Park Waterworks Improvement Lease Act (70 ILCS 1565/)

Chapter 70 — Special Districts

Park

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Sec. 0.01. Short title

This Act may be cited as the Park Waterworks Improvement Lease Act.

(Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

Sec. 1.

Any park commission, park board or board of park commissioners which has heretofore acquired the title to any land adjacent to or adjoining upon or penetrating into any public waters in this State or to the submerged lands and bed of such public waters or any part thereof or to any riparian or other rights in relation to such public waters, may grant, convey or lease any of such lands or rights to any city having a population of 500,000 or more and owning and operating its waterworks and waterworks system, to be used as a site or sites for buildings and other structures for the purpose of improving and extending such system and for the construction of water purification plants, intakes, tunnels, breakwaters and other structures and appurtenances connected with such waterworks and waterworks system.

(Source: Laws 1935, p. 1032.)

Sec. 2.

Any such park commission, park board or board of park commissioners may also grant, convey or lease to any such city the right to construct and maintain roadways, tunnels and any other appropriate approaches to or from any such municipally owned and operated waterworks, plants or structures over, across and under any lands and property of such park commission, park board or board of park commissioners.

(Source: Laws 1935, p. 1032.)