Introduced
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To revise the law which authorizes recreational authorities to be created by several local governments, so that the districts could be organized along school district boundaries, rather than along city or township boundaries only. The bill would allow just the portions of municipalities within a particular school district to form an authority. The authorities have the power to levy up to one-mill of property tax for swimming pools, recreation centers, public auditoriums, public conference centers, and parks, upon the approval of voters during a statewide general or primary election. This authority to tax would be extended to school districts constituted as recreational authorities, subject to a vote of the electors in each municipality in which the school district is located. The law itself is silent on whether the recreational facilities of an authority may be located at a school, or may be school facilities themselves, but does require them to be open to the public. See also Senate Bill 171.
Referred to the Committee on Local, Urban, and State Affairs
