FOREST PRESERVE DIST. OF KANE CTY. v. CITY OF AURORA

No. 72235.

600 N.E.2d 1194 (1992)

151 Ill.2d 90

175 Ill.Dec. 736

The FOREST PRESERVE DISTRICT OF KANE COUNTY et al., Appellees, v. The CITY OF AURORA et al. (The People of the State of Illinois ex rel. Roland W. Burris, Appellant).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

September 24, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roland W. Burris, Atty. Gen., Springfield (Rosalyn B. Kaplan, Sol. Gen. and Jennifer A. Keller, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, of counsel), for appellant.

Patrick M. Kinnally, Murphy, Hupp, Foote, Mielke & Kinnally, Aurora, for appellees.


Justice CLARK delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial, the circuit court of Kane County held unconstitutional Public Act 86-267 and Public Act 86-1387, section 2, both of which amended section 6 of the Downstate Forest Preserve District Act (Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 96½, par. 6309). A direct appeal was taken to this court by the State pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 302(a) (134 Ill.2d R. 302(a)).

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