool or ice skating rink and facilities, and to issue bonds under Section 9-1 hereof to pay the cost thereof, its board shall adopt an ordinance describing in a general way the contemplated project and refer to plans and specifications therefor. These plans and specifications shall be filed in the office of the secretary of the district and shall be open for inspection by the public. This ordinance shall set out the estimated cost of the project, determine the period of usefulness thereof, fix the amount of revenue bonds to be issued, the maturities thereof, the interest rate, which shall not exceed the maximum rate authorized by the Bond Authorization Act, as amended at the time of the making of the contract, payable annually or semi-annually, and all the details in connection with the bonds. The bonds shall mature within the period of usefulness of the project as determined by the board. The ordinance may also contain such covenants and restrictions upon the issuance of additional revenue bonds thereafter as may be deemed necessary or advisable for the assurance of the payment of the bonds thereby authorized. The ordinance shall also pledge the revenue derived from the operation of the swimming pool, or the artificial ice skating rink, for the purpose of paying maintenance and operation costs, providing an adequate depreciation fund, and paying the principal and interest of the bonds issued hereunder. After this ordinance has been adopted it shall within 10 days after its passage be published once in a newspaper published and having a general circulation in the park district, or, if there is no such newspaper, then in some newspaper having a general circulation in the county wherein such district or the greater or greatest portion in area of said district lies, or, if there be no such newspaper, copies of the ordinance shall be posted in at least 3 public places in the district. The publication or posting of the ordinance shall include a notice of (1) the specific number of voters required to sign a petition requesting that the question of the adoption of the resolution be submitted to the electors of the district; (2) the time in which the petition must be filed; and (3) the date of the prospective referendum. The Secretary of the governing board of the park district shall provide a petition form to any individual requesting one. If no valid petition for a referendum is filed with the secretary of the district within 30 days after the publication or posting of the ordinance, the ordinance shall be in effect. But if within this 30 day period a petition is so filed, signed by a number of electors of the district equal to 10% or more of the registered voters of the district, asking that the question of constructing and operating such a swimming pool, or an artificial ice skating rink, and the issuance of such bonds be submitted to the electors of the district, the board shall certify such question to the proper election officials, who shall submit that question at an election in which all of the electors of the district may vote. The proposition shall be in the following form, or either of them: -------------------------------------------------------------- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Shall the .... Park District issue YES Revenue Bonds for constructing a --------------------- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - swimming pool? NO -------------------------------------------------------------- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Shall the .... Park District issue YES Revenue Bonds for constructing an --------------------- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - artificial ice skating rink? NO -------------------------------------------------------------- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Notice of the referendum shall be given and the referendum conducted in the manner provided by the general election law. If a majority of the electors voting upon that question voted in favor of constructing and operating the swimming pool, or the artificial ice skating rink, and the issuance of the bonds, the ordinance shall be in effect, otherwise, the ordinance shall not go into effect. With respect to instruments for the payment of money issued under this Section either before, on, or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1989, it is and always has been the intention of the General Assembly (i) that the Omnibus Bond Acts are and always have been supplementary grants of power to issue instruments in accordance with the Omnibus Bond Acts, regardless of any provision of this Act that may appear to be or to have been more restrictive than those Acts, (ii) that the provisions of this Section are not a limitation on the supplementary authority granted by the Omnibus Bond Acts, and (iii) that instruments issued under this Section within the supplementary authority granted by the Omnibus Bond Acts are not invalid because of any provision of this Act that may appear to be or to have been more restrictive than those Acts.

Legislative History

(Source: P.A. 86-4; 87-767 .)