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70 ILCS 1205/4-6 (2026)

No member of the board of any park district, nor any person, whether in the employ of said board or otherwise, shall have power to create any debt, obligation, claim or liability, for or on account of said park district, or the monies or property of the same, except with the express authority of said board conferred at a meeting thereof and duly recorded in a record of its proceedings

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(70 ILCS 1205/4-6) (from Ch. 105, par. 4-6)
    Sec. 4-6. No member of the board of any park district, nor any person, whether in the employ of said board or otherwise, shall have power to create any debt, obligation, claim or liability, for or on account of said park district, or the monies or property of the same, except with the express authority of said board conferred at a meeting thereof and duly recorded in a record of its proceedings.
(Source: Laws 1951, p. 113.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 2014–2019 · leading case: Meade v. The City of Rockford, 2015 IL App (2d) 140645 (Ill. App. Ct. 2015).
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Meade v. The City of Rockford, 2015 IL App (2d) 140645 (Ill. App. Ct. 2015). “Further, section 4-6 of the Illinois Park District Code provided: “No member of the board of any park district, nor any person, whether in the employ of said board or otherwise, shall have power to create any debt, obligation, claim or liability, for or on account of said park…”
Wheeling Park Dist. v. Arnold, 2014 IL App (1st) 123185 (Ill. App. Ct. 2014). · cites it 3× “¶ 11 ANALYSIS ¶ 12 Arnold argues the circuit court erred in granting summary judgment to the District because the resignation agreement was not valid for two reasons: (1) section 4-6 of the Illinois Park District Code (Code) (70 ILCS 1205/4-6 (West 2008)) required express…”
Jackson v. Harvey Park Dist. (N.D. Ill. 2019). “70 ILCS 1205/4-6 (emphasis added). Illinois courts, as well as federal courts interpreting Illinois law, have held that contracts undertaken on behalf of a park district without board approval are void.”
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