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Bill	PARK DISTRICT-BORROWING MONEY	Amends the Park District Code. Provides that the board of a park district may borrow money for any corporate purpose from a bank or other financial institution, provided that the money shall be repaid within 2 years from the general funds of the park district and such other sources of payment as are otherwise lawfully available. Prohibits the indebtedness incurred, when aggregated with the existing indebtedness of the park district, from exceeding the debt limitation otherwise provided for by law. Defines "financial institution". Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	HB 4597	Illinois HB 4597 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	26	2	2014-02-04	2014-08-15	openstates	ocd-bill/953748a9-fdf6-4471-8e8c-3a281ff46e37	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4597&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=79149&SessionID=85&GA=98	2b5571cf655a20acc2fc9cc120f6b8bebbbb14210ebfaae1f9eeff952595de56	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4597 (98th) — PARK DISTRICT-BORROWING MONEY

Amends the Park District Code. Provides that the board of a park district may borrow money for any corporate purpose from a bank or other financial institution, provided that the money shall be repaid within 2 years from the general funds of the park district and such other sources of payment as are otherwise lawfully available. Prohibits the indebtedness incurred, when aggregated with the existing indebtedness of the park district, from exceeding the debt limitation otherwise provided for by law. Defines "financial institution". Effective immediately.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 82–30 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 50–7 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Robert F. Martwick — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2014-02-04 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Robert F. Martwick filing
• 2014-02-04 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-02-04 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-03-03 Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee referral-committee
• 2014-03-20 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John M. Cabello
• 2014-03-21 Do Pass / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 005-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-03-21 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-03-24 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2014-03-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-04-01 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 082-030-001 reading-3, passage
• 2014-04-02 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2014-04-02 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 3, 2014 reading-1
• 2014-04-04 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant
• 2014-04-07 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-04-07 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2014-04-23 Assigned to Local Government referral-committee
• 2014-04-30 Do Pass Local Government; 009-002-000 committee-passage
• 2014-04-30 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 1, 2014
• 2014-05-07 Second Reading reading-2
• 2014-05-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 8, 2014
• 2014-05-21 Third Reading - Passed; 050-007-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-05-21 Passed Both Houses
• 2014-06-19 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-08-15 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2014-08-15 Effective Date August 15, 2014
• 2014-08-15 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0906 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/953748a9-fdf6-4471-8e8c-3a281ff46e37. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).